Of course, I didn't watch the game...

but if I did, here's what I'd be saying:

-The game played out pretty much just like I expected it to. I was pretty much expecting... well, I was actually kind of envisioning a game from 2000 (I believe... during the Vikings' run to the NFC championship game), where there's a lot of points, Favre keeps his team ahead with the other team pecking away but just not enough, finishing the game with a 10 point win. Which is what happened. Of course, it's easy for me to say this now, and of course I was also somewhat expecting the Packers to win 38-10, but between that result and the result we got, that's all I was expecting. So that's sort of cool, right?

-I probably would have punched a hole through the TV screen if I had to watch a 24-3 lead erode. Not that I'm surprised that the Packers put up more of a fight, but after that Ravens game any double digit lead that evaporates triggers an impulse to kidnap Brad Childress and replace him with a robotic lookalike (which I would assume would know how to manage a game better).

-For now, the Vikings are the 2nd best team in the NFC. The Saints are the clear cut favorites for the Super Bowl, and there's no way the Vikings are going to get through them. Around playoff time I'm assuming the Eagles will assume the position of 2nd best, and we'll get knocked out by them (or the Giants... although they've looked bad the past three weeks). We look to be in good shape *now*-- but we have been lucky and should be 5-3. So yeah.

-Mainly, I'm just glad the Packers didn't win. I live near a few Packer fans, who are good people and everything (aside from being Packer fans), but I don't think I would have been able to live with them after a Packer win, cause I'm assuming they would have been talking about how great their chances are at making the Super Bowl and how they match up against the Saints and Colts and crap.

Which would have been stupid. Cause the Packers aren't that good.

I say this admitting that I wouldn't put the Vikings much higher up than them, and that the Bears look even worse. Basically, what I'm trying to say is that the NFC North really isn't all that good. They've all benefitted from playing the Lions, the Rams and the Browns. Perhaps the three worst teams in the league.