I’ve been writing on Content Quake for a little over a year now, and the site has been great! They’ve allowed me to write as much as I wanted about the Vikings (and they were even willing to pay me for it!!)

Well, like everywhere, things are tight around InternetLand, and Content Quake is not exempt. Don’t worry, Content Quake is not closing down, and I’m NOT leaving Content Quake, but the downgrade in pay (which I completely understand and don’t blame them for) is making me brave enough to venture out on my own a little bit. I’ve always wanted to run my own site, but Content Quake made it easy for me to stay and basically work for their site.

So… I started The Viking Ship.

I do plan on updating Content Quake frequently, but to be perfectly honest, I will probably be putting more time into The Viking Ship for the time being.

So please head over to www.TheVikingShip.net and check things out. Be sure to say hi and let me know what you think of the place!

Aug

20

LINK: Wow, GREAT GREAT article on the Chicago Bears

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I just read a GREAT article about the Chicago Bears, and how their fans and media are reacting to the Vikings signing Brett Favre.

Here’s the gist of the article:

According to fans of the other teams in the NFC North, over the past few weeks, the Vikings have been screwed because they were going to sign Brett Favre, screwed because they then failed to sign Brett Favre, and most recently screwed because they actually signed Brett Favre.

It goes on to explain why the Vikings don’t really need to be afraid of the Chicago Bears. It also goes on to mention that even though it’s true that Favre led the league in interceptions last year, the guy at the #2 spot was Jay Cutler… and Cutler doesn’t have Royal or Marshall to throw to this year.

And while Favre played the last month of the season with an injured bicep tendon, Cutler’s only affliction during the same time period was attempting to throw passes with both hands wrapped around his throat.

It’s a really good article. I highly recommend that you read it!

Click HERE to do so.

Aug

20

Open Letter to Visanthe Shiancoe

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Dear Visanthe Shiancoe

Let me be the first to congratulate you on your trip to the Pro Bowl in February 2010. You deserved (or rather, will deserve) it!

I will admit that I was one of the fans that was hard on you early in your Vikings career. In fact, I remember sitting in the Metrodome for week 3 of the 2008 season. You had just dropped a pass in the first half from new starting QB Gus Frerotte against the Carolina Panthers, and I was contemplating the article I was going to write in this blog about how the Vikings need to bench you in favor for more playing time for Mills and Kleinsasser.

Then in the second half you made a big catch… for a TD if I recall, and I decided “Okay, I’m going to give him another week. But next time he has a bad game, I’m writing the article.”

To be completely honest, I was sure, in all of my football knowledge, that that article was going to come the next week.

It didn’t.

In fact, it didn’t come at all. Why? Because you didn’t have any bad games. You never showed traces again of being, what my oh-so-humble football mind considered a “bad, unreliable tight end”. In fact, you went the completely opposite direction, and you became a GREAT tight end. You became the kind of player that was incredibly reliable. Anything thrown in your direction was caught. You could get tough yards after the catch. You were the dream teammate for any quarterback. The ultimate insurance policy.

Shank

Well, now you have a great quarterback to throw to you. No offense intended toward Tarvaris Jackson, Gus Frerotte, Sage Rosenfels, or any other quarterback who has or might have thrown you the ball, but for the first time in your time with the Minnesota Vikings, you have a quarterback who other teams are going to have to respect. A quarterback who has the ability to spread the ball around, to go deep, and to hurt other teams through the air. You have a quarterback who has never thrown less than 3,000 yards as a starter… something that the Vikings haven’t seen since 2004 (before you were in Minnesota). And you have great wide receivers and great running backs that are going to take a lot of attention from the teams that you’re playing against. I have a hunch that when teams have to consider defending against Adrian Peterson at the same time they have to watch Brett Favre and make sure they’re covering Bernard Berrian, Percy Harvin, and Sidney Rice that sometimes they’re going to (very very foolishly) underestimate you. I have a hunch that you are going to face coverage that is inadequate to stop you. I have a hunch you’re going to take advantage of that. I have a hunch that you’re going to become a favorite target of Mr. Favre.

You’re going to have a big year this year. It’s going to be very plain for NFL fans to see that you’re a premiere tight end in the National Football League. Because of guys like Adrian Peterson, Chester Taylor, Bernard Berrian, Percy Harvin, and Sidney Rice, you are going to be an absolute nightmare for teams to play against. Those teams won’t be able to give you the defensive attention that you deserve, and I have no doubt you’ll make them pay for that.

I was completely, totally, and utterly wrong in my assessment of your football skills, and I’ve never been happier about being wrong in my life!

So again, congratulations on your trip to the Pro Bowl. You deserve it!

The Jazzy One - Jason Hannah

Aug

20

Vikings Joke (8-20-09)

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

There’s a guy from Green Bay (Packer fan) driving from Green Bay to Minneapolis and a guy from Minneapolis (Vikings fan) driving from Minneapolis to Green Bay. In the middle of the night, with no other cars on the road, they hit each other head on and both cars go flying off in different directions. The Vikings fan manages to climb out of his car and survey the damage. He looks at his twisted car and says, “Man, I am really lucky to be alive!”

Likewise the Packer fan scrambles out of his car and looks at his wreckage. He too says to himself, “I can’t believe I survived this wreck!”

The Packer fan walks over to the Vikings fan and says, “Hey man, I think this is a sign from God that we should put away our petty differences and live as friends instead of arch rivals.” The Vikings fan thinks for a moment and says, “You know, your absolutely right! We should be friends.” The Vikings fan pops open his trunk and finds a full unopened bottle of Jack Daniels. He says to the Packer fan, ” I think this is another sign from God that we should toast to our new found understanding and friendship.” The Packer fan says, “You’re right!” and he grabs the bottle and starts sucking down Jack Daniels. After putting away nearly half the bottle, the Packer fan hands it back to the Vikings fan and says, “Your turn!” The Vikings fan twists the cap back on the bottle and says, “Nah, I think I’ll wait for the cops to show up!!!!

Aug

20

Vikings Trivia (8-20-09)

Posted by The Jazzy One

August 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Before beginning his coaching career, Les Steckel was a Marine who saw combat duty in Viet Nam.

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