Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Fool Me Once, Shame on You. Fool me Twice, Shame on Me.

The Vikings have done it again.

First, they traded Randy Moss, very possibly the most explosive WR ever, for Napolen Harris and a first-round pick, which turned out to be Troy Williamson. Now, they have traded Daunte Culpepper to the Miami Dolphins for a 2nd round pick.

You'd think the Vikings would have learned after the Randy Moss deal. Napoleon Harris was terrible the past year, and even though Troy Williamson showed flashes of brilliance in his rookie year, he will never be as good as Randy Moss.

Culpepper is arguably the team's most talented player, although in fairness to the Vikings, he did force their hand a little this time. But they shouldn't have pursued a trade for him in the first place. He's coming off a knee injury, he had a bad year last year, and he's in a little bit of legal trouble. But when healthy, in the right system (which I feel confident in Brad Childress for), Culpepper showed in 2004 what he's capable of.

When the Vikings traded Randy Moss, they claimed that he was a big distraction, and with him gone, the team would be more focused on winning, better team chemistry, etc. While I wasn't thrilled with this, more and more I started to believe it. The the Vikings started off terribly last year. This year, it looks like Brad Johnson will be at the helm, which isn't terrible, but it isn't really good. He's old. He probably won't have that much time left.

You may have fooled me once Minnesota, but you won't fool me again.

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