Dear Vikings fans

I hope you win the Super Bowl. I have too many friends, so much of my family that loves the Vikings that I can't help but feel bad about the teams' perpetual success. My disdain for the team lies with the front office and the executive decisions that appear to both make the team more marketable for another city while at the same time covering up for this and pretending like they aren't trying to gut the state of Minnesota. I have hated the Vikings because I felt bad for Minnesotans, that they were so poorly represented by a team they were so devoted to.
This season was different. I hated this team because they are a band of unlikeable players. They are all mercenaries, hired guns. Few of the players have pt in a lot of time in a Vikings jersey, aside from, I don't know, Bryant McKinnie. The team is led by one of, if not THE most despised quarterbacks in the league, who came out of retirement a second time to play for a team to get revenge on a team he played for for 17 years. Their defensive star was acquired in a trade and is a complete lunatic with a bad haircut and an aggressively unlikeable personality, simply because he believes he is so damn funny. The head coach is terrible, but was extended on the back of his hired guns, though he himself hasn't developed any stars. Worst of all, this team has made some of you cocky. Downright insufferable. Nationally, the Vikings have been hated with a passion typically reserved for dynasties, and the generally affable Minnesotans found themselves turning into an unlikeable fan base of an unlikeable team.
Today, the failures were in part because of Brett Favre's interceptions and Jared Allen's inability to get to Drew Brees. Some of the fans withough knowledge of the game will blame Peterson or the refs, but it was only partly Peterson's fault, and it's never the refs fault, no matter how strongly you believe a call was blown. Perhaps you shouldn't have been in that situation. So, congratulations those of you who have turned into the smug pricks that are typically reserved for New York. You got exactly what you deserved.
For those of you who remained decent, and who will continue to faithfully follow the VIkings even in the coming rebuilding, I hope the wait isn't too long. But I'm afraid it will be. The Vikings waisted a lot of money and draft picks on this team. It's a very old roster, thanks to the habit of adding free agents and not skilled rookies. Next year, assuming he comes back, will be Favre's last in the league. Steve Hutchinson doesn't have much time left. EJ Henderson may be done for his career, and Ben Leber is falling apart. There will be a lot of holes to fill for the Vikings in a bout two years, but I can guarantee they won't be filled until it's too late.
Hopefully "too late" doesn't mean when they are playing in Los Angeles.