BRICK WALL

So on Sunday I said that the Vikings had a real shot of making noise in the postseason. Well, remember how Pat Williams went off on a cart in the second half at Arizona? Yup, Phat Pat is now out 2 to 6 weeks with a fractured shoulder. Two weeks would be ideal for ol' Phat Pat to eat running backs such as Michael Turner, DeAngelo Williams, and Jonathan Stewart but I don't think that's going to happen. Fractured shoulder sounds pretty serious to me and if Williams came back in two or even three weeks, I would be stunned. Now the problem turns to who is going to replace Pat Williams on the defensive line. There are many candidates for this, but I think the best one would either be Brian Robison (who may be injured, but I'm not sure) and Jimmie Kennedy. For those of you not familiar with Mr. Kennedy(...Kennedy), he was the 13th overall pick in the 2003 draft by the St. Louis Rams. Now, the Rams defense hasn't gotten better since then, so I'm just going to let you assume that he absolutely sucks. Kennedy was cut earlier by Jacksonville this season and when Pat and Kevin Williams were suspended in Starcapsgate '08, the Vikings pounced on him immediately. The purple will just have to wait and see how this turns out. If the Vikings expect to win, Michael Turner and Matt Ryan need to be destroyed at any cost by the defensive line.

In other news...

I was watching ESPN this morning and saw one of those annoying product ads. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. These are the ads that start off with something ridiculous like, "Do you have problems using a pencil?" As that's being said they show some moron trying to write and screaming "I can't do it." Then, the ridiculous product is introduced. Well, I usually don't get too worked up about these ads, but this one sent me over the edge.

The product was a Snookum (?) blanket. This one started by showing a woman that was too cold, but she didn't want to turn up the heat because it would jack up her heating bill. She didn't want to use a normal blanket because it falls off when she wanted to change the channel on the TV or answer the phone, or any other ridiculous thing. So, she went ahead and got the Snookum blanket which was a blanket with sleeves! Now you too can look like a priest anytime you want around your house. SIGN ME UP FOR THIS ONE!

Here's the best part about this. Not only does it act like a blanket, but it also can be used as a hospital gown around the house, around the campfire, and they even suggested sporting events! I would seriously pay the 19.95 plus shipping and handling if they had one with Green Bay Packer logos all over it and give it to some 450 pound Packer fan who would definitely test the "one size fits all" mantra that the Snookum guarantees. Not to mention, most of rural Wisconsin would wear the damn thing like a hospital gown with nothing underneath. With that said, when we would watch Packer games from now on, we would see more crack than the Miami police department and it would be BRUTAL.

The funniest thing about all of these products is that some moron lunges to their phone to buy them. For a select percentage of people, this hospital gown would serve a purpose, but I highly doubt that nobody really cares that much about having the blanket fall off of them if they go to pick up their child or their dog on a cold night. If anything, they would simply tuck them under the blanket as well.

Pro Bowl Reaction - The NFL Pro Bowl rosters will be announced later today. I'll jump on with my reactions, but as far as Vikings go, I'll predict these players will make it.

RB Adrian Peterson
G Steve Hutchinson
C Matt Birk
DE Jared Allen
DT Pat Williams
DT Kevin Williams
LB Chad Greenway
CB Antoine Winfield
S Darren Sharper

Peterson, Allen, and Kevin Williams should be locks, but I think that the other players are very deserving of making the pro bowl roster. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. As for the Packers, I don't know too much, but here's who I would take...

QB Aaron Rodgers
WR Greg Jennings
LT Chad Clifton
DE Aaron Kampman
CB Charles Woodson
S Nick Collins

Any player on the Packer defense is not a lock because they've been absolutely awful the last couple of weeks. However, Woodson has a great number of his interceptions in the fourth quarter and most of those sealed Packer wins in the first half of the season. I'm not a big fan of Collins, but he has the numbers that could make it to Honolulu.