Published 6/30/2009
by Brandon Erickson
at Bleacher Report - NFL
Very often these days, many people overlook the chemistry necessary for a team to coexist and function. Super Bowl teams make or break not in Week Seven or Eight, but in training camp where the unity of a team is formed.
The Vikings are likely headed into its biggest season of the new millennium. The team features Adrian Peterson, potentially the most dangerous running back since Eric Dickerson, and Bernard Berrian, one of the most up-and-rising receivers in the past few years. Toss in a Hall of Fame quarterback and on paper this offense has the potential to be the most explosive team in the league.
Although, the biggest battle this team will face is being able to not only play consistently against big name teams like Baltimore and Pittsburgh, but to be able to follow a leader that has spent almost half of his natural life defying them. On top of that, other players have already made their opinions known on what they think of the Favre (to-be) signing.
Deep-threat receiver Bernard Berrian made ...
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