CHARLEY WALTERS: Former Minnesota Vikings great Carl Eller impressed with Jared Allen

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The Adventures of Grandpa Sports and The Bird Whisperer - Episode 98
Published 4/24/2008 by 10000takes at 10,000 Takes
In today's episode, The Bird Whisperer tells us: One longtime Twins fan is willing to bet that, at season's end, Twins rookie pitcher Nick Blackburn wil (sic) have a lower earned-run average than ex-Twins starter Johan Santana of the New York Mets. What's the most outrageous part of the above sentence? The Bird Whisperer narrowing his source down to a longtime Twins fan, Nick Blackburn having a lower ERA than Johan Santana, or that there are actually people who pay money to have this kind of incredible sports insight "dropped" ...

Published 4/25/2008 by Aaron at AaronGleeman.com
... Speaking of Minnesota's elite group of local newspaper sports columnists, Charley Walters of the St. Paul Pioneer Press wrote this nugget the other day: ...

The Packers are still the team to beat in the NFC Central
Published 4/28/2008 by Ryan at The Victoria Times
... statistically, because they had such an elite run defense. Offenses had no choice but to take to the air. They were going against Darren Sharper, one of the top safeties in the league, and Antoine Winfield, one of the best corners, but if you throw it enough, every once in a while, you're going to complete something downfield. Call it the Brett Favre principle. So, the Vikings signed Madieu Williams and traded for Jared Allen (who the Pioneer Press accurately if unfortunately compared to Carl Eller ), giving up most of their high value picks for Allen. You would think that ...