Dare I pick Minnesota to win it all? (cont.) - Dr. Z - SI.com

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Let the jinxing begin: Dr. Z likes Vikes to win it all
Published 6/20/2008 by Michael Rand at Randball
... . His one-word e-mail reply: Noooooooooooooooooo. The news? This train has already left the station. SI’s Dr. Z has a prescription for pain: a prediction that the Vikings are going all the way. He spells out all the offseason moves we already know about and comes to this conclusion : So en fin, do I like the Vikings to go all the way? Well, yeah, why not? A feeling of destiny, that’s what I sense about Brad Childress and his baby quarterback. It’s frightening because Mr. Zimmerman knows a lot about football and picked the Saints to run the table last year. The Saints went 7-9. ...

DR. Z JINXES THE VIKINGS
Published 6/22/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
Paul Zimmerman of Sports Illustrated has offered up his pre-preseason prediction for the 2008 Super Bowl winner, and his choice should make every fan of the Minnesota Vikings very afraid. Yes, Dr. Z picks the Vikings . In the modern NFL, it doesn’t pay to be a preseason media darling.  Those teams tend to see the “A” game more often from opponents primed to knock them down a peg or two.  In a system that has made the talent gap between the best and worst teams is narrower than ever (with perhaps the exception of the very best and the very worst), intangibles matter. Zimmerman ...

Culpepper and the West Coast offense
Published 6/23/2008 at ESPN.com - NFL Nation - Blog
... blowing out his knee in 2005. He has made strides since then, but there is no way he can rely on his legs the way he once did. This certainly was the view of Vikings coach Brad Childress, who played a big role in the team's decision to trade Culpepper to Miami in 2006. Much has been made of Culpepper's contract demands at the time, but it's clear now that Childress also questioned Culpepper's aptitude in his offense. Childress most recently admitted to that viewpoint in an interview with Sports lllustrated. "Daunte was a guy who ...

Dr. Z’s Vikings Pick - Much Ado About Nothing
Published 6/23/2008 by danzinski at The Viking Age | A Blog For Minnesota Vikings Fans
... Much has been said and written about SI’s Dr. Z picking the Vikings to win the Super Bowl.  I personally don’t get the fuss over it though.  I mean, the guy goes around calling himself “Dr. Z” - how seriously should I really take him? ...

Sports Illustrated Senior Writer Likes Vikings to Win Super Bowl
Published 6/24/2008 by Matt Loede at Vikings Gab
... Childress says. “Tarvaris knows that, how important it is that people see you working when they come in. Is he in the right place for a guy evolving? Yeah, I’m convinced he’s got what it takes. “We just have to see how he does on the field.” So en fin, do I like the Vikings to go all the way? Well, yeah, why not? A feeling of destiny, that’s what I sense about Brad Childress and his baby quarterback.” Click HERE to read the entire article.

Vikings Notes: Keeping the Hype to a Minimum
Published 6/26/2008 by Anthony Hall at Vikings War Cry
... points us to a part of Dr. Z’s famous/infamous (depending on your perspective) prediction column that I didn’t mention ...

Chargers The Easiest Team Adrian Peterson Has Faced?
Published 6/28/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Rob Zepeda) at BoltHype - The San Diego Chargers Blog
... signed with Minnesota as a free agent, and took a jab by saying that the toughest team he'd faced was the San Diego Chargers – the team against which he set the NFL single-game rushing record with 296 yards. "That was a joke," Peterson told them before settling in on the Washington Redskins, who held him to 27 yards in the next-to-last game of the season. You’re lucky the Chargers aren’t playing the Vikings this year! – at least not in the regular season. But Dr. Z says you are going to win the Super Bowl this year, so maybe you’ll see us in the playoffs on the road ...