Vikings Show Guts, Create Fan Excitement

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Published: May 9, 2009

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... wanted to let Vikings fans know they have reason to be jacked up regardless of how this Brett Favre situation turns out.

In last month's draft, the Vikings front office and coaching staff stepped up and did what I didn't expect: drafted a player in the first round with high risk.

Now this is head coach Brad Childress and Vikings VP of Player Personnel Rick Speilman we are talking about here.

Ever since Childress was hired as the Vikings head coach before the 2006 season, off the field antics have not been tolerated.

One situation will always stand out to me, and this happened before Childress had even coached in a regular season game.

Newly acquired safety Dwight Smith, who was named the starter heading into a week one Monday night game at the Washington Redskins, was charged with indecent exposure the Saturday before the game with a 24-year old woman in a downtown Minneapolis stairwell.

Upon learning about the incident, Childress benched Smit...

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