Stanjames Sports Blog

Occasionally you see a lot of very good teams come up a little short in pro nfl games where there is a lot of riding on the game. A good example of this would be the teams that Jim Marshall, Alan Page, and Fran Tarkenton were on when they were a part of the Minnesota Vikings with the purple people eaters defense of the 1970's and with a record setting quarterback and personality like Fran Tarkenton in their pro nfl games. The fact that the Vikings were never able to win a Super Bowl during this pro nfl period against the likes of Hank Stram and the Chiefs or John Madden and the Raiders was a very upsetting fact for many Vikings fans as they cheered for their favorite pro nfl teams.

The Minnesota Vikings also had some very prolific pro nfl offensive teams during the decade of the 1990's under former head coach Dennis Green. The Vikings were just a few mere minutes away from playing in the Super Bowl against the Denver Broncos in the 1998 season producing a great pro nfl matchup when steady kicker Gary Anderson blew the kick in a tragic turn of events for Mr. Anderson who had otherwise been through a stellar, long term pro nfl career.

This is the luck that some pro nfl teams have. The Vikings can have pro bowl and likely Hall of Fame eligible wide receivers like Cris Carter and Randy Moss on their roster, but the whole thing can come down to the consistency of Falcons kicker Morten Andersen and his pro nfl resume versus the pro nfl resume of then Vikings kicker Gary Anderson. The truth is kickers can decide games when such an ending can seem so unfair to the rest of the players. The fact remains that sometimes a few great pro nfl teams are meant to win game while a few great pro nfl teams are meant to lose games.