Al, Rusty and all you other pessimists:

First I absolutely believe the Vikings will get as many wins as last
year. After all, Troy Williamson has new glasses, Drew Henson has
been resigned and those great free-agent acquisitions (what are
their names...) will provide our potential "coach of the year" with
all the tools he needs on offense (and with the playing time
Tarvaris got last year, he should certainly be in Probowl form).

I predict the Vikings will trade down, possibly out of the first
round all together, for additional picks in the 2nd and 3rd round,
when they can draft truly noteworthy collegiate football stars who
otherwise might have been available in rounds 4 thru 6. I do
believe that sending everyone to their draft guides, in order to
find that those player are not even listed, will be one of the 2007
NFL draft's finer moments.

Yep, really looking forward to the draft and this year's season.

We'll have to find out where Sean and Dana keep the remote and will
need to know where the mute button is located. The 2007 NFL Viking
season might be better without the sound...

See you next month,

Keith


--- In novavikes@yahoogroups.com, "Al" <albuddah@...> wrote:
>
> If you check out our home page you will see the photo I put up for
> the raffle prize we will be given away at this years annual draft
> party at Stars & Stripes. Everyone who shows up will have a shot
at
> it if you predict the correct draft pick for the Vikings. All
ties
> will be randomly selected. No money is required, just have tobe
> present to win. The item in question is a Viking chair and
footrest
> combo. Just in case you get this email and can't find the website
> here is our link:
>
> http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/novavikes/
>
> Try to save it in your favorites for easy reference in the
future.
> The site is alive as you want it to be. Post your thoughts, put
up
> viking pictures, start a debate. Whatever Viking related item you
> have to offer, we want it from you. We have tried to jump start
> discussions in the past, but since most of you are set on "special
> message", you will only receive messages such as this that I
select
> as "special messages". I don't want to fill your inbox like spam,
so
> I keep these to a minimum, but you do miss some things if you
don't
> change your email selection. There is no choice for "individual"
> emails which are 1 on 1 emails, so I will change it upon seeing
it.
> That is just a group rule.
>
> The draft party, if anything is an offseason getogether of fans
and
> friends who miss the Viking talk. We hope this year you will
decide
> to grace us with your presence, play the draft raffle challenge
and
> say hello. I for one have lost 70+ pounds so I can fit into some
old
> Viking gear that I had stashed away in my closet. I can't wait to
> put on some of those again. I look forward to seeing some of you
> there.
>
> Eternally,
> Al Goldenberg
> SKOL VIKES!
>