matt weighs in

If you can overlook the overstatements of how Brett Favre likes to play football, check out the video link below. The NFL Network and NFL Films put a microphone on players and coaches all the time for games, and when the Vikings played the Lions, Favre had one on. I really enjoy these compilations the NFL Network puts together after games. I really like how he interacts with Adrian Peterson and Sidney Rice.

At one point, I think around the 4:35 mark, as the Vikings come up to the line of scrimmage at the one yard line, Favre sees one of the Lions defensive linemen in the game and asks him, “What they got you in for?” Right before Adrian Peterson scores a touchdown in the spot where the lineman was playing.

Check it out here in the Vikings.com Media Vault.

Finally, a prediction for the Seattle game today. The Seahawks passing game could spell trouble for the Vikings defense. They’ve thrown the ball over 100 times the last two games, a win versus the Lions and a loss at Arizona. The Seahawks gave up 20 points to Detroit, and only scored 20 last week at Arizona, so I think the Minnesota Vikings offense will continue their streak of dominating opposing defenses.

Adrian Peterson will not make the mistakes he made in their win over Detroit last week, leading that game to be closer than it needed to be in the 2nd half. AP goes over 100 yards again, and Favre will throw for over 200 yards with a couple scores, hopefully at least one to Sidney Rice (they need to get him in the end zone). He might throw an interception, too, but the offensive line will give him plenty of time.

Vikings score over 30 again and defeat the Seahawks 34-17.

I am going to try to start doing a Daily Rave, which may or may not end up being daily. I think that some weeks it could end up being most days, but that in the end, I will write about something that either caught my attention more than others that day or something that I really enjoy, such as a good beer, cheese, video, movie, post somewhere else on the web, or whatever else I decide I want to rave about. You can rave or rant, your choice, but hopefully I can find some stuff in my world that may or may not interest you.

With that…your first Daily Rave:

On Tuesday, I watched two videos caught on security cameras involving humans falling onto the tracks in subways. I think they are making the rounds on the internet, but I just so happened to watch them within an hour of each other. Both ended up with positive outcomes (meaning non-death outcomes), but watch, and you can see that either one could have ended horribly.

First, a very drunk woman passes out stumbles onto the tracks in Boston. If you have time, search the web for another version that shows it from three different angles in full. It’s amazing.

Second, a baby stroller rolls onto the tracks a second before the train comes into view, after the parent lets go of the handle. The stroller is parallel with the tracks at first, and if you watch closely, the parent slightly turns it toward the tracks, lets go to turn away, and then the stroller continues turning and rolls in front of the train.

They ended up well. Again…no deaths. So don’t hate me for getting your heart racing. They are safe. And that’s my rave for today.