Antoine Winfield

Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers), as the Wilfs had just doled out the money to Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, and Darren Sharper, while Kevin Williams was becoming a major inside force.

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iggy Wilf bought the team, the defense finally started to improve, as players such as Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, and Darren Sharper (2006, I believe) were brought in to solidify the unit.  However, there has always been one area that has not improved in the least...pass defense.  The unit seemed to improve in the 2005-2006 seasons, but that proved to be only a mirage, as teams had never run into a run-stopping line like the Vikings had, and thus didn't adapt quickly enough (it probably didn't help that the old football adage is to establish the run to set up the pass, which played right into the Vikings' hands).  But it quickly became apparent in 2007 and so far this year that the pass defense is woefully inadequate, allowing teams to completely abandon the run (like the Bears pretty much did on Sunday) and just pass, pass, pass.

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not spend a time on the defense.  As Brad Childress put together such talent as Pat Williams, Antoine Winfield, Darren Sharper, and Dwight Smith (until the whole sex-in-the-stairwell thing), the overall defense seemed to improve, but teams (starting with the New England Patriots on a fateful Monday night in 2006) began to realizing that all you had to do to beat the Vikings was pass, pass, and then pass a little more.

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nbsp; This occurred, a Viking player touched the sailing sphere, and it landed flush in the arms of Antoine Winfield, who quickly returned it for a score and tied the contest 7-7.  Given the chance to go up 10-0 on one of the worst offenses in the NFL, the Saints failed to capitalize (or did the Vikings succeed?!).

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