Koren Robinson

fense-orientated leader.  However, now with three years of hindsight, Brad Johnson throwing to Koren Robinson and handing off to Chester Taylor (the last year of the Tice regime) was just as productive as Tarvaris Jackson throwing to Bernard Berrian and giving to Adrian Peterson.  Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that Childress has come nowhere near delivering the "kick-ass" offense he promised a few seasons ago.  Sure, the defense has been incredible, but Chilly lucked out in that regard (and was likely helped by the presence of Mike Tomlin, now 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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Sadly, those days are long behind us.  Despite a brilliant performance in 2005 by Koren Robinson that led to a Pro Bowl berth, he then chose to drive 90 mph down a St. Paul road and thus got released (he is now property of the Seattle Seahawks via way of the Green Bay Packers).  Since then, the Vikes have sorely been lacking in special teams, and it has never been more apparent than so far this year.  Not only are we not catching up to returners (ask Reggie Bush), but our return guys stink to boot.  Maurice Hicks (KR) has shown no break-away abilities at all this year, while Robert Ferguson (PR) is mainly back there to make sure the ball isn't fumbled, as he couldn't outrun some of the more athletic-looking guys in the seats (granted, those types of males are hard to find) on any given day.

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