The year is 2050. Former Vikings teammates Brian Robison and Ryan Longwell are living in different parts of the country. One day, their grandkids plop down on the sofa and ask them to tell a story.
Grandkids: Tell us about the 2010 Vikings.
“The year the roof caved in,” begins Longwell, now 75. “Figuratively and literally.”
“How long you got?” 67-year-old Robison asks.
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We will always remember the 2010 Vikings season and how it just got stranger and stranger as it went on.
August and September: Brett Favre reluctantly agrees to play one more season after a visit from three teammates who flew to Mississippi on Zygi Wilf’s private plane.