Aug 27th 2008 8:40AM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, Vikings, NFC North
It costs a lot of money to be a Dallas Cowboys season ticket holder. And on Thursday, that money will get you a fine seat for what will be worse than a glorified scrimmage. Season ticket holders would be just as well served taking a $100 bill and lighting it on fire.
Vikings coach Brad Childress announced yesterday that he is benching every one of his starters, plus his No. 2 quarterback, for Thursday’s game in Dallas. Cowboys’ fans won’t see Adrian Peterson, or Jared Allen, or the Williamses, or any one of the Vikings’ projected starters. Normally teams send their starters out for a brief series or two in game four of the exhibition season, then hand it over the backups. Childress is just speeding up the process.
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