Minnesota Vikings: To Our Boxing Hero, Ray Edwards

Ray Edwards is a special athlete. Not many people can be a sack master and a great boxer...

Let's stop right there. Sack master? Really? Edwards has been carrying on about how much he deserves to make top dollar once he signs a new contract. But where does that come from? 

Does this confidence come from a guy who has played next to one of the most prolific and immortal defensive tackle combinations the NFL has ever seen? 

Perhaps the Cowboy taking all the double-teams off him on the other side of the line didn't register with Edwards.

Perhaps he thought because he's so special that his best season still has not produced double-digit sacks, despite playing with these All-Pro teammates.

There has been a big deal made about Edwards' boxing career getting underway. But do you know who he is fighting? He is fighting a 34-year-old former kickboxer who is 5'9'' and 210 lbs. Edwards, of course, is 6'5'' and 255 lbs.

Yeah, you're our hero, big Ray.

It doesn't take a big man to beat a 34-year-old fighter. All of this ego stroking that Ray has been doing is just starting to make me sick.

Anyone can play next to the Williams Wall and Jared Allen and do what Edwards did. Now he promises to hold out if the old CBA rules remain in place and he has to stay a Viking.

That's fine, Ray.

Vikings fans will not forget how the New England Patriots did away with their big-mouth defensive end Richard Seymour and still won games the next season. The only difference between you and Seymour is that he is actually an elite player, unlike yourself.

Farewell, Ray. I did not forget about the Dallas game, but seriously, one game out of how many?