Five years ago: Vikes-Cards … and Packers? Premium Story

Ryan Longwell (Tom Dahlin/Getty)
Ryan Longwell (Tom Dahlin/Getty)
By John Holler
VikingUpdate.com
Date: Dec 12, 2008

Five years ago, Matt Birk and the Vikings were in Arizona looking like they’d wrap up a division title and enter the playoffs. Ryan Longwell was in Green Bay and thinking his season was going to end. Then Nate Poole’s catch changed everything. Longwell and Birk recounted that strange day of vastly different emotions this week.

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