Excitement in the misery of others.

Hi, kids. This is The Rabbi here from On The Sportslines. Normally I am a person who enjoys the match ups of each and every NFL weekend, because usually, it'll have an impact on the postseason picture. It doesn't have to be my favorite team, the Giants, it can be any team and I will keep two eyes on the game.

Except for this Sunday, there is this one very special game between two very bad teams over the first four games of their seasons that I am riveted in. I will watch the battle between the 1-3 Vikings and Cowboys, and so should you.

The Minnesota Vikings and Dallas Cowboys were seeds #2 and 3 in the NFC Playoffs last year, both won a game, and both had Super Bowl asperations for 2010. Now, all of a sudden the loser of this game is 1-4. 1-4 is a hole that has only gotten one team into the Conference Championship, and that was the 2002-03 Tennessee Titans. Believe me, Wade Phillips and Brad Childress are NO Jeff Fisher (it's almost amazing both have been with their teams as long as they have).

The Dallas Cowboys are almost a victim of their own expectations. A team who expected themselves and had people expect them to be the first home team to get to a Super Bowl has fallen flat. Either the offense has failed them miserably (Washington game), the Defense has been lit up by an average offense (Chicago and Tennessee), or it's a combo of major mistakes and lapses in judgment that put Dallas in last place in the NFC East. Now Dallas is looking up at 3 teams, THREE teams, back by 1 1/2 game. The offense is Top 3 in the league in many major categories, but that doesn't win you ballgames.

Then there's the Vikings, who have had offensive sputters in the first two losses of the year (Dolphins and Saints), and have seen Brett Favre's bravado get them in many different types of trouble, whether it be on the field (7 INT's)...or off it (I think Brett shudders when the name Jenn Sterger is mentioned). Add to that the inactivity of Percy Harvin this year, and the panic button-esque (although clearly the right move in my mind) move to bring back Randy Moss. Last night, the Vikings almost proved that Brett Favre can bring this team back after almost 30+ min of funk. However, when you're playing opportunistic and good teams like the Jets, it's not gonna happen most of the time.

I'm not a fan of the Cowboys, and I bet when the Cowboys are featured Nationally, you can't wait to see them lose too. It's almost the Notre Dame theory, you either hate them or love them, there's no in between. There is a lot of people who hate Brett Favre, or just wish he would go already. Unless you're in Minnesota (and even some who ARE), you also agree.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy on Sunday. One of the "favorites" in the NFL is fighting to survive. Even then, we all may win and neither team may be relevent come Week 10.