I do this because I'm lazy

No time for a longer post today, but I do have a couple of useful links to pass along.

There is about a week to go before the NFL regular season starts, so everybody is reading the tea leaves.

If you've got 20 minutes to spare, I suggest listening to this podcast featuring the National Football Post's main columnists, Mike Lombardi and Matt Bowen.

If you don't have the time, here's a Twitter-like rundown of what they had to say.

In short: They like the Bears and Packers. No love for the Vikings. Even less love for Vikings head coach Brad Childress.

In fact, most of their criticisms of the team revolve around Childress and not on the actual talent the Vikings have. I think most Vikings fans would concur.

And there seems to be a lot of Jay Cutler love going on right now. Football Outsiders writer Mike Tanier joins in and explains why the Bears offence could be pretty effective in 2009.

I can certainly see Cutler completing about 30 passes to Greg Olsen and Desmond Clark over E.J. Henderson and Chad Greenway this season. But I can also see Adrian Peterson averaging over 200 yards and two touchdowns per game against the Bears. And I can see Bernard Berrian catching several deep balls on Charles Tillman and Nathan Vasher.

The Vikings games against the Bears and Packers are going to be incredibly fun (and nerve racking) to watch.