High Drama

The media is ridiculous. The Minnesota Vikings visit the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday. You'd think that the media would be asking Vikings coach Leslie Frazier about the football game. He's a football coach. You'd think that the questions would be about the injuries to running backs Adrian Peterson and Toby Gerhart. Maybe even a question or two about the ankle of rookie cornerback Xavier Rhodes. The Bengals have a terrific receiver in A.J. Green that could shred the Vikings secondary. Rhodes is one of the few Vikings corners that can physically match up with Green. The media has been asking about the quarterback situation all year. Nope. Not now. The Twin Cities media peppered Frazier on his two-year coaching stint in Cincinnati. In particular, they wanted to know all about the circumstances that led Bengals coach Marvin Lewis to fire Leslie Frazier in 2005. The media just wants drama. They'd rather fan the flames of drama than ask a football coach about a football game. All year, I've grown sick of the weekly flood of questions about the Vikings quarterback rotation. I'd rather hear more about that rotation than a coaching change that took place nearly a decade ago. At least the quarterback questions concern the upcoming game. Not all coaching relationships work. Frazier and Lewis have moved on with their careers. Frazier has won a Super Bowl with the Indianapolis Colts and become the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings. Lewis is one of the most tenured coaches in the entire league. Nothing that took place in 2005 has anything to do with the Vikings-Bengals game on Sunday. Frickin' drama. The media supposedly reports to the public. Here's one part of that public that is much more interested in a football game than the media's pathetic thirst for drama.