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Once upon a timeáa dome team went 15-1, with the highest scoring offense in the league (in league history, at the time), the highest point differential in the league, a turnover-happy defense that pounced in the fourth quarter when their team had the lead, and were generally regarded as a lock to represent the conference in the Super Bowl. At the same time another dome team went 14-2, with the fourth ...

The Minnesota Vikings look more and more like the most complete team in the NFL with each game. Passing game, rushing offense, rushing defense, secondary, even special teams. The Vikings are truly firing on all cylinders. Alright, maybe not the special teams; they gave up a couple of big returns to Chicago. Over the past three games, Minnesota is averaging 486 total yards, with a high of 537 on Sunday against Chicago.The defense ...

NFL fans got a lot of questions and storylines after week ten, didn't they? String Belicheck up! What was he thinking!? (Are the commentators aware that when his team was losing one time,áBelicheck purposely took a safety, giving the opposition two points and the ball? That he became a "genius" by going against the grain? That we should probably all calm down about a regular season decision? No? He's worse ...

The sun is shining bright in Minnesota these days (figuratively speaking, not literally) as the Vikings proved their mettle Sunday in Green Bay, and put themselves firmly on the short list of Super Bowl contenders in the process. á The Vikings continued to demonstrate that they can beat any team, any Sunday, on any field, with any number of players and weapons:áThe Brett Favre-led passing game methodicallyámatriculatingáthe ball down the field ...

Football can be a fickle game, sometimes. Twice on Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings were inside the Pittsburgh Steelers' twenty-yard line, in the fourth quarter, and poised to take the lead (or at least tie the game). Twice on Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers ended those drives with touchdowns of their own. What goes around, comes around, so they say; and the breaks that had gone the Vikings way the previous couple of games most ...

How can a 6-0 team look so dominant and so mediocre in the same game?á What am I saying; the Vikings have done this all year. áIt's habit, now. áAn addiction. Step one: Get out to a big, early lead. áLook like the second coming of Lief Erickson storming Newfoundland. Step two: Go into a shell while waiting for the other team to score, turtle-style. Step three: See what happens. This addiction worked out against ...

The Monday night game between the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers has an abundance of storylines that ESPN has hammered into America's collectiveáconsciousnessáfor the past months. Brett Favre trying to become the first quarterback in history to defeat every NFL team, against the team he crafted his legend with. Aaron Rodgers reprising the beleaguered role of Steve Young. Two favorites for the NFC North division title challenging each other. Fanbases ...

Brett Favre, you magnificent graybeard, you've done it again. You completed barely 50 percent of your passes. You threw ducks that should've been intercepted; you threw an interception. You missed receivers, you settled for field goals, and you looked like the aging fighter most people pegged you as. And absolutely nobody cares about that now, because you won. With 1:29 on the clock and no timeouts, Favre led the Vikings 80 yards for ...

My business cards read "experienced longshoreman, crusader against sushi, acquitted tax cheat, and avid NFL watcher." I'm not that savvy when it comes to business, clearly. But I am knowledgeable about the NFL, and the early season problems of the Minnesota Vikings. Yes, an undefeated team has problems. And yes, a team that starts the season against the Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions should be undefeated. Detroit and Cleveland. Like two extra preseason games. These extra preseason games will hopefully help the Vikings ...

Ho-hum. Ho-hum, 180 yards. Three touchdowns, ho-hum. Let's talk about Brett Favre! Splendid! What did you think of that throw, Mr. Elizabeth Hasselbeck? Did it have the tight, crisp spin of a Brazilian pole-dancer? Percy Harvin caught three balls! Blimey! And then Brett tackled him and then they hugged and then it got a little awkward and then children's eyes had to be covered and then raunchiness was redefined and then a ...