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The toughest divisions to make a living in the NFL these days are not the NFC or AFC East.

Eight weeks gone already? Time to hand out some midseason awards ... ♦ Offensive MVP: Quarterbacks own this conversation, and Indianapolis' Peyton Manning gets the nod narrowly over New Orleans' Drew Brees.

The Vikings might have the look of a Super Bowl team if they can pull off a victory at Green Bay today.

When: 3:15 p.m. Sunday. Where: Lambeau Field. TV: Fox. Radio: WTMJ . Tickets: Sold out.

When Brett Favre talks, a nation listens. It may not want to listen, but it doesn't have much choice.

Brett Favre threw four touchdown passes and posted a stellar 128.6 passer rating against his former team Sunday despite a groin injury that he apparently suffered in practice last week.

Halfway through the 2009 fantasy season, are you kicking yourself for allowing Cedric Benson to slide by round after round? Did you cast your lot with the wrong Steve Smith? Have you hurled epithets in Larry Johnson's direction that could get you suspended by the NFL? Yes, dear reader, it's time for our semi-annual exercise in self-flagellation, ...

They chose Adrian Peterson in 2007 after six other clubs were scared off because of injuries, and they took Percy Harvin with the 22nd pick this year after others passed because of character concerns.

Tom Fields had pretty much every piece of Brett Favre memorabilia there is, and he and his buddies had already planned their road trip for whenever the quarterback is enshrined in the Hall of Fame.Then Favre signed with the Minnesota Vikings, the Green Bay Packers' fiercest, most hated rival."That was just a dagger in the heart," said Fields, whose ...

It's being called the most important, most anticipated regular season game in the history of the Green Bay Packers.

Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:04pm EDT - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre celebrates his touch down during the first half of their NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5, 2009.

Time: 3:15 p.m., Fox-32. Line: Packers by 3. Total: 47?. Records : Vikings 5-2/4-3; Packers 4-2/4-2. If Packers fans are missing Brett Favre for anything but sentimental reasons, they're missing a great season by one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL .

You don't need me advising you to start Peyton Manning and Adrian Peterson, or to bench JaMarcus Russell and Brian Robiskie.

Brett Favre's adjustment to being a member of the Minnesota Vikings appears to be nearly complete.

Brett Favre's adjustment to being a member of the Minnesota Vikings appears to be nearly complete.

Rashard Mendenhall's second lost fumble in as many games won't threaten his status as the Steelers' primary ball-carrier. That is what coach Mike Tomlin said Sunday after the Steelers' overcame Mendenhall's fumble in a 27-17 win over the Minnesota Vikings at Heinz Field.

GREEN BAY, Wis. - "Physically, and from a talent level, this is the best team I've ever been on." That's what Brett Favre said a few weeks ago about his Minnesota Vikings.

Itemizing a few things ... Item: The Vikings lose their first game of the season on Sunday, 27-17 to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

There were plenty of big playing during the fourth quarter of the Pittsburgh Steelers vs Minnesota Vikings game.

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