Brett Favre News

What do you think Brett Favre was doing during his bye week? Judging by his commercials, which is how I judge most people, I would bet Favre was on the farm, wearing some Wranglers, playing touch football with a bunch of actors who look like they last played football in the 7th grade.

Momentum. We all know about good days and bad days.A My advice is to squeeze as much as possible into the good days, and sit your butt down and read a book or go to bed early on the bad days.A Days turn into years, and the Vikings are having about as good of a first-half of an NFL year as possible.A I mean, anytime that the Vikings beat the Packers ...

The Vikings thrived during the roughest part of their schedule, going 2-1 against the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers, with the latter two games on the road.

Over the summer every football fan in America was critical of the possibility of a Brett Favre return, again.

Jerry Burns, who long has been a big fan of Brett Favre, was Fran Tarkenton's offensive coordinator when Bud Grant coached the Minnesota Vikings.

A little more than a year ago, the Green Bay Packers climbed to 4-3 in the standings after a resounding 34-14 victory over the Indianapolis Colts at Lambeau Field.

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

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

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 NFL's biggest grudge match, Brett Favre vs. the Green Bay Packers, ended with the Vikings beating GB in week 4, 30-23. That was in Minnesota, and this week, take two of the grudge match, in Green Bay.

Jeffrey Phelps / Associated Press According to STATS, Viking quarterback Brett Favre is leading the NFL with a 91.9 passer rating when under pressure - measuring performance on attempts when the quarterback is knocked down or hurried.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre, Carolina Panthers defensive end Julius Peppers and St.

Your last name is Rice and you are an NFL receiver. How would you like to try to live up to that combination? Minnesota Vikings receiver Sidney Rice is no relation to Jerry, arguably the greatest football player ever, but the name connection and the fact they play the same position does bond them.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 2:29 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 2:29 p.m. Favre, Brady, Sanchez - and Tebow, too.

Minnesota Vikings rookie Percy Harvin has shown his toughness, playing through a nagging shoulder injury over the past three weeks.

The Minnesota Vikings are Adrian Peterson's team. Prior to the start of the season I cannot recall how many times I heard this sentiment echoed throughout the media and many of my friends.

Last update: November 5, 2009 - 4:12 PM Stu is counting on this being long enough ago that we can all laugh.

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EDITOR: I attended the Packers-Vikings game on Sunday at Lambeau Field. I was excited to see Brett Favre's return to Lambeau.

Posted by Anthony Stalter Herea TMs how I see things 1-32 in the NFL after eight weeks in the books: 1. New Orleans Saints The Saints have the most balanced offensive attack in the NFL, have been a more aggressive and opportunistic defense under new coordinator Gregg Williams and are off to their best start in franchise history.