Erin Henderson News

Brett Favre and the 11-2 Minnesota Vikings roll into Charlotte to take on the Carolina Panthers Sunday night at 8. The game will be televised by WITN.

Mike Holmgren remained unemployed. Eric Mangini stayed on the job, and the Cleveland Browns were still a mess.

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson Growing up in Maryland, Erin and E.J. Henderson lived by a few basic beliefs.

Just when it seemed like Christmas at the Henderson household couldn't have a darker shadow cast over it, Erin Henderson, younger brother of injured middle linebacker E.J., was suspended by the NFL for violating the league's policy on performance enhancing substances.

The Cleveland Browns may have finally found their leader. Former Seattle and Green Bay coach Mike Holmgren, with one Super Bowl title and success brimming from an impressive NFL resume, spent his second day meeting with the Browns about running their football operations.

The Minnesota Vikings are never too far from controversy. As much as owner Zygi Wilf and head coach Brad Childress have come in and changed the culture of the team created during the Red McCombs/Denny Green era, it appears difficult for this squad to totally exist without making headlines off the field.

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Vikings rookie receiver Percy Harvin missed his first NFL game, and he wasn't even on the sideline with the team's other inactive players Sunday.

The Vikings' Super Bowl Express has hit a speedbump. It might be a very big one.

Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson on his brother, E.J., after he broke his left femur in the game against Arizona on Sunday: a oeI know hea ll be back out here.

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Erin Henderson said his brother's broken leg isn't "as bad as people may think." "I know he'll be back," Erin Henderson said of his brother, E.J., who fractured his femur Sunday in a 30-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

Quarterback Kurt Warner is active for Sunday night's game against the Vikings, and he is expected to start.

Minnesota Vikings middle linebacker E.J. Henderson suffered a broken left fibula in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 30-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

INACTIVE: RB Julius Jones, CB Josh Wilson, OL Mike Gibson, OL Mansfield Wrotto, TE Cameron Morrah, DT Craig Terrill, DE Derek Walker.

E.J. Henderson is a man of few words, so it comes as no surprise that the Vikings middle linebacker refuses to make excuses when he talks about his performance this season.

GREEN BAY, Wis. The Vikings sacked Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers six times Sunday while Brett Favre was not sacked in a 38-26 victory at Lambeau Field.

Jarret Johnson News: Johnson practiced fully Friday and is listed as probable for Sunday's game against the Vikings, the team's official site reports.

Philip Loadholt News: Week 5 inactives: QB Sage Rosenfels , RB Albert Young, CB Asher Allen, WR Darius Reynaud, LB Erin Henderson, WR Greg Lewis, DL Letroy Guion, OT Phil Loadholt.

Vikings defensive tackle Jimmy Kennedy returns to St. Louis on Sunday in a much different situation than when he left as a free agent in 2006.

The question about how much quarterback Brett Favre had left in the tank seems to have been answered in the past two games.