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When T.J. Houshmandzadeh made a free agent visit to Minnesota at the beginning of March, he was impressed by everything he saw.

Last month, a blurry photo featuring Minnesota coach Brad Childress dressed as a flight attendant with a black wig and a pink apron appeared on one of his player's Twitter pages.

Vikes defense better not let Housh light-em-up! Housh is gonna want to come in here and make a statement.

The Vikings made one attempt to get Sidney Rice the team's single-game receiving record on Sunday and the receiver dropped the ball.

Visanthe Shiancoe #81 of the Minnesota Vikings avoids Phillip Buchanon #31 of the Detroit Lions on November 15, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Once again, Brett Favre showed he's still not ready for retirement. He threw for 344 yards Sunday against the Detroit Lions.

Share + Nov 14, 2009 9:47 am US/Central 1 of 1 Last year at the Metrodome, a Detroit team that became the NFL's first to lose all 16 games led in the closing minutes before a field goal gave Minnesota a 12-10 victory.

DETROIT - The first time the Lions played Brett Favre this season, he was the crusty quarterback making a comeback.

Expectations have been high for Brandon Pettigrew since the Detroit Lions took him in with their second pick in the first round of the 2009 NFL draft.

Share + Nov 10, 2009 7:30 pm US/Central 1 of 1 MINNEAPOLIS - OCTOBER 18: Quarterback Brett Favre #4 celebrates his first quarter touchdown pass to wide receiver Visanthe Shiancoe #81 of the Minnesota Vikings against the Baltimore Ravens during NFL action at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome on October 18, 2 Doug Pensinger/Getty Images The next three ...

Here's how your 7-1 Vikings grade out via position as they makes the turn to the latter eight games: Offense Quarterback -- Grade: A a Brett Favre's presence in Purple was -- and will ultimately be -- reviewed in a polar sense.

The Minnesota Vikings brought a souvenir back from their midseason vacation: an even bigger lead in the NFC North.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert Did Minnesota win the NFC North during its bye week? The Vikings obviously haven't clinched from an official perspective.

The Vikings are off to their best start since the 2000 season, when they reached the NFC championship game.

Those Green Bay Packer fans booed Brett Favre as if that particular act of hostility were going to be outlawed at the end of Sunday's game against the Vikings.

Inside linebacker James Farrior had 15 tackles against the Vikings last weekend, including this hit on Brett Favre.

The Vikings ' players stormed out of Winter Park on Monday afternoon, many with the gusto of middle-schoolers dismissed for the summer, bound for sunnier destinations such as Miami and Los Angeles.

The Vikings won the NFC North last season almost in spite of their special teams play.

Scoring plays from the Green Bay Packers' 38-26 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, Nov.

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 ...