Will Brett Favre return to the Vikings next season? Head coach Brad Childress said Tuesday he doesn't have a deadline for Favre's decision. AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner said the Vikings are a better team with Favre.
Veteran quarterback Brett Favre combined with the Minnesota defense to lead the Vikings into the NFC Championship game against New Orleans with a resounding win over Dallas.
AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner previews both NFL playoff games Sunday, including the Vikings hosting Dallas in the Metrodome. The Jets travel to San Diego to face the Chargers.
Saints, Colts secure home field advantage for the playoffs with wins Sunday. The Colts' 22nd straight regular season win set an NFL record. Vikings clinch playoff spot with win over the Bengals.
Indianapolis rallied to beat Houston, 35-27, behind Peyton Manning's three touchdown passes. Brett Favre threw for a season-high 392 yards as the Vikings topped Chicago, 36-10. San Diego, Philadelphia and Atlanta were also winners.
Brett Favre completed 22 of 35 passes in Minnesota's win over Seattle. The Colts stayed unbeatean by edging Baltimore. New Orleans is also unbeaten after a rout of Tampa Bay. Chiefs surprise Steelers in overtime.
Brett Favre made his return to Green Bay Sunday with his new team, as the Vikings beat his former club, the Packers. Before the game, fans for both teams talked about the quarterback who spent 16 seasons with Green Bay.
AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner previews three top games this week in the NFL, including Brett Favre and the Vikings meeting Green Bay. The winless Rams take on the Lions, and the Giants visit the Eagles.
The Vikings lost their first game of the season, 27-17, to the Steelers. The Colts remain unbeaten after a 42-6 win over the Rams. The Patriots routed Tampa Bay, 35-7, in London, England.
The Saints routed the Giants, 48-27, in a meeting of unbeaten teams. Drew Brees had four touchdown passes in the win. Vikings rally to beat Baltimore, 33-31. Redskins lose third straight game to a winless team.
The Giants improved to 5-0 with a 44-7 rout of Oakland. Eli Manning had two touchdown passes in the win. Minnesota remained undefeated with a 38-10 win over the Rams. Late touchdown lifts Bengals over Ravens, 17-14.
It once seemed preposterous. Green Bay Packers fans would never take a sledgehammer to a car with Brett Favre's famous number four on it. But that's exactly what happened in suburban Milwaukee on Monday.
Longtime Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre led the Vikings to a win over his former club Monday night, 30-23. Favre was 24 of 31 with 271 yards and three touchdowns in the highly anticipated game at the Metrodome.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) -- Fans purchased more than 20,000 tickets to Minnesota's playoff game over six days, assuring there will be no local TV blackout when the Vikings host Philadelphia at the Metrodome on Sunday.
The Vikings announced the sales results Saturday afternoon for their wild-card playoff game with the Eagles after moving the remaining 3,100 seats that were still unsold the day before. There were a limited number of tickets remaining for the game, including some returned by the Eagles.
The NFL gave the Vikings two extensions, the second until Saturday - 24 hours before kickoff - after they sold about 5,000 seats from Thursday to Friday.
Vikings' ticket sales avoid local TV blackout....
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Out with the new, in with the old. With the passing offense sputtering in two losses to open the season, Minnesota coach Brad Childress decided the Vikings can no longer afford to let 25-year-old quarterback Tarvaris Jackson learn on the job.
On Wednesday, Childress turned to 15-year veteran Gus Frerotte to run the offense for the rest of the season.
"I'm just not seeing right now the aggressiveness from Tarvaris that I saw throughout the offseason, training camp, the two preseason games that he played in," Childress said. "And part of it may be experience. I know Gus will give us that. And I know his approach will also lend itself to that."
Jackson completed just 51 percent of his passes this season. He threw a game-ending interception at Green Bay that sealed the Packers victory and was partly responsible for the offense settling for five field goals and scoring no touchdowns in an 18-15 loss to the Colts.
"I know there's many other plays, there's a lot of other people that have to step up," Childress said. "But then when you go back through and look at the tape, and most importantly to be able to sit across from the young man and want to be able to verify what you're feeling — it's kind of like looking in your kids' eyes and saying one (thing) and feeling another."
Vikings bench QB Jackson, turn to veteran Frerotte....
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has ruled that the Minnesota Vikings did not tamper with Brett Favre in trying to get the quarterback to sign with them.
Goodell said that while there were conversations between then-retired Favre and Vikings coaches, that none of the conversations suggested Favre was soliciting a job or that anyone was soliciting his services.
The Packers had filed the charges, based at least in part between records of phone conversations between Favre and Darrell Bevell, Minnesota's offensive coordinator. Bevell is a former Green Bay assistant and a friend of Favre's.
Favre unretired and was scheduled to report to the Packers' training camp Monday.
Goodell says Vikings didn't tamper on Favre....
