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

Maybe the offensive line isn't that bad after all. For the past four years , the Steelers offensive line has come under heavy scrutiny for allowing quarterback Ben Roethlisberger to be sacked time and time again.

President Obama could be coming to town, and it wouldn't stir up as much attention or emotion as the return of the prodigal quarterback.

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

For the sixth time in eight games this season and for the third consecutive week, the Vikings will face a 3-4 defense when they play the Packers on Sunday.

Winfield was listed as out in Friday's injury report. He also missed last week's game against Pittsburgh because of the injured right foot.

Before Brett Favre's first preseason game with Minnesota, a meaningless performance featuring all of six snaps, he was nervous and nauseous.

Berrian hurt his left hamstring last week at Pittsburgh. Winfield missed that game because of an injury to his right foot.

Viking defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier Four days after a 33-31 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, Vikings defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier recounted his emotions during a fourth quarter in which his defense blew a 17-point lead.

A sprained right foot kept Antoine Winfield out of practice Wednesday, and his Vikings teammates didn't seem overly optimistic the Pro Bowl cornerback will be able to play Sunday at Pittsburgh.

Is Mike Tomlin feeling a rush faced with the prospect of playing against his former team? "Nah, man," he says.

Vikings veterans quickly recognized in 2006 that Mike Tomlin had the coaching chops to be a head man someday.

Injured Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield did not participate in practice today, according to the Minnesota Vikings' injury report.

On Monday, after watching film of the previous day's 33-31 victory over the Baltimore Ravens, many of the Vikings' defensive players left the meeting room with slumped shoulders.

Vikings coach Brad Childress said he was pleased with the way Artis Hicks played at right tackle Sunday at St.

The NFL schedule makers served the Minnesota Vikings dessert before the main course this season.

Some things are inherent. When piranha get a whiff of blood, there's a feeding frenzy.

Jared Allen of the Vikings brought down Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the endzone in the fourth quarter for a safety.

Here's the tale of the tape from the Packers' 30-23 loss on Monday at Minnesota: Missed opportunities With all due respect to CB Charles Woodson, Dom Capers' pressure-light defensive game plan might have put the Packers in position to win if not for a series of individual slip-ups in coverage.

Make no mistake: Brett Favre was the story going into Monday night's game, and he was the story coming out of the game.