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Orlando Thomas habitually encouraged and challenged Vikings teammates around Winter Park with his signature phrase.

Brett Favre's teammates know that if they're on the field, no matter the situation, the odds are good he will find them.

Brett Favre and another year of experience have turned Sidney Rice into Minnesota's newest star receiver.

The Vikings' strong special-teams play is a key reason they're 7-1 this season. Sunday's 38-26 victory over the Green Bay Packers provided the latest examples of how this team can win a game with its special teams.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert PITTSBURGH -- We've had some interesting play-calling here on a couple of first-and-goal situations.

Despite numerous reports, former Vikings safety Orlando Thomas is not dead, according to his agent, Mark Bartelstein.

Sure, Minnesota allowed two fourth-quarter, back-breaking defensive touchdowns that ultimately decided the outcome of the game.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert PITTSBURGH -- I'm just going to say it. I thought Minnesota played better in its loss Sunday at Pittsburgh than it did last week in a victory last week over Baltimore.

The NFL is a film-driven society. Last week we learned of how Brett Favre spends countless hours, even on his day off, staring at game films.

Vikings fans are perpetual worrywarts with their 0-4 Super Bowl record, Drew Pearson's unpunished pushoff in 1975, Gary Anderson's miss in 1998, 41-doughnut and, well, you get the idea.

Through the first three weeks of the season, was sacked, chased and hit hard by opposing defenses.

The odds overwhelmingly favor 4-0 teams qualifying for the NFL postseason. According to ESPN, 84 percent of teams that start 4-0 make the playoffs.

Recent updates mentioning the Packers or Vikings . Favre as a Viking?!! We asked readers to have some photo fun choosing what Brett Favre would look like with the Vikings.

Antoine Winfield passed along some secondhand information as a way of explaining the magnitude of the Vikings-Packers matchup Monday night in Brett Favre's first game against his former team.

The Minnesota Vikings quarterback is listed as probable for the showdown on Monday night.

The familiarity factor could be a wash in Monday night's highly anticipated showdown between Green Bay and Minnesota.

Despite catching the winning touchdown pass in the final two seconds of Sunday's game, wide receiver Greg Lewis didn't know Thursday whether he would be active for Monday night's game against the Green Bay Packers.

The Green Bay Packers have the NFC North Division's only 3-4 defense, but the Minnesota Vikings won't have a particularly unusual preparation this week.

MINNEAPOLIS a ' Jon Gruden will be in the broadcast booth Monday night at the Metrodome to provide analysis of Brett Favre's performance against the Packers.

Antoine Winfield passed along some secondhand information as a way of explaining the magnitude of the Vikings-Packers matchup on Monday Night Football in Brett Favre's first game against his former team.