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Turn back the clock because Brett Favre has found the fountain of youth in Minnesota with 16 touchdowns and only three picks for the 7-1 Vikings.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. a ' Sure, the NFC North standings are an inanimate object, incapable of verbalization and sitting on the agate page of the morning paper waiting for your perusal and not much more.

2. Indianapolis Colts : Caldwell's last loss as a head coach was in 2000 at N.C. State.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert GREEN BAY, Wis. -- It didn't take long for me to find my favorite message as I made my way to Lambeau Field.

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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.

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

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.

Is 40 the new 30? If you're Brett Favre it is. Less than a month after turning the Big 4-0, the quarterback is playing like he's 10 years younger.

One coach parted with a legend, shipping out the most decorated quarterback in league history in favor of a younger, newer model.

Favre expects less nerves this time Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre throws a touchdown pass to Vikings receiver Sidney Rice during the first quarter of their National Football League game against the Baltimore Ravens at the Metrodome in Minneapolis October 18, 2009.

When Brett Favre talks, a nation listens. It may not want to listen, but it doesn't have much choice.

A day later, Vikings coach Brad Childress still didn't agree with the critical tripping penalty called on fullback Jeff Dugan in Sunday's 27-17 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Ouch ! Now I know what the Ravens and Niners felt like earlier this season. Even with the Horrible tripping call that looked remarkably similar to some of the calls you see certain home teams inexplicably get an the most inopportune moments that allow them to amazingly survive the day unscathed.

25 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Rick Stewart/Getty Images Three times the Minnesota Vikings were ready to take the lead and possibly put away the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Leave it to Favre to toe the fine line between winging it and working it. Since joining the Vikings , the assumption is that Favre -- a three-time MVP and future hall of famer -- would be the straw that stirs the Vikings ' offense.

There are very few players in the National Football League that have been a teammate of Brett Favre's in both Green Bay and Minnesota.

They've met with their coaches, watched tape, talked among themselves. The Pittsburgh Steelers still aren't certain how they're going to do it.

As Brett Favre rolled right and looked downfield for Sidney Rice late in Sunday's game against Baltimore, the Vikings' quarterback had no idea if he could complete the pass he was about to attempt.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. When you play wide receiver and the last name "RICE" is stitched across the back of your jersey, it's hard to escape lofty expectations.