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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.

The Minnesota Vikings are unbeaten, but a little beat up. The evidence starts in the training room, with Pro Bowl cornerback Antoine Winfield's sprained right foot and wide receiver Percy Harvin's aggravated left shoulder injury.

Jackson County High School welcomed a very special guest prior to tonight's regular season football finale.

Last update: October 19, 2009 - 10:15 AM We have a ritual when it comes to big field goals from opposing teams: wait to see which spot on the field it is coming on, watch the kicker line up, visualize them missing a specific way and then hope that it happens .

The Minnesota Vikings are 6-0 and having a magical season with Brett Favre as their leader.

Cliff Lee pitched eight innings of three- hit ball, and Shane Victorino hit a three-run homer to cap a torrid offensive night for the Phillies, who dealt the Dodgers an 11-0 drubbing in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.

Something happened to the Minnesota Vikings on the way to 6-0 . They jumped out to a 14-0 lead against the Baltimore Ravens at the Metrodome and even expanded it to 27-10 in the early fourth quarter and then ran for cover.

MINNEAPOLIS - In Favre they trust. Brett Favre's 58-yard completion to Sidney Rice setup Ryan Longwell's fourth field goal, and Baltimore's Steve Hauschka missed a 44-yard field goal at the buzzer, allowing the Minnesota Vikings to remain undefeated with a 33-31 victory on Sunday.

Brad Childress is used to being a pincushion. The Vikings coach has been picked apart from all angles, ranging from his physical appearance to, of course, his coaching.

Fans of the Jackson County Central and Minnesota Viking football teams will get a rare double-dip next Tuesday as Vikings kicker Ryan Longwell will be at the JCC football game against Windom.

With nearly five weeks of Live Q&As in the books, the number of kicker questions asked can be counted on one hand.

Lost count of how many " forced passes " Allen created, he was all over the field...All is well as long as the Vikings win, hope the media attention on #4 does not affect the play of all the other VIKINGS, this is a team game right, and this from a Vikings fan... + Jared Allen a game for the ages... - Jared Allen a game for the ages... Jared Allen ...

After all the hype surrounding this Monday Night game between the Packers and Vikings, it's finally here.

Mary Beth Krebsbach will be cheering on Brett Favre Monday night from her seat in the stands of the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, but she wasn't a fan of his during his famed career as a Green Bay Packer.

Of all the conversations Ryan Longwell had this summer with his old buddy Brett Favre - and there were plenty of them - by far the longest was about Longwell's experience the first time he played against the Green Bay Packers.

Favre threw a 1-yard TD pass to Visanthe Shiancoe in his first game against his former team and Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers came back with a 62-yard TD toss to Jermichael Finley in a 7-7 first quarter on Monday night.

GREEN BAY - When the Minnesota Vikings line up against the Green Bay Packers tonight, they'll have eight starters acquired via free agency.

If you're an ESPN executive, the most exciting sentence in the English language right now probably goes a little something like this: Brett Favre takes on the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football.

Everything about it was weird, Ryan Longwell said. That first minicamp, going to the other sideline, putting on the helmet with horns, looking like a big purple grape - OK, our words, not his - in that Minnesota uniform.

When Jared Allen played for Kansas City, the Chiefs' major rival was the Oakland Raiders.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - The Green Bay Packers have switched defenses since Brett Favre last was their quarterback, reducing the advantage he might have from a schematic standpoint against his old team.

Give Adrian Peterson an inch, and he'll take a yard. Lots of yards. As anyone who has seen the Minnesota Vikings' running back can attest, the third-year phenom often appears to make something out of nothing.

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.

Posted by ESPN.com's Kevin Seifert And on Wednesday, they rested -- at least from their media obligations.