NFC North News

Winning on the road has been a quandary during the last year for the playoff-hopeful San Francisco 49ers.

Charles Woodson has the ability to make plays all over the field. As Matt Williamson of Scouts Inc.

Catching up on the Friday injury report and other NFC North news: Chicago Bears : It looks like the Bears will be without tight end Desmond Clark and safety Kevin Payne on Sunday night against Philadelphia.

Well, almost everything. Owner Zygi Wilf cut short a vacation and presented a competitive offer.

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A losing season is now out of the equation for the 2009 Minnesota Vikings, not that such a notion had ever really entered this talented team's scope.

With four losses in five games and a 4-5 record, defensive tackle Tommie Harris realizes the Chicago Bears' hopes are fading fast.

Checking in on key injury situations as the NFC North practice week begins: Chicago Bears: Center Olin Kreutz , tight end Desmond Clark and safety Kevin Payne did not practice.

A contract extension for Minnesota Vikings coach Brad Childress that many thought would be done during the team's recent bye week will be done soon, according to a source close to the situation.

Rogers Sportsnet opens an eight-game NFL schedule on Thursday, November 12 at 8 p.m. /5 p.m. when the Chicago Bears visit the San Francisco 49ers across all Sportsnet channels.

GAME SET WHAT: Dallas Cowboys at Green Bay Packers WHEN: Sunday, 3:15 p.m. WHERE: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin TELEVISION: FOX BIG ISSUE : No matter how much the Cowboys claim otherwise, this week's game in Green Bay is no where near as big as last week's contest against the Eagles.

So it has come to this: We're in mid-November, and the Bears are talking about running the table.

Visanthe Shiancoe #81 of the Minnesota Vikings avoids Phillip Buchanon #31 of the Detroit Lions on November 15, 2009 at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Catching up on Monday's news around the NFC North: Chicago Bears : Safety Al Afalava was on the field for practice Monday, according to Jeff Dickerson of ESPN Chicago .

Vikings quarterback Brett Favre has always put up big numbers against Detroit. Fantasy players, listen up: Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre has thrown more touchdown passes against Detroit than any other NFL team.

You could say that the Bears left their season right here, in San Francisco, but that would ignore the failings by this team that have been spread across the country.

A week after one of their worst losses in the last decade, the Green Bay Packers bounced back on Sunday, defeating the Dallas Cowboys 17-7 at Lambeau Field.

Remember back before the NFL season began when the NFC North was supposed to be a three-way "battle" betweenA the Vikings, Packers and Bears? After yesterday's events - the Packers falling to previously winless Tampa Bay and the Bears getting annihilated by Arizona - that kind of talk seems like a distant memory.

Brett Favre passed for a season-high 344 yards, 201 to Sidney Rice, and the Minnesota Vikings beat the Detroit Lions 27-10 on Sunday.

Detroit Lions : Linebacker Ernie Sims was ruled out of Sunday's game against Minnesota.