If you ask any big football fan, this game was circled on their calendar since Favre donned the Purple and Gold. Favre played 16 fruitful seasons with the Packers, and now he is on the other side, playing for their hated rivals the Minnesota Vikings. The teams have attempted to down play the situation, but [...]
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Via Vikings Now
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October 05, 2009
Never got around to it. But, a few weeks ago, I spoke to former Green Bay Packers receiver Antonio Freeman, who worked with Percy Harvin before the NFL Draft.
Specifically, Freeman helped Harvin with his route-running, something he was happy to do since they share the same agent, Joel Segal.
Anyways, I also talked to Freeman about Brett Favre.
We had an interesting chat. He doesn...
Via Awful Announcing Inactive
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October 06, 2009
While ESPN was prattling on about Brett Favre's performance in a random game from 1992, local Minnesota coverage was asking the important questions. Like who would you rather have at quarterback, Brett Favre or Fran Tarkenton? But most people missed that stellar convo, because of one opportunistic fan in the background. Take a look see....I couldn't tell if that said ...
Via Packers Gab
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October 04, 2009
The Packer Backer Blog’s Senior Writer John C. Redfern has shared with us a number of great links about Brett Favre leading up to Monday’s showdown with the Vikings:
The week was an intriguing time involving the hype-fest about the Monday night game between the Packers and Vikings. The endless frenzy of headlines became a center of the universe [...]
Via Packer Chatters
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October 04, 2009
For the Packers’ week four game against the Minnesota Vikings, I did a Q+A with my colleague Joe Oberle on the Examiner. These are his responses to my questions on the Vikings. You can see my responses to his questions by clicking here.
Mark Strotman: What has the transition been like in going from hating Brett [...]
Via Chicago Tribune
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October 05, 2009
Favre rips up his old team as ties forever severed
MINNEAPOLIS -- At the Park Tavern 10 minutes from the Metrodome, manager Phil Weber was still laughing Monday night about the life-sized cardboard cutout of Brett Favre one customer threw into a wood-chipper.
Via Sports Illustrated
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October 05, 2009
Brett Favre vs. the Packers. There's no manufactured hype here. It is a reunion fit for prime time as Favre dons his new Vikings attire for his first game against the team he led for 16 years.
Via Sports Cards Uncensored
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October 06, 2009
After seeing that Brett Favre is going to have his first Viking "auto" in Certified on Panini's webpage, I want to say a few things about the set preview they posted. Certified is next on the calendar, I believe, and is another in the mid end set line up that Donruss releases every year. Threads, Certified, Limited, Gridiron Gear, they all usually blend together.First...
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October 05, 2009
Vikings inactives: Sage Rosenfels (third QB) WR Darius Reynaud, DT Letroy Guion, S Jamarca Sanford, LB Erin Henderson, C Jon Cooper, DE Jayme...
Via SPORTS by BROOKS
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October 06, 2009
Lou Grant would never have tolerated this.
KSTP-TV in St. Paul was quite excited when it won the rights to all three Vikings games on Monday Night Football this season. If only the director of their “Hot Seat” segment was as sharp-eyed as Brett Favre seemed to be during the game. In case you’re not sure [...]
Via Orlando Sentinel
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October 04, 2009
Ryan Longwell, the kicker for the Minnesota Vikings, will be playing in one of the biggest games of his life tonight.
Via SportingNews.com
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October 05, 2009
Via EMQB
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October 05, 2009
As Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre makes his 273rd consecutive start tonight, it’s a much-anticipated game that comes against the team he was a legendary member of for 16 seasons—the Green Bay Packers. It will be the first time Brett has played against his former team and if he wins the game, he will have beaten every team in the National Football League.
The media...
Via Miami Herald
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October 06, 2009
To the surprise of no one, the Minnesota Vikings' major acquisition of the 2009 season was the story of the team's 30-23 win over the Green Bay Packers.
Via GridironFans.com
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October 06, 2009
Trying to jump-start interest in a new Minnesota Vikings stadium, a Republican legislator on Monday proposed a constitutional amendment to add slot...
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