Notebook: Game Is Big Regardless

While no one is denying that Monday night's game at Minnesota will have some added excitement with former Packers quarterback Brett Favre on the opposite side of the field, there will be plenty on the line with playing a divisional rival that stands a game ahead of Green Bay in the NFC North. Minnesota enters the contest in sole possession of first place in the division with a 3-0 record, including a thrilling 27-24 win in the closing seconds over the San Francisco 49ers in the Vikings' home opener last Sunday. The Packers are coming off a 36-17 win at St. Louis that improved them to 2-1. "For us it was always going to be a buzz game," guard Daryn Colledge said. "This is a divisional game for us, this is a rival, and this is the fastest way for us to get into the playoffs. There is no more added importance that you guys are going to put on it that we didn't already have on ourselves. "We knew if this game was at 9 a.m. or noon that this was going ...