“Vikings quarterback Brett Favre threw two touchdowns in the first half. He hit Sidney Rice on a gorgeous 47-yard throw that Cowboys safety Gerald Sensabaugh literally never saw coming.” Read full story here
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The No. 2-ranked Minnesota Vikings (12-4) continue to lead the No. 3-seeded Dallas Cowboys (12-5) 17-3 after three quarters of Sunday’s NFC Divisional Round playoff game at Minnesota.
With 4 minutes, 12 seconds left in the first period, Minnesota quarterback Brett Favre hit receiver Sidney Rice — who made a tough grab with a defender tightly covering him — down the right sideline for a 47-yard touchdown.
In the second quarter, Suisham nailed a 33-yarder to make it a 7-3 contest. However, the Vikings answered right back when the Favre connected again with Rice on a 16-yard pass play.
All the Vikings and their fans heard all week, whether it was from the national media or message board trolls or wherever else, was that the Dallas Cowboyswere the “hottest team in the NFC.”
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Correction. . .they WERE the hottest team in the NFC. Until they ran into a significantly better football team. That team being the Minnesota Vikings.
“Vikings quarterback Brett Favre threw two touchdowns in the first half. He hit Sidney Rice on a gorgeous 47-yard throw that Cowboys safety Gerald Sensabaugh literally never saw coming.”
Leading up to the game, Cowboys‘ safety Gerald Sensabaugh . . whoever he is. . .declared that the only way the Cowboys could lose would be to beat themselves. Well, if that was the case, the Cowboys were more self-abusive than a group of emo kids that just spotted a “Going Out of Business” sign at the front of their local Hot Topic right after hearing that Dashboard Confessional was breaking up. Read full story here
When Lovie Smith went about assembling his first coaching staff in 2004, he pointed to offenses run by Mike Martz in St. Louis and Al Saunders in Kansas City and identified the attacking schemes from the Don Coryell coaching tree as his vision for the Bears.
NFL Scores Week 5: Brett Favre Minnesota Vikings vs. St. Louis Rams
Brett Favre was 18/24 for 232 yardsand a touchdown, Adrian Peterson collected 69 yards on the ground and a pair of TDs and the defense of the Minnesota Vikings (5-0) forced four turnovers in a 38-10 pounding of the St. Louis Rams (0-5) on Sunday.
Peterson put the Vikings in front in the opening frame when he scored on a 5-yard run and two minutes later the Vikings were celebrating another touchdown after Jared Allen picked up a fumble and went 52-yards for a score and a 14-0 advantage. Both teams tradedfield goals in the second quarter and the half ended with Minnesota in front 17-3. Read full story here
Brett Favre’s first extended playing time as a member of the Vikings proved costly for the quarterback. Literally.
The NFL fined Favre $10,000 on Friday for the crackback block he threw in the third quarter of the Vikings’ preseason victory in Houston.
“On a run play, as his opponent was moving toward the ball carrier, Favre struck him below the waist area,” the NFL said in a statement announcing the fine. Read full story here
Vikings quarterbackBrett Favre said before last night’s game at Houston that he might have a cracked rib, but he hasn’t received an official diagnosis. He told ESPN that taking a deep breath caused him some discomfort. He also doesn’t plan to wear any kind of special padding, saying “the damage is done.’’
His ribs appeared fine during the game in which he was 13 of 18 for 142 yards and one touchdown in the Vikings’ 17-10 victory over the Texans. Read full story here
Associated Press Video Highlights: A goat spray painted for the Minnesota Vikings and shaved with the number of quarterback Brett Favre gets a new home. The animal was found in the trunk of a car at a repair shop. See Video Below
USA Today: Work in a tire shop and you’ll see your share of lug nuts. But the guys at Tires Plus in Winona, Minn., will never forget their encounter last Friday.
It started with a broken serpentine belt and a driver stopping in for a repair.
The woman was told the fix would take an hour and that she should stop back then. But before she left she had a little something to share.
“By the way,” service writer James Prusi recalls the woman saying, “There’s a goat in my trunk.”
Prusi wasn’t sure he heard correctly, so he asked the woman to repeat herself.
“She said she was going to butcher the goat.”
Now the guys at Tires Plus aren’t ones to meddle in their customer’s business, but then the goat started crying.
“It sounded like a child almost in the trunk,” said Prusi. Read full story here
The woman found at an auto shop with a goat painted in Vikings purple and shave with Brett Favre’s No. 4 on it – and in her trunk – wants to set the record straight. Read more of this story here.
Note: It is not very often that the writers at Behind Blondie Park express their personal thoughts on the news we report. However, in cases such as this it is difficult to refrain. We say…shave her, paint her purple, brand the number 4 on the side of her face and stick her in the trunk for a few days. How cruel can someone be!
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