Packers Vikings

Green Bay's Brett Favre and Donald Driver celebrate Drivers 82-yard touchdown on a Brett Favre pass late in the 2nd quarter. The Green Bay Packers traveled to the Metrodome to play the Minnesota Vikings Sunday November 12 , 2006. Steve Apps-State Journal.

JOHN DOHERTY: Before hitting new year, peruse biggest comebacks of 2012

Who shall it be now?

Briggs joins Marshall in unloading on Packers

LAKE FOREST | The NFL's oldest rivals are spicing up their Sunday showdown with some serious trash talk.

AL HAMNIK: Gary's Double-J on short end of his NFL dream

It was July 12, 2008, but seems like decades ago.

JOHN DOHERTY: Urlacher's status on 'kneed' to know basis

Perhaps you don't recall the play. It was late in the January season finale against the Vikings when Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher and safety Major Wright arrived at the same spot in the end zone at the same time.

Vikings in limbo and expansion not on NFL's radar

MINNEAPOLIS | The Vikings are embroiled in a fight for a new stadium that may jeopardize the franchise's 51-year tenure in Minnesota.

McNabb preparing for another NFL season

CHICAGO | Donovan McNabb made it clear Friday night that he is not ready to retire from the NFL.

Bears hang on to beat Vikings

MINNEAPOLIS | First, Jay Cutler. Then, Matt Forte. Finally, Brian Urlacher.

McNabb not ready to call it quits

Despite being benched for the second straight year, first in Washington and now by Minnesota, Donovan McNabb isn't ready to concede his status as an NFL quarterback is slipping. He's an obvious candidate for television analysis at some point, but for now he's not calling it a career.

Vikings have mastered losing big leads

Anyone searching for the secret to success in the NFL can find it simply by recognizing what not to do.

Lockout, court cases put popular NFL on hold

WASHINGTON | Welcome to The NFL Lockout.

Webb, Peterson help Vikings upset Eagles

PHILADELPHIA | The Philadelphia Eagles got their bye a week early -- and not the way they wanted.

Favre knocked out; Hester breaks record as Bears win NFC North

MINNEAPOLIS | Brett Favre was bundled up in a heavy gray coat by the time Devin Hester sped through the snow with his record-setting return.

Longtime Minn. fans recall glory days of outdoor football

MINNEAPOLIS | Minnesotans often brag about surviving the state's brutal winters, but for the past three decades, their pro football team has played in the shielded warmth of the Metrodome.

Favre doesn't practice, ruled out for Monday

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. | Brett Favre won't play in Minnesota's game Monday against the Bears.

Bears secondary looking for better outing

LAKE FOREST | For the third time in three road games, the Bears defense will probably face a third-string quarterback when Joe Webb starts for the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night.

NFL: Still planning Vikes-Bears at college site

MINNEAPOLIS | The NFL said it's moving forward with plans to play Monday night's Vikings-Bears game at the University of Minnesota's outdoor stadium despite concerns about the site ranging from field conditions to player safety.

TIM DAHLBERG: Streak ends, and nothing more for Favre to prove

The end came under bizarre circumstances, in front of fans who didn't have a dime invested in Brett Favre or his remarkable streak. The quarterback who always played simply couldn't play and, just like that, it was over.