QB-Thin Vikings Hope Favre Can Return This Season
Brett Favre's career isn't quite over yet. Minnesota Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier says the team is hoping to have Favre back this season -- and possibly this week.
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Brett Favre's career isn't quite over yet. Minnesota Vikings interim coach Leslie Frazier says the team is hoping to have Favre back this season -- and possibly this week.
The New York Giants took advantage of Brett Favre standing on the sideline as Brandon Jacobs and Ahmad Bradshaw had long runs in a 21-3 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Monday night.
Frigid air whipped through a desolate Metrodome on Monday as crews began inspecting the Minnesota stadium's nearly three decades-old roof after it collapsed under the weight of heavy snow that pounded the Twin Cities and forced the Vikings to move their game to Detroit.
Every Sunday he was there, starting on Sept. 27, 1992. Freezing rain, sleet, blowing snow. Nothing stopped Brett Favre.
During Saturday's blizzard, Vikings fans eyed the skies with uncertainty until the call was made that the New York Giants wouldn't be flying into Minneapolis in time for Sunday's game. Then, in a metaphor for deflating spirits, snow collapsed the roof of the Metrodome.
It's the video people just can't seem to get enough of -- Fox Sports cameras were rolling as the snow became just too much for the Metrodome as the roof collapsed under the weight. So how quickly will the Dome be fixed and will it be ready for next Monday night's Minnesota Vikings game against the Chicago Bears?
The Minnesota Vikings were already cracking under the weight of conflict, expectations and injuries this year before a snowstorm roared into town and the roof of their domed stadium literally collapsed.
Officials at the University of Minnesota are considering what it would take to host the Minnesota Vikings next Monday if the Metrodome roof isn't fixed.
Vikings-Eagles will replace Chargers-Bengals as the Sunday night game Dec. 26 under the NFL's flexible scheduling policy.
It took a little more than two hours to give away free tickets to tonight's Vikings-Giants game in Detroit.
Many in the Twin Cities are wondering how long it will take to get the Metrodome inflated again, after it collapsed in the aftermath of a massive snowstorm.
The Minnesota Vikings' long push for a new stadium has been stuck in neutral for more than a decade, but scary images of the Metrodome's wrecked roof might accelerate the process.
The rescheduled and relocated Giants-Vikings game will be broadcast in the teams' home markets and on the NFL's satellite TV package.
Brett Favre is getting help from the Minnesota Vikings' medical staff, the athletic trainers and perhaps even the weather gods as he tries to keep his incredible consecutive starts record going.
The Minnesota Vikings' long push for a new stadium has been stuck in neutral for more than a decade, but scary images of the Metrodome's wrecked roof might accelerate the process.
