Submit a Story!
Get the BallHype iPhone App
Mike Vandermause column: Talent gap puts heat on Ted Thompson, Mike McCarthy
Brett Favre had no interest in gloating after the Minnesota Vikings completed a season sweep over his old team Sunday at Lambeau Field. Favre threw four touchdown passes to lead the Vikings to a convincing 38-26 victory over the Green Bay Packers, and that was satisfaction enough for him. ...
Review: Vikings Beat Packers 32-28
Review: Vikings Beat Packers 32-28
lombardiave.com — Jclombardi reviews the Pack’s loss in the Vikings game. Summary: Former Packer QB Favre three for 244... yards & 4 touchdowns leading the Vikings past the Packers 38-26. After an awful first-half start, QB Rodgers led a furious comeback throwing 261 yards and 3 touchdowns. In the end, in ... (more) Review: Vikings Beat Packers 32-28
Peter King: Brett Favre hopes his detractors understand now why he came back
Peter King: Brett Favre hopes his detractors understand now why he came back
sportsillustrated.cnn.com — NEW YORK -- I remember the first time Brett Favre mentioned the V word in the summer... of 2008. Favre was officially retired but making noise about playing again. The Packers were on record as moving on with Aaron Rodgers, and now Favre wanted to play ... (more) Peter King: Brett Favre hopes his detractors understand ...
Defense vents frustration again
Defense vents frustration again
jsonline.com — Quarterback Brett Favre has frustrated his share of players, coaches and fans over the years and so... it was no surprise that he was at it again Sunday. (more) Defense vents frustration again
Comments
Blog Reactions

Vikings-Packers one-liners
ProFootballTalk.com — ... catch . Vikings DE Ray Edwards had one of the best games of his career, racking up two sacks, two tackles for losses and two passes defended. Missed tackles and broken containment plagued the Vikings defense in the second half as they allowed the Packers back into the game . Some of the six sacks allowed by the Packers were the result of poor blocking and others came because QB Aaron Rodgers held the ball too long . Said Packers CB Charles Woodson, " That's what we are . Right now we can't win the big game." Although TE Spencer Havner had two ...

Blind Squirrel? Meet Nut.
Cheesehead TV — Mike Vandermause, yes, Mike Vandermause completely sums it up: McCarthy has repeatedly vowed to clean things up, but after a while that sounds like idle chatter. Maybe there isn’t enough firepower on the roster to make that happen. The Vikings have left the Packers in the dust largely because they have added big-time playmakers like Jared Allen, Adrian Peterson, Percy Harvin and Favre in recent years. The Packers, meanwhile, continue to spin their wheels. It’s not a hopeless situation, and no one in the locker ...

Review: Vikings Beat Packers 38-26
Packers Gab — ... likened the rift to a divorce. The couple is still in the bitter, feuding stage. “In the big picture, he’ll be back here retiring his jersey and people will love him,” Dickey said. “Everything will be forgotten in a few years.” 3. CB Woodson: I think it was disappointing for a lot of people. It’s just a loss, but I think a lot of people really wanted this one bad. We let a lot of people down today. That’s what we are. Right now we can’t win the big game. 4. Coach Philbin: ...

Related Content
Packers fans make statement; Favre has final say
sportingnews.com 24 days ago — GREEN BAY, Wis. — For the better part of 16 years here, he was a hero, an icon, a legend. His record-setting performances and last-minute comebacks stirred the souls of men. His dimples and smile beneath that 5 o'clock shadow melted the hearts ...
Favre claims he played through groin injury
scoresreport.com 24 days ago — Brett Favre told SI.com’s Peter King that he wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to play against the Packers yesterday because of a groin injury. Favre claims he suffered the injury last week in practice and then re-aggravated it in pregame warm-ups. “I told T-Jack [backup Tarvaris ...
The difficult parting of Favre and the Packers
nationalfootballpost.com 26 days ago — Sunday begins a new chapter in drama between QB and former team.
Packers vs. Vikings II: Judgment Day exchange
thesportsbank.net 27 days ago — By Jake McCormick and Andy Weise As of roughly 3:13 p.m., Sunday, October 25, the Brett Favre Ball dropped in Minnesota and Wisconsin, prompting the inevitable, yet excruciatingly redundant conversation about Favre’s return to his former 16-year winter home in Green Bay. His first ...
Vikings Sweep the Season Series With the Packers
tailgate365.com 24 days ago — As Favre ran onto the field, boos reigned down from the stadium. This was not a shocker, as the week leading up to the game fans (and even the Mayor of Green Bay) were ready to voice their displeasure with Favre’s return to Lambeau Field. As expected, Favre shrugged off the booing and went ...
Mike Vandermause column: This game was decided in the trenches
greenbaypressgazette.com 10/6/2009 — MINNEAPOLIS – Brett Favre got his wish Monday night. For more than a year he has wanted to stick it to Green Bay General Manager Ted Thompson, and Favre did just that with a sparkling performance at the Metrodome in the Minnesota Vikings' 30-23 ...
Brett and the broadcast guys
nationalfootballpost.com 24 days ago — Favre is thriving in the place he wanted to be.
Vikings Travel to Lambeau
vikings.gearupforsports.com 25 days ago — Round two of the Brett Favre vs. Green Bay saga continues today No. 4 making his trip to the visitors’ locker room at Lambeau Field. The Pack have recovered quickly from their defeat to the Vikings back in week four, coming off their bye week with back-to-back wins over Cleveland and ...
Favre is Flawless Against the Packers
tailgate365.com 24 days ago — Skeptics argued that when the Vikings faced the Packers this season, Favre would revert back to his gun slinging days of forcing the ball into tight windows. On Sunday and in Week 4, Favre was poised and disciplined against his former team. In both games, Favre was a combined 41 for 59, 515 ...
How I Would Treat Favre if I Was a Cheesehead
ltsports.net 27 days ago — The highly anticipated matchup between Brett Favre’s Minnesota Vikings and Aaron Rodgers’ Green Bay Packers in Lambeau field is just a few days away. Watching all of the coverage and reading all of the blogs has me very excited, and I am not even a Vikings or Packers fan. I could ...
Congratulations, Brett FavreBleacher Report - NFL 24 days ago
Congratulations, Brett. You took it to Green Bay twice this year. As I was watching my Packers take on the Vikings for the second time this year, I felt many of the same emotions the second time as I did the first. Frustration that the Packers ...
VIKINGS 38, PACKERS 26 / Favre's happy homecomingSFGate: Top Sports Stories 24 days ago
Brett Favre still knows how to win big games at Lambeau Field, even if this one came for the visiting team and to a chorus of boos. For the second time in less than a month, Brett Favre sliced up his former team and stuck it to the franchise that... ...
Pack's Rodgers hurting, expected to play (AP)Yahoo! Sports - NFL News 24 days ago
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers came out of Sunday's loss to the Minnesota Vikings with a sprain on one foot and sprained toe on the other. Packers coach Mike McCarthy says Rodgers could miss time in practice this week but is expected to ...
Favre, Vikings take 7-1 record into bye (AP)Yahoo! Sports - NFL News 24 days ago
Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings have arrived at their bye week with a 7-1 record and only a handful of bumps and bruises. The injuries include a groin muscle to Favre that acted up during warmups before Sunday's win at Green Bay. Coach Brad ...