| |
| Packers down Vikes in possible Favre Lambeau send-off |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
| |
| n Bay, WI (MySportsbook) - In possibly his last game at Lambeau Field, Brett Favre threw for 285 yards on 26-of-50 passing with no touchdowns and two interceptions as the Green Bay Packers kept their playoff hopes alive with a 9-7 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Favre, who started his 236th straight game, became the first quarterback in NFL history with 5,000 completions on a fourth-quarter pass to Ahman Green. Donald Driver caught nine passes for 99 yards and Ruvell Martin hauled in three passes for 69 ya |
|
| |
| NFL Inactives (Thursday, December 21, 2006) |
NFL Football |
12/22/2006 |
| |
| Philadelphia, PA (MySportsbook) - The following is a list of the players placed on the inactive squad for this week's NFL games. MINNESOTA VIKINGS AT GREEN BAY PACKERS , 8:00 P.M. (ET) Vikings - 3rd QB Brooks Bollinger, WR Jason Carter, WR Martin Nance, CB Cedric Griffin, RB Ciatrick Fason, RB Naufahu Tahi, G Anthony Herrera, T Marcus Johnson Packers - 3rd QB Ingle Martin, S Atari Bigby, RB P.J. Pope, LB Abdul Hodge, T Junius Coston, G Tony Palmer, WR Chris Francies, TE David Martin |
|
| |
| Minnesota leads Green Bay 7-6 after three |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
| |
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Fred Smoot returned an interception 47 yards for a touchdown and the Minnesota Vikings took a 7-6 lead after three quarters over the Green Bay Packers as the two rivals tried to keep their faint playoff hopes alive Thursday night. With 5:19 left in the third quarter, Brett Favre looked left and it appeared that rookie wide receiver Greg Jennings was supposed to break off his route. Instead, Jennings kept running and Smoot read the play perfectly. He picked off the pass and returned i |
|
| |
| Green Bay holds 6-0 lead at halftime |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
| |
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Dave Rayner kicked two field goals, but missed one off the upright and had another blocked as the Green Bay Packers held a 6-0 halftime lead over the Minnesota Vikings with the two rivals trying to keep their faint playoff hopes alive Thursday night. Rayner converted his first field goal attempt from 38 yards and another to end the half from 44 yards. But he slipped on his second try, also from 38, and his third attempt from 34 yards bounced off the left upright. Brett Favre went 18- |
|
| |
| Green Bay takes lead after first |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
| |
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Dave Rayner kicked a 38-yard field goal to give the Green Bay Packers a 3-0 lead over the Minnesota Vikings after the first quarter between two rivals trying to keep their faint playoff hopes alive Thursday night. Rayner's field goal was the result of a 44-yard opening drive for the Packers, even though they again failed to score a touchdown in the red zone, a common theme this season. Brett Favre found Bubba Franks for 19 yards on third down and completed a pass to Donald Driver for |
|
| |
| Playoff Position on the Line for Pack, Vikes |
NFL Football |
12/21/2006 |
| |
| (MySportsbook) - The Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings will be fighting for their playoff lives on Thursday night, when the two longtime division rivals square off at Lambeau Field. Both the Packers and Vikings begin Week 16 at 6-8, which puts them just a game back of the 7-7 Giants and Falcons for the NFC's second Wild Card spot. The clubs are part of a five-team pack that stands at 6-8, but superior conference marks place the duo at the forefront of that group. Minnesota has a 6-4 record against NFC f |
|
| |
| Jets keep hope alive in Minnesota |
NFL Football |
12/20/2006 |
| |
| g a half-hearted effort in a home loss to the Buffalo Bills. But with their season on the line and their backs against the wall, the Jets, as they have done all year under first year head coach Eric Mangini, bounced back on the road and defeated the Minnesota Vikings, 26-13, at the Metrodome. "I was very proud of the way our team prepared this week," said New York head coach Eric Mangini. "I was proud of the approach they took and the energy level we had going into the game. To come out and have the early strip- |
|
| |
| Vikings pin thin playoff hopes on rookie QB |
NFL Football |
12/20/2006 |
| |
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -Needing a victory to preserve their thin playoff hopes, the Minnesota Vikings have a road game against a division opponent with three-time MVP Brett Favre on the other sideline. It's the perfect time to make a switch to a rookie quarterback, right? Tarvaris Jackson, a second-round pick out of Alabama State, will start the final two games of the season for the Vikings (6-8), beginning with their game against the Green Bay Packers (6-8) at Lambeau Field on Thursday night. Vikings coa |
|
| |
| Packers Win (Very) Ugly |
NFL Football |
12/19/2006 |
| |
| e for the Packers to pay him. WHO'S NOT The Lions did a good job of taking Donald Driver out of the game Sunday. The Packers' go-to receiver had just one catch for seven yards. NEXT UP It's a short week for the Packers, as they get ready to face the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night. They'll have the advantage of playing at home, plus, McCarthy said that with Detroit and Minnesota running similar Cover-2 schemes on defense, some of the preparation was taken care of last week. The storyline in this game will be |
|
| |
| QB Change Coming for Vikes |
NFL Football |
12/19/2006 |
| |
| (MySportsbook) - The Minnesota Vikings have run out of patience with 38- year-old Brad Johnson. So much so, in fact, that they're choosing to start the Christmas tree-green Tarvaris Jackson at quarterback. Jackson is a rookie out of Division I-AA Alabama State who will go on the road to Green Bay with only three days of preparation under his belt and try to keep his team's playoff chances alive. As of Tuesday morning, Brad Childress had yet to say anything publicly about the matter, but he announced the move |
|
| |
