| The 2009 Minnesota Vikings season will be | | | | and score any time he touches the football. That |
| remembered for one reason: It was the year | | | | is why he was recently named as the offensive |
| that Brett Favre came over from the archrival | | | | rookie of the year. Receiver Sydney Rice is also a |
| Green bay Packers. Favre made a name for | | | | great young target for Favre to throw to. Rice |
| himself in Green Bay, winning a Super Bowl and | | | | had three touchdowns in the divisional game win |
| taking the Packers to a second Super Bowl during | | | | over Dallas, so Favre clearly has multiple options |
| a Hall of Fame career. He left the Packers after | | | | that he trusts. Running back Adrian Peterson is |
| the 2007 season amid acrimony. The Hall of | | | | also a stud. He already owns the NFL's single |
| Famer took the Packers to the NFC title game in | | | | game rushing yardage record. He is a bruising |
| his final season in Green Bay, but lost to the | | | | back with breakaway speed that can dominate |
| Giants in overtime. He then waffled between | | | | games. |
| retirement and returning before ending up with | | | | On defense, the Vikings have a fierce pass rush |
| the New York Jets for a season. He failed to | | | | that dominates games. Jared Allen is a terror at |
| make the playoffs with the Jets before retiring, | | | | defensive end while Ray Edwards can go |
| but decided to return with the Vikings. That | | | | unnoticed only to have big games. Edwards, a |
| decision pretty much ruined his standing in the | | | | fourth year product out of Purdue, had the best |
| eyes of Packer fans, as there is no greater sin in | | | | game of his career against Dallas with five |
| Wisconsin than to leave the Packers for the | | | | tackles, three sacks, and a key forced fumble in |
| Vikings. To make matters worse, Favre won both | | | | the first quarter. If teams have to focus on |
| games against Green bay this season, leading the | | | | Edwards that only makes Allen more dangerous |
| Vikings to the cusp of the Super Bowl and an | | | | when he comes in off the end. |
| NFC North championship. Green Bay had to settle | | | | It will be interesting to see what the Vikings do |
| for a wild card playoff berth, and they lost an | | | | against a great offense like New Orleans in the |
| overtime game in Arizona as a result of it. | | | | NFC Championship game. Minnesota is trying to |
| The Vikings find themselves just a game away | | | | return to the Super Bowl for the first time in |
| from the Super Bowl for more reasons than | | | | almost 30 years, and they have a dubious 0-4 |
| Favre, however. Wide receiver Percy Harvin has | | | | record in the event. If Favre can lead them not |
| emerged as a playmaker and a game changer in | | | | just to the game, but to a championship at age |
| just his first NFL season. The rookie out of Florida | | | | 40 it will only cement his record breaking, Hall of |
| is an explosive receiver that can break big plays | | | | Fame legacy. |