Thursday, December 21, 2006
MINNESOTA at GREEN BAY
Game time: 8 p.m.TV: NFL NetworkOpening line: Packers by 3 1/2. Record vs. spread: Vikings 6-8; Packers 6-7-1.Series history: Tied 45-45-1. Last meeting: Packers 23, Vikings 17, Nov. 12, 2006 at Minnesota.Notes: Minnesota has No. 1 defense against run, allowing 55.1 yards per game. Vikings allowed 47 yards rushing to Green Bay in Week 10. ... Rookie QB Tarvaris Jackson, second-round pick out of Division I-AA Alabama State, will start final two games of season. He threw for 177 yards, one TD and one INT in second-half against Jets last week. ... RB Chester Taylor has career-best 1,136 yards and needs 164 yards to join Robert Smith (1,521 in 2000) as only Vikings to rush for 1,300 yards in season. ... Jermaine Wiggins ranks sixth among NFC TEs with 44 receptions (377 yards). ... S Darren Sharper was Packer from 1997-2004 and K Ryan Longwell is leading scorer (1,054 points) in Packers history. ... Vikings have forced seven INTs and recovered six fumbles in past three games. ... Green Bay needs two wins to double last year's victory total (4). ... QB Brett Favre became NFL's all-time completions leader last week. Favre has 4,974 career completions, seven ahead of Dan Marino. Favre, 28-5 (.848) in home games played on Dec. 1 and after, needs eight TD passes to pass Marino's career mark of 420.
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