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Vikings: Brett Favre’s ironman streak has endured a litany of injuries and even a pair of premature retirement press conferences. Perhaps this is the week that, finally, Favre’s health prevents him from playing. The 41-year-old Minnesota quarterback has a stress fracture in his left ankle that could end his NFL-record streak at 291 consecutive games started — 315 including the playoffs. Vikings coach Brad Childress said Monday an MRI on Favre’s foot revealed the stress fracture as well as an “avulsion” fracture in the heel bone. An avulsion fracture occurs when a fragment of bone is torn away by a tendon or ligament. Childress said neither injury requires surgery. “He’s got great pain threshold and also great competitive zeal,” Childress said, succinctly summing up Favre’s legacy of durability.

Jets: Darrelle Revis says his balky left hamstring is “100 percent” and he will be ready to play unimpeded in the New York Jets’ next game at home against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday. Revis says Monday he spent the open-week break mostly at the team’s practice facility rehabilitating his leg. The All-Pro cornerback missed two games after straining the hamstring, was very sore when he returned against Minnesota two weeks ago and was still not completely healthy last week at Denver. Revis went through running drills and defensive backs drills during last week’s break and says he had no swelling in the hamstring or any complications. Coach Rex Ryan says Revis was “moving around great” during practice Monday.

Bears: The Chicago Bears find themselves in a familiar, sinking position starting an open week. For the third straight year, the team has bogged down following a good start and now they’re looking for answers and a chance to get healthy in the wake of Sunday’s 17-14 loss to the Washington Redskins. “I think the bye week is coming at a great time for us period,” coach Lovie Smith said. “We’ve lost three out of four games, but at the same time we’ve been able to see the type of football team we can be, which is a very good football team.” Chicago started 2008 at 5-3 before fading to 9-7 and missing the playoffs and last year started 3-1 before losing six of its next seven. The Bears began this season 4-1 but have lost two straight home games to NFC teams due largely to a turnover- and sack-prone offense.

Associated Press