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In the long history of the National Football League, there is no other franchise that is more noted for their ball-stopping prowess.

For almost 90 years, the Monsters of the Midway have won nine NFL Championships mainly on the shoulders of the team’s strong, attacking defense.

For the Vikings to get to the top of the North, they’ll have to do it riding the 39 year-old arm of Brett Favre. Of course he will have one of the league’s best running backs, Adrian Peterson, to hand off to. Favre will also have speedy Bernard Berrian to stretch defesnes, but they will miss the leadership of veteran center Matt Birk.