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Vikings-Saints Ratings Get NFL Off to Booming Start

It stood to reason that if people were watching meaningless NFL exhibition games in big numbers, they would turn out in an even higher volume once the games mattered. Sure enough, NBC wasted no time Friday crowing that its telecast of Thursday's NFL opener between Minnesota and New Orleans got those bigger numbers -- and...

New Method, Same Result: Saints Grind Out Victory Over Vikings

NEW ORLEANS -- Who dat said dey'd only score 14 points? Who dat? Who dat? No dat around here. Yet there were the high-powered, high-flying New Orleans Saints, defending Super Bowl champions and darlings to the region, opening the 2010 NFL season Thursday night minus the expected fireworks and settling -- gladly, by...

Brett Favre, Vikings Not Quite Ready Yet

NEW ORLEANS -- Maybe the Thursday night opener wasn't a real good break for Brett Favre and the Minnesota Vikings. The way they played in their 14-9 loss to the Saints, it sure looked as if they could have used at least a couple of extra days to get ready. "I can't say that we were hitting on all cylinders like we were in...

Vikings vs. Saints: Quick Hits

The Vikings-Saints rematch didn't exactly live up to the hype. In the NFL's season opener Thursday night, the two teams that so epically battled in the NFC title game last season -- won in overtime by the Saints, en route to a Super Bowl crown -- looked out of sorts in their Week 1 showdown. New Orleans used a...

NFL Wildcast: Let's Get It Started

The Wildcast is NFL FanHouse's podcast formation. It's like the Wildcat, but better. Just like he wants it, Brett Favre's in the spotlight Thursday night as the Vikings open the NFL season in New Orleans. It was Favre's ill-timed interception that helped the Saints capture last year's NFC championship game, which...