Vikings go two years without losing to Packers for first time since ...

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Here's a hint: Brett Favre's career was just beginning the last time the Vikings had such a stretch of success against Green Bay.

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The Vikings’ teams under coach Mike Zimmer have a ways to go, in terms of sustained success and playoff appearances, before they match the performance of the most-celebrated Vikings teams under coaches Bud Grant and Dennis Green.
But by one important metric — and one that matters very much to Vikings fans — they already have.
Dating back to their Jan. 3, 2016 win at Lambeau Field to snatch the NFC North title from the Packers’ grasp, the Vikings are 5-1-1 in their last seven games against their biggest rivals. To find a stretch of that much sustained Vikings success against the Packers, you’d have to go back to a streak that began before Brett Favre was the Packers’ quarterback and continued to his early days in Green Bay, before he’d helped make the team into the standard-bearer it became for so long in the NFC Central and North divisions.
While the Vikings’ tie against the Packers earlier this year makes direct comparisons a little tricky, the last time Green Bay beat Minnesota just once in a seven-game stretch came from Dec. 2, 1990 to Dec. 19, 1993, as the Vikings feasted on lesser lights such as Anthony Dilweg and Mike Tomczak at the beginning of the run before beating Favre in his first three starts against the Vikings. The run concluded with a victory at Milwaukee County Stadium, while the Packers were still playing three home games a year there. That was also the last time, before now, that the Vikings went two full seasons without losing a game to the Packers.
http://www.startribune.com/vikings-go-2-...501245401/

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The Vikings, on the other hand, still haven’t beaten a team with a winning record — their .318 strength of victory is the worst among all NFC teams with a winning record, and only behind the Chargers’ .316 mark as the lowest among playoff contenders.

They’ll start to find out how serious their chances are, beginning with a trip to New England on Sunday and continuing with a game in Seattle the following Monday. But as they maintained a puncher’s chance of catching the Bears in the NFC North, they prevented their nemesis from holding onto the same hope. And in the process, they continued to put their biggest rivalry in a state it hasn’t been for some time.

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Here's the sobering truth and very real possibility: Vikings go 0-2 the next 2 and it'll be SadSackville here once again, with yours truly pushing toward sober apathy. Hope not, but let's take it a week at a time.

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@StickyBun said:
Here's the sobering truth and very real possibility: Vikings go 0-2 the next 2 and it'll be SadSackville here once again, with yours truly pushing toward sober apathy. Hope not, but let's take it a week at a time.

I'm not feel this is anywhere near a SB caliber Vikings team...And no, it wouldn't surprise me to see em go 0/2 the next two.

They've yet to beat a team with a winning record. I just don't feel it this year.  

All that said, last night is a consolation prize of sorts - only cause we live next to Sconnie and with their filthy race living in our pure state. Build that wall between here @ Wi, not Mexico.