Minnesota Vikings defeat Seattle Seahawks, 35-9

As Brad Childress addressed his team during their Saturday night meeting, the Vikings coach asked for a show of hands for one simple question: "Who feels like we have played our best game so far?"

Despite eight victories in nine games, not one hand was raised.

On Sunday, Childress' players accepted the not-so-subtle challenge and went about playing their best game, a dominating 35-9 victory over the Seattle Seahawks at the Metrodome.

Try as they might, the Vikings...

After seeing Percy Harvin do what amounted to a Metrodome leap into the stands after his 23-yard touchdown catch to open the scoring in the second quarter Sunday, Visanthe Shiancoe thought about doing the same when he hauled in an 8-yard scoring pass from Brett Favre.

Shiancoe quickly decided against such a move.

"[Harvin's] got a little bit more ups than me, so I didn't want to embarrass myself," Shiancoe said. "It's kind of slippery around [there], so if you take t...

An already surreal season became even harder to believe, when Vikings fans began chanting "MVP!" for former longtime nemesis Brett Favre with 10 minutes, 15 seconds left in Sunday's 35-9 victory over Seattle at the Metrodome.

"I couldn't tell what they were saying," Favre said. "It was loud. I had some guys come over and congratulate me and I was like, 'For what?' I knew everyone was cheering for something, but I thought they were talking about completion records or som...