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[size=13pt]VIDEO: Playoff destiny?[/size]

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startribune.com

Last updated on Dec 24, 2008


According to Brad Childress, the Vikings playoff future lies squarely in their hands. Plus: What will the Giants do?

[size=13pt]Game Information Center: Giants 12/28[/size]

12/24/2008

vikings.com


Game Summary

With the NFC North championship on the line, the Minnesota Vikings (9-6) will play their final game of the 2008 regular season against the NFC East champion New York Giants (12- 3) this Sunday, December 28. Kickoff at the Metrodome is set for noon. With a win, the Vikings can clinch a division title for the first time since 2000 and win the NFC North for the first time since the NFC Central was realigned in 2002....

[size=13pt]Familiar Factor[/size]

12/24/2008

By Mike Wobschall, vikings.com


In the current era of the NFL – with free agency and an annual roster turnover rate of 30 percent – it’s certainly not unusual for a key player on one team to face his former team....

[size=13pt]Coach Brad Childress glad Vikings still control their future[/size]

By Sean Jensen
[email protected]

Updated: 12/24/2008 11:22:56 PM CST


Vikings coach Brad Childress didn't sound disappointed that the Chicago Bears' overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers on Monday night delayed Minnesota's chance to clinch the NFC North Division title....

[size=13pt]If nothing else, Vikings are fired up for finale[/size]

The team didn't want to be in this position, with its playoff fate still in doubt in Week 17, but that fate remains in their control.

By JUDD ZULGAD, Star Tribune

Last update: December 25, 2008 - 6:34 AM

[size=13pt]Giants Reserves Should Receive More Action[/size]

By JOE LAPOINTE
nytimes.com

Published: December 24, 2008


EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The rookie cornerback Terrell Thomas and the veteran quarterback David Carr play on opposite sides of the line of scrimmage and are at different stages of their football careers. But the two may have increased roles Sunday at Minnesota, when the Giants finish their regular season against the Vikings....

[size=13pt]Never mind recent collapses, Vikings just one win from happy holidays[/size]

Team trying to overcome long list of December collapses to reach playoffs

By Brian Murphy
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Updated: 12/24/2008 11:20:59 PM CST

[size=13pt]Vikings have Sharper focus with safety who's tormented Eli Manning[/size]

By RALPH VACCHIANO
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Thursday, December 25th 2008, 1:10 AM


Nobody has had a better read on Eli Manning over the years than Vikings safety Darren Sharper, who has intercepted the Giants' quarterback four times in his last two games against him. But Sharper's read this week is that things could be different.....

[size=13pt]Giants are a welcome sight to Sharper[/size]

The veteran safety has had plenty of success throughout his career against the Giants, including four interceptions against Eli Manning.

By CHIP SCOGGINS, Star Tribune

Last update: December 25, 2008 - 6:34 AM

[size=13pt]Vikings-Giants Preview[/size]

12/25/2008

By Mike Wobschall, vikings.com


So it all comes down to this for the Vikings – a showdown with the defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants for a spot in the 2008 playoffs.