JOTTINGS
• Yes, a close personal friend and one of the greatest broadcasters of all time, Al Michaels, will work Sunday night's game between the Saints and Vikings along with Cris Collinsworth. And local resident and star broadcaster Michele Tafoya will be on the sidelines reporting.
• Look for Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen to try to convince Mike Zimmer to play him against the Saints. He thinks he is ready.
• Zimmer on Griffen: "I watched him on tape [Wednesday], I watched him a little bit [Thursday]. Any time you've missed four weeks, or whatever it was, there's a little rust."
• Pro Football Focus has the Saints ranked as the second-best team in the NFL behind the Rams. The Vikings are seventh. PFF's pick for the game? Saints 27, Vikings 26.
• Of 22 expert picks from SB Nation, USA Today and CBS Sports, 14 believe the Vikings will win Sunday.
• For one of the first times in a long time, every single Vikings game has been sold out this season. And even when the team is getting tickets returned from opponents, those are selling immediately.
• Talking about the Saints' No. 1 run defense, Vikings tight end Kyle Rudolph said, "They've lost one game this year, and it was coincidentally the only game they gave up 100 yards rushing."
