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Favre reaches another milestone
Posted by: Chip Scoggins under Vikings, Bears, NFC, Vikings defense, Vikings offense, Vikings players, Brett Favre, Percy Harvin Updated: November 25, 2009 - 10:05 AM
Brett Favre will hold his weekly news conference today and one topic certain to come up is his next milestone.
The 40-year-old quarterback will play in his 282 consecutive game Sunday against the Chicago Bears, tying Jim Marshall for the most consecutive games played in NFL history by a position player.
Favre broke Marshall's record for consecutive starts earlier this season and will start his 280 consecutive regular game on Sunday.
Here are a few other stats:
- Rookie Percy Harvin leads the NFC and ranks third in the NFL with 1,471 all-purpose yards (46 rush, 501 receiving, 924 kickoff return).
- Favre has registered a 100-plus quarterback rating seven times in 10 games. The team record is eight (Culpepper in 2000 and 2004, and Cunningham in 1998).
- The Vikings are tied for second in the NFL with 47 plays of least 20 yards.
- The Vikings have scored at least 30 points six times this season. That already ties for the second-most for a single season in team history. The 1998 team scored 30-plus points 11 times.
- The defense has given up only three runs of 20-plus yards, which is tied for the lowest in the NFL.
- The defense has held opponents to 38 three-and-out series on 117 possessions -- 32.5 percent of the time. That's the second-highest percentage in the NFL.
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