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Favre, Vikings Eye Bigger Things

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Now that it's over, and the circus portion of the Minnesota Vikings schedule has concluded with smiles and vindication all around, where do Brett Favre and his latest (and, according to him, greatest) team go from here?

Now that they're fresh out of Packers games, can the Vikings actually supply their own small-scale weekly storylines and still find a way to re-create the big-stage atmosphere they've thrived on so far in this most promising of seasons? Or are they hopelessly addicted to the rush of beating archrival Green Bay and face a struggle to keep pushing the motivational needle quite so high?

Good problems to have, wouldn't you say, Vikings fans?

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