When I talked to coach Brad Childress on Saturday, I asked him about the status of wideout Sidney Rice, out since the summer with hip surgery. "Might be about three weeks,'' he said. If the Vikings can tread water for the next three weeks, they'd enter the final eight games with Favre (one would assume) throwing to Moss, Rice and Percy Harvin. Their final eight isn't a killer slate. If the Vikings are, say, 4-4 when Rice returns, they'll have a good chance to win the division.
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