Favre Vs. Packers: Some Things Change, Some Don’t

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Published: October 29, 2009

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... looked forward to hating.

It hasn't been long enough since these two teams faced each other in that eyeball-o-meter record breaking Monday night game. Forced to think about the loss all bye week long, you can bet the Packers want to return the favor this week.

Surprisingly, quite a bit has changed since that game in early October:

The game being in Green Bay instead of Minnesota is going to make a difference for the Packers. Since Mike McCarthy and Brad Childress took over their teams in 2006, the Vikings have never won in Green Bay.

Rookie Clay Matthews has become a force and is an improvement over Brady Poppinga at outside linebacker.

Inside linebacker Nick Barnett is starting to regain his pre-injury form, and last week A.J. Hawk reasserted himself as a factor in the middle. Safety Atari Bigby is back—a huge boost for a secondary that looked lost and con...

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