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12-30-2009, 03:32 PM
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Associated Press

CHICAGO -- Brett Favre cranked up and made one more impossible throw, zinging a touchdown pass in the fading seconds. Too bad for the Minnesota Vikings, that merely put them into overtime.
Once again, they came up short. And the way Favre sees it, they're headed to an early playoff exit. the Vikings' dream season appears to be slipping away. Minnesota has regressed in all three phases of the game,





For one night, Bears fans had something to celebrate. Now it's back to harsh reality,



The Vikings lost again Monday night, beaten by the Chicago Bears 36-30 when Jay Cutler tossed a 39-yard strike to Devin Aromashodu. Minnesota fell for the third time in four games, and the defeat gave the New Orleans Saints home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs.

"I know we're fortunate to be in the playoffs but we have to play better than we did the last few weeks or we'll be home fairly quickly," Favre said. "I'm just being honest as I can be."

Playing for the first time since the dustup between the star quarterback and coach Brad Childress became public, the Vikings' late rally wasn't enough