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Article: Schedule gives Vikings hope, if 1-3 doesn't become 1-4; Coach Brad Childress sees upcoming NFC games -- beginning Monday night at New Orleans -- as a chance for his team to turn around their 1-3 season.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- September 30, 2008
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Byline: JUDD ZULGAD; STAFF WRITER
A mistake-filled loss Sunday at Tennessee left the Vikings with a 1-3 record for the second consecutive season and in dire need of a victory Monday night in New Orleans.
What the loss did not do was cause the Vikings to question whether there still is time to make a run at a postseason berth. Playing in what is shaping up to be an incredibly mediocre division, the Vikings are only one game behind NFC North-leading Chicago and Green Bay (both 2-2). Minnesota holds a half-game lead on Detroit (0-3).
"With the three NFC games (against the Saints, Lions and Bears) coming up, it's easy for me to say it's not how you start it's how you ...