According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the Vikings are the 19th team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to play 2 straight games against the previous 2 MVP quarterbacks. They are the 3rd to win both of those games; the 2005 Seattle Seahawks (who eventually reached the Super Bowl) beat Steve McNair and Peyton Manning, while the 1996 Dallas Cowboys beat Steve Young and Brett Favre. The 1996 Cowboys, of course, had a young defensive backs coach named Mike Zimmer.