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Packers get first big break

After the Packers and Vikings traded a trio of punts, the first break went Green Bay’s way on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

With quarterback Brett Favre in shotgun formation, center John Sullivan snapped the ball prematurely. The ball hit Favre’s leg and squirted deep into the backfield. After an extended scrum during which a couple of Packers players tried to pick the ball up and run with it, someone in a green shirt dove on the thing.

But the Vikings’ defense stiffened in the red zone, forcing a field goal.

Packers lead, 3-0.

And, yeah, they’re still booing.