FanHouse Ben Leber

The last three weeks have been a blur for Minnesota Viking fans. They've gone from a quarterback competition to a completely different kind of quarterback controversy.

When Brett Favre walked into Viking headquarters in Eden Prairie, Minn., on Aug. 18, he brought with him the promise of a Super Bowl run. Either that, or the promise of another glorious Vikings flop. The only certainty with Favre's arrival is that nothing is a given. All the meaningless predictions are cast aside starting Sunday, as Minnesota launches their 2009 regular season at Cleveland.

The Vikings aren't real worried about putting some material up on the Packers bulletin board. They're more worried about making sure Ryan Grant doesn't embarrass them on Monday night.

The Packers running back was the only ball carrier to top 100 yards against the Vikings last year -- and only one of two to do it in the past two years. So Pat Williams and some of his teammates are willing to put out a guarantee.

"That's been on my mind all summer," Williams said. "He's the only guy who got 100 yards on us. But that ain't going to happen this Monday night."

It might fire up Grant a little bit to hear that, but the Vikings should have the defensive line to back up the talk. Linebacker Ben Leber was even willing to go a lot further than Williams' vow.

"When we say stop the run, we're not just saying stop the run," Leber said. "We literally mean it. We want to hold people to 40, 50 yards. That's the kind of standard we've already set. That's not being unrealistic."