Coming into the Week 7 matchup at Heinz Field on Oct. 25, 2009 between the red-hot Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers, something had to give between two of the top teams in the NFL at that point in the season.
Ahead of the Week 7 matchup, the Steelers were 4-2, while the Vikings were riding a six-game winning streak in the Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre’s first season with the Vikings.
Things were really clicking for the Vikings with Favre at the helm and future Hall of Fame running back Adrian Peterson in the backfield. Minnesota ran into the Steelers’ tough defense in 2009 and found out the hard way that they still had a lot of work to do on the offensive side of the football.