To hear him tell it over and over, this is all he has ever worried about: helping the Green Bay Packers win.

Favre became the NFL's all-time leader in career touchdown passes with a couple of vintage third-down zingers Sunday, and the Packers stayed unbeaten with a 23-16 victory over the Minnesota Vikings.

"To win, and get this behind us, is a great feeling," said Favre, who threw No. 421 in the first quarter to Greg Jennings and No. 422 in the fourth quarter to rookie James Jones.

Winning for the fourth time in the past five meetings here, Favre went 32-for-45 for 344 yards, and Green Bay reached 4-0 for the first time since 1998.

Favre also went interception-free against a defense determined to make him the league's all-time leader in that category. Favre remained three picked-off passes from topping George Blanda on the career list. Former teammate Darren Sharper had one in the first quarter that was wiped out by a penalty. He congratulated Favre after the game.

The Packers joined the Dallas Cowboys as the NFC's only undefeated teams.

Favre was the obvious difference against pass-deficient Minnesota (1-3).

"He's making all the proper decisions. You don't see him making some of the decisions he made in the past," Sharper said. "They're putting a lot on him, throwing the ball a lot, and he's not making too many bad throws. He's playing at the MVP level that he has played at before."

Kelly Holcomb is, well, not quite in Favre's class. He threw a touchdown to Sidney Rice with 1:55 left to pull the Vikings to seven points down, and a nearly disastrous fumble gave Minnesota a chance to tie.

Favre's handoff to Ryan Grant wasn't clean, and Chad Greenway fell on it at the Minnesota 46. But Holcomb's tipped pass from the Packers' 34 was intercepted by Atari Bigby, with the Vikings screaming unsuccessfully for an interference call on Charles Woodson.

Minnesota also argued that Korey Hall fumbled when Antoine Winfield hit him hard out of the backfield. Greenway picked up the ball and would've scored an easy touchdown, but the incomplete pass ruling was not allowed to be challenged by coach Brad Childress.

"I'm not in the business of being a referee, but it seemed like he caught and turned," Greenway said.

Adrian Peterson rushed 12 times for 112 yards and had a 51-yard kickoff return in the second half, and Chester Taylor ripped off a 37-yard run, too. All they had to show for all that in the first 58 minutes was Ryan Longwell's three field goals.

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