Hounded by the Packers' relentless pass rush most of the night, Moon led the Vikings to a tying field goal with 17 seconds left in regulation and then to Fuad Reveiz's winning 27-yard kick 4:26 into overtime for a 13-10 victory Thursday night.
The Vikings (5-2) moved into first place in the NFC Central, a half game ahead of Chicago, which plays Detroit on Sunday.
Other divisional clashes Sunday are Dallas at Arizona, L.A. Rams at New Orleans, Cincinnati at Cleveland, Seattle at Kansas City and Denver at San Diego. Also, Pittsburgh visits the New York Giants, Washington travels to Indianapolis, Atlanta takes on the Raiders in Los Angeles and San Francisco hosts Tampa Bay.
Buddy Ryan's Cardinals will be trying to avert a repeat of their 38-3 drubbing at the hands of the Cowboys in Texas two weeks ago. San Diego will be bidding for its seventh win without a loss, and the 1-6 Redskins will be hoping new rookie quarterback Gus Frerotte can jumpstart a struggling offense.
Minnesota's comeback stunned the Packers (3-4), who were within five minutes of climbing back into the divisional race despite losing quarterback Brett Favre in the first quarter with a hip injury. Green Bay now trails the Vikings by two games.
Green Bay, which beat Minnesota 16-10 in the season opener, harassed Moon for 3 1/2 quarters, sacking him four times and intercepting him twice while backup quarterback Mark Brunell led the Packers to a 10-7 halftime lead that almost stood up.
But after taking over at his own 34 with 5:32 to play in the fourth quarter, Moon completed seven of 10 passes for 58 yards to set up Reveiz's tying 29-yard kick.
Moon completed 31 of 50 passes for 271 yards. (AP, MT)
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