the vikings quarterback bright farve enactive against the giants due to a shoulder injury and tavares jackson with the start. the giants defeated the vikings, 21-3. the record streak of consecutive games played came to an end at 297 games. the remarkable streak began in september of 1992. >> it was time, it just probably has been long, overdue. probably been a lot of times that the streak should have ended that, um, you know, there was not really a flood of emotions and just couldn't play. >>