Chicago Bears (1-5) – Minnesota Vikings (2-4): 13-19
It wasn’t brilliant, but the Vikings are getting back on track just a little bit. Without Justin Jefferson, absent for several weeks, the attack seriously struggled. But the defense did most of the work, shutting down Justin Fields (6/10, 58 yards, 1 int). The latter ended up being injured. He was hit in the right hand. The coming days will reveal more about the seriousness of the problem.
Tyson Bagent (10/14, 83 yards, 1 int), his understudy, killed the match in his third action. But not in a good way. Bagent lost a fumble, which the Vikings defense was happy to return for the touchdown to make it 19-6.
The rookie pitcher went for a touchdown on the ground to reduce the gap (13-19), but he threw an interception on his last offensive serieswho could have offered an improbable victory to his team.
The harmless Vikings
Without Justin Jefferson, these Vikings don’t scare many people. Because without the touchdown from their defense, they would have had a hard time securing this match. The attack of Kirk Cousins (21/31, 181 yards, 1 TD) went for two field goals then a touchdown from Jordan Addison (3 rec, 28 yards, 1 TD) in the first half, but nothing after that. TJ Hockenson (6 rec, 50 yards) was the player most targeted by Cousins. The ground game was completely off, averaging just 2.1 yards per carry. Alex Mattison (18 races, 44 yards) did not flare up.
Minnesota comes out of this game with only 220 total yards of offense. Fortunately, Chicago was not much more dashing (275 yards) and, above all, that the Bears lost three balls.
