Bears hope to continue U.S. Bank Stadium mastery of Vikings on Sunday
BEARS (2-2) AT VIKINGS (3-1)
Kickoff: Noon Sunday
Where: U.S. Bank Stadium
TV: KMSP-Channel 9; Adam Amin, Mark Schlereth, Kristina Pink
Radio: KFXN-FM 100.3; Paul Allen, Pete Bercich, Ben Leber
Referee: Shawn Hochuli
Series: Vikings lead 62-57-2
Line: Vikings by 7 1/2
The Vikings will go for their third straight win and try to raise their record to 3-0 against NFC North opponents. Minnesota, which already defeated Green Bay and Detroit at home, has all its home division games early in the season and all its road games late.
The Bears have managed a 2-2 record despite being outscored by 13 points overall and having continued struggles on both offense and defense. On offense, quarterback Justin Fields has been effective at times using his legs but has thrown for just 471 yards. On defense, the Bears are giving up an average of 183.3 yards rushing per game.
The Vikings will try to take advantage of Chicago’s shaky run defense with Dalvin Cook, who carried 20 times for 76 yards in last Sunday’s 28-25 win over New Orleans in London after coming back from a shoulder injury suffered in the win over the Lions the week before. But the Vikings also have plenty of weapons through the air, with Kirk Cousins throwing for 273 yards against the Saints and Justin Jefferson making 10 catches for 147 yards.
The Bears have won three of the past four games over the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium. December home losses to Chicago in 2018 and 2020 were very damaging, and ended up keeping the Vikings out of the playoffs.
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