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Homer gets his first handoff and takes it up the middle for a gain of 4. 

1st and 10 from the CHI 40. 

CHI get the ball back from their 30 and Moore gets another handoff and takes it for 6 yards on the right side. 

2nd and 4 from the CHI 36. 

It seems like every week this defense comes up with one or two plays like this. It didn't take the VIkings too long tonight. They stopped the Bears on 4th and 1 to start the game, and then came up with this strip sack by Greenard on the next series. 

Darnold on the right side for Addison and he makes the catch right at the marker for a first down. 

1st and Goal from the CHI 7. 

Jones to the right side and he picks up a yard on first down. 

2nd and 9 from the CHI 16. 

Jones with another run up the middle and he gets another 13 yards and a first down!

1st and 10 from the CHI 17. 

Jones up the middle and he picks up a nice chunk of 9 yards on first down. 

2nd and 1 from the CHI 30. 

FUMBLE!!!!

Williams is blindsided by Greenard off the edge and the ball comes loose! Cashman made the scoop and took it for 17 yards down inside the CHI 40!!!

1st and 10 MIN from the CHI 39. 

Williams on the QB keeper to the left side and he is dropped by Smith after a gain of a yard. 

3rd and 9 from the MIN 29. 

Williams was under pressure and just had to throw it away to avoid a sack. 

2nd and 10 from the MIN 30. 

Williams looks for Odunze on the WR screen on the left side and he takes it for 10 yards and a first down. 

1st and 10 from the MIN 30. 

Handoff to Swift and he picks up 2 yards on the left side. 

2nd and 8 from the MIN 40. 

Short pass to the right side for Swift out of the backfield and he turns up field and gets 10 yards and another first down. 

1st and 10 from the MIN 42. 

Moore gets the handoff to the left side and he picks up a first down on another 9 yard run. 

1st and 10 from the CHI 48. 

CHI get the ball back from their 30 yard line and Moore gets the end around to the right side and takes it 9 yards before getting pushed out of bounds. 

2nd and 1 from the CHI 39. 

FIELD GOAL!!!

Reichard drills the 52 yard field goal and the Vikings get on the board first after forcing an opening series turnover on downs. 

MIN lead 3-0 three minutes into this game. 

Darnold breaks out of a sack in the back field and he looks to the right sidelien for Nailor, but that pass sails out of bounds. 

4th and 5 from the CHI 34. 

Darnold looking deep down the left side for Addison and that pass was over thrown. 

3rd and 5 from the CHI 34. 

Jones gets the handoff to the left side for a gain of 5 yards on first down. 

2nd and 5 from the CHI 34. 

TURNOVER ON DOWNS!!!

Swift to the left side and he is stood up at the line of scrimmage for no gain!!!

Vikings ball from the CHI 39 just a couple minutes into this game. 

Williams tucks it and tries to run for he first down but he is taken down after a gain of a yard. 

4th and 1 from the CHI 39 and they are going to go for it. 

Williams goes to the air for the first time and he finds Allen on the left side for a short gain of 4. 

3rd and 2 from the CHI 38. 

CHI start the night with the ball and Caleb Williams takes over from the 30 yard line. 

Swift gets the opening handoff to the right side and he picks up 4 yards on the first play of the game. 

2nd and 6 from the CHI 34. 

WE ARE UNDERWAY HERE FROM MINNESOTA!!!

Caleb Williams hasn't been in the national spotlight too often this season. This is going to be his time to shine when the whole country is watching. He is used to being in the spotlight. He has been the source of media attention and the bright lights since he was in high school. This is where he feels like he is supposed to be. Now it's time to come out and show what he is made of. 

VIkings going with a white out

It might be cold outside but it's red hot in US Bank Stadium. Justin Jefferson and the Vikings are coming into tonight with their winter whiteout jerseys. If there's one thing that players get jacked about it's seeing these new jerseys under the spotlight of a primetime game. 

NFC Standings 

Taking a look at the NFC Standings we see the Lions and the Vikings at the top of the NFC North. Both Minnesota, Detroit and Philadelphia are looked in a three horse race for the top spot in the conference and home field throughout the playoffs. Minnesota are in a position in which they control their own destiny, but they have to keep winning. The Bears are out of the playoffs, but they have grown accustomed to trying to play the spoiler role late in the season. If they win tonight, the Vikings will no longer control their own destiny. It’s going to be a tight race until the end and it all might come down to the Vikings Week 18 match up against the Lions. 

Star watch: Bears 

The case of Caleb Williams is a curious one. He had some really rough games to start the season, throwing fo 93 yards one game and two interceptions the next. He had his first 300 yard game in a week three loss to the Colts, but then he and the Bears seemed to have figured things out. He was having good, efficient games in the three weeks leading up to the BYE, but then the wheels fell off. He went four straight games without throwing a TD pass, but at the same time he wasn’t throwing interceptions. In the last few games Williams seems to have turned a new leaf with a new offensive coordinator, throwing for 7 TDs and 0 INTs but that hasn’t translated to wins. It’s a cruel world in Chicago and they demand excellence in the moment. No matter if you are rookie or not. There are good things to come in the Windy City, despite the rough rookie season of the future of their franchise. A win tonight could temporarily ease the hearts and minds of Bears fans all around. 

Star watch: Vikings 

While Sam Darnold is in the midst of a renaissance, it can be largely contributed to Justin Jefferson who can either take a game over by his pass catching or open the field up for his other receivers by drawing double and triple teams. He already has reached his fifth straight 1,000 yard season and has seven touchdowns and on his way to another All-Pro season. When Darnold has a big game, Jefferson is either directly or indirectly related and that’s what makes this team so dangerous. They can go to their all star receiver or Jordan Addison or TJ Hockenson when they need someone to make a big play. Quarterbacks have come and go over the last few years, but the one constant on this Vikings team is Jefferson is almost always going to be open and always going to catch the ball if it’s thrown to him. 

Season recap: Bears 

The Bears got the one pick in the draft and had a decent team surrounding Caleb Williams coming into the to the season. For the first time in a long time there was excitement surrounding the possibility of the Bears having an above average season with the potentially of a rookie QB that could turn into a franchise player. The won four of their first six games, and their only losses came in one possession games. They went into their BYE week at 4-2, and things looked like they were only going to get better from there, but the BYE seemed to take all of the momentum they were building. A Hail Mary from Daniels was just the tip of the ice burg. That would lead to a seven game spiral in which they have yet to snap out of. Tonight they hav a chance to turn things around, but it’s not going to get much easier for the rest of the way. They have the Vikings, Lions, Seahawks and Packers to close the season. 

Season recap: Vikings 

We had no clue what to expect from the Vikings coming into the season. They lost their starting QB in the off season, drafted a rookie who looked like he was going to get the Week 1 start until suffering a season ending injury and a forgotten soul was put in under center. Sam Darnold was in the MVP conversation over the first month and a half as the Vikings started the season 5-0. Their first loss came at the hands of the Lions in Week 6, and they lost the next week against the Rams to drop to 5-2. That looked like that was the beginning of the end in Minnesota, but the Vikings have rattled off seven straight wins since then, although six of those came in one possessions games. Last week they finally got a big win and now they have a chance to draw level with the Lions and Eagles in the race for the top spot in the NFC. 

Last game: Vikings 

It was supposed to be a redemption game for Kirk Cousins who went to Minnesota to play the team that didn’t want to pay him following his achilles injury that forced him to miss the second half of last season. The only one who redeemed himself was Sam Darnold who threw for 347 yards and 5 TDs as the Vikings blew the Falcons out 42-21. It was tied at 21-21 heading into the final fifteen minutes but two TDs in a matter of minutes gave the Vikes a 14 point lead after a Falcons’ fumble on a kick return gave Minnesota the ball right back. Cousins was picked off for a second time on the day, and Aaron Jones would call game with a 15 yard TD run to keep the Vikings in the race for the one seed.

We are live from US Bank Stadium 

Hello everyone and welcome to Minnesota where the Vikings strut into tonight knowing that they control their own destiny in the race for the top seed in the NFC following the Lions loss to the Bills last night. They know that if they win out, home field throughout the playoffs is theirs, but that starts with tonight’s game against the Bears. Caleb Williams and the Bears season has collapsed following the Hail Mary that downed them in their game against the Commanders two months ago. Since then they have lost every game they have played, fired an offensive coordinator, a head coach and it looks like their rookie QB is regressing. Their playoff chances have vanished but they need a little bit of momentum heading into the offseason or it could long spiring and summer in the Windy City. 

Bears vs. Vikings  

The league’s best division takes the stage for a huge Monday Night match up in the NFC West. One team is coming into tonight on a six roll and eyeing the top seed in the conference while another team has lost seven straight and just looking to play spoiler after falling out of the playoff picture. It’s the Minnesota Vikings hosting the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football and AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from US Bank Stadium.