The Green Bay Packers defeated the Minnesota Vikings 23-10 in Week 16's Monday Night Football matchup, which means the Bears are officially no longer the reigning champions of the NFC North.
Sadly, that title now belongs to the cheeseheads.
It also means the Vikings are locked into the No. 6 seed in the NFC playoffs and have nothing to play for in Week 17's season finale against the Bears. As a result, most (if not all) of Minnesota's key starters will sit out while Chicago fields its cluster of underachieving first-teamers.
Bears fans wouldn't mind ending the season with a win over the Vikings in the record books, but is it really the best thing for the team?