The Minnesota Vikings had a bye week to prepare for their huge Sunday Night Football showdown at Soldier Field against the Chicago Bears. They certainly didn’t look like they had taken advantage of the time.
Thanks in large part to an incredibly ugly offensive performance, the Vikings failed to take advantage of their opportunity to seize control of the NFC North, falling to the Bears in Chicago by a final score of 25-20.
The Bears got on the board first in this one, courtesy of a 33-yard field goal by Cody Parkey. That 3-0 lead represented all of the scoring in the first quarter, in part because Kirk Cousins missed a wide-open Stefon Diggs for what would have been a 33-yard touchdown pass.