Bears Eat the Vikings

In this Sundays NFL contest between the Bears and the Vikings, the Bears came out on top. The Chicago Bears played an outstanding game scoring 48 points to tie the record for most points scored by the franchise. Although the Vikings running back Adrian Pederson ran for 121 yards and scored 2 td's (first running back to run for 100+ yards on Bears defense this season) and the Vikings also beat the bears in almost every combined stat, the Bears had two special teams touchdowns that in the end gave them the win. With this divisional match up the Vikings record moves to 3-4 at second place in their division and the Bears move to 4-3 tied for first in their division (these teams being in the same division).

I am slightly mad that the Bears beat off the Vikings because (aside from the Broncos) the Vikings are my favorite team. Plus on paper, the Vikings were supposed to win this game. They have an outstanding 2nd year running back in Adrian Pederson and an extremely good defense that is really good against the run and pass with Pro-Bowlers in the secondary. It all comes down to the 2 special teams touchdowns that Chicago scored. Without those 2 td's, the score of the game is 41-34 with the Vikings coming out on top. This would have put the Vikings tied at first place in the division and the Bears in second place instead of the other way around which would be really interesting standings.