Favre and his purple hand may be the Vikings best option against the Bears on Monday night. (photo courtesy of SB Nation)

As if there couldn’t be more confusion surrounding the Chicago Bears-Minnesota Vikings game on Monday night, another uncertainty has arisen.  Vikings backup QB Tavaris Jackson has been placed on IR after suffering turf toe last Sunday when their game was moved to Ford Field in Detroit.  I guess that’s better than having the Metrodome roof fall on you.  With Brett Favre nursing a sore shoulder and hand, and probably some arthritis, the Vikings are running out of options.

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As I took a look back at the 2010 Chicago Bears season to date, I found myself wondering, how did this rag tag group of players win seven games?  Then, as I read about the Eagles CB Ellis Hobbs being out for the season and CB Asante Samuel possibly out this week, it hit me.  The Bears have been unbelievably healthy all season and the familiarity they have had with each other has bred success.  That worries me the most.

The only significant injuries that the Bears have sustained were LB Hunter Hillenmeyer’s concussion, which landed him on the IR during the preseason, and a finger injury to untested, but talented rookie S Major Wright, who has missed five games.  Other than that, a guy or two have missed a game here or there, every once in awhile.  To put it simply, the football gods have been nice to the Bears this year.  To me, it just sounds a little too good to be true, don’t ya think?

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