Chicago Bears: Three keys to beat the Minnesota Vikings
By Adam Childs
The Chicago Bears return home after a two-game road trip to take on the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday. Can they win their third in a row and get a big division win?
The Chicago Bears looked pretty good on Monday night against the Redskins and finally showed some life on offense, but it was against the lowly Redskins. Fans hope this is signs of things to come, but are still wary if the Bears can do that against better defenses and teams.
The Bears defense looks like it is at a Super Bowl level as they pressured Case Keenum into three interceptions, including Ha Ha Clinton-Dix pick-six, and two fumbles. They also sacked Keenum four times and hit him another nine times. They disrupted the Redskins offense all game long and gave the Bears offense great field position.
Mitchell Trubisky finally threw a touchdown pass and followed it up with two more in the second quarter, all of them going to Taylor Gabriel in a career quarter for both. The Bears did struggle to get the ball going on the ground as they only had 90 yards total on 24 carries.
Matt Nagy seemed to have found a better gameplan on offense and it helped get Trubisky going early and he seemed to have a lot more confidence during the game. It was one of the three keys we pointed out for the game and it seemed to really work.
The Bears face a much better defense this week with the Vikings and the winner of this game sets themselves up nicely moving forward, the loser will already have two division losses and they will have a big hill to climb to make the playoffs. Yes, it is an early game, but it is a big game for both teams and as close to a must-win as you can have this early in the season.
What do the Bears have to do to win this game? We take our look at the three keys to the game.