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Vikings vs. Bears

Written by: Matt Pelc

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Minnesota -3 1/2 vs. Chicago

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Riding two big road victories, the top teams in the NFC North are on a collision course for the Sunday night game for this week in Minneapolis. The Chicago Bears take their 6-5 record against the also 6-5, and co-division leading Minnesota Vikings.

Chicago dominated the lowly St. Louis Rams on the road last week 27-3. The game Sunday night will be the third of a three-game Bears road trip away from Soldier Field. The Bears lost the first game two weeks ago at Green Bay and look to avoid losing another divisional road game this week against the Vikings.

Kyle Orton played in his second game after coming back from an injury. He still played rather tepid and completed less than half of his passes for 139 yards and a touchdown. Orton did not need to do much against the Rams as rookie of the year candidate Matt Forte ran for a career high 132 yards on 20 carries. Forte is closing in on 1000 yards rushing for the season and scored two more touchdowns last week to run his season total to six.

Last week was also good for the Vikings when they traveled to northern Florida for the first time ever. In their first ever game in Jacksonville, Minnesota dominated the listless Jaguars to win 30-12. Adrian Peterson reached the end zone once, but he failed to gain 100 yards for the second straight game after he had reached the century mark in four straight contests.

The teams met up earlier this year in Week 7. In the 48-41 loss in Chicago, Peterson ran for 121 yards on 22 carries and reached the end zone twice. Last season’s rookie of the year has already gone over 1000 yards and has 1180 yards and eight touchdowns.

The Vikings are 4-1 at home this season while the Bears are 3-3 on the road. The Bears are looking to sweep the Vikings to return the favor of Minnesota sweeping them last season.

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