Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears Game Highlights | NFL 2025 Season Week 1

Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears Game Highlights | NFL 2025 Season Week 1

AND BEN JOHNSON, 39 YEARS OLD,
ON THE OTHER SIDELINE. HIS FIRST GAME AS THE NFL HEAD
COACH. IT’S GOING TO BE FUN.
SANTOS KICKS IT AWAY. AND TY CHANDLER RETURNS.
GOT HIT BEFORE THE 20, AND ABLE TO GET IT OUT TO THE 25, WHICH
IS WHERE MCCARTHY AND COMPANY CHASE SAYS NOT SO FAST.
CHRISTIAN DARRISAW, NOT READY. PLAY CLOCK UNDER FIVE.
PLAY ACTION, FIRST THROW, EASY THROW.
OLIVER, THE TIGHT END. THIRD AND SHORTCOMING UP. MCCARTHY IS DOWN!
AND A SACK BY THE CHICAGO DEFENSE.
A LOSS OF ONE AS GERVON DEXTER SOME OF THAT, A LOT OF THAT ON
THE QUARTERBACK. BUT THAT OFFENSIVE LINE IS NOT
IMMUNE EITHER. >> Joe: PLAY ACTION, PRESSURE
WITH BERNARD COMING OFF THE EDGE.
HERE IS SWIFT ON THE OTHER SIDE.
A NICE PASS, A THROW. THE CATCH THAT BRINGS THE FIRST
DOWN. >> Joe: THE ROOKIE, KYLE
MONANGAI IN THE BACK FIELD FOR THE BEARS.
GOOD PROTECTION AND OVER THE MIDDLE.
PASS IS CAUGHT BY MONANGAI, AND HE’S GOT A FIRST DOWN TO THE
35. A GAIN OF 11. A BIG THROW DOWN THE FIELD.
HE’S GOT THE ROTATION OF THE SAFETIES.
THEY DROP IN TO TAKE AWAY THAT INSIDE BREAKING ROUTE.
HE DOESN’T SEE ODUNZE ON THE POST.
ONCE THEY TAKE AWAY THE INSIDE BREAKING ROUTE, HE COMES RIGHT
DOWN AS HE SHOULD. >> Joe: A QUICK SNAP.
WILLIAMS ABLE TO COMPLETE OVER OUT OF BOSTON COLLEGE.
WITH HIM TO BE THE STARTER. >> Joe: ON THIRD DOWN, WILLIAMS
ASKED TO GET OUT. LOOKING DOWN FIELD AND ODUNZE,
HE CAUGHT IT. FIRST DOWN, CHICAGO. >> Troy: WHAT A THROW, WHAT A
CATCH BY ODUNZE. ODUNZE DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB.
IT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE HE WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ANY
TYPE OF SEPARATION ONCE CALEB BE ABLE TO, THAT’S GOING TO BE
A REAL CHALLENGE THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.
>> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND SIX. WILLIAMS WITH A LOT OF ROOM.
LOOKING FOR THE END ZONE. A SHOULDER FAKE.
JEFFERSON WILL GET THE BALL IN HIS HANDS BEHIND THE LINE OF
SCRIMMAGE. HE TURNS THAT INTO A POSITIVE
PLAY. ONGOING MAINTENANCE ISSUE ON
THIRD DOWN AND FOUR. MCCARTHY, TIME RUNS OUT AND
DOWN HE GOES. JUST TRIPPED UP.
AND IT WILL GO DOWN AS A SACK. THE LEFT OF THE PLAY, YET TO
BRING A BLITZ. >> Joe: ON SECOND DOWN,
WILLIAMS IS THROUGH. TOUCHDOWN, CHICAGO. LEGS.
A 13-YARD CARRY FOR THE FIRST DOWN.
A FOUR-MAN RUSH BY MINNESOTA. CALEB STARTS TO ESCAPE THE
POCKET. FEELS THE OPENING RIGHT IN
FRONT OF HIM, AND TAKES IT. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE, YOU KNOW,
WHAT’S GOING THROUGH CALEB’S MIND BECAUSE EARLY IN THE GAME
WHEN YOU’RE PLAYING AGAINST THE THE PRE-SNAP PENALTIES.
YOU’VE GOT TO EXPECT BIG IMPROVEMENTS THIS YEAR.
>> Joe: GOOD PROTECTION AGAIN. TIME RUNS OUT.
THAT’S THE ROOKIE, LOVELAND. A FORMER MICHIGAN WOLVERINES
AND THE TENTH PICK IN THIS >> Joe: THE THROW IS LOW AND
AWAY. DJ MOORE MAKES THE CATCH, BUT
TACKLED BY ISAIAH RODGERS. IT’S FOURTH DOWN. GOING TO START AS A QUARTERBACK
WHISPERER. WHAT HE’LL WHISPER TO HIM AFTER
THE SECOND POSSESSION. AND IT WILL START WITH A TOSS
TO JORDAN MASON, THE FORMER 49ER, WITH A NICE GAIN ON FIRST
DOWN OF SIX. >> Troy: THE GUY WE HAVEN’T
TALKED ABOUT YET IS ADAM HEAD COACH.
THEY GOT REUNITED, AND HE WAS HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
>> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND FOUR. HANDOFF TO MASON AGAIN.
THAT’S TWO CARRIES. DOWN TONIGHT FOR THE VIKINGS
WHO TRAIL BY SEVEN AFTER A GAIN THEY WILL STILL GET SOMETHING
OUT OF IT. >> Joe: 42 YARDS ON THE
PENALTY. MCCARTHY, GOES, AND GETS 11.
LET’S SEND IT DOWN TO LAURA. MAKES A NICE PLAY.
>> Joe: THIRD AND EIGHT. FOUR-MAN RUSH.
MCCARTHY. THAT’S INCOMPLETE.
JEFFERSON THE TARGET. THAT BALL HIT THE GRASS AS HE
TRAPPED IT. IT’S FOURTH DOWN AT THE FIELD
GOAL UNIT THAT COMES ON FOR THE INJURIES.
THEY HOLD THAT PLAY. >> Joe: 31 YARD DRIVE DRILLED
BY WILL REICHARD. J.J.
MCCARTHY AND THE VIKINGS ARE ON THE BOARD NOW, TRAILING 7-3.
BIGGEST PLAY ON THAT GO OUT TO THE FIELD.
WE’RE ABOUT TO PLAY OUR FIRST 2025.
HERE IS DUVERNAY. FORCED OUT AFTER A BIG RETURN.
A FLAG IS DOWN AT THE 39. >> Troy: I WAS GOING TO SAY.
WE’RE MAKING THEM WAIT. BEN JOHNSON CARTOON.
PUSHED DOWN, WILLIAMS WHO STARTED NINE FOR NINE.
HOW ABOUT TEN FOR TEN? HOW ABOUT DJ MOORE?
YOU’RE GOING TO WAIT LONGER. FIRST DOWN AT THE 31 AFTER A 30
YARD COMPLETION FROM CALEB HE IS 10 FOR 10.
>> Troy: YEP, HE’S ON A ROLL TONIGHT.
HE GETS JAMMED UP A LITTLE BIT, SO THE TIMING IS OFF.
CALEB IN THE POCKET, HE’S GOING TO GET THE TIMING BACK ON IT,
BUT HE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT HE HAD WITH THE COVERAGE THAT COVERED
THE INSIDE RECEIVER. SOONER.
>> Joe: SECOND AND 14. WILLIAMS, LINING ONE OUT.
ON THE MOVE. THE HE GOT AROUND BYRON MURPHY.
THIRD DOWN COMING UP. PRESSURED BY IVAN PACE.
IT TURNS INTO AN EIGHT YARD RUN MINNESOTA VIKINGS.
HE DOESN’T GREAT HERE. HE MIXES IT UP.
HANDLING IT UPFRONT. AND CALEB, AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO
USE HIS LEGS, WHICH IS SUCH AN ASSET.
HE’S USED IT. IT’S NOT MATTHEW BRODERICK.
QUICK SNAP. OVER THE MIDDLE, OUT IN FRONT
OF DJ MOORE, AND TURNING IT OVER ON DOWNS BY THE BEARS.
IT LOOKED LIKE HE HAD HIM. YOU COME OUT OF THAT ROOKIE
YEAR. >> Joe: SECOND AND EIGHT.
HAWKINSON WITH HIS FIRST CATCH, CAME IN LAST YEAR OFF A KNEE
INJURY. FULLY HEALS FROM THAT AND READY
TO GO. HE’S THE YOUNG QUARTERBACK
SECURITY BLANKET. >> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.
MCCARTHY, JEFFERSON. 35.
KYLE MONANGAI, THE ROOKIE, THEY GIVE IT TO HIM.
WILLIAMS STEPS UP, AND THE BALL IS BATTED DOWN BY TYRION INGRAM-
DAWKINS. THREE STRAIGHT INCOMPLETIONS
AFTER STARTING TEN FOR TEN, THIRD DOWN AND TEN. WILLIAMS IN
TROUBLE AND ABLE TO GET FREE FOR A MOMENT. STILL ROLLING.
AND OUT OF BOUNDS. AS IT LOOKED LIKE JONATHAN ALLEN WAS GOING
TO HAVE HIS FIRST SACK AS A HE WAS AN INSURANCE POLICY,
HOPING TO HAVE DARRISAW BACK TONIGHT.
>> Joe: THIS ONE IS BATTED DOWN, EDMUNDS.
IT’S SECOND AND 20. >> Troy: THAT’S ONE AREA J.J.
MCCARTHY, HE’S JUST GOT TO BE A IMPRESSIVE, WHAT WE JUST SAW.
>> Joe: SECOND DOWN AND 20. MCCARTHY PROTECTED.
HIT BY ODEYINGBO. THAT’S AN INCOMPLETE PASS, IT’S
THIRD AND 20, AND DAYO ODEYINGBO, THE FORMER
INDIANAPOLIS COLT, SIGNED A >> Joe: PLAY CLOCK WAS DOWN LOW
AGAIN. FLIPS THAT UP AND THROWS, IT’S
MASON, JUST TO BUY A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM.
HE’S TO THE 15. THAT’S IT. TOUCHDOWNS.
TWO ON THE GROUND. LAMAR WAS OUTSTANDING TOO.
THERE’S ZACCHEAUS, FIRST DOWN CHICAGO.
>> Troy: LAST YEAR HE WAS GOOD WILLIAMS THROWS.
IN MOTION AT THE START OF THE FIRST HALF.
IT WOULD BE A ONE POSSESSION GAME.
>> Joe: NOT MUCH. THIRD DOWN COMING UP.
TURNER HAS BEEN INVOLVED. JUST SNEAKS IT INSIDE THE RIGHT
SIDE. NOT AN EASY PLACE TO KICK.
SANTOS, I’M SURE, WILL THINGS FIRST, AND THEN WE’LL GO
FROM THERE. >> Joe: WELL, THEY’RE GOING TO
PUSH IT AND WHY NOT? NAILOR, THERE’S ACTION.
THEY’VE GOT ONE TIME OUT LEFT. >> Referee: MINNESOTA, 30
SECOND TIME OUT. >> Joe: WE ARE IF MANY
DISAGREEMENT OF WHERE WE’RE PUTTING THE FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW.
BUT EITHER WAY, THE KNEE IS DOWN, SO HE DOES NOT GET OUT OF
BOUNDS. SO IT IS RIGHT IN THAT RANGE.
>> Joe: 59 YARD TRY BY REICHARD.
11 SECONDS TO GO. HIGH SNAP, REICHARD, HE’S GOT
IT! AND IT’S A NEW CAREER HIGH FOR
WILL REICHARD. >> >> I THINK HE IS FRUSTRATED
BECAUSE HE’S GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT TO THE
ROOKIE, WHO DIDN’T NEED IT. BUT HE’S AN IMPATIENT GUY FOR
SURE. WHEN CALEB GOES BACK AND
WATCHES THIS FILM, HE’S GOING TO SEE SOME THINGS THAT HE
WISHES HE HAD THROWN. BUT OVERALL, I THINK HE’S
HANDLED EVERYTHING REALLY WELL AGAINST AN UNPREDICTABLE
DEFENSE. >> Joe: PRICE WILL FIELD IT.
NICE MOVE. RIGHT UP THE GUT.
AND THE VIKINGS WILL START HEADS UP TO JEFFERSON FROM FOUR
YARDS. HERE IS THE CROSS TO AARON
JONES. TRIES TO CUT IT BACK.
THIRD AND LONG COMING UP AS HE THEY’VE NOT BEEN AS STRONG AS
THEY WOULD LIKE. THEY JUST GOT IT AWAY ON THIRD
AND LONG. WATCH OUT.
PICKED OFF. THERE’S WRIGHT, DOWN THE
SIDELINE. NOW A TOUCHDOWN.
THE FORMER VIKINGS. PICK SIX. THEN WENT 74 YARDS FOR THE
TOUCHDOWN. WHAT A MOMENT FOR THE FOURTH
YEAR PRO FROM OREGON STATE. FORMER VIKING, PLAYING IN PLACE
OF JAYLON JOHNSON, IS LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT.
BEARS BY 11. WAS HOW HE HANDLED THE PRE-
SNAP. THE MECHANICS.
PLAY ACTION. STEPPED UP AND DOWN HE GOES WHO
JUST CAME UP FOR A LINE OF BUT WHEN YOU’RE UNDER THE GUN
OF THE PLAY CLOCK, YOU KNOW, YOU’RE JUST SO WORRIED ABOUT
THE SNAP COMING IN. >> Joe: THE HAND TO MASON, AND
HE IS JUMPED BY DEXTER. GOOD SHOWING FOR SURE ON A
NIGHT WHEN WE’RE HONORING THE ’85 BEARS, AND WHAT A GROUP
THAT W WAS. >> Joe: CALEB WILLIAMS LETS IT
FLY. HE HAS GOT MORE AND MORE ON A
PERFECT THROW FROM CALEB YEARS, WHEN HE WAS CALLING THE
PLAYS. >> Troy: JUST ABLE TO GET IT
AWAY WITH PRESSURE IN HIS FACE TO DELIVER A STRIKE.
>> Joe: PLAY ACTION. THAT IS THE ROOKIE, LUTHER
BURDEN III. I MEAN, HE WILL LINE UP AT SLOT
WITH THE EDGE RUSHER OFF THE BALL AND THE LINEBACKER.
HE DOES IT ALL. >> Joe: VIKINGS NEED A STOP ON
THIRD DOWN AND 13. GOOD PROTECTION.
AND MAHATMA METELLUS WRAPS THEM FOOTBALL PLAY, AND THAT IS
ENTIRELY LEGAL, EVEN IF HE INCIDENTALLY CONTACTS THE BODY.
THAT’S NOT A FOUL. >> Joe: SO THE KNEE WAS DOWN.
HE HAD POSSESSION. BEARS LOSE A TIME OUT.
AND ON SECOND DOWN AND EIGHT, THEY SET UP A SCREEN FOR AARON
JONES. GETS A BLOCK OUT THERE.
AND JONES, WITH ONE OF HIS ADAM THIELEN WHO IS NUMBER
THREE ON THE ALL-TIME LIST FOR THE VIKINGS IN CATCHES AND
RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS. MAD AT HIMSELF ON THE SIDELINE
AS HE COULD NOT HANG ON TO THE BALL AFTER THE INITIAL CATCH.
NICE RUN HERE BY SWIFT, AS HE HELP OUT THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
HE’S DONE A GOOD JOB OF IT. AS WE MOVED INTO THIS SECOND
HALF, HE’S GOTTEN MORE AND MORE COMFORTABLE.
YOU CAN SEE BY THE WAY HE’S CARRYING HIMSELF AND THE WAY
HE’S THROWING THE BALL. >> Joe: THE BALL IS COMING OUT
QUICKER, AS HE IS CHASED BY CASHMAN.
HE WINS THAT. OUT OF BOUNDS, INSIDE VIKINGS’
TERRITORY. SHOWING HIS SPEED AND A CARRY
OF 13 YARDS. >> Troy: YEAH, YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU GET THE FIRST PART OF IT >> Troy: THIS TEAM LAST YEAR,
JOE, THEY WERE ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST TEAMS IN THE NFL.
OBVIOUSLY THAT GOES A LONG WAY IN THE SUCCESS OF YOUR SEASON.
BUT THEY WERE BANGED UP. HARRISON SMITH, THE SAFETY.
HE DID NOT PLAY TONIGHT. THEN YOU’VE GOT KELLY AND NOW
ALONG WITH BLAKE CASHMAN. >> Joe: A NICE CUTBACK BY
SWIFT. >> Joe: YEAH, THEY GOT IN THAT
POSITION TO ADD TO THAT LEAD. >> Joe: THAT WOULD KNOCK
CHICAGO OUT OF FIELD GOAL RANGE.
THEY DON’T NEED ALL 30 YARDS, LET’S GET OURSELVES IN FIELD
GOAL RANGE, AND IT WAS A DESIGNED PLAY TO PUT THEM IN A
POSITION HERE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
SANTOS, MISSED IT. THAT HAS HIT THE BEARS HARD.
NOW IT HITS MINNESOTA WITH BLAKE CASHMAN. AGAIN WITH MASON ABLE TO BREAK
IT, RUMBLING DOWN NEAR THE 35. HAD TO START THIS DRIVE, THEY
HAVE GOT TO CAPITALIZE. OBVIOUSLY THEY’RE ALREADY IN
FIELD GOAL RANGE, BUT THEY’VE GOT TO COME AWAY WITH THE
TOUCHDOWN. >> Joe: THEY FAKE IT TO MASON.
MCCARTHY PROTECTED AND THE WILL COME DOWN AND HE WAS OPEN.
HE’S GOT A CHANCE., BUT MONTEZ SWEAT SAVES IT.
>> Joe: THIRD DOWN AND FIVE. GOOD PROTECTION, OVER THE
MIDDLE, IT’S CAUGHT FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
JEFFERSON! HE BREAKS OUT HIS FIRST GRIT OF
THE 2025 SEASON. VIKINGS ARE SHOWING THEY’RE
GOING TO GO FOR TWO. >> Troy: WELL, THE DESIGN OF
THE ROUTE. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE TWO
RECEIVERS KIND OF IN THE SAME AREA ABOUT FIVE YARDS OF
SEPARATION WITH JUSTIN JEFFERSON TRAILING.
AND NAILOR, THAT IS NOT GOOD THEY HOPED HE WOULD BRING
SOMETHING, BUT HE HAS BEEN ALL OVER THIS FIELD.
>> Joe: DOWN FROM THE 1. PLAY >> Joe: THE NEXT GEN STATS SAID
OWENS TRAVELED 27 YARDS TO MAKE THAT TACKLE IN THE OPEN FIELD.
A BIG PLAY. FIRST DOWN FROM THE 25.
HE HAS TO PULL IT DOWN, AND IT THEY CAN’T GO DOWN THE FIELD.
>> Joe: BACK-TO-BACK TACKLES FOR A LOSS.
NOW THIRD AND 19. THROW.
WE’VE SEEN HIM MAKE SOME WILD INTERCEPTIONS OVER HIS CAREER.
NOT THAT HE HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH THAT, BUT JUST TO GET HIS
HAND ON IT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
>> Joe: HE HAD TWO PICK SIXES LAST YEAR.
THE LINE DRIVE PUNT. MYLES PRICE, HE’S BEEN GOOD.
THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF ROOM. TRUCKS.
I KNOW IT DOESN’T MEAN ANYTHING TO VIEWERS, BUT ALL THEIR GREAT
HARD WORK HAS MEANT A LOT TO OUR CREW.
NICE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE. HERE’S THE HANDOFF TO JONES,
AND HE’S TRYING TO GET IN ON THERAGUN ON HIS CALF AS WELL,
TRYING TO GET HIM HYDRATED. >> Mike: WILL MEANWHILE IT’S
THIRD DOWN AND ONE. THEY ARE WITHOUT WRIGHT AND
CALEB WILLIAMS AND JOHNSON. MCCARTHY, BACK PEDALING FOR
NAILOR, AND THEY’RE GOING TO MONTEZ SWEAT HAD PRESSURE ON
THAT PLAY, AND THIS ONE IS AGAINST CHICAGO.
>> Referee: CAUSE OF THE PLAY, NUMBER 29, DEFENSE, SPOT FOUL,
AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN. >> Joe: IT IS TYRIQUE STEVENSON
WITH THAT CONTACT ON NAILOR, >> Joe: YOU CAN SEE THEM GO TO
THE GROUND AND YOU ASSUME THEY GOT TUGGED, WHERE HE IS
EXPECTING THE BALL. WHO IS BACK IN THE BALL GAME.
BUT WHEN THEY’RE BRINGING IN THE ALL-OUT BLITZ, THEY’RE
EXPECTING THE BALL TO COME OUT QUICKER THAN WHAT THEY DID.
MCCARTHY, PASS IS CAUGHT, SPINNING GRAB BY AARON JONES.
AND SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, THE J.J.
MCCARTHY WOULD HANG IN THERE AND THAT OFFENSE WILL STAY OUT
THERE AGAIN AND GO FOR TWO AGAIN AS JONES IS ON THE
RECEIVING END. >> Troy: YEAH, NOAH SEWELL,
AGAIN, STARTING THE NIGHT BECAUSE OF INJURIES.
HE’S FORCED TO TRY TO RUN WITH THEM, ANTICIPATING A QUICK OUT
OR AN OPTION ROUTE OF SOME TYPE WHEN HE IS LOCKED UP WITH THE
BACK FIELD. ANY LINEBACKER TO RUN WITH THE
ABILITY OF AARON JONES. >> Joe: PLAY CLOCK INSIDE OF
FIVE. SECOND TWO POINT TRY AND
BEGGING FOR THE BALL WHERE THEY THIS IS A THREE POINT GAME.
THE VIKINGS CONNECT. AND MCCARTHY HAS COME ALIVE.
>> Troy: YEAH, HE REALLY HAS. I MEAN, THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO
MAKE SOME PLAYS WHEN THEY HAD AND NOW THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT
HIM AS THOUGH HE’S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING PLAYERS
ON THIS DEFENSE. COMES UP WITH A BIG PLAY.
>> Joe: ON SECOND DOWN AND TEN. BIG TIME PLAY WITH THEO JACKSON
COMING IN TO PLAY CLOSE, AND NOW THIRD DOWN.
WILLIAMS BACK PEDALING AND THEIR DEFENSE TO COME UP WITH A
STOP AFTER A COUPLE OF BIG DRIVES BY THE MINNESOTA
OFFENSE. >> Joe: THE THIRD HAD SEASON AS
THE DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR AND THE FORMER HEAD COACH OF MIAMI.
THESE GUYS, THEY LOVE PLAYING FOR HIM WITH THE VIKINGS AS
THAT ONE IS BLOCKED, PARTIALLY. IN THERE WHERE THEY WERE UP
AGAINST THE ROPES. >> Joe: THEY HAVE NOW COME OUT
STARTING TO SWING AS THEY LEAD BY THREE.
AND THEY TAKE OVER AT THEIR OWN 32.
AFTER THAT 25 YARD PUNT. >> Joe: SECOND AND TEN.
DENNIS ALLEN LOOKING FOR A STOP. MCCARTHY STEPS INTO IT.
HE’S GOT HOCKENSON. THE VIKINGS WON ON A LONG FIELD
GOAL. NOW, HERE HE IS, HIS FIRST NFL
START WITH HIS TEAM OUT IN FRONT.
>> Troy: LITTLE CONFUSION HERE BY THE CHICAGO DEFENSE. >> Joe: JONES IS WIDE OPEN.
MAKES THE CATCH AND TIPTOES FOR SECOND AND 11.
JEFFERSON WITH A BLOCKER OUT IN FRONT, PICKING HIS WAY, AND
HE’S ABOUT HALF A YARD, MAYBE A >> Joe: BEARS WON A GOOD PART
OF THIS GAME UPFRONT DEFENSIVELY, BUT THEY’VE BEEN
ON THE LOSING END IN THE LAST THREE POSSESSIONS.
THIELEN IN MOTION. MCCARTHY KEEPS, HE’S GOT IT,
AND FORCES HIS WAY INTO THE END ZONE, TOUCHDOWN! TOUCHDOWNS IN HIS THREE YEARS
AT OREGON HAS WON IN HIS FIRST START WITH THE MINNESOTA
VIKINGS. BOY, DID HE AND THEY HANG IN
THERE TONIGHT AS THE LEAD IS 10.
>> Troy: THEY SURE DID. I MEAN, COLLECTIVELY.
THE DEFENSE DID. THE OFFENSE DID.
THE COACHING STAFF, EVERYBODY, TO GET THEMSELVES IN THIS
POSITION RIGHT NOW. YOU CAN’T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT J.J.
MCCARTHY. I MEAN, THINGS WERE NOT GOING
WELL AT ALL. HE WAS UNDER DURESS, PLAYING ON
THE ROAD. TALKING ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE
LINEMEN WHEN YOU HAVE THROWN THE PICK SIX.
BUT THAT GROUP IS GOING TO LOOK AT HIM DIFFERENTLY IT THIS WEEK
AT PRACTICE, YOU KNOW? HE DELIVERS FOR THEM WHEN HE
HAD HIS BACK AGAINST THE WALL. >> Joe: WILLIAMS FOR KMET.
THEY’RE SAYING THAT’S A CATCH. >> Joe: THERE’S THE 31 YARD
CATCH BY KMET. JUST PHENOMENAL.
AND IT’S SECOND DOWN AND TEN. DRIVING UP THE FIELD. FIRST DOWN GETS HIT AGAIN, AND
THERE’S MORE, THE BALL IS OUT. YOU CAN SEE THE PRESSURE ON
PACE COMING RIGHT UP THE GUT. AND HE COMES RIGHT INTO THE
HEAD GEAR OF CALEB. AND THEN THERE’S THE BACK END.
>> Referee: PERSONAL FOUL, ROUGHING THE PASSER, NUMBER 0,
THE DEFENSE. 15 YARD PENALTY FROM THE
PREVIOUS SPOT. FOUR-MAN RUSH.
CALEB WILLIAMS STEPS THROUGH, LOOKING FOR THE END ZONE, AND
NO SIGNAL YET. THE OFFICIALS COME TOGETHER,
TOUCHDOWN. >> Referee: RULING ON THE
FIELD, IT’S A TOUCHDOWN. >> Joe: WELL, BEN JOHNSON HAS
KEPT HIS OFFENSE OUT THERE, SO THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THAT.
>> Referee: AFTER REPLAY OF THE REVIEW, THE BALL CARRIER IS OUT
OF BOUNDS. TIME OUT IN HIS POCKET.
THEY NEED TO SCORE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.
THEY FAKE THE PITCH, THROW IT THE EXTRA POINT TO FOLLOW.
AND THEN IT WILL BE INCUMBENT UPON SANTOS TO GET IT OUT OF
THE END ZONE. >> Troy: THAT’S RIGHT, THAT’S
THE KEY. OTHERWISE IT DOESN’T MUCH
MATTER. BUT HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO BOOM
ONE. FIRST THINGS FIRST IS THE EXTRA
POINT. O’CONNELL’S MOUTH THAT DAY AT
THE PRESS CONFERENCE IS THEY NEEDED TO GET BETTER UPFRONT.
DIDN’T LOOK SO GOOD EARLY. CHICAGO WAS WINNING THAT.
BUT FOR THEM TO COME AROUND THE WAY THEY DID WAS IMPRESSIVE.
>> Joe: HANDOFF IS TO MASON AND GOT THEIR HANDS. TEAM OUT HERE
NOW. IT’S A DOOZY. IT’S MORE. YOU GOT TO GET RID OF IT. HE
DOES. AND MONANGAI CAN’T MAKE A PLAY. AND THAT’S IT. THE
MINNESOTA VIKINGS WILL START THIS SEASON ONE ZERO WITH THIS
STRONG COMEBACK AND A WIN ON THE ROAD HERE IN CHICAGO. KEVIN
O’CONNELL STARTS ONE ZERO BEN JOHNSON THE ROOKIE HEAD COACH
ON ONE. AND J.J. MCCARTHY BACK HOME IN CHICAGO GETS THE WIN.

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