Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings | Week 11 Game Preview

Chicago Bears vs Minnesota Vikings | Week 11 Game Preview

Minnesota Vikings are at home again trying to get back to the 500 mark after dropping below it at the ship last week. They welcome the Chicago Bears, winners of six of their last seven now after pulling out yet another win in the waning moments of the game. Caleb Williams into the end zone and the Bears have taken the lead. What are we calling them? Bear believers, bear believers, cardiac Cubs block a field goal one week, recover a fumble, hit a field goal the next, hit on a long TD pass for a late win a couple weeks later, come back down 10 in the fourth quarter with a long TD run last week. They’re beating teams every which way, waiting in many cases to do it at the last second. Doing it with his arm, doing it with his feet. Pretty much all of it coming here in the fourth quarter. Chicago’s 24 points last week, keeping them in the top 10 in scoring for the year. They struggled on third down, but not in the red zone. And Caleb Williams has fans swooning over his fourth quarter play versus the Giants in their most recent dramatic comeback win. Down the stretch, you just can’t play quarterback any better than what we’ve seen the last two possessions from Caleb Williams. Forget the subpar looking passing stats. Williams had to overcome lots of key dropped passes. and want to know the reason he didn’t take a single sack in that win. Pulled rabbits out of his ass over and over again. Not sure anyone has his escapability at this point. Took off for countless first downs, running for 63 yards, plus the game-winning TD. Caleb Williams gets away from Teo. First down Chicago. Imagine if some of those scrambles start turning into more big chunk passing plays on a regular basis. He looks like a different quarterback compared to when he first faced Minnesota. These two played back in week one. No offensive guys for either team really stood out. JJ McCarthy’s first NFL start and win. He kind of scuffled along most of the game and then led a fourth quarter comeback putting up 21 points in the final frame. McCarthy pulling a week 10 Caleb taking care of business himself for the game-winning touchdown. And the Minnesota Vikings sending fans home here at Soldier Field. The Minnesota secondary Caleb draws this week not at fault for their week 10 loss to Baltimore. They held Lamar Jackson under 180 yards, a sub 90 rate on just 6.1 per attempt. Jackson batted at the line. Andrew Van Ginkle with the deflection. They did play the pass better than they have in 2025. Even after that performance, only a few teams allowing a higher rating. Only have three INTs. Most of their numbers against the pass in rough shape still. and they only managed to track Jackson down once in the back field. Gave up 27 points when it was all said and done. Have allowed 24 plus points in four straight games. As mentioned, three of those losses. On the roll back of the end zone and it is caught with the touchdown. Those 27 points last week partially on their offense and special teams turning the ball over three times combined, creating short fields. They stopped three of Baltimore’s five red zone chances, held them to six for 15 on third down. 12 of their points came on field goals, held Jackson to four per carry on nine rush attempts, held Derrick Henry under four per carry. Third down and three. Henry into the arms of Eric Wilson. They’ve been tough enough against the run overall, which they will need to be again in this matchup. Chicago’s rise in the offensive ranks tied directly to its rush attack which is a three-headed attack. Williams Kyle Manongi who scored last week and DeAndre Swift who led them with 80 yards on 6.2 a carry after missing the previous week hurt. DeAndre Swift he’s got a hole to show it off right here. Gallops his way into the secondary. Swift also saw eight targets in the passing game. Only 18 yards to show for them. DJ Moore only one target, no catches. He got hurt though. So Luther Burton stepped up with 51 yards. He’s got Luther Burden the rookie with a first down. Fellow rookie tight end Coloulston Loveland followed his monster breakout with a respectable 55 yd outing. Williams Loft Swan, he’s got Lovelin. Coloulston Lovelin to the 30. And secondyear man Rom Dunay got back in the mix after being shut out week nine. 86 yds to lead the team. His sixth touchdown of the year. End zone wide open. No doomsday for the Bears touchdown. Minnesota’s top white out doesn’t come in with the same mojo. Justin Jefferson with just 37 yards versus Baltimore on 12 targets. Jordan Addison 11 targets, 35 yards. And despite McCarthy throwing for a career-high 248 yards, he threw it 42 times to do it. Under six yards per attempt, one touchdown against two picks, a sub55 rating. down the middle. Jefferson and Humphrey get tangled up and it’s an interception. He only took one sack but was hit 12 times so was under duress plenty and he took 11 sacks his previous two starts combined. McCarthy under pressure from that defense and down he goes. Montes Sweat still the primary bagman for Chicago’s passing attack. One and a half sacks last week running his streak there to four games. They had four total though. That’s back-to-back games with three plus for a team that didn’t have many early on. So, their pass rush may be awakening from hibernation. Newcomer CJ Gardner Johnson blitzed his way to a pair versus the Gmen. You have the widest rusher, that’s CJ Gardner Johnson. You just can’t let him be untouched. Their defense did have trouble with Jackson Dart some though. Maybe they got lucky. He left hurt. Gave up 240 plus yards to him over eight yards per attempt. Dart’s got time. Perfect toss for Sllayton. Touch pass over the top. Bears DBs gave up 53 yardds receiving to running back Devin Singleary. Bulk on a 41yd play. 62 yards allowed to Wandell Robinson, 75 yards to tight end Theo Johnson, 89 to Darius Sllayton. Jaylen Naylor, the one Minnesota pass catcher to have a big game versus the Ravens. He scored 124 yards. Reaching out, he got his feet in. It’s a touchdown. Along the ground, Aaron Jones, Jordan Mason each hit a 5.2 two or better. Neither with many attempts though. McCarthy led Minnesota with 48 rush yards, 9.6 per scamper. And McCarthy will run, breaks one tackle, breaks a second. He gets a Bears defense that just struggled with quarterback runs. They didn’t contain Dart on the ground either. Two touchdowns, 66 yards. Lucky they got that fumble from him. And they didn’t fare great versus Tyrone Tracy, giving up 71 yards to him on over five per attempt. allowed close to 170 rush yards when the game was over and they have not played the run great in 2025. Theo Johnson’s gonna pull and there’s no one even for Theo Johnson to block. Purple Peep leaders have won eight of the last nine over the Monsters of the Midway. One playoff meeting ever between them 1994 season. Hand off Tilman off the right side of the end zone and touchdown. Warren Moon looks it over and he takes it straight back to Bo. Moon over the middle through the hand receiver. Intercepted by Barry Miller takes Moon rolling right out of the end zone. You got a man touchdown. This Bear team believes they can beat the bike. They came in here knowing they could win and they’ve got all the confidence in the world right now. The Bears came in here to Minneapolis and thoroughly thrashed the NFC Central division champion Minnesota Vikings.

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