The Minnesota Vikings dismantled the Chicago Bears offense to cruise to a 9-3 victory. There weren\u2019t as many glaring mistakes as you\u2019d typically see in such a low scoring game, but there\u2019s always someone to blame. Here\u2019s my nominees for Nincompoop of the Week.<\/p>\n
All we hear about is the offensive genius Ben Johnson for the entire offseason, and even more so after Week 1\u2019s scorapalooza in Carolina. Johnson had no response for the Vikings pass rush on Sunday. I know it\u2019s a tall task, but the last play is a microcosm of their issues. The Bears tried to block Dallas Turner with a Tight End. Turner easily pushed him back into Bagent for the game sealing sack. Some of those play calls were head-scratchers, and if Caleb Williams wasn\u2019t as elusive as he is, it could have been a lot uglier for the Bears.<\/p>\n
Bradbury was called for two holds and two false starts on Sunday. I believe he was a little nervous facing his previous employer. One of those was offset because Levi Drake Rodriguez was held into Caleb Williams\u2019 feet, but the officials can\u2019t get them all right. His poor play basically single handedly ended a very promising drive after the Vikings took the lead 6-3 in the 2nd quarter. You could nominate the entire Offensive Line, but Bradbury stuck out amongst the muck. Not the first time he\u2019s been nominated for NOTW.<\/p>\n
Swift made a crucial mistake that likely cost the Bears the game. After a long 11 play drive the Bears were at the 1. Swift was pushing through to the goal line and allowed the ball to be punched out by Jalen Redmond. It was a great play by Jalen Redmond, but ball security has to be the priority at the goal line. Points were at a premium and he likely cost the team there.<\/p>\n
The stat line wasn\u2019t terrible, but the interception to Byron Murphy gave the Vikings points in a game where every possession mattered. Flores had him uncomfortable all afternoon and his only answer was to take off from the pocket.<\/p>\n
Another rought day for Jackson. He\u2019s been given a larger opportunity and he\u2019s responded with missed tackles and blown assignments. He\u2019s the weakest link in a very strong defensive chain.<\/p>\n
KOC – emphasis on the OC. The offense looks terrible. If the Bears didn\u2019t fumble at the 1 and the Vikings had to respond, we\u2019d likely be talking about a loss today.<\/p>\n
Bears OL – the entire line looked confused all day, but most OL do against the Vikings<\/p>\n
Carson Wentz – he didn\u2019t make the big mistake, or got lucky it was dropped when he did. The lack of offensive production will likely mean he\u2019s headed back to the bench this week (or whenver Murray is cleared).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minnesota Vikings dismantled the Chicago Bears offense to cruise to a 9-3 victory. There weren\u2019t as many…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1007489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,233,259,59322,2529,6,52437,234],"class_list":["post-1007488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-minnesota-vikings","tag-football","tag-minnesota","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-minnesota-vikings-discussion","tag-minnesotavikings","tag-nfl","tag-open-threads","tag-vikings"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117313465443329282","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1007489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}