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On Sunday, the Minnesota Vikings will complete their 2025 slate of NFC North divisional road games as they make their annual journey to deepest, darkest Wisconsin to face the Green Bay Packers.
The Vikings come into this one having lost two winnable games in a row. The focus has been on the struggles of young quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who has had a rough go of it in his first five NFL starts. Still, he engineered what could (or should) have been the game-winning drive against Chicago at U.S. Bank Stadium last week, but the Bears won the game on a...
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Well, it’s that time of the week again, ladies and gentlemen. Time to check the pulse of the readers of the finest Minnesota Vikings website there is and get their opinions on things. Yes, it’s time for this week’s SB Nation Reacts survey, so let’s get to it.
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After their first divisional loss of the 2025 season, the Minnesota Vikings will get an opportunity to complete a sweep of their divisional road games for the season when they make their annual trip to Wisconsin to face the Green Bay Packers in Week 12. They’ve got an uphill battle ahead of them, however, according to the folks who make the odds at our favorite sportsbook.
According to FanDuel, the Vikings are a 6.5-point underdog heading into Sunday’s matchup at Lambeau Field. This will be the second-largest spread the Vikings have faced as an underdog this season. The first, if...
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Tyler Forness breaks down what’s wrong with J.J. McCarthy after Vikings’ loss to Bears, offering a solution for the young quarterback’s development.
In the latest episode of The Real Forno Show, host Tyler Forness delivers an unflinching analysis of J.J. McCarthy’s struggles through five NFL starts. The young Vikings quarterback sits at 2-3 as a starter with the team at 4-6, far from the expectations set during the offseason. Forness and producer Dave Stefano dive deep into McCarthy’s mechanical issues, decision-making process, and the disconnect between his practice performance and game-day execution.
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The Chicago Bears visited the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, and it didn’t end well for the guys in purple. The team lost to the Bears for the first time in their last four matchups. The Vikings had plenty of chances to win but couldn’t pull off a comeback. The offense was stifled all day with dropped passes and inaccurate throws, while special teams continued their poor play. Vikings fans can take some solace in the defense, which held the Bears to 320 yards of offense. That likely would’ve been enough if Chicago hadn’t needed only nine yards on their final...
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J.J. McCarthy was almost single-handedly responsible for the Minnesota Vikings’ loss to the Chicago Bears, a loss that effectively ended any real chance of making the playoffs.
The Vikings’ defense played well to limit the Bears offense. The offensive line did an excellent job protecting McCarthy. The run game was solid. It was the most penalty-free game the Vikings have played this season. Special teams was a net positive overall. Play-calling was fine. The opportunities were there time and again. And the Vikings offense was seldom behind the chains.
But McCarthy was remarkably inaccurate for the entire game save his...
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I want to preface this story with the following disclaimer before I get too deep into things here:
Jonathan James McCarthy did not play well on Sunday against the Chicago Bears. Sure, the last drive was great, but there were way, way too many mistakes in the first 57 minutes for those last three minutes to paper over. He has to be significantly better going forward, and there are numerous areas that he has to improve in.
Okay, now that we have those pleasantries out of the way.
We are five starts into J.J. McCarthy’s career as the starting quarterback...
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For fifty-seven minutes, it was pretty ugly for the Minnesota Vikings against their NFC North rivals from Chicago. But, just as they gave themselves a glimmer of hope, an error cost them an opportunity to steal a much-needed victory.
A 56-yard kick return from Devin Duvernay with less than a minute remaining after the Vikings scored the go-ahead touchdown led to a 44-yard field goal from Cairo Santos as time expired to give the Chicago Bears a 19-17 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium.
The Vikings got on the scoreboard first, courtesy of a...
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Well, we’re heading to the fourth quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium, and your Minnesota Vikings trail the Chicago Bears by a score of 16-3.
The Bears got the football first coming out of the locker room, and they added to their lead courtesy of a 54-yard field goal from Cairo Santos to make it 13-3 about five minutes into the second half. Minnesota then had to punt the ball away on their first possession of the half as the offense just couldn’t seem to get anything going.
Chicago once again marched down the field, thanks in large part to Caleb...
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They’re heading into the locker rooms at halftime at U.S. Bank Stadium, and your Minnesota Vikings now trail the Chicago Bears by a score of 10-3.
The Bears were forced to punt the ball away on the second play of the quarter, and they were called on for fair catch interference against Myles Price to give the Vikings slightly better field position. Unfortunately, the Vikings didn’t really do anything with that field position, as they went three-and-out and gave the ball right back to Chicago.
Chicago then put together a very impressive drive, moving 75 yards in 15 plays and...
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We are through the first quarter at U.S. Bank Stadium, and your Minnesota Vikings lead the Chicago Bears by a score of 3-0.
The Vikings got the football first in this one as they won the coin toss and, rather than defer to the second half, chose to take the football instead. The Vikings converted a couple of third downs early, including one where they actually ran the ball on 3rd-and-2 and moved the chains, but J.J. McCarthy had a couple of bad misses on throws and the drive stalled out.
Minnesota’s defense responded with a three-and-out, with the Vikings...
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