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We’ve reached halftime at Soldier Field, and the Minnesota Vikings trail the Chicago Bears by a score of 10-6 in a game that, quite frankly, could be a whole lot worse.
The first play of the quarter saw J.J. McCarthy unload a deep pass toward Aaron Jones down the sideline, and the pass fell incomplete but the Bears got called for a pass interference penalty to move the ball into Chicago territory for the purple. McCarthy then scrambled for 11 more yards and another first down to put the Vikings into the red zone for the first time this season....
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We’re heading to the second quarter at Soldier Field, and our Minnesota Vikings are trailing the Chicago Bears by a score of 7-0 on Monday Night Football.
The Vikings got the ball first after the Bears won the coin toss and chose to defer to the second half, meaning that the J.J. McCarthy era got started right away. The young quarterback completed his first pass to Josh Oliver, but his second dropback did not go as well, as he was sacked to make it a three-and-out.
On the Bears’ first drive, Williams had quite a bit of time to get...
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We made it, folks. We really, truly made it. Yes, we had to wait all the way until the final kickoff of Week 1. . .but we made it.
We are just half an hour (or so) away from kickoff at Soldier Field as we prepare to watch our Minnesota Vikings take on the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football to cap Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season. Here is everything you need in order to be ready for tonight’s contest.
Date and Time: Monday, 8 September 2025, 7:15 PM Central time
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
Television Coverage:...
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We are right around ninety minutes from kickoff at Soldier Field for Monday Night Football, and both the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears have released their inactive lists for tonight’s contest. Let’s take a look at who will be in street clothes for this one.
Smith didn’t travel with the team, as we passed along yesterday, as he continues to deal with his personal health issue. No other surprises for...
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Well, now that all of the lesser games are officially out of the way, it’s time to gird our collective loins for the main event as our Minnesota Vikings make their annual trip to Soldier Field to face the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football to wrap up Week 1 in the National Football League.
We want as many people to be able to follow along with the action as possible, so we’re giving you all of the ways to do that right here in one place. Let’s get to it, shall we?
Kickoff for this one...
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When they open their 2025 season on Monday night in Chicago, the Minnesota Vikings will be without their elder statesman.
The team announced just moments ago that safety Harrison Smith will not travel with the team to Chicago today and has been downgraded to “out” for the contest.
Smith has only practiced once since the 11th of August, as he has been dealing with some sort of personal health issue. He did return to practice earlier this week, but it wasn’t a realistic expectation for him to play tomorrow night.
The good news is that Smith is making progress from...
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Hello again! Happy New Year! We’re back for another season of roundtables at the Daily Norseman and we’ve got quite a crew for this Week 1 Monday night matchup against the Chicago Bears.
We have more participants and more questions than usual, so let’s skip the pleasantries and dive right in:
Brandon Warne: I’m taking the over for the Vikings and the under for the Bears. I think the...
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Well, folks, it’s officially kickoff Sunday in the National Football League, which means that everyone is revved up and ready to watch their team take the field. . .except for fans of the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears, who don’t get to watch their teams play until Monday night. Around these parts, that can only mean one thing.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s the first official RED ZONE SUNDAY of 2025 here at The Daily Norseman! We can all just sit back, relax, and let the action around the rest of the league unfold in front of us while...
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Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s the time of year for our staff of learned pro football blowhards to put their (fake) money where their mouths are and post their picks for the 2025 NFL season. We’ve done this over the past few years, and we’re doing it again this year.
We’ve got a bunch of our staff members who will be doing this each week, and we’ll be tracking everything the way we have over the past few season. Once again, we’ll be utilizing the software provided by the folks at Tallysight to put these together.
So, if you’d like...
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It’s time to take a look at our SB Nation Reacts results for our Minnesota Vikings questions this week! We’ve got three of them, so let’s not delay any further.
Our first question, as it will be every week throughout the season, is whether or not you feel the Vikings are going in the right direction. The sentiment here seems pretty overwhelming.
Of those who responded to our poll, a full 99% say that they are, in fact, confident that the team is heading in the right direction.
Well. . .that’s pretty good, isn’t it? I mean, it’s really hard...
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The Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears have issued their final injury reports ahead of their Monday night matchup, along with injury designations. Here they are:
OUT: Elijah Williams and Zavier Scott
DOUBTFUL: Harrison Smith
QUESTIONABLE: Christian Darrisaw
The ‘doubtful’ designation on Harrison Smith, who has been limited in the last two practices this week after missing the first one, seems like he won’t play on Monday night but is continuing to ramp up for a more likely week two start.
Christian Darrisaw was a full participant in Saturday’s practice and was in Friday’s practice as well, so...
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A new NFL season is officially upon us, and that means that it’s time for our opportunity to get some intel about the Minnesota Vikings’ opponent for this week from one of our fellow SB Nation football sites.
We’re getting our annual trip to Chicago out of the way early this year, and because of that, we’re sitting down with the folks from Windy City Gridiron to exchange a few questions. Bill Zimmerman was kind enough to answer the questions I had for him this week, and that Q&A is below. When Bill posts my answers to his questions over...
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