The Chicago Bears broke a six-game losing streak with a convincing 36-7 victory over the Houston Texans, which kept them mathematically in the hunt for a wild card berth.
And their most important game of the season to date is a divisional showdown against the Minnesota Vikings, who are also 6-7 and looking for that last wild card spot.
Even after Chicago’s dominant outing against a battered Texans team, there isn’t a lot of confidence surrounding this Bears team. The Bears have opened as 3.5-point road underdogs against the Vikings, according to BetMGM.
This is the 12th time this season that the Bears have been underdogs. The only games they were favored in were home games against the New York Giants in Week 2 and Detroit Lions in Week 13.
The Bears will be facing a Vikings team that’s coming off a 26-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which dropped Minnesota out of that seventh seed. Now, they’ll need to beat the Bears just to keep their playoff hopes afloat as the Arizona Cardinals currently control that last spot. But they’ll also have to battle a Bears team that’s coming off a confidence-boosting win.
Can Chicago keep their slim playoff hopes alive with a win over Minnesota? Or will the Vikings sweep the Bears this season? We’ll see when the Bears and Vikings kick things off Sunday at Noon p.m. CT on FOX.
