The Chicago Bears beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-24 on Thursday Night Football, improving to 7-6 on the season.
With the loss, Dallas falls to 6-7 on the season.
What does Chicago’s win mean for the NFC playoff prospects?
Chicago is 1.5 games back from the Vikings in the wild card hunt with the Vikings set to play the Lions on Sunday. Minnesota should win that game, but if the Vikings were to lose, things would get real interesting in the NFC wild card hunt.
The Bears have the tiebreaker over the Vikings, but the two teams do play again in Week 17 at U.S. Bank Stadium.
As of now, the Bears have just a five percent chance to make the postseason, but if the Vikings fall to the Lions and the Rams (who are 7-5) fall to the Seahawks in Week 14, that numbers jumps to 15 percent.
If the Vikings beat Detroit, their percentage to make the playoffs increases to 82 percent, per FiveThirtyEight.
