Taking a look at some of the big storylines ahead of this battle between 1-4 rivals.
The 1-4 Vikings are headed to Chicago this weekend to open the NFC North portion of their schedule with a game against the 1-4 Bears on Sunday. Can you feel the excitement, folks? The winner of this game will feel like they have a chance to creep back into the playoff picture, even if there will still be a long ways to go. The loser will be all alone in the divisional cellar, likely turning their focus towards April's draft.
I'd expect an attempt to become more balanced; look for the Vikings to establish their running game early with Alexander Mattison and some Cam Akers mixed in. Even without Jefferson, Kirk Cousins still has the weapons to move the ball through the air against a porous Bears defense. T.J. Hockenson, K.J. Osborn, and rookie Jordan Addison figure to be the three leading target-getters in Chicago, provided Addison is able to play through a minor ankle injury.
The challenge for Brian Flores and the Vikings' defense this week is keeping Moore contained one week after he had four catches go for at least 30 yards, including two gains of 55-plus. Byron Murphy Jr. figures to see that assignment quite a bit. The most blitz-heavy team in the NFL will look to apply pressure on Fields and not let him escape the pocket with his legs. When Fields is playing with confidence, he has dangerous dual-threat ability.
Now both teams find themself at 1-4 this season. The Vikings were obvious candidates for negative regression, but the way in which they've lost four one-score games has been hard to fathom. The Bears got off to a horribly disappointing start that included lots of poor play from Fields, but they finally got a big win last week.
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