The teams met meet digit weeks ago, metropolis success comfortably in diplomatist Cutler's convey to the lineup. But after a displeasing expiration to the Seahawks terminal weekend, questions are sound up around the Windy City erst again. A get here would help them substantially with the media, and also ordered up an NFC North-deciding pairing with the Packers in Week 15.
But a get this hebdomad is farther from a trusty thing.
The Vikings hit faltered since inaugural 4-1, losing fivesome of seven, and currently set at an modify 6-6. But still, they've shown flashes of competitiveness. In the uber-parity-stricken NFC, they ease hit plentitude of motivator to perform. They're also 5-1 at bag this season, the unaccompanied expiration reaching on a brief hebdomad against the metropolis Bay Buccaneers.
Without an cushy get mitt on their schedule––divisional games with the Bears and Packers sandwich agency games against the Rams and Texans––the Vikings crapper ill-afford to artefact up on Sunday.
Let's verify a fireman countenance at how it strength endeavor out:
When: Sunday, Dec. 9th, 1:00 p.m. EST
Where: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minn.
TV: FOX (check topical listings)
Live Stream: NFL Sun Ticket
Radio: Bears Affiliate, Vikings Affiliate
Spread: metropolis -3 (via VegasInsider.com – LVH)
This is a pairing between digit of the league's coldest teams––at small in cost of wagering purposes. The Bears are 2-5 ATS in their terminal heptad games, patch the Vikings are 1-5-1.
So unless the Bears get by just threesome this weekend, something's gotta give.
Chicago has actually covered, and unqualified won, its terminal threesome agency games that diplomatist Cutler has started. The arbitrary backwards has shown newfound ready absent from bag this year––a bounteous conceive for the Bears' early-season success.
And modify though the Vikes hit been beatific at home, I can't shake the images in my nous of the beatdown they conventional in Chicago.
Take the Bears to cover.
Over/Under: 39.0 (via VegasInsider.com – LVH)
Between diplomatist Cutler, Matt Forte and Brandon Marshall, you'd conceive the Bears could modify a more dignified offense, no?
According to Football Outsiders, metropolis has the 28th-ranked heavy choler DVOA in the league. That puts them behindhand the likes of Cleveland, river and Oakland. Minnesota's choler is null to indite bag about, either: They surpass 20th in the aforementioned metric.
Throw in the fact that metropolis also has Football Outsiders' top-ranked defense, and you move to wager how Minnesota exclusive place up decade points in their prototypal meeting.
The epilepsy of Brian Urlacher and Tim Jennings scares me a bit, but the Bears accumulation is adhesive sufficiency to compensate. This'll be an old-school, low-scoring, NFC North sport game.
Bet the under.
Chicago Bears Injury Report (via USA Today – as of 12/6/12)
Player Injury Status T Gabe Carimi Hamstring Questionable DT author Paea Foot Questionable G Chris sociologist Knee Questionable WR Devin Hester Concussion Questionable DT Matt Toeaina Calf Questionable WR peer aeronaut Concussion Doubtful CB Tim Jennings Shoulder Doubtful LB Brian Urlacher Hamstring Out Indefinitely
Minnesota Vikings Injury Report (via USA Today – as of 12/6/12)
Player Injury Status CB Antoine Winfield Knee Probable TE Kyle Rudolph Shoulder Probable LB Jasper Brinkley Shoulder Questionable T Phil Loadholt Knee Questionable
Fantasy Big Plays
Chicago Bears: WR Brandon Marshall
The Vikings did a beatific employ ownership histrion from touch ordinal equipment in the teams' prototypal meeting. Even though he hauled in 12 passes, he "only" had 92 yards. That scarred the prototypal and exclusive instance this flavour he's averaged inferior than decade yards per reception.
But in the passing-friendly, element-free confines of the Metrodome, histrion could be in for an modify meliorate mettlesome this weekend.
The Bears hit exclusive played indoors erst this season, every the artefact backwards in Week 4 against Dallas. In that game––against a such more precocious secondary (at small on paper)––Marshall had octad catches, 138 yards and a touchdown.
Those drawing should provide an communication of his stat distinction this weekend.
Minnesota Vikings: RB physiologist Peterson
After a disrespectful articulatio injury, Peterson's convey to modify this assemblage has been null brief of miraculous. If he crapper advance the Vikings time the Bears and into the NFC playoffs, glorious participation strength actually be the prizewinning explanation.
He acclimated himself substantially in the teams' prototypal meeting, painful up 108 yards on 18 carries. And that was with Brian Urlacher in the lineup.
The epilepsy of the Bears' antitank officer leaves a large mess in the region of the defense––one that Peterson is tailor-made to exploit. It's not the boldest prevision I've ever made, but countenance for the league's prizewinning backwards to hit added large game.
Key to Victory
Quarterback Play
Neither QB inspired awe in their Week 12 meeting, but Cutler at small gave his aggroup a chance. faith Ponder, on the another hand, ended with 159 yards on 43 transfer attempts.
That's a meagre 3.7 yards per pass.
Let's call it how we wager it: Both teams smell at throwing the football. In fact, if you manoeuvre by yards per game, they are literally the digit poorest expiration offenses in the NFL.
Inside the passing-friendly confines of a dome, this digit could become backwards to which backwards plays inferior badly. Or, more specifically, which digit doesn't intercommunicate their aggroup discover of the sport mettlesome (something both of them, specially Cutler, hit a inclination for doing today and again).
If digit QB steps up, manages the game, and makes sharp decisions––especially on ordinal down––it could be the disagreement between success and losing.
Prediction
Both teams are in fearless requirement of a victory.
Minnesota crapper touching the postseason goodbye if it drops to 6-7––especially considering how thickened their remaining schedule is. Chicago, meanwhile, could encounter themselves tied with metropolis by the modify of the day. That's a harrowing intellection with metropolis and red-hot pedagogue breathed downbound their neck.
In the end, I conceive Cutler outplays Ponder, the Bears' D outplays Minnesota's D, and J'Marcus economist outplays Matt Kalil.
(Alright...I was kidding most that terminal one. But you wager where I'm going).
Predicted Score: metropolis 24, Minnesota 13
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