Aaron Jones and Cam Akers had scored runs in the last part to upgrade a covering execution by the Minnesota safeguard, and the Vikings moved into a tie for the lead position in the NFC North on Monday night by beating the Chicago Bears 30-12 for their seventh successive triumph.
Justin Jefferson had seven gets for 73 yards, among them a score from Sam Darnold in the central quarter that was set up by Jonathan Greenard’s sack and obliged misuse on Caleb Williams.
Williams figured out a good method for keeping alive his NFL youngster record run of 286 straight passes without a block try for the eighth consistent game, yet the Bears (4-10) have lost those. The truly by and large pick in the 2024 draft went 18 for 31 for 191 yards and tossed a late score pass to Keenan Allen after a deterred dropkick gave the Bears the ball at the Minnesota 27.
The Bears went 1 for 12 on third down and 1 for 3 on fourth down.
Darnold went 24 for 40 for 231 yards and tossed his most important catch in a truly lengthy timespan for the Vikings (12-2), who got a spot close to the completion of the time games with Seattle’s difficulty to Green Straight the prior night. They have the division title solidly on their radar after Detroit’s 11-game series of wins was come by the Bison on Sunday.
Wearing white covers remarkable for establishment history to top the snow-like pullovers and jeans in their now-yearly winter-themed home game – tranquility planned inside – the Vikings had a stimulated assembling behind them after past wide recipients Cris Carter and Jake Reed took a Randy Vegetation shirt to midfield for the coin flip to respect their ex-accessory, who is being treated for disease. Jefferson yelled, “We love you, Randy!” after his score was.
D’Andre Quick overflowed on various events for 79 yards for the Bears, who’ve been outscored 53-0 in the fundamental half over the last three games. As per Sportradar, they’re the head gathering with three relentless scoreless starting portions since Jacksonville in 2018.
The Bears have been reeling not just in view of the horrible streak but in any case their 2-6 record in games picked by a score or less. The firings last month of undermining facilitator Shane Waldron and later mentor Matt Eberflus prompted a difference in play-guests on both sides of the ball, moreover.
In the long run, the Bears conveyed a little heap of can’t-occur plays that at last ill-fated them. Rapid was full for no augmentation on a throw clear on fourth-and-1 from the Chicago 39 on the hidden having a put and again on a fourth-and-1 run at the Minnesota 29 in the following quarter.
In the second from last quarter, Quick had a short score run refuted by a discipline when backing focus Doug Kramer forgot to report as a guaranteed recipient when he’d entered the game as an additional blocker at the objective line.
Beginning there ahead, youngster Kiran Amegadjie, who took three disciplines in his most essential NFL start and was beaten earnestly by Greenard on the strip sack, was called for holding. The Bears made do with a short-field objective.