In one of the ugliest games of the 2023 NFL season, the Minnesota Vikings lost to the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football. For all the goodwill that Josh Dobbs had accumulated during his first couple of weeks with the team, you have to imagine that has worn off with back-to-back losses, and his struggles in each game.
From the outset, this one was tough to watch. The Vikings defense allowed the Bears offense to march up and down the field in the first quarter, allowing Justin Fields to complete pass after pass. The defense bowed up when it mattered, though, and kept the Bears out of the endzone. Minnesota could not get anything going of their own, with Dobbs throwing two key interceptions in the first half.
Still, the Vikings went into the half only down three points thanks to the efforts of their defense, who has been carrying the team all season.
For the most part, it was the same story in the second half. Dobbs had another pair of costly turnovers, but the Vikings defense simply refused to let the team lose without a fight. Jack-of-all-trades defender Josh Metellus nearly single-handedly kept the Vikings in the game in the second half, having a hand in both turnovers.
Minnesota was finally able to figure something out and put a touchdown on the board in the fourth quarter with a touchdown toss to T.J. Hockenson, but it was all for naught, as the Vikings couldn’t put the Bears away and fell at the end to a game-winning field goal.
There wasn’t a whole lot of good from this one, but let’s take a look at the good, bad and ugly from the Vikings loss to the Bears.