The Vikings have a pivotal matchup this week where the team can notch their record back to .500 and start a late surge towards the 2021 postseason. And an NFC North rival gets to possibly play spoiler.
Minnesota heads to Chicago to take on the Bears on Monday night. At 4-9, the Bears have not had a lot of things go their way, especially recently. Chicago has been hit hard by COVID-19 protocol, so it remains to be seen who is in the starting lineup for the team.
Vikings Wire attempts to parse that, all while giving three matchups to watch in Week 15: