Monday, May 21st, 2012
The Chicago Bears will make the week seventeen New Year’s Day road trip for an NFC north NFL pro football divisional game against the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon.
They kick off this NFL divisional contest from Minnesota at 1PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by FOX.
The point spread opened up in this NFL game at a pick with a total of 39 ½ points.
The early money has shown on the side of the home team as the Minnesota Vikings are now favored by -1 point.
The total has moved towards the over as the game is now lined at 41 points.
Those backing the favored Minnesota Vikings on the money line will lay –115 odds with the underdog Chicago Bears returning -105 odds to get the win without taking the points.
These two NFC north divisional rivals will conclude their two game regular season series on Sunday in the 2011 season.
The Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings went head to head in week six of the season where the Bears earned the 39-10 home win against the Vikings as a -1 point favorite.
The over under came in at over the closing total of 41 ½ points.
Chicago piled up 377 offensive yards in the win and the Vikings offense struggled with just 286 yards of offense.
This game featured Jay Cutler at quarterback and Matt Forte in the backfield. Both players have since been lost for the year due to season ending injuries.
Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder relieved Donovan McNabb and the rookie threw for 99 yards on 9 of 17 passing.
Percy Harvin led Minnesota with seven catches for 78 yards.
The Chicago Bears will travel to Minnesota with a record of 7-8 on the year. The team is 2-5 on the road.
The Bears average 22 points and 321 yards per game with 128 yards rushing for 4.5 yards a carry.
On defense Chicago surrenders 21 points and 353 yards a game. Teams rush for 97 yards against them for 4.1 yards per rush against average.
The Bears have lost five straight since losing quarterback Jay Cutler for the season.
Chicago is coming off a playoff eliminating 35-21 defeat on Christmas night to the Green Bay Packers a week ago as a +13 point underdog.
The total came in at over the closing line of 41 ½ points.
The Bears were able to post up 441 offensive yards with 199 from their run game on 42 rushes.
The team allowed no sacks and scored two touchdowns in their four red zone opportunities.
Chicago turned it over twice and took none away from the Packers.
Quarterback Josh McCown completed 19 of 28 passes for 242 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Running back Kahlil Bell ran for 121 yards on 23 runs from scrimmage.
Armando Allen the rookie from Notre Dame ran for 40 yards on 11 rushing attempts.
Roy Williams led Chicago with six receptions for 81 yards.
Dane Sanzenbacher caught four passes for 51 yards.
Early Bennett had a 49 yard pass reception.
Chicago allowed Green Bay 363 yards of offense with 81 coming from their run game on 21 runs from scrimmage.
The Bears had one sack and gave up four red zone touchdowns to Green Bay in all four drives inside the twenty.
It has been a season of misery for the Minnesota Vikings as the club enters play with a mark of 3-12 on the year. The club is 1-6 at home.
Minnesota puts up 21 points and 331 yards per game with 149 yards rushing for 5.3 yards a carry.
Defensively the Vikings allow 28 points with 368 yards a game. Teams rush for 108 yards against them for 3.9 yards per rush against average.
Minnesota broke their six game losing streak last week in their 33-26 road win against the Washington Redskins as a +7 point underdog.
The total went over the closing line of 44 points.
The Vikings put up 389 yards with 241 coming from their ground game on 38 runs from scrimmage.
The team allowed two sacks and scored four touchdowns in six red zone tries.
Minnesota had no turnovers and took two away from Washington.
Quarterback Christian Ponder hit on 8 of 13 passes for 68 yards.
Joe Webb saw work and completed 4 of 5 passes for 84 yards and two touchdowns. Webb had five rushes for 34 yards and a touchdown.
Toby Gerhart led Minnesota with 11 rushes for 109 yards.
Adrian Peterson ran for 38 yards and a touchdown on 12 rushes. Peterson tore his ACL in this game and it out for the season.
Percy Harvin led Minnesota with five receptions for 65 yards and a receiving touchdown. Harvin had four rushes for 39 yards making him the most courageous wide out in the league.
Devin Aromashodu caught two balls for 36 yards.
Kyle Rudolph grabbed two balls for 23 yards with a touchdown.
The Vikings poor defense allowed Washington 397 offensive yards with 141 coming from their run game on 24 rushes.
Minnesota had three sacks and gave up two Redskins touchdowns in their four trips inside the red zone.
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