![]() Fields enters his third season in Chicago and has still yet to prove himself as a franchise quarterback, minus flashes of occasional brilliance with his elusive running ability out of the pocket.Īlthough the Bears finished with the league’s worst records at 3-14 in 2022, Fields managed to keep his team in games and rush for 2,242 yards and 17 touchdowns. The Bears have had a rather dreadful last 28 seasons since winning the 1985 Super Bowl against the New England Patriots in New Orleans, La., only appearing in one Super Bowl and failing to reach the NFC Championship for over a decade.ĭespite the inconsistent play, the Bears are still banking on former Ohio State great, Justin Fields, to lead them back to the postseason. It would be an understatement to assume the Chicago Bears aren’t in a “win now” approach entering the 2023 NFL season. The Minnesota Vikings defeat the Chicago Bears in the 2022 regular season finale by a score of 29-13.Justin Fields will plan to see playing time in the Bears’ first preseason game, even if it means risking injury along the way. The likely opponent is the New York Giants, who currently hold the #6 seed in the NFC, but if the Arizona Cardinals should somehow upset the San Francisco 49ers this afternoon the Vikings would climb back to the #2 seed and play whoever winds up as the #7 team in the conference. The Vikings move their record to 13-4 and now wait to see who they will play in the first round of the playoffs. Minnesota then ended it with a flourish, as former Bear Duke Shelley intercepted Boyle.who was back in at quarterback.to officially end this one for the Vikings. Joseph connected again late in the third quarter, adding a 41-yard field goal to make it 29-13 with just under four minutes left in the game. Fortunately for the Vikings, the Bears did nothing with it, as they turned it over on downs on the ensuing possession. After a Bears punt, the Vikings turned the ball over again as Nick Mullens was intercepted by Greg Stroman with the return coming back to near midfield. ![]() Greg Joseph extended the Vikings’ lead again, connecting on a 50-yard field goal on the first snap of the fourth quarter to make it 26-13. ![]() That made it 23-13 late in the third quarter of play. The drive concluded with Peterman connecting with tight end Cole Kmet, who ran through several Vikings on his way to an 11-yard touchdown. The Bears went back to Peterman at quarterback to start their first second-half possession, and he helped put together what was the Bears’ best drive of the afternoon (with a lot of Minnesota’s defensive starters on the sideline). The drive was capped with the second one-yard touchdown run of the afternoon for Alexander Mattison, extending the Minnesota lead to 23-6.Īnother one for /ut8Ll0FPC9- Minnesota Vikings January 8, 2023 Mullens led a very nice drive, finding K.J. The Vikings turned to Nick Mullens at quarterback after halftime, allowing Cousins, Jefferson, and Thielen to take the second half off. ![]() Joseph’s 24-yard field goal attempt was initially ruled as being good, but the officials reviewed things and determined that the Vikings had 12 men on the field, wiping the field goal off the board and making it 16-6 at the half. Minnesota somehow made a mess of things at the end of the first half, as they threw short of the end zone with no timeouts and about fifteen seconds left, and ran a fire drill to get the field goal unit on the field in time. After a penalty on the extra point, the Bears elected to go for two and were unsuccessful, making it 16-6 with three and a half minutes remaining in the quarter. ![]() Chicago then finally got on the board, thanks to a 42-yard run by rookie receiver Velus Jones on an end-around. The Vikings turned the turnover into three points, with Greg Joseph’s 28-yard field goal making it 16-0 in Minnesota’s favor with five minutes left in the half. : /omF9yVLGer- Minnesota Vikings January 8, 2023 ![]()
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