- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Ansah & Levy are key players for the Lions so them being out is a plus for the Bears . With Jones , Ebron , Reiff and a few others questionable that also leaves the Lions more vulnerable because questionable = dinged up / sore and these players are usually less effective even if they play .
The laundry list on the Bears side of the ledger is even longer , so it makes them even more vulnerable than the Lions because they're more " under-manned " . Logic dictates that the edge goes to the Lions , but with key players missing the Bears do have a chance to win this game .
Well the Vikes have 5 who DNP ( did not practice ) Thurs & Fri . Some are important players , you can look at their injury report here www.vikings.com/team/injury-report.html
With Long and Sitton banged up , the Vikes DL will likely make Cutlers life miserable . The only shot the Bears have is IF they can get a running game going and maybe pop a couple long runs for TD's ( or at least set up TD's ) . That isn't likely , and neither is Cutler having enough time in the pocket to hit his WR's with any consistency . The Bears might keep it somewhat close if they play bend-don't-break prevent defense and keep the Vikes WR's in front of them ... but this still adds up to a 24-9 Vikes win .
Bears next NFC North opponent is Detroit on Dec 11th .
