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Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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CHICAGO BEARS
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MINNESOTA VIKINGS
100 0 100 52 62 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
CHI's offense (5th in rushing) draws MIN's #12 rush defense. MIN rates the 10-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CHI #5  |  MIN #12
Def
Def
CHI #26  |  MIN #15
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
CHI #15  |  MIN #11
Def
Def
CHI #28  |  MIN #23
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
CHI 72  |  MIN 44

Last 3 Meetings

2026-09-20
MIN 9–CHI 3
2025-11-16
CHI 19–MIN 17
2025-09-08
MIN 27–CHI 24
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.