Vikings waltz into playoffs with easy win over Bears

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For most of this season, the Vikings’ wins have been close and hard-fought. Not today.

The Vikings went to Chicago and easily beat an overmatched Bears team today, jumping out to an early lead and never looking back.

Kirk Cousins had a great first half and then gave way to Nick Mullens, who did enough to hold the lead as the Vikings won going away.

Minnesota finishes the season 13-4 and will be either the No. 2 or No. 3 seed in the NFC playoffs.

The Bears’ loss drops their record to 3-14 on the season.

54 responses to “Vikings waltz into playoffs with easy win over Bears

  1. Of course we couldn’t count on the Bears to beat the Vikings, or do anything at all. What a pathetic franchise.

  2. Hopefully this restores a little confidence after last week’s beating at the hands of the Packers.

  3. Worst 13 win team in NFL history. They’ve gotten blown out by every good team they’ve played. Everyone wants to play these clowns in the playoffs.

  4. Best day all year for the Bears, they lose and Houston wins thus netting the first pick in the draft. Let the bidding begin …….

  5. Congratulations to the Vikings for waltzing in by beating the 3-win Nathan Peterman and Tim Boyle Chicago Bears.. More like the hokey pokey.

  6. Nears won big today, regardless of the score. The real question is are they going to be smart enough to choose B. Young or are they going to stick with Fields?

  7. Congrats to the Vikings on the 13 win season. Congrats to the Bears for achieving their goal.

  8. Worst 13 win team in NFL history. They’ve gotten blown out by every good team they’ve played. Everyone wants to play these clowns in the playoffs.
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    Are playoff teams good? I think so. Vikes are 3-2 vs playoff bound teams. Next.

  9. Couldn’t *quite* get to a positive point differential.

    Lucky teams gonna luck.

    Maybe next year 😂

  10. Hopefully the Cardinals will upset SF and we’ll maybe get to play GB again…if they can win their battle 2nd place! Ha!

  11. Knowing the Bears, they’ll trade that number one pick for 2 kickers, a punter and a long snapper.

  12. Kansas City and Buffalo will play the AFC championship game at historic Lambeau field.

    The Packers will have to buy tickets to attend a game at their home stadium.

  13. Calvin Hobbes says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:16 pm
    Worst 13 win team in NFL history. They’ve gotten blown out by every good team they’ve played. Everyone wants to play these clowns in the playoffs.

    ________________

    So the Bills, Giants, Patriots, Packers, and Lions are no good then?

  14. Couldn’t *quite* get to a positive point differential.

    Lucky teams gonna luck.

    Maybe next year 😂
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    13 wins.
    Coming from a team that’s hoping to break 500. Packers are lucky to have a shot at the 7 seed.

  15. Calvin Hobbes says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:16 pm
    Worst 13 win team in NFL history
    /////
    Could be worse. Could be the #1 seed with 13 wins and lose in round 1 of the playoffs.

  16. So the Bills, Giants, Patriots, Packers, and Lions are no good then?
    ++++++
    MossyMoss thinks the Packers are good.

  17. When you have to have help just to get a chance to play for the postseason…that’s lucky.

  18. Could be worse. Could be the #1 seed with 13 wins and lose in round 1 of the playoffs.
    ++++++
    I call it the same.

  19. It’s easy to beat a team that’s tanking for the #1 draft pick.

    Congrats to the Vikings for this impressive win.

  20. The most blatant and shameless tanking effort in league history is complete. I’d congratulate the Bears GM, but I’m not sure if that’s appropriate; after all, how hard is it really to self-sabotage your own team? He should be congratulated for doing so and not being fined and indefinitely suspended for deliberately putting out a pathetically noncompetitive squad.
    Now he has to undo the damage he himself has inflicted. Every position on the defensive side of the ball needs upgrading, the front seven desperately so. On offense, every save RB, QB, and TE; the O-line needs 5 new starters or Fields might not survive his third year. The GM might be able to sell the tanking effort as necessary for a rebuild, but now he must hit on every, single, solitary pick, or it will be many years before this team crawls out of the cellar.

  21. The Bears have a bunch of good young players. The Bears are going to be a good team. I look forward to the vikings competing with the bears for nfc north titles for years to come.

  22. Can’t believe the fans of the green and yellers are on here, talking about how 13 wins is bad. Because of the wisco education system, let me explain. 13 is much higher than 8 🤣

  23. cheeseisfattening says:
    January 8, 2023 at 5:14 pm
    The Bears have a bunch of good young players. The Bears are going to be a good team. I look forward to the vikings competing with the bears for nfc north titles for years to come.

    Sorry, the Lions will be the ones winning the North starting next season. Enjoy this one while you can.

  24. philmccracken says:

    January 8, 2023 at 5:05 pm

    Vikings fans still seem really upset about last weeks debacle.
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    Why, because we lost? Lose by one lose by forty it’s still a lose. Remember we’re the worse 13-4 that also beat you. Six out of seven years the NFL gifted the Packers a game with the NFL floor mat Lions. This year might be different though this lions team plays hard and they’re not floor mats any more. Good luck tonight. Also get in and you’re also one and done.

  25. packerlies says:
    January 8, 2023 at 5:26 pm
    did JJ get the record??

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    No, but in three seasons he has the most catches ever. In his first three seasons he has the 22nd most yards (2021) and the 7th most yards (2022) in NFL history. I tried looking but could not find any packers that had accomplished anything close to that in 100 years. But thanks for playing🤣

  26. isitfootballseasonyet says:

    Can’t believe the fans of the green and yellers are on here, talking about how 13 wins is bad.

    +++++++

    Literally three years of Purple commenters telling us 13 wins and a one and done were meaningless. And here we are. 🤷‍♀️

  27. When the Packers get beat by the Lions tonight, Everyone will laugh and laugh and laugh! Packers are Frauds!

  28. Remember last year when the Vikings needed to beat the Packers for a chance at the playoffs they didn’t succeed. This year the Vikings had the chance to eliminate the Packers from the playoffs they failed. Vikings always choke in must win games. One and done in playoffs

  29. In his first three seasons he has the 22nd most yards (2021) and the 7th most yards (2022) in NFL history. I tried looking but could not find any packers that had accomplished anything close to that in 100 years.
    ++++++++
    After Don Hutson’s first three seasons in the NFL he had the 2nd most, 3rd most, and 7th most yards receiving in League history.

    When he retired in 1945 he had 7 of the top 10 yardage seasons produced in the league. Using my wisco math I have determined this is within your 100 year limit.👌

  30. packerlies says:
    January 8, 2023 at 6:04 pm
    In his first three seasons he has the 22nd most yards (2021) and the 7th most yards (2022) in NFL history. I tried looking but could not find any packers that had accomplished anything close to that in 100 years.
    ++++++++
    After Don Hutson’s first three seasons in the NFL he had the 2nd most, 3rd most, and 7th most yards receiving in League history.

    When he retired in 1945 he had 7 of the top 10 yardage seasons produced in the league. Using my wisco math I have determined this is within your 100 year limit

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    lol okay. Hudson had what 480 yards first season, 530 second season, 585 third season. If you read my post I said I could not find anything “close” to what JJ has accomplished. I quest the wisco educational system did not teach reading comprehension either🤣

  31. Six out of seven years the NFL gifted the Packers a game with the NFL floor mat Lions.
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    what happened the 7th year? cuz i’m pretty sure we always play the Lions twice.

  32. Literally three years of Purple commenters telling us 13 wins and a one and done were meaningless. And here we are.
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    The Vikings aren’t one and done.

  33. KnowsMoreThanYou says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:43 pm
    Calvin Hobbes says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:16 pm
    Worst 13 win team in NFL history
    /////
    Could be worse. Could be the #1 seed with 13 wins and lose in round 1 of the playoffs
    //////
    Is being the 2nd or 3rd seed with 13 wins and losing in 1st round of the playoffs worse?

  34. irishlion62 says:
    January 8, 2023 at 5:29 pm
    cheeseisfattening says:
    January 8, 2023 at 5:14 pm
    The Bears have a bunch of good young players. The Bears are going to be a good team. I look forward to the vikings competing with the bears for nfc north titles for years to come.

    Sorry, the Lions will be the ones winning the North starting next season. Enjoy this one while you can

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    So cute, a kitty fan on here. You guys won’t beat the pack tonight, finishing 3rd in the division. You will go back to the cellar next year

  35. If you read my post I said I could not find anything “close” to what JJ has accomplished.
    ++++++
    and you used the rankings of where he ranked all-time after his first three seasons. As did I.

    Maybe you should have just said Jefferson has the most receiving yards/game of anybody who has ever played in the NFL? That seems like a stronger argument.

  36. packerlies says:
    January 8, 2023 at 6:33 pm
    If you read my post I said I could not find anything “close” to what JJ has accomplished.
    ++++++
    and you used the rankings of where he ranked all-time after his first three seasons. As did I.

    Maybe you should have just said Jefferson has the most receiving yards/game of anybody who has ever played in the NFL? That seems like a stronger argument

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    Maybe I would not have to make an argument at all, if someone did not make a snarky comment on if JJ set the record

    packerlies says:
    January 8, 2023 at 5:26 pm
    did JJ get the record??

  37. isitfootballseasonyet says:

    Maybe I would not have to make an argument at all, if someone did not make a snarky comment on if JJ set the record
    +++++
    Is that a trigger for you? I retract the question.

  38. packerlies says:
    January 8, 2023 at 6:53 pm
    isitfootballseasonyet says:

    Maybe I would not have to make an argument at all, if someone did not make a snarky comment on if JJ set the record
    +++++
    Is that a trigger for you? I retract the question

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    Sorry not a trigger. I didn’t pull out my NFL record book and go back to the forties and talk about some dude named hutson.

  39. packerlies says:
    January 8, 2023 at 5:26 pm
    did JJ get the record??
    /////
    No. The Vikings pulled all their starters early with a comfortable lead, the division won, and a home playoff game secured. Oh, were you trying to be sarcastic?

  40. vikingfansaredelusional says:
    January 8, 2023 at 6:23 pm
    KnowsMoreThanYou says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:43 pm
    Calvin Hobbes says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:16 pm
    Worst 13 win team in NFL history
    /////
    Could be worse. Could be the #1 seed with 13 wins and lose in round 1 of the playoffs
    //////
    Is being the 2nd or 3rd seed with 13 wins and losing in 1st round of the playoffs worse?
    /:////
    Ummmm…no.

  41. After Don Hutson’s first three seasons in the NFL he had the 2nd most, 3rd most, and 7th most yards receiving in League history.

    When he retired in 1945 he had 7 of the top 10 yardage seasons produced in the league. Using my wisco math I have determined this is within your 100 year limit

    //////////////////

    lol okay. Hudson had what 480 yards first season, 530 second season, 585 third season. If you read my post I said I could not find anything “close” to what JJ has accomplished. I quest the wisco educational system did not teach reading comprehension either🤣
    /////////////////////////
    Give the poor cheesie a break. Hudson DID manage to equal JJ’s first season in yards. It took him 3 YEARS to do it, but he did it, ya know. That’s good enough to be “close,” I guess, if you’re an alcohol besotted cheese head.

  42. isitfootballseasonyet says:
    January 8, 2023 at 6:59 pm

    “I tried looking but could not find any packers that had accomplished anything close to that” and
    “I didn’t pull out my NFL record book”.
    +++++++
    So where were you looking then?

  43. My my these Viking fans don’t compose their thoughts carefully and lash out defensively. These comments are borderline downright nasty. LOL!

  44. The fact someone tried to compare JJ and don hutson is hilarious. It’s been the same amount of time between now and don Hutson retiring as it’s been from the civil war ending and don Hutson retiring. You can’t compare the two

  45. Good lord. Don’t argue with Packer fans about one of their players that played in an era where they smoked cigarettes and took amphetamines at halftime, and worked other jobs in the off season. . Of course JJ is way better. Dozens and dozens of players today are.

  46. Calvin Hobbes says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:16 pm

    Worst 13 win team in NFL history. They’ve gotten blown out by every good team they’ve played. Everyone wants to play these clowns in the playoffs.
    ============================================================================================================= They beat the Bills in Buffalo but, I guess the Bills aren’t a good team in your eyes. What are you 12? They beat the Dolphins in Miami. They beat GB. They beat the NYG. These teams are playoff teams but, “They’ve gotten blown out by every good team they’ve played.” Go back to bed.

  47. longjohnpeter says:
    January 8, 2023 at 4:23 pm
    Congratulations to the Vikings for waltzing in by beating the 3-win Nathan Peterman and Tim Boyle Chicago Bears.. More like the hokey pokey.
    ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

    My Vikes waltzed in a long time ago and didn’t have to win another game after winning the division. Being the 3rd seed, and playing the Giants round one, was always the best possible scenario for us. Moreover, you Packer fans made a big deal when GB beat the Bears which started their winning streak after a pathetic start. Was that Hokey Pokey too?

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