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improving to two and four. The Bears now one in five among the worst teams in the NFL, and the Vikings, by the way, they've now beaten the Bears that Soldier Field four years in a row. So for a long time felt impossible to get a win in the Windy City. But now the Vikings have done at four consecutive seasons. Loving that, loving a victory and later on, you're gonna love a chipper or more chipper head.
Coach Kevin O'Connell. He chatted with the media earlier today.
I'll play back a portion of that next segment, but let's rewind to the action now. In the two victories for the Vikings this year, in both cases, the theme was defense making plays splash plays, in particular, You're gonna hear a guy get to the house later on this segment, but first let's hear DJ want I'm getting to the quarterback.
Justin takes the staff.
He sacked immediately he was sacked and like a shot, d J Wonham from the backside of Justin Fields brings him down and Justin now has been sacked twenty one times this season. That's a loss of seven yards.
How about that.
That's the first offensive play the game for the Bears, and Justin Fields sent reeling. Later on in the same drive, first possession of the game by the Bears.
Want them Daniel Hunter.
They got him again, backing in fifteen from the Bears forty one low snap Fields in trouble again, nowhere to go. He sacked again, hits a sack attack on Justin Fields and dj Wantam was part of it again. So Fields has now been sacked twenty.
Two times this season.
Wow, seventy seven times the last twenty games and about four minutes of play.
So the Vikings force a punt.
Vikings get the ball their first opportunity on offense of the day.
Now, you Vikings fans, pay attention.
You love the team. You know all of this already. But the Vikings on their opening possession and turn the ball over. In three consecutive games leading into yesterday against the Bears, the Vikings had not scored any points on.
Offense in their opening possession of the game. Something.
As we're looking at twenty twenty two, it happened like this. Twenty twenty three, it's happening like that. Everything's so different. The Vikings were one of the best offensive teams in the NFL early in games. Hasn't been the case thus far in twenty twenty three, but baby steps small victories. The Vikings go on a nine play thirty three yard drive. Okay, they don't cover a ton of the field. They possessed for nearly five minutes, like that part of it.
Now.
They don't get a touchdown, but they don't turn the ball over. They actually kick a field goal and Greg the leg makes it.
Here's Joseph's first fifty yard try or plus up the season.
He was four of ten fifty plus last year.
Fifty three yard try left hash snap spot, Joseph put a ton of leg and it is good. Wow, Greg Joseph five to five on field goals this year.
I'm of that, Greg Joseph, perfect and pure from fifty three yards and the Vikings have now scored points on an opening possession. They navigated an opening possession without punting or turning the ball over.
So good times indeed, And this.
Really set off a chain reaction of field goals. There was a lot of punting and a lot of field goals. Yeah yesterday, specifically early and Kyro Santos even the score at three apiece on the ensuing possession for the Bears.
Then it's Greg Joseph again. With the second possession.
Two possessions in a row for this Vikings offense with points and no turnovers. But then things get weird at Soldier Field, as they normally do. As you're watching in the second quarter, and something like this happens.
Hawkinson in motion to the right, Cousins under center play action. He's going to flip it up to that's my bumble, Cam on it, yeah, Cam Benner fall on that.
Now TJ.
Edwards is falling on it at the sideline, and Peach said that's a fumble because Cousins threw it behind the line of scrimmage and Akers went to bobbling it. The question is Viking sideline didn't get out of bounds or did the Royal in the field is a backful pass?
Well the recovery by Chicago, I mean, Katy, it's like, what come on?
I mean that if it sticks, that's our ninth lost fumble this season.
Would you minus ten to take gift? Could somebody stop the DeMarcus Walker. All he's doing is coming underneath. It looks like our offense is getting back on the field. But my goodness, Paul, this is this is ridiculous.
Everybody take a breath, including Pete. Vikings keep the ball after review.
TJ.
Edwards, the Bears linebacker, one of his feet one of his toes were touching out of bounds as he attempted to recover that ball, so it stays with the Vikings.
It's a loss of nine yards. Second and nineteen. TJ.
Hawkinson had a chance to move the chains on a nice pass over the middle. Can't bring the catch in some struggles catching balls recently for TJ.
Hawkinson. Vikings end up punting and up six three.
Midway through the second quarter, Bears tie it up five play forty five yard drive. They kick another field goal with Kyro Santos and it's six six. Now Viking's another chance to respond. They fumbled it, but didn't give it away on that possession that highlight.
You just heard, Well they gave it away this time. Husbands back to pass, TJ.
Edwards Hitding hit him as he tried to throw it. Hender was picked up by Tremaine Edmonds at.
The thirty five.
Bill couldn't beat us in Buffalo last year, so he's trying to beat us in Chicago this year. And the Minnesota Vikings are minus ten in the take GiB that's worst in the NFL Carcass Broom five picks this year, and with two forty eight to go in the first half, the Bears are deep in Vikings territory.
In the end, that was actually ruled a fumble. I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe the ball hadn't left Kirk's hand yet when his arm was hit as he was trying to unload that thing. But in the end, it's a Vikings turnover and a lot of turnovers for this team in twenty twenty three and both teams coming in they're one and four. There are reasons why these teams are losing these games, right, So you're frustrated that your favorite team just had that happen, while the Bears are like,
we find ways to mess up games too. Here's the very next possession for the Bears. Fields on a short drop shakes, the shoulders hit.
Is he pros HiT's up there? Yeah, Jordan Hicks.
Got it head to fifteen shakes, the Darnell Mooney tackle turns it up at the twenty. Hey, wait, took the all away from somebody, and it was Jordan Hicks with the interception. After we gave the ball away and a couple of one in four teams at Soldier Field are trying to figure out what to do.
Normally, the Vikings are the ones giving the ball away in the red zone.
This time it was the Bears.
Huge play by Jordan Hicks taking points off the board for the Bears and allowing the Vikings offense to head the other way. This is all still in the first half, by the way, and following that turnover by Chicago is Vikings ball at their own twenty three a minute forty seven remaining in the half. This was the best offensive drive of the day by ten miles for the Vikings offense. Eight plays, seventy seven yards and no Justin Jefferson in
this game. We know that, So it had to go to somebody else, and it was Jordan Addison for six in.
Shotgun takes the snap, five step, drop, steps.
Up, fires to the end zone touch down. Vikings charton Addison with his fourth receiving touchdown this season has given Minnesota a twelve six lead in the shadow of halftime, and that's your score at the break.
The extra point was blocked, so good times, bad times, I guess, But a lead at the half for the Vikings offense and they get the ball to start the third quarter. Vikings go three and out to start the third quarter. Third quarters have been problematic for this team really for the last season and a half, and it was a Punta thon really to start the second half in Chicago yesterday. Vikings go three and out, the Bears respond. They end up punting. Justin Fields. That's kind of one
of the stories of this game. Hurt his hand when he was sacked by Daniel Hunter.
Fields takes a deep drops, great drop, dj wantam looking for a second sack and now Fields will throw it away as he nearly is sacked outside the number.
They ruled him down. Well, how they did, they rolled them down prior to the past. Whoo.
So that'll be another sack today for Daniel Hunter, which means Daniel has two sacks today, eight on the season.
That would set up a fourth and long.
The Bears would punt and the Vikings would respond still in the third quarter with another three in out. That was their first two possessions of the day. Three and outs for the Vikings offense. They only had two first outs in the entire second half yesterday, the second one coming at the very end of the game as Alexander Madison moved the chains to seal the game with less than two minutes to go. So struggles on offense, but justin fields that hand injury. He's out. So Bear's ball
and enter Tyson Beagent. He's an undrafted rookie out of Shephard. It's a D two school. There's actually more information online about his dad, Travis Pagent, who's some sort of arm wrestling world champion.
But Beagent in the game.
His first drive as an NFL quarterback, well, it doesn't go well.
Play action out of the shotgun. Harrison Phillip's trying to give him a first pack. Josh Mattelos forced to fumble and pounting about picked.
Up by Jordan Hicks.
Forty thirty close touchdown. Jrdan Hicks, with the second touchdown of his career, has run the Minnesota Vikings to an eighteen to sixth lead.
Huge day for Jordan Hicks.
He takes points off the board for the Bears with that red zone interception and then now you hear that fumble return for a touchdown. Points that the offense wasn't able to provide in some spots. The defense coming through largely now nineteen six after the extra point, should the team have gone for two there, I'll let you ponder that on your own. But this wouldn't be a Vikings game in twenty twenty three. This wouldn't be a Vikings game at Soldier Field without.
Some drama as nineteen six.
Now we're entering the fourth quarter, about twelve and a half minutes to go in the game.
Where beage it.
The undrafted Cap nine plays seventy seven yards and the tush push tightly packed die behind him Pole Comet.
It's a toush push and pageant field.
The in no signal touchdown Bears Tyson Badgin.
Comett pushed him Badgin with his first National Football League touchdown, fight football violently in.
The end zone nineteen thirteen Vikings, and you know that ends up being the final score. But leaving this game yesterday live, the Bears very conceivably could get a stop on defense. It's midway through the fourth quarter and have a chance. With the undrafted rookie QB from a D two school and all Tyson bagent, they would have a chance to go down score a touchdown, and with the six point deficit and extra point takes the lead. So that's kind of the sweat that Vikings fans were enduring
late in this one yesterday. Just need the offense to move the chains a few times, kill some clock and get out of there live.
Well.
Unfortunately, the Vikings offense goes three and out and they only took a minute off the clock. So it is Tyson Bagent and the Bears offense with a chance to drive and take the lead. It was a nine play forty one yard they moved the sticks, but in the end the rookie freaked out and the Vikings CeAl it.
Hi snap from Patrick to Paigent. He throws up an interceptible.
Ball and Byron Murphy Junior.
Takes it and he turns it up to the twenty thirty and DJ Moore runs him down from behind at about the forty three yard line. And this pagent finally threw up one of those punts that was intercepted. And that's also the two minute warning Byron Murphy Junior with his first interception wearing the colors.
Kid freaks out at the pass rush throws up a lot of revolve.
Byron Murphy Junior intercepts it.
Vikings offense runs out the clock and the team runs their way to the winner circle. Nineteen to thirteen is the final score of Vikings two and four on the season.
Bears fall to one and five. Vikings have now beating the Bears at Soldier Field four years in a row. I think that's kind of cool.
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Let's hear a portion of that.
What can you do at this point to get more out of the running game.
Yeah, I think it's you know, we we taking a look at the tape today. There were some fundamental things that you know, maybe we didn't we didn't do as as as well as we would have liked, and certain things that we had kind of put on tape over the last two three weeks that that didn't show up as consistently on the tape yesterday. And I think once again you can credit the Bears and and and kind of some of the.
Things they were able to do.
It was a team going into the game that had forced quite a bit of negatives in the run game through some of the things that they do schematically, and and they were able to be you know, effective on some downs there, especially early on in the you know, in the second half there that contributed to us having too many three and outs and and some you know, quite frankly, some less than ideal third down situations either backed up long yardage or potentially off of some of
those you know kind of negatives, either the lateral play that you know went backwards, the intentional grounding call where Kirk was trying to dish it to CJS ineligible once we kind of gave up, you know, an immediate pressure there.
There was just a lot of scenarios there and a very limited amount of plays when you're not able to sustain at least you guys know, I've talked about getting that first down and kind of triggering the ability to move the football there when we were able to do that either in that two minute drive or early on in the game where we you know, drove and were able to get two chances at some field goals for Greg which which he was outstanding knocking those two fifty
plus yarders through. But ultimately, it just comes down to guys, maybe in some new role or new roles, continuing to grow in their execution and the trust and what we're asking them to do. And then just some of the guys we do rely on being a little bit more consistent.
Kevin, you've talked this season about chasing that complete performance, that best performance.
What does that look like in your eyes?
And how close are you guys to attaining that?
Do you think?
Well?
I think it starts with winning the turnover battle, which
we were able to do yesterday. Defensively making some big plays, and offensively doing everything with our power, within our power of carrying the football when we possess it, UH to manage, you know, not catastrophically giving away the football, which has hurt us so so so much, you know, early on through these first five games before yesterday, And then it comes down to once you're able to be all about the ball and protect the football, then it comes down
to putting, uh, putting it all together. From a standpoint of being efficient in the run game, UH, finding ways to get explosives in the playpass game. We were able to hit a couple of plays there. We had another chance down the sideline for Jordan where he got behind the coverage. All with opportunities on early downs that we can get in our offense when we can sustain some efficiency.
Now, with all that being.
Said, we have other tools at our disposal to try to be more efficient where maybe it's not the run game. It could be the rhythm and timing of the quick passing game, or the no huddle or different personnel groupings. We've got to go into all of those tools to try to best serve ourselves on offense when you are, you know, without a player of Justin's caliber, where we have quite honestly built a lot of the things.
That we do around him.
But that is by no stretch going to be allowed to be an excuse for us not going out there and playing to our potential on offense. And it starts with me and our staff and then giving these guys the tools that they need to go have success.
But I do think that that complete performance is out there for us.
Just how important has Daniel been to what you guys are are doing on defense and how important was I mean obviously bringing him back to be able to do probably what you've seen from him.
Yeah, I thought, you know, yesterday Daniil showed up even much more so than his two sacks. He was really active on the edge, physical, explosive. Daniel's a huge part of our defense, whether we're just rushing for trying to get him one on oneses or you know, we are sending pressures and where we have him in the pressure, what gap we have him hitting, moving him around the front.
He's an integral part and will continue to be so of flows, you know, kind of playing going into each and every game, and I think it's been critical to have him back and very very fortunate that we have him in there.
Hey, Kevin, I just wanted to follow up from the outside it looked like Lewis scene was a healthy scratch.
Just where's he at in his development and what do you want to see from them?
Yeah, Lou's been you know, he's you know, he's been working his way back from from that hamstring injury, and we feel good about him, you know, being at at full capacity here and hope to get him going a little bit.
My anticipation is he'll be up.
And ready to roll this week and maybe taking on some rolls, you know at gunner, you know.
Having some things on defense whatever. That looks like we'll work through that.
But but yeah, lou Is, uh, you know there, there's there's a lot of ways to describe a healthy scratch and when the guy's working himself back and then the roles you envisioned for him for that game. I've you know, Lou knows we have one hundred percent confidence in him, and I think we'll see his role continue to.
Evolve and and and grow throughout the season.
I just noticed in the standard you guys have eighteen sacks the first six games.
That's top ten in the league.
You talked about Daniel a second ago, just kind of what is it taken to to really improve that stat Based on some struggles and getting pressure on quarterbacks the last you know, last season, what have you done to improve that this year?
Yeah, I think it starts with, you know, guys like the Neil Marcus, you know, DJ Wantam has shown up.
Uh, We've been able to you know, maybe.
Where the pressure packages haven't always equaled sacks. It has forced teams to, you know, change the way they want to play, change the way they slide protections. They have to account for the threat of guys coming when they're down there around the line of scrimmage, specifically Harrison Smith when he's down there, or maybe it's Mattelis, maybe it's Byron Murphy off the slot.
But when you've put a lot of that on tape.
And all of those things are possible, offenses have to account for that, so they're they're talking a little bit less about making sure they have a great plan for Daniel or Marcus or DJ or any of our other guys. So I think it all kind of works together over the you know, the the totality of these first six games,
and we've kind of seen the impact of that. Now we want to continue to marry the Russian coverage together when we are bringing pressure, what's it look like on the back end, so that we're fundamentally sound and covered from a standpoint of where people may try to attack us.
I thought we did a good job yesterday having.
A plan for DJ Moore and uh, you know, and and and really cant and Mooney as well.
They were able to make a couple plays here and there.
But you know, for the most part, I thought, versus what had been a pretty explosive skill group over the previous couple weeks, our guys did a nice job on that while still finding a way to get pressure and force the quarterback off the spot and get them on the ground a few times, I.
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