NFL Picks Week 6: Bears vs Vikings and NFC Winners and Losers

October 15, 2011   ·   Brian Mazique   ·   Jump to comments

The only division matchup this week pits the bottom two teams against each other. The Minnesota Vikings make their annual trip into Soldier Field to take on the Chicago Bears on Sunday Night Football. The Bears are coming off a loss to Detroit on Monday night and the Vikings just captured their first win of the season against Arizona.
Minnesota would love to get it going with two wins in a row, and the Bears desperately need to avoid dropping another conference game. It would be their fourth and third division loss. That could be deadly in a tie-breaker for playoff placement.
Chances are, the Bears are not who you think they are. If you think they are terrible, you're wrong; if you think they are among the better teams in the NFC, you would be wrong again. The combined record of the Bears' opponents this season is 17-8. The Vikings opponents are 15-10, and even that is deceiving. The Bears schedule has been brutal, so though they aren't elite by any stretch, they are not a ho...

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