My head tells me to go with Chicago today. They are playing at home, and their dominating defense should completely stifle the Vikings’ run attack. That will leave Minnesota’s offense at the mercy of Brad Johnson’s tired old arm and his offensive line that still hasn’t figured out how to pass-block.
On the other hand, the Vikings have a puncher’s chance as long as Rex Grossman is in the game. He almost gave the first meetiing to the Vikings, he did his best to lose to Arizona, and he wasted a fine performance by the Chicago defense against New England.
The Vikings were the first defense to show that Grossman can be pressured into chucking the ball up for grabs. Since then, most of the Bears’ opponents have had success forcing Grossman into lobbing a Favre-like interception or two. I am confident Grossman will give the Vikings some breaks today; I just don’t know if they will be enough to overcome Minnesota’s anemic offense, especially when that snoozer unit is playing against Chicago’s defense.