Bears-Vikings Predictions Roundup: Experts Favor Bears In Low-Scoring Affair

The consensus: this game is going to be close.

Will Ragatz | Sep 28, 2019

Bears-Vikings Predictions Roundup: Experts Favor Bears In Low-Scoring Affair /

We're just one day away from a huge NFC North battle that is arguably the best game of the entire Week 4 slate. Who do you think is going to win? Let's check in with the media...

CBS Sports: Bears 16, Vikings 14

"The Vikes could easily pull one out – and, to be honest, they probably should. But if Mack gets after Cousins just enough, that's a game-changer. And we've learned not to bet against him."

Athlon Sports: Bears 24, Vikings 23

"Home-field advantage will help propel the Bears to victory in a tightly-contested, hard-hitting game."

NBC Sports Chicago: Vikings 16, Bears 15

"At the end of Sunday’s game headlined by two physical, opportunistic defenses, the team that wins will be the one that comes to Soldier Field with some semblance of an identity on offense."

Sporting News: Bears 23, Vikings 20

"This is a toss-up, but only because the Bears aren't getting strong enough play from Mitchell Trubisky. The Vikings are running all over teams with Dalvin Cook, but they'll see one of the NFL's best defenses in Chicago. As shaky as Trubisky has been, it's not like Cousins has been much better."

Minneapolis Star Tribune: Bears 20, Vikings 17

"I’m taking the Bears to win. They have home torture chamber advantage, the league’s most opportunistic defense and a quarterback who … never mind."

ESPN: Both experts pick Vikings

Vikings reporter Courtney Cronin sees a 20-17 win for Minnesota. Bears reporter Jeff Dickerson thinks the Vikings win 16-12.

Chicago Sun-Times: 4 of 5 writers pick Bears

Three writers have the Bears winning exactly 13-10. One has the Bears winning 21-20. Patrick Finley thinks the Vikings will win 15-12. "The Bears defense is dominant, but the team has been outscored 26-13 in the second half this season. That’s when the Vikings — and running back Dalvin Cook, the NFL’s leading rusher — will do their damage," Finley wrote.

NFL Network's Move The Sticks: 2 of 3 analysts pick Vikings

Daniel Jeremiah has the Vikings winning 24-23. Maurice Jones-Drew says they'll win 24-21. Adam Rank disagrees, taking the Bears in a 14-13 game.

Published Sep 28, 2019

WILL RAGATZ

Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.