Sea.3, Wk. 13 - 6-6 Bears defeat 7-6 Vikings

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In this divisional clash, the underacheiving 6-6 Chicago Bears (with Cutler out and backup FA offseason acquisition Matt Moore as starting QB) faced off against NFC North opponent 7-6 Minnesota Vikings at Minneapolis's Metrodome. With about the same OVRs, the Bears managed to "contain" Adrian Peterson on defense (just 98 yards rushing, 5.0 yards per carry, no fumbles). Chicago's offense wasn't as explosive as with Cutler, but another veteran FA offseason acquisition (TE Benjamin Watson) was key to Chicago's 17-6 victory. "Feature Back" RB Matt Forte shouldered the load and rushed for 101 yards with 4.0 yards per carry, and Matt Moore had a conservative 223 yards throwing, an amazingly high completion percentage of 76.8%, and a 123.3 QB rating with 2 TD passes (both to TE Ben Watson as Brandon Marshall drew double-teams both times on his fade routes in the redzone, opening up the middle of the endzone) and no INTs, showing that he was an excellent "Field General" in today's game.

These 3 players' performances were key to Chicago's impressive victory bucking an otherwise lackluster season thus far.