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Vikings receive B+ grade for road win over Bears
After weathering such a rocky start, the Vikings have earned plenty of praise from pundits across the league over the past three weeks.
CBS Sports' John Breech gave Minnesota an A+ grade for its wins over Green Bay and Detroit, and he doled out a B+ to the Vikings for their 19-13 defeat of Chicago.
Breech also noted Cousins' first career Monday Night Football win and commended the quarterback’s overall performance.
With the Bears holding Dalvin Cook under 100 yards, it was up to Cousins to get the Vikings offense going, and he was up to the challenge. Cousins threw for 292 yards and two touchdowns. The Bears secondary had no answers for Justin Jefferson (135 yards), who continues to look like one of the best rookies in the NFL. One thing that will thrill [Head Coach] Mike Zimmer is how well his defense played. Going into the game, the Vikings had surrendered the third-most yards in the NFL, but they absolutely shut down the Bears, holding them to just 131 total yards. Sure, it was just the Bears, but the defensive performance was impressive no matter how you spin it. The game marked the first time since 2006 that the Vikings have held a team under 150 yards of offense.
As for the Bears, Breech gave them a C+ for their first outing in which Offensive Coordinator Bill Lazor took over play-calling duties. Head Coach Matt Nagy previously had called Chicago's offensive plays.
Breech said that "things didn't get any better" for the team in its third straight loss.
The Bears totaled just 14 yards in a disastrous second-half where their only sign of life came from Cordarrelle Patterson, who returned a kickoff 104 yards for a touchdown. The only reason this grade isn't worse is because the Bears defense kept things close by forcing two turnovers and holding Dalvin Cook under 100 yards rushing.