Which players for the Minnesota Vikings performed extremely well in Week 17 against the Bears and deserve to be the offensive or defensive MVP?
Week 17 of the 2019 NFL season is in the book and the Minnesota Vikings are in the playoffs. Well, the purple and gold knew that heading into their game on Sunday, Dec. 29 and made some adjustments to their strategy.
Minnesota made the call to sit nearly all their starters in this game, giving them an opportunity to rest up and recover in preparation for the Wild Card round of the playoffs. That means many of the star and key plays for the Vikings were sitting on the sideline against the Chicago Bears.
Despite a solid effort from the Minnesota backups, they came up short against their NFC North opponent. Chicago outscored the Vikings 19-21 and pushed them to a 10-6 record on the season and put them into position for a Wild Card matchup in New Orleans against the Saints.
However, before looking at the upcoming playoff game, let’s take a look at some of the best performers from Week 17 when the Minnesota Vikings pushed the starters for the Bears to the absolute limit.
(Note: All stats from ESPN)