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Minnesota Vikings MVPs: Week 17 vs. Chicago Bears

By Adam Carlson

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - DECEMBER 29: Mike Boone #23 of the Minnesota Vikings celebrates after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game against the Chicago Bears at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - DECEMBER 29: Mike Boone #23 of the Minnesota Vikings celebrates after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter of the game against the Chicago Bears at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) /
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MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - DECEMBER 29: Eric Wilson #50 of the Minnesota Vikings celebrates a sack against the Chicago Bears with teammate Kentrell Brothers #40 during the second quarter of the game at U.S. Bank Stadium on December 29, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
Eric Wilson of the Minnesota Vikings  with teammate Kentrell Brothers (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

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)

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