Minnesota Vikings MVPs: Week 17 vs. Chicago Bears

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, MN - DECEMBER 29: Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky (10) was sacked by Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson (50) in the fourth quarter of an NFL football game in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Minnesota Vikings linebacker Eric Wilson (Photo by Anthony Souffle/Star Tribune via Getty Images) /

Defensive MVP – Eric Wilson, linebacker

The Minnesota Vikings sat both Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks for this game, opening up opportunities for the backup linebackers to shine. Typically, Eric Wilson does a great job in these situations, and Week 17 was no different.

Wilson led the team with 12 tackles, seven of those being solo, two for a loss, and one sack. He was a key reason Minnesota was able to mostly contain the Chicago run game and keep the Bears out of the endzone while the offense couldn’t put together any drives.

What was even more impressive was how Wilson and Kentrell Brothers cleaned up. The duo combined for 22 of the team’s 84 tackles, meaning that at least one of that duo was responsible for over 26 percent of the ball-carrier takedowns for the purple and gold.

Again, to hammer this point home, it wasn’t the second-string offense of Chicago that Wilson was going up against. This was the Bears starters they were facing off with, and they more than held their own during the game.

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