On Sunday, September 10th, an elated Minnesota Vikings team walked off the soaked grass inside Soldier Field with a 2-0 record after handing the Chicago Bears a loss so devastating that their fanbase has been begging to have a neuralyzer from "Men in Black" used on them to completely erase the result of the game from their memories.
In the week before facing the Vikings, the Bears looked like the modern-day version of the 1999 St. Louis Rams when they put up a 59-burger in a win over the Carolina Panthers.
This victory led to a week of talk surrounding the chess match that was expected to happen at Soldier Field in Week 2 between Chicago head coach, and offensive play-caller, Ben Johnson and Minnesota defensive mastermind Brian Flores.
Well, at least Flores came prepared to play chess on that Sunday, while Johnson probably wouldn't have won a game of tic-tac-toe with the way his "genius" play-calling was stifled by the Vikings' relentless defense.
The Bears definitely had plenty of chances to take control of the matchup, especially with Carson Wentz leading Minnesota's offense to punts on six of their nine drives. But each time it seemed like Chicago was going to get out in front, the Vikings' defense or special teams came up with a big-time, game-altering play.
Eventually, the clock expired in the fourth quarter, and Minnesota emerged from the NFC North showdown with a 9-3 victory. A victory that Bears fans were, apparently, hoping everyone would forget about after their win this past Thursday in a Week 7 matchup against the New England Patriots.
Bears fans claim Vikings' Week 2 win is deserving of an "asterisk"
Despite the Vikings holding Chicago to a season-low three points and Caleb Williams to his fewest passing yards in a single game since Johnson took over as the team's head coach in 2024 (138), Bears fans don't think Minnesota is deserving of much praise for its Week 2 victory.
Playing against the best defense in the league in wind/rain plus an injury in the red zone on what could’ve been a TD run is about as big of an asterisk as you can get. That’s why nobody cares about that game.
— Luca (@LucaOfTheMidway) October 23, 2026
So, let's make sure we're getting this straight. Luca, here, believes that part of the reason the Vikings' Week 2 win should have an asterisk on it is because Minnesota is the best defense in the league?
So, if the Vikings had a more middle-of-the-pack defense, the victory in Chicago would've been more legitimate? Because that's basically what Luca is saying, even if that's not what he meant.
He also mentions the rain throughout the game as part of the reason why an asterisk should be used, and he wasn't alone in this thinking. Multiple Bears fans believe the weather in a place nicknamed the "Windy City" had too much of an impact on the result in Week 2.
There were also 3 dropped/fumbled TDs and it was a monsoon…. Hope that helps!
— Walter Payton’s Burner (@balltalktruth) October 23, 2026
I think because it was in a monsoon
— liebs (@liebs93) October 23, 2026
It was week 2 in a monsoon. Gonna be a lot different in Minnesota.
— shaunjohnthewick (@ixnayamscray) October 23, 2026
According to these fans, Chicago was at a disadvantage inside its home stadium against a team that plays more than half its games indoors every season because it was raining.
No, guys, that's called football.
Better yet, that's Chicago football.
Bears fans love to celebrate when their team does well in the rain. But when Chicago is on the losing end of a rainy battle, then that's just not fair.
All these replies to a post of mine over on X started after I questioned why multiple accounts on the platform aren't counting Williams' stats from Week 2's loss to Minnesota because it wasn't a "full game."
Caleb has averaged over 300 total yards, 2 TDs, and 0 turnovers in his three full starts this year
— Nico (@elitetakes_) October 23, 2026
The sophomore leap at Ben Johnson University is real
In the three full games that Caleb Williams has played this season:
— Ben Devine (@Chicago_NFL) October 23, 2026
73/98
75% completion
883 passing yards
86 rushing yards
5 passing TDs
2 rushing TDs
ZERO turnovers
MVP stuff! #DaBears
If you take Caleb Williams stats from the 3 games he started and finished this season here would be his stat line extrapolated over 17 games
— Steve Letizia (@StephenLetizia) October 23, 2026
74.5% completion
4,998 yards
28 TDs
0 INTs
725 rushing yards
11 rushing TDs
Against the Vikings in Week 2, Williams was on the field for 86 percent of the Bears' offensive snaps before leaving the game with a devastating hamstring injury in the fourth quarter.
When he left the field, the third-year Chicago quarterback had attempted a total of 26 passes, the same amount he had in a Bears' Week 7 win over the New Orleans Saints last season.
Apparently, missing 14 percent of your team's offensive snaps now counts as missing an entire game.
Minnesota and Chicago won't meet again until Week 18, when the two divisional rivals are set to play inside U.S. Bank Stadium.
Rain won't be available as an excuse if the Bears suffer a loss in this matchup as well, so Chicago fans better spend the next few weeks brainstorming in case Flores' defense ends up making Williams look mortal once again.
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