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The Bears buried a division rival Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.
The winning margin of 19-17 against the Vikings was breathtakingly narrow, with kickoff return man Devin Duvernay’s heroic 56-yard scamper setting up Cairo Santos’ 48-yard walk-off kick.
But the effects of the outcome were brutally deep, dropping the Vikings — who won 14 games just last season — to a vastly disappointing 4-6. Teams surely have come back from 4-6 to squeeze into the playoffs before, but we needn’t bother to look into the particulars of such a fantastical scenario in this case.