Vikings’ NFC North Rivals: News and Notes, Week 5

One quarter of the way through the NFL season, and everything is going according to plan. The Bears lead the division, followed by the Packers, Vikings, and finally the Lions. Just like everyone thought.

Wait, what was the plan?

Wow.

O.K. Umm.. Well, let’s start there then, shall we?

Yeah, so the Chicago Bears are leading the division at 3-1, after absolutely abusing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday, 48-10. Tampa Bay’s defense was so bad that Mitchell Trubisky actually threw more touchdown passes (6) in his game than Jared Goff did in his (5). That’s right, the young gunslinger from North Carolina gave Bears fans - at least for one game - a little glimpse of the stuff that convinced GM Ryan…