Vikings Playoffs Hopes Hit Life Support

In a game that the purple team avoided turning the ball over until the final play of the game, a running back tallied 132 rushing yards, and the quarterback tossed two touchdown passes, the Minnesota Vikings fell short to the rival Chicago Bears. For posterity, the NFC North tryst practically served as a season-ender for the Vikings, although the team has a shred of hope to reach the 2020 postseason.

The Vikings forced the Bears to go three-and-out on the first drive of the game, but that was the last glimpse of aptitude the defensive bunch would display until very late in the game. Mitchell Trubisky – likely in his final days as the Bears starting quarterback – sliced Minnesota’s defense on…