During Kirk Cousins' first season with the Vikings, when impressive individual accomplishments were often overshadowed by deflating performances in the team's most important games, there might not have been two contests that stuck out more than the Vikings' pair of losses to the Bears.
In a Sunday night game at Soldier Field last Nov. 18, which began with the quarterback's impassioned pregame speech, Cousins threw a pair of interceptions that helped swing a 25-20 game toward the Bears: an end zone pass intended for Kyle Rudolph at the end of the first half, and a ball intended for Laquon Treadwell that Eddie Jackson brought back for a decisive touchdown with 8:30 to play.