The Worksheet, a comprehensive fantasy football preview by Rich Hribar, breaks down everything you need to know about the Week 2 matchup between the Vikings and Bears.
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| Minnesota | Rank | @ | Chicago | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | Spread | -5.5 | ||
| 22.0 | Implied Total | 27.5 | ||
| 39.0 | 3 | Points/Gm | 59.0 | 1 |
| 22.0 | 12 | Points All./Gm | 37.0 | 29 |
| 61.0 | 18 | Plays/Gm | 70.0 | 5 |
| 67.0 | 22 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 62.0 | 16 |
| 3.9 | 31 | Off. Yards/Play | 7.9 | 2 |
| 6.3 | 27 | Def. Yards/Play | 7.7 | 29 |
| 55.7% | 5 | Rush% | 55.7% | 6 |
| 44.3% | 28 | Pass% | 44.3% | 27 |
| 31.3% | 3 | Opp. Rush % | 35.5% | 7 |
| 68.7% | 30 | Opp. Pass % | 64.5% | 26 |
- In Week 1, the Bears became just the fourth team in the Super Bowl era to allow 35 or more points and still win by 20 or more.
- The Bears scored 59 points in Week 1, their most in a game since Week 14 of the 1980 season (fourth most all-time).
- Chicago's 7.9 yards per play on offense in Week 1 was their most ever in a Week 1 game (11th all-time for them).
- The Bears allowed 10 or more yards on 29% of plays in Week 1, 31st in the league.
- The Vikings had a league-low 5 offensive plays of 10 or more yards in Week 1.
- Chicago had 16 plays gaining 10 or more yards, tied for third in the league.
- 52.7% of Chicago's yards in Week 1 were gained via rushing, the highest rate in the league.
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Vikings vs. Bears Fantasy Quarterback Preview
Caleb Williams
Williams led all fantasy quarterbacks in scoring twice last season.
He opened 2026 doing so again, scoring 37.3 fantasy points in Carolina.
After closing last year four straight top-12 scoring weeks and then the open to this season, Williams has that feeling of putting everything together.
Ben Johnson said this summer that the next step was getting Williams to connect with more consistency.
As a passer, Williams connected on 21 of 29 passes (72.4%).
His season-high completion rate in a game last season was 67.9%.
Williams not only hit the ones he should, but also the money throws.
He averaged 9.3 yards per pass attempt.
On throws 10 or more yards downfield, Williams was 6 for 10 for 148 yards and a touchdown.
In 2205, he completed 45% of those passes, 27th in the league.
Williams hit his ceiling on the ground on Sunday.
He rushed 10 times for 65 yards, adding rushing scores of 9 and 29 yards.
We all know Johnson said he wanted to set the NFL record for points on offense this season.
Then the Bears came out and put 59 points up in Week 1.
Their defense may put them in a position where they need those points too.
I am still using Williams as a QB1 option based on that marriage of this offense and defense, but this will be a fun matchup to see just how real things are.
The last time these teams met, Williams went 16-for-32 for 193 yards and no touchdowns.
In four career games against Brian Flores, Williams has completed 60% of his passes for 6.4 yards per pass attempt.
He has not thrown an interception, but he has also thrown only 4 touchdowns.
Flores was pretty light on the blitzing in those three matchups, opening up with 22.2%, 37.1%, and 32.6% rates.
But when these teams last played in Week 11 last year, the Vikings blitzed 66.7% of the time.
The Vikings blitzed a league-high 73.9% of the plays in Week 1, the highest rate for a team in a game since…the Vikings in Week 18 of 2023 (84.8%).
That was the ninth time Minnesota blitzed at a 60% rate under Flores, and it was only their second win in those games.
The Vikings have been far more successful when they have not blitzed to pressure Williams.
When they have blitzed Williams, he has thrown for 7.1 yards per pass attempt, a 5.5% touchdown rate, and taken a sack on 3.5% of those dropbacks.
When they have not blitzed Williams, he has thrown for 6.0 Y/A, a 1.1% touchdown rate, and taken a sack on 7.2% of those dropbacks.
Even isolating last season, when Williams jumped in pressure to sack rate, the Vikings had sack rates of 7.7% and 8.3% on dropbacks without blitzes.
And while Minnesota's blitz rates in Week 1 were the story, they also had a league-high 58.3% pressure rate when they did not blitz.
When the Vikings pressured Williams last season, he was 9 for 22 (40.9%) for 82 yards (3.7 Y/A), with no touchdowns.
We know that even if Minnesota blitzes a lot, they play coverage behind those blitzes.
In Week 1, they led the league in rate of Cover 2 (31.3%).
In 2025, they were second in that department (24.1%),
In 2025, Williams struggles against those looks, finishing 31st in rating against Cover 2 (64.5), completing 56.1% of his passes (last among 32 qualifiers) for 5.0 Y/A (also last).
But on Sunday, he was 4 for 5 for 51 yards when Carolina tried to dip into Cover 2.
Even with volatile passing production in this matchup to date, Williams does have two spike 20-point scoring games across these four matchups because he can use his legs.
He has rushed for 33, 3, 58, and 26 yards in these head-to-heads with a touchdown.
And as good as the Vikings were last week in forcing a league-low 50% completion rate from Jordan Love, they allowed 76.2% of Love's completed passes to result in a first down or touchdown, the highest rate in the league.
Carson Wentz
Entering the week, I am going to approach things as if Kyler Murray will miss a week after suffering a concussion.
If Murray is trending toward being active, we will come back and recalibrate.
After Wentz entered the game on Sunday, he went 12 for 19 (63.2%) for 133 yards (7.0 Y/A) and 3 touchdowns.
Wentz is a volatile down-to-down passer.
He had an inaccurate target rate of 21.1% in Week 1, which was 30th in the league.
Last season, when Wentz played, his inaccurate throw rate was 10.7%, 21st in the league.
But he has also thrown multiple touchdowns in three of his six appearances with the Vikings.
He has three top-12 scoring weeks in those six games.
Paired with the matchup, Wentz would be a streaming option, and surely a popular DFS play this weekend.
As nuclear as the Chicago offense was in Week 1, the defense was almost equally bad.
Bryce Young produced 1.0 EPA or more on a career-high 36.6% of his dropbacks against the Bears last week.
The Bears allowed 9.5 yards per pass attempt (29th) a year after allowing 7.6 yards per attempt (27th).
Vikings vs. Bears Fantasy Running Back Preview
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| Panthers @ Falcons | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
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| Eagles @ Titans | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Steelers @ Patriots | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Packers @ Jets | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Browns @ Bucs | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Saints @ Ravens | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Bengals @ Texans | Sunday -- 1 p.m. ET |
| Jaguars @ Broncos | Sunday -- 4:05 p.m. ET |
| Raiders @ Chargers | Sunday -- 4:05 p.m. ET |
| Commanders @ Cowboys | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Seahawks @ Cardinals | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Dolphins @ 49ers | Sunday -- 4:25 p.m. ET |
| Colts @ Chiefs | Sunday Night Football |
| Giants @ Rams | Monday Night Football |