Having the first Monday Night Football game of the NFL season is a brutal tease.

You’ve waited patiently for seven months to watch your favorite team and now you have to wait the longest period possible before you get to watch them.

And it’s a nationally televised game, so if it doesn’t go your way, it’s going to be a long night and even longer week.

That’s the hand the schedule-makers gave the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings.

The wait and anticipation for the Ben Johnson era has to wait another two days.

Let’s break this game down and meet the Minnesota Vikings.

Minnesota Vikings

SB Nation site: Daily Norseman

Record: 0-0 (2024 – 14-3, 2nd in NFC North)

Game day, time, TV: Monday, 7:15 p.m. CT, ESPN

Spread: MIN -1.5

Bears all-time record against: 58-68-2 including 1-0 posts

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