The Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings already have faced each other once this season.

If you ask Bears coach Ben Johnson, that matchup is ancient history. He thinks the sequel will barely resemble the original when the Bears (6-3) square off against the Vikings (4-5) on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.

The game will take place two months and eight days after the season opener, when the Vikings rallied for a 27-24 win in JJ McCarthy's NFL debut at Soldier Field in Chicago.

"We're a different team than we were Week 1, and so is Minnesota," Johnson said. "This will be a completely different matchup as far as I'm concerned."

For one thing, the Bears have won six of their last seven. They are looking for their third straight victory after knocking off the Cincinnati Bengals and New York G

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