CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears find themselves in unfamiliar territory in sole possession of the NFC North lead and staring down at the rest of the division.

The Bears (7-3) have won seven of eight after squeezing past the Minnesota Vikings 19-17 to pull out yet another down-to-the-wire game, and they're looking more and more like a team that could be headed to the playoffs for the first time since 2020 even if they're not making it easy on themselves.

Just don't mention the postseason possibility to coach Ben Johnson.

“We’re way far away from that," he said Monday. "I haven’t even been thinking about that. We’re still in the third quarter of the season. That’s really where we’re focused on. We set goals once we hit the halfway mark and once we make it through the three-quarter mark

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