Adrian Peterson runs all over the Bears.

Headline really says it all.
Hopefully there won't be many games where the Bears score 31 points and loose.

In some ways the game reminded me of the 05 play off loss to the Panthers, in that game Steve Smith pretty much single handily won the game for Carolina and it always felt to me that the Bears loss through arrogance, not wanting to change there defense to account for a single player. This time it didn't look like arrogance, it was just an average effort by a banged up defense exploited by a future great running back. To be fair the Vikings line did a stellar job getting Peterson into the open field and the Bears bad tackling did the rest.

The Bears offense showed flashes, and there were a couple of brilliant plays, but really it was the same old same old, too many 3rd and longs, and until the Bears were two scores down the offense was extremely conservative.

Watching the game I was noting the fact that the Bears receivers just haven't been getting good separation, I think this is a function of the reluctance to go long until it's the only option. It's like they are always playing on a short field.

The Bears need to get healthy on D and get something going on offence, I figure they need 10 wins to make the play offs, so there are still a couple of games before we have to start talking about next season, but it's coming fast.