Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears Prediction, 9/8/2025 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Week 1

Game: Minnesota Vikings vs Chicago Bears

Date: Monday, September 8, 2025

Location: Soldier Field in Chicago, IL

TV: ESPN

Odds-Point Spread: Bears (+1.5)

Total-Over-Under: 44.5

The Chicago Bears (5-12 last year) will take on the Minnesota Vikings (14-3 last season) at Soldier Field on Monday. Minnesota opens this game as 1.5-point favorites from Vegas oddsmakers. The over-under is set at 44.5.

The Minnesota Vikings culminated the year having accumulated a 14-3 mark. When they last took the field, the Vikings faced the Los Angeles Rams and took a loss by a final of 27-9. Aaron Jones led the offense in rushing for the Vikings with 13 totes for 48 yards (3.7 yds per attempt). T.J. Hockenson averaged 12.8 yds per reception by recording 64 yds on 5 receptions. Sam Darnold connected on 25-40 with 245 yards passing and 1 TD. He had a quarterback rate of 77.6 and ended the game with 1 interception. Against the run, the Vikings conceded 90 yards on 22 attempts, which is 4.1 yards per run allowed. Minnesota surrendered 19 completions on 27 attempts for a total of 202 yards, and a completion rate of 70.4%. When all was said and done, they ran 62 plays which gave them 269 yards. The Minnesota Vikings rushed the ball a total of 22 different times and accumulated 106 yards, which had them averaging 4.8 yards per tote.

Regarding putting points on the board, the NFC North members were sitting at 25.4 points per game. As a team, they held an averaged of 109.1 rushing yds, ranking them 19th in football. The Vikings totaled 5,898 total yards for last year. Minnesota notched 210 first downs, and they were called for 110 infractions for 845 total yards. They coughed up the ball 21 different times (12 interceptions and 9 fumbles lost). Minnesota collected 35 touchdowns through the air and 9 touchdowns via the run.

Concerning pass yds, the Vikings relinquished 4,114 yds putting them 28th in football. They surrendered 242.0 total yards per outing through the air, and allowed a completion percentage 65.1%. They surrendered 24 passing TD's, along with 12 via the rush. Altogether, they surrendered 335.4 per game, putting them 16th in football. They gave up an average of 4.1 yards per run and 93.4 rush yards per game in the previous season. The Vikings sat 5th in professional football concerning their defensive prowess, yielding 19.5 points per outing. On the whole, they surrendered 1,588 yards via the ground game in 17 outings for the previous season.

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The Bears culminated the season having a 5-12 mark. The last time they took the field, the Bears got the victory with a final of 24-22 against the Green Bay Packers. Caleb Williams (1 TD) finished the contest with 148 yards on 21-29 through the air while his QB rate was 95.2. He didn't toss any interceptions and his avg yards per attempt was 5.1 yards. D.J. Moore was the top contributor in the passing game for the Bears, bringing in 9 balls for 86 yds (9.6 yards per catch). D'Andre Swift carried the ball 20 times for 65 yds, walking away from the contest with 3.3 yards per carry for Chicago. The Bears finished the game with a total of 224 yds on 56 plays (4.0 yds per play). Chicago ran for 3.2 yds per attempt, finishing with a total of 83 yards on 26 carries. Chicago surrendered 33 run attempts for 183 yds (5.5 yds per rush). The Bears passing defense conceded a completion percentage of 68.0%, surrendering 184 yards on 17 out of 25 through the air.

With reference to how much they score, the Bears ranked 28th in football, maintaining an average of 18.2 points per game. Last year, the Bears threw for a total of 3,086 passing yds and were sitting at 181.5 passing yds per contest, which ranked them 31st in professional football. They had an average of 102.0 rushing yds per contest, and ran for 1,734 yds. The Chicago Bears held an average of 283.5 total yards per contest, which had them sitting 32nd in pro football. The Chicago offense surrendered 867 yds by way of 110 infractions, which had them sitting 18th in the NFL if you examine making mistakes.

They surrendered 17 touchdowns by way of the pass plus 217.9 yards via the pass per game, which ranked 16th in professional football. Chicago surrendered a total of 2,317 rush yards (136.3 yds per game), along with 20 touchdowns to rushers in the previous season. The D had a total of 24 turnovers (13 forced fumbles and 11 INTs) for the previous season. The Bears defense participated in 1,028 plays from scrimmage, putting them 6th in football. The Bears surrendered 21.8 points per contest, which had them ranked 13th in the NFL.

Who will win tonight's Vikings-Bears NFL game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take the Bears +1.5

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