Week 1 Monday Night Football Statistical Review: JJ McCarthy guides Vikings Beyond Beren

• Both violations ultimately disappointed: While JJ McCarthy eventually started the Vikings, it was a shaky attacking show for both teams.

• The Run game was a key factor: Minnesota generated 0.40 EPA per Carry, while the bears produced -0.97 EPA per Carry.

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The Minnesota Vikings came back from a double-digit shortage to win 27-24 against the Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football

Summary

According to the pff-noise-clad scoreetry, the game was just as close as the final score indicated, where the bears actually performed a little better. Chicago has moved the ball a little more often, but in the end trouble expanding disks that were already in score. An important difference in the game was that the Vikings made a field goal of 59 meters, while the bears missed a 50 -meter staircase.

Summary

Caleb Williams flashed his ability to pick up valuable yards after leaving the bag, either through his legs or threw on the flight, but the passing attack of the bears never found a rhythm after the script games. The passing attack of the Vikings was just as disappointing, even as the removal of the Pick-Six.

Receive summary

Last season Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery combined eight meters per target under Ben Johnson, but it became clear that Caleb Williams and the offensive line of the bears cannot yet perform at the same level with Johnson at the helm. Chicago received almost nothing in terms of converting short passes into explosive plays. As a result, D’Andre Swift ended with 12 yards on five goals.

At the broad recipient position, Rome Odunze is the clear no. 1, because he played the most snaps and saw the most goals by far.

It was surprising that the Vikings could not get anything with their broad recipients, although the Chicago bears were shortened in the secondary. At the end of the day, Aaron Jones registered the same number of receiving yards as Justin Jefferson.

Hasty summary

The story that will be told is that JJ McCarthy brought back the Vikings after wrestling to start the game, and although he certainly deserves some credit, the floating factor for the victory was effective, especially in the second half.