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The Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings are bad football teams. The Vikings are obviously worse. That being said, the unlucky folks that have tickets for this game, the gambling community and loyal fans like myself will be watching it today. Without Adrian Peterson, the Vikings aren’t much of an offensive threat. It wasn’t like they were with him either. The Bears will feature quarterback Josh McCown for a second week in a row. Considering the circumstances, he played well last week against the Packers. Nathan Endlerle may see some action today as well. As a favor to us fans, I’m hoping that piece of garbage Caleb Hanie doesn’t play. My guess is that there will be a shakeup at Halas Hall tomorrow or certainly in the next few weeks. There will be coaches relieved of their duties but I have a gut feeling this will also include members of the front office. We all know where this team was going, and for it to fall apart at the end falls squarely on the depth a...
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