Of course I didn't get to see it, but I found out this morning (I'm 10 1/2 hours ahead of Central time) that the Bears beat the Vikings last night. So that was definite good news -- apparently they held Adrian Peterson to 51 yards on 17 carries. And they had another three or four takeaways, maintaining the league lead in that category. Plus, Hester excelled on Special Teams, with two long returns, one for a TD. I guess one more and he ties the NFL record. If they keep using him as kickoff AND punt returner, it'll help the offense with better field position -- either he'll get it a little closer, or they'll kick it out of bounds or shorter to keep it away from him. It's a hard choice for the Bears because they want him returning as much as possible, but he's a damn good receiver, too, and they don't want him to get beat up or tired right before a drive.

The offense did well, too -- they only allowed one sack for the second game in a row, which is much better than they did for their first seven games. And the moved the ball through the air and on the ground, with Cutler completing passes to 9 different receivers and TDs to three different.

It seems like the Bears are either on or off this season. They haven't had much for a mediocre game -- either they're on the ball and pretty damn good, or they're just friggin' horrible. But they're beating the teams they need to beat (NFC North) and staying in 1st Place, so I guess I can't complain. (Yes, they're in first place -- same record as Packers, but the Bears own the tiebreaker.)

I'm not sure how the rest of the league did, though I know Packers had a bye week.