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Week 2 · 2026 regular season

Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears

Sun, Sep 20, 10:00 AM PT

Final Minnesota Vikings won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
MIN 43%
57% CHI

Wrong: MIN won

No betting line was collected for this game; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

After the game

CAP win pct, before and after

Each team's CAP win pct before this game and after it. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

MIN · won
0.86
0.79 before → 0.86 after (+0.07).
CHI · lost
0.67
0.78 before → 0.67 after (−0.10).
This game

How each offense played

Box score and CAP yards per attempt for each offense. Higher is better for an offense; a CAP value above zero means the offense beat what the situation and this defense would predict.

OffensePlaysBox score
yds/att
CAP
yds/att
CAP
−2 to +2
MINPass207.2−0.83
MINRush284.3−0.90
CHIPass355.5−0.82
CHIRush314.3+0.27

Sacks (raw counts):MIN sacked 3 times · CHI sacked 4 times. Sacks are counted, not CAP-modeled.

Box score yards per attempt count yards as an official box score does: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded. CAP yards per attempt measure each play against what the down, distance, field position and this specific defense would predict; above zero means the offense beat that expectation.

Before the game

Unit matchups · entering week 2

Where each side has the edge

Each offense against the defense it faces, in CAP yards per attempt. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Pass: MIN offense vs CHI defense
−0.4525th
box score 6.3 · 21st
Edge
MIN
+0.8029th
box score 9.5 allowed · 29th
Rush: MIN offense vs CHI defense
−0.2526th
box score 3.1 · 30th
Even
+0.6127th
box score 5.7 allowed · 29th
Pass: CHI offense vs MIN defense
+0.0513th
box score 9.3 · 6th
Edge
MIN
−0.455th
box score 9.2 allowed · 26th
Rush: CHI offense vs MIN defense
+0.882nd
box score 7.5 · 1st
Even
−0.503rd
box score 3.1 allowed · 2nd

CAP yards per attempt: yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict; offense positive is good, defense (allowed) negative is good. Box score: yards per attempt as an official box score counts them, entering week 2.

Week 2

Other games this week

Home team's chance to win before kickoff. Higher means the home team is more likely to win.

Dots: ESF model home win probability.

How to read this page

CAP win pct. A fading average of game scores with a half-life of 7 of the team's own games. A win scores 1 plus the opponent's win pct; a loss scores the opponent's win pct minus 1. Last season carries in. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAP yards per attempt. Yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Box score yards per attempt. Yards divided by attempts, counted the way an official box score counts them: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded.

ESF win probability. A logistic regression on both teams' pre-game CAP win pct, with an intercept for home field.