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WOLF RIVER MEDIA12 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015 GREEN & GOLD EXPRESS

Around the NorthMINNESOTA (4-2) at CHICAGO (2-4)Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, Fox

OPENING LINE — Vikings

by 2½RECORD VS SPREAD — Vi-

kings 5-1, Bears 3-3SERIES RECORD — Vikings

lead 55-51-2LAST MEETING — Vikings

beat Bears 13-9, Dec. 28, 2014LAST WEEK — Vikings beat

Detroit, 28-19; Bears had bye, lost to Lions 37-34, OT, on Oct. 18

AP PRO32 RANKINGS — Vi-kings No. 9, Bears No. 25

VIKINGS OFFENSE — OVERALL (30), RUSH (6), PASS (30)

VIKINGS DEFENSE — OVERALL (7), RUSH (13), PASS (11)

BEARS OFFENSE — OVER-ALL (27), RUSH (16), PASS (24)

BEARS DEFENSE — OVER-ALL (10), RUSH (25), PASS (6)

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Bears have won 13 of 14 home games against Minne-sota and seven straight against Vikings at Soldier Field. Lost in 2007, when Adrian Peterson ran for 224 yards — most ever by Bears opponent. … Win over Detroit was Vikings’ first on road against division opponent since they beat Lions on Sept. 30, 2012. … Vikings have league-low 35 penalties. … Minnesota sacked Matthew Stafford seven

times last week. … Coach Mike Zimmer is from Lockport, Illinois, about 35 miles from Soldier Field. … Peterson ranks fourth in NFL with 530 yards rushing, includ-ing 75-yard run against Lions. In 12 games against Chicago, he has 1,396 yards and 14 TDs. … QB Teddy Bridgewater threw for 316 yards, one shy of career high, last week. … Rookie WR Stefon Diggs is aiming for his third straight 100-yard game. … LB Eric Kendricks is tied for NFL rookies lead with four sacks — all in past three games. … Bears coach John Fox is 10-3 in games following bye: 6-3 with Carolina, 4-0 with Denver. … QB Jay Cutler, with 136 TD passes for Chicago, needs one to tie Hall of Famer Sid Luckman’s team record. … Matt Forte ranks second among NFL RBs to Atlanta’s Devonta Free-man with 698 scrimmage yards. … Martellus Bennett is tied for third among NFL TEs with 34 catches. … LB Pernell McPhee leads team with four sacks. … Bears cut DL Jeremiah Ratliff last week after heated discussion with GM Ryan Pace, and signed former Pittsburgh and Jackson-ville DL Ziggy Hood.

FANTASY TIP — This would be a good week to have Peterson given his production and Bears’ struggles against running game.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson showed his strength last weekend with a 75-yard run against the Lions. He looks to add to his rushing total against a struggling Bears defense Sunday.