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2026 Week 2 · Sep 20, 2026 · Hard

Vikings at Bears final drive: call the plays

CHI3
1:004th
9MIN
1st & 10Ball on own 35
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The situation

Chicago Bears down 6 (3–9), 1:00 left in the fourth quarter, 1st & 10 on the own 35. You are the play-caller for this Vikings at Bears final drive.

Score
Bears 3, Vikings 9
Clock
1:00, Q4
Ball
1st & 10, own 35
Timeouts
0 left (defense 2)
Difficulty
Hard
Typical win rate
6%

The difficulty comes from how often a typical NFL play-caller wins from this spot in our simulation. The real head coach was Ben Johnson; the defense was coached by Kevin O'Connell.

What really happened on this drive

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The Bears turned it over on downs. Final score: Bears 3, Vikings 9, a loss for Bears.

  1. 1st & 10 at the own 35, 1:00 · Quick out (costly)
    17-T.Bagent pass short left to 10-L.Burden pushed ob at CHI 41 for 6 yards (23-J.Pierre).
  2. 2nd & 4 at the own 41, 0:54 · Deep middle (best call)
    17-T.Bagent pass deep middle to 10-L.Burden to MIN 41 for 18 yards (7-B.Murphy).
  3. 1st & 10 at the opp 41, 0:39 · Spike
    17-T.Bagent spiked the ball to stop the clock.
  4. 2nd & 10 at the opp 41, 0:38 · Play action (costly)
    17-T.Bagent pass deep right to 15-R.Odunze pushed ob at MIN 20 for 21 yards (2-I.Rodgers).
  5. 1st & 10 at the opp 20, 0:31 · Quick out (costly)
    17-T.Bagent pass short right to 10-L.Burden to MIN 12 for 8 yards (23-J.Pierre).
  6. 2nd & 2 at the opp 12, 0:10 · Quick out (big mistake)
    17-T.Bagent pass incomplete short left to 10-L.Burden (2-I.Rodgers). The Replay Official reviewed the incomplete pass ruling, and the play was Upheld. The ruling on the field stands.
  7. 3rd & 2 at the opp 12, 0:06 · Short middle (big mistake)
    17-T.Bagent pass incomplete short middle to 84-C.Loveland.
  8. 4th & 2 at the opp 12, 0:01 · Quick out (big mistake)
    17-T.Bagent sacked at MIN 21 for -9 yards (15-D.Turner).

By our grades, Ben Johnson made the best or a near-best call (green) on 1 of 7 graded snaps and gave up 8.0 win-probability points per call on average. Plays with penalties are not graded.

How this final drive is graded

Every call you make is compared with every other call available on that snap. We play out the rest of the drive hundreds of times from your exact down, distance, field position, clock and timeouts, with results drawn from real NFL plays and a typical NFL play-caller making the later calls. The difference in win probability between your call and the best call is your grade for that snap. The final drive result, touchdown or not, does not change the grades. Read the full method.

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