Week 1 closes with Vikings at Bears on Monday Night Football, a tight NFC North opener at Soldier Field. Minnesota enters as a road-tested favorite while Chicago tries to rebound from last season, with Harrison Smith out and Justin Jefferson cleared despite preseason hamstring chatter. J.J. McCarthy leads Minnesota’s passing attack as Caleb Williams steers Chicago, and D’Andre Swift returns for the Bears. The consensus leans under 43.5 with a pivotal X-factor expected to tilt the spread.