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LAKE FOREST Marcus Cooper Jersey , Ill. (AP) — Defensive end Akiem Hicks refers to the Chicago Bears‘ defense as dominant.Resilient might be a more appropriate description.The NFC North champion Bears (11-4) keep bouncing back from difficult situations to bring the heat on defense, and are within sight of achieving one major goal they set before the season as they head to Minnesota for Sunday's regular-season finale with the Vikings (8-6-1). "Dominant, that's it," Hicks said. "We are aggressive. We like to hit."All the stuff that I was telling (media) before the season started, we're everything that we said we were. And hopefully we can get to another level for these playoffs."It hasn't been a solid, steady rise for coordinator Vic Fangio's defense, yet they rank fourth in the league and are No. 1 at taking away the ball with 36 turnovers forced.Prior to this season, Hicks and many Bears spoke openly about trying to get into the top five in overall league rankings. Whether it's pass-rush pressure from Khalil Mack or a secondary that plays tight coverage, the defense is making it difficult for offenses at the right time."It's just that we've continued to play better, we've avoided the self-inflicted bad plays that we had in the Giant game, which contributed to our failings in that game," Fangio said.The Bears' defense struggled and gave up 23 of the Giants' 30 points Dec. 2 in a 30-27 overtime defeat. Since then, they have allowed a touchdown only once: a 9-yard run around end against Green Bay. They beat the Rams 15-6, the Packers 24-17 and, last week, the 49ers 14-9.They bounced back in a similar way earlier this year after allowing more than 30 points in back-to-back losses to Miami and New England."When we have a team like that, we're scary to other teams," linebacker Danny Trevathan said. "We haven't even played our best ball, but it's getting there."Trevathan has taken to calling this a classic bend-but-don't break defense because the Bears can get into trouble, then come up with a big turnover like his interception in the red zone to help beat the 49ers."It looks a little gloomy out there, but we never stumble over ourselves, we never think twice," Trevathan said.If there was a time this season for the Bears to take a step back on defense, this could have been it. They lost safety Eddie Jackson to an ankle injury and it's possible he'll miss a second straight game Sunday. Nickel defensive back Bryce Callahan had his strong season cut short three weeks ago by a broken foot.However, the defense flourished with Deon Bush at safety and Sherrick McManis at nickel corner."Since I've been here, we've been losing a lot of players every year," safety Adrian Amos said. "It's just next man up, stay to our assignments, everybody going to practice and everybody doing well."The Bears finished with eight key defensive players on injured reserve last year and six the previous season. But this year they've been relatively healthy."We lost two key pieces a little bit the last couple weeks, but it's just about how we respond. Don't flinch," Amos said. "We just are a close-knit team, a good team, and good teams overcome adversity. In an NFL season https://www.thebearsfanshop.com/Kyle-Fuller-Jersey , there is going to be adversity."The Bears lead the league in interceptions (27), fewest points allowed to opposing offenses (16.8 per game) and lowest opposing quarterback passer rating (72.5).Individually, Kyle Fuller is tied for the NFL interceptions lead with Miami's Xavien Howard at seven, and Mack is tied for the league lead with six forced fumbles.Defense is setting off a Chicago fan fervor, as it always has — from Lovie Smith's units to the 1985 champions to the Dick Butkus era.Fangio is from the New York-Philadelphia area and said he didn't quite realize how much defense meant to Bears fans when he came to Chicago in 2015, although he'd been told once by the late Jim Finks, a former Bears general manager."Jim Finks, my good buddy, told me way back when that if I ever had a chance to come to Chicago, I needed to because it's a good sports town," Fangio said. "They love the Bears, they love defense and we're starting to feel that."Hopefully, we'll continue it this Sunday and into the playoffs."Fangio said it surprised him when even the defensive coordinator got recognized in public like Mack, even if it was a bit of a rarity."I got recognized one time in the four years here when I was out in public. I think that's it," Fangio said. "Just in a gas station paying for my gas."NOTES: Jackson (ankle), wide receiver Allen Robinson II (ribs) and linebacker Aaron Lynch (elbow) missed practice for the second straight day Thursday. … Defensive back DeAndre Houston-Carson missed Thursday's practice due to illness. MINNEAPOLIS 鈥?For the fourth time in the past five years, the Chicago Bears will visit the Minnesota Vikings in the last game on the schedule.For once, this matchup has some meaning.The Vikings, having already ceded the NFC North title to the Bears, have yet to secure a spot in the playoffs. The Bears could still improve their seed and snag that coveted first-round bye, if they win and the Los Angeles Rams also lose at home to San Francisco.More Vikings coverageVikings post-Super Bowl 2019 mock draft roundupVikings complete coaching staff with Maalouf, DennisonMinnesota Vikings 2019 impending free agents primerPhotos of the Week: 1/27/19 – 2/2/19Former Vikings Pro Bowl QB Wilson dies at 60If not, the Vikings (8-6-1) would be the likeliest opponent for the Bears (11-4) in the wild-card round next week."We understand what's at stake. There's no magic formula. There's no button you can push or hours you can put in to suddenly snap your fingers and guarantee a win," Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said. "You do all you can, give everything you have."Last season, though the Vikings needed the victory聽to secure the second seed in the NFC and the first-round bye聽, they had clinched the division two weeks earlier while the Bears were bound for last place in the division.The year before that, the biggest drama was the聽pair of repelling oil pipeline protesters who sneaked past security聽to climb up a truss connected to the roof and unfurl a large banner as they lowered themselves from the ceiling. Both the Bears and Vikings had already been eliminated from contention.In 2014 at TCF Bank Stadium, the Vikings wrapped up their first of two years outside during the construction of U.S. Bank Stadium with a win over the Bears that determined they'd finish third in the NFC North and not fourth.The two teams did this play-out-the-string thing twice in recent memory at the Metrodome, too. Both teams were eliminated before the 2011 finale, too, when the Bears stopped a five-game losing streak to finish at .500. In 2005, with the Bears resting most of their starters with the division already clinched Bryce Callahan Color Rush Jersey ,聽a victory by the Vikings wasn't enough to keep coach Mike Tice from being fired after the game聽.Well, finally, these rivals have entered their 2018 season closer in the right positions for a tension-filled game on Sunday."We're going in there really focused," Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky said. "We know we're going against a really good team."Here are some other key angles to follow:SCOREBOARD WATCHINGThe NFL arranged the schedule to minimize the anticlimactic outcomes, moving the Bears-Vikings game to the late-afternoon slot so it would be played simultaneously with Eagles-Redskins, Cardinals-Seahawks and 49ers-Rams.The Vikings are guaranteed the last wild-card spot if Philadelphia loses at Washington. They would get the No. 5 seed and a first-round game at Dallas with a win and a loss by Seattle at home to Arizona. Their long-shot scenario is starting the postseason in Los Angeles, if they lose to the Bears and the Rams and Eagles lose, too."All the hypotheticals or where we would be at or what we are going to be based on the results of this weekend, I know that we're playing this game to win," Trubisky said."We're going out there with our starters, and we're competing. For me, it's an easy mindset. Coach says, ‘Go,' and we're going."7View Gallery Gallery:Upon Further Review: Vikings at LionsNO PAYBACKThe Bears said they're not seeking payback for Vikings safety Harrison Smith, whose hit on a sliding Trubisky late in the game in Chicago on Nov. 18 drove the second-year quarterback's throwing shoulder into the ground and wound up sidelining him for the following two games."I really put it behind me," Trubisky said. "I didn't even consider it illegal or anything malicious of that nature."Last week, 49ers safety Marcell Harris delivered a late hit on a sliding Trubisky, setting off a skirmish that resulted in the ejection of three players."We're not about being revengeful or getting back to anybody," coach Matt Nagy said. "Nothing. None of that."MACK ATTACKBears linebacker Khalil Mack, who was picked for his fourth Pro Bowl, reached double-digit sacks for the fourth straight year. He has 12陆 sacks, with 4陆 in the past four games. He's tied for the NFL lead with six forced fumbles for the Bears, who have 36 takeaways for the most in the league.BETTER PROTECTIONMack and defensive tackle Akiem Hicks helped make the previous matchup, a 25-20 victory by the Bears, miserable for Minnesota's offensive line.聽Cousins took only two sacks, but each of them lost 8 yards聽.Dalvin Cook and Latavius Murray combined for only 18 rushing yards on 13 attempts. The Vikings have blocked better in the past two games, and the improvement down the stretch by rookie right tackle Brian O'Neill has been particularly visible."We knew at some point it was going to happen," coach Mike Zimmer said. "He's just such a good athlete."NO PLACE LIKE HOMEThe Vikings are 18-6 in the regular season and postseason at U.S. Bank Stadium, and the Bears haven't won in Minnesota since that final game on the 2011 schedule."Our team feeds off the crowd and what they bring," Cousins said. "It's just a great place to play an NFL football game, and I can't say enough good things about the venue, the locker room, the facility and the way our fans spur us on."9View Gallery Gallery:PHOTOS: Vikings at LionsAP | Copyright The Associated Press. All rights reserved.—CHICAGO (11-4) at MINNESOTA (8-6-1)Sunday Josh Bellamy Jersey , 4:25 p.m. EST, FoxOPENING LINE 鈥?Vikings by 6陆RECORD VS. SPREAD 鈥?Chicago 11-4, Minnesota 8-6-1SERIES RECORD 鈥?Vikings lead 60-53-2LAST MEETING 鈥?Bears beat Vikings 25-20, Nov. 18LAST WEEK 鈥?Bears beat 49ers 14-9; Vikings beat Lions 27-9AP PRO32 RANKING 鈥?Bears No. 3, Vikings No. 13BEARS OFFENSE 鈥?OVERALL (21), RUSH (14), PASS (20)BEARS DEFENSE 鈥?OVERALL (4), RUSH (2), PASS (8)VIKINGS OFFENSE 鈥?OVERALL (17), RUSH (30), PASS (10)VIKINGS DEFENSE 鈥?OVERALL (3), RUSH (11), PASS (3)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES 鈥?This is third straight season and fifth time in eight years with Bears and Vikings matched up in Minnesota in Week 17. 116th all-time meeting between Bears and Vikings, including wild-card round playoff win by Bears in Minnesota in 1994-95 season. Strong possibility that Vikings and Bears face each other next week in wild-card round. … Bears have lost six straight games in Minnesota. … Bears are only team in NFC to hold second-half lead in every game this year. … Matt Nagy is first Bears coach with winning record in debut season since Paddy Driscoll went 9-2-1 in 1956, when George Halas took two-year hiatus. … QB Mitchell Trubisky is 63 for 89 (70.8 percent) for 755 yards (251.7 per game) with six passing TDs, one rushing TD and two interceptions for 109.5 passer rating in last three games vs. NFC North foes, all wins. Trubisky and Texans QB Deshaun Watson are only players in league this season with 95-plus passer rating and 400-plus rushing yards. … Bears have had 16 players with at least one TD, tied with Saints for most in NFL. … Chicago has held opponents to six or fewer first-half points in eight games this year. … Bears OLB Khalil Mack has 4陆 sacks and forced fumble in last four games. … Vikings are 18-6 at home in regular season and playoffs since U.S. Bank Stadium opened. … Vikings RB Dalvin Cook has topped 100 total yards in consecutive games for first time in career, with 209 rushing yards and 62 receiving yards combined over last two contests. … QB Kirk Cousins, who has matched career high with 29 TD passes, needs one more to join Warren Moon (1994), Daunte Culpepper (2004) and Brett Favre (2009) as only players in team history with 4,000-plus passing yards and 30-plus TD passes in single season. … With one TD by WR Adam Thielen and six catches and one TD by Stefon Diggs, Vikings would have second set of teammates in NFL history with 100-plus receptions and 10-plus TDs in same year, joining Colts WR Reggie Wayne and TE Dallas Clark (2009). … Vikings lead NFL with 50 sacks, third most in franchise history behind 1992 (51) and 1989 (71). … Vikings have allowed fewest TD drives (25) in league for second straight season after giving up 23 in 2017. … Fantasy tip: Trubisky, who has 25 career starts, has posted three of seven lowest career passer ratings vs. Vikings. Vikings' defense has 43 points allowed and 23 sacks in last three home games.
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