While the Green Bay Packers took care of business against the Seattle Seahawks, a few other NFC North teams were doing the same. The Minnesota Vikings manhandled the New Orleans Saints, 29-19 while the Detroit Lions used a 20-point fourth quarter to lift them past the Arizona Cardinals.

Only the Chicago Bears lost, but still managed to keep things tight against an Atlanta Falcons team which seemed to still have a bit of a Super Bowl hangover.

Bears at Buccaneers

The long, terrible march to Injured Reserve continues for the Bears as they lost linebacker Jerrell Freeman to a pectoral injury this weekend. Backup running back Benny Cunningham has a high ankle sprain and receiver Kevin White must have missed his usual spot on the trainer’s table, as he is back on injured reserve, this time with a fractured scapula (also known as a broken collarbone).

White has missed more games than he played now and has yet to finish a season healthy. While it’s not like the 2015 wide receiver class was very good outside of Amari Cooper, this miss is a very Bears miss given how many good players there were for other positions.

Are you missing Alshon Jeffery now, Bears fans?

It’s hard to imagine a way for the Bears to beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the road. The only thing that really makes the situation in doubt is how the Bucs are feeling post-Irma. The stress of friends and family perhaps in danger or without power could have an impact.

More than likely, the talented Bucs defense and the loaded Bucs offense will tear the Bears up.

One more step closer to Trubisky time—although at this point he has almost nobody to throw to.

Lions at Giants—Monday Night Football

The Lions have every chance to win this game, even on the road. That’s because the New York Giants’ offensive line makes what the Vikings trotted out last season look like it was filled with Hall of Famers. Ereck Flowers is a special kind of disaster at left tackle, and Bobby Hart isn’t any great shakes on the right side.

That means Ziggy Ansah and Anthony Zettel (who had a sack and several quarterback hurries) should be able to get after Eli Manning, who looks like he doesn’t trust his line as far as he could throw them.

Of course, the big question is whether Odell Beckham Jr finishes pouting about his contract situation—sorry, gets his ankle feeling right—and plays. While Beckham is just one guy, he and Manning have chemistry and on top of it, he is dangerous on shorter routes as well as deep ones.

Then again, he hasn’t played in a while and that line is very bad.

Offensively, the Lions face one of the better defenses in the NFL, and one which is coming off an embarrassing effort against the Dallas Cowboys. Ezekiel Elliott ran all over them and while Dak Prescott wasn’t as sharp as he was in 2016, he still managed 268 yards and a touchdown.

While the Giants got some pressure, overall they struggled to bring Prescott down. Damon Harrison was very solid in the middle of the line, but ultimately the vaunted pass defense didn’t do a ton.

This should be interesting to watch as it could go either way, but the Giants are vulnerable. They are also desperate which makes them dangerous.

Vikings at Steelers

The Vikings got out of the game against New Orleans last week with no major injuries and a lot of momentum. Sam Bradford, dare we say it, looked better than he has in a very long time and Stefon Diggs was dominant. It was also amusing to see Adrian Peterson’s face as Vikings rookie Dalvin Cook beat his Vikings record for yards in a game by a Minnesota rookie back.

What did we learn about this team, really? Not much, as the Saints defense is just as bad this year as it has been every year. So we don’t know how well the line really played or how effective the passing offense really is.

We will know a lot more after this game.

The Steelers are hoping LeVeon Bell finishes shaking off the rust from his preseason layoff, but Antonio Brown is a problem and then some for the Vikings secondary. It’s one thing taking down Michael Thomas. Brown is on another level completely.

The Steelers defense looks pretty good, if they struggled more than expected against the Cleveland Browns next week. We expect them to get things right against Minnesota. If this was in Minnesota, we might be inclined to lean towards the Vikings a little more but in Pittsburgh? The Steelers should win this with little problem.