John Madden

Sunday, 8:15 p.m. ET

Chicago @ Minnesota
Adrian Peterson is someone that has been special since the day he came in the league. He is a guy that you say, I'd pay money to watch him play. This Minnesota offense matches up pretty well with this Bears defense because they have a good running game and Chicago has always kind of prided themselves on stopping the run, but they are not consistently doing it anymore. You can't say the Bears dominate the line of scrimmage anymore and now you can run against them, but I don't know that you can say they are weak against the run. I just think Minnesota is so good at it and Adrian Peterson is such a great back that he is going to get his yards. If you look at it from the Bears side they just can't let him get a bunch of yards.

With a quarterback like Gus Frerotte, he is a veteran who understands that you're not really going to throw a lot and he needs other parts. If the Vikings get behind and they have to pass all the time he is not going to be able to do that. You have to have the big running game, make them commit to the run and be able to pass. That makes it easier.  He is going to have a tough time if you make him one-dimensional.

For the Bears offense I think you have to come out and loosen them up a little. Matt Forte is going to get his yards. He's going to get his carries, but I don't know that he has to get them right off the bat. That is something that you would say you have to get him 25 carries. But you don't have to get him 15 of those carries in the first quarter. I do think you run some play action, some screens, and those things that the Bears do in the passing and do them early and get that defense a little tired.  Get those two defensive tackles out of there, then the running is going to be a lot easier. I don't think you start off and pound it in there against these guys a lot. I think you have to mix it up. I am not saying you don't run at all, I just think you start out with good mixture.