The NFC North is the best division in football, and the path to the crown for the Bears only got harder this week. Just when the Vikings started to show some cracks in the foundation via their woeful quarterback play, they found a potential solution in old friend Kirk Cousins.
Cousins returns after a two-plus-season absence, and at the team-friendly acquisition price of a third-round pick. He’s an immediate upgrade for the Vikings offense, and no matter how you slice it, that’s bad news for the Bears and everyone else in the division. But it could have been, arguably, worse. According to NFL insider Jordan Schultz, the Vikings cast a wide net before pulling the trigger on the Cousins deal, including phone calls to the Chargers about Justin Herbert, the Jets for Geno Smith, and the Colts for Daniel Jones. Now, Jones or Smith would have been lesser upgrades than Cousins, but Herbert, even with his struggles this season in Los Angeles, would have been a disastrous scenario for the Bears and the others in the division. Sep 27, 2026; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) throws in the second half against the Buffalo Bills at New Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark Konezny-Imagn Images You can say what you want about Herbert’s struggles this season in L.A. Still, his body of work in the NFL is impressive, and he would have arrived in Minnesota with an extension already signed, giving them a long-term answer at quarterback. Herbert in Kevin O’Connell’s offense with Justin Jefferson as his top receiving target would have been bad news. So, while it’s not ideal that Cousins is back in Minnesota, it could have been worse. The Bears’ string of primetime games is something Chicago fans should get used to. Not just because they’re winning all of them (4-0 this season), but because they’re a smash hit in the ratings department.#DaBears LOCAL RATINGS:Seahawks game drew a 27.1 household rating on WCIU 26 + ESPN in the Chicago market (~1.02M HHs), peaking at 28.5 (~1.07M) in the 8:30 pm quarter-hour.– ESPN 14.0 / WCIU 26 13.1NE 21.8at ATL 21.8at GB 22.2 NYJ 21.5 PHI 27.9 MIN 25.1 at CAR 21.5
"F them picks is like a big thing. That's really not what we're about."Ryan Poles after dealing for Jeffery Simmons last week: ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/03SsgTFtwO
— CHGO Bears (@CHGO_Bears) November 11, 2026 Without getting too deep, this is a feel-good story of happenstance involving Bears fans on social media, a nice change of pace for a pace that’s resoundingly negative:Bears fans searching social media for updates on Luther Burden's injury accidentally came across a post by someone in Australia who wrote: “If I kill myself then I’m just no longer a Burden.” They flooded her with messages of support. t.co/rihQnhI9sB
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