A great time to grab a bye and not have to play for all the marbles next week. The Bears can rest anyone and everyone with any nagging injuries; and if they don't, they're foolish.
I'd give a few series to Rex, and then let Kyle play ball, maybe treat the game like a preseason game only let him air it out bigtime.
No Mike Brown, no Kruentz, no impact starter with any significant or insignificant injury should see time on the field. Two straight weeks to heal is a godsend for us.
I can't see the Vikes being cheap about it, but this is a division rival and you never know how they will take to being kicked out of the playoffs. They may decide to play with the sole purpose of ripping someone's head off.
So, Lovie, rest your troops, please. Heck, maybe even give Jeff Blake a chance to earn some incentive money.

1. want to see lots of handoffs from orton to benson.
   
2. you are completely correct about lousy tackling; i hope rivera makes the defense throw away all the newspapers they have been reading and watch game tapes 50 times a day for 2 1.2 weeks.
   
3. the bears need to petition the league to have the tight end position declared illegal; not fair for other clubs to have a weapon the bears don't, since our tight ends are worthless.

Other than Moose's drops, the biggest thing that Rex needs to work on next week is looking off his receivers.  If we play a team with an opportunistic secondary, it'll be a long day.

I also agree with what people above me have said.  Give Benson a lot of carries, let Kyle throw the ball a lot.

Is Benson back?   How is Olin?