Bears' defense shuts down Joshua Dobbs, Vikings

The Bears (4-8) ended their streak of consecutive NFC North losses at 12 after Fields led the offense on a 10-play, 66-yard drive in the final 2:12 to take the lead for good.

Wins are important, but the way Monday's victory played out leaves the Bears searching for plenty of answers as they head into their bye week.

Chicago's offense was stuck in neutral after a game plan that relied heavily on screen passes struggled to capitalize off the extra possessions it received from the Bears' defense, which came away with four turnovers for a second straight game.

Fields did enough to lead his team to a win, but lingering questions about his long-term viability in Chicago will remain.

Troubling trend: The Bears are forcing turnovers on a consistent basis -- seven interceptions in the past two games -- but the offense isn't taking advantage. Chicago failed to score off multiple first-half turnovers in back-to-back games after Jaylon Johnson and Jaquan Brisker picked off deep passes in the second quarter. On each of the subsequent possessions, Fields couldn't connect with his deep ball on third down, which led to stalled drives. Chicago dominated time of possession, the turnover battle and total yards in the first half but had three points to show for it. The Bears had three points total off four takeaways.

Biggest hole in the game plan: To counter Minnesota's aggressive blitz, the Bears' passing game turned horizontal. Fields reached a career high in passes completed at or behind the line of scrimmage (10) by the end of the first half and averaged 0.3 air yards on those completions. The screen game may have felt necessary, but its ineffectiveness cost Chicago several opportunities to score. Perhaps no play illustrated that more than a short pass to DJ Moore on third-and-2 in the third quarter that fell short of the first down. The drive resulted in a 39-yard field goal after the Bears' offense stalled.

QB breakdown: Chicago's game plan didn't do Fields many favors after a strong, balanced performance last week in Detroit. Fields had four completions for a first down on the Bears' opening drive, which culminated with a missed field goal, and was 12-for-12 for 100 yards by the end of the first quarter. That's where his good fortune ran out until the very end of the game. Over the course of the final seven games of the season, the Bears want to see Fields come through in critical situations. After Chicago recorded its fourth interception, Fields was strip-sacked as the Bears tried to make their way into the red zone. On the Bears' next drive, Fields coughed up the ball when he committed to run on third-and-long. But Fields put his two fumbles in the rearview mirror and led the Bears down the field for the second fourth-quarter comeback of his career.

Eye-popping stat: The Bears had lost 12 straight NFC North games and hadn't beaten a division opponent since Matt Eberflus became the head coach to start last season. It was the longest active division losing streak in the NFL and it was the Bears' longest since the 1970 merger, according to ESPN Stats & Information. Eberflus is now 1-9 vs. the NFC