Carson Wentz passed for 143 yards, Aaron Jones Sr. rushed for 105 yards, and the visiting Minnesota Vikings (2-0) escaped with a 9-3 win over the Chicago Bears, who lost their quarterback to a hamstring injury. In the fourth quarter, Williams’s injury cast a pall over the Soldier Field crowd on a gloomy, wet day along the lakefront. The Bears (1-1) trailed by three points but had first-and-goal from the Vikings’ six-yard line with less than eight minutes to go.
Williams kept the ball and sprinted to his left with ample green space in front of him. Suddenly, Williams stumbled and fell to his knees on a non-contact play. He rolled over a few times in pain until the Bears’ medical staff attended to him.
He appeared to fight emotions as he was carted from the sideline to the locker room. The Bears said Williams suffered a hamstring injury. I’m actually happy it’s nothing with the knee,” Bears coach Ben Johnson said.
But yeah, a hamstring can be pretty damaging as well. We’ll see how bad it is tomorrow and we’ll go from there. It’s quickly you’ve got to turn the page.” Wentz completed 11 of 20 passes in his 100th career start as Minnesota (2-0) won despite failing to score a touchdown.
Justin Jefferson had three catches for 55 yards. Tyler Shough scored on a fourth-down sneak with 1:28 remaining, and the New Orleans Saints (1-1) rallied to victory over the Baltimore Ravens (1-1). New Orleans had first down from the two before a penalty and a costly incomplete pass.
On fourth-and-goal, the Saints decided against a short field goal, and Shough was ruled to have scored on a sneak. The play was upheld after a review. The Ravens, who didn’t have a first down on either of their previous two drives, made it to the New Orleans 37, but Lamar Jackson’s deep pass was intercepted by Julian Blackmon with 13 seconds left.
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