The 2025 NFL season is in full swing, and Week 1 is about to end with Monday Night Football in a match between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears .

Set to take place at Soldier Field in Chicago, the Vikings and the Bears will face off on the first MNF of the season.

J.J. McCarthy will make his debut as the starting quarterback for the Vikings a year after suffering an injury during the pre-season last year that put him out for the season.

Super Bowl champion Tom Brady has weighed in on the high expectations for McCarthy in his first year starting.

“They’re expecting J.J. to come and play at that level that Sam (Darnold) did. But I think that’s a lot to ask a young player. In my second year, I wasn’t the same quarterback that I was in Year 7 or Year 8. I was way better in

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