There's no looking back now. The Lions played something like a real game this week and going forward we'll have games to talk about every week until January. Nice. 

Lions

• The biggest news of the game was how well Trey Lance played. The former top pick fo the 49ers is now on the Chargers and led the Chargers to a 34-7 victory behind a 13/20 for 120 yards and two tuds (in three quarters) line. It's enough for me to says cancel the season for the Lions, really. 
• Obviously, as an extra pre-season game the Lions didn't play many guys who will have a big impact this season. The leading snap-getters were Dominic Lovett and Kyle Allen on offense and Ezekiel Turner and Anthony Pittman on defense. Couldn't tell you a single thing about any of those guys. Other than they weren't good in this game. 
• Rookie Isaac TeSlaa, a Jeff Janis type, had 46 receiving yards in the first half. TeSlaa apparently grew up a Lions fan and wore a custom jersey to his visit with the team before the draft. 
• Sadly, our favorite from last off-season, Siono Vaki, was hurt and missed the game. He's got a long road to hoe to make this team so let's hope he plays next week. 

Bears

• The Bears had family fest which is definitely a knockoff of Family Night, which the Packers had the night before. Family fest is closer to a pre-season game than the practice that Family NIght has evolved into. 
• The defense continued to dominate the offense. Not only did the offense struggle to move the ball, but they dealt with several pre-snap penalties. It's definitely going to be a while until every one is on the same page with this scheme. Tight end Cole Kmet, probably the most-seasoned vet on the offense, talked about how much nervous energy there is on the offense. Sometimes when one of these control freak coaches moves on from a veteran-led team to a young rebuild it doesn't work out. We can only hope.
• Sadly, it sounds like Dennis Allen isn't having any of those problems and the Bears defense looks great with plenty of stunts, disguise and different fronts. Allen is one of the best coordinators in the league and the Bears definitely had talent for him at some spots. 
• If we want to be optimistic about the Bears' offense (why???), having a mildly above average veteran and a top-12 pick at tight end could make it really hard for defenses to match against them this season. You go big and they'll spread out or even just pass with both guys in line. You try to match with nickle and De'Andre Slow gets an open lane for 3.6 yards. On second thought, maybe it won't be that hard. 
• Easily the best moment of the week was Caleb Williams missing the net from short distance like five straight times and then freaking out. Insane.

Vikings   

• J.J. McCarthy has bounced back from the horrendous practice where he had like 11 interceptions or whatever it was. After a week of the defense outperforming the offense every single day, McCarthy had his best day on Saturday and impressed the bigger crowds on the weekend (though there was no event since the Vikings obviously don't care about families like the Packers do). 
• McCarthy even got involved in a fight after a pair of no-name linebackers hit Aaron Jones after the whistle. Jones should demand a trade. 
• Not much other news that we haven't already covered (it's time for the game to start), though it is interesting that with Justin jefferson absent, McCarthy seems to be developing more chemistry with Jordan Addison. This is Addison's put up or shut up year if he wants a $30mm per contract.