NFL Monday Night Football takes place tonight with a big game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears. The Vikings will be overwhelming favorites to win this one given the form of both teams, however, tonight's game takes place at Soldier Field in Illinois, and the Bears will be hoping that gives them the edge. The game has a scheduled start time of 8.30 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TV on the ESPN network or online through live stream via the link below.

The Vikings come into this game at the top of the NFC North division, and have suffered only the one hiccup so far this season. They are on 5-1 and have a comfortable lead over the 4-3 Green Bay Packers and 4-4 Detroit Lions.

The Chicago Bears meanwhile have oppositely only tasted victory the one time this season so far, and come into today's game in the basement of the NFC North with a 1-6 record.

That would indicate that the Vikings should have an easy ride to victory today, and most analysts would have pencilled them in for the win today.

However, Week 8 has already seen a few surprise results, and the Bears will be hoping to add one more shock to the pile.

If the Vikings can win today though they will extend their lead at the top of the division, and if they can just have a moderately good 2nd half of the season then they should be good to win the NFC North and secure their postseason spot.

Earlier in Week 8, NFL Thursday Night Football saw the Jacksonville Jaguars go on the road to take on the Tennessee Titans.

The game looked like it could have been close on paper, but things were all but over by half time as the Titans stormed into a massive 27-0 lead.

Although the Jaguars fought back in the second half and made the scoreline less embarrassing, things still ended 36-22 in the Titan favor, and that result lifted them to 4-4.

That means the Titans remain very much relevant to how the season turns out, and if they can continue pushing things in the second half of the season they could end up as a surprise package in the postseason.

Meanwhile for the Jaguars, it looks like their season is all but over as they dropped to 2-5, and it is unlikely they can comeback from there to compete for the Playoff slots.

Today's big NFL Monday Night Football game between the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears has a scheduled start time of 8.30 p.m. ET, and can be watched on TV on the ESPN network or online through live stream by clicking here.