The Bears fell to 4-3, but are still right in the mix in the NFC North with two games against the division-leading Packers and the season finale against the Lions still in play. They'll travel to Cincinnati next week to take on the Joe Flacco-led Bengals.

Detroit looks like the best team in the North, and both the Bears and Packers are fighting to prove this season is different

The Lions cost themselves the opportunity to retake the lead in the NFC North on Sunday with a 27-24 loss to the Vikings. With the Panthers upsetting the Packers at Lambeau Field, a win at home off their bye against a quarterback making his third career start would have propelled the Lions to the top of the division.

Elsewhere in the NFC North, typical "any given Sunday" football things happened to even further complicate the race for the division in the second half of the season. Through nine

Join Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur and analyst Larry McCarren as they recap the Packers' trip to Arizona and the win over the Cardinals. This week's guest is LB Quay Walker.

Follow along with Packers Wire for live updates, scoring plays and highlights from the Week 9 clash between the Packers and Panthers:

After leaving the Twin Cities this weekend with roughly a million questions surrounding this particular group, the Vikings returned home with a 4-4 record following a 27-24 upset win over. The highly anticipated return of young quarterback J.

The Packers added two more field goals to push the lead to 35-19 for a dominant 28-3 run over the bulk of the second half, and Love finished with a regular-season career-best 134.2 passer rating (29-of-37, 360 yards, three TDs).