After starting the season 2-0 behind backup quarterback Carson Wentz, the Minnesota Vikings should have starter Kyler Murray available for Week 3. Murray is expected to clear concussion protocol "pretty early in the week," coach Kevin O'Connell said Sunday after the Vikings' 9-3 victory over the Chicago Bears. Murray suffered his concussion on the 11th play of his debut game with the Vikings last week, but his symptoms were minor enough to allow him to practice.

Wentz has completed 23 of 39 passes for 276 yards and three touchdowns since replacing Murray, without committing a turnover. He made two key throws in the fourth quarter Sunday that helped the Vikings drain clock while protecting a one-score lead. Wentz hit receiver Jordan Addison on a 15-yard pass over the middle to convert a third down and later threw a 19-yard floater to tight end T.

J. Hockenson on 2nd-and-10. Those completions helped the Vikings run 5 minutes, 8 seconds off the clock before taking a 6-point lead on Will Reichard's 39-yard field goal. "It was ugly out there," Wentz said. "I'm not going to lie.

But I'd rather win ugly than look good and come up with an 'L.'".