Vikings season begins Monday night in Chicago. And it’s a homecoming of sorts for quarterback J.J. McCarthy. As a kid growing up in the Chicago suburbs, he was a Bears fan. In fact, the first NFL game he saw in person was Bears vs. Vikings at Soldier Field.

The venue and the matchup will be the same Monday night, when McCarthy plays his first regular season NFL game — an injury kept him out of play last year during his rookie season.

Sports contributors Wally Langfellow and Eric Nelson joined Minnesota Now with a preview of the game.