Another one that belonged to Chicago Bears defense

Nine Sundays out of 10, there is no way the Chicago Bears can line up with Kyle Long, Taylor Gabriel, Mike Davis, Bilal Nichols, Akiem Hicks and Roquan Smith in street clothes, and then lose Mitch Trubisky for the day on their opening possession and hang with almost any NFL team, let alone the Minnesota Vikings with one of the NFL's best running games and defenses.

This Sunday was that 10th, and while the temptation with a performance like the one the Vikings gave is always to blame it on Kirk Cousins, this one was on the Bears' defense, not the stunningly overpriced Minnesota quarterback.

Let's start with this, Roy Robertson Harris and Eddie Goldman would each be the best interior lineman on most other NFL teams, each was outstanding Sunday, and, almost as important, there should be no doubt Nick Williams and Abdullah Anderson - the latter just elevated from the practice squad days ago - both definitely belong on an NFL field somewhere.

Next up, hats off to Nick Kwiatkoski.

There were plenty of signals Hicks would be out, and we knew Nichols would be, but "Kwit," as he is known to his teammates, had no idea until sometime not too far ahead of kickoff that he'd be starting in place of Smith, the Bears' best run-down tackler against the NFL's top running back.

For a player who is a solid No. 3 but may never be a regular starter anywhere due to limited speed and athleticism, "Kwit" had a game-ball worthy performance against Dalvin Cook and Co.

Now before we get to any other players, which I promise we are going to do, let's talk about Matt Nagy's game plan and play-calling.

The performance of Chase Daniel in relief of Trubisky is certain to have the sports-talk radio airwaves and blogs burning up throughout the week all around Chicago, specifically with the idea Daniel knows the offense better than Trubisky, allowing Nagy to open up the field.

But that's not what happened Sunday.

The Bears' offensive numbers against the Vikings were eerily similar to Monday night's against Washington.

If you want to argue Daniel executed the plan and the offense better than Trubisky, have at it, but the truth is the game plan wasn't that different from the week before in Washington, and it was perfect for both the Vikings' defense and in keeping Cook on the sidelines as much as possible.

I thought this might have been Nagy's best game as Bears coach.

So, as we catch our breath, who might we be forgetting so far? … Oh, yeah, that guy in the 52 jersey.

Most people are stunned by the way Khalil Mack can take over a game at times all by himself, but that's not really Mack's story.

Go back and study the tape on this one and you'll see Mack double-teamed on almost every play except for the ones on which he's triple-teamed or the couple of plays Sunday when four guys tried to stop him and basically got a draw.

You can count on one hand the number of NFL players - who don't play quarterback - worth two first-round draft choices, but Mack showed again why he might be worth three or four.

And one other guy who flashed repeatedly Sunday, even though he didn't add another pick this week, Kyle Fuller is playing cornerback as well as any in the NFL.

It's not that I want to ignore the offense here, and we should note there is no question at this point that receiver Allen Robinson is definitely the Bears MVP on that side of the ball, but Sunday was a day that belonged to the defense.

And that leads us to the question of the hour.

I know we can all agree we hope Trubisky's injury is as minor as possible.

So should the never-ending debate about Trubisky or Daniel (and when will Nagy open up the playbook) really be how do we lock in this game plan, focus on fixing the running game and try and get to a Super Bowl with a defense that is truly super while settling for the offense being the supporting cast?

• Hub Arkush, the executive editor of Pro Football Weekly, can be reached at harkush@profootballweekly.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.