Good, bad and worse: How Bears fared in Week 5 loss to Vikings

Some weeks are better than others for the Bears:

Good week

Fun is good. And the Bears ran perhaps the most fun play of the NFL season when they scored on a two-point conversion Monday against the Vikings.

From the shotgun, quarterback Mitch Trubisky handed the ball to running back Jordan Howard, who was running left. Howard gave the ball to tight end Zach Miller on a reverse. Running right, Miller ran the option with Trubisky as the pitch man. He tossed the ball back to Trubisky, who ran into the end zone untouched.

The Bears ran the play in Bourbonnais and saved it for the right time.

‘‘Practice makes perfect,’’ Trubisky said. ‘‘So we practice it hard, and we go out there and see it come to life. It’s pretty cool.’’

Bad week

The good news is, tight end Dion Sims got the ball thrown his way Monday. Now he has to catch it.

Sims entered the game with three catches on only five targets. He was thrown to three times against the Vikings, catching a season-high 17-yarder but dropping a pass, too.

Worse week

It’s hard to get lower than receiver Markus Wheaton’s game. His holding penalty cost Howard a 42-yard touchdown run. He was injured on an incompletion but returned. He then appeared to catch a pass for 13 yards, but it was ruled incomplete on replay.

Finally, Wheaton notched his first catch of the season for a nine-yard gain on the last play of the game. He lateraled to running back Tarik Cohen, who was stuffed.

Follow me on Twitter @patrickfinley.

Email: pfinley@suntimes.com

RELATED STORIES

First-and-10: Mitch Trubisky is fine; his teammates need to step it up

Film study: Early taste of the variety Mitch Trubisky provides Bears