"It was a play that typified the Bears' demise this season — the aggressiveness that makes the Bears' defense what it is worked against the team Sunday.

At least it seemed to when safety Major Wright saw a ball in the air in the end zone in the fourth quarter, tried to make a play and instead jumped on middle linebacker Brian Urlacher, who suffered a sprained medial collateral ligament when his left leg bent awkwardly as he fell.

Vikings quarterback Joe Webb's pass for Percy Harvin was incomplete. So the Bears ended up with a consolation victory and the future of their best defensive player in doubt — that might not end up being a net gain.

''Our defense is coached to go after the ball; I went after the ball,'' Wright said. ''I landed on him, and I don't know what happened. [But] you gotta go after the ball. You can't not go after it and let the [receiver] catch it.''

Urlacher, in the middle of the end zone in front of Harvin, appeared to have a bead on the ball. Wright came from his left side but said he didn't see that.

''No, I felt the receiver, and I just went up,'' Wright said. ''At the last minute, I see him going up, too. I was like, 'OK, I'm going to go for the ball, as well.'?''"