“It was just really a good team effort defensively”, coach John Fox said.
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“You kind of know what you get with Aaron Rodgers”, Favre said at a point during his talk in which he spoke about the latter stages of his career. “It was drag-slant. James Jones ran a slant, and like I said, the official missed the call”.
The Green Bay Packers lost back-to-back games at Lambeau Field for the first time since 2008 when they fell to the Chicago Bears 17-13 Thanksgiving night.
In his first year in Chicago, Fox has instilled confidence in his team that they can hang tough in close games. “We’re 11 games in”. “But the thing of it is we’ve always been there, we’ve always had a shot”.
As Rodgers got the ball and tried to survey the field, he was hit from behind by Bears linebacker Lamarr Houston. He did have to do all his handing off with his right hand and said he was still waiting for the feeling to return to a couple of his fingers.
Throughout the 2015 season with the Packers, Rodgers has completed 60.5 percent of his passes for 2,684 yards, 24 touchdowns and four interceptions. Jay Cutler and the Bears have had a track record of performing horribly whenever they were in Green Bay. His name and No. 4 joined the franchise’s five other retired numbers on the north facade inside the stadium.
The loss at Lambeau Field, which saw the Packers come up empty on four straight passes from the 8-yard line when a touchdown would have won the game, featured signs of waning focus and frustration.
The Green Bay Packers keep telling themselves they’re not far away from recapturing their once-prolific passing game.
“Difficult loss this evening”.
Almost a full season into the experiment, it looks like McCarthy should never have handed off the play-calling duties.
Cutler also got lucky to recover a fumble on a bad shotgun snap that probably would’ve changed everything the way things go for the Bears in Wisconsin.
The Packers took an early 7-0 lead in the game and had a chance at the end of the fourth quarter to score the winning touchdown, but Green Bay could not convert. We have a ball security drill.
“The way we practiced on Tuesday prior to the Thursday night game, I felt very confident about our preparation”, McCarthy said.
“It’s a basic technique of fundamental football, and it’s something we emphasize every day”. Everybody is good…. Obviously it’s a division game, which we put a lot of stock in.
That came after Lacy ran for 100 yards in a 30-13 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
Most of the rest of the Bears offense – including Matt Forte, Jeremy Langford, the entire receiving corps and offensive line – were all B- -to- C+. By the time we wake up from our 3-4 hour nap, we’re ready for more football. Wide receiver Alshon Jeffery caught seven passes for 90 yards.
The defense made the biggest statement.
“Huge win”, cornerback Tracy Porter declared.
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“Offensively, I don’t think we are going to like the film that much because we didn’t play as well as we wanted to”. Porter reached in and knocked the ball down for one of four pass breakups he had.
