The broadcast also featured a halftime event at which legendary quarterback Brett Favre saw his number retired at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field.
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Morry Gash/AP Chicago Bears’ Jeremy Langford celebrates his touchdown run during the first half of an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers. Fox has the Bears at 5-6 after the team started the season 0-3.
NBC released some ratings data this morning and last night’s game was the highest rated Thanksgiving night game since it started nine years ago.
Cutler threw for 200 yards and a score and the Bears held off the Packers on fourth-and-goal from the 8 with 22 seconds left for a 17-13 victory Thursday night. “We’ve won some and we’ve lost some”, Cutler said. It was a big mistake, leading to the Bears’ first touchdown and a tied game.
The ironmen on defense, playing all 78 snaps were Adrian Amos, Shea McClellin, Chris Prosinski, Tracy Porter and Kyle Fuller. “I definitely did not want it to get the attention that it has gotten”, Jones said. “A lot of credit goes to him”.
Later, Favre exchanged a handshake and hug with current quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who replaced Favre as the starter in 2008. The nine-year National Football League veteran had 14 tackles, four solo, and one sack.
It was a situation where Porter learned from a loss to Detroit.
“I work on that in practice sometimes for a situation like that”, Rodgers said.
It’s time to see what Jeff Janis can present, and to try to use his speed and size accordingly.
JAY’S DAY: In his four previous games at Lambeau Field, all losses, Cutler had thrown 12 interceptions.
The Packers will need to figure out their problems in a hurry with a trip to surging Detroit coming up on Thursday night.
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers took a shot to the back of his left arm near the elbow in the third quarter from linebacker Lamarr Houston while recovering a high snap.
“We are trying to get better at that: To get better in the red-zone, better off turnovers than we have, being able to get seven instead of three because that’s devastating to the other team when you can make a quick change like that, punch it in and get a quick seven”, Cutler said. They moved the quickly up the field on their final two drives only to come up short. Bears players still have memories of their last Lambeau visit, a scarring 55-14 humiliation. “We are running out of time and we have to find a way to turn it around fast”. “He blocks, he runs off (coverage)”. He’s a fun guy to play with.
“If you’re not going to panic now, when are you?” He has missed five games this season with groin and shoulder ailments. He struggled to get onto the field in training camp and did not play in the preseason, but the veteran defensive back made Chicago’s 53-man roster out of training camp. The second came with 3:19 remaining in the game. Bushrod signed a five-year, $36 million deal with $17.7 guaranteed prior to the 2013 season but in his absence has lost the starting left tackle job to Charles Leno Jr….
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Adams, categorized by Rodgers a “Pro Bowl-caliber player” as recently as last month, has done little to spark the offense since his return from a sprained ankle. Marc Mariani and Marquess Wilson took his spot on the offense….
