The Chicago Bears have lost six of their last seven trips to Lambeau Field but stand to spoil a special night for the Green Bay Packers and remain in the NFC wild card race in Thanksgiving night’s division showdown.
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The Green Bay Packers (7-3) are coming from a 30-13 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
Following a drastic offseason which saw Kelly turn over a significant portion of his skill players, Philadelphia have underwhelmed with a 4-6 mark, putting the coach’s job in jeopardy. The Bears own a 93-92-6 lead in the series, but the Packers have won the last four games.
Don’t look now, but the Bears aren’t the hapless team many think them to be. He hurt his ribs against Denver, and the short week was not enough for him to recover and play.
In his first game with the Bears last week, Thompson had two kick returns for 54 yards.
Matt Forte of the Chicago Bears [Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images]Las Vegas oddsmakers have installed the Packers as eight-point favorites in the Thanksgiving Night game. “So hopefully we can do much of the same, control the clock, get the run game get going”. “Just looking forward to being out there”.
Jay Cutler appears to have made solid strides under new offensive coordinator Adam Gase, but he’s going to be without a ton of weapons in this one.
“It was awful. Awful”, recalled former Bears wide receiver Tom Waddle, who played in that game and now co-hosts “Waddle & Silvy” on ESPN Chicago. “I think more importantly he was given more opportunities”. “That’s it. Go eat us some turkey dinner”.
The NFL is committed to play three games again in 2017, but that number jumps to five in 2018. Tight end Martellus Bennett, who won’t be active on Thursday, has just 425 receiving yards, while Marquess WIlson has 420 receiving yards behind him. He finished up talking about his dad and how much he loved his dad, and the big part he played in his life and his football career. They can also use Langford and Forte as a tandem, keeping both fresh at the end of the game.
Forte had 141 yards rushing with a touchdown on 24 carries in the teams’ first meeting in the season opener in September.
Linebacker Clay Matthews has enjoyed some of his best days against the Bears, too. In the fourth quarter against the Carolina Panthers, there was a sideline scuffle between Julius Peppers, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, and B.J. Raji. The Bears rank 25th defensively against the run.
Rodgers has been trying to get by with an injured-riddled group of receivers.
Lacy said during his rough stretch he “prayed a lot”, and he doesn’t want to take for granted the success he’s had in the NFL.
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With all the history in the air Thanksgiving night, will the thought of their legacies cross Rodgers’ and Matthews’ minds? He has just been torching the Bears. Pernell McPhee said it best, they need to hit the Packers’ quarterback.
