Those 60 touchdowns are the most he threw against any team, and even though he did throw 42 interceptions against the Bears (also the most he’s thrown against any team), he still represented the Bears’ ultimate nemesis during his time in Green Bay.
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In his defense Cutler was victimized by both penalties (5 in 1st quarter) and some drops as both Alshon Jeffery and Jeremy Langford dropped passes that would have resulted in first downs early in the game.
In his first year in Chicago, Fox has instilled confidence in his team that it can hang tough in close games.
“Difficult loss this evening; you need to win your home games”, McCarthy added.
“It has been a fun week”, Cutler said. “That’s the last thing we talked about”.
Later, Favre exchanged a handshake and hug with current quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who replaced Favre as the starter in 2008. 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.
Then the Packers caught a break after Cutler mishandled a shotgun snap on third-and-11 to set up a punt.
CB Tracy Porter’s fourth-quarter interception killed a late Green Bay drive.
“Just a lot of missed opportunities, just ball on the ground too many times”. That enabled Minnesota (7-3) to move back into first place in the NFC North over the Packers (7-4), who had sole possession of the lead for four days after their 30-13 win over Minnesota last Sunday at TCF Bank Stadium. The Bears got stellar contributions from those two and other players not expected to contribute this season like Willie Young, Jonathan Anderson, Lamarr Houston, and Chris Prosinski to name just a few.
Five months later, in the wake of a 17-13 loss to the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field Thursday night, Rodgers and McCarthy weren’t saying such nice things anymore.
Following that series, the Packers had three more chances to score. The 81-year-old Starr is recovering from two strokes and a heart attack. “The positive signs are that we’re running the ball better”.
The retired quarterback has long supported the charity co-founded by another former Packers quarterback, Hall of Famer Bart Starr. (Thursday) was more of some combo coverage with some two-high safeties at times.
“Looking at guys in that locker room that had been here for a minute and maybe not had great success here, Jay included”.
Robbie Gould’s 21-yard field goal in the fourth quarter for Chicago was the only scoring for either team in the second half of a game played dreary conditions. We have a ball security drill.
Their rushing stats might not line up, but the Bears defense got the job done, per usual.
Excluding the one and a half games that Cutler did not play due to injury, the Bears have been competitive in every game.
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A good quarterback is hard to come by. On a night when Rodgers averaged 4.7 yards per passing attempt, Lacy averaged 6.2 yards per carry, and the one-two punch of Lacy and James Starks piled up 144 yards on 24 carries. After his benching, Lacy has surpassed 100-yard games twice, the only occurences of the season.
