After the game, he credited quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains for getting him ready to play. The Packers had lost three-straight while the Bears had won two-in-a-row.
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In his return to the starting lineup, Alshon Jeffery led receivers with 60 snaps and had nine catches, seemingly not too limited by a groin injury.
Green Bay, which has now lost four of its last five games, including home losses to the Lions and Bears, has been held under 20 points in three of those five games.
Rodgers finished 22-for-43 for 202 yards with one touchdown pass and one interception, unable to prevent the Packers from losing back-to-back home games against division rivals.
“It’s a basic route”, he said. “It’s versus an archrival”.
To make that play all the more interesting, you could hear Rodgers’ reaction at the play through the television, at least according to video captured by a viewer that was posted to Reddit.
“When you have a chance to get your hands on the football, you’ve got to take advantage of it. We had a chance to get our hands on the football a number of times last night but didn’t get that done and we gave away two (turnovers)”.
Rodgers was banged up after scooping up the ball off the wet Lambeau Field turf with about 5:00 left in the third quarter. Lamarr Houston’s earlier sack had sent Rodgers to the sideline favoring his left arm, his return in doubt and with no feeling in several of his fingers after the game.
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 in dreary conditions. It was a big mistake, leading to the Bears’ first touchdown and a tied game. That came one play after a similarly gritty pass breakup by Porter on a pass into the end zone to James Jones.
The look became a viral hit on social media, even though Jones said that he only wore the hoodie to stay warm. Jay Cutler had 200 yards and a touchdown, while running back Jeremy Langford also had a score in the game. Perhaps persuaded by the debacle in the NFC title game last season, McCarthy finally made the move, handing over the play sheet to top assistant Tom Clements. It just hasn’t shown up.
The Packers caught a break after Cutler mishandled a shotgun snap on third-and-11 to set up a punt.
However, for the first time in 13 games against the Packers as the Bears’ quarterback, Cutler avoided throwing an interception and the Bears pulled off a rare upset in Green Bay.
-QB Aaron Rodgers’ amusing bone was no laughing matter.
Brett Favre threw some kind words at the man who replaced him at quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
Rodgers didn’t miss any time, however, and it looks like he’ll be okay.
“That’s the old amusing bone”, Rodgers said. “I don’t know what the final numbers are, but we probably would’ve liked to have a few more attempts”. His 105 rushing yards came four days after he cracked the 100-yard mark for the first time this season against the Minnesota Vikings.
Shutting out Rodgers and the Packers offense in the second half, the Bears felt a surge of pride with their latest hard-fought victory. He said his recent fumbles have been “very frustrating”.
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“It was one of those moments you know that, much like today, much like tonight, you want to soak it all in”.
