They tallied 20 yards in nine plays and seemed to be doomed – or so the narrative of Bears-Packers in Lambeau Field would suggest.
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Both Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers have a lot to be thankful for, and play for in this pivotal division matchup.
Thursday night’s game in Green Bay – won by the Bears, 17-13, turning away Aaron Rodgers and the Packers four times with the football at the Chicago 8 in the closing seconds – had all the markings of precisely that for a Bears team so often humiliated in this exact venue. “I mean when you care about something and they lose I mean it’s really natural the key is then to acknowledge the source and find a way to cope with it”, said Dr. Gurung. On the preceding play, James Jones couldn’t hang on to a potential touchdown catch.
“Those are what we refer to as critical plays in the game, and we’ve got to do a better job converting those opportunities”, McCarthy said. “That’s the last thing we talked about”.
Rodgers, Favre’s successor, stayed in the game after appearing to hurt his left arm in the third quarter after getting hit from behind near the elbow by linebacker Lamarr Houston while recovering a high snap. 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.
You would hope that at least they’d be playing football-related games-at this point, even the crude playbooks of the ancient Tecmo Bowl would help them out. The previous four trips were full of misery as Cutler threw just three touchdowns while finding Green Bay defenders for 12 interceptions. He has been cutting down the mistakes and has fit perfectly into John Fox and Adam Gase’s system.
Brett Favre threw some kind words at the man who replaced him at quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.
Here’s a look at how the Bears divvied out playing time in Thursday night’s 17-13 win over the Packers. The Packers (7-4) lost a second straight home game.
Now, Cutler is 1-4 at Lambeau Field, finally breaking through with a win.
– CB Quinten Rollins posted the first sack of his pro career when he brought down QB Jay Cutler for an 11-yard loss in the third quarter.
But McCarthy’s offense couldn’t capitalize, moving quickly up the field on its final two drives only to come up short.
After halftime, the only score came on a Robbie Gould field goal from 21 yards out. “Those power runners, when they fight for extra yardage, sometimes the first thing that gets sloppy is the ball security”. He was right there at 90.8 in Green Bay, rebounding from a slow start to go 19 of 31 passing for 200 yards and TD. The backup safety, filling in for the injured Antrel Rolle, caught running back Eddie Lacy from behind and forced a fumble in the second quarter.
Cam Newton is still flawless this season.
After that, they will face a Dallas Cowboys team without Tony Romo.
Games, and seasons, have turning points.
Alshon Jeffery made some plays and missed others, and while Zach Miller scored a huge touchdown, his fourth in four games, he missed more plays than he made, catching two passes on seven targets. Running back Jeremy Langford put up back-to-back performances with over 100 yards from scrimmage while taking over the load for Forte before being held to 25 yards on 13 carries in last week’s loss to Denver.
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While guard TJ Lang knows this team must play better.
