The Bears were not supposed to win. “That’s our job, we’re receivers – catch it”, Jones said.
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In his first year in Chicago, Fox has instilled confidence in his team that it can hang tough in close games. “But the thing of it is we’ve always been there, we’ve always had a shot”. He had four shots from the Bears 8-yard line with around a minute left in the game, and for once Rodgers didn’t come through. 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.
“It’s my left hand; I’ll be all right”, said Rodgers, who completed just 22 of 43 passes for 202 yards with one touchdown and one interception.
“We’ve been in a lot of games in the fourth quarter”. But with new coach John Fox and offensive coordinator Adam Gase, Cutler avoided throwing an interception.
The Bears were playing on Thanksgiving night against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers in Lambeau Field on a night in which former Packers’ quarterback Brett Favre was having his jersey retired during a half-time ceremony.
Most of the storylines in the local media today focused on Jay Cutler winning just his 2nd game against the Packers and first ever in Lambeau, but the real story is the Bears defense. When Rodgers threw a career-high 61 passes in a loss to the Detroit Lions earlier this month, the Packers proved they can’t pass their way out of their slump.
You could sense the displeasure from McCarthy in his post game press conference, when asked about Adams.
But McCarthy’s offense couldn’t capitalize, moving quickly up the field on its final two drives only to come up short.
Taking over at its 49-yard line midway through the first quarter, Green Bay struck first when running back Eddie Lacy went untouched for a 25-yard touchdown on a screen pass from Rodgers. It put a premium this week on paying attention in meetings and mastering the playbook.
And the Bears’ errors – a false start by tight end Khari Lee, a dropped pass by Jeremy Langford, a near interception by Cutler, to name a few – seemed to significantly outnumber their positive plays.
Bryant, in his eighth National Football League season, spent his first six with the Seattle Seahawks, who drafted him in the fourth round out of Texas in 2008. Tony Romo might be out for good with the same injury that sidelined him for seven games.
The Packers running game has found its rhythm because tailback Eddie Lacy has busted out of his slump.
After losing their first three games of the season, the talk was centered around whether or not the Bears can be bad enough to select with the first overall selection in the 2016 NFL Draft.
Adams finished with just two receptions for 14 yards, despite being targeted 11 times. He had 183 yards passing with several key third-down conversions and another 45 yards rushing.
Randall left in the second half after sustaining a knee injury in punt coverage.
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The standoff between the Packers’ offense and the Bears’ defense at the end of the game was possibly a season-changing turn of events for the Bears as a team moving forward.
