Brett Favre, Bart Starr reunite in emotional ceremony at Lambeau

Also inactive for Green Bay are Brett Hundley, Micah Hyde, Alonzo Harris and Andy Mulumba.

A key for Green Bay is to get continued production out of running back Eddie Lacy. “I dreamed of playing”, Favre said. “Not really a lot of fun watching the games and doing all that and not be able to help your team win, so I’m not really used to doing that”, Forte said, according to ESPN. James Jones couldn’t hang on to a potential touchdown catch on third down.

However, for the first time in 13 games against the Packers as the Bears’ quarterback, Cutler did not throw an interception. In addition, 2015 is the 10th consecutive season featuring a Bears-Packers primetime matchup, tied with Giants-Cowboys for the league’s longest active and all-time streaks.

Cornerback Tracy Porter intercepted Rodgers’ pass with 3:19 left at the Bears 45 on the Packers’ previous drive. But that electric atmosphere quickly turned to concern when current Green Bay quarterback Rodgers took a helmet to his left arm in the third quarter.

Favre later had his name and retired No. 4 unveiled on the facade at Lambeau Stadium at halftime of the Bears-Packers game Thursday night. The Packers lost three straight games, before returning to their winnings ways last Sunday.

There was one more special welcome for Favre when Hall of Famer Bart Starr was driven to the middle of the field on a cart.

“I never dreamed of retiring my jersey or the Hall of Fame”. The Packers initially had planned to hold the ceremony for Favre in November 2014, but the former Southern Miss star didn’t want to hold it if Starr could not attend.

After three weeks of sub-par (for them) performances, the Packers offense got back on track last week and Aaron Rodgers seems to be out of the slump that made him just a good quarterback and not the super human best quarterback in the NFL.

It put ball security at a premium.

Of all the throwaway lines used to praise Green Bay Packers legend Brett Favre during the endless preamble to Thursday’s number retirement ceremony, one managed to perfectly encapsulate one of the NFL’s most complicated players. On the second play, Lacy broke several tackles in a 29-yard run.

Suddenly, midway through the second quarter of a game threatening to slip away from the Bears, something came together.

Forte had 141 yards rushing with a touchdown on 24 carries in the teams’ first meeting in the season opener in September.