NFL Results and Scores: Chicago Bears Win Over Green Bay Packers, Aaron
Rookie CB Quinten Rollins had a potential interception in his hands but couldn’t hang on.
Brett Favre and Bart Starr returned to Lambeau Field for Favre’s retirement ceremony Thursday. It’s a red-letter game for us. So “yeah, it’s huge”, Cutler said Thursday. Rodgers was banged up in the third quarter after a hit from Lamarr Houston, but he was able to stay in the game.
John Fox said that this game didn’t mean much to the new regime but deep down inside I know it did.
The Bears held Rodgers to just 202 passing yards, 1 TD pass, and a Lambeau career low 62.4 QB rating. Instead, he dropped the ball at the Bears’ 32, and the Packers had to punt.
But a reserved Cutler didn’t partake in the meal despite the fact that the victory was his first in five tries in Green Bay.
The highlight of the night for Green Bay turned out to be the return of Favre, whose name and No. 4 was unveiled at halftime next to the team’s other retired numbers.
“Looking at guys in that locker room that had been here for a minute and maybe not had great success here, Jay included”.
“He’s shown a lot of toughness to all of his teammates and the coaching staff. He’s working extremely hard”, Fox said about Cutler.
“Difficult loss this evening”.
“Difficult loss this evening, you need to win your home games”, coach Mike McCarthy said.
But McCarthy’s offense couldn’t capitalize, moving quickly up the field on their final two drives only to come up short.
The Packers took an early 7-0 lead in the game and had a chance at the end of the fourth quarter to score the winning touchdown, but Green Bay could not convert.
What Happened: There were some cold and soggy conditions in Green Bay as the rain came down for most of the game, putting points and ball security at a premium.
Cobb lined up in the slot to the left side of the formation with Jones out wide on second and goal from the 5-yard line.
Excluding the one and a half games that Cutler did not play due to injury, the Bears have been competitive in every game.
– A Packers beat writer says this game wasn’t extra special for the Chicago Bears. “I have to throw it better and we have to catch it more often”. We’re very honest in our evaluation. For the Bears, Jeremy Langford had 48 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries.
The Bears also got back Alshon Jeffery, who had seven catches for 90 yards. Sutton has been replaced on defense by Mitch Unrein and Bruce Gaston, who are bigger and play more stout.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the key players and stats from this one so that we can figure out why things played out the way they did.
Of the 11 defensive starters Thursday night, eight are in their first season with the Bears: Nose tackle Eddie Goldman, defensive end Jarvis Jenkins, inside linebacker Jonathan Anderson, outside linebacker Pernell McPhee, cornerback Tracy Porter, nickel back Bryce Callahan and safeties Adrian Amos and Chris Prosinski.
Randall, Bulaga to be monitored: The knee injury suffered by starting cornerback Damarious Randall is not believed to be particularly serious, according to McCarthy.