Chicago’s touchdowns came on a 54-yard completion from Fields to Damiere Byrd and Grant’s punt return.ĭouglas joined Hall of Famer Herb Adderley as the only Packers to score on interception returns in back-to-back games. Green Bay scored on Rodgers’ 2-yard pass to Lazard on fourth-and-goal, Douglas’ 55-yard interception return and Rodgers’ 38-yard strike to Adams. The scoring really picked up after that as the teams combined for five touchdowns in a span of 5:18. On the next play, Jones caught a pass from Rodgers at about the 13 and ran into the left corner of the end zone to make it 35-27.Ĭhicago took a 10-0 lead in the first 20 minutes. On the Bears’ next series, Smith sacked Fields and forced a fumble that Rashan Gary recovered at Chicago’s 23-yard line. He capped the opening drive of the second half with a 3-yard run that gave Green Bay a 28-27 lead. Jones scored a pair of touchdowns a minute apart to put the Packers ahead for good. Jakeem Grant scored twice for the Bears, including a 97-yard punt return. “He was just like, ‘That’s (bull).’ We don’t play like that.”Ĭhicago’s Justin Fields went 18 of 33 for 224 yards with two touchdown passes, but he also threw two interceptions and lost a fumble. “P just came in yelling at us,” Packers cornerback Rasul Douglas said. The Bears’ only second-half points came on Cairo Santos’ field goal with 1:22 left. Spurred by a halftime talk from Preston Smith, the Packers shut down Chicago the rest of the way. He’s done a great job, a tremendous job this year, of just being a leader, being resilient and exuding that calmness throughout the entire locker room.”Ĭhicago led after a wild second quarter that featured a combined 45 points, the fourth time since 1991 that teams have combined to score at least that many points in a quarter.īut the Bears couldn’t keep it up.

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“I think in our locker room, especially him, we don’t pay attention to that stuff. “You guys love bringing up the question of next year and stuff,” said Lazard, who appeared for his postgame Zoom session wearing an “I still own you!” T-shirt. This may be Rodgers’ last opportunity to experience the rivalry with his future in Green Bay uncertain beyond this season. “I don’t know what kind of setback I had tonight, but we’ll look at it tomorrow. This time, Rodgers played through a broken toe that has limited his practice time over the last month. Rodgers yelled, “I still own you!” to the Soldier Field crowd after his fourth-quarter touchdown run in a 24-14 victory on Oct. The Packers are 23-5 against the Bears in games Rodgers had started. “For us to be able to come out that first two quarters and do what we did, that was fun, that’s good football.” “It’s a tale of two halves,” Bears coach Matt Nagy said. Green Bay (10-3) took a four-game lead over the Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North and moved closer to its third straight division title. The Packers trailed 27-21 at halftime but scored the first 24 points of the second half. I know how much this rivalry means to our fans, and to be a part of it has been really special.” The majority of stats don’t mean much, but this rivalry does mean a lot to me because I’m almost an adult in Green Bay - I’ve lived here for 17 years and started for 14. “It does mean a lot to me,” Rodgers said. Rodgers has 61 career touchdown passes against the Bears, the most all-time against Chicago and one more than his predecessor, Brett Favre. The reigning MVP went 29 of 37, throwing two TD passes to Davante Adams and one each to Allen Lazard and Aaron Jones.

Do not duplicate in any form without permission.Rodgers threw for 341 yards and four touchdowns to continue his mastery of the Bears as the Packers won 45-30 on Sunday night.

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