GREEN BAY, Wis.– The Packers were all over the field Sunday night in their win against the Bears, getting contributions from both sides of the ball. This brings their record to 8-3 on the season and holding a three-game lead on the NFC North.
“It’s special to be a part of this rivalry,” Rodgers said. “There’s few rivalries like this in all of sports — one or two in just about every league. This is one of the premier ones.”
Aaron Rodgers, who went 21 of 29 for 211 yards and four touchdowns, made sure it would be a long night for the Bears secondary from the first possession, throwing a 12-yard touchdown pass to Davante Adams, making it the 500th reception in his career, capping off a 14 play 78 yards Drive.
The Bears’ defense could not stop Green Bay’s offense as they scored touchdowns on their first three possessions, also scoring a defensive touchdown by Preston Smith recovering a fumble for 14 yards taking a commanding 27-10 lead at half time.
“I just felt like they got after us the entire game from the first quarter until the very end,” Bears coach Matt Nagy said. “That’s basically where we’re at right now. Talked to the guys in the locker room afterwards. There’s guys that care. I think that’s what’s important to us.”
Chicago’s Mitchell Trubisky Had a rough night starting in place of Nick Foles, who injured his hip on Nov 16th in a 19-13 loss against Minnesota. Trubisky was making his first start since the third week of the season. The Packers capitalized off of his early mistakes, but he found success late in the game scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. Trubisky finished the night 26 of 46 for 242 yards, three touchdowns— two of those going to Allen Robinson— committing three turnovers which led to Packers touchdowns.
“I can’t take the offense off the field like that, with sudden changes, and just putting the ball in harm’s way,” Trubisky said. “You’re just not going to win games, or be in games, if you turn the ball over.”
