Greenery – The Packers did exactly what they wanted until Sunday night, and did it impressively.
Reversing an excessive overtime loss last week, Green Bay buried the archival Chicago beer in Lambou Field under the onslaught of agile offense and big-play defense.
The 21-25 victory, which marked the Packers’ 100th win in the all-time series, was nowhere near the final score. Most importantly, he kept the Packers in complete control of the NFC North Race with an 8-3 record, with two games remaining on the Bears and the Vikings, with just five games left.
“I like where we are,” said quarterback Aaron Rogers, who threw four TD passes to players from four different teams, posting a rating that passed 132.3. “In order for the division in the game to bounce against an opponent, which could really put us in the driver’s seat, we played the way we needed to.
“I said before the game, and I believe, if you want to be a great team, these are the games you’ve got to win.”
The effectiveness of head coach Matt LaFleur’s offense was evident from the start, as the combination of runs and passes kept the Bears on their heels. The Packers hit a touchdown on the ball three times for the first time and never looked back.
With Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams backing for 163 rushing yards, Rogers was 21-of-29 for 211 yards, surpassing 50,000 pass yards for his career.
The Chicago defense, missed by the much-missed lineman Akim Hicks (hamstring injury), came in first-ranked game in both leagues in the third downs and red zone, but the Packers dominated those areas.
Green Bay converted a 6-of-11 to third down (55%) and a TD on 4-of-5 red-zone trips (80%), failing at the knee-down as the game ended.
