2015 Bears @ Packers

the kinds of conditions that dick butkus and ray nichky would have enjoyed al oh certainly there's no question about that in fact it may even get down to the point where we have snow pellets or snow showers before the night is done so this battle in the nfc north green bay has the upper hand because they have a head-to-head win against minnesota chicago four and six and detroit has won three in a row they routed philadelphia today in the motor city so detroit is now four and seven john fox in his first year at chicago mike mccarthy in his 10th year at green bay of course foxy has led both carolina and denver to super bowl appearances chicago won the toss they have elected to defer so they're going to give green bay the ball and robbie gold will kick off it is 35 degrees right now one degree less than we just saw jeff janice who had a big run back in minnesota last week of 70 yards we'll set up in the end zone and bring this one back from three yards in and chicago right there to stop him as he gets to the 16-yard line sheriff mcmanus makes the tackle here are the packers starters aaron rodgers butte community college james starks university of buffalo randall cobb kentucky devonta adams fresno state james jones san jose state richard rogers cal berkeley david bautiary university of colorado boulder josh citton central florida j.c tretter cornell university t.j lang birmingham brother rice brian balaga iowa green bay likes to go fast of course that's in better elements than this they might even try it here tonight we'll find out shortly roger's rolling and he is under pressure and he's forced to throw it away that was willie young number 97 so aaron's spinning away going to his left side can't get it away and it's second down to 10. yeah really nice play by willie young on the outside as aaron came flipping around that way he grabbed richard rodgers not holding him just kept him from getting to his route and rogers had no choice but to throw it away and they come up no huddle here on second down and 10. eddie lacy the running back at a big game last week in minnesota and a good run here he's off to a good start tonight breaking tackles pass to 40 and out of bounds at the 43-yard line kyle fuller looking for all the world like marshawn lynch eddie lacy healthy again and a big gain there of 29 yards jonathan anderson tried to shoot through on his linebacker position really just no support there and for eddie lacy he's picking up right where he left off a week ago he was huge in that game against the vikings spun away from the rookie safety adrian amos here he goes again over the left side and he turns out five yards to the 49-yard line when the season began there was so much talk about lacy in his third year out of alabama drafted number two in 2013 and he was overweight and the packers poo pooted but then he got hurt and he was an actor for a game james starks took over as the lead back but now lacy is back and looking real good second and five give it to him again and bounces off ocho and then gets taken down after a gain of a couple third and short aaron rodgers in his last three games against the bears that's two last year and the opener this year in chicago 13 touchdowns no picks he has just killed the bears in his career which began as a starter in 2008 to the outside having to reach down forward is randall cobb so they're short of the first down that's bryce callahan covering on the play and rogers looking over to the bench seeing if mccarthy's going to give him the go ahead to go for it and for the moment to keep the offense out on the field at least going to go the hard count here just a poor throw that time by aaron though didn't give the receiver a chance at all to pick up that first down so at the 48-yard line they will at least line up to go for it and they are going to go for it and they give it to lacey and lacie's going to get stuffed so the chicago bears will take over at midfield as they step on a fourth and two jonathan anderson a rookie makes the tackle a couple of minutes into the game on thanksgiving night in green bay wisconsin sunday night football and thanksgiving night brought to you by verizon better matters by walmart share wonder every day by bmw we make only one thing the ultimate driving machine and by nationwide nationwide is on your side so that's where cranberry sauce comes from america's dairyland also the largest producer of cranberries is the state fruit of wisconsin some cranberry sauce before this one's done knowing after that didn't know that all right jay cutler takes over 48 yard line after green bay surprisingly went for it on fourth and two matt forte is back in the lineup after a three-game absence with a sprained mcl and they give it to him and he picks up a yard it'll be second down and nine so jay cutler has not played well here obviously take a look at that 0-4 he made his bears debut here in 2009 through four interceptions in that game and it hasn't gotten a lot better since three touchdowns 12 picks in his starts on this surface second and ten bears in a tight formation and the pass goes to the outside and the slipping and falling is kari lee one of their tight ends comes up a couple of yards short of the first down they have no martellus bennett tonight and that is huge because bennett's such a big part of their offense and green bay's really struggled against tight ends third and three cutler goes hurry up here and then he goes deep downfield and 2d trying to one-hand it was marquis wilson in complete fourth down well it was wilson who came up with the big game a week ago had over 100 yards receiving at the top of the screen just gonna work there against randall and really had an opportunity i thought he hesitated just one moment in that route and maybe just threw off the timing from jay cutler so mccarthy gets away with the uh chance early on now patrick o'donnell to do the punting randall cobb stands back at his own 10 yard line and calls for a fair catch on a very short kick and goes to his knees to collect it at the 17-yard line so his team has had the ball once at lambeau field early first quarter don't miss a moment of sunday night football with nbc sports live extra taking the game with you anytime anywhere laptop tablet and connected tvs speaking of sunday night football 72 hours we've got a pretty good one new england at denver but first things first back to green bay each team won possession roger starts this drive from the 16-yard line short flip and then breaking the tackle and staying in bounds devonte adams let's take a look at the chicago defense bruce gaster boilermakers eddie goldman fsu jarvis jenkins clemson san macho texas shane mcclellan boise state kristen jones florida state pernell mcphee pahokee florida tracy porter indiana university adrian namus penn state chris frazinski wyoming kyle fuller virginia tech one starter who's missing as the pass for james jones is incomplete will sudden the defensive end was a healthy scratch tonight so a coach's decision he's not in the lineup you saw them starting bruce gaston who actually started the season with green bay and played against chicago in the opener in september third down and four here's another free play this is where he really excels but not this time the pass is incomplete and another flag comes in in the secondary so roger's the master at drawing the opposing team offside and then normally going along with it john fox looks on it was a third down and four you got a couple of flags here you got clearly offside against chicago and then something else downfield ad hocule is the referee fans are thinking it's raining out here guys let's put a wrap on that there were two fouls by the defense offside number 92 that penalty is declined there's also illegal contact number 21. the penalties and force five yards from the previous spot first down either penalty's five yards yeah it didn't matter there's tracy porter well beyond the five yard limit and there's you know it is crazy to see every time we come in here especially in this stadium they just cannot help themselves defensively he has something and when you watch him do it it's not like he does a head bob or jerks his hands or any of that kind of stuff somehow he does with just the voice inflection little flip little shovel pass to eddie lacy and look at what it takes to bring this guy down after the 34. chris talking about those free plays when he draws you offside what he normally does is go deep downfield so this year six for six two touchdowns plus a defensive pass interference penalty called on richard sherman in week two that was good for 52 yards they're going quickly again eddie lacy bowling balls his way out to the 42-yard line for a first down you just get the feeling that eddie lacy is going to do what he's done basically every year of his career and that is simply a bunch of center treader here replacing corey linsley in this game but every single year it seems like eddie lacy is the guy that gets better at this time of year now james starks comes into the game and starks who is the classic back up back he does a great job in the secondary role and when he has to come in and fill in for lacey when lacie was hurt or whatever starch does the job yeah and mike mccarthy's saying the reason eddie lacy's had his carries reduce is because james starks has been so good second down and seven from the 44-yard line and rogers puts it down around the left side he goes and aaron will be taken out of bounds a little short of the first down by jonathan anderson so aaron he was listed on the injury report a couple of weeks ago with a shoulder injury but played in minnesota looked fine and not on the report this week chris yeah i really think it started in denver don't you we did that game and and you saw him early in that game get hit a lot and mike mccarthy telling us it really has been that way for the last three weeks or so already 24 sacks on the season only sacked 28 times all of last year he does it again and now but at this time it may have been belaga moving first no they're gonna they're gonna call maybe unabated into the quarterback defense number 92 five yard penalty results for the first down well they stopped they stopped the play mcphee came across the line it's a break for the bears watch aaron rodgers as he does this you can't tell anything i i mean it's not like some quarterbacks back in the day they would flinch and they would do all these things and that became a penalty and aaron rodgers just has some way of working his voice i think it's just so repetitive every other snap that when he changes it up he just seems to draw him off sides second third down conversion via penalty on this drive and now he's going to air it out deep downfield and incomplete that's tracy porter covering devonte adams second down devonta adams has been struggling with an ankle injury for a while but really one of the big surprises this year is how well tracy porter has played a veteran guy you'll remember him back in the super bowl picking off peyton manning and running it in for the game clincher for the saints that year so here's a guy with a little history against great quarterbacks also picked off brett favre in the nfc championship game that's a real good tackle as cobb makes the catch and brice callahan a rookie out of rice makes the stop yeah bryce callahan has come in there and now sort of taken over that slot position for sheriff mcmanus who did it the first six games and he's done well a rookie that you don't expect in that sort of pivotal position but believe me the green bay packers know where that rookie is they're going to go pick on them tonight they're already running its 15th play in about six and a half minutes and rogers throws in that's dropped devonte adams and they've had a bunch of drops this season one right there fourth down well watching pregame warm-up i saw more balls dropped in pregame i think than i've seen all season it is slimy out here but really no excuse on that one aaron rodgers hit that perfectly and maybe packers fans starting to feel like oh we're not going back to that three-game losing streak style in offense are we also seeing some gusts so the meter just go to about 15 miles an hour mariani makes a fair crack catching chicago will take over eight and a half to go in the first brett plays football you know just like you would in the backyard with all your friends he just happens to be doing in front of 70 plus thousand people he enjoyed the game so much and that was clear to his teammates and they loved him for that he made the game fun whether it was practice or whether it was riding on a bus or in a plane he took a game that people turned into a profession and brought the game back to it brett favre that number will be retired at halftime and also in the third quarter we're going to get brett up here in the booth to find out what's going on with the rest of his life yeah that will be fun and now we've got a penalty as this drive gets ready to start a full start against chicago so jay cutler played last sunday against denver his wife gave birth christian to their third child on monday mom and baby daughter sailor james went home on tuesday took a bus ride up here yesterday and plays tonight apart from that not much going on in his life this week baby number three he can't wait for friday the first time his entire family will be in the house together at the same time congratulations to the cutlers now the birth of their daughter is on first and 15 now forte picks up six and let's take a look at the chicago starters jay cutler vanderbilt university matt forte tulane al shawn jeffrey south carolina marquis wilson washington state harley lee bowie state university zach miller western nebraska charles little junior boise state matt slawson nebraska verona's grazie oregon patrick o'marman university of michigan kyle long saddleback junior college long third year in the league into the pro bowl in each of the first two and forte will get wrapped up at the 13. matt has missed the last three games spraying knee jeremy lankford has done a has done good work supplanting him and figures to see some action tonight but through the years forte has just been steady and solid in her workhorse and kind of overlooked last year he set a record most receptions by a running back in the history of the nfl with 102 third down and seven halfway mark of the opening quarter cutler forced out just has to dump it outside the tackle box he had quentin rollins coming in on a corner blitz so chicago gets backed up can't move and it's fourth down and seven and greenville should get the ball in pretty good shape after the punt quentin rollins gonna come right off the edge here and really no chance for jay cutler just a clean sprint he just had to get rid of the ball it's one thing you will say about jay cutler under adam gases new offensive coordinators you don't see him making as many crazy throws his interception numbers way down this year patrick o'donnell ready to send it down towards randall cobb bearcats called for but then he lets it go and mcmanus downs the ball just across the 50-yard line 704 to go in the opening quarter on thanksgiving night in packerland well these two guys have been matching up since cutler came to chicago and 0-9 12th regular season meeting between them and of course the upper hand belongs to rogers and green bay there is your statistical evidence right there as the packers through the decade really totally dominated the bears yeah we saw it last year firsthand 69 unanswered points at one time in the two games between these two teams it was ugly fast last year in a 55-14 win for the packers but at least so far the packers mistakes have kept the bears in it well 55-14 it was only 42-nothing at the half on sunday night football as we recall it was exciting oh yeah tremendous from the 49-yard line lacey picks up about three yards as he gets taken down by eddie goldman rookie out of florida state who is their second round draft pick yeah just that's the big question mark i think on the chicago bears defense they weren't good last year they bring in vic banjo and hoping for better they just don't have the horses up front that they need second down and seven and it's fired over the middle and caught randall cobb got free found the open spot first down at the 33-yard line one of the guys to watch here is jc tretter who's working there against eddie goldman doing a nice job treader is a guy that at one time was a quarterback also a tight end they use them in that way some still with the packers got his chance when corey lindsay got hurt really did a nice job last week very quick athletic guy as a center rogers a job a little thump pass there's lacy and he's taken down at the 30. you know you're talking about that bear defense chris and you know through the years i mean that's been the hallmark of the bears as you look at it again the center going up against goldman you look at this defense right now and you say all right who plays defense for the chicago bears name somebody uh yeah you know shane mcclellan probably one of their good outside guys got moved inside linebacker just because they didn't have anybody in it big banjo said gotta find somebody to play in there second and seven and that pass is intercepted it's tracy porter he says i'll give you guys a name tracy porter but now you got a flag down at the 15-yard line hockey will discuss this yeah the problem with his crew the officials are going to name him too so porter at least for the moment with the pick pending the call in an area where you normally see a hold before the pass was thrown illegal contact defense number 21. five-yard penalty from the previous spot automatic first down so erase it here it is anytime you get the out and up kind of move right here and then they go up the field that is a a mild thing tracy porter says come on man i've been in the league a long time did you not see me in the super bowl that was that was that was a good break for the packers let's put it that way so the 25 yard line now to keep the drive going with five and a half to go in the first rogers is six of his first ten but for only 27 yards and swings it to the outside and lacy gets buried then the pass is incomplete jonathan anderson has been all over the field a rookie at a tcu undrafted free agent one more time back to the penalty it was a big one out and up a little adjustment off of that but not one you would typically expect second down and 10. and busting through and lacey takes the pass and eddie lacy is inside the tenon all the way to the end zone bruce gaston almost got there but rogers is able to flip it to his running back for a 25-yard touchdown t.j lang's just gonna hang for a minute and go and you're gonna get really quick pressure here from bruce gaston who is claimed off the practice squad of the packers eddie lacy lets him go and when that tank starts running down the field this time of year nobody's looking to stand in line you know i the officials are confirmed it's almost as if he flipped the ball away before he crossed the goal line and hockey lee got together with a couple of the guys to talk about this there was no flag just remember that just before the ruling on the field that it was a touchdown they sure will did he cross the goal line with the football pocketly under the hood the ruling on the field stands as call it was very close and since the ruling on the field was a touchdown there was nothing that we saw in any of the replays to mitigate against it remember just the front tip of the ball has to touch the very front edge of that line to be good and there just wasn't enough to overturn it there mason crosby for the extra point and the green bay packers on that drive five plays 49 yards one rush and four passes lacing into the end zone and the lambo leap 7-0 oh normally we put up the tonight show for the next night but it's thanksgiving night it's thursday nights of jimmy john tonight the tonight show jimmy fallon you'll see it the blues brothers later tonight in town everybody's in town this town is excited though aren't they they cannot wait for this brett favre celebration at halftime tonight out in force raining swirling mason crosby to kick off deontay thompson he's back there and there's uh confusion there thompson will come well he's gonna try to come out of the end zone that is a brilliant play right there almost not so smart as he's almost tried to come out of the end zone thought about it and then realized that he could take a knee in there it was the kick itself the impetus of the kick that drove it back into the end zone that's mark mariani who misses it and then deontay thompson goes back and understands the rules well enough that that is not a safety if he takes a knee it is not a safety what a brilliant play by deontay thompson just for a second right there he's thinking you know i knew the rule but even i was like oh that would be really hard to take a knee in that situation now what right that was tremendous well you know you don't want to align like that on the kickoff retire first of all you don't see that many kickers run back anymore with a touch back uh two-thirds of the time but you have both guys back then again jeremy lankford in the game our first opportunity to see him tonight and cutler gets pressed and the ball has thrown it incomplete ocular gets bounded into julius peppers put the heat on let's take a look at that green bay defense detroit guyan bradford high school tornadoes bj raji boston college mike daniels iowa mcniel purdue university nate palmer illinois state university clay matthews usc julius peppers north carolina the mayor founder arizona state morgan burnett georgia tech clinton dicks the university of alabama sam shields the youth matthews and pepper is the big stars burnett runs the secondary extremely well and this is langford fourth round draft choice out of michigan state he followed le'veon bell in east lansing and he's the guy who's come in over the last few weeks and did a really nice job instead of the injured matt forte you know could be the transition beginning here matt's been around a while getting up there and lankford could be the guy of the future had a huge day against the rams including an 83 yard touchdown on a screen pass third down and five with four and a half to go in the quarter play clock at two again pressure cutler rolls away then throws and it's almost intercepted miller was the intended receiver and quentin robbins breaks it up and it's a quick throw it out same blitz coming right after cutler one more time tries to get this thing down to zach miller who's become a bit of his go-to guy but quentin rollins a former basketball player almost had him one there but jay cutler has been on the move every time they've gotten into a third in medium or long dom capers has brought a blitz and the bears have had no answer o'donnell now already his third punt of the game randall cobb back for green bay tom's going to let it bounce and short kick will be down to the 38 yard line cop saying let it go so they'll take over the 30 in it for a 37 yard putt madden thanksgiving player or players of the game who's going to get that fresh turkey look at some of the guys that have won it over the past three years last year it was seattle beating the 49ers and you saw sherman and wilson dining out i don't think anybody enjoyed it more than vince wilford though right vince was happy you know three hours no food i'm sure prevents that's that's plenty long enough richard sherman had a pretty good time with the turkey leg last year and san francisco carried it off the field like the lombardi trophy from the 38-yard line rogers dancing around the pocket buying time as he does so supremely well and it's caught there by cobb callahan makes the tackle after a short game and jonathan anderson he's been all over the place 58 that rookie at him tcu called his name four or five times already put the heat on rogers it's just amazing to watch aaron rodgers in the pocket it looks like do you ever play like you know dodgeball or tag when you're a kid i mean he just looks like all he's trying to do is keep anybody from getting a finger on him yet his eyes are down field the whole time but he's looking for that escape route so many of the big plays in that big game against the vikings came from him escaping and making big throws down the field and this ring olivia but you guys didn't play that in florida second down and three from the 45-yard line that's cobb in the backfield play action buys all kinds of time oops and going down then the ball comes loose but they're going to say he was down there that's lamar houston the linebacker at the 34-yard line great coverage by chicago yeah he got he got tagged on that one if he's playing tag he just got tagged by lamar houston coverage all over the field really an opportunity maybe there but that was about it nothing else really to speak of that's a 10 yard sack i'll tell you he has taken some shots now the last four games there's just no question about that and had that shoulder issue and some of his uh percentage went way down over the last four games there were some real concerns here about the way this offense was playing third down at 13. ran all the way down it's a 30-second timeout taken here well in the wild and crazy national football league detroit i mean detroit one and seven now they've won uh three in a row up in philadelphia today you know there's some big issues there detroit give them credit though they're back to playing defense the way that they did a season ago so that was great and uh we have great fun here tonight brett favre coming in here for the second half i can't imagine what brett's gonna be like in the booth he'll come off the field come up here and i hope tell a few of the stories that i've heard over the years in production meetings brett's one of those guys when he gets in a production meeting he starts talking to us you just put the pin down right you just kick back in your chair because you know it's story time you know you're going to have some fun and he certainly has entertained the people of green bay for a long long time around here we can go take a a break and just let brett fred have the mic leave a little chicken a little longer tonight the other game today of course carol how about the panthers at 11-0 beating dallas handily rogers now throws and it's incomplete pass intended for james jones and a little skirmish breaks out lamar houston in the middle of that brian balaga will get in his two cents or more tj lang as well and after all that it's fourth down tim mashday to punt and you've got mark mariani ready to return it mariani will feel it escape attack on the 26-yard line but there is a flag and the flag is all the way back up where the punt took place near the line of scrimmage not on the run back so we'll get the call from ed hochuli who does enjoy making a few calls those were no boos that was john that made the tackle and he certainly is one of the favorites here aaron rodgers was excited that he got the most number of snaps he's had this season and i thought he made a huge difference in that game against minnesota during the kick holding by the receiving team number 34 that 10-yard penalty is enforced from where the punt was caught first down that's five penalties already on chicago and none against green bay since the 2010 nfc championship game the bears 35 and 39 and the packers meanwhile 53-20 and one and the packers went on to win the super bowl that year remaining players 15 were green bay and only three just three guys remain with the bears from that team they would be cutler forte and the kicker robbie gold i don't think there's any question is there that john fox and company have decided that they're going to redo this roster they're going to rebuild it and they and start with the defense i'm sure there are some things that just do not sit well and the bears not having a good defense is one of those things you you do not accept that in chicago well they brought fox in they brought ryan payton to be the gm mark tressman and phil emery the gm gone after a couple of seasons so a whole transition going on in the windy city as matt forte brings it out to the 23-yard line the bears have now run 10 play so they've had three three and outs second down i think one of the good stories from the chicago bears that guy right there kyle long who was a pro bowl guard in back-to-back years he was asked by this coaching staff to play tackle and he was asked right before the start of the regular season and it was against these green bay packers and he hemmed and hauled a little bit in the east finally said if it's good for the team it's good for me and he did it and now he's turned into a really good right tackle and cutler fires to al shawn jeffrey who makes the cash for chicago's first first down of the night yeah there's no question that for kyle long he struggled early in the season he didn't know what he was doing out there at right tackle but you watch him now and his form isn't exactly perfect he's to work on his kick step a little bit i'm sure as we go into next season but athletically he can play with anybody he can catch any pass rusher around the edge and really a different guy since he played in that opener against the package bloodlines aren't bad he's howie's pup game of a couple here by forte we go to michelle well al i talked with kyle long about moving to right tackle this season and he said it's a different heavyweight fight every week i faced the firing squad the first three weeks quite a welcoming party week one that meant julius peppers whom he respects tremendously al long told me there are not a lot of guys i grew up watching that i'm a fan of he is a big fan of julius peppers al oh yeah julia's peppers 14 years in the league and a chicago bear for four years after eden carolina played there with john fox now in the second here forte out to the 41-yard line where burnett makes the tackle third down and four and that should take us into the second frame end of the first quarter at lambeau field on this thanksgiving night with the score green bay seven and chicago nothing and thanksgiving night football continues after these messages waiting all day for a thanksgiving night and tonight's sky cam coverage from lambeau field being brought to you by geico now michael's chris collins with michelle before you happy thanksgiving 7-0 green bay starting the second quarter chicago has a third down and four at its own 41-yard line clay matthews now off the edge instead of his inside linebacker position right up there they played him there quite a bit in that game against the vikings cover fires and incomplete now sean jeffrey the intended receiver coverage is good fourth here down clay with a little spin move inside against charles leno and maybe got cutler's attention just a bit it's amazing talking about guys who made sacrifices for the good of the team clay matthews was not thrilled with the idea of moving inside but he knew he had to do it boy is he doing it well now he really shored up the defense coming down the stretch last year for dom capers patrick o'donnell's punt oops oh and cobb drops it picks it up at the 19-yard line that wins swirling around gusting up to about 18 miles an hour steady at about 14 miles an hour and uh wreaking havoc with the punch tonight yeah it is rough i mean it's rough period trying to catch punts when it's windy conditions you add in the rain and it's just uncomfortable you look up and rain drops hitting your eyes and you get blurry-eyed and then the thing starts swirling around up there and it's a tough night for catching anything out here but the packer fans you don't see any empty seats here you know as it should be on brett favre night right brett showed up every single game he never missed a start and neither do these fans it doesn't matter what kind of weather they get only 297 in a row from the 19-yard line first down for the packers and lacy he picks up two yards second at eight from the 21. the guys inside really are the key to this green bay packers offense uh tj lang josh sitting two guys that have just been knocking around here these two guards right there have been doing it for a long time and tj lang actually may be having the best year of any of these offensive lines and lacy again puts his head down comes up about a yard and a half short of the first down third down and that much in the first minute of the second quarter there was a little controversy around here about whether or not mike mccarthy should go back to call in the plays again who was a little more involved in the offensive meeting room last week and it paid off he handed the play calling duties over to tom clements pernell mcphee just made that stop they look over to the chains and they appear to be just a little short of the first down pernell mcphee who's probably the best player on this bear's defense unblocked just beat him around the corner nobody's going to block him they don't think he's going to get there on this running play up the gut and he made the play short of the first down well for the moment the packer offense is going to stay out there they did go forward now they're going to send the punt group in so maybe nothing else rogers would try to get them to jump offside but john fox says i've seen that act before yeah and john fox is saying defense you guys just stay out there forget about return all right you're just out there playing defense mariani back to receive the punt this is mass day's third punt of the night it's a low line drive that mariani will collect at the 28-yard line and bring back to the 35-yard line 12 53 left in the opening half on thanksgiving night seven to nothing packers i can go mental toughness i can go physical toughness i mean the guy was a tough guy it was something to see him go out there and play with sometimes when he thought he was no way he was going to play the game but he did did everything in his power through the week even though you may have been severely injured to make sure that he was always in a huddle he was always running out of the tunnel he had to play the game he was obsessed with that he was indestructible he was it was almost like it was gonna kill him if he had to sit one out there were a couple times during that stretch that you definitely thought there's no way he's playing next to you for sure from the 34-yard line this drive begins on the ground jeremy lankford and the rookie for a gain of a couple yeah and one of the problems that this bears offense and the running game is having right now is they have not been successful at all throwing the football and so the slot corners are coming off the edge and unblocked making plays they have to hit a pass at some point now sean jeffries back and we haven't seen anything at all to him he's been targeted once cutler's two of seven langford around the outside spilled at the 42-yard line by clay matthews sometimes it just looks like clay matthews is going at a different speed he's going to play off the block of ronas grazu and still beat the running back to the spot there he really last year when he first started playing inside linebacker i thought yeah he's okay he's doing all right and he's doing the best he can now you look at him and he looks like an all-pro inside linebacker he looks like a keychain yourself excellent coverage great blitzer obviously good player third down and two matthew's in coverage this time and that's simply dropped by lankford so again wet ball whatever on target misses here cutler is now two out of eight he's gonna completely fool clay matthews this time he's gonna try and jump over the pick right there jumps back inside a brilliant play call that time by adam gase worked perfectly and you just can't catch the ball bears with only one first down again minus their number one receiver martell has been at the tight end been a punting duel to this point this will be the eighth punt of the game and o'donnell's fifth and that baby will bounce at the 11 yard line be down at about the 12. 11 and a half in the opening half with the green bay packers leading the bears 7-0 well there she is the matriarch of the chicago bears virginia mccaskey daughter of george hales founder of the team and dad coached this team over a 40-year period he had four 10-year runs and of course ran it when he wasn't coaching the team and it's been in the hamish family all these years almost a century now well i love the coaching staff they put together here though only the most unusual circumstances would have allowed john fox and adam gase and vic fangio to come together to one team as a free agent well here's lacey and he gets tripped up at the 12-yard line and one of the reasons was john elway felt he just had to make a change in denver fox won four championships or four division titles went to a super bowl but just felt that he needed to make a change to get him over the hump and fangio was a part of one of the really great defenses out in san francisco and harbaugh ends up going to michigan and all of a sudden he's free or not second down and 10 now from the 12 yard line 319 lacy and lacy with a big hole exploits that blows loose at the 33-yard line the bears are around it and chicago certainly recovered and it is confirmed so lacey was off and running big run there for 18 yards and then he coughs it up so a turnover here and they're still fighting for it at the bottom of the pile they've already signaled that chicago has the ball well a lot of conversation about the safeties of the bears will they combine that time to get that ball out adrian amos who is a really good young player and then chris pricinski comes in behind and strips the ball out so the two safeties come up big priscinsky gets the forced fumble and then chicago recovers it as they unpile and that's lamar houston who recovers it as eddie lacy saw that 18-yard run end in a turnover well you take away the pass interference call in this game by tracy porter that set up the touchdown and there's not a whole lot of offense happening anywhere so the bears catch a huge break and have a chance they just have to take advantage of it now they have to get something going here she looked at lacy and his fumbling history the ball is at the 34-yard line to the outside wilson takes the ball to the 31-yard line krasinski forcing the fumble he's taking the spot of another injured bear entre roll at one safety spot jay cutler talking about marquis wilson they really feel like that young man he's 6'4 had 100 yards receiving in the game last week they think he could be just about anything another big receiver on the outside to go along with al shawn jeffery second and seven and forte to the 28th we played 20 minutes of football and chicago has one first down well one of the best guys on the packers is mike daniels right down there and along working on him that's going to be a heck of a battle if he ends up staying on that side but now it's third down and here's where the bears have faltered all night long watch for the blitz that's where they've been hurt bears oh for five on third down third and four here clinton is lurking around cuddler under pressure gets it away and it's caught at the 18-yard line mark mariani comes over the middle demaryius randall the rookie corner came in almost got the sack chicago gets its second first down they came with the blitz again only this time it's a cornerback demarius randall and somehow cutler escapes that and picks up the first down jay cutler has a way he's pretty elusive he moves well he's not afraid to run he usually dives head first when he does he wants to win forte and he gave six yards as he gets tackled at the 12 yard line make it seven yards it'll be second and three yeah adam gase the offensive coordinator yeah and you know the the bears had success in that opener running the football against the green bay packers and i think adam gase with the conditions as they are would like to stay with that run game but occasionally you have to complete a pass or they're going to see nothing but blitzes and floats one to the end zone no couldn't stay in al shawn jeffrey fading damarius randall right there with him it'll be third and three yeah i thought he caught it but i'm not sure he ever got his left foot on the ground let's take a look catches it yeah that is some catch but he couldn't stay in clearly out you kind of like to have a guy that size with an opportunity to jump ball one time he had to lay out third and three and then a low throw and fighting his way as mariani looked like he'd be stopped short of the first down but he's able to borrow his way to the eight yard line and make it a first down goal big play by mary annie he is filling in getting opportunities eddie royall out of this game they've had a lot of injuries a lot of these young receivers getting opportunities to play marquis wilson joshua bellamy that was big first down and goal seven and a half to go in the half forte takes it to the three yard line that eighth year out of tulane picked him in the second round in 08 yeoman worked through his career yeah i think one of the guys you want to try and run the football towards in this defense is nate palmer number 51. they had success in that first game and they have been attacking that side when given an opportunity bears trying to cash in on the turnover after the lacy fumble matthew's back on the end of the line of scrimmage again give it to forte and he's gonna get stopped at the line of scrimmage setting up another third down third and goal j-ron elliott 91 makes the hit a lot of these guys on this defensive line for the packers have the ability to play multiple positions inside and outside but in a game and the slop in these kinds of conditions this third down could end up huge third and one with the crowd roaring at lambeau play clock at two cutler started to slip but then gets it away and wide open for the touchdown is zach miller the tight end looked like cutler was going to go down started to slip and slide elliot came in and the touchdown with the extra point to tie the game here first of all you're going to get him all the way across the formation you sort of read releases here somebody has to pick him up as he comes across the field nate palmer was the guy inside not sure if it was his assignment or not it was another escape by jay cutler a couple on that drive that really made the difference and for zach miller now that is four touchdowns in the last four games they got the ball at the 34 after the fumble took him nine plays with four runs and five passes and robbie gold to try to tie the game which he does with 603 left in the half on thanksgiving night lacey gives it back and then cover able to take him in miller for the six game is tied at seven tomorrow part of your holiday weekend black friday great hockey game coming your way on nbc as the new york rangers take on the boston bruins all starts tomorrow at one o'clock eastern time doc emerick will be on the call the great doc who believe it or not did a football game years ago and he announced brett favre's first ever completion in the nfl which was to himself you got it yeah kick fielded at the four yard line by jeff janice and janice with a 70-yard run back last week in minnesota almost duplicates the fee goes real close to doing exactly that as he takes it all the way to the 33-yard line 64 yards for janus well jeff janice is going to get hit early on in this return i mean just squared up hit right there and you think there's no way that he's going to escape that bryce callahan just flat out missed him this kid has been waiting so long to get on the field you know it's not easy to get on the field when you're talking about with aaron rodgers because you have to know all the signals and i know all the things that he wants to do and the glances and the looks and you're supposed to know what that means but then he has proven himself now as a kick returner yeah twice in a row now plus he induced a 50-yard pass interference penalty last week in minnesota as well manga starks big hole and starks has enough for a first down there's some fresh legs and sometimes running backs it can be a little bit like a sibling rivalry right one guy has a big day it was eddie lacy's turn last week and he had a huge day now you come out in the fumble and you go sit on the sideline and your brother gets a shot so lacey at 72 yards on 10 carry starks is now carried twice for 13. green bay with a total of 90 rushing yards in the half starks looking for room for the 16-yard line he goes lamar houston makes the tackle with five minutes to go in the half one of the things i notice watching some of the tape of the chicago bears is sometimes these linebackers don't come up fast and watch treader get down there that they tend to sort of see it and then react to it and you just wonder whether or not this isn't the perfect game for a very athletic center in jc treader and his ability to get down to that second level it's the second and three play a little dump off starks first down and a first and goal to the five yard line tracy porter makes a stop there i'm just not sure if that wasn't shay mcclellan that was supposed to pick that up it looked like man coverage people chasing people everywhere and mcclellan was the only one left in the middle of the field with nobody that he was chasing motion from the six first and goal scoop there you go easy yeah 319. starts again yardner show houston in on the stop clock ticking down with 340 left in the half i haven't heard anything at all tonight from james jones and what a monster year that he's had this season a career high 11 catches of 25 or more yards and so many times when you get down to the goal line or scramble situations seems like aaron rodgers finds him as he did what a grab he made for a touchdown in minnesota last sunday to the outside that is caught and then slung down randall cobb flag is down that is callahan who for the moment is able to save a certain touchdown there was a lot of contact down there james jones came inside and set it up for cobb to go outside but i don't know that anything oh barrister hockey having a sidebar here conference past interference offense number 89 there was a pick 10-yard penalty from the previous spot second down he's talking about jones who has a word with hoculey comes down inside and you know the bizarre i i don't think that's past interference though i just don't because the guy he's trying to pick is the guy coming over the top he just wanted that guy to go over the top of it he wasn't picking that's just wrong it's just wrong pick rub screen you tell me you know i mean they're trying hard to get that right but that one was wrong the second down and goal now from the 14-yard line a little flip starts and he gets tackled at the five-yard line prizinski makes the stop there third down and goal it is no fun to play back here when all these linemen start coming down at you this one looked like it might be a score that was a heck of a play by chris brzezinski who is filling in for antrell roll but he has made a couple of big plays already third and goal three receivers set to the left and rogers dancing and darting and finding nobody cobb nearest to it callahan doing a real nice job rookie free agent out of rice and it's fourth down now let's give the young man some credit here on the back of the end zone that is bryce callahan who is taking over as a slot corner undrafted top end is tracy porter who was all over that one devonta adams having no luck with kyle fuller either so as long as aaron rodgers was able to dance around there still wasn't anybody open now a 22-yard field goal attempt to give green bay the lead easy one from mason crosby to bang it through and that will take us to the two minute warning with the green bay packers up on top 10 to seven at lambeau field all right nobody's going to the concession stands at halftime here toyota halftime coming up brad farr back in lambeau to have number four retired and that's what we'll have for you coming up on the toyota it wasn't an easy separation though was it was not you know and aaron rodgers sort of took the brunt of some of it some fans didn't want to see him ever go and then all of a sudden he went to the jets for a while and back to arch rival minnesota and there were you know some little mixed emotions but now time heals all wounds and this place is going to go absolutely crazy when he walks out on that field it was a messy departure but too many good years not to have a 21-gun salute for that man at halftime five yard line thompson will run it back and leontie thompson will take the ball to almost midfield chicago set up in good field position with 151 to the half nfl plays 60 it's the nfl's movement for a more active generation encouraging fans to get moving play for 60 minutes every day good download today or go to nflrush.com learn more chicago has all of its timeouts they start at the 42-yard line cutler out of the pistol the play fake and then the inside throat of jeffrey now sean jeffrey close to a first down across the 50-yard line casey hayward makes the tackle yeah it's a really smart play and smart play call of all sean jeffrey has not been a factor early in this game get his hands on the ball and get him into the flow of the game second and one cuddler is going to take it himself and sneak over right guard to the 45-yard line and the bears have all three timeouts they have plenty of time they are in no big hurry here and can run whatever they want to do they want to run the football no problem at all and leave no time on the clock on the other side for rogers at the end of the half lankford is the back a minute to play in the half and that pass is incomplete jeffrey had to stop reach back for it couldn't hold on shields covers second attempt yeah a perfect throw that time by jay cutler this is you just can't do it any better than this and jeffrey just unable to hang on to the wet football sam shields for being a guy that probably gives up about six or seven inches to al shawn jeffries had pretty good success over the years take the snap out of the pistol again here comes the blitz from the corner and coming the other way now lankford and langford for a first down takes it all the way to the 31 yard line where morgan burnett is there so they blitz from the right corner the right defensive corner go the other way with the run stop the clock with 46 seconds so this sunday night football on thanksgiving night being brought to you by microsoft surface the official tablet of the nfl by toyota let's go places by nike gear up at nike.com and get out here and by star wars the force awakens and theaters everywhere december the 18th our great great great crew guys and gals that are with us all season long around the country we go and spend thanksgiving with with our gang thank you folks you are fantastic they all insist on it being perfect don't they this is a hard-working group who will be here long after we are out of here and head for tips and a night like tonight you really appreciate them 31 yard line chicago just took its first timeout first down at the 31 as cutler as time throws and that's caught that's a first down al shawn jeffrey makes the catch a gain of 11 covered by randall a little different result out here with kyle long this time against julius peppers it was a rough night for kyle the first go around but now he is settling in and jay cutler is as well and now sean jeffrey is as well this team really had nothing going early in this one now starting to get on a little bit of a roll 40 seconds four-man rush with protection that's caught inside the 10-yard line and wilson will take the ball to the end zone for the touchdown marquis wilson able to take the ball in a 20-yard reception and the chicago bears have taken the lead against a really good young coroner damaris randall watch what he does he's going to force the inside make him believe he's going in there and make randall just flinch and then fight his way into the end zone maybe nope i don't think so knees down just short isn't it right well that was ruled a touchdown which means a scoring play which means automatically reviewed in new york touchdown on the field so hold your horses here it figures to be first and goal when we come back looks like his knee is down they're reviewing it we suspect that when hockey lee makes his next announcement it's going to be a first and goal from inside the one-yard line it's fun to watch good young players coming out of the seventh round from a year ago but you can see that knee down right there short of the goal line clearly joe thomas was there to make the tackle number 48. the clock will start to run on first and goal so chicago will still have two timeouts if they want to stop the clock going over things now with john fox the ruling is the ball is down at the one yard line at the one yard line so the call will get reversed it will wind the clock unless chicago wants to take its time out right here okay there we go chicago is using their second timeout to prevent a runoff so a little recap of thanksgiving night eddie lacy off to the start he almost gave up the ball before he crossed the goal line but it counted but then the fumble after he gained 18 yards set chicago up for the opportunity to tie the game on a touchdown pass to zach miller jeff janice sets green bay up to take the lead again with a 64-yard kickoff return crosby culminates that drive with a 22-yard field goal but now cutler trying to give chicago the lead at halftime at least shortly before halftime first time goal jeremy langford is the running back here and the bears had to take that time out or there would have been a 10 second runoff because the clock was moving at the point of the challenge and that's the way the rules are there putting the big horse on rhine as the fullback miller goes in motion blankford following unryan and he's able to get into the end zone so the chicago bears now officially have the lead there's a lot of leverage on ryan at 306 pounds a defensive lineman leading the way you see that out he got two he's gonna come up get the first one and then go get the second one i think that's clay matthews he hits first sort of gets rid of him and then goes up and gets that second block how good is that for a defensive lineman that's tremendous two for one for unrun they like to use him in those short yardage situations and now the extra point by robbie gould will make it a four point lead this bear's offensive is doing nothing is taking off at the end of the half wow wow what was that screw ball not pretty but it counts chicago 14 green bay 10. what's it like catching a far fastball seven fingers dislocated uh it's pretty bad guys got injured catching the ball if you didn't catch it properly no more rocket balls please somewhere in this locker you had a chart of all the guys and how many fingers he broke of theirs nolan ryan of quarterbacks oh my gosh well they love brett and they're going to love him even more when he comes out onto the field in just a few minutes there's a bouncing ball that gets collected by john at the 29-yard line brett was always playful whether you were a broadcaster or a player if you were sort of had your back turned not paying attention all of a sudden the fastball come whistling by your ear out there it was always fun not so much fun tonight for aaron rodgers though i this is a little bit of a stunning result as this thing began and what we've seen over the past uh bit between these two teams for the bears to come back and make the kind of plays they have and lead this thing right now surprising well he is two time outs the kick was probably not as deep as chicago would have liked because rogers with a couple of first downs will be close to or in field goal range and he starts here with a first down and that is caught by richard rodgers stopped at 19 seconds as green bay uses its second timeout so the line of scrimmage will be the 45-yard line as mason crosby warms up for a hopeful field goal attempt and he certainly has the range we saw that last week with all those kicks that he made five of them 40 plus yards a week ago and nobody had ever done that in the history of the nfl that's how amazing that day was and of course that was right on top of the sort of shanked one he had with a chance to win the game the week before it's detroit long field goal and they lost to the lions here for the first time in about four centuries so at the 45-yard line roger's trying to if he can collect about 20 or so yards and they have to use that last time out at some point the cross begin the game chicago would look stuffed up front but rogers is able to throw and that's incomplete to the 40-yard line tracy porter draping james jones 14 seconds now remaining second down we just have not seen james jones with any success and i tell you this is just very casually played on the outside by tracy porter beautifully done jones in that opening game in chicago in september had a couple of touchdowns yeah porter did not play in that opening game either he was hurt for the first couple if i remember correctly today rogers fires over the middle cobb makes the catch and they're going to use their final timeout and at least have an opportunity to shave that lead here as the ball is spotted at the 32-23 yard gain and with the timeout here crosby will have an opportunity to kick about a 50-yard field goal working against the rookie bryce callahan here watch the shake and bake at the top end of this thing before he breaks and callahan's going to slip down so rogers comes to the sideline they could attempt one play but you're right on the edge here they're going to put i think one second back on the clock is that what they're doing making it eight instead of seven so the flags right now are relatively limp we're showing the win for the moment at five miles an hour but it's been gusting throughout so it's in his face a little so what do you do here now do you want to go to the end zone or you go outside i think you want to be careful very careful you don't want to sack number one they're out of time timeouts chicago that's their third and final timeout it's a 30-second timeout yeah they could have taken that 10-second runoff and they wouldn't have had this issue right yeah and you know but who knows you know that's always a tough call on the other sideline you certainly don't want to give up the opportunity to score a touchdown but a 10-second run off if it had been applied and they had not taken the time out we would have been out of here maybe kind of sort of yeah you don't who knows well i tell you this is this is a just an interesting play call isn't it interesting and dangerous too because it is i mean obviously those sacks if you complete the passion the field of play you're done yeah i think this one will be very safe if he gets exactly what he likes which looks like he might get a little quick out at top or bottom but be careful remember what tracy porter has done in his history you might jump one of them out of bounds i mean it's real simple here which he did he was going to jump that one that was a good read by aaron rodgers to not go there tracy porter was sitting right out there and if he had cut to the out he was not backpedaling he was not doing anything he's gonna sit and he was waiting for one of those opportunities good read by aaron this will set up a 50-yard attempt to end the half as mason crosby will try to make this a one-point game and the kick by crosby is good and that takes us to halftime with the chicago bears leading the green bay packers 13 and you know what's coming up next brett favre number retired on the toyota halftime effort these messages first half highlights are brought to you by nationwide official sponsor of the nfl and lacey takes the pass and lacy is inside the tenant all the way to the end zone gets it away and wide open for the touchdown is zach miller nationwide is on your side now michael's chris collins with michelle tafoya thanksgiving night there it is number four officially adorning the vasanti the retired number of brett favre what a scene that was so chris you can go home again oh thank goodness he came home again but you know brett favre is going to get a lot of honors this year as he goes into the hall of fame and everybody knows that's going to happen but what better honor could you have to have bart starr obviously not in the best of health come out on a rainy night like this because he one of the greatest of all times wanted to come pay tribute to him i mean that's really as good as it gets isn't it bar star as classy a guy as has ever played in the nfl spectacular career here of course did a pretty good job coaching a couple of teams as well let's go to michelle well after going three and out on four in their first five drives john fox told me his total offense simply calmed down late in that first half as for mike mccarthy he was not pleased with eddie lacy saying he has got to hold on to the ball and he said this game was going to come down to extra effort because of the wet football he said my guys have to make extra effort and make those plays al all right thank you michelle that's why lacey came out of the game he had that fumble and that did it for him because he had 72 yards on the ground in the first half so chicago they deferred after winning the coin toss get the ball to start the third quarter and matt forte will pick up about four yards to the 24 yard line yeah i thought jay cutler in that first half was terrific and it was a little bit of his shimmy with his shoulders being able to escape some of the pass rushers that was a big play there and happened once again he's going to step up and through zach miller for the touchdown pass he really started to get comfortable in the game they hit him with everything early a lot of those slot blitzes came home and really seemed to bother me had to throw away a couple of balls on third down early but settled into a group and the offense started going up and down the field and cutler open caught up to the 44 al-shawn jeffrey morgan burnett makes the tackles are the bear certainly happy to have this guy back after he missed last week's game the outstretched arms it's going to go across the field there and that was clay matthews tried to get back underneath that but anytime you go that hard play-action fake those linebackers really have no choice and matthews tried to sprint back just couldn't get there and the bears playing without their number one receiver the tight end martellus bennett and a broken play and cutler will the flag throne take it back to the line of scrimmage so wanted to go to the right side might be a hold on kyle long signaling against chicago right another one of those blitzes out of the secondary holding offense number 75 10-yard penalty for two first down see morgan burnett coming out of the secondary and then kyle long's just going to reach out and make sure his quarterback didn't get hit in the back of the head there you go a little stiff arm action i don't think sam shields was anticipating that one take this heisman yeah i'm going to stick that throwing arm in here i'm going to drag you down with that first and 20 from the 35 a little swing clegg again and forte that's a decent game 10 yards but i don't know what al shawn jeffrey is doing he's lined up two yards on the other side of the line of scrimmage this is going to be the seventh penalty against chicago they had none zero last week against denver offside offense number 17. five-yard penalty from the previous spot first down lost his gps come on that's even close there's a line of scrimmage i thought he was playing corner so seven penalties 45 yards he's got two other guys out there flanking him you think one of them would say hey dude moonwalk a little back-to-back penalties first down and 25 now screen forte it's a 9-yard gain out to the 39-yard line demaryius randall makes the tackle demarius randall interesting young man he came out he was a safety in college and the reason he was a safety was that people were so afraid to throw at him when he was at playing corner the coaches said we're going to put you in the middle of the field we have to get you involved in the action he was the ultimate sort of rebus island in college he was the number one draft choice out of arizona state last spring cutler throws jeffrey makes the catch has blocky and al shawn jeffrey takes it all the way to the 44 but another flag is thrown at the chicago 48 yard line james cutler throws his arms up in the air would have been a 17-yard gain tripping offense number 68. 10-yard penalty and forced him to spot the foul second out matt slawson with the bear's third penalty in the series he's gonna come down the field and sort of throw his leg backwards if he's that athletic to know let's take a look you'll see him throw that back leg okay yeah i'm with you that's all we can do we just make we can make uh guttural noises you know when you're diving on the ground you don't always have control it's looking at 16. and that's caught by jeremy lankford to get stacked into the 40s that's what we'll do from now on instead of just analyzing pulleys we'll just just make guttural sound you know i know what it's like to officiate this game and how many times i we sit up here and we watch four replays and half the time we're not really sure and you go back and forth and they're doing it live and i get all that stuff i just i don't know get a whole bunch of sound effects for you third down and 11. six defensive backs in the game looking right at matthews here blitz coming got him the 32-yard line that's quentin rollins every so often tonight coming in off that corner with speed a rookie out of miami of ohio and they do have done the same blitz basically bring him inside which sets up the edge right there so quentin rollins gets that direct path there to jay cutler and he has no choice but to get it out when it was third down and that long you pretty much know that dom capers is going to bring pressure force you to throw hot and then make the tackle or the sack in that case so three penalties on the series right now you have a fourth and 22 which means o'donnell will make his sixth punt of the game at the 20-yard line cobb breaks away for the moment stopped at the 22-yard line 10-12 remaining in the third quarter in a one-point game at lambeau and tonight's game on thanksgiving night brought to you by southwest transparency low fares nothing to hide by chevrolet find new roads and by american express is saturday's small business saturday free time to grab your friends and family to shop small some of the small businesses here in downtown green bay and we'll be hosting small business saturday following black friday your favorite day going to the mall whatever whatever that is rogers turns around and hands the ball off to eddie lacy up to the 28 yard line for a gain of six second down and four and we heard from the referees and they made a very strong stand that that was indeed tripping as he kicked that leg in behind him so we will just report the news that's right all the news that's fit to print we'll report it second down and four from the 28-yard line lacey get tough running up the middle up to the 38-yard line so eddie took a seat on the bench for a while after that fumble and now has 86 yards there's christian jones and here comes crowd favorite john and anytime the fullback can meet your linebacker two or three yards on the other side of the line of scrimmage you are going to have a problem they may not take john kuhn out now lacey takes it up to the 40-yard a line uh first half buzz what's been going on jay cutler with one touchdown slow start to came on a little bit aaron rodgers used passage to reach 250 tds in the history of the league so lacy did here's lacy again so a heavy dose of number 27 and he takes it up to the 44 yard line and lacy now with 14 carries for 93 yards and we're so used to looking at mike mccarthy on the sideline and wondering what he was going to call next but it is not him now it is tom clements who makes this call mike in his 10th year she called the plays for the first nine still obviously intimately involved in three nights runs through him on the headset he tried that hard count again why not just get it off and starts picks up the first down it's a heavy dose of ground work by the green bay packers first down green bay at the 49-yard line really a fairly easy one that time because the inside linebacker just seemed to walk to the other side create the opportunity quick thoughts in front short side of the field goes starks taken down by christian jones tom clements there he is calling in the plays to rogers and doing doing it with alacrity because of the way green bay operates they had a little players only meeting this past a couple of weeks ago before that minnesota game i don't think aaron rodgers was too happy with the preparation schedule of some of the young players on this team few too many video games being played and not enough homework jerry the three-game slump people were starting to get real nervous in backer land but all was well after last week's win here comes the blitz and rogers is able to hang in there and it's caught and that'll be a first down well no devante adams dropped it and reporter came in tracy porter to get it away from him at the last moment and adams looks around and says where's the flag he was definitely looking for one and porter got there but was he after the ball a little early contact definitely throws your vision off when you get hit in the back but i think that arm wrapped around the front of them knocked the ball out and the officials said good play third down and five at the 46 yard line repair paper pressure again and that is incomplete and the crowd looks around for a flag and they get it that time it's adrian amos against justin pirillo aims the rookie out of penn state on a pass that would have been pretty tough to catch anyway thrown over the top of his head justin pirillo was the one that was interference defense number 38 the ball of course the spot of the foul first down right there and right there let's take a look another thing sort of tugging on the arm maybe i don't know we'll call new york the 26-yard line first down low pass intended for adams it's the fourth first down via penalty tonight for the green bay packers and the third on third down so bears helping to sustain drives here as we said last week the bears despite losing to denver committed zero penalties against the broncos tonight they've committed nine and green bay has been penalized once second to ten 22 yard line that is perrillo to the 22 amos is there to make the tackle and that's gonna make it third down and five well aaron rodgers played for a long time beside brett favre and you saw a little bit of all that stuff with brett favre as well and he admits some of the footwork stuff he does the way he keeps his feet moving the way he backs out of throws sometimes all product in his words watching one of the best of all time six minutes to go in the quarter three 319. roger's stepping away he can run for a first down flag is down he does is he slides through a halt to the 10-yard line but there's a flag at the 27 in the middle of the field holding offense number 71 10 yard family from the spot of the foul repeat third down only the second penalty against green bay this one on josh sitting yeah and just as aaron rodgers started to break away you had sitton who was there in pass protection and all of a sudden his guy started to break away this way and he just grabs him a bit just sort of one of those natural reactions but the official's there to see it and that one's coming back a little jersey tug that's the easiest of all to call so third and 15 temperature at 33. so snow showers right on the edge of freezing here as it rolls by him with a little exclamation point up at the 45-yard line oh the audio told you all you needed to know yeah and coming off the field slowly now holding his hand his rodgers take a look at this but rogers was coming off the field holding on to his sure his arm her wrist or album uh oh but they have other issues right now that is out of bounds like their season yeah the backup quarterback is scott tolzien watch his wrist here tenzine will probably get ready on the sideline but we'll check on rogers when we come back obviously well obvious concern here when we look at the replays whatever it is arm or elbow or wrist it's to the left or non-throwing arm there's the helmet from houston on the elbow of rogers he's favoring the left arm coming off they work on him toesing warms up it all started with a bad snap by j.c tretter followed by a punt there goes rogers off the field michelle will check on it and chicago will have the ball at the 14-yard line that's as bad as snap as you can possibly have now langford is the running back and cutting is going to keep it himself running out to the 21-yard line and what looked like a sure field goal for the green bay packers possibly ends in disaster there so told zine he's got some experience 5th year guy played at wisconsin a couple of stars back in 2013. second and four lankford to back langford the michigan state rookie plows ahead for a first down before a very quiet gathering right now at lambeau field with everybody concerned about what's going on on the green bay sideline first down now we're seeing some big holes now ronis grazu the center here comes in and here's a guy a rookie that has been making a bit of a name for himself will montgomery started off the year but boy it's hard to think about anything else going on right now three and a half minutes remaining in the third quarter pairs up by one first down to the 26. oh dangerous pass but he gets away with it and marquise wilson for a gain of 11. tackled by matthews that'll be a first down if marquis wilson doesn't play this perfectly by coming screaming back to the football that one is going to be picked off there by casey hayward you really they train you to come back hard to the ball on those screens but not every receiver does wilson does something else right in this game and going nowhere this time is langford dayton jones has really come on of late had a couple of sacks last week he's the number one draft choice a couple of years ago from ucla boy how about that quickness right there jumps right inside kyle long here long comes out on that stretch play and is just expecting to try and go work the outside edge and maybe the guard could have had a chance to get out there but riton jones now he is beginning to make a name for himself on this team at the school you see he's a hollywood guy knows where the camera is from the 33. oh it's bounced up in the air and it is loose and incomplete a couple of very dangerous throws for cutler on this trip langford the intended receiver hayward almost had a pick and that one almost was picked so it's third down and 14 now yeah the one thing you don't want to do if you're a receiver if you can't get a handle on the ball don't bat it straight up in the air like a volleyball set you want to try to convert this certainly but you also don't want to do anything ridiculous for the lead blitz it too and cutler will throw and it is incomplete and a flag is thrown that's jeffrey and you had dimitri goodson who's going to get flagged so a third and 14 will be a first down for the chicago bears it's a one thing when you do blitz you do create those one-on-one situations here we go right at the top the ball is placed at the spot of the foul first down well there's rogers standing up on the sideline tough to play defense in this league isn't it tough to play defense and that's caught by this one on the outside and wilson another 11 yard pickup so down the field and go penalties very important for both teams in this game let's go to michelle for a report yeah well aaron rodgers was on the bench and it was really difficult to see although they were looking at his left arm hand and wrist and we believe they put some tape on that we just can't see where as you can see he's wearing that big heavy coat spent most of the time talking with the orthopedic surgeon on the bench and up and about we'll have to continue to watch all right thank you michelle sir rogers walking around and looks like they've come back in the game she obviously knew chicago on this drive with a minute and 15 to go in the quarter first down at the 38-yard line and forte will get stacked up pushed back lioness second down to 10. mike pennell the first guy to reach him man what a play by mike pannell that was so perfectly done by him and that was right here is just going to come up and stand up the center grass who get those arms extended come off make the play can't play it better than that second and ten final minute of the third quarter blitz coming open man that's caught but short of the first down to zach miller the tight end who caught the touchdown earlier stop him at about the 30 it'll be third down and three great quarterback play you get the blitz here throw it right into it somebody has to try and cover up for the blitzer right so there it is you bring that guy i'm just gonna throw it to the guy that he was supposed to cover jay cutler now instead of reacting negatively to these blitzes is taking advantage right now and that's going to take us to the end of the quarter that was a fast fast third quarter good game 14-13 chicago and thanksgiving night football continues after this all right next thursday one night only all-star cast queen latifah common neo david allen grier moore the wiz live next thursday here on nbc now michael's chris collinsworth michelle tafoya and one brett favre with you as we start the fourth quarter great game great night for you congratulations that had to be fabulous on the field i was electric now you know uh what an amazing experience and i get to experience it with with bart starr my teammates and my family um now we just need to pack or win night to remember third down and three a lot going on obviously in this game we'll see about aaron rodgers who came out after the last series cutler throws and that's caught and that'll be a first down al shawn jeffrey makes the catch to move the chains tackled by shields here it was again if you missed it at halftime what a scene bart's been fighting through a lot of ailments over the past couple of years but wanted so much to be here tonight on a 33 degree night in the rain you can see his face he was gritting his teeth i mean he was it was amazing i mean that guy really was determined to be here yeah he was here for the freeze bowl so yeah i think this is a walk in the park for him here goes cuddler throwing and it's incomplete good coverage that time on zach miller now we've seen zach miller make a few one-handed catches for touchdowns they made one against san diego i believe it was earlier this year and went with two here a little bit too high to come down with that one this is a little bit of a surprise don't you think brett i mean we've seen the packers have so much success against the bears and so much success the conditions are favorable you would think to the packers um there's no reason to think that they wouldn't just run away with it but you never know now sean jeffrey and he's going to get a first down and a lot more as he is still on his feet inside the five setting up a first down and goal alshon jeffrey coming back he was hurt last week missed the game he's now caught seven for 90 yards yeah and there's no question that al shawn jeffrey has just made a huge difference they have only played a few games together this year matt forte and jay cutler and now sean jeffrey i believe they've only played three games together but you see now what this bears offense can do when they get their weapons back on the field cutler after a very slow start 18 to 28 now for 179 yards and they give the ball off to matt forte and matt forte will get to about the half yard line stop just shy of the goal line second down and goal i think brett i think you need to have your number retired on a night like tonight remember when those sayers and butkus had their numbers retired and you were in the game yeah at soldier field it was awful raining sideways like 5 000 people in this thing right second and goal and they're going to stuff them back to the line of scrimmage so fortea stopped back at the three setting up a big third and goal big mike neal on the outside able to squeeze that one down all you can do is hope to set an edge here that's exactly what he does guy on inside of him and they just met in the backfield setting up a huge third down this is where they went to that bunch formation see if they flip the formation and try and bring it all the way across the last time the packers lost the outside receiver up there coming across the field third and goal you got jeffrey bottom of the screen one on one cutler rolls that way fires in that direction and incomplete so jeffrey can't make the catch sam shields one on one and they'll settle for a field goal attempt a nice job by sam shields recognizing he didn't have to worry about jeffrey going behind him so he takes the underneath cut and really sort of prevents this ball from being delivered in there looks like sam shields got a little piece of that one but they had a first and goal they ended inside the one-yard line and now they're back for a 21-yard field goal attempt so a big stuff of forte on a running play to the right side will limit them to a four-point lead instead of a possible eight and gold's kick from 21 yards is good 12 15 remaining in the fourth we'll see about aaron rodgers coming back into the game looks like he will in a four-point game at lambeau on thanksgiving night saw a lot of the scenes at halftime this is one we haven't showed you yet there's aaron rodgers coming back out for the second half and brett favre going back after the ceremony as aaron rodgers hopeful of getting back into the game and should so many things to talk to you about what are you doing these days number one what's beside being on the tractor and fishing in your pond biking a little bit running a little bit swimming a little bit trying to stay in shape and what does deanna have you doing well we're gonna do a triathlon together uh i'm gonna try to be here i'm actually just gonna try to finish i'm gonna try to get out of the water in one piece you out there swimming in the pond what go out in the lake you know there's props yeah you know it'll cost you 400 000 for getting that in there back in the game are you up for football saturday 12 30 eastern league leading leicester city looks to out fox manchester united on nbc partly premier league sucker coming your way saturday on nbc sn so from the 20-yard line rogers is back pretty scary moment when he came off the field the last time and on a delay they give the ball to eddie lacy having a big night that's a gain of six yards for lacy for 99 yards now on 16 carries i don't want to sound silly but is it possible that he got hit sort of like you get hit in the funny bone and it just sort of went numb on him and maybe scared him a little bit more than anything very possible pretty indestructible talk about indestructible though there's only one man that i think about up to the 29 yard line what's the closest you came 297 consecutive games to missing a game i would say there's two in particular when i broke my thumb we played of all people at uh the vikings next week in the metro dome which we never won there and i had a broken thumb and i thought you know with a good thumb i'm not very good in the metrodome with a bad thumb i'm an idiot and i ended up playing one of the best games of my life and the other time the other time excuse me was actually when i played here against green bay and i broke my foot as people didn't know i broke my we played new england the next week of course we lost here in this game i broke my foot and went on to new england next week and funny thing there was i got i played i get hit in the chin and get 10 stitches in my chin i knew the writing was on the wall there now yeah well lacey just picked up a first down here you think of the guys these days i look at roethlisberger i mean he looks indestructible but you were it was amazing because you know we saw so many of the injuries and you came off the field and going i can't play next week i know you know i always thought i would play you know i never really thought much about it until after you know after i looked back at my career i thought man how did you do that and maybe that's that's a good way to look at it not really dwell on it at the time i bet you i know one harder than that for you when you came back here as an opponent what was it like coming out of that other locker room i'm gonna be honest with you scary it was scary um and and we played in the metrodome first so i thought it had broken the ice and i would be okay but when we were driving up from appleton and i got to all of a sudden see it from the other side i'm not gonna lie to you there was an anxiety anxiety anxiety attack that i uh wasn't expecting and so when i came out of the tunnel that was the loudest boob i had ever heard and it and part of me was really like my chest kind of stuck out like yeah the other part of me is like now i have to play and i was just scared i'm not even tell you how scared i was i wanted to play so well obviously i mean how could you not and um unfortunately i did you're such a goof though i can't believe you didn't give him a wave or something is roger's on a free play again but they whistled it dead so rogers was able to do as he does so effectively and efficiently all the time get them to jump offside but it's the second time they've jumped off and whistled it dead they're gonna call this against green bay is the question hoculee with a conference and now the answer neutral zone in fraction defense results normally they let it go they don't that time well usually if it's unabated to the quarterback but i don't know where the unabated to the quarterback would have been here so they blow it dead and might have lost the packers a touchdown right both times now it's the second time that's happened well you've seen this earlier in the year in the game against seattle when they jumped off sides and i don't think mike mccarthy thinks that was the right call just a guess yeah i would agree but it makes it a first down he gets the first down out of it would have been a third down and five play now under nine minutes starks is in the backfield with rogers in a four-point game aaron he's in the pocket and throws to the outside intended for devonta adams incomplete by the way a lot of people to thank anybody that you didn't get a chance to thank you know what al it's funny you say that when i was here uh i thought i i thanked everyone and when i when i left uh i was i couldn't believe i'd left two really three great friends pat mckenzie who is a team orthopedic john gray who is a team doctor who i just seen prior to walking out there and then brian nearing who has been he'll be who takes care of aaron when he walks to the sidelines just a wonderful guy and a great personal friend of mine who put dating back to when deanna had cancer took care of us ed martin flew us up here for this event flew us up this summer flew deanna and i to new york for cancer treatment just just amazing people a long list of people who made our stay here um a special just really the 16 years we've spent here were amazing you heard it tonight third down and ten now you got a timeout taken by chicago because they were running people on and off the field timeout only in 72 hours or less we'll be in denver the patriots come in undefeated against the denver broncos brock osweiler at the helm for that one football might start seven o'clock eastern great sunday night game new england at denver on nbc all right third down and 10 after chicago took a defensive timeout line of scrimmage is a 38 in a four point game and raj is under pressure here's another flag and for the moment he gets taken down there by willie young the ten penalties against chicago tonight three against green bay you got brian bellaga holding offense number 70. penalty is the climb brings up fourth down vlogger went down and tj lang with the penalty so there is the packer right tackle who has to take a knee injury timeout so it's fourth down bulaga comes out and it's fourth and fourteen so into punt and here's a look at the replay yeah talk about a bad hole tj laying inside is going to hold and that hold is going to result into brian velaga getting that bad left knee of his getting hit one more time and the sack nasty's putt is a bad one and will bound out of bounds at around the 35 yard line skirmishing going on with 8 23 but chicago is going to get the ball back and a heavy underdog in this one is up 17-13 thing and why it was an amazing game is the fact that it wasn't a playoff game it wasn't the super bowl but it had an eerie feeling about it like he was going to be remembered that way we weren't expecting him to say that he was going to play we had gave him a pass your dad died we get it but this guy loves the game so much his dad loved the game so much and he knew that his dad would want him to go out and play that was a surreal night it was 12 years ago chicago takes over here and this is lankford and we did that game on monday i was with john madden and wonder how in the world are you going to play will you play you think back 12 years what what comes to mind about that game i made the right decision to play um of course i didn't know how i would play it turned out all things considering much better than i i thought it would it it was tough you know uh i knew the right decision was to play but i felt like the only way this would be complete is to play at a high level not just play and that was a lot of pressure and i felt like that planing was playing was not honoring but playing well was the way to honor him and mission accomplished yeah was it was it almost like an out-of-body experience you having sinking spells on the bench absolutely i had no idea what we were doing the game plan i i totally forgotten and i remember you know the thing about that when i look back the teammates i spoke to the team tonight before i couldn't really tell you what i said i didn't have to speak i just wanted them to know i may not be on the top of my game and i knew and they said wait we have your back you know you hear that from time to time but there was something special about it and it was obvious that that they did because that threw some balls that our guys should have never touched and and oakland never touched them themselves and we came down with it divine intervention that's caught by mariani for a big first down on the third and ten all the way to the 44-yard line big conversion halfway through the quarter yep mary annie just keeps making plays these are sort of the bad news bears out here just keep finding ways to make plays and beat these defensive backs and brett this is a little shocking i mean we've seen the lions come in here a couple of weeks ago they never win here the bears never win here and jay cutler never wins here and well you know they're they're making plays like that that play in particular you know the one thing that i think about was them on the goal line not capitalizing on will that come back to haunt them other than that they got three points out of it but first and goal from the one you know they they may still win this game i don't know but they're making the plays when they need to make them and that's what they haven't done it's first down it'll be there on kyle long making it a first down and 15. that doesn't help no no matt hasselbeck's already send you a little message here he's upset you guys would not let me talk more he loves to hear me talk because he hopes i'm going to talk about him there you go matt we saw the text he's an idiot by the way he can't spell he can't spell he went to bc right don't spell christian's name right he can't spell chris's name right we'll see him fortunately he can get out right barely this is langford to the 39-yard line i'll tell you one thing brett as we will wrap it up at the end of this segment and let you get about your appointed rounds you had more fun playing the game than anybody i've ever covered and we had so much fun watching you well thank you so much i i did have a lot of fun i enjoyed visiting with you guys too terrific man we'll do it again oh you bet you bet grandpa you got a couple yeah yeah yeah great that's right great chris congrats thank you guys so far what a night number four retired there it is for all time a whole generation of kids is gonna hope they played the game like that guy right there jeremy lankford is the back on the second down and six and lankford will swing to the outside and get nowhere stopping the backfield by mike neal so another key third down they all get key in a situation like this especially for that packer defense third down and 11. we're seeing more and more of this happening on these stretch plays these linemen are moving that way and mike neal just peels right inside and is able to get there for a big stop and this has been in the first quarter where jay cutler couldn't make a play and really since then he's made all kinds of plays on third law from the 45-yard line clock running down to five minutes left in when we come back to lambeau so third down on 11 after the chicago timeout they have one remaining in third and 11 from the 45-yard line of the packers and cutler loses the ball on his side of the field and appears to be able to cover it up so third and 11 will turn into a fourth down at about 20 or so but at least they retain possession and get to punt it away rollins one more time off the edge and he actually sees the ball and kicks it back into the hands of jay cutler he was the first one to it cutler just takes his eyes off the ball and basically quentin rollins couldn't handle it and it squirts right back to jay cutler what a huge play this is o'donnell's seventh punt of the game he's averaging 39 for a boot and we'll bounce at the 10-yard line and pin green bay at the nine-yard line with 409 left at lambeau field sunday night football and thanksgiving night brought to you by creed starring michael b jordan and sylvester stallone now playing by playstation 4 the best place to play my miller light now back in its original bottle it's builder time and by the newly redesigned volkswagen passat and again a great big thank you mahalo appreciation to our crew with these guys and gals for about four months spectacular work and every thanksgiving to them and to all of you on this thanksgiving night from green bay so a four-point game is rogers rolls out and looks for that first down comes close and we go to michelle well the update on aaron rodgers is really nothing they haven't been looking at his wrist haven't been looking at anything he's been fine on the sidelines but now he's without right tackle brian velaga who went to the locker room questionable with a left ankle injury and when they get back on defense cornerback damarius randall is officially out with a knee injury owl okay thank you michelle so don barclay comes in number 67 at right tackle to replace him rogers rolling away buying time he's going to take off again and aaron rodgers with a 20-yard gain so after he had rushed for 10 officially here 19 29 on two scampers obviously not feeling great but on brett favre night no way in the world or aaron rodgers wants to let this win get away back-to-back runs to get his team moving i think you're right maybe it looked like it was the funny bone it looked more serious than that when it happened but no one effects right now and that's a 10-yard gain for richard rogers rogers to rogers for what should be a first down it is just nobody in the flat whatsoever and not sure who was supposed to be out there that was a bizarre looking coverage on the part of the bears again and it's intercepted at the 45-yard line tracy porter so after three plays met three first downs rogers who's thrown only three picks all season until now throws one here well chris praczynski who has had a big role in this game tonight is going to come down here and adams is going to stop on the route he kind of gets bumped off of it and the ball ends up getting thrown right to tracy porter brzezinski comes down tangles adams just a bit and the ball goes straight to tracy porter and aaron rodgers can't believe it so the only good news for green bay right now as they have all of their timeouts plus you have the two minute warning so the clock can be stopped four times by the green bay packers if necessary you know it's a weird night when aaron rodgers gets intercepted here at the 45-yard line man of chicago play a little clock pool forte a bad way to start gaining close to five out to the 50-yard line to be second down and green bay is going to take a timeout sky cam coverage tonight being brought to you by geico hovering above the field venerable lambeau field cutler started real slowly tonight but up to 200 yards and very uncharacteristic numbers for aaron rodgers with 31 pass attempts at 137 yards so he's averaging about four and a half yards per attempt you know and it's been a weird run here this team so hot in the beginning and then they went through the three-game slump and you come back against minnesota and you go okay everything's bright with the world again but this is more been like that three-game slump that they ran and it kind of started in denver right all that man coverage and the great defense and maybe they come up with a little formula that other teams have copied now and then they went to carolina got beat and they went to detroit and lost to detroit for the first time in a million years and to the outside forte and he's going to pick up about three you got a flag down so that'll stop the clock before he would have been a third down to two offense number 55 kenya kennedy would be second down that'll be now a second down and a lot more grasshood the rookie center is the guilty party clay matthews right here in the gap and grassy was going to come over and right as matthews was getting ready to reach out to make the tackle a little grab of the shoulder and it was caught in the standings right now boy minnesota sitting there rooting for a chicago win because that puts them back in the driver's seat if they win this week in atlanta seven and three chicago would go to five and six and the lions have won three straight to get to four and seven and lankford to the outside and he'll get bottled up and green bay should take another out here which they will to give them one remaining nfl fans you can order your holiday gifts from nfl shop.com order today save up to 20 off the official store of the nfl nfl.com you know i think it's really easy al to talk about all the packers offenses and doing this and whatever bears defensively played some football tonight you know it looked like they caught a little bit of a break a bad break early on got the penalty down there led to that first touchdown and really they've squeezed down pretty good since then vic fangio got so hard to see right there comes over from san francisco and he knows what he's doing and they don't have great big physical bodies in that front seven great linebackers the way that he did in san francisco but he knows what he needs he's getting there they're learning and they're put on a good show tonight real good show tonight third and 14. lankford swings to the outside turns it up field and he's going to be a little short of the first down stop by haha clinton dicks and green bay will take its final time out so now you have a fourth and one there's no no you can't go for it there's no way the ball's at the 46-yard line you're gonna have to boot it away i saw bill belichick go for it once on a fourth and two because he didn't want to face a great quarterback and that's a little bit of the same delivery you got here yeah he went for a fourth and two one in his own like 25 yard line or so yep at indianapolis a few years back on sunday night football you certainly don't want to give number 12 too many opportunities and he's going to get one more rained all night steady soaking rain temperature at the moment right at the freezing mark 32 degrees and o'donnell will send it down toward cobb tom's gonna let it go takes a bounce into the end zone so aaron rodgers will go to work from the 20. let's go back and take a look at that left elbow getting hit right there by houston clearly bothering him comes off on the field but you can tell just by the way he's handing it off there with his right hand instead of his left a couple of missed throws he's made a few good ones too he took off and run twice in that last one but here was the interception as a result of getting tangled up with chris brzezinski now here we go one of the great quarterbacks of our time on the night that they honored one of the great quarterbacks in nfl history and brett favre and you know he wants this one so that rating the average rating in the league this year is around 90. so that does it what kind of knight the guy who's the all-time leader in that category is having and from the pocket he throws and devonte adams cannot haul it in over the middle it's going to be second down at 10. i think brett all right i'm getting bread there i knew i'd do that eventually tonight aaron that time was looking for his receiver to come flying in there he needed him to get on the other side of the linebacker and he just sort of eased his way in there and he just didn't feel like he had time to a little wait out to starks he has a lot of room and james starks takes the ball out to the 39-yard line they hustle up to the line of scrimmage brzezinski makes the tackle under two and a half to play you can get as many snaps off as you possibly can before we have not heard a word tonight from james jones have we i don't think he's got a balloon on the outside by the tight end perrillo to stop the clock with 208 the clock can stop once more at the two-minute warning we'll be out of timeouts a little bit of a prevent first screens and and draws and aaron rodgers runs are always still a possibility plenty of time here second down and six snap and then it's starks picking up the first down and that will take us to the two-minute warning but a good beginning to this drive ball will be spotted at midfield good game on thanksgiving night with chicago leading by four over the package volkswagen post game report john mann is going to pick the players of the game turkey legs and game balls to be awarded look ahead to sunday night then we'll be in denver for new england and the broncos first things first two minutes to play no timeouts for green bay they have it at their own 49-yard line and rogers slipping to his left and then throws that one over to the green bay bench second down and 10. let's take a look here is he throwing it any differently doesn't look like he's protecting it in any way the matchup you've got to watch is on the outside right up there you've got pernell mcphee their best against the backup now don barclay 5050 out of bounds at the 19-yard line randall cops six catches with 74 and 32 big yards there and out of bounds too 147 to play no question that was the match-up they were looking for all night long and it's taken this long to take advantage of it from the 19-yard line and he gets tackled at the 16-yard line that's a gain of three yards second down and seven a minute and a half and rolling this little little dart route right here is what they've been trying to get to all night long against the rookie bryce callahan and boy it has taken a long time for that to take effect on second and seven rogers flips it off again and that one is incomplete starks having to go through his hands to make it a third and seven well those screens just have been there but now you're coming right down to the game on the line here third down an opportunity for the chicago bears they have not really been willing to come and try and go get aaron rodgers you also have to keep an eye on him now he may take off and run with one here there have been some gaps for him to run if he chooses you go three by one three receivers to the left side just do get it off and rogers fires over the middle and that will be caught at the eight yard line devonte adams first down tackled by porter clock ticks down to a minute to play i don't think tracy porter could believe he didn't get a hand on that ball he was all over that one first and goal and a drive would begin back at the 20-yard line rogers rolling away and then fires at the last moment incomplete that stops the clock mcclellan put the rush on it'll be 43 seconds the boy they just got that play off the play before that play clock you can see right there just as it goes to zero porter was right there and somehow davonte adams stayed with it for a huge first down that would have been fourth down at that point so second down and goal from the eight 43 seconds good protection dancing away fires out of the end zone and incomplete intended for richard rodgers so it's third down and goal with 36 ticks we have seen right there has been the guy they've been looking for in this case it was randall cobb and really pretty strong job there by the linebacker christian jones staying with him and taking that one away that's a match-up you think you you'd want no question jones we want james jones quiet all night wide to the right on third down and goal in the backfield now and roger is under pressure gets away throws and it's dropped in the end zone james jones rogers nearly gets sacked keeps the play alive jones can't hang on they're down to their last play barely getting his hand in there that time is tracy ford watch him just see it at the last minute and strip it out so close for james jones comes down to this play from the eight yard line fourth and goal rogers escaping to his left fires of the end zone batted and incomplete intended for adam's bryce callahan boy he's had a nice night rookie free agent played at rice has done a job and the chicago bears heavy underdogs will have come into lambeau field on the night that brett favre gets his number retired and pulled off pretty stunning upset unbelievable here we go there's devonta adams right there it's just gonna work his way down in beyond the goal line and there's callahan all over him you know the little movement the little scrambles you hope your receivers make some sort of a break back to you obviously you can't come out of the end zone but there was room to come back to the ball but the high delivery really gave no opportunity right there these defensive backs they should celebrate they've had a great night a kneel down we'll end it and i'll tell you dessert tasted real good tonight for the minnesota vikings they can now control the nfc north because they go to atlanta on sunday and if they win that they're back up on top in the division and so for aaron rodgers and the green bay packers they've now lost for their last five they seem to have had everything together last week played their best game of the season in minnesota cutler and the bears come in and pull off the new papa yeah a little special gift for the baby final pass of the game aaron rodgers gets it away batted away and for mr john fox in his first year as the head coach of the chicago bears a very nice thanksgiving tree volkswagen post game report man players of the game and all of the rest next

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