Piecemeal Packers pick apart the Bears

Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes and the injury-riddled Green Bay Packers converted three turnovers into scores in an eventful 35-14 victory over the mistake-prone Chicago Bears Thursday night.

Rodgers connected with Davante Adams and Randall Cobb on short touchdown passes to help build a 21-0 lead in the second quarter of a game delayed 45 minutes by lightning between the first two quarters. The Packers overpowered the Bears down the stretch to slog out a win as intermittent rain fell at Lambeau Field.

The Packers lost two more key players to injuries. Adams left the field on a stretcher after getting hit in the head during a tackle by Danny Trevathan in the third quarter. Running back Ty Montgomery was knocked out in the first quarter with a chest injury.

But the Packers capitalized on an awful start by Bears quarterback Mike Glennon, who accounted for four turnovers.

Glennon fumbled on his first snap on a strip sack by Clay Matthews. Rodgers hit Cobb for a twoyard touchdown pass three plays later for a 7-0 lead.

The rout was on. Rodgers was 18 of 26 for 179 yards. He picked apart the Bears on short, quick passes, a game plan in part necessitated by a patchwork offensive line.

The injury to Adams cast a pall late in the third quarter. The game was delayed for about five minutes while medical personnel tended to the receiver, who gave a thumbsup signal as he was wheeled off the field. The Packers said Adams was conscious and taken to a hospital for evaluation for possible head and neck injuries and that he had feeling in all of his extremities.