Daily Times (Primos, PA)

THURSDAY’S GAME

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CHICAGO (1-5) AT GREEN BAY (3-2)

Thursday, 8:25 p.m., CBS, NFL Network Packers by 10½ Bears lead 94-92-6 Bears beat Packers Nov. 26, 2015 WR Ty Montgomery career-high 10 catches for 98 yards last week. Packers also line up Montgomery in backfield at times, so role could expand with injuries to RBs Eddie Lacy and James Starks. Montgomery fumbled twice last week, losing one. Teams meeting for 193rd time in NFL’s oldest rivalry, going back to 1921. ... Thanksgivi­ng night win last year by Bears snapped Packers’ four-game series winning streak and spoiled return

OPENING LINE: SERIES: LAST MEETING:

17-13,

FANTASY TIP: ETC.:

of former Green Bay quarterbac­k Brett Favre to Lambeau Field . ... Bears are among last in league in scoring (16.8 points), 25th in red zone offense (47.4 percent) . ... Brian Hoyer first Bears QB to throw at least 300 yards passing in four straight games . ... RB Jordan Howard second among NFL rookies with 303 yards rushing . ... WR Cameron Meredith with 20 catches, 243 yards past two games . ... OL Josh Sitton, released by Packers before season opener, has ankle injury . ... DE Akiem Hicks has sack in two of past three games . ... Packers offense first in league in third-down conversion­s (49.3 percent) . ... QB Aaron Rodgers 20th in league in passer rating (88.4). ... Rodgers has 14 TDs and 127.0 rating in past four meetings against Chicago.

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