Rodgerspasses Packers over bumbling Bears
GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers keep finding ways to win despite more key injuries.
The Chicago Bears never recovered from a miserable start by quarterback Mike Glennon.
Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes as the injury-riddled Packers converted three turnovers into scores in a 35-14 rout of the mistake-prone Bears on 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 periods.
“We knew were going to get into a grind of a game. The turnovers were huge for us,” coach Mike Mccarthy said.
The Packers (3-1) lost two more key players to injuries. Adams left 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.
“This was a big character win for us,” Rodgers said. “It’s been a next-man-up, no-excuses policy.”
Rodgers was 18 of 26 for 179 yards. He picked apart the Bears (1-3) on short, quick passes, a game plan in part necessitated by a patchwork offensive line. The Packers played without starting tackles David Bakhtiari and Bryan Bulaga, and their three backup tackles are already on injured reserve.
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.