Rodgers, Packers try to stop skid, extend streak over Bears

LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers turned toward the crowd after scrambling for a dagger touchdown at Soldier Field last year and landed a verbal haymaker for good measure.

"I still own you! I still own you!" he screamed.

Rodgers will get a chance to show again that he still owns Chicago when the Green Bay Packers visit the Bears on Sunday.

"WGN was one of the few channels we had on our TV, so I grew up watching Cubs games and Bulls games, so I've been a fan of Chicago sports for a while," he said. "I have a lot of respect for the city and the legacy of excellence that the team and the region has."

Rodgers also has a knack for sticking it to the Bears. And he has done it more than a few times at Soldier Field.

There was a win in the 2011 NFC championship game en route to the Super Bowl 45 championship and that meeting in 2016 when the Bears rallied from 17 down in the fourth quarter to tie it. The Packers came out on top 30-27 when Rodgers hit Jordy Nelson with a 60-yard pass to set up Mason Crosby's field goal as time expired.

As for where last year ranks on his list of big moments at Soldier Field? Rodgers puts it nowhere near the top.

"It's not even the top five," he said.

Rodgers has owned the Bears throughout his career, with a 24-5 record against them, counting the playoffs. The NFL's oldest rivalry has been a one-sided affair in recent years with Green Bay winning seven straight.

The Packers (4-8) are banking on that to continue with their playoff hopes hanging by a thread. They've dropped seven of eight after losing 40-33 to NFC Eastleading Philadelphia last week.

Rodgers exited that game with a rib injury. He also has been playing with a broken right thumb he suffered on the final play of a 27-22 loss to the New York Giants in London on Oct. 9.