OT: NFL Green Bay comes back big against Chicago
Aaron Rodgers pulls a Paul Pierce and comes back from what appeared to be a if injury to win after the Packers find themselves in a 20 - 0 3rd qtr hole.
I'm not a Packers fan but you have to tip your cap when you see excellence at work. It was a very entertaining game.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:39 PM ^
Largest ever 4th quarter come back by the Packers. Impressive.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:40 PM ^
Lol my fantasy opponent had Rodgers and Adams... I need a drink
September 9th, 2018 at 11:42 PM ^
I had Rodgers on my team. I was sweating at halftime.
September 10th, 2018 at 1:23 AM ^
Me too! Luckily he also had Doug Baldwin, LeSean McCoy, and the Chargers D. I was up about 70 points before they went off. Even better, I didn't have anyone go off like crazy, I just had good days from all of my starters. Now I just have to rely on a kicker to not score him 30 points and I will be fine.
I had a decent week for losing McKinnon literally MINUTES after I drafted him this year.
September 10th, 2018 at 1:58 AM ^
I drafted Le'Veon Bell Monday night. I've been drinking since Tuesday afternoon.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:41 PM ^
I quit fantasy football for a few years. Decided to give it a try again this year. Had a huge lead and the last guy my buddy had playing was Randall Cobb. I remember why I quit now.
September 10th, 2018 at 1:17 PM ^
I got Cobb'd too.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:41 PM ^
I'm glad I turned the game back on and saw the 4th quarter
September 9th, 2018 at 11:44 PM ^
How many people wake up tomorrow and ask WTF?
September 10th, 2018 at 1:14 AM ^
Staee fans surely did.
September 10th, 2018 at 7:07 AM ^
I was one of them. Went to bed at the end of the 3rd quarter.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:49 PM ^
Called it as soon as Rodgers came back in the second half. Just like watching Lloyd. That game against Purdue in the year 2000 comes to mind.
September 9th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
Trubisky looks like Sam Bradford where he can only throw the ball for a average of 3 yards and if his first read isn't open he scrambles
September 10th, 2018 at 10:18 AM ^
Complete panic job. He looked flustered and rattled on those last two drives - passes all over the place except in the receivers' hands and deer in the headlights look every time the rush came at him.
Kind of reminded me of Russell Bellomy vs. Nebraska in 2012. Painful
September 9th, 2018 at 11:58 PM ^
Khalil Mack turned in a great game and looks to be a handful in the NFC North. Bears paid a hefty price to get him and made that front 7 look good for most of the game. Bears need to scrap the Mitch Trubisky project though. He can’t make the correct reads quick enough.
September 10th, 2018 at 5:11 AM ^
Weren't they up by 20 in the 1st half? Sounds like the Bears defense fell asleep. He looked good when I was watching, and it's just his 1st game of his second year.
September 10th, 2018 at 9:13 AM ^
Bears were up 20-0 because Mack had a pick 6 (along with a sack, FF, and F Rec).
The Bears offense couldn't do much against a better, but still not good GB defense.
Not saying Trubisky isn't capable of being good, but Chicago has 2 good backs and picked up Allen Robinson this year and still couldn't really do anything when it mattered. He was 22/35 for 171 yards and no TDs. That's not exactly good when GB has 2 rookie CBs playing. The RBs had over 5 YPC.
September 10th, 2018 at 8:19 AM ^
"...scrap the Mitch Trubisky project..."
After 13 games, 12 as a rookie?
Knee-jerk reaction.
September 10th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
Career qb rating of 77.5, completion% of 60% when only averaging 6.5yd/comp and 181.8yd/game. Oh, and 7td/7int/6fumb.
I understand that it’s the first game of the second season for him and you can’t draft a new qb today. However, you would expect more out of a franchise qb when you’ve made upgrades to the offense across the board. Also a full offseason to learn the playbook, get more reps in with your skill players, learn to make the correct reads, and work on mechanics and pocket presence. I didn’t see it in the preseason or the first game.
Currently, Trubisky looks like a lower 1/3 starting qb at best. He has a hard time making more than 2 reads, thinks that he can muscle the ball in small windows, hold onto the ball too long when he locks in on a matchup, and panicks and bails out of the pocket. (Sound familiar JOK fans? Not a direct comparison but within the settings of college/nfl.) I see a few backups in the nfl that I believe can do the same or slightly better with less money. McCown, Bridgewater, Fitzpatrick, Hoyer to name a few.
September 11th, 2018 at 8:05 AM ^
I’m not saying Mitch is going to be a franchise QB but the guy has not even started a full season in the nfl and just played his first game at Green Bay with a new coach and new system. Maybe pump the breaks on scrapping the project on him probably needs to play a bit more before that decision is made ya think
September 10th, 2018 at 12:15 AM ^
Someone fell on Rodgers leg. He walked off, iirc, and then decided or the team decided to look at leg in locker room. Instead of walking to locker room, he rode on cart.
Seems media is playing this as his leg was hanging by a thread. He was carted off the field. He came back to win the game in the most extraordinary feat in sports history. Drama queens.
The game was exciting enough without all their bullshit. Great comeback win.
Pro football is good, but nothing like Saturdays for me.
September 10th, 2018 at 10:16 AM ^
I agree there is some embellished media gushing involved, but he was indeed hopping around a lot, as if he was in pain and/or the knee felt stiff. It'll be interesting to see what the actual diagnosis is. Probably a sprain/strain I would guess, but who knows, it could be a partially torn ligament that he played on.
But it wasn't Byron Leftwich playing with a broken leg being carried down the field. Now THAT was something:
September 10th, 2018 at 12:52 AM ^
I hated being a Bears fan tonight. Just had that sinking feeling, especially when Fuller dropped the pic. Smh. Just like the game vs. OSU last year. Argh.
September 10th, 2018 at 2:27 AM ^
I mean I feel for you, SRK, that was a gutting way to lose. But that game is similar to OSU in the same way taking a baseball in the chest and getting hit by a speeding truck are similar because they both hurt.
September 10th, 2018 at 1:01 AM ^
Bears looked better than Green Bay, especially if Rodgers is out for any length of time. That leg could lock up now that he doesn't have the adrenaline pumping. Better for the Lions that Green Bay pulled it out. Maybe the NFC will suck and they can get one of those coveted 7-9 wild card spots?
September 10th, 2018 at 2:20 PM ^
Wasn't the 7-9 team (teams?) division champs?
September 10th, 2018 at 1:35 AM ^
Nagy had some nice looks drawn up early for Bears offense but doesn't appear he has a full playbook installed yet. Removing Howard and passing out of shotgun on 3rd and 1 in the RZ with a chance to put things away was bad. And even with only a 20-17 point lead I was thinking he should go for it on 4th there.
Credit to Rodgers. The guy is a winner and put together the biggest comeback in franchise history on a gimpy leg in a rivalry game. Packers have really failed him over the years by not spending on FAs.
September 10th, 2018 at 3:24 AM ^
Nice to see that the Bears are very Lion like.
September 10th, 2018 at 5:27 AM ^
meanwhile the lions are looking at what the bears did last night, and in preparation for tonight's game against the jets are telling us lions fans, 'hold my/our beer(s)....'
September 10th, 2018 at 7:31 AM ^
I’ve been dealing with Rodgers (and Favre before) doing things like this to the Bears my entire life. But this one hurt real, real bad. You’d think that as a Michigan/Bears/Cubs fan I would learn never to get my hopes up, but I haven’t. I am completely defeated.
September 10th, 2018 at 7:48 AM ^
Bears fan here, just brutal. Rodgers is the best QB in the league. That team is a below 500 4 or 5 win team without him. It’s been rough for a long time kind of rough for for both my teams to be honest. But it was nice to see the bears actually play good football for the first time in a decade, a lot promise at least and a wide receiver or two that can actually get open and catch a pass.
September 10th, 2018 at 9:48 AM ^
The best QB in the NFL is Tom Brady. Rodgers is in the top five though for sure.
September 10th, 2018 at 11:47 AM ^
The greatest player in NFL history is Tom Brady.
Aaron Rodgers however, is the most talented QB of all time.
Claiming Rodgers to be Top 5 makes me think you are an irrational hater, its not even that close to #2. People that don't even watch football will tune into to see him play because he is so obviously on another level.
September 11th, 2018 at 8:07 AM ^
Brady is the GOAT, but the best QB in the game right now is Rodgers and it really bothers me to say that
September 10th, 2018 at 8:18 AM ^
My wife - Chicago native and Bears fan - went to bed at halftime.
I didn't tell her until this morning. She plans on spending the morning quietly stewing apparently.
September 10th, 2018 at 8:20 AM ^
The bears won for a night
September 10th, 2018 at 8:53 AM ^
When Brett Favre heard that Aaron Rodgers went down last night.....
September 10th, 2018 at 9:40 AM ^
Don't worry. The Vikings will finish Rodgers off for the season next week.
September 10th, 2018 at 12:58 PM ^
Bears were up 3 with a couple minutes to go. Had a 4 and 1 from the Packer 10 (or something like that). Took the field goal to go up 6 but with 2 minutes to go.
Very stupid decision. Would have won the game by making a first down.
September 10th, 2018 at 1:25 PM ^
Rodgers is very, very good.
But... that last TD was mostly Cobb, not Rodgers. And the play before Rodgers threw it directly at the CB who dropped the game-winning INT.
But you know... Rodgers is the greatest ever. OMG Rodgers.