Things did not start so well for the Packers, though, as they punted on their first possession and the Bears scored first on a short Robbie Gould field goal. On Green Bay’s second drive, Rodgers threw a touchdown to Jones to give the Packers a 7-3 lead.
On the following drive, Chicago drove down inside the 10, but the drive stalled. But on the field goal attempt, Sam Shields was offsides and it gave Chicago a 4th-and-1, and the Bears ended up going for it and Matt Forte picked up the first down. Forte would punch it in from a yard out to give the Bears the lead back.
After the teams traded field goals, Chicago led 13-10 at the half.
Green Bay wasted little time getting the lead back, going 59 yards in six plays to recapture the lead. Ty Montgomery had a 46-yard kickoff return to give the Packers good starting field position. Davante Adams hauled in a 25-yard pass to set up the team with a first and goal, where Rodgers found Jones from a yard out for the leading score.
With the score 17-16 early in the fourth, Green Bay had a clutch drive, ending with Green Bay scoring a touchdown on an Aaron Rodgers to Randall Cobb touchdown to put the Packers ahead by eight.
Most Packers fans were waiting for Jay Cutler to make a costly interception like he has so many times in the past against Green Bay. Packers fans got their wish a little past the halfway point in the fourth quarter as Cutler threw a pick to Clay Matthews, who returned it deep into Bears territory.
Aided by a pass interference penalty, Eddie Lacy delivered the dagger on a 2-yard touchdown run to give the Packers a 31-16 lead. Chicago scored a touchdown with a half a minute left to cut it to a one score game, but Green Bay recovered the onside kick to seal the win.
This game jump started the Packers to a 6-0 record, but stumbled to a 10-6 season and a second place finish in the NFC North.
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