After celebrating a Week 1 victory in a monsoon, the Chicago Bears reached dry land and dug up demons of defeat in Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers on Sunday Night.
That didn’t last long. The feeling of joy that the worst team in the league title didn’t apply. The feeling of the Chicago Bears scoring a big upset.
That came to a halt on Sunday Night Football, as their owner, er, Aaron Rodgers, merely did what he does best, beat the Bears and “own them.” Also, Jaire Alexander had plenty of reason to talk, and the same could not be said for Trevis Gipson. Both essentially guaranteed wins for their team, but one gets to be right, and the other doesn’t.
Green Bay’s 27-10 victory moves them to 1-1 on the year, the same as the Bears, but now Chicago is behind due to the tiebreaker. It seems like a normal feeling, doesn’t it? Losing to Green Bay and having that lingering cloud of misery hanging over them?
It was anything but glorious. It was a colossal atrocity. A walking abomination. A walking embarrassment. A disgrace of the highest order. It was, as Jeff Schlegel calls it, #BEARSFOOTBALL.
So much for the Week 1 feel-good vibes. So much for wanting to send a message to Bart Scott and the rest of the analysts who continued the narrative that the Bears would be the worst team in the league.
They get to bask in the glory of being right. The Bears? They will hear it all through the plane ride back and for as long as the narrative continues to marinate.
The Chicago Bears can’t escape the ghosts of Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers.
Green Bay came out strong on their opening drive, but late issues stalled them, forcing a field goal. Chicago, meanwhile, didn’t look bad early, taking a 7-3 lead thanks to Bears quarterback Justin Fields scoring on a bootleg. From then on, it was all Green and Gold in the first half, scoring 21 straight to take a 24-7 lead into the half.
The second half was merely a slugfest as both teams scored one field goal each. Still, Green Bay was doing the partying, and Chicago didn’t show much resistance and retaliation.
Fields finished the night 7/11 for 70 yards, zero passing touchdowns, and an interception, with a rushing touchdown. Seriously. David Montgomery registered 122 yards on 15 carries with zero touchdowns. Former Packer turned Bears Equanimeous St. Brown had two catches for 39 yards while Darnell Mooney was virtually a no show.
In contrast, Rodgers had a nice reprieve from a Week 1 struggle against Minnesota, going 19/25 for 234 yards and two touchdowns. Aaron Jones joined in on the fun, catching, and rushing for a touchdown while running for 132 yards. AJ Dillon had 61 yards on the ground. Allen Lazard had two catches for 13 yards and a touchdown, and Sammy Watkins had three for 93 yards.
Speaking of #BEARSFOOTBALL, can someone please explain what was going on with the Bears’ defense? They, unlike Green Bay’s defense, looked nothing like the unit that had a blast in the rain a week ago. Green Bay’s troops, meanwhile, evolved from a starter to a fully evolved form in a week, and it took the Rare Candy of the Bears to speed up the process (Pokémon reference).
What else is new? Chicago loses, and Green Bay wins. It’s the same old story year in and year out, and it doesn’t look like that’s going to change. Let’s just see if this group shows any fight against Lovie Smith and the Houston Texans next week.