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| Jordy Nelson certainly enjoyed having Rodgers back and the defense having to look out for Cobb again, too. The receiver had 10 grabs for 161 yards. |
Cory Puffett
We could not have asked for a more exciting NFC North
Championship game on the final Sunday of the 2013 regular season. The Packers
and Bears fought tooth and nail to the final gun.
Each quarter was ‘won’ by a different team. The Bears took
the first and third quarters while the Packers took the second and fourth.
Aaron Rodgers had missed seven games after being injured
early in Green Bay’s November 4 meeting with Chicago. He injured his collarbone
in that game and the Packers went on to lose 27-20.
Randall Cobb also returned after missing most of the season
on the Injured Reserve-designated to return list.
Rodgers, like Cutler a few weeks ago in his return, started rusty. But he finished with a solid game,
throwing for more than 300 yards and two touchdowns. Cobb had just two
receptions but they went for 55 yards and two touchdowns. How about that?
Green Bay also had a nice game on the ground as James Starks
and Eddie Lacy combined for 121 yards on 32 carries. Lacy had a touchdown run
on an impressive cutback and Rodgers did a little dirty work delivering a block
to help Lacy get the edge.
Jarrett Boykin also had a touchdown for Green Bay when he
recovered an Aaron Rodgers fumble and ran it in for the touchdown.
Chicago struggled in the final stretch of this season. After
a narrow overtime win against Baltimore in mid-November, the Bears went just
2-4 in their final six games.
Green Bay battled through a quarterback carousel after
Rodgers went down against Chicago, going 0-4-1 in a five-game stretch that
included that game against the Bears. But once they brought back matt Flynn,
the Packers were able to keep their season afloat, winning two of three games
before Rodgers was able to return and deliver Green Bay a playoff birth.
With both Rodgers and Cobb back, and a home game next week,
Green Bay is definitely a dangerous team this postseason. For Chicago, after
Josh McCown did such a great job in place of Jay Cutler, their fans have to be
frustrated. It will be interesting to see what they decide to do at the
quarterback position this offseason with McCown planning to retire.
Final Score:
Green Bay Packers – 33
Chicago Bears – 28
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