There really isn’t much to say. The Chicago Bears came out hot against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. They built a 20-0 lead, the defense was dominant and the offense had a hot hand. Then they tried to sit on it in the second half, Aaron Rodgers got hot and the rest is history. Green Bay came back to win 24-23.
There were plenty of missed opportunities in that game for Chicago, but there were two in particular that likely cost them the game. Both came in the 4th quarter. The Bears were mounting a terrific drive deep in Packers territory. It was nearing the two-minute warning and they had it 3rd and 2. Jordan Howard had been killing Green Bay the entire drive.
He’d gained 11 yards on the previous play. All the Bears had to two was give him the ball again. Instead, Matt Nagy got cute and called a pass play. It fell incomplete intended for Anthony Miller. Chicago settled for a field goal to make it 23-17. Every Bears fan in the building and at home knew that wasn’t going to be enough. Not with Rodgers red hot.
Yet that somehow wasn’t the biggest missed opportunity.
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Here's the play by Kyle Fuller that could've won the game for the #Bears, just before the Cobb touchdown, he dropped the INT by Aaron Rodgerspic.twitter.com/ES7L5wWxm6
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) September 10, 2018
Kyle Fuller dropped interception sealed the Bears’ fate
As frustrating as everybody was by the play calling, there’s no question the game would’ve been put away had Kyle Fuller caught a pass that was thrown right to him. It was right there. Rodgers put it right in his gut and Fuller dropped it. Afterwards, it was plain as day on his face that he’d blown the only chance the Packers were going to give them.
Two plays later Rodgers hit Randall Cobb for a 75-yard touchdown to win it. Everybody saw that coming. They felt it coming. You never, ever give a future Hall of Fame quarterback second chances. The Bears still haven’t learned this lesson after over 25 years of enduring Brett Favre and now Rodgers.
With that said, it’s a long season. There are 15 games left to play and Chicago showed signs of progress amidst the pain of the collapse. They must focus on the positives, correct the negatives and not let this game define their season.
