Bears Vs. Packers: Lance Briggs And Brian Urlacher Get A Fortuitous Fumble Out Of James Jones

For the second time in as many Monday night games, the football has stubbornly managed to stay in bounds on a crucial fumble. Last week, it was a Phillip Adams’ muffed punt that refused to go out of bounds and doomed the 49ers. Tonight, it was a James Jones fumble at midfield forced by Bears linebackers Lance Briggs and Brian Urlacher that just skirted the sideline long enough for Tim Jennings to make the recovery.

It was almost for naught. On the Bears second offensive play after the fumble, Cutler was almost intercepted by Nick Collins on a pass over the middle. It was a night where Cutler was lucky not to have thrown multiple interceptions. Two of them were overturned by penalties. On that play, it simply slipped out of Collins’ hands into the Soldier Field grass. From there, the Packers had no better chance to stop Chicago from putting the game away.

Nevertheless, Cutler and the Bears did just enough to win, while the Packers killed themselves over and over again with costly penalties. On the whole, Green Bay committed 17 penalties for 152 yards.