Packers, Jay Cutler Help Green Bay Beat Bears, 23-10

Even so, Woodson can be forgiven for his slight on Jay, because he has not seen the of best Cutler over the course of his career. As noted by ESPN Stats, Cutler is just 1-7 against the Packers, with eight touchdown passes, 16 interceptions and 28 sacks.

The Bears and Packers will meet again during the regular season in Week 15 at Soldier Field.

The Packers led the Bears 3-0 with 1:50 remaining in the first half. They lined up for a 45 yard field goal in the hopes of pushing the lead to 6-0 entering halftime.

Here’s a snapshot of how the Packers executed the play that broke the game wide open.

Fans who tuned in were treated to a defensive show from the Packers’ Clay Matthews, who finished the game with 3.5 sacks. The Packers also turned in an exciting 27-yard fake field goal touchdown in the 23-10 victory over the Bears.

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It was a nightmare scenario come true for the Bears, and one fan on the Bears blog Windy City Gridiron put it in these terms:

Take a look at the critical tweets of Cutler in the link. He was awful and heard it from the pundits. He somehow manages to have many bad games against the Packers.

That interception put Cutler’s QB rating at a stunning 8.6.

Maybe watching Driver, who knows a thing or two about dancing, celebrate in the end zone would make Cutler feel better.

Check out Cobb’s 28-yard run.

Watch it again for good measure and imagine Yakety Sax playing in your head ... because it’s in speedy motion, get it?

On 2nd-and-16, rookie defensive end Shea McClellin eased his way around the left tackle and sacked Rodgers for a 10-yard loss. On the next play, Rodgers watched the ball slip out of his hand. Things got really concerning for the Packers and their fans when he went down on his right arm and his hand.

Here’s the sack the play before that one.

Also sitting out will be running back James Starks, who is dealing with a case of turf toe. However, he could be “part of the plan” next week, according to head coach Mike McCarthy (via Packers beat writer Tyler Dunne).

Kickoff is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET from Lambeau Field.

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That leaves a hole in Chicago’s secondary, but it also leaves the Bears lacking on special teams. The Pro Bowl corner was a key blocker on the Bears’ punt-return team, matching up with the opposing gunner.

Tillman is entering his 10th year in the league, all of which were played with Chicago. He picked up three interceptions and 12 passes defended in the 2011 season.

Week 2 in the NFL gets started with the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers on the first edition of Thursday Night Football of the year. That isn’t the only big game of the week though -- the Jets visit the Steelers, the Eagles host the Ravens and the Falcons and Broncos will meet on Monday Night Football. Below, we attempt to accurately predict those, and every NFL game this week.

What a Thursday night opener. This is one of the best games of the year with two teams that have plans to make a deep playoff run. The Packers lost last week and I can’t imagine them going 0-2 on the season. Aaron Rodgers is too good, with or without Greg Jennings.

The 2012 NFL season is in full swing and entering its second week of action. Things always seem a little off between the first two weeks of the season as trends have yet to really establish themselves. Also gone is the excitement of kickoff weekend, when every game on the schedule looks interesting.

In our continuing efforts to help fans choose the most efficient routes for their football consumption, here’s an ordered list of the NFL games worth watching in Week 2.

After opening as 4-point favorites, the point spreads have swelled in the Packers’ favor and are now at 6 points on most sites, even 7 on others. Although, considering the gap in the quality of each team’s first opponent, it’s not especially surprising that the Bears are considered underdogs for Thursday’s game.

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For Chicago, they would like to do nothing more than make a statement early in the year against the reigning division champions. As for Green Bay, the very last thing they want is to fall into an early 0-2 hole to begin the season.

Kickoff from Lambeau Field is scheduled for 8:20 p.m. ET on Thursday, Sept. 13. NFL Network will televise the game live.

As Schefter notes, Jennings is a tough player, but it’s too early in the season to potentially risk his health:

The injury doesn’t sound especially serious, but with the Packers having only a few days between last Sunday’s game against San Francisco and Thursday’s game against Chicago, it appears that they’re erring on the side of caution with one of their key playmakers. Last week, Jennings caught five passes for 34 yards against the 49ers.

Green Bay opened as 4-point favorites, but were quickly bet up to -7 at one shop (and it sits around -6 at most sportsbooks tracked by OddsShark.com). But as tempting as the point spread may be (and historically the Packers cover it against the Bears as their 7-2 ATS mark indicates), it’s the total that has attracted the most handicapping interest.

“Eight of the last nine meetings have played UNDER the total and the only exception was the Christmas Day game in 2011,” said Jack Randall, whose site provides the NFL odds to SBNation. “Still, a lot of the early totals wagering is on the OVER, according to our consensus data.”