Is this thing still on? Da Bears!
9th straight win vs. Bears. Delicious Bears tears...
CHICAGO – With a 24-5 record in the ancient rivalry, Aaron Rodgers owned the Chicago Bears. On Sunday, Jordan Love did, too.
The Green Bay Packers’ first-year starting quarterback won his debut performance. Backed by two big catches by Aaron Jones and a superior defensive performance, the Packers rolled to their ninth consecutive victory in the series.
Love wasn’t great. Nor was Rodgers in his debut, though. Love finished 15-of-27 passing for 245 yards with three touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 123.2 passer rating. But he moved the chains on third down and avoided turnovers – two parts of what’s typically a winning recipe.
“It feels great. It feels great,” Love said. “It’s definitely been a long time coming for me, three years as a backup. Just watching, learning and growing, seeing this team work, it feels good to be out there leading those guys and be out there playing with them finally and coming out with a dub [win] is just what we wanted.”
Love threw touchdown passes of 8 and 4 yards to Romeo Doubs and a 35-yarder on a screen to Jones.
“A lot of poise. Jordan’s been like that since I got in last year,” Doubs said. “I thought he did really good today. I know he knows, just like I do, you’ve got to keep building on that.”
Love had four completions of 30-plus yards: 51 yards on screen to Jones, the 35-yarder to Jones on a short pass on fourth-and-3, 37 yards to Luke Musgrave on a busted coverage following a fumble and 30 yards to Jayden Reed to set up a field goal before halftime.