Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers: Everything it’s essential know in regards to the Week 2 sport earlier than kickoff

Chicago Bears defensive finish Robert Quinn said the group’s mentality for his or her “Sunday Night Football” assembly with the Green Bay Packers in 5 phrases: “Last week is last week.”

The Packers might have made expensive errors of their 23-7 loss to the Minnesota Vikings in Week 1. But the Bears are getting ready for the standard problem at Lambeau Field towards their NFC North rivals, who’ve received six straight and 11 of the final 12 conferences.

“I’m sure they’ve got a little chip on their shoulder coming off a loss,” Quinn mentioned. “We’re not really concerned about them. We’re concerned about ourselves and what we have to do to win the game. They took a loss, and we won last week. But last week is last week. We’ve just got to prepare for this week and see if we can keep something great going in this locker room.”

So a lot about this sport is in Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers’ ingredient. He had a 113.8 passer ranking in eight residence begins final 12 months, owns a 109.1 ranking in Sunday night time video games and has a 141.5 ranking in his final 4 begins towards the Bears, in response to the NFL.

And after not throwing a landing cross final week as he adjusts to taking part in with out huge receiver Davante Adams, Rodgers may get some offensive assist with the potential returns of offensive linemen David Bakhtiari and Elgton Jenkins and huge receiver Allen Lazard, who all missed the opener.

Meanwhile, the Bears try to construct on their scrappy 19-10 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Week 1, once they scored three second-half touchdowns for the win. But quarterback Justin Fields wish to get off to a greater begin this time.

“We know that that’s not the product that they wanted to put on the field or put on tape,” Bears quarterback Justin Fields mentioned. “We know this week they’re going to come with something to prove, just because they didn’t have the game they wanted to have last week. We’re prepared for that. They’re probably not going to make as many mistakes as they did last week, so we’re just going to have to come out with a fast start and just put points on the board.”

Injury report

The Bears listed rookie huge receiver/returner Velus Jones Jr. as uncertain to play as he continues to cope with a nagging hamstring harm that stored him out of the opener.

The Packers might be more healthy than they have been within the opener. Offensive linemen David Bakhtiari (knee), Elgton Jenkins (knee) and Jon Runyan (concussion) and huge receiver Allen Lazard (ankle) all have been listed as questionable to play. Jenkins participated in Friday’s follow in full, whereas the opposite three have been restricted.

Luke Getsy’s confidence

When the Chicago Bears left the sector at halftime of Sunday’s season opener towards the San Francisco 49ers down 7-0, the offensive coaches and gamers didn’t have quite a lot of optimistic stats to debate on the wet day.

The Bears didn’t attain 49ers territory till there have been 2 minutes, 17 seconds left within the second quarter and even on that drive didn’t get factors due to an odd towel penalty on a field-goal try. Bears quarterback Justin Fields had accomplished 3 of 9 passes for 19 yards with an interception and a 2.8 passer ranking. The Bears had 68 internet offensive yards, and no huge receiver or tight finish had a catch.

Yet because the Bears regrouped within the locker room for what would turn out to be a 19-point second half in a comeback win, Fields noticed physique language from offensive coordinator Luke Getsy that “brought everybody (to) their feet.”

Getsy was smiling. Read more here.

Will Aaron Rodgers rebound from a nasty Week 1?

It was music to Aaron Rodgers’ ears.

The four-time MVP quarterback has been impressed with Watson’s burst and figured it will be cool to offer the newcomer from North Dakota State an opportunity to start out his NFL profession with some sizzle.

“We had talked about it. ‘Do you really want to start off with a bomb shot?’” Rodgers mentioned. “I said, ‘Yeah. What the hell? Why not? Ya know? This kid can really fly. Let’s give him a chance.’”

By now, everyone knows what occurred when that imaginative and prescient didn’t go as deliberate. Read more here.

Miss something this week? Catch up earlier than kickoff (7:20 p.m., NBC-5).

Arlington Heights newest

Concerns over visitors, noise, property taxes, the influence on faculties and the village’s thriving downtown, topped the record of considerations expressed by a half dozen Arlington Heights residents Monday night time a few proposed Chicago Bears stadium and group improvement on the Arlington Park Racecourse property.

In a particular assembly of the Arlington Heights Village Board, assembly as a Committee-of-the-Whole Monday night time within the theater at Forest View Educational Center, village workers offered an summary of the village’s discussions with the Chicago Bears group officers relating to the group’s plans for Arlington Park. Staff additionally outlined subsequent steps within the course of. Read more here.

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