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Injury-riddled Packers beat mistake-prone Bears

Green Bay Packers' helmets before an NFL football game against the Chicago Bears in Chicago, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast


GENARO C. ARMAS, AP Sports Writer

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw four touchdown passes, and the injury-riddled Green Bay Packers converted three turnovers into scores in an eventful 35-14 victory over the mistake-prone Chicago Bears on Thursday night.

Rodgers connected with Davante Adams and Randall Cobb on short touchdown passes to help build a 21-0 lead in the second quarter of a game delayed 45 minutes between the first two quarters because of lightning. The Packers overpowered the Bears down the stretch to slog out a win as intermittent rain fell at Lambeau Field.

The Packers lost two more key players to injuries. Adams left the field on a stretcher after getting hit in the head during a tackle by Danny Trevathan in the third quarter. Running back Ty Montgomery was knocked out in the first quarter with a chest injury.

But the Packers capitalized on an awful start by Bears quarterback Mike Glennon, who accounted for four turnovers.

 

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