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Feeding Davante: Along with his fourth 100-yard performance of the season, Adams also picked up his fourth touchdown in as many games when Rodgers hit the Pro Bowl receiver in stride on a 29-yard score to get Green Bay on the board in the first quarter.
Adams, lined up in the slot, got a step on Bears nickel cornerback Buster Skrine for the score. With seven catches for 103 yards on Sunday, Adams now has 38 receptions for 410 yards since returning from his turf toe injury against the Los Angeles Chargers last month.
“I basically had a situation where my quarterback and my coach trust me to go out and make a play one-on-one,” Adams said. “Got the coverage that we wanted, so I just had to beat him. Got a pretty good step off the line so he put a perfect ball right over the top of his head.”
Early returns: One week after sparking the Packers’ punt return unit, Tyler Ervin produced the Packers’ longest kickoff return in more than four years late in the first half against the Bears.
Returning from his own 1-yard line, the fourth-year veteran found an opening across the field on a 45-yard return that marked Green Bay’s longest since Jeff Janis’ 70-yard kickoff return against Minnesota on Nov. 22, 2015.
“I’m just out there playing with my instincts,” said Ervin, who also had a punt return for 12 yards. “The guys did a great job blocking up front. I saw a crease on the left and I took it. Luckily, we were able to get some good yards on it.”
Making history: Jones continues to etch his name into the Packers’ record book with another two-TD performance, which moved him past Paul Hornung for fourth-most rushing touchdowns (14) in a season in team history.
With 17 total touchdowns this year, Jones is also tied with receiver Don Hutson (1942) for fourth-most in a season behind Sterling Sharpe, Jim Taylor and Ahman Green. It was Jones’ fourth game this season with multiple rushing TDs, the most by a Packer since Green had four in 2003 and tied for the second most in a season in club history behind only Taylor (five, 1962).
“It means a lot,” Jones said. “Some of the greats to play the game; not only play the game but to play here in Green Bay. That’s an honor to be up there on that list with those names. You see the kind of careers they’ve had … it just means a lot to be up there with those huge names.”
A first for everything: Rushing from the interior on second-and-4, Za'Darius Smith had no idea what had happened behind him as the Packers’ outside linebacker plowed into Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky with 6:40 remaining.
All he heard was the roar of 78,266 at Lambeau Field.
Once Smith turned around, he saw 6-foot-6, 296-pound defensive lineman Dean Lowry returning his first career interception. Lowry bobbled the ball at first but eventually corralled it and returned it seven yards to the Bears’ 33-yard line.
“He threw it right in my hands,” Lowry said. “I kind of dropped it for a second and regained it. I didn’t get that far on the return. He tackled me pretty quickly but it was a great play. We talk all the time about the ball and how much that means to winning games with the turnover margin. It was a huge play in the game.”