THE GREEN BAY Packers kept their hopes of winning the NFC North alive with a thorough dismantling of the Chicago Bears last night.
Aaron Rodgers threw six first half touchdowns – matching the NFL record for most in a half – as Green Bay led the seemingly ‘don’t care’ Bears by 42 points to no score at the half.
The Packers quarterback completed 18 of his 27 pass attempts for 315 yards with Jordy Nelson (2), Randall Cobb, Eddie Lacy, Brandon Bostick and Andrew Quarless all on the receiving end of touchdown throws.
Indeed, Rodgers was so effective he was able to sit out most of the second half of the 190th meeting in the NFL’s oldest rivalry as the Packers improve to 6-3 while the 3-6 Bears have now lost five of their last six games.
Elsewhere Tony Romo made sure that “America’s Team” left an impression in London on Sunday, shrugging off a back injury to lead Dallas to a 31-17 NFL victory over Jacksonville at Wembley Stadium.
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He completed 20 of 27 passes for 246 yards and three touchdowns — two of them caught by Dez Bryant. Jason Witten also made a touchdown catch and DeMarco Murray ran for 100 yards as the Cowboys headed back Stateside pleased with their trans-Atlantic adventure.
Despite concerns over Romo’s injury, the Cowboys’ victory over the struggling Jags — who fell to 1-9 — was no shock.
The upset of the day belonged to the New York Jets, who snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 20-13 victory over Pittsburgh.
“Finally,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said. “Golly, that felt great.”
Arizona’s prospects of boosting their league-leading record looked dim when quarterback Carson Palmer exited with a left knee injury with the Cardinals trailing St. Louis in the fourth quarter.
But Arizona rallied around backup Drew Stanton and scored two defensive touchdowns for a 31-14 victory that took the Cardinals’ record to 8-1 for the first time since 1948, when the club was based in Chicago.
The Saints suffered a rare defeat in New Orleans, where Phil Dawson’s 35-yard field goal with 5:14 left in overtime completed a stirring San Francisco rally that saw the 49ers notch a 27-14 triumph. The Saints felt they’d won the game with a ‘Hail Mary’ as time expired but Jimmy Graham was penalised for offensive pass interference.
Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Theo Riddick with 29 seconds remaining to lift the Lions to a 20-16 triumph over Miami.
Jamaal Charles and Alex Smith both ran for touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Kansas City rallied for a 17-13 victory over the Bills in Buffalo and in Tampa, Matt Ryan’s TD pass to Roddy White in the fourth quarter helped Atlanta to a 27-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It was a prolific night for Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning as well. Manning threw five touchdown passes to lead Denver to a 41-17 victory over Oakland.
Super Bowl champions Seattle got it done on the ground in a 38-17 victory over the New York Giants.
Marshawn Lynch led the Seahawks scoring four touchdowns, accounting for 140 of Seattle’s club-record 350 rushing yards.
While in Baltimore, Justin Forsett rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns as the Ravens defeated Tennessee 21-7.
Packers maul Bears while America's Team wins in London
THE GREEN BAY Packers kept their hopes of winning the NFC North alive with a thorough dismantling of the Chicago Bears last night.
Aaron Rodgers threw six first half touchdowns – matching the NFL record for most in a half – as Green Bay led the seemingly ‘don’t care’ Bears by 42 points to no score at the half.
The Packers quarterback completed 18 of his 27 pass attempts for 315 yards with Jordy Nelson (2), Randall Cobb, Eddie Lacy, Brandon Bostick and Andrew Quarless all on the receiving end of touchdown throws.
Indeed, Rodgers was so effective he was able to sit out most of the second half of the 190th meeting in the NFL’s oldest rivalry as the Packers improve to 6-3 while the 3-6 Bears have now lost five of their last six games.
Elsewhere Tony Romo made sure that “America’s Team” left an impression in London on Sunday, shrugging off a back injury to lead Dallas to a 31-17 NFL victory over Jacksonville at Wembley Stadium.
He completed 20 of 27 passes for 246 yards and three touchdowns — two of them caught by Dez Bryant. Jason Witten also made a touchdown catch and DeMarco Murray ran for 100 yards as the Cowboys headed back Stateside pleased with their trans-Atlantic adventure.
Despite concerns over Romo’s injury, the Cowboys’ victory over the struggling Jags — who fell to 1-9 — was no shock.
The upset of the day belonged to the New York Jets, who snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 20-13 victory over Pittsburgh.
“Finally,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said. “Golly, that felt great.”
Arizona’s prospects of boosting their league-leading record looked dim when quarterback Carson Palmer exited with a left knee injury with the Cardinals trailing St. Louis in the fourth quarter.
But Arizona rallied around backup Drew Stanton and scored two defensive touchdowns for a 31-14 victory that took the Cardinals’ record to 8-1 for the first time since 1948, when the club was based in Chicago.
The Saints suffered a rare defeat in New Orleans, where Phil Dawson’s 35-yard field goal with 5:14 left in overtime completed a stirring San Francisco rally that saw the 49ers notch a 27-14 triumph. The Saints felt they’d won the game with a ‘Hail Mary’ as time expired but Jimmy Graham was penalised for offensive pass interference.
Detroit quarterback Matthew Stafford threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Theo Riddick with 29 seconds remaining to lift the Lions to a 20-16 triumph over Miami.
Jamaal Charles and Alex Smith both ran for touchdowns in the fourth quarter as Kansas City rallied for a 17-13 victory over the Bills in Buffalo and in Tampa, Matt Ryan’s TD pass to Roddy White in the fourth quarter helped Atlanta to a 27-17 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
It was a prolific night for Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning as well. Manning threw five touchdown passes to lead Denver to a 41-17 victory over Oakland.
Super Bowl champions Seattle got it done on the ground in a 38-17 victory over the New York Giants.
Marshawn Lynch led the Seahawks scoring four touchdowns, accounting for 140 of Seattle’s club-record 350 rushing yards.
While in Baltimore, Justin Forsett rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns as the Ravens defeated Tennessee 21-7.
Additional reporting via AFP.
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