Packers Overcome Special Teams to Beat Bears 45-30

Every excuse was there to lose this game for the Packers. Aaron’s toe. Davante’s hamstring. LaFleur’s record coming out of a bye week. Cobb on injured reserve. The karma of Rodgers’, “I own you” comment. There were many moments during Sunday night’s reasonably balmy December game that would make an honest fan of the Green and Gold wonder if the Packers could pull this victory out of their “G” emblemed helmets.

An ominous start looked like past bye week failures when the Packers came out flat. They began…