Bears and Packers In-Game Updates | Packers 35, Bears 16, Final / Bears Make Playoffs

The live in-game blog from Soldier Field with BearDigest.com's Gene Chamberlain providing updates and commentary on the game between the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers in Week 17 of the NFL season.

Fourth Quarter

• Game ends with Bears at the 1-yard line. 

• Bears could simply take a knee here. With 10 seconds left they are in the playoffs. Cardinals lost 18-7

• Adams with a 6-yard TD and Packers have put it away. Packers 35, Bears 16

• This one is over. Watch the Rams-Cardinals score. 

• Predictably, Trubisky tries to get it all back and throws a pick to Amos.

• Jones plows in for the 4-yard TD and Packers have just made Matt Nagy look silly. If they kick the field goal earlier it's still a game. Now it's over. There is 3:47 left. Packers 28, Bears 16

• Boot pass and Packers ahave first and goal as Josh Woods is beaten again. Mooney has an ankle injury and is out.

• Williams gets a yard on first down up the middle before Brent Urban stops him.

• Short pass with good Packer downfield blocking springs open to the Bears 19.  A 17-yard completion to Jones.

• Jones for 4 on first down off right guard.

• Another short throw to Lazard on sidelines and Packers are at Bears 40 with 6:53 left

• On third-and-7 at the 40, Rodgers throws to Adams over the middle for 9. At the Packer 49, Rodgers hits Jones along the sidelines for 9.

• Under heat, Rodgers a panic throw and Vildor has the pick but it goes off his hands.

• Jones straight ahead for 3. Woods holds his ground on that one for an assist on the tackle.

• Adams for 7 yards as Rodgers is flushed from the pocket.

• Packers ball with 11:22 left at their 24. Rodgers with a very risky pass under heat to Adams that nearly gets lost for an INT. Completes for 6. 

• If Bears get in playoffs, they better send a fruit basket to Brandon Staley and the Rams defense.

• Nine minutes left and the Rams blocked a 37-yard Nugent field goal. Still 18-7 Rams.

• Trubisky a sprintout pass to Robinson and it has no chance. Packers ball at their 24. No 41-yard field goal try???? Would have made the score 21-19. There is still 11:22 left.

• Bad news for the Bears. Murray has decided to try to play now with season sinking away and has the Cardinals at first and goal.

• Mooney limping to the sideline. Montgomery gets just a yard. It's fourth down again and Bears need almost a full yard.

• Mooney slips awayt from two defenders but the third one nails him on the sidelines on a boot pass and he's injured. This is turning into a brutal battle. It looked like he took it in the hip and lower back. Gained to the 23. Third-and-1.

• Barnes hurt for Packers again. Can't tell if it's a shoulder injury.

• Bears doing a nice job of staying patient and playing keep-away, while also stopping Packers running game. They have held Green Bay to 47 rushing yards even after losing Roquan Smith.

• Trubisky sneaks ahead for the first down. They've finally discovered that play George Halas told Mike Ditka to run in the 1980s.

• Two Montgomery runs put the Bears at the Packers 34 and they'll go for another fourth-down play. But first a measurement. Replay looks like he actually had the first down. But Bears don't challenge. Pretty wise because you need the timeouts.

Third Quarter

• Rams at the Arizona 10-yard line and leading by 8.

• Quarter ends. Bears at the Packers 44. 

• Play action, a jet sweep fake and throw to Mooney for 2 yards. They inch ahead.

• Montgomery fails to gain. Bears going for it on fourth-and-1 at the Packers 46. 

• Rams lead 15-7 after three quarters.

• Cordarrelle Patterson follows his blocking for the 6-yard run. Packers linebacker Krys Barnes hurt on the run. Bears should call for a measurement. And look at the replay. Seemed a bad spot.

• Another play action sets up nicely but Montgomery slips after the catch and gets only 3.

• Allen Robinson the slant and he stops and breaks loose in the open field for a gain to the  Bears 45. A 14-yard gain.

• Montgomery gets 3 off tackle and it's third-and-long 2 for Bears.

• Mooney on a slant for 5 yards. Bears yet to complete a throw to Allen Robinson.

• Cardinals are playing without Murray since in first half due to injury. Chris Streveler is playing for him. Rams have ball and eight-point lead.

• Tough to field punts in this misty rainish snow and Carter nearly drops it but hangs on. Bears start at their 24. There is 4:26 left in the third quarter.

• Beautifully played pass in the flat by Barkevious Mingo on throw to Jones, drops pick and Jones nearly gets it but can't after the drop. Packers punting.

• One of the few times Rodgers got flustered and rushed. Near sack by Trevis Gipson and he throws it to Eddie Jackson but Jackson can't come up with the low pick.

• Jones broke a Vildor tackle attempt in the open field and gains 9 on first down. Same play Vildor brought Dalvin Cook down on in the Viking game but Jones ran through it.

• Touchback, Packers at their 25. There is 5:30 left in the third.

• Rams go up 15-7 on the Cardinals with a 34-yard Gay field goal.

• Montgomery gets open for a short pass and plows ahead to the 2 but it's fourth down and they'll take the chip-shot field goal. Cairo Santos from 20 and it's his 26th in a row, tying Robbie Gould's team record. Bears 11 plays, 87 yards. Packers 21, Bears 16

• Trubisky to Mooney for 3 yards. Third-and-goal at the 7. This is the kind of down where Trubisky forces an interception.

• Montgomery stuffed on first down loses a yard. Second-and-goal at the 10.

• There's the counter on the bootleg, a bomb to Mooney for 53 yards to Packers 9. First and goal.

• Mooney turns a play going nowhere into a 2-yard gain on a short pass. He is so slippery.

• Sharp pass in the flat to Kmet for a first down at the Bears 36. Lowered his shoulder and bulled over a tackler for 11.

• Back to the boot pass and it's smelled out by the Packers for only 2 yards to Kmet. Bears need to come back with a counter play to that because Green Bay knows it's coming.

• Bears at their 23. 

• A 4-yard run by Montgomery and 5-yard pass to Mooney. Third-and-1 at the 20 and Montgomery plows off left guard for 3.

• Doubtful return now by Roquan Smith for game with the elbow injury according to the Bears.

• Difference in the game now is the TD Packers had after the Kmet fumble. His rear end appeared to be on the ground and then he fumbled, but it was close and they didn't overturn the on-field ruling.

• Bears after punt start at their 11.

• Good heat and Rodgers throws it incomplete to St. Brown. Packers must punt. Hicks nice pressure up the middle and late rush off the edge by Mingo.

• Packers face third-and-13 at their 44.

• Khalil Mack his ninth sack of the year from behind of Rodgers.

• Valdes-Scantling drops TD pass against Shelley for first Rodgers incompletion

• Boot pass on second-and-6 and Packers get Robert Tonyan isolated on Robert Quinn for 15. A total mismatch. Nice open-field tackle though by Quinn from behind.

• Aaron Rodgers 10 for 10 in first half. Trubisky 14 of 17.

• Half ends on kick.

• Pick six of Murray and Rams lead the Cardinals 12-7. Trubisky throws incomplete. Should have been intercepted but Kevin King dropped it. A poor choice in the red zone, a Mitch signature move. Bears get the 27-yard Santos field goal. A 62-yard drive. Packers 21, Bears 13

• Rain/snow coming down harder now. Very fine snow with rain.

• Another throw over the middle to Montgomery carries for 10 to the Packers 9. Bears use last timeout with 11 seconds left.

• At the Packers 33, Montgomery over the middle breaks two tackles for 14 to the 19.

• Trubisky runs for 6 on first down and Bears waste a timeout when they could have run to the line and run a play. 

• Trubisky over the middle to Mooney at the 39. Bears take a timeout.

• Amos thinks he has a pick but an offsides negates it. Bears at Packers 44.

• Bears face fourth-and-1 after Mooney comes up short of sticks. But Trubisky sneaks for the first down with a minute left in the half. 

• A 2-yard gain by Montgomery and Bears have second-and-8 at the two-minute warning. Packers 21, Bears 10

• Trubisky gets back 5 with a pass over the middle to Miller, then a first down for 6 to Kmet

• Montgomery loses one on first down from the 29

• Bears fans better start pulling for the crippled Rams because their defense without Roquan Smith hasn't got a prayer of slowing the Packers. You're taking the NFL leader in solo tackles and linebacker leader in tackles for loss out of the lineup and replacing him with a player who was a college DB and has played 18 pro defensive snaps at linebacker before today.

• Rodgers 10 of 10 passing so far.

• Dominique Dafney for a 13-yard TD over Woods. The Packers took advantage of Woods perfectly. He has hardly any playing experience. Six plays, 22 yards, 3:39. Packers 21, Bears 10.

• Run up the middle netted 3. At the 14.

• Trying to figure out how the Packers got a 9-yard penalty for holding. Refs cheating for them as usual.

• Packers Billy Turner holds on incompletion at back of end zone. Now at 17.

• Rams got a safety. 7-5 Arizona.

• Packers take timeout to avoid delay penalty with 4:53 left at the 8

• Adams from Rodgers first down on slant. Big hit by Hicks on Rodgers after the throw.

• End around to Valdes-Scantling goes for 4. Third-and-4 at 16.

• Hicks tackles AJ Dillon after a 4-yard gain. Second-and-8 at 20 with 6:43 left in half.

• Packers at Bears 22. Packers throw to the outside but get flagged for an illegal block in the back by Davante Adams. Ball moves back to the 24. Came at the end of the play.

• Cole Kmet fumbles pass and Packers recover at Bears 22. At the same time, the Rams just lost a fumble by the Arizona goal line.

• A big gamble blitzing a DB on third-and-3 and Rodgers just got it off in time but it was wide open because Trevathan isn't covering a wide receiver downfield. 

• Bears blitz and leave Trevathan matched up on Valdes-Scantling. Rodgers throws a 72-yard TD pass to him. Wide open.  Packers 14, Bears 10

• Williams up middle and Woods tackles him after 4. Third-and-3 at the 28.

• Rodgers goes to work on replacement for Roquan. Gets 7 on throw in flat.

• False start by Williams for Packers. 

• Packers start at the 22.

• Rams have cut deficit to 7-3 against Cardinals. But had it first-and-goal at the 1 and had to settle for a field goal. 

• Cairo Santos 30-yard field goal with 10:08 left in second. Bears 10, Packers 7

• Montgomery stopped on third-and-3 for a yard and Bears will try a field goal.

• Trubisky boot pass crossing to Mooney for 4

• Patterson cuts back for 3 to the 17

• Fumble on punt forced by Harris. DeAndre Houston-Carson recovery at the Packers 20.

• Screen to Montgomery gets back a few and Bears will punt. 

• Trubisky sacked by Kirksey blitzing. Second-and-14. Packers are going to try to keep Bears from running with that blitz. Look for more of those. Incomplete on second down to Mooney.

• Boot pass to Kmet, steps OB after 7. Unwilling OB. Then Montgomery off right guard for 4.

• Bears start at the 25 after touchback. Josh Woods is the replacement for Smith, but in the past sometimes they went with an extra safety. But Deon Bush is injured.

• A 12-play, 80-yard drive in 7:26. Smith suffered an elbow injury. Questionable return.

• Rodgers throws a 3-yard TD pass to Robert Tonyan. Bears 7, Packers 7

• Second-and-goal from the 3. Rams are at the 4-yard line of Arizona, second-and-goal trying to tie.

First Quarter

• Quarter ends with the ball at the 3. Bears 7, Packers 0 

• Packers try a third-and-5 run right where Smith had been and get 2. fourth-and-3 and they go for it at Bears 23. Duke Shelley held Davante Adams and gets called for pass interference at the 7.Ball was uncatchable, landed  about 5 yards from the receiver.

• Smith in and out of the tent quickly, not sure what it is yet but he is going to the locker room now. Last year Smith's season ended with a torn pectoral muscle.

• Roquan Smith gets up and walks off the field on his own. Third-and-5.

• Jamaal Williams gets 1 off right tackle and Bears have an injury to Roquan Smith

• Rodgers boots and runs it for 4.

• Jones catches a short pass and makes a brillant run to the 30 for 15 yards. Play should have been stopped for a 5-yard gain.

• Rodgers can't find receiver and dumps down to Jones for 3. Third-and-8 at Bears 45. 

• Jones for 10 off left tackle. First down at Bears 47. They try running toss right and get the same result as left, a 1-yard loss by Danny Trevathan.

• Marquez Valdes-Scantling on a 15-yard completion as Rodgers rolled right, then Davante Adams slanting in for 9 at the Packers 43.

• Tackle for loss by Roquan Smith on a toss left. A yard loss.

• Packers will start from their 20 after a 20-yard return.

• Nine running plays on a 14-play drive. 

• Montgomery scores over left guard but there will be a review. Play upheld and Bears kick the extra point. A 60-yard drive. Bears 7, Packers 0.

• The shovel pass to Cole Kmet and he barrels forward to the 2. Second-and-goal.

• Montgomery returns and bashes off left guard behind Mustipher and Whitehair for 8 and a first down at the Packers 10.

• Patterson in at running back despite his knee injury. Runs for 4 and Packers have an injury to Chandon Sullivan making the tackle at the Packers 18.

• Anthony Miller hauls in a slant for 7 yards reaching out. An excellent catch of a poor throw at Packers 24.

• Artavis Pierce in at running back and loses yardage on third-and-2. Bears will go for fourth-and-3 at the 31.

• Arizona up already on Rams 7-0.

• Montgomery assisted off the field. Not sure the nature of the injury. He did have a concussion earlier this year. He goes into the tent.

• Montgomery goes up the middle for 6 and Montgomery is injured. Third-and-2 now.

• Montgomery does a poor job following his blocking and gets 2. It opened up to his left but he went right and into the defense.

• Out of the gun on third-and-3, Montgomery smashes ahead in the middle for 3 and a first down at Packers 38. Now 11:30 left in quarter.

• Deep out isn't there and Trubisky throws it OB. Should have run.

• Trubisky boot pass to Cole Kmet in the open field is overthrown but Kmet makes a nice play on it for a 7-yard gain at Packer 41.

• On third and 1 Montgomery and Trubisky collide but it kind of throws off the defense and Montgomery gains 3 to the Packers 48.

• Montgomery for 3 off right tackle. Darnell Mooney on a toss around right end for 6.

• Quick review and officials call upheld. Bears at 40, Packers lose timeout. That's a move that special teams coordinator Chris Tabor spoke about in the past 

• The Packers challenged whether Patterson was actually out of bounds when he touched it. The first play of the game is under review! It's either the Bears at the 40 or at their own 2. Replay looks as if he's out of bounds and it should be at the 40 and the Packers lose the challenge.

• Bears receive the kick and Cordarrelle Patterson with a smart play. He touches the ball when he slips out of bounds. It's a penalty on the Packers and Bears start at the 40.

Inactives

Packers

• QB Jordan Love 

• CB Josh Jackson

• LB Jonathan Garvin 

• G Simon Stepaniak 

• TE Jace Sternberger 

• DL Kingsley Keke

Bears

• DB Buster Skrine

• S Deon Bush

• CB Jaylon Johnson

• OL Lachavious Simmons

• DL Daniel McCullers

• WR Riley Ridley

For those keeping an eye on the Rams-Cardinals game, here are the Rams inactives. Apparently Cam Akers will play at running back for the Rams.

Week 17 Inactives: pic.twitter.com/fMKjsZ4Ugx

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