Jordan Love passed for 367 yards and two touchdowns and MarShawn Lloyd rushed for two scores as the Green Bay Packers routed the visiting Chicago Bears 31-7 on Sunday.
Xavier McKinney snagged two interceptions while Ty’Ron Hopper added another for Green Bay (3-2), which scored 15 points off five Chicago turnovers while committing no turnovers.
Bears quarterback Tyson Bagent was 12-for-21 passing for 87 yards and two picks before being pulled in favor of Case Keenum to begin the fourth quarter.
With the Bears driving to cut into their 24-point deficit, Hopper intercepted Keenum at the goal line and returned the ball to the Packers’ 19 with 12:49 to play. Green Bay followed with a missed field goal but Chicago (3-2) couldn’t respond, turning the ball over on four straight second-half possessions. Rome Odunze and Keenum lost fourth-quarter fumbles.
Love completed 25 of 31 passes while showing precision with the deep ball. Watson, who caught both touchdowns, had six catches for 143 yards. Matthew Golden had a 50-yard catch among his six receptions for 123 yards while Tucker Kraft had a 46-yard gain.
Green Bay outscored Chicago 17-0 after halftime. A 53-yard TD pass from Love to Watson 1:50 into the third quarter set the tone.
D’Andre Swift rushed nine times for 43 yards and a touchdown for Chicago. Luther Burden III had 47 yards on four catches.
After forcing a Bears punt on the opening possession, the Packers moved 91 yards on 10 plays to score the game’s first touchdown. Love capped the drive with a 42-yard scoring pass to Watson. Love was 5-for-5 for 67 yards on the drive.
McKinney intercepted Bagent on Chicago’s next series, setting up a short field for the Packers. The result was the same as Green Bay’s first possession as Lloyd visited the end zone on a 7-yard run with 14:56 remaining in the second quarter.
Chicago trimmed the deficit to 14-7 with 1:56 left before halftime. Swift rushed for a 1-yard touchdown on 4th and goal to punctuate a 16-play, 78-yard drive that took 9:10 off the clock.
Bears linebacker T.J. Edwards left the game with a hamstring injury.
Trey Smack made a 35-yard field goal for Green Bay, but missed two fourth-quarter attempts and one of his two extra points.
The Packers held a pregame moment of silence for former Bears coach Mike Ditka, who also was a Hall of Fame tight end in a career that included six seasons with Chicago. Ditka passed away on Friday at age 86.
–Field Level Media
