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Green Bay Packers' Aaron Rodgers (12) talks to Chicago Bears' Jay Cutler (6) after the second half of an NFL football game Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, in Green Bay, Wis. The Packers won 23-10. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer)

Jay Cutler And Aaron Rodgers meet at midfield after time had expired.

Cutler talks big, plays small vs. Packers

Cutler talks big, plays small vs. Packers
Bears QB loses cool during 4-interception, 7-sack debacle
September 14, 2012|David Haugh's In the Wake of the News

GREEN BAY — Now would be a good time for Bears fans to tell their quarterback to please, please, please tone it down.

Like everybody else in Chicago, Jay Cutler got carried away by the Bears' 41-point performance against the Colts. When Cutler wasn't telling people when to cheer at Soldier Field, the cocky quarterback was offering the Packers "good luck'' in stopping the Bears wide receivers.

Turns out they didn't need it. Preparation met opportunity in a 23-10 loss Thursday night at Lambeau Field as the Packers made Cutler look like a quarterback who talked big and played small.

Nothing wrong with an NFL quarterback showing bravado. Confidence can be as important as a quick release. But Cutler's mouth wrote a check his body couldn't cash, going 11 of 27 for 126 yards and four interceptions. He dared the Packers defense to raise its game, and that is exactly what happened in a humbling loss.

"It's the same old Jay,'' Packers cornerback Charles Woodson told ESPN. "We don't need luck, Jay will throw us the ball ... proof is in the pudding."

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Packers run fake FG, beat Bears 23-10

By CHRIS JENKINS

Drummers practice at Lambeau Field before an NFL football game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer) GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Four days after starting the season with a demoralizing defeat, Clay Matthews and the Green Bay Packers looked every bit like the team they were expected to be this season. Maybe even better, at least on defense. The Packers (1-1) pulled off a perfectly executed trick play, then rattled and robbed Jay Cutler the rest of the way in a 23-10 victory over the division rival Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field on Thursday night. The win represented an impressive rebound from a season-opening loss to San Francisco. Had the Packers lost to the Bears, they would have fallen to 0-2, with both losses coming at home. ''Inside the facility, there wasn't any panic,'' Aaron Rodgers said. ''Outside, I think people were worried if we lose to Chicago, you're kind of putting yourself behind the eight ball a little bit. Good win for us. We're 1-1. Again, it's one game. We need to get better on offense; defense played incredible.'' Especially Matthews, who was credited with 3 1/2 of the Packers' seven sacks of Cutler. With six sacks in the Packers' first two games, Matthews already has equaled his total from last season. To finish reading this article, click here!