CHICAGO -- saw go up for a one-handed touchdown catch and experienced a few flashbacks.Like they had stepped back in time.Rodgers threw for three touchdowns, two to Jones, and the beat Chicago 31-23 to spoil John Fox's debut as coach Sunday afternoon.The got all Brook Lopez Jersey they could handle from the rebuilding but took control down the stretch to beat them for the 10th time in 11 games, including the postseason.Rodgers improved to 13-3 lifetime against Chicago. The 2014 MVP completed 18 of 23 pa ses for 189 yards.Jones, who spent seven seasons in Green Bay before signing with Oakland last year, caught four pa ses for 51 yards. That included a one-handed grab on a 13-yard score late in the first quarter that left Rodgers flashing back to 2012, when Jones led the league with 14 TD catches.He added a 1-yarder in the third - a good start after being released by the in the spring and by the on the final roster cut. With (knee) out for the season, the were quick to bring back Jones."No disrespect to James, but I don't think it was that out of character," Rodgers said Nik Stauskas Jersey . "Like many other guys that have gone elsewhere and come back, there is a comfort in this offense for guys who have flourished in it at times. And I think that Jones is one of those guys that really feels comfortable on offense.", hampered late in the preseason by a sprained right shoulder, had 38 yards receiving. He caught a 5-yard touchdown that made it 24-16 early in the fourth quarter, and sealed the win by intercepting at the Green Bay 20 and returning it 48 yards. ran for 85 yards and a late touchdown. chipped in with 1 1/2 sacks for the four-time defending NFC North champions."This is our starting point. This is who we are as a team today," coach Mike McCarthy said. "A lot of good things to go off of, a lot of things we can learn from."The , e sentially starting over under Fox and new general manager Ryan Pace after a five Bobby Portis Jersey -win season, kept this one close though Cutler had a rough afternoon. He was 18 of 36 for 225 yards, with that late interception by Matthews. He also threw a 24-yard touchdown to with 34 seconds left, but Green Bay recovered Sterling Brown Jersey the onside kick."Green Bay is a pretty good football team," Fox said. "We were going to have to be near flawle s to beat them and we didn't quite reach that. I think there was a lot of positive things that we'll be able to build on as a football team moving forward as we get ready for Arizona." ran for 141 yards - 105 in the first half - and a touchdown. caught five pa ses for 78 yards after mi sing the preseason because of a left calf injury. kicked three field goals to give him 246 to surpa s Kevin Butler as Chicago's all-time leader.Green Bay, which outscored the 93-31 over two games last season and beat them at Soldier Field for their 700th win, trailed 13-10 at the half. Rodgers finished a third-quarter Junior Bridgeman Jersey drive with a 1-yard slant to Jones and Gould answered with a 44-yard field goal, cutting it to 17-16.Rodgers made it 24-16 early in the fourth when he hit Cobb with a 5-yard pa s, capping a 16-play drive.But the stalled at the 2 after Cutler's 50-yard pa s to . Cutler overthrew in the end zone on fourth down after Chicago opted not to try a field goal."This was one game," Cutler said. "We've got 15 more. So we've got a lot of opportunities left to go out there and do it the right way and keep improving on where we are right now."Copyright 2015 by The A sociated Pre s
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