Windy City Gridiron
A split with the Green Bay Packers always seemed likely heading into the 2025 season, so the good news for the Chicago Bears is that it’s still a plausible outcome despite the team’s loss on Sunday in Green Bay.
Heck, the Bears might still have a chance to emerge 2-1 against Green Bay this year. But we’ll save that talk for a later date.
The Bears lost a nail-biter at Lambeau Field on Sunday, a result that mostly falls on the defense and their inability to stop Jordan Love and the Packers offense for most of the ballgame. Indeed, the Packers were able to hit on big play after big play. The Bears might be leading the league in explosive offensive plays this season, but it was the team wearing green and gold that looked that part on Sunday (they rank third in the league).
The fact that this was a game at all down the stretch is due to the ability of the Bears offense in the second half, though that followed a first half where the Bears offense looked like they were sleep walking. Or hibernating. Or both. But in the end, the Bears became the first offense to put up over 20 points and 300 yards of total offense against the Packers at Lambeau Field this season.
Credit to Ben Johnson for adjusting at halftime and getting this game to a point where it came down to the final possession. Early on, it looked like it was going to end up a blowout.
Let’s get to the game balls.
There were a few choices here. Joe Thuney was solid on the O-line per usual, and Kyle Monangai continued to look like one of the best running backs of the 2025 draft class. He ran hard as nails yet again, and he literally took a piece off of Edgerrin Cooper’s helmet!
I would have liked to have seen more runs in the first half, and I believe that the Bears getting away from the run was one of the reasons the team struggled until the second half when Ben Johnson made it a point to run the ball at Green Bay. Well, that and Caleb Williams’ continued problems with accuracy that plagued him in the first half (and on the last throw of the game).
But for our game ball this week, I’m looking at rookie WR Luther Burden III. The Bears had to play without Rome Odunze on Sunday, and Burden made it known that he’s ready to contribute in a bigger way right now. He was as reliable as they come, leading the team with four receptions for 67 yards. Plus some outstanding route running, such as this right here:
You also love to see this kind of fire from a Bears player against the Packers.
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