GREEN BAY – It's never easy to take a game's first offensive snaps in the shadow of one's own goalpost.
That's what the Packers were forced to do against the Bears on Sunday, getting pinned on their own 9-yard line after a Chicago punt. Responding by going the length of the field for a touchdown, Green Bay took an early lead it never relinquished in the 31-7 victory.
As such, the 10-play, 91-yard march is the Chevy Drive of the Week.
It started with a trick play, as a flea-flicker on the initial snap resulted in a shovel pass to TE Tucker Kraft, who picked up 13 yards. Just like that, the Packers were out of the hole.
A 1-yard run by RB MarShawn Lloyd was followed by QB Jordan Love's 6-yard scramble, setting up third-and-3. The Packers came into the game struggling on third downs, while the Bears ranked among the league's best third-down defenses, but a quick completion to WR Matthew Golden on a shallow crossing route moved the chains.
Lloyd then ran twice for 15 yards before short completions to WR Christian Watson and RB Pierre Strong Jr. gained 9 more for third-and-1. Kraft motioned in from his tight end position to take a direct snap and plow forward for a fresh set of downs.
But the Packers didn't need a set, just one more play. Love dropped back off play-action and fired deep down the left sideline for Watson, who was all alone heading toward the end zone for a 42-yard TD, his first of two long scores on his way to a six-catch, 143-yard day.
