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Bear Down Chicago Bears!!! In must-win game, Bears embarrassed, walloped by Packers.
By Scott Krinch

Chicago Sports & Travel, Inc./AllsportsAmerica observation: Things are not good for the home team right now. In fact they're down right ugly. Most of us are diehard fans and will be until the day we die. It's hard but we just gotta suck it up, keep the faith and keep on pushing. You'll probably find this hard to believe but we will make it through this and live to fight another day. We're all frustrated right now and are thinking and saying things we don't mean. Take a deep breath and get ready for the Vikings, we will win some more games this season.
And now for the rest of the story..........
The Bears are who we thought they were.
They are exactly the same team that was throttled by the New England Patriots just two weeks ago.
With two weeks to prepare for a must-win game against the Green Bay Packers, the Bears came into Lambeau Field and were annihilated by their NFC North rival, 55-14.
And it didn't last much longer than 15 minutes for the majority of Chicago to turn off their television sets and catch the latest episode of Homeland or Walking Dead (not to be confused with the 2014 Bears).
It wouldn't take long for the Bears to unravel soon after.
Just two plays later, Jay Cutler was intercepted by Packers defensive back Micah Hyde on a pass intended for Martellus Bennett. It was the 20th time the Packers have picked off Cutler in 11 career games.
Rodgers and the Packers would go on to immediately cash in on the giveaway. Green Bay backup tight end Andrew Quarless broke free in the end zone, and Bears safety Chris Conte was late getting over as Rodgers found Quarless for a four-yard touchdown to make it 14-0 with less than five minutes to go in the first quarter.
The Packers turned it into a laugher after two quick three-and-outs by the Chicago offense. After a breakdown in coverage by the Bears secondary, Rodgers found wide receiver Jordy Nelson wide open for a 73-yard score on the first play of the second quarter for a 21-0 lead.
On the Packers' next drive, Nelson once again broke free and hauled in a 40-yard touchdown reception giving his team a 28-0 lead.
Not to be outdone by his teammates, Packers running back Eddie Lacy would get in on the scoring barrage, turning a screen pass into a 56-yard touchdown late in the first half.
After ex-Bear defensive end Julius Peppers registered a strip sack of Cutler with just 1:09 to go in the half, Rodgers connected with Randall Cobb for an 18-yard score, giving the Packers a 42-0 halftime advantage.
The halftime deficit set an all-time Bears' franchise record, previously set two weeks ago when they went into the half down 38-7 against the Patriots.
With the game in hand, the Packers pulled Rodgers after just two second half drives.
Rodgers finished the game with a sparking 145.8 passer-rating and six touchdowns.
The Bears finally got on the board midway through the third quarter when Cutler tossed a 45-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall. Cutler finished the evening 22-of-37, for 272 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions (his second INT was returned 82 yards for a score by Packers nickel back Casey Hayward).
Late in the fourth quarter Chicago recorded their first return touchdown since Oct. 20, 2013 when Chris Williams returned a kickoff 101 yards for a score.
An evening of futility for the Bears set multiple franchise records for both sides:
-A record Lambeau Field crowd of 78,292 was in attendance to see the Packers crush the Bears.
-Rodgers became the first quarterback to ever throw six touchdown passes in a game against the Bears.
-42 points is the highest total the Bears have ever allowed in a half. Previous high was 38 against the Patriots on Oct. 26, 2014.
-The Bears 158 penalty yards against the Packers came within 12 yards of setting a new franchise record, previous set in 1944.
-Rodgers' threw three TD passes of 40-plus yards. The last time that happened was Nov. 1, 1942 against the Chicago Cardinals.
-Bears have allowed 50-plus points three times in the last 11 games. The previous 770 games: just two times (including playoffs).
-Bears have been outscored 94-7 in the first half over their last three games.
-Rodgers is the first quarterback with multiple five-touchdown passes against Chicago. There have only been eight such games ever against the Bears.
-Bears are second team in NFL history to give up 50 or more points in back-to-back games. First time that has happened since the 1923 Rochester Jeffersons.