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Jakeem Grant comes back a punt 97 yards for a touchdown, Bears lead 27-21 at halftime | Chicago Headlines
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Jakeem Grant comes back a punt 97 yards for a touchdown, Bears lead 27-21 at halftime

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - DECEMBER 12: Jakeem Grant #17 of the Chicago Bears carries the football en route to scoring on a 46-yard touchdown reception against De'Vondre Campbell #59 of the Green Bay Packers during the second quarter of the NFL game at Lambeau Field on December 12, 2021 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

The Bears and Packers each scored three touchdowns in the second quarter of their Sunday Night Football matchup, and Chicago added a field goal to take a 27-21 lead over Green Bay at halftime.

Receiver Jakeem Grant had a 46-yard touchdown early in the period that gave the Bears a 10-0 lead. However at that point he likewise returned a dropkick 97 yards for a touchdown late in the quarter give Chicago a 24-14 benefit.

The Packers reacted with a speedy four-play, 75-yard drive that finished with an Aaron Rodgers 38-yard touchdown to receiver Davante Adams.

Rodgers is 15-of-21 passing for 203 yards with a pair of touchdowns. Allen Lazard leads the team with four catches for 58 yards with a TD. Adams has three receptions for 56 yards.

In his initial beginning since suffering cracked ribs against the Ravens in Week 11, Fields has finished 9-of-16 passes for 150 yards with two touchdowns and an interception attempt up until this point. He’s additionally hurried six times for 44 yards and is the Bears’ leading rusher.

Green Bay’s special teams have been an issue the entire evening, with Chicago getting a pair of good kick gets back to begin drives at their own 41-and 42-yard lines. Also Mason Crosby sent one opening shot beyond the field of play to put Chicago on its own 40.

The Packers additionally have an injury concern along their offensive line, with right tackle Billy Turner leaving the game with a knee injury late in the second quarter. He has effectively been precluded. Turner was displayed on the NBC broadcast hammering his helmet to the turf in dissatisfaction not long before he went into the medical tent.

Veteran offensive lineman Dennis Kelly came in to supplant Turner.

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