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Rodgers double-checks Packer fans in same week Jay Cutler loses his “juice”

Both Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Bears quarterback Jay Cutler seemed to be headed in opposite directions leading into Sunday’s matchup.  

However, after Rodgers double-checked himself in the mirror throughout the week, he outplayed Cutler, who lost his “juice” that helped push him and the Bears to back-to-back wins the last two weeks.    

All Aaron Rodgers did was tell the cheeseheads to relax and he stayed true to his promise, throwing four touchdowns in the Packers 38-17 win over Chicago on Sunday.

“I just wanted to remind everybody that it’s a long season, and at some point, we’re going to get this thing figured out,” Rodgers said.  

He threw for 302 yards with four touchdowns, completing 22-of-28 passes in the win, posting a near perfect 151.2 quarterback rating.

“I don’t feel like I need to prove anything, but it sure is nice when people start doubting us to go out and have a performance like this.”

His counterpart, Jay Cutler, had a solid first half, keeping the Bears within four points at the break at 21-17, however a pair of interceptions in the third quarter sealed the loss for the Bears.

“I thought we were playing well, I thought we were moving the ball well,” Cutler said after the game.  “We were changing it up.  I thought (coach Marc Trestman) called a really good game.  We just had some unfortunate things happen to us that kid of derailed us, and they didn’t.”

Cutler threw for 256 yards with a pair of touchdowns along the pair of picks.  He is now 1-10 lifetime against the Packers in his career.

Sunday’s game also marked the second time in NFL history that a game went without a punt.  The first was on Sept. 13, 1992 between Buffalo and San Francisco.

But for those who need more detail, if there’s any way to perfectly describe how this game went, this tweet by Rachel Nichols perfectly explains it.