The Green Bay Packers improved 7-3 on the season following their dramatic 20-19 win over the Chicago Bears in the NFL’s Week 11. Now, they are preparing to take on the 5-5 San Francisco 49ers, who will be without star quarterback Brock Purdy and pass rusher Nick Bosa. Indeed, the Packers have been focused on their opponent for Week 12, having turned the page on the Bears once the clock hit 0:00.
The same cannot be said, though, for the Bears regarding the Packers. On Monday, Chicago’s head coach, Matt Eberflus, told Bears reporters that they were submitting the film of the final game to the league office for an inquiry.
The Chicago Bears Believed that the Green Bay Packers Got Away with a Penalty on the Final Play of the Game
The Packers took the lead late in the fourth quarter on a Jordan Love rushing touchdown. The score remained 20-19 after Green Bay failed to convert the two-point conversion.
Despite back-to-back sacks by TJ Slaton and Brenton Cox on Chicago’s ensuing drive, Caleb Williams was able to get the Bears into field goal range with just seconds remaining in the game. They brought out Cairo Santos to kick the game-winning 46-yard field goal.
But defensive lineman Karl Brooks was able to leap high enough to block the kick with the tip of his finger. The attempt fell short of the goal posts and Green Bay held on to win the game.
Eberflus claimed to reporters that Brooks and other Packers special team players should have been flagged for leveraging themselves off of Chicago’s long snapper.
The NFL, apparently, did not agree.
Green Bay Packers Fans Roast the Chicago Bears Upon the NFL’s Comments Regarding the Inquiry
According to Jason Lieser of the Chicago Sun Times, the NFL informed the Bears that the blocked field goal was a clean play.
“It’d be merely a footnote anyway, but the Packers’ blocked field goal to beat the Bears on the final play Sunday was reviewed by the NFL and determined to be a clean play,” Lieser wrote. “The league informed the Bears this week in response to their inquiry, a source said.”
Packers fans were less than gracious about the announcement:
To the Bears: https://t.co/G4U6eqC0mv pic.twitter.com/KpVH26XM1c
— Justin Amandro (@justin_amandro) November 23, 2024
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 AND the NFL said, COPE, it’s clean. 😂 #GoPackGo https://t.co/rja5khgsXk pic.twitter.com/eSZco3zotA
— 💚💛♪♫ ♍𝙖𝙮𝙤𝙧 𝙆𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙞𝙚 ♫♪ 💚💛 (@KrazieLegacy) November 23, 2024
Bears fans can quit crying now https://t.co/BW0TgnGN53
— PackersPrincess(7-3) (@PrincessPackers) November 23, 2024
I think the word you’re looking for is “cope”. https://t.co/VoOTcQsJuY
— tailKATE ♥️💙🏒🏔️ (@COgirlWIworld) November 23, 2024
To all the Bear fans whining about this…..clean play babies. https://t.co/UDtDhvk74I
— Greg Niva (@nivamon) November 23, 2024
Now that the field goal controversy is settled, the page can truly be turned on the Bears game in Week 11. Not that the Packers were really sweating it anyway.
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