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By Matthew Schmidt
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The Green Bay Packers blew a 21-3 lead in their Wild Card Round playoff loss to the Chicago Bears on Saturday night, surrendering 25 fourth-quarter points in a 31-27 defeat.
It marked the second time in the last four weeks that the Packers coughed up a double-digit lead against the Bears, as they also watched a 16-6 fourth-quarter result in a 22-16 overtime loss at Soldier Field back on Dec. 20.
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After Saturday's game concluded, Green Bay safety Javon Bullard decided to discredit Chicago, claiming that the Packers lost the game rather than the Bears winning it.
“No disrespect to them, but it ain’t [expletive] that they did," Bullard told reporters. "It’s us. We've got to finish. You know we whoopin’ they [expletive] the whole game, but that’s us. We've got to finish.”
Bullard logged a pair of tackles in the loss and registered 83 tackles, a fumble recovery and three passes defended during the regular season.
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While completely devaluing what the Bears achieved is a case of sour grapes on the part of Bullard, he is right about one thing: the Packers have been doing a horrendous job of finishing.
Green Bay was in control for the vast majority of the game and had only given up six points through three frames. Even when Chicago trimmed the lead to 21-16 in the fourth period, the Packers still answered with a touchdown to go back up 27-16 with 6:36 remaining.
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But just like last month, Green Bay could not stop Caleb Williams down the stretch. Williams totaled 184 passing yards and a couple of touchdowns in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead score to D.J. Moore with 1:43 left.
Overall, the Packers allowed 445 yards of total offense on the evening and also committed seven penalties for 65 yards. Meanwhile, the Bears were only penalized twice.
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