The Packers took advantage of an evening with near perfect weather and a predominantly happy home crowd to beat the Chicago Bears at Lambeau Field Sunday night. The crowd’s anticipation in the pregame festivities got a boost when Royce Newman was announced as the starting right guard. That left Elgton Jenkins as the final starting lineman to be announced and the crowd roared both their pleasure and relief to have the All-Pro return from his 2021 season-ending knee injury.
Whether engaged in a game of Cornhole at “The Bar” or mingling among the partiers at Johnsonville’s Tailgate Village, the pregame tailgating seemed different from years past.