The Chicago Bears started the season 1-4. The Detroit Lions are 3-3, losers of two straight games after their defense was filleted for 45 points on Sunday. And the Green Bay Packers – still tied with the Vikings atop the NFC North at 4-2 after a 23-10 loss at U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday — are likely in more trouble than anyone.
The Packers lost Rodgers to a broken right collarbone in the first quarter, when Anthony Barr knocked him to the ground after Rodgers threw his fourth pass of the day to Martellus Bennett. They’d been able to weather injuries along their offensive line, and the loss of three starters in their defensive backfield, because they had Rodgers.