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Rodgers threw for 203 yards and one touchdown,
Adams caught seven passes for 103 yards and the score, and Jones
ran for 51 yards and two touchdowns.
Green Bay (11-3) has won three in a row and can clinch the NFC
North title with a win at powerful Minnesota next Monday night.
Chicago (7-7), the defending division champion, had won three in
a row.
The Packers led 21-3 in the third quarter but had to withstand
Chicago's late rally. The Bears had two chances after closing
within 21-13.
On the first, Mitchell Trubisky threw a fourth-down incompletion
under pressure from Kenny Clark from the Green Bay 49 with 1:42
to go.
On the second, with 1 second to go from the Packers 34, Trubisky
threw a short pass to running back Tarik Cohen. After a series
of laterals, the ball hit the ground and Green Bay's Tramon
Williams recovered at the 2. Had tight end Jesper Horsted
lateralled sooner to receiver Allen Robinson, the Bears might
have scored.
The Packers struck first with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Adams
on fourth-and-4. Adams beat slot corner Buster Skrine deep and
carried Skrine the last 5 yards into the end zone.
Nursing a 7-3 lead into halftime, the Packers took charge with a
dominant third quarter.
Jones scored on a 21-yard run to cap a scoring drive
kick-started by a 34-yard catch-and-run by Adams and a 17-yard
scramble by Rodgers.
The Packers extended the edge to 21-3 on their next drive.
Rodgers found Jake Kumerow for a gain of 49, a play that
survived a challenge by Bears coach Matt Nagy. Two plays later,
Jones bulled through cornerback Kevin Toliver for a 2-yard
score.
Chicago pulled within 21-6 on Eddy Pineiro's second short field
goal of the day, a 27-yarder on the first play of the fourth
quarter.
The Bears closed within 21-13 with 8:09 remaining on Trubisky's
2-yard touchdown to receiver Anthony Miller. Coupled with Green
Bay's 10-3 win in Week 1, it was Chicago's first touchdown
against the Packers in about 112 minutes of game time.
Chicago almost got the big break it needed on the Packers'
ensuing drive.
On third-and-20, a scrambling Rodgers had the ball stripped by
safety Deon Bush, with linebacker Kevin Pierre-Louis recovering
at the Packers' 22. However, on review, Rodgers' elbow was down
before the ball came loose.
The Packers punted and defensive lineman Dean Lowry picked off
Trubisky. Green Bay couldn't take advantage, but JK Scott's punt
pinned the Bears at their 5 with 4:11 to play.
--Field Level Media
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