Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 3, 2019
The Top 10: Memorable Bears season-openers
Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Bears rookie Devin Hester applies the finishing touch to one of the biggest Bears opening-day victories in franchise history — an 84-yard punt return for a touchdown that capped a 26-0 victory at Lambeau Field in 2006. It was the first of Hester’s 20 return touchdowns with the Bears.As Bears coach Matt Nagy pointed out this week, the Bears’ opener against the Packers last season was unforgettable for two reasons — Khalil Mack’s astonishing debut that sparked the Bears to a 17-0 halftime lead; and the collapse in the second half in which Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes in the fourth quarter as the Packers turned a 20-0 deficit into a 24-23 victory.
