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Bears running back Kyle Monangai took a handoff in the second quarter Sunday and slammed head-first into Packers linebacker Edgerrin Cooper, sending a chunk of yellow paint flying off Cooper’s helmet and 10 feet into the air.
The freezing weather at Lambeau Field didn’t deaden the blow.
“It’s a violent game,” Monangai said. “We’re running 100 mph at each other so it’s gonna hurt.”
He didn’t see the paint chip explode off Cooper’s helmet, though, until he checked his phone in the locker room. A zoomed-in replay of the run had been captured on the Fox broadcast.