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GREEN BAY, Wisc. -- Packers defensive coordinator Dom Capers has been either a head coach or defensive coordinator in the NFL for 23 seasons.He doesnt need any of that experience to figure out the Chicago Bears game plan for Thursday night.The Packers probably will be without their three top cornerbacks. That unit will be under siege from Brian Hoyer, who is the first quarterback in Bears history to have four consecutive 300-yard passing games.When you look at the Bears statistics, I would anticipate theyll throw the ball because thats what theyve been having a lot of success doing, Capers said.On the other side of the coin, the Packers have had shockingly little success throwing the football. Quarterback Aaron Rodgers funk continued in last weeks 30-16 loss to Dallas. While the numbers looked nice at the end of the game -- 31-of-42 passing for 294 yards and a 90.8 passer rating, Rodgers turned over the ball twice and the Packers scored one touchdown in four trips in the red zone.After the game, Rodgers said he would go home and watch the game over a glass of scotch.The scotch was great, Rodgers said. You know, I saw things that weve been seeing throughout the year. Were close. Weve been making some plays at times, but not good enough consistently. Weve got to clean some things up, Ive got to make some better throws at times and weve got to get on the same page a little bit more consistently, especially in the red zone. The last two weeks weve really struggled down there, turning the ball over a few times, I have, so youve got to clean that stuff up. You cant take points off the board like that.The numbers are startling. Rodgers, who owns the NFLs best career passer rating and ranks among the all-time best in completion percentage and yards per attempt, ranks 20th, 26th and 26th, respectively, in those categories.Rodgers, however, remains undaunted that he -- and the offense -- will get back on track.Its football, he said. Theres going to be stretches where youre playing really great and stretches where youre just a little bit off, and weve just been a little bit off I think collectively. Im confident. Were five games into it. Were going to get it fixed pretty soon.As for Hoyer, hell be attacking a no-name group of cornerbacks.The Packers placed their top player, veteran Sam Shields, on injured reserve due to a concussion sustained on Sept. 11 at Jacksonville.The other starters, second-year players Damarious Randall and Quinten Rollins, probably wont play because of groin injuries. That will leave Green Bay with some combination of Micah Hyde, the teams No. 3 safety, LaDarius Gunter, an undrafted free agent in 2015, Demetri Goodson, a sixth-round pick in 2014 who returned from a four-game suspension last week, and Josh Hawkins, an undrafted free agent in 2016, trying to stop the prolific receiver trio of Alshon Jeffery (29 receptions, 487 yards), Eddie Royal (29 receptions, 338 yards) and Cameron Meredith (26 receptions, 295 yards). Even without Dez Bryant, Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott lit up the Packers for 247 yards, three touchdowns and a 117.4 passer rating last week.Especially on a short week and with everything that they do schematically, we have our work cut out for us over the next 48 hours just trying to see what theyve done, see whos playing, Hoyer said. The one constant is obviously that front seven is really good. We have to handle those guys and then react to how theyre going to play us on the best end.Chicagos offensive stats are hard to fathom. The Bears are seventh in total offense, including fourth in passing offense, but theyre just 31st in scoring with 16.8 points per game. Theyve topped 20 points only once in six games.Obviously, these games are won by who has the most points, Bears coach John Fox said. Weve come up a little short in that area.Injuries havent just wiped out Green Bays cornerback depth. Theyve left a mess of the running back depth chart, too. Starter Eddie Lacy played through a sprained ankle last week and was very sore on Tuesday, according to coach Mike McCarthy.His backup, James Starks, had knee surgery on Sunday. As a response, Green Bay acquired Knile Davis from the Chiefs in a trade on Tuesday. The other option is Don Jackson, an undrafted rookie whos on the practice squad.Chicago, on the other hand, has gotten production from rookie Jordan Howard, who has 330 yards and a 5.0-yard average. Bronco Horvath Jersey . 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From filmmaker Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes), The Price of Gold revisits the saga that rocked the figure skating world ahead of the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Winter Games: the assault on Nancy Kerrigan, and the plot that led its way back to her rival Tonya Harding. Australia coach Michael Cheika was delighted with his sides performance on the first leg of their northern hemisphere tour.The Wallabies have not completed a Grand Slam in Europe since 1984, but they now face Scotland, France, Ireland and England in the next month.I thought we prepared well during the week and the boys believed in that preparation and went out there and played that way, Cheika said.Our attitude was that we wanted to work hard and put our bodiess on the line.dddddddddddd It was a team effort, a good win, but thats the standard we need to remain consistent with.We have to take that into next week because we have to keep on improving. We need to get more battle-hardened because it is only going to get tougher the more the northern hemisphere teams get games under their belt. ' ' '