Rams Kick Winning Field Goal, Packers Beat Bears

Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was asked after Sunday's 34-31 loss to the Rams why he decided to start overtime with what appeared to be an onside kick.

"No, no," he said. "We just didn't execute that. That's not what was supposed to happen. We just didn't execute properly on the kick. We were kicking the ball in a certain area of the field. We didn't hit it right, and so we just mishit it. ... We were kicking the ball way down the field."

Steven Hauschka's kick traveled just 14 yards to the 49-yard line, where Rams wide receiver Bradley Marquez recovered it. Hauschka was trying a bloop kick downfield to the right side. Sometimes those kicks can cause indecision for the return team, and the kicking team can recover. Other times, a player who's not used to having the ball in his hands picks it up and gets tackled.

But Hauschka didn't hit it right, Carroll said, and the Rams drove 30 yards before kicking what ended up being the winning field goal.

"The result wasn't planned there," Hauschka said. "I mishit that kick. We were supposed to kick it downfield further than that, but yeah I mishit it. I take the responsibility on that, putting our team in a bad situation there starting overtime.

"There was something we saw on them that we wanted to try to take advantage of, but obviously didn't do that."

Packers 31, Bears 23

Aaron Rodgers saw James Jones go up for a one-handed touchdown catch and experienced a few flashbacks. Like they had stepped back in time.

Rodgers threw for three touchdowns, two to Jones, and the Green Bay Packers beat Chicago 31-23 to spoil John Fox's debut as Bears coach Sunday afternoon.

The Packers got all they could handle from the rebuilding Bears but took control down the stretch to beat them for the 10th time in 11 games, including the postseason.

Rodgers improved to 13-3 lifetime against Chicago. The 2014 MVP completed 18 of 23 passes for 189 yards.

Jones, who spent seven seasons in Green Bay before signing with Oakland last year, caught four passes for 51 yards. That included a one-handed grab on a 13-yard score late in the first quarter that left Rodgers flashing back to 2012, when Jones led the league with 14 TD catches.

He added a 1-yarder in the third -- a good start after being released by the Raiders in the spring and by the New York Giants on the final roster cut. With Jordy Nelson (knee) out for the season, the Packers were quick to bring back Jones.

Sunday, September 13 Scoreboard

Green Bay 31, Chicago 23

Kansas City 27, Houston 20

New York Jets 31, Cleveland 10

Buffalo 27, Indianapolis 14

Miami 17, Washington 10

Carolina 20, Jacksonville 9

St. Louis 34, Seattle 31 (OT)

Arizona 31, New Orleans 19

San Diego 33, Detroit 28

Tennessee 42, Tampa Bay 14

Cincinnati 33, Oakland 13

Denver 19, Baltimore 13

Dallas 27, New York Giants 26

Monday, September 14 Schedule (All Times Central)

Philadelphia at Atlanta 5:55 p.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.