Still in business

The Bears had promised to get rookie tight end Greg Olsen more involved in the offense.

Sunday night they did, and it worked out pretty well.

But it was veteran starting tight end Desmond Clark who caught the game-winning 34-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Brian Griese with 2:05 left to give the Bears a 27-20 victory over the Packers and propel them back into the playoff race at 2-3, while dropping Green Bay to 4-1.

Brandon McGowan intercepted a Brett Favre Hail-Mary pass in the end zone in the waning seconds to preserve the victory.

Olsen, the first-round pick, caught 4 passes for 57 yards, including a 27-yarder late in the fourth quarter that set up Clark's game-winner. Clark finished with 3 catches for 62 yards.

The Bears knew from past experience they could force Favre into mistakes if they pressured him, and it took a long time before he even came close to making an error.

But, after playing nearly flawlessly for almost three quarters, Favre threw an ill-advised pass across his body while rolling out and hit middle linebacker Brian Urlacher in the chest.

Urlacher's interception at the Packers' 19-yard line gave the wheezing Bears life. On the next play, they chopped 7 points off a 20-10 deficit when Griese threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Olsen with 4:19 left in the third quarter.

Later in the third quarter, the Packers turned the ball over for the fourth time when Charles Woodson fumbled on a hit by Brendon Ayanbadejo after a 25-yard punt return and punter Brad Maynard recovered at the Packers' 41-yard line.

Griese's 17-yard pass to Mark Bradley, his first reception of the season, set up Robbie Gould's 36-yard field goal that tied the game at 20-20 on the third play of the fourth quarter.

After a miserable first half, the Bears pulled with 17-10 on Robbie Gould's 44-yard field goal 2:57 into the second half.

Griese's 28-yard pass to Clark was the big play in the drive, getting the Bears down to Green Bay's 34. A delay of game penalty helped stall the Bears drive, forcing them to settle for the field goal.

But the Packers answered with a 65-yard kickoff return by Tramon Williams that set up Mason Crosby's 37-yard field goal, which put the Packers up 20-10 with 9:02 left in the third quarter.

The Bears trailed 17-7 at halftime, but they were fortunate to be that close considering how completely they were dominated.

Favre was nearly perfect, completing 19 of 22 passes for 243 yards. Two of Favre's 4 incompletions came he spiked the ball, purposely throwing an incompletion to stop the clock.

Favre had pinpoint control on nearly every pass, including an impeccable 41-yard TD pass to Greg Jennings that gave the Packers a 14-7 lead with 4:55 left. Jennings ran a go route that left Danieal Manning in his wake several yards up the field. Manning started in place of injured Nate Vasher.

The Packers tacked on a 37-yard field goal by Crosby with one second left before intermission to increase their lead to 10.

That drive began at the Packers' 15-yard line, but Favre drove his team through a Bears defense that could not get to the quarterback and could neither contain the Green Bay receivers nor stop the league's worst running game.

Despite being dominated statistically, the Bears had tied the game at 7-7 with 7:52 left before halftime on a 10-yard run by Cedric Benson.

Two plays earlier the Bears took Gould's 36-yard field goal off the board when the Packers were penalized for an illegal formation on that play, which gave the Bears a first down at the Packers' 13-yard line.

Two Benson runs made the gamble pay off. The Bears got into scoring position when backup running back Adrian Peterson picked up 30 yards on a short swing pass.

The Bears ended the first quarter with 20 total yards on nine plays and no first downs, while the Packers, on just 20 first-quarter plays, rolled up 191 yards.

Already leading 7-0 after a score on their first series, the Packers threatened on their next two possessions but stopped themselves on fumbles by wide receiver James Jones, both of which were forced by cornerback Charles Tillman. The first fumble was recovered by Ricky Manning Jr. at the Bears' 5-yard line and returned to the 16. The second was pounced on by Adam Archuleta at the Bears' 38.

But both times the Bears offense went three-and-out, as they did on their first possession.

The Packers came into Sunday night's nationally televised game with the NFL's worst rushing attack, averaging just 54 yards per game.

But they rushed for 64 yards on their first possession against a Bears defense that missed more tackles than it made. Rookie DeShawn Wynn bolted 44 yards up the gut of the Bears' defense on the fourth play from scrimmage as defensive end Mark Anderson, Danieal Manning and safety McGowan all missed him near the line of scrimmage before he was finally dragged down at the Bears' 8-yard line.

Three plays later Wynn scored on a 2-yard run for a 7-0 Packers lead just 3:59 into the game.