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From the Associated Press

CHICAGO -- No tears for Brett Favre this time, just frustration. And Green Bay can forget about the No. 1 seeding in the NFC.

Brian Urlacher returned an interception for a touchdown for the first time in his career, Adrian Peterson ran for 102 yards, and the Chicago Bears (6-9) beat the Packers, 35-7, on a frigid afternoon. The loss wiped out the Packers’ shot at home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, but they will be seeded No. 2.

Favre, who last year left Soldier Field in tears after leading the Packers to a win on New Year’s Eve, was at his worst on this bone-chilling, windy and at times snowy afternoon, and the Packers (12-3) took their most lopsided loss of the season.

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He passed for only nine yards in the first half and 153 overall, giving him 4,058 this season and putting him over the 4,000-yard mark for the fifth time. He completed 17 of 32 passes and had two intercepted, including one that Urlacher ran back 85 yards.

Quoteworthy: “I’ve been playing 17 years, and that was the worst condition I’ve ever played in.” -- Brett Favre, Packers quarterback

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