--MLB Nick Barnett is scheduled to undergo surgery Thursday for the season-ending torn ACL in his right knee he sustained in the Nov. 9 game at Minnesota. Barnett faces at least six to eight months of recovery.

--WR Donald Driver likely will be held out of practice Wednesday, as the Packers delve into a long week of preparation for the Monday night game at New Orleans. Coach Mike McCarthy said Driver, who played in the Packers' 37-3 win over the Bears on Sunday, is on the mend with some unspecified bruises.

--WR James Jones banged his right knee in the game Sunday but was able to come back to play. Jones suffered a torn PCL in the knee late in the preseason and aggravated it a couple times early in the season.

--QB Aaron Rodgers wasn't hit in the game Sunday and, consequently, checked out Monday the best he's felt coming out of a game since suffering a sprained shoulder in the Sept. 28 game at Tampa Bay. Rodgers hasn't missed a game since then. He completed 23 of 30 passes for 227 yards and two touchdowns with one interception Sunday.

--LT Chad Clifton is expected to be involved in practice most of this week, though coach Mike McCarthy said Monday that his veteran starter would go through team drills no more than two straight days in the long week. Until last week, Clifton had been held out of most team drills during the course of a week to allow him to rest his chronically sore knees.

REPORT CARD VS. BEARS

PASSING OFFENSE: A-minus -- The offensive line acquitted itself well, for at least a game, after an abominable performance in pass protection the previous week at Minnesota. Aaron Rodgers wasn't sacked. For that matter, he wasn't hit once. Working out and off a variety of formations and calls -- including the I from under center, play-action, shotgun, rolling out, check-downs -- Rodgers dissected Chicago's porous secondary from the get-go. Completions of 16 and 14 yards to Donald Driver and 19 yards to Jordy Nelson in Green Bay's second series of the game set up a 3-yard touchdown throw to Greg Jennings on a quick slant. Rodgers completed his first seven passes for 71 yards. TE Donald Lee was a big part of the passing game, for a change, and had a team-high six receptions for 33 yards, including a 5-yard touchdown. Rodgers finished 23-for-30 for 227 yards, the two TDs and a passer rating of 105.8, his first triple-digit mark in three games. Rodgers, though, badly underthrew an open Driver, who had gotten behind LB Brian Urlacher down the middle for what should have been a 40-yard touchdown, and Urlacher was able to cover the ground and make the interception in front of Driver. Rodgers bounced back in the third quarter for big-time strikes of 29 and 21 yards to Jennings (five catches, 64 yards) and Driver (four catches, 60 yards) on back-to-back plays in a touchdown march.

RUSHING OFFENSE: A -- Five consecutive carries by Ryan Grant to start the game (one was erased by a penalty) set the tone for head coach
Brandon Jackson didn't miss a beat as a temporary second-quarter replacement for Grant, who had the wind knocked out of him, by turning five straight run calls into 30 yards. Jackson had a robust total of 10 carries for 50 yards. Fullback John Kuhn converted two third-and-1 plays on inside handoffs for 3 and 1 yards.

PASS DEFENSE: A-minus -- The Bears didn't bother attacking Green Bay's esteemed secondary with a pedestrian group of wide receivers who routinely failed to beat the pressing man coverage. The first completion by Kyle Orton to a wideout wasn't until early in the third quarter, an 8-yard toss to Brandon Lloyd. When Orton exited from the blowout midway through the final quarter, the Bears had only two catches by wideouts -- the group finished with all of four receptions, thanks to two completions by Rex Grossman in a game-ending series. The combination of RB Matt Forte (six catches, 40 yards) and TE Greg Olsen (four catches, 45 yards) caused the most trouble for the Packers defense. Nickel back Tramon Williams was frequently picked on, often lined up on a split-out Olsen. Still, the Packers held Orton to a listless 13-for-26 for 133 yards and no touchdowns. Orton wasn't overly pressured, but Charles Woodson sacked him on a corner blitz. Green Bay struck again with a defensive touchdown, its franchise-record seventh of the season. Backup DE Jason Hunter scooped up the football after it had been dropped to the ground by Orton out of shotgun, and Hunter dashed 54 yards in the fourth quarter.

RUSH DEFENSE: A -- The Bears' final tally of 20 carries for 83 yards (4.2 per carry average) was misleading for how industrious the Packers' maligned run defense was in shutting down a strong running game. Garrett Wolfe and Adrian Peterson combined for 19 yards on three carries in garbage time. After being gashed for a combined 398 rushing yards in the previous two games, Green Bay, by comparison, did an incredible job of keeping Forte mostly bottled up. Forte had 16 carries for 64 yards, but he had only five runs of at least 6 yards, with a long of 10. The transition of A.J. Hawk from the weak side to middle linebacker in place of injured Nick Barnett paid off. Hawk flowed better to the ball in downhill mode from his new position and tied Brandon Chillar, who took over for Hawk at the weak-side spot, for the team lead with seven tackles. In the second quarter, Hawk and situational LB Desmond Bishop had a pivotal third-and-1 stop against Forte for no gain, thanks in part to the defensive line getting an initial push at the snap, to keep the Bears from gaining some momentum.

SPECIAL TEAMS: B-plus -- Devin Hester's return struggles this season continued, as the Packers kicked to him but made a concerted effort to pin him into one area by having both K Mason Crosby and P Derrick Frost angle their kicks. The coverage units were quick in getting downfield and held Hester to an average of 22.8 yards on five kickoff returns and 7 yards on one punt return. Crosby made amends for missing a potential game-winning 52-yard field goal the previous week indoors at Minnesota by connecting on a personal-best-tying 53-yarder into the teeth of a brisk crosswind before halftime and adding field goals of 33 and 45 yards in the second half. Frost had to punt only twice, and his averages of 35 yards gross and 31.5 net were far from exceptional, but he placed one at the Bears' 10-yard line to force a Hester fair catch. The Packers had next to nothing from Will Blackmon on returns -- he averaged 14 yards on two kickoff runbacks, and his only chance on a punt went for 3 yards.

COACHING: A -- The execution by the Packers in all facets was as good as it's been in this up-and-down season. Green Bay, unlike Chicago, was ready to play in a key showdown between teams atop the NFC North, and the myriad lopsided numbers in the Packers' favor reflected that. McCarthy and his offensive assistants did their best game-planning of the season. They were unfazed by the Bears' domination on run defense of late and took advantage from the start when Chicago showed its hand in keeping both safeties back to defend the pass. The Packers, who finished with 427 yards and controlled the ball for nearly 37 1/2 minutes, had 38 runs to 30 pass attempts -- only the fourth time this season they've run more than they've passed. Embattled defensive coordinator Bob Sanders frequently employed the nickel package, keeping Hawk and Chillar on the field as the linebackers, and his charges were generally in the right position to take away big plays. The Bears were held to 234 yards, the second-best effort by the Packers defense in 2008. Special teams coordinator Mike Stock didn't shy from kicking to Hester and took the right approach in hemming him in on one side of the field.