That was one strange game. The 50th anniversary of the Bishop's Charities game at Lambeau Field Thursday won't be forgotten soon, even if it was an exhibition. The Packers went wild with big plays in a 59-24 victory before 69,987 fans on a perfect late summer night. I never thought I would have to reference the Pack's one and only pre-season game way back in 1938, but this was the most points scored in an exhibition since that memorable 75-0 rout of the poor Cedar Rapids Crush. And to think the Packers spotted Indy a 7-0 lead just 22 seconds into the contest. A long kickoff return, a 49 yard Joseph Addai run and an 18 yard strike from Peyton Manning to Pierre Garcon put up a touchdown up before most folks got to sit down. Even though the Packers answered with a Donald Driver 6 yard TD catch from Aaron Rodgers, the Colts built the lead to 17-7 early in the second quarter. From there, it was a 52-7 laugher for the home team. Rodgers would toss two more scoring passes before his night ended at halftime, a 15 yarder to a wide open Jermichael Finley on a play that Aaron got sandwiched, and a nice two minute drill capped by a three yard pass to James Jones that made it 28-17 at intermission. Matt Flynn got into the act with two touchdown passes, 2 yards to John Kuhn, which came one snap after Frank Zombo sacked Manning and jarred the ball loose and Robert Francois scooped up and returned 35 yards. Flynn also found Andrew Quarless on an 11 yard pass on the first play of the 4th quarter. The special teams also got into the act as Korey Hall recovered a muffed punt in the end zone and free agent receiver Jason Cherry brought back a punt 75 yards for the night's final touchdown. Green Bay piled up 430 yards of offense, picked up 33 first downs, controlled the ball for over 37 minutes and converted 7 of 13 third down plays. The only blemish offensively were two lost fumbles by Ryan Grant and Brandon Jackson. After the defense backpeddled on the opening snaps, they allowed only 32 more rushing yards on 19 carries, coming up with 4 takeaways, interceptions from Morgan Burnett and Sam Shields. The Packers must make five roster cuts by Tuesday before closing out the pre-season in Kansas City next Thursday night. Here are some quotes from a very happy locker room at Lambeau:


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