GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers threw for 326 yards and three touchdowns, Davante Adams and Ty Montgomery emerged as playmakers in the second half and the Green Bay Packers beat the offensively challenged Chicago Bears 26-10 on Thursday night.

Rodgers was 39 of 56, setting a franchise record for completions in a game in the Packers’ first contest without injured running back Eddie Lacy.

The Packers (4-2) moved effectively on short gains most of the night, but couldn’t break into the end zone until Adams caught the first of his two touchdown receptions with 9:11 left in the third quarter for a 13-10 lead.

Rodgers and Adams combined again for a 4-yard score on the first play of the fourth quarter for a 10-point lead.

It was effectively over from there for the Bears (1-6), who lost quarterback Brian Hoyer to a broken left arm in the second quarter.

With Jay Cutler already out with a right thumb injury, Chicago turned to third-stringer Matt Barkley.

An offense that was already 31st in the league in scoring got worse. Barkley was 6 of 15 for 81 yards and two interceptions.

Coach John Fox tried to lean on the rush against the NFL’s third-best run defense. It didn’t work either.

It got so bad for the Bears that Rodgers had more completions (37) than the Bears had offensive plays (36) by 5:31 of the fourth quarter.

That 37th completion for Rodgers was a 2-yard scoring pass to Randall Cobb for a 16-point lead.

The Packers put Lacy on injured reserve before the game.The team traded a conditional draft pick to Kansas City this week for Knile Davis and also signed Don Jackson to the active roster from the practice squad.

BILLS: A person with knowledge of LeSean McCoy’s hamstring injury told The Associated Press that the running back will be “a game-time decision” on Sunday, when Buffalo plays at Miami.

McCoy left practice Wednesday after experiencing tightness in one of his hamstrings.

Coach Rex Ryan is “hopeful” McCoy can play, and declined to reveal the extent of the injury.

JETS: The team will honor the late Dennis Byrd in a pregame ceremony Sunday after he was killed last weekend in a car accident in Oklahoma.

Byrd was an inspiration to many after he overcame brief paralysis and walked again just a few months after injuring his neck during a play in 1992. The defensive lineman, who played for the Jets for four seasons, died in a two-vehicle collision on Oklahoma 88 north of Claremore last Saturday. He was 50.

• Rookie linebacker Darron Lee will not play against the Ravens on Sunday because of a sprained ankle. Lee, the team’s first-round draft pick in April, is the Jets’ leading tackler with 34.

WASHINGTON: Wide receiver DeSean Jackson and tight end Jordan Reed missed practice, putting their availability for Sunday’s game at the Detroit Lions into question.

Jackson has a sore left shoulder. Reed still is dealing with a concussion that forced him to miss last week’s game.

GIANTS: Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. returned to practice on a limited basis and hopes to play against the Los Angeles Rams this weekend in London.

The 23-year-old Beckham missed Wednesday’s workout because of a hip pointer sustained in Sunday’s 27-23 win over the Ravens.

COLTS: Terricka Cromartie believes Indianapolis cut her husband, Antonio, because of his national anthem protest.

On Thursday, she took her claims public on Instagram and noted earlier comments from team owner Jim Irsay as confirming it. Irsay called the protests not “a positive thing.”

Cromartie’s wife wrote, in part: “one things for sure I know my husband was told Not to take a knee and he went with his heart and took one. And that cost him his job.” He was the only Colts player to protest by taking a knee and raising his fist during the anthem.

Team spokesman Avis Roper responded by citing Coach Chuck Pagano’s previous answer about making the best decision for the team.

The Colts signed Cromartie on Aug. 22 to solidify a secondary decimated by injuries. He started each of Indy’s first four games but was benched in the second half against Jacksonville after being called for two penalties on the Jaguars’ final first-half drive.

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