When the Chicago Bears faced the Washington Redskins in Week 3, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix was a force to be reckoned with. The Bears safety had two interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown.
It was Clinton-Dix’s first game against his former team since he decided to sign with the Bears last March. It was also the first stop in his revenge tour, not that he’ll admit it.
Clinton-Dix will be looking to do the same against the team that drafted him — and then traded him to Washington in Week 9 last season — when the Bears travel to Lambeau Field to take on the Green Bay Packers on Sunday.
Not that Clinton-Dix expects another two-interception game against a former team. Especially not against Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, who has thrown just two interceptions all season.
“If A-Rod decides to bless me and throw me the ball twice, I’ll be happy as hell,” Clinton-Dix said. “But unfortunately A-Rod doesn’t work that way. He’s the best quarterback in the game, and we just have to go out and execute and eliminate the big plays.”
The Bears were able to do just that in the season opener — eliminate big plays — minus one. While the defense more than did its job — holding Rodgers and the Packers offense to just 10 points — it was one big play that set up Green Bay’s only touchdown of the game.
Despite moving to the opposite side of the storied Bears-Packers rivalry, Clinton-Dix is looking forward to returning to Green Bay, where he spent his first 4.5 seasons.
“It means a lot,” he said. “Just to go back and be able to play against the guys that I’ve been with for the past five years, and able to compete against your friends. It makes the games more fun and more competitive.”
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