Green Bay Packers needed to take care of business against a spunky Oakland team. They’re a better team than experts thought at the start of the season. With a big primetime matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs next week, a letdown could potentially happen. It didn’t. At all. Rather, Aaron Rodgers went off with one of the best statistical performances in his career. Rodgers led the Packers to an easy victory against the Raiders winning 42-24 in a dominating offensive performance. Green Bay stays at the top of the NFC North. Packers haven’t lost to the Raiders since they were in Los Angeles in 1987.

Player of the Game: Aaron Rodgers – As we said, this was a vintage Rodgers performance. He is going to get some MVP buzz around him heading into this week, and if he shows out at Kansas City, it will grow exponentially. Rodgers went off against Oakland for 429 yards, five touchdowns, one rushing score and only missed six passes all game. Rodgers tore up the Oakland defense all game long. It didn’t matter which receivers were out there. Rodgers found guys open and didn’t have one bad pass all game long. He was terrific.

Honorable Mention: Marquez Valdes-Scantling – This was pretty impressive from MVS. He battled back from an ankle injury, and people thought he would not play late last week. MVS turned the corner and wanted to be out there with his team. Valdes-Scantling showed off his big-play ability yesterday. Green Bay used to run a play-action deep post with Jordy Nelson, and they brought it back with MVS. He also took a five-yard out and ran it for a score.

The Thing I Liked: Matt LaFleur adjusted his game plan to the team they’re playing – Here’s the thing to start loving about new head coach Matt LaFleur, he is shifting his game plan each week. This isn’t like Mike McCarthy where we see similar things game in, game out. Packers haven’t been pass-heavy all season but knowing that Oakland’s pass defense was awful, they went there. LaFleur is making a new game plan for each game, and it speaks to how much McCarthy mailed things in the final few years.

The Thing I Didn’t Like: What’s up with the zone defense? – Do we have an explanation for why the zone defense was all over the place on Sunday? That didn’t seem to make too much sense to me. Some could say it was due to two things – Derek Carr not being able to read coverages and hope that he throws an interception and they had no answer for Darren Waller. Packers get Travis Kelce next week, and that could be very dicey.

Next up: Packers head to Kansas City for a primetime showdown at Arrowhead. This figured to be one of the biggest matchups of the year with Aaron Rodgers taking on Patrick Mahomes for the first time. Instead, Rodgers will take on Matt Moore with Mahomes going out with an injury. Kansas City is still loaded with offensive talent. This could be a massive day for the running attack.

Charlie.