Green Bay Packers had the same job as they did last week. Make sure that a downtrodden team coming into Lambeau Field did not believe they could win this football game. Misson accomplished with the Chicago Bears. And while Philadelphia got off to an okay start, Green Bay put them in a stranglehold by the second quarter. Pakers did not let the Eagles get up for air by halftime. They won 30-16 with a spirited effort by Jalen Hurts down the stretch to give Philadelphia a shot but Green Bay put the final nail in the coffin with an Aaron Jones 77 yard touchdown run.

Player of the Game: Aaron Rodgers – What a performance from the quarterback. Yes, he hit the 400th touchdown milestone, but he had a good game as well. Rodgers finished with 295 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions. He had a quarterback rating of 128.9 and completed 74% of his passes thrown last night. He was on one early on finding everyone open. The MVP front-runner found eight different receivers in yesterday’s game.

Honorable Mention: Packers’ pass rush – Trying to decide which one to give the honor to is very hard. Rashan Gary, Kingsley Keke, Za’Darius Smith all had 1.5 or 2 sacks in this game. They were relenteless to the quarterback. Green Bay found themselves in Carson Wentz’s kitchen all night long. Apparently, the leaders of the defense asked Mike Pettine to unleash the trailer and they came up big last night.

#Packers OLB Za'Darius Smith said he, Preston Smith and Kenny Clark went to DC Mike Pettine this week and asked to simplify things and let them get after the QB like they were used to doing. He said Pettine turned them loose especially late in the game as opposed to last week.

— Tom Silverstein (@TomSilverstein) December 7, 2020

One Thing I Liked: Again, Green Bay took care of business – Look, it would have been very easy to go into this game and let Philadelphia find some magic. They didn’t let it happen. Even when Hurts gave them a shot in the arm, they were able to find a way to pull back away from this team. Green Bay continues to exert their will agianst bad teams. We saw weather affect the Jacksonville and Minnesota games where it seemed Green Bay played down to their opponent.

One Thing I Didn’t Like: The punt return team struggles again – Jalen Reagor housed a bad kick from J.K. Scott. This is Green Bay’s second punt return touchdown of the year. Two things here… One, Scott needs to learn how to push dudes out of bounds. Second, Scott needs to find whatever he had in year one. The punts have been borderline unacceptable this season. Lastly, the Packers punt return coverage did the team no favors. Kamal Martin missed an easy tackle and Raven Greene took an awful angle. You have to better in those situations.

Next up: For the third straight week, Green Bay will face a team clinging on to playoff hopes. This time, it’s Detroit and Matthew Stafford. Lions have given the Packers’ fits in the past couple of years, but the Pack dominated their first meeting in September. Lions’ defense gave up 30 points to a bad Chicago offense, and I shutter to think what Rodgers and company might do against this defense. Another 40 burger could be on the menu.

Charlie.