Star Ratings are back! Sorry for not having them in the last few weeks. Green Bay are winners of three straight games, and they find themselves in prime position for the one seed in the NFC. Not only did the Packers take the NFC North, but with New Orleans losing to Philadelphia, they have control of their own destiny for the one seed. Green Bay did some good things, but there were a few things that give you pause moving forward. Green Bay is still one of the best teams in football but they’re flawed. Let’s hope that the Packers can make those changes in the final weeks of the season.

FIVE STARS
Aaron Rodgers – What more can you say about one of the best that has ever done it? He is playing at another level right now. Rodgers went off again versus the porous Lions’ secondary. He cannot be stopped right now. It is going to be interesting to see if people will still back Patrick Mahomes like he is their son, or if Rodgers will start getting people in his corner. What’s going to be the excuse this week? Rodgers knows he’s playing better than anyone in this league.

Davante Adams – Typically, I only do one, but there needs to be some Davante Adams love here too especially since we haven’t done this in a few weeks. Adams is making a legitimate case for Offensive Player of the Year. Who else would you put in that category? Maybe Travis Kelce of Kansas City. Adams had 115 yards, seven catches, and a touchdown as he took his first pass 56 yards for a touchdown. There aren’t many corners that can hold Adams down.

FOUR STARS
Darnell Savage – This dude keeps making plays. One thing I’ve missed in the last couple of star ratings is not being able to gas up Savage. He is one of the best players on the roster right now. He keeps finding ways to involve himself in the defense. Savage made one of the biggest plays in the game by sacking Matt Stafford to ensure the Lions did not add any more points before halftime.

THREE STAR
Packers running game strategy – Is this a real worry? Maybe not. But I don’t understand why the Packers aren’t using Aaron Jones as a bellcow. Green Bay keeps saying he is being saved for the stretch run. Well, it’s the final four weeks of the season. When is that stretch run? I guess let’s think about this a little bit further. Packers could have 3-4 playoff games on top of the three regular-season games they have left. That is almost half of a season. Maybe they’ve unlocked something that we don’t know about and want to keep this rotation rolling until the start of the postseason. It is a bit bizarre though and really doesn’t let Jones get any momentum.

TWO STARS
Kevin King – I’m not saying I’m out on Kevin King, but this performance was bad today. King is facing some average to above average receivers and he’s giving them a 10-yard cushion at all times. Like, play up on them, one time, Kevin. He also is allergic to tackling as the Adrian Peterson screen is an example. King’s style doesn’t exactly match up with the others in the secondary.

ONE STAR
Christian Kirksey – He does have the green dot and the ‘leader’ of the defense. Yet it’s time for Kirksey to be more of a bench guy. Give more snaps to Krys Barnes and Kamal Martin. Kirksey is too slow to play in coverage. Teams are going to see that on film and eat him up.

Charlie.