People are not happy with how the Green Bay Packers played on Sunday. For me, I felt like some of the reactions to that were off. We swung too far from the pendulum. Things were not great, but it didn’t deserve some of the reactions it got from Packers fans. I mentioned this on the podcast last night, but look at every team that is in the NFC playoffs right now, all of them had issues with their game on Sunday. No one played perfectly this week. Let’s dig into who played well and who did not.

Five Stars: Adrian Amos – What a game from Amos. He played likely his best game as a Green Bay Packer on Sunday. He has been good all season, but things have been a little under-the-radar compared to some of the other things that Green Bay is doing on defense. Amos had seven tackles, one sack, one interception, and two pass deflections. He played his ass off in this game. Packers seem to unleash Amos to move him around the field in this game, and I hope this continues in the weeks to come.

Other five stars: Aaron Jones, Tyler Ervin

Four Stars: Kenny Clark – It is good to see Kenny Clark healthy again. Sometimes, we do not know what guys are going through on a game-to-game basis. Clark did not seem himself earlier this season. He is now starting to bring back that interior rush game which we saw a bit of over the last few years. He also is aiding in stopping the run. Adrian Peterson never got going with only a 3.7 average in this game.

Other four stars: Jimmy Graham, Jaire Alexander

Three Stars: Packers’ gameplan to involve tight ends and running backs – Green Bay started the game with focusing on Green Bay’s running backs and tight ends instead of the wide receivers. Davante Adams barely got a target in the first half. The offense looked great for the first two drives then fell apart as the game went on. Part of me thinks Green Bay is trying to find its best plays for all positions to gear up for the postseason run.

Other Three Stars: Aaron Rodgers

Two Stars: Offense stalling out regularly – Not a great thing that keeps happening, but I am not making it a one-star thing. Here’s why. First of all, offenses are not going to score on every possession. That does not happen. But there needs to be a little more from them obviously. Green Bay’s offense still feels disjointed, and that’s not great for a team in December heading towards the playoffs. Most new coaches need two years before they’re hitting their stride with the team. This is not an outright concern, rather an understanding that is going to take time for this offense to come together.

I’ll add to this thought with this to ponder… what if Davante Adams didn’t get hurt? Would the Packers have found their rhythm in blending the skills of Adams and Aaron Jones together more so than they have in the last few weeks? Part of me thinks that would be the case. They haven’t played enough together with LaFleur’s system.

One Stars: Geronimo Allison – How much more can we see with G-Mo? He had one catch and if not for a down by contact call, he fumbled on his first yards-after-catch play in a long, long time. Allison should not be a part of this offense. He truly does not bring anything to the table.

Charlie.