Aaron Rodgers, Packers Issue Warning Shot to Doubters with MNF Win over Eagles

November 29, 2016   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Mired in their worst slump in eight years, the Green Bay Packers didn't deserve our love or admiration. The depleted defense was embarrassed in four consecutive losses, and the uncreative, unbalanced offense simply wasn't good enough.
But even after the Packers dropped those four contests and fell 2.5 games out of first place in the NFC North, we'd have been foolish to count out a team led by the highest-rated passer in the history of the NFL.
You just never know when a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers is going to hijack the football world and torch hasty narratives and high-quality opposing defenses at the same time.
Thanks primarily to a surgical, near-perfect performance by Rodgers on Monday night in Philadelphia, the still-in-contention Packers woke up just in the nick of time. They made a proclamation with a 27-13 drubbing of a team that had yet to be beaten, let alone drubbed, on its home field.
Rodgers completed all but nine of his 39 throws for 313 yards while...

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