As stated prior, the Packers’ season was already a success. Green Bay found their QB of the future, even if some of us knew this heading into the season, it’s more than evident now. Aaron Jones seemed to be the locker room leader for the entire team, and he put together his best 3-game stretch of his career at the right time – for this team to carry on getting incredible experience.

Love Was Money

In a Gotta Have It game/situation, Jordan Love delivered his best game of his career.

That completion percentage is actually a bit misleading. Of his 5 incompletions, 2 were dropped touchdowns (yes, they should’ve been caught, but weren’t – Melton’s included), and one was a throw away to stop the clock at the end of the first half. So one of his 2 real incompletions was a bad toss up that should’ve been intercepted in the end zone to end the first half…just a brilliant performance.

3rd Down Efficiency

The Packers converted 7 of ten 3rd downs…70% is incredible. Anytime they do that, they’re likely winning as that’s essentially 2 free possessions. It’s also why the game was so short, each team kept the ball in bounds and moving without many incompletions (or penalties). This 3rd down efficiency made up for the lost fumble, which almost swung the game around, and was the only reason the Bears were even in the game in the 2nd half.

Jaire Alexander

Jaire had a great game…which happens when the best man-cover corner in the NFL…plays man coverage. He’s so hard to detect, that even local news reporters have trouble identifying him.

The D-Line Got it Done

The Packers totaled 5 sacks cutting Justin Fields down for 31 yards in those takedowns. The Packers also held the #1 rushing offense (entering the game) to 75 yards on 25 attempts (3.0 yards/rush), which is incredible. Play man coverage, bring a blitzer or two every once in a while, and get Lukas Van Ness more snaps…he plays well and produces when he’s on the field.

All in all, just a solid victory – however, those special teams sure are special…Kicker Anders Carlson will get a lot of the bad rap, but I have a feeling the snapper-to-holder is the crux of the issue, much alike Mason Crosby a few years back when he had issues. Once the Packers fixed that, he ended up being one of the better kickers in the game. I’ll still hold out hope for Carlson, especially since the Packers used a draft pick on him, he almost MUST turn out…however, the highest paid Special Teams Coordinator in the NFL doesn’t seem to be earning his paycheck.