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Packers: No surprise, Aaron Rodgers wins NFC Offensive Player of the Week

By Freddie Boston

GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 20: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers reacts after throwing a touchdown in the second quarter against the Oakland Raiders at Lambeau Field on October 20, 2019 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 20: Aaron Rodgers #12 of the Green Bay Packers reacts after throwing a touchdown in the second quarter against the Oakland Raiders at Lambeau Field on October 20, 2019 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images) /
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It’s no surprise who won NFC Offensive Player of the Week.

After an offseason filled with questions about whether Aaron Rodgers was still the same player he once was, and how he’d work with Matt LaFleur, it was great to see the Green Bay Packers‘ two-time MVP put together one of his greatest ever performances in Week 7.

Rodgers has been playing great football for the best part of a month, and it always felt like a big game like this wasn’t far away. Even with Davante Adams out due to a toe injury.

After throwing for five touchdowns and running in a sixth, Rodgers has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week, and it’s not much of a surprise.

If Rodgers and this offense continue to build as they’ve done throughout the opening seven weeks, this might not be the only award Rodgers wins in 2019. The way it’s going, he should be considered one of the favorites for the league MVP award.

When Rodgers is playing at MVP level, there’s not much any defense can do about it. The Packers went a combined 27-5 in his two MVP years in 2011 and 2014, reaching the divisional round and NFC Championship Game in those seasons.

Rodgers is currently on pace to finish with 4,614 passing yards, which would be his most since 2011, when he threw for 4,643 yards. He’s also on pace to throw 30 touchdown passes with only five interceptions.

But it also won’t be a surprise if that touchdown total rises in the coming weeks.

The Packers offense took some time to get going early in the year, with Rodgers throwing four touchdown passes in the opening three games.

We also need to consider that he didn’t throw a touchdown pass against the Cowboys, but not because he didn’t play well, but instead because Aaron Jones ran in four touchdowns. The Cowboys had no answer for the run, so Jones just kept scoring. But even with that touchdown-less game for Rodgers, he still has nine touchdown passes in his past four games.

And despite Rodgers’ slow start to the year, he’s still ranked fifth in the NFL for passing yards and only has two fewer touchdown passes than league-leaders Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan and Patrick Mahomes, who each have 15.

We saw MVP Rodgers in Week 7. If that continues, the Packers will be tough to stop.

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