Yes, you read that score right. If you missed the action, Aaron Rodgers had 6 touchdowns... in the first half. He would get taken out in the third quarter, so he wasn't able to break the record set at 7 touchdowns for a game. Rodgers put on a show on Sunday Night Football throwing touchdown passes of 40 yards and 73 yards to Jordy Nelson. Rodgers looked unstoppable, and may have brought up some early MVP talk with him.
"We just kind of got things going our way," Rodgers said. "The line did a good job of giving me time to extend plays. If you extend plays, you look down the field and there's Jordy Nelson. He made some nice catches."
Rodgers was his usual humble self in the post-game, but what he did tonight should be comparative to one of the best games we've ever seen. If the Bears offense actually did something on Sunday night, we may have seen Rodgers exceed 8 touchdowns. Yes, the Bears defense is bad, but when Manning threw the record touchdown passes against Baltimore, he actually had a game going for a while. This Packers game was over by the second quarter. If only we could have seen what Rodgers could have done. The former Super Bowl winner helped tie a franchise record 55 points at Lambeu Field.
"His statistics at halftime, I don't know if I've ever seen anything like that," McCarthy said.
The Packers, even with some questions on defense, look primed for the playoffs at this point. This team could even fly under the radar and surprise teams. With Rodgers, anything goes.