And why shouldn't they? The Packers front seven, in sweltering heat and humidity, held the Jaguars to just 48 rushing yards. This from an inside linebacking corps anchored by a second-year player and a rookie.
The defense sacked Blake Bortles three times, and Joe Thomas came away with an interception off a deflected pass—one he had to motor 10 yards to grab, since he had actually been blitzing on that play, his first of the game. The unit also had 10 tackles for loss and seven passes defensed.
And there, on the offensive side of the ball, was Aaron Rodgers getting pulled to the ground by his jersey at the hands of Jalen Ramsey, and still firing off a 29-yard pass to a diving Davante Adams that somehow ended up in the wideout's hands rather than on the field.