Just like what most people expected, the Green Bay Packers lured the Detroit Lions to a deep pit in the middle of Lambeau Field and got gorged on by the home team. Of course, that's speaking metaphorically because what literally happened on Monday night was total domination of the Lions' defense by the one-two punch of Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Jones.

The Lions walked into that game as an underdog by 11.5 points, which probably trapped not a few bettors, considering how Detroit managed to look respectable towards the end of Week 1’s loss to the San Francisco 49ers and the fact that Rodgers and the Packers were taken to school by Jameis Winston and the New Orleans Saints in the most stunning game result on opening week. Detroit looked alright in the early goings for the Packers game. The first quarter ended with the score tied at 7-7. The Lions even had a 3-point lead at the half.

But once the Packers’ stop unit realized what they were paid for to do in the second half, there was no looking back for Green Bay. The Lions were held scoreless in the final two quarters, as they were only able to put together meaningless drives that ended on punts and turnovers.

Rodgers was at the top of his game, which is speaking quite a lot because he’s already Aaron Rodgers, to begin with. After getting outclassed by Winston, Rodgers was not going to allow himself to get outshined by Jared Goff. Plus, a 0-2 start to the season would be far from ideal for the narrative that this could be Rodgers’ last season in Green Bay uniform. Rodgers completed 22 of 27 pass attempts for 255 yards and four touchdowns with zero interceptions. This was the version of Rodgers the Saints should consider themselves lucky for not having to deal with.

That’s also the quarterback most GMs in the league would try the Milk Crate challenge blindfolded just to have on their team.

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And three of those Rodgers TD lobs were pulled down by Jones, who had four touchdowns overall, including the game’s lone rushing score. Believe it or not, that was not the first time Jones had such an offensive explosion.

The way the Packers dismantled Detroit in Week 2 was also a reminder for the rest of the NFL that Aaron Rodgers and Aaron Jones are still here — and dangerous.