Packers have ‘real dude’ at QB, as Jordan Love keeps rolling

“He’s really making them think,” Jones said. “From Minnesota (on New Year’s Eve) on, teams who tried to pressure him, he’s … not exposed them, but had a good day against them.

“We have dogs at receiver waiting to get one-on-one matchups. All we have to do up front is give Jordan a little bit of time and he’ll find an open receiver.”

The other especially noteworthy play came in the third quarter and was a repeat of a concept that came so close to working all the way back in Week 1 at Chicago.

At the time, rookie tight end Luke Musgrave was the back-side target off play-action, but he got his feet crossed up with the ball coming his way and couldn’t score.

This time, with Musgrave returning to the lineup for just his second game following a lengthy absence due to a lacerated kidney, he was wide open again and had no trouble with the catch, or turning upfield to make it a 38-yard touchdown. It put the Packers up 41-16.

“We had a cool moment in the locker room,” LaFleur said of celebrating that play. “He loves this game, and it killed him not being out there. Whether he’s catching touchdowns or out there doing the dirty work run blocking … you really can say that about our whole team. There is a different energy about our team.”

So much of it flows from Love, as well as from Jones, who is on the most productive binge of his career. Having battled through multiple injuries this season, Jones hitting his stride has coincided with the offense as a whole doing the same.

“It’s a blessing in disguise I would say he didn’t have the wear and tear throughout the course of the season,” LaFleur said. “He’s not the biggest guy, but pound for pound, there’s not many tougher than him.”

And right now, there isn’t an offense hotter, more dangerous, or more explosive (take your pick) than Green Bay’s.

“It just shows what we’re about as a team,” Love said. “We’ve been counted out so many times.”

But not by anyone that matters to these guys.

“We believe in each other, we have faith in each other, and we have all the weapons in the building, in that room – however you want to put it – we have all the weapons we need,” Jones said. “What are people going to say now?”