FOXBOROUGH – A few weeks ago, Bill Belichick said the Broncos’ Peyton Manning is the best quarterback he’s ever coached against, but judging by his comments on the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers Wednesday morning, the Patriots coach is bracing for quite a challenge this Sunday.

After a 1-2 start, the Packers have won seven of their last eight games, and their offense is routinely torching opponents. Rodgers has 30 touchdown passes and three interceptions, with two of the picks coming in their last loss, in New Orleans a month ago.

“He’s a great player. He does a tremendous job, at everything. No weak points,” Belichick said. “Makes every throw. Handles the team very well at the line. Checks and adjustments, he certainly sees the defense well, uses all of his weapons, makes great throws, the short ones, intermediate, down the field, sideline, back shoulders, deep routes, then he has a great ability to extend plays, either sliding in the pocket or at times scrambling outside the pocket, they’ve made a lot of plays this year on things like that, where he either buys extra time or flat-out gets away from the rush and lets the receivers uncover.