One productive half against the Chicago Bears could not realistically suppress all the panic surrounding Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers' offense. The concerns draw from a yearlong decline in production. A recent column in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel suggested Rodgers had fallen from the ranks of the greats as a result.

Rodgers has never been worse through six games of a season when it comes to completion percentage, yards per pass attempt and passer rating. There are real issues with the offense, but the conventional numbers paint an incomplete and misleading picture: Rodgers has never been better through six games in three key areas.

Rodgers remains right in line with past seasons when it comes to Total QBR, the ESPN metric that measures how quarterbacks contribute to winning. Coaches and evaluators see no physical decline for Rodgers. They expressed more concern about the Packers' defense than for a quarterback with eight more total touchdowns than turnovers, which is tied with Ben Roethlisberger and Derek Carr for fourth in the league.

A deep dive into Rodgers' season reveals why.