The Green Bay Packers bounced back after last week's bad loss on the road and won what turned out to be one of those classic "snow globe" games at Lambeau Field, taking down the Carolina Panthers, 24-16.

All three phases turned in a nice effort and hopefully gave the team some positives to dwell on heading into the bye week.

On to the day's good and bad.

Game Balls

Aaron Jones

Jones just keeps showing up in this column week after week, it seems. 13 carries for 93 yards and three touchdowns on the day. Jones now has 14 on the season and has to be deemed a professional Lambeau Leaper, at this point.

When 33 gets the ball, good things happen. It's often said "get the ball to your playmakers" and, along with receiver Davante Adams, Jones is one of those guys.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers, during his postgame comments, said that maybe it's time to start talking about Jones in the race for league MVP. If he keeps running and scoring like he has, it's going to be tough to ignore.

Kenny Clark

Clark made his presence felt all game long and it's a sight for sore eyes to see him on this list. On the stat sheet, Clark had four tackles, one for a loss. He was in the backfield all day long.

The bye week should help an ailing Clark heal up between his calf, shin and back issues. The Packers defense needs a healthy 97 down the stretch.

Preston Smith

Smith had two sacks on the day and four hits on Panthers quarterback Kyle Allen. That pressure led to some incompletions and forced Allen to throw some very sub-optimal balls.

Smith was the first Packers defender to reach 10 sacks this season and said that he plans on buying Rolex watches for the entire defense. It would seem, however, that everybody already knows what time it is: time for another sack by Preston Smith!

Davante Adams

118 yards on seven catches and 10 targets. Adams cannot be covered all game long. He logged a 38-yard catch on the day and was a huge reason the Packers offense kept moving as well as they did.

With some big games coming up against the San Francisco 49ers and their divisional match up's, Adams is going to be needed on a weekly basis. No reason to think he can't come through.

Kevin King

King led the defense with nine tackles, one for a loss and two passes knocked down on the day. His continued availability has us seeing what he can do with a full season of health and availability.

Lame Calls

Penalties

Way too many by the Packers and a few that kept Carolina's last drive alive and with a chance for the Panthers to score and tie the game at the buzzer. In all, 10 penalties on the day.

Last week against the Chargers, the Packers backed themselves up way too often and got away from running their offense trying to make up yards. Fortunately, this week didn't completely kill the game plan, but it did keep Green Bay from more favorable down-and-distance and led to several punts instead.

I was going to give David Bakhtiari the only lame call but with this many flags on the day, the entire team gets one.

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