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He may have added an element to Green Bay's offense at just the right time, with at least two and hopefully more cold-weather games on deck.
"AJ did exactly what I've been waiting for this whole time," Adams said. "He's a monster, so I think you're going to see a lot more of that moving forward."
Jones added 94 yards on 10 rushes, including a 59-yard scamper on which he benefited from the side judge not seeing his foot hit the boundary on his initial burst around the corner (and the Titans didn't know soon enough to challenge).
Officiating breaks aside, the Packers made plenty of their own on defense by controlling the action up front.
Henry managed just 98 rushing yards and needed 23 carries to get them, with a long run of only 10. Tannehill was picked off twice, by safety Darnell Savage and linebacker Christian Kirksey.
Regularly pressured, he also took two sacks, by Kirksey and team leader Za'Darius Smith (12½) and completed less than half his throws (11-of-24, 121 yards, one TD, 40.5 rating) as Green Bay's defense racked up 10 passes defensed.
"Anytime you can hold Derrick Henry to under 100 yards, that's a win," LaFleur said. "I think that was a hell of a performance by our defense.
"I just sense a different energy. Guys are flying around, making plays, making plays on the ball."
Rodgers took it a step further.
"That was championship-style defense," he said. "I felt they played with more confidence than maybe they have at any point this season."
The timing couldn't have been better, facing a 2019 conference runner-up just like themselves that's in a hotly contested playoff race.
The Packers made this one no contest and have to follow it up in one week to make themselves, officially, the team to beat in the NFC.
"It was complementary football at its finest," LaFleur said. "That's what it's going to take for us to continue to move on and get wins and end up where we'd all like to end up.
"We'll celebrate tonight and get on to the Bears tomorrow."