Packers vs. Falcons: Aaron Rodgers Shows Once Again Why He's Best QB in NFL

Say what you want about Tom Brady and Drew Brees, but Aaron Rodgers is, hands down, the best quarterback in the NFL right now.

He continued his crusade toward greatness on Sunday, leading the Green Bay Packers to a 25-14 win over the Atlanta Falcons to extend his team's perfect record to 5-0.

But it was the way that Rodgers so meticulously marched the Packers to another victory that showed why he's the best in the business today and may be well on his way to one of the all-time great seasons by a signal caller. Statistically speaking, Rodgers was once again a fantasy football owner's dream, completing 26-of-39 pass attempts for 396 yards, and two touchdowns while spreading the ball around to 12 different receivers.

An impressive performance on paper, to be sure, but watch the tape and you'll see a quarterback whose football brilliance cannot be adequately described by a box score. Rodgers didn't run the ball like he did against the Broncos last week, when he scampered for two scores, but he made excellent use of his legs nonetheless. Rodgers excels in every phase of the game, particularly throwing while on the run outside of the pocket, which he did time and again on Sunday night to dazzling effect.

And it's not as though Rodgers ditched the pocket for fun, either. Green Bay's offensive line was banged up in Week 5, with right tackle Bryan Bulaga out on account of a knee injury, and longtime left tackle Chad Clifton going down during the game with a hamstring strain.

Yet, Rodgers was unfazed by the changes. If anything, Rodgers and the Packers offense actually improved after Clifton went down, with rookie Derek "Not Shirley" Sherrod taking over at left tackle. The Packers were down 14-0 at that point, but went on to put up points on five of their next six drives.

As good as Rodgers was in Week 5, making all the throws and looking every bit the part of the NFL's top QB, his latest game wasn't even his best of the season, statistically speaking, though it came pretty darn close. Rodgers' 408-yard, six-total-touchdown triumph against the Broncos last week still stands as his finest performance of 2011, albeit against a lesser opponent on his home turf.

Rodgers' Week 1 dissection of the New Orleans Saints remains his most impressive performance of the season, one in which he threw for 312 yards and three touchdowns.

All told, Rodgers has been very, very good—no, better than that, he's been great, historically so, even.

He's been so great under center, in fact, that it's difficult not to wonder whether Brett Favre was right—whether Rodgers actually should have more than one Super Bowl victory on his resume by now.

That won't matter much if/when Rodgers reels in his second Vince Lombardi Trophy at season's end, something he's certain to accomplish if he continues to play as well as he has so far this season for the next four months.