By Matt Mueller Culture Editor Published Sep 28, 2020 at 9:06 AM Photography: Evan Siegle / Packers.com

Rodgers and company continued their roll, scoring a not-so-easy win in the Big Easy on Sunday night and coming out on top of a 37-30 shootout with Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. The Packers are now one of three teams left in the NFC without a loss (along with the Seahawks and Bears, the latter of which got to play the perpetually choking Atlanta Falcons and now have a quarterback controversy) and hold a tiebreaker over a team expected to challenge for a playoff spot down the line. It's almost all good news ... as long as I ignore the 30 points scored and that one Saints touchdown where Alvin Kamara made the Packers look like they were playing flag football on defense. And you know what? I will ignore those details!

Instead, let's look back at 11 key moments and cool images from when the Packers came marching in – and over – the Saints.

1. Game recognize game

Elgton Jenkins may be a Mississippi native who played college football at Mississippi State (congrats on your upset win over LSU this weekend, by the way), but he's looking like a long-time Sconnie in this Milwaukee-ful fashion statement, featuring a throwback Milwaukee Braves hat and a retro Milwaukee Bucks shirt. It's the clear winner of Sunday night's pregame runway ... wait ... BAH GAWD, THAT'S THE SOMBRERO'S MUSIC!

2. Supreme sombrero

After what appeared to be an off-week for the headwear, Aaron Jones thankfully brought the sombrero to the Big Easy. And I'm just saying that the Packers have gone an approximate 16-3 in the sombrero's presence, so #SombreroForMVP.

3. As for actual MVPs ... 

Drew Brees could never. 

Anyways, while New Orleans' future Hall of Famer quarterback dinked and dunked the Packers' D to almost death, struggling to toss the ball further than ten yards, on the other sideline, it was yet another vintage-looking week for the supposedly past-his-prime Aaron Rodgers, hurling for 283 yards and three touchdowns – including two beautiful roof-scraping rainbows to Allen Lazard that put the Pack in key scoring position twice. Russell Wilson is probably your MVP frontrunner right now thanks to his blinding start to the season (14 touchdowns in three games!) and showcase comeback moments, but Rodgers – third in the league with nine touchdowns to no interceptions – is certainly in the conversation. 

4. Lucky number 13

With Davante Adams out for the game to rest his still-gimpy hamstring, the Packers were going to need somebody to step up in an assumably high-scoring affair. Enter undrafted second-year favorite Allen Lazard, seen above receiving a well-earned toweling from his star quarterback after putting up a career-high 146 yards and a touchdown – including two massive deep bombs that put the Packers within the five. Huh ... maybe we didn't need to draft a wide receiver after all.

5. Rough refs

In general, last night's game was a back-and-forth thriller that featured two teams in seemingly midseason form ... and a ref squad that was barely in preseason form. Footballs were poorly spotted on several key downs, some pretty rough penalties were called that didn't appear to exist and the above touchdown could've possibly been a pass interference on Marcedes Lewis (though the Saints cornerback does appear to be selling it more than Lewis is shoving). The Packers were on the receiving end of most of the calls, though, so actually nevermind, the refs did great.

6. Tight ends gone right

This just in: Jace Sternberger? He CAN actually catch footballs! Seriously! There's photographic evidence right above this sentence! After last week's painful outing that could only be described as "Teflon-esque," Sternberger made a nice comeback Sunday night with three catches for 36 yards. In fact, Green Bay's unheralded tight end corps all had a solid night, with Marcedes Lewis snagging a key touchdown and Robert Tonyan serving as Aaron Rodgers' second-favorite target of the evening, hauling in five catches for 50 yards and a score. This team has pass-catchers – who knew!?

7. And now for something very ugly ... 

Alvin Kamara got a lot of credit for this long touchdown run last night, but let's be honest: Kamara's shifty moves are playing a supporting role while the Packers' miserable attempts at tackling are definitely the unfortunate star of this defensive horror movie. That's at least five missed tackles I'm counting – highlighted by Jaire Alexander, who's had a good year but embarrassingly decided to play bumper cars on this play instead of football. Kamara would go on to put up 139 yards through the air alone, and Green Bay still coughed up 30 points, so while they're looking good and undefeated on the season so far, there's clearly still some work to be done on defense if they want to claim true contender status. 

8. As I was saying about that MVP thing?

This is just silly. And remember: Rodgers did all of that last night without his top receiver.

9. Fumbling away momentum

Things seemed tense for the Packers early in the fourth quarter when Aaron Jones got stuffed on a big fourth down, handing the ball over to the Saints at around midfield in a tie game. Considering how porous the Green Bay defense had looked, things were not trending up for the Pack at that moment. But as they've done all season thus far, the defense came through with a key big play, forcing a fumble out of gadget-player supreme Taysom Hill and recovering the ball as well as the momentum. Rodgers and company would proceed to score a field goal for a 30-27 lead that they'd never give back.

10. From D train to "Soul Train"

Listen, when you go to New Orleans, you've gotta dance at least a litle bit – and that's exactly what the Packers' defense did after snagging the game-changing fumble, sprinting down to the endzone for a Green Bay groove in front of the new "Showtime Cam." Remember when the NFL banned celebrations? That was the dumbest.

Anyways, NBC cut away from their dance to show replays of the fumble, which I think is a crime against entertainment and valid enough reason to remove their television license. Sure, they showed it later, but I am a vindictive and angry media consumer. Anyways, I nominate we get them off air before the new "Missing Link" that no one asked for premieres.

11. Victory formation

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Resultado do SNF: (3-0) Packers 37x30 Saints (1-2) #nfl #nflbrasil #sundaynightfootball #packers #saints

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In the words of the great Kevin Bacon in the movie "Footloose," let's dance! The Pack's happy feet take them back to Green Bay next week with a Monday night spat against the currently winless Atlanta Falcons, who have never met a lead they didn't want to spoil. I have a feeling they may be motivated next weekend, so here's to the Packers showing up yet again and keeping this (soul) train chugging.

Matt Mueller Culture Editor

As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.

When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.