One of my jobs as a journalist is to analyze, which means to criticize more often than not. After the Packers' performance, particularly on offense this past Sunday in their 49-23 win over the Denver Broncos at Lambeau Field, it's a tall task to find a whole lot of areas to improve upon.

Right now, Green Bay is just one of two unbeaten teams at the quarter-pole of the season (Detroit, believe it or not, is the other), and this year's edition looks significantly better than the 2010 version. You might remember that team. They won the Super Bowl.

Obviously there is a lot of football to be played before the first week of February in Indianapolis rolls around, but there was a lot of good, a little bit of bad and, yes, even some ugly, in this week's look back at the week that was in Titletown.

The Good:

Well. Where do we start? Aaron Rodgers had one of his best days as a pro, throwing for a career-high 408 yards and tying a career high with four touchdown passes. Plus he ran for two more. However, he would have you believe that it was just another day at the office.

"I think I've played some better games," Rodgers said afterward. "It was a good game. I was disappointed about the interception. We threw the ball pretty well, we moved the ball on third down, and scored a lot of points."

Despite his nonchalance (some would term it "California cool") Rodgers may be in the midst of separating himself as the elite quarterback in the NFL. The only other player that gets as many mentions as the NFL's signature franchise player is New England's Tom Brady, and many are now starting to see Rodgers emerge from that very large shadow. Through the first four games of the season, the two have strikingly similar numbers:

Tom Brady:  109-163, 1,553 yards, 13 TD, 5 INT, 111.3 rating

Aaron Rodgers:  103-141, 1,325 yards, 12 TD, 2 INT, 124.6 rating

Brady, a two-time regular season and two-time Super Bowl MVP (all in different seasons) certainly has a more complete overall resume and is considered a shoo-in for Canton at the age of 34. Meanwhile, Rodgers, at the age of 27, is hitting his stride. One has to wonder what his career numbers will look like a decade from now provided he stays healthy.

To put it bluntly, and with no offense meant to Brady, if there is a general manager in the NFL that would choose any quarterback in the league over Aaron Rodgers to begin a team with, they're probably not competent to have their job.

The Packers, offensively, have an embarrassment of riches. Any of their main five wide receivers; Greg Jennings, Donald Driver, Jordy Nelson, James Jones, and even rookie Randall Cobb, could be the feature receiver on almost any other team in the NFL. However, because Rodgers has to spread the ball around, none of the aforementioned will ever get the full credit they deserve for the talents they are because their statistics probably won't ever show their true worth.

Sunday, Jennings led the Packers with 7 catches for 103 yards and one touchdown. Nelson caught 5 balls for 91 yards, including one of prettiest touchdown passes you will ever see. Even James Jones got into the flow of the offense, catching three balls for 48 yards and hauled in another Rodgers laser beam for another touchdown.

Also qualifying as "good" were the individual plays on defense from Charles Woodson and Sam Shields. Woodson's 11th touchdown return tied him with former Packers safety Darren Sharper for second all-time in that category, and one behind Hall of Famer Rod Woodson. That play also vaulted Woodson into the exclusive 50-interception club, of which there are now only 37 members.

Shields pick came on the very play after Rodgers threw his second interception, and slammed the door shut on any possible chance Denver might have had about making a comeback.

Qualifying as "excellent" was Mason Crosby's onside kick. Crosby had all 11 members of the Denver return unite juked – as well as the coaching staff. How no one noticed Jordy Nelson lining up on the coverage team is amazing, because Jordy isn't on that team. He's on the Packers "hands" team. That was a total breakdown by Denver special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers.

The Bad:

I'm going to be honest. From the Packers perspective, there isn't much to pick on.

I guess you could say that Jermichael Finley wasn't involved that much in the offense, but Rodgers said that was the Broncos choice.

"Today, their main focus, you could tell, was stopping Jermichael," Rodgers explained after the game. "When he was split out, they had a guy high, or they were dropping out a defensive end to stop him."

No matter; everyone else got their number called. It seemed to work out.

One potentially troubling part of Sunday's game was the hits that Rodgers took. Marshall Newhouse, subbing for the injured Bryan Bulaga at right tackle, got beat by Von Miller on both of Rodgers sacks. Newhouse's failed blocks also forced Rodgers out of the pocket on several occasions, including on his first touchdown run.

I might have classified how badly the Packers bit on the Broncos' flea-flicker completion that netted 44 yards from quarterback Kyle Orton to wide receiver Brandon Lloyd if running back Knowshon Moreno hadn't sold it so well. I've been watching football for a long time, and I don't ever remember another running back move towards the hole like he was going to hit it, only to stop dead in his tracks, flip the ball back perfectly to the quarterback, who hits his receiver in stride. Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the other guys. This play was one of them.

After the Packers got ahead 21-3, it seemed as if there was a bit of a defensive lull. Eric Decker caught a pair of Orton touchdown passes and the Broncos had some life, trailing 21-17 late in the second quarter. However, after Decker's second score, the Packers offensive juggernaut pounded away at Denver's beleaguered defense, and Green Bay moved to a perfect 4-0 on the season.

The Ugly:

The start time. Wouldn't it figure that the first 3:15 start would coincide with the Brewers playoff game at Miller Park? As it turned out, this was one of the greatest sports weekends in state history, with the Brewers winning their first two playoff games, the Badgers walloping Nebraska in one of the most highly anticipated games in Camp Randall Stadium history, as well as the Packers-Broncos contest. It was impossible to attend all four games, unfortunately, but if you planned ahead, you could at least watch all four.

The No. 1 CBS crew of Jim Nantz and Phil Simms did an overall good job of calling the game; with one egregious error, and one silly error. At some point, the production crew knew they would reference Clay Matthews' steep NFL lineage. Matthews' father, uncle, grandfather, brother, and cousin all either have played or currently play in the NFL. They even had pictures to show of Clay III with his father, Clay II and his brother, Casey. Given all of this, can you tell me how it escaped Nantz, one of the very best in the game, that Casey Matthews is now in the league (with Philadelphia) and not still at the University of Oregon? Did I mention that they had pictures to show the audience? It was pre-planned out. Nantz is better than that.

The other silly mistake was when after Newhouse got beat on a sack; Simms misidentified him as Orlando Franklin, the Denver offensive lineman, who also wears No. 74. You knew what Simms was getting at, but it made him look unprepared. Not the worst error I've ever heard, but Newhouse starting for Bulaga has been a major story line in Green Bay all week.

The only other item I would classify as "ugly" is all the pink. I know I'm going to get some flak for this, but I'm no more aware of breast cancer today than I was yesterday. It's an insidious disease that must be eradicated as soon as humanly possible. It ruins lives, wrecks families, and robs society of women's talents. But why is breast cancer the only cancer that the NFL seems to care about? Why not colon cancer? Or brain cancer? Or skin cancer? Or lung cancer?

All cancers are hideous. But it seems breast cancer gets all of the headlines. So, John Kuhn, for the all-pink cleats and socks, you get an "ugly." Run some PSAs, donate some money or participate in a walk. That would mean more to the cause than wearing a wristband.

Pink belongs on my Pepto Bismol bottle, not on my football field.

Up next week: At (2-2) Atlanta on Sunday Night Football