There wasn't much to fawn over with Aaron Rodgers in 2015, and so far, 2016 is telling a similar story despite his four-touchdown (in the first half) performance in the Packers' home debut. Albeit a small sampling size dating back to just last year, his career numbers show a different story. Especially in the month of October.

Any of the mid-season months would be a bad time to face a quarterback with generational talent the likes of which Rodgers possesses. The ability to beat schemes designed to stop him with his arm, legs, mental sharpness - all of these factors amalgamate into who many deem as the best quarterback in football today. However, historically, October is when he kicks his performance into second gear. 

October houses some of Rodgers' best individual stretches and games over his career. In 2014, he engineered a three-game stretch in October where he threw nine touchdowns through just three games, ultimately leading to a 130.96 rating in those games. Even with those astonishing numbers, he failed to beat out the three-game stretch he formulated two years prior, which included what some would call the "shh" game in Houston. 11 touchdowns through three games, including a 342-yard passing showcase against the Rams that was his then-season high. He would later topple that mark with 365 against the Vikings in the season finale. 2011 included an October game which to this date, can be debated as one of Rodgers' best individual performances. In the midst of what would eventually go on to be a 15-1 campaign and an MVP season for Rodgers, he slung four touchdowns against the visiting Broncos as well as rushed for two on the ground, accounting for six total scores all from no. 12.

The month of October holds Rodgers' personal single-game record for highest passer rating at 155.4, set in his sophomore NFL season. Seven years later, it's a feat he has yet to better. 

It would be fitting that Rodgers and the Packers' offense begins finding its rhythm and acclimating to having Jordy Nelson back at its disposal. After hauling in four touchdowns through his first three games post-ACL surgery, the timing couldn't be better.

Many were agitated and some outsiders were calling for change in the coaching staff that inhabits the sideline every Sunday, but the cool, calm and composed Green Bay organization quickly settled that dispute. A high-powered offensive display in the first half of the win against the Lions before the Packers momentously steam-rolled into their bye week silenced the critics for now. 

To continue the trend of success would mean tackling the visiting Giants from the east on the primetime stage this Sunday. It would be the second of four straight home games for the Packers and obviously, their first here in the month of October. Their only road game through this month falls a day before Halloween in Atlanta - a team that Rodgers, not the Packers as a whole, finds success against. For a team with Julio Jones at its disposal, who put up 259 receiving yards against the Packers' secondary on a wintry Monday Night two seasons ago, it'd be a necessity to be functioning on all cylinders as a cohesive team.

For now, the Packers will have to worry about the trio of Odell Beckham Jr., who seems to carry the angst of a 16-year old, Victor Cruz and Sterling Shepard. Receivers who are coming off of a subpar performance in Minnesota on Monday. But let's be realistic and put the bias aside, that Vikings defense is capable of making any quarterback look silly right now.

Packers' head coach Mike McCarthy wanted to run the ball more, and that's precisely what they did against the Lions. Weakening the Giants' front seven could be useful for the passing game, and given Rodgers' overall historical numbers in this month, that's the last thing a battered New York secondary could handle. 

In perspective, Rodgers' career numbers in October contain his highest rating (110.3), highest completion percentage (67.08%), most passing yards (8,464) and his highest yards per-attempt average (8.71). Not to say he isn't anything to marvel over in any of the other months considering through September, November and December, he's averaging a 102.3 rating and 64 career touchdowns in those months, but October is one step above for the two-time MVP.