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(SportsNetwork. E. J. Holub Jersey .com) - Name your quarterback. Old timers swear by Johnny Unitas and those whose wheelhouse is the 1970s might wax nostalgic about Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach or Fran Tarkenton. For me Joe Montana is the best of all-time and others love the pure passing skills of Dan Marino or the all-around talent of John Elway. The numbers say Peyton Manning is the best regular-season quarterback ever and Tom Brady belongs in any G.O.A.T (Greatest of All-Time) conversation. No matter who you like, however, understand no man that has ever walked planet Earth has ever played footballs most important position at a higher level than Aaron Rodgers is right now. The presumptive 2014 MVP leads the league with a 118.6 passer rating and has thrown for 32 scores against just three INTs, captaining a team that scores 31.7 points per game, the best mark in pro football. Hes even better at home, throwing for 20 touchdowns without an interception at Lambeau Field. A-Rod and the Packers took another step toward what would be a franchise- record fourth consecutive NFC North title in Week 13 when they outlasted the New England Patriots, 26-21, in a game that could have foreshadowed Super Bowl XLIX. Rodgers was 24-of-38 in the game for 368 yards and has now thrown 360 consecutive passes with 31 touchdowns since his last interception at home, which was over two calendar years ago, as he outdueled Brady and Co. His next test is against Atlanta on Monday Night Football and Falcons coach Mike Smith understands what he and his charges are up against. Its a big challenge for us this week with Aaron Rodgers, Smith admitted. No doubt, hes playing the best of any quarterback in the NFL right now. Hes got a number of weapons he can get it to. Hes played extremely well at home. I dont think hes thrown an interception at home this season, and I dont even want to talk about how many points theyve scored. The answer to that is 40.9 points while more than doubling foes 245 to 106 at Lambeau. I dont know that theres been a quarterback thats had a stretch like hes had in the history of the NFL, Smith continued. Rodgers finished November with 1,233 yards passing with 13 touchdowns and no interceptions for an NFL-best 128.1 passer rating. And more importantly a 4-0 record. No disrespect to any quarterback in the NFL, but right now hes at a level that is much higher than anybody else, Smith said. When you look at his pure statistics, theyre phenomenal. The key to Green Bay at home has been blitzing people out of the starting blocks. The Packers have outscored their opponents by an amazing 79-0 margin in the first quarter of their last five home contests. That number expands to 151-23 at halftime and 14 of those 23 points were scored by the powerful Patriots last week. And Rodgers has been the very definition of greatness, a player who makes everyone around him better. In his case, the All-Pro even elevates teammates hes not on the field with by putting them in desirous situations. Packers opponents have been looking up and finding the score 14-0, or in the case of the Pats 13-0, minutes into the game and that has enabled a flawed Green Bay defense to excel as teams become more one-dimensional. Despite some talent issues on the defensive side Green Bay has allowed just 17.3 ppg in its current four-game winning streak. One NFC scout described Rodgers greatness to me like this: The Packers are the only team in football who you actually want to run their offense. What did he mean? With other quarterbacks, you strive to get them off their spots and disrupt things as much as possible. With Rodgers, you are hoping things dont break down and descend into sandlot football because if he extends the play, his arm talent and accuracy down the football field are awe-inspiring. So you take the lesser of two evils, say a 7-yard slant to Jordy Nelson instead of watching your coverage break down as Rodgers eludes the pass rush with his eyes downfield, searching for the kill shot. When you watch the tape, its even more impressive, Smith said. (Rodgers has) got a great grasp of how to attack defenses. Hes extending plays. If he can extend the play and when the play gets off schedule, he can make the throws. Hes been very accurate. Elite is the term most often used today to describe the great quarterbacks currently playing in the NFL whether its Manning, Brady or Drew Brees with perhaps Andrew Luck the latest to join the group. Its time to coin a new adjective for Rodgers, though. Elite just isnt good enough. Harrison Butker Jersey . PETERSBURG, Fla. Curley Culp Jersey . The four-time Grand Slam champion has beaten Hantuchova nine straight times, with the Slovaks only win coming when they first played 10 years ago. "I had a tough first opponent who can play extremely good tennis," Sharapova said. http://www.customchiefsjersey.com/custom-cam-erving-jersey-large-2286n.html . Niese pitched seven steady innings on a rainy Tuesday night and Daniel Murphy had three hits to lead New York to a 6-1 victory over the Phillies.Lexington, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Devin Booker had 19 points off the bench and No. 1 Kentucky held Texas-Arlington to four made field goals in the first half on the way to a 92-44 win Tuesday night. The Wildcats (6-0) have beaten their first six opponents by an average of 36.8 points per game, including last weeks 32-point win over then-No. 5 Kansas and Sundays 58-point rout of Montana State. Starting forward Alex Poythress was back after missing the last two games for Kentucky and had four points and nine rebounds in 20 minutes. Karl-Anthony Towns added 13 points and 11 rebounds and Dakari Johnson scored 12 off the bench. Lonnie McClanahan scored 10 points to lead the Mavericks (3-2), who entered play off back-to-back wins over Grand Canyon and Houston Baptist. Final Score: (2) Arizona 72, Kansas State 68 Maui, HI (SportsNetwork.com) - Kansas State gave the No. 2 team in the country all it could handle, but Arizona nevertheless pulled out a hard-fought 72-68 victory in the semifinal round of the Maui Invitational. Kansas State had three chances to tie or take the lead down the stretch, and the underdogs came away empty each time. Arizona (5-0) received 18 points from Kaleb Tarczewski, 15 from Gabe York and shot 63.2 percent from the field in the second half to advanced to Wednesdays championship game against San Diego State. Marcus Foster paced Kansas State (3-2) with 23 points behind six 3-pointers. Final Score: (7) Texas 78, St. Francis-PA 46 Austin, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Myles Turner had 25 points and 10 rebounds as No. 7 Texas routed St. Francis-PA 78-46 on Tuesday night. The heralded freshman Turner was 11-of-12 from the field. Cameron Ridley posted 16 points, five rebounds and three blocks, while Kendal Yancy tallied 12 points and six boards for the Longhorns (5-0), who are 5-0 for the first time since 2009. Texas played its second game without talented point guard Isaiah Taylor. He is expected to miss 4-to-6 weeks after suffering a broken wrist in Texas semifinal win over Iowa in the 2K Classic last week. Malik Harmon netted 15 points to lead the NECs Red Flash (2-3). Final Score: (8) Virginia 79, Tennessee State 36 Charlottesville, VA (SportsNetwork.com) - Justin Anderson and Anthony Gill scored 36 points between them without missing a shot as No. 8 Virginia steamrolled Tennessee State 79-36 on Tuesday. Anderson paced Virginia with 20 points on 7-of-7 from the floor, including five 3s, while Gill chipped in with 16 points and nine boards on 6-for-6. The Cavaliers (5-0) shot 51.7 percent as a team. Xavier Richards and Marcus Roper both scored 10 points to lead Tennessee State (2-3). Final Score: (12) Villanova 60, (19) Michigan 55 Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - JayVaughn Pinkston put Villanova ahead and then kept it in front. Pinkston hit a go-ahead basket with 16 seconds left and then blocked Zak Irvin at the other end as the No. 12 Wildcats defeated 19th- ranked Michigan 60-55 on Tuesday night in the Legends Classic championship game. Pinkston, who was called for an offensive foul with 31 seconds remaining after powering into Derrick Walton on the right block, barreled into a flopping Caris LeVert. Pinkston then went up and nailed the short jumper to give the Wildcats a 56-55 edge. Michigan had seven seconds on the clock after Walton was stripped, and Spike Albrecht fed a cutting Irvin down the paint. Pinkston met him at the rim and emphatically swatted his shot away. Ryan Arcidiacono made a pair of foul shots with four ticks to play and Max Bielfeldt tossed the ensuing inbounds away. Arcidiacono then hit two more free throws to seal the outcome. Dylan Ennis netted 15 points, while Pinkston finished with eight points and nine rebounds for Villanova (5-0), which outscored VCU by 22 points in the second half en route to a 77-53 win in the semifinals Monday. LeVert posted 16 points, six boards and three steals and Irvin added 11 points for the Wolverines (4-1), who held off Oregon 70-63 Monday to reach the title game. Final Score: Maryland 72, (13) Iowa State 63 Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) - Jake Layman and Jared Nickens scored 15 points each and Maryland knocked off No. 13 Iowa State 72-63 on Tuesday night in the final of the CBE Hall of Fame Classic. Dez Wells added 14 points and Melo Trimble scored 11 for the Terrapins (5-0), who are off to their best start since going 8--0 in 2006. Mitchell Schwartz Jersey. Bryce Dejean-Jones had a game-high 17 points to lead the Cyclones (3-1) and Georges Niang scored 10. Final Score: (14) VCU 77, Oregon 63 Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - VCU created a lot more havoc Tuesday night than it did on Monday. Especially on Oregons leading scorer Joseph Young. Melvin Johnson had 19 points and No. 14 VCU pulled away from Oregon in the second half for a 77-63 win in the third-place game of the Legends Classic. The Rams forced just nine Villanova turnovers in its 77-53 loss in the semifinals Monday, but got 20 from the Ducks. Young, who came in averaging 24.5 points per game, was held to nine points on 2-of-13 shooting. Briante Weber posted 11 points, 10 assists and four steals for the Rams (4-1). Jordan Burgess tallied 12 points and seven rebounds in the triumph. Dillon Brooks netted 15 points to lead Oregon (3-2). Final Score: (15) San Diego State 74, Pittsburgh 57 Maui, HI (SportsNetwork.com) - Trey Kell scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting and Steve Fisher set a school record for wins as No. 15 San Diego State cruised past Pittsburgh, 74-57, in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational. Fisher has amassed the most victories as a head coach in SDSU history, surpassing the 316 George Ziegenfuss accumulated from 1948-69. The Aztecs (5-0) led virtually wire-to-wire with a 58.7 percent shooting display and advanced to play No. 2 Arizona in Wednesdays final. Winston Shepard and Angelo Chol contributed 13 and 10 points, respectively, in the rout. Pitt (3-2) committed 17 turnovers, shot just 37.7 percent from the floor and only had one player, James Robinson, score in double figures. Robinson netted 17 points on 5-of-12 shooting. Final Score: (17) Miami-Florida 77, Charlotte 74 Charlotte, NC (SportsNetwork.com) - Sheldon McClellan made five 3-pointers and finished with 31 points as the 17th-ranked Hurricanes escaped Charlotte with a 77-74 win over the 49ers in a rematch of the Charleston Classic title game. Miami went the final five-plus minutes without making a field goal and missed the front end of a 1-and-1 twice down the stretch to keep the Niners close. Charlottes Braxton Ogbueze was fouled taking a 3-pointer with 9.7 seconds remaining and had a chance to tie the game, but after making the first two free throws, the sophomore guard missed the third to keep Miami ahead 75-74. McClellan made two free throws for a three-point game, and Ogbuezes off- balanced try just before the buzzer was well off the mark. These programs were meeting for the second time in three days, and while the decision again went to the Hurricanes, the method was decidedly different. After hitting just 6-of-22 from behind the arc in Sundays 77-58 victory, Miami-Florida (6-0) hit a scorching 14-of-23 (60.9 percent) from long distance to stay unbeaten on the young season. Manu Lecomte and Angel Rodriguez each connected four times from the perimeter and totaled 18 and 14 points, respectively, for the victors. Charlotte (3-2) outscored Miami in the paint by a wide 44-24 margin but came up just short in its home opener. Torin Dorn and Mike Thorne Jr. scored 17 points apiece in defeat. Final Score: (23) Creighton 75, Eastern Illinois 53 Omaha, NE (SportsNetwork.com) - Geoffrey Groselle scored a career-high 15 points to lead No. 23 Creighton to a 75-53 victory over Eastern Illinois in the Emerald Coast Classic on Tuesday. Toby Hegner netted 13 points and James Milliken finished with seven points and 10 rebounds for the Bluejays (5-0), who kicked off their schedule with five straight wins for the fourth consecutive season. Trae Anderson and Jake Verhagen each had nine points for the Panthers (1-4), who were coming off a 54-49 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday. Final Score: (25) Arkansas 78, SMU 72 Dallas, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Bobby Portis scored 22 points before fouling out and No. 25 Arkansas held on for a 78-72 win over SMU on Tuesday night. Michael Qualls added 13 points and Rashad Madden had 10 for the Razorbacks (4-0), who have won their first four games for the first time since 2006. Yanick Moreira scored 20 points to lead SMU (2-3) and Keith Frazier had 16. The Razorbacks, ranked for the first time since November 2007, opened the game on an 11-2 run behind five points from Portis and never trailed in their 13th consecutive win over SMU. ' ' '