The ' defense flummoxed during Sunday night's at Mile High. Ricky Rubio Jersey After being held to a meager 77 pa sing yards -- the lowest of his career in a game he's started and didn't leave due to injury -- Rodgers was at a lo s to explain what went wrong. "I think tonight is about what we didn't do," Rodgers said, . "We didn't execute in the run game, we didn't execute in the pa s game and we didn't convert on third down (2 of 8) and that's why we got beat." Wade Phillip's secondary was masterful at rerouting receivers, forcing Rodgers to hold onto the ball far longer than he wanted to. Then the pa s rush arrived in the second half, overwhelming the quarterback. It was the first time all season that Rodgers looked totally lost without . Mike McCarthy had a different way to describe the beat down. "You've got to compliment Denver. That's a humbling lo s," he said. ". They covered us very well. I thought we pa s protected particularly well in the first half and there was a lot of green gra s out there. So they did a heck of a job covering us." The remain on schedule to win the NFC North and return to the NFC Championship Game. One lo s to a dominant defense and a quarterback will not derail their season. But Rodgers and the offense need to get on track after several subpar performances. "This is the kind of thing that'll make everyone a little bit maybe more on edge this week," Rodgers said. "We've got another tough road challenge in Carolina, so these two games are going to show us how good we are after a 6-0 start. And we weren't good enough tonight." Congrats, fans. You get to host a ticked-off, grudge-holding after he was just embarra sed on national television, on a short week. Sean McDermott will earn his paycheck this week. Devin Booker Jersey