GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers are moving on up, which is bad news for the rest of the NFC.

Quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw three touchdown passes and Green Bay scored three touchdowns on defense and special teams to bury the Philadelphia Eagles and backup quarterback Mark Sanchez 53-20 on Sunday at Lambeau Field.

The Packers (7-3) dismantled their past three opponents at Lambeau by a combined 94 points, including 98-3 at halftime. The Eagles entered the day with a 7-2 record atop the NFC East. It didn’t matter. Green Bay jumped ahead 17-0 and led 30-6 at halftime.

“The formula to get to the playoffs is always to win your home games and try to play .500 or better on the road,” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “We have a great home-field advantage, probably the best in football. It’s a special place to play. Obviously, we enjoy playing here. This is our element. This is where we live. This is where we train. So we’re obviously comfortable. Our crowd was great today. I think that’s all part of it.”

The Packers wasted no time taking control and averaged more than seven yards per play. Rodgers went deep to wide receiver Jordy Nelson for 64 yards over cornerback Bradley Fletcher to set up an opening field goal and then whipped a 6-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Davante Adams for a 10-0 lead.

After the Eagles went three-and-out, cornerback Micah Hyde returned Donnie Jones’ punt 75 yards for a touchdown for a 17-0 Packers lead. That ballooned to 24-3 when Rodgers hit Nelson with a 27-yard scoring strike against Fletcher again with 10:39 on the clock in the second quarter.

“He was on fire early,” Eagles coach Chip Kelly said of Rodgers. “He is an extremely accurate passer. We knew that was the deal coming in and we didn’t do a good enough job getting after him. He was as advertised. I think he is playing as good as anybody in the league.”

Rodgers’ end-zone pass to Nelson resulted in pass interference on Fletcher on the Packers’ next possession. Running back Eddie Lacy blasted in from the 1 for the touchdown; a botched hold on the extra point meant the lead was 30-3.

Sanchez’s 40-yard completion to Jordan Matthews late in the first half set up Cody Parkey’s second 33-yard field goal as the first half expired.

Rodgers topped 300 passing yards by early in the third quarter and had his seventh game this season with at least three touchdowns and no interceptions. Sanchez, making his second start for Nick Foles (broken collarbone), couldn’t sustain any consistent success.

What the Packers said:

“You know, there’s not much of a difference between the big victories and some of the losses we’ve had. It’s all a mindset. Coming off that loss to New Orleans, we have to decide which team we want to be. We’ve had huge victories and big defeats. Hopefully, this is a trend in the right direction and after reflecting over the bye week and understanding what we need to improve upon and what players specialize at, it’s really paid off these last two weeks.” — linebacker Clay Matthews

“I’ve always been a defer guy as a preference. We scored a field goal tonight; five of the last six I think we scored a touchdown. Starting fast has been important for us. We came right back from that, scored a touchdown, another touchdown, punt return for a touchdown, and then finished the half with a touchdown.” — quarterback Aaron Rodgers, on four consecutive dominating first-half starts

What the Eagles said:

“He got his rhythm going and we were trying to take them away and we didn’t. He threw it in some tight windows and made big plays on a couple vertical balls early and that hurt us, and we got in a hole early” — Defensive coordinator Bill Davis

“It’s fun anytime I get to go against him. It kind of got misinterpreted this week when I said he doesn’t like inside ‘backer. It was no big deal. I don’t think it was really jabs back and forth. It was fun. We love each other, and we hope the best for one another. Again, any time I get to go out and play against him, it’s going to be fun. But he got the win today,” — linebacker Casey Matthews on playing against his brother, Packers linebacker Clay Matthews

What we learned about the Packers:

1. The Packers beat the stuffing out of a good team, which stands in contrast to the recent home blowouts over Carolina, Minnesota and Chicago. Sure, quarterback Nick Foles is out, but Mark Sanchez isn’t some no-talent hack; he led the Jets to two AFC title games and the Eagles to win over Houston last week. “Just execution. Guys when they’re getting opportunities making the plays,” wide receiver Jordy Nelson said. “That’s what frustrating when we don’t play well. It’s not that hard. It’s just we’re not executing across the board and being consistent.”

2. The Packers took a big step back defensively after losing by three touchdowns on Oct. 26. Green Bay, however, bounced back in a big way by holding the powerful Bears and Eagles in check the past two weeks. “It just shows that we have a very talented defense, and it’s all about deciding which defense wants to show up,” linebacker Clay Matthews said. “We’ve had games in which we’ve done fantastic on defense and games we’ve given up too much, whether that be passing, running, big plays, whatever it may be. It seems like we’re putting it all together at the right time, in November, December when teams need to start separating themselves from the pack.”

–QB Aaron Rodgers extended his streak of consecutive passes without an interception at home to an NFL-record 322 attempts. Tom Brady held the old record (288); Rodgers broke the mark on the first series.

–OLB Julius Peppers became the first player in NFL history with 100-plus sacks and four interception returns for touchdowns. “It was fun because I was in coverage on that play, so I was able to get a read on his eyes and get a jump on the ball,” Peppers said.

–WR Randall Cobb’s streak of six consecutive games with a touchdown ended. However, he did set career highs with 10 receptions for 129 yards.

What we learned about the Eagles:

1. The Eagles looked like one of the top teams in the league after starting 6-2 with quarterback Nick Foles. Foles, however, is out with a broken collarbone. Can the Eagles stay afloat with Sanchez long enough, and then make a run if they get in the playoffs and Foles is healthy? “I know for sure that this team won’t quit, no matter what. That is going to be important down the stretch here. We are going to need to fight to the finish,” Sanchez said.

2. Regardless of who is at quarterback, the Eagles need to take care of the football. They entered Sunday’s game ranked 24th at minus-5. Against Green Bay, Philadelphia had four giveaways and no takeaways. A touchdown given up on a punt return didn’t help matters for a team playing with a slimmer margin for error with the change at quarterback.

–WR Jeremy Maclin had nine catches for 103 yards and a touchdown. He entered the game tied for fourth with eight touchdown receptions.

–DE Brandon Bair blocked an extra point and LB Bryan Braman blocked a punt late in the game. The Eagles, who led the NFL with five touchdowns on special teams this season, entered the game with two blocked punts and a blocked field goal.

–RB Darren Sproles, who entered the game leading the NFL in punt return average and yards after the catch per catch, was held in check. He carried two times for 21 yards, caught two passes for 23 yards and returned on punt for 6 yards.