Carl Lawson insisted he will carry no baggage with him to Lambeau Field when the Jets play the Packers on Sunday.

Even though Green Bay was where Lawson ruptured his Achilles tendon during a joint practice with the Packers last summer, which erased his entire 2021 season, the Jets’ edge rusher is more focused on the player he’ll line up against Sunday.

If you’re looking to identify key matchups in this game between the Jets (3-2) and Packers (3-2), you need to look no further than Lawson rushing the quarterback against Green Bay left tackle David Bakhtiari, one of the elite players at his position.

Lawson is coming off perhaps his best game as a Jet, against the Dolphins at MetLife Stadium. He terrorized the Miami backfield with a strip-sack and seven quarterback hits — the most by a Jets player since that became an official statistic in 2000.

He ranks second in the league with 14 quarterback hits.

The Miami game was further evidence that Lawson, as he regains his footing and confidence after the Achilles injury, is steadily returning to the form the Jets envisioned when they signed him to a three-year, $45 million contract.

The Packers, with Aaron Rodgers behind center and Bakhtiari protecting his blind side, are a significant step up in class from Dolphins rookie third-string quarterback Skylar Thompson, and Lawson is pining to pit his skills against Bakhtiari.

“If you don’t go against the best,’’ Lawson said, “how do you know if you’re the best?’’

Lawson’s trip to Green Bay last summer was a disappointment even before he suffered the season-ending Achilles injury. He was pumped up to practice against Bakhtiari, but the Packers left tackle was rehabbing a knee injury and unable to practice.

On Sunday, Lawson finally gets his wish — a matchup with Bakhtiari.

“It’s always been something I’ve wanted to do,’’ Lawson said. “My first [career] sack was against Aaron Rodgers and [Bakhtiari] came up to me after the game and said, ‘Good game.’ But I know deep down he was like, ‘You know you wouldn’t have gotten that if it was me.’ ’’

Lawson said, entering that joint practice week last summer, he’d studied Bakhtiari for days before, calling it “a warrior’s respect.’’

“I wanted to go up against him,’’ Lawson said. “Now we finally get out chance coming off [respective] injuries. So, it should be a fun matchup.’’

Last summer, Lawson looked like he was on his way to being the Jets’ version of Lawrence Taylor. He was looking that good, that dominant in training camp and was their best player on the field — on either side of the ball.

Now the Jets are seeing flashes of that form return.

“Coming back from an Achilles is not easy,’’ Jets head coach Robert Saleh said Friday. “I think he hit his [personal record] on his GPS [on Tuesday], which is miles per hour. It was pretty fast for a big man. So, he’s getting better and healthier every day.’’

Defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich marveled at how Lawson’s play is improving.

“I definitely think it was the best that we’ve seen, the best version of him,’’ Ulbrich said of his performance against the Dolphins. “And saying that, I also believe that he has a long way to go. I don’t think this league, I don’t think this organization, has seen the best version of him yet.’’

When Lawson’s seven quarterback hits were brought up, Ulbrich shook his head and said: “It’s ridiculous when you really go back and watch it. And it wasn’t like they were turning protection away and he was getting free run-bys. He was beating guys. It was a wide array of moves, it was power, it was speed, it was inside moves, it was a counter.’’

Defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins said of the seven quarterback hits: “Some guys don’t have that for the season, so to have that in one game is special.’’

Rankins vividly recalled the training camp Lawson was having before he got hurt last year.

“I’ve been around some really good players and seen guys have good training camps, but he was operating at a different speed,’’ he said. “And to not be able to reap the benefits of all the work he was putting in was tough to watch.’’

Rankins said Lawson hasn’t spoken to teammates about the importance of going back to Green Bay.

“Maybe there is a little something there for him,’’ Rankins said. “But I know for him he’s just excited to get another chance to compete. He’s starting to get back in that rhythm and that dominance. His steps are starting to time up with his hands, it’s starting to slow down again for him.’’