commentary...

pundits have said that the Packers should be improved,and should win the NFC North... that is the good news... now for the bad news:the Packers have not had a 100 yard rushing game(one person),in,i believe,forty three games,longest streak of futility,in the NFL... two years ago,even though the Packers were 15-1,they were dead last,in yards allowed on defense,in the NFL... they improved to number twelve,in that category,last year(they were number five,in that category,in 2010,the year they won Super Bowl XLV)... the offense suffered last year because of a porous offensive line when they allowed quarterback Aaron Rodgers to be sacked 53 times,most in the NFL,including nine times(eight allowed),against Seattle,in the first half of their "Fail Mary" loss to the Seahawks(one sack was called back because of a penalty),but still Rodgers got pounded that night,but Rodgers had his second best offensive season numbers-wise,next to his 2011 NFL MVP season,last year,even with that porous line... their team defense was very inexperienced at the start of last season,but improved to the point that they allowed less than twenty points in a game many times,including a 55-7 thumping of the Tennessee Titans,at Lambeau Field,in week sixteen(game fifteen)... the three games against Minnesota(one playoff game) skewed the numbers... 509 yards rushing by Vikings' running back Adrian Peterson(2012 NFL MVP),against the Packers,will do that... even though every team in the NFL North,in the last three years,have won,at least,ten games,in a season,the only team to win ten games,or more,in EVERY SEASON,in last three years,are the Packers...