this is not easy,but it is time to criticize the Packers,in total... will Aaron Rodgers,and the offense be better than last year? honestly,no,but last year,they were near-perfect,and everything went their way,on that side of the team,except in the offensive line,when they lost two,or three,players,to injury,for major parts of season(Chad Clifton,who only played six games,and Derek Sherrod,who had his leg snapped in week seventeen),and do not forget that Greg Jennings was injured(and not 100%,for the playoffs)... Aaron Rodgers had a MVP season for fifteen games(and was NFL MVP,last year)...
the Packers' defense went from 5th,in 2010,to 32nd,in 2011... they played from ahead most of the season,and gave up way too many yards,in the third,and fourth quarter,when Packers had lead in fourth quarter(record when having lead,at start of the fourth quarter,last year:15-2,including the playoff game with New York Giants:37-20,loss),their secondary could not tackle,and/or hit,with conviction-and lousy play of year-68 yard touchdown pass,by Hakeem Nicks,in playoff game,with Giants,in which Packers did hit him,but did not wrap up,with arms to tackle-he bounced off,a player,and ran into end zone... they lost Cullen Jenkins,to the Eagles(free agency),and Nick Collins(neck injury),in week two... they did lead NFL,in interceptions,but besides that,they could not pressure the opposing quarterback,into mistakes,and that showed up,late in the season,and in playoff game,against the Giants,when Eli Manning sliced,and diced the defense,with one big play,after another,and then the entire team made mistakes,in game that they did not make all season... the offense looked way out of sync,and the defense played their worst game of the entire season,along the worst special teams effort,of the year,that cold January day,in Green Bay...
now for the NFL draft:they drafted six players,on the defensive side;four of which could see significant playing time,in 2012... their first three draft picks(Nick Perry-USC Trojans,Jerel Worthy-Michigan State,and Casey Hayward-Vanderbilt)will see playing time this year,including their defensive back,from Maine(Jerron McMillian),who is known to be a very good tackler... their seventh round pick(Andrew Datko-Florida State)could help in their offensive line,backing up everybody,on the offensive line,at some point,of the season,like Bryan Bulaga,did,his rookie year...
will the Packers' defense be better this upcoming season? yes(they have to be!!!!),how much ultimately,is the $64,000 dollar question,for this season.... one thing is for sure:this team was ultimately embarrassed,and they deeply want to get rid of the sour taste,of a playoff loss that still grates at their football souls,and they will be out,as a team,to prove to people,that loss,was a blip,and they will be angry,and will have a chip on the collective shoulders,and the playoffs is just a start,for this upcoming season... i believe that they want another run at the Super Bowl,and nothing,but this team,can defeat them... i only mean that they may feel that the Super Bowl is all they want,and they may feel that last year,they honestly beat themselves,and no one else did,including the Giants,because they know that in their hearts,they did not play their best game,against the Giants...
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