commentary...

pundits have talked about the Chicago Bears,and the Detroit Lions more than the Green Bay Packers this off-season... that is simply all right with Packers' quarterback Aaron Rodgers right now,but the scary part about the Packers this upcoming season is that the team who went 15-1,last season,is mostly intact... i admit that the defense was horrid last season,and i will give you two reasons for it... the losses of Cullen Jenkins(to Philadelphia Eagles),and injury(and later retirement),of Nick Collins,which took the literal heart out of the defense,but honestly the biggest drag on the defense was simply the fact that the Packers' offense was so potent... remind you of one fact,folks:how many games did the Packers win,last season??? fifteen,true... were the Packers ever behind,after three quarters,when they won a game,last season??? answer is a simple no... that meant that the Packers' defense gave up most of those horrid number of yards,to every team they beat,in the third and fourth quarters,of games that were basically out of reach,which meant teams were passing the football "around the yard",like the teams were playing ping pong... fatigue also played a major part of the defense's decline,because the Packers' offense would,for example,play for five,to nine plays,for,let us say,seventy five yards,with a touchdown,being the end result,and take only about three minutes of game time,and then the tired Packers' defense would slog through a nine minute drive by the opponent... you play that way for seventeen weeks/sixteen games,you will be very mentally,and physically tired,and the simple fact that they lost two key defensive players,from 2010 Super Bowl XLV Championship team,and by the time,and team rust(from clinching NFC North,so soon)honestly did the Packers in,against the New York Giants,in the playoffs... how they balance that out for sixteen games,and honestly be a better team*,overall,from last year is the $64,000 question,for the Packers...
*overall record honestly does not matter,because the Packers are considered a playoff team,and the key to their season,is their road to the Lombardi Trophy,through the playoffs...