commentary...

as a fan of the Detroit Red Wings,and a shareholder/owner of the Green Bay Packers,last season was painful,and awful to watch... both teams,on paper,were very good,but devastating injuries(like a severe back injury to team captain Henrik Zetterberg,and a broken clavicle to quarterback Aaron Rodgers)put both teams on a path of struggle throughout their respective seasons... the Red Wings used over half of their American Hockey League team's roster(eight,or nine rookies had their NHL debut,last season),and the Packers used not one,not two,not three,but four different quarterbacks,in the last half of their season,and their defensive stud(Clay Matthews)broke his thumb,not once,but twice(had surgery both times)and missed five games,and in one game was ineffective with a club cast on his hand... the defense for the Packers was hampered with injuries in the defensive line,and their defensive backfield throughout their season... by many respects,the 40-10 Thanksgiving Day loss,to the Detroit Lions was the worst offensive(by a NFL team)showing,all season... the Lions scored thirty seven straight points,despite turning over the football four times,including an interception returned for a touchdown for the only touchdown scored by the Packers,that awful day... if it was not for a bomb in the final seconds,the Packers would not have gotten 100 yards offensively,all day... both teams struggled to make the playoffs... the Red Wings made the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs in their 81st game(of 82 games),and the Packers beat the Chicago Bears for their third straight NFC North division crown,with "4th and 8"(a 47 yard touchdown bomb from Rodgers,to Randall Cobb),with thirty six seconds left in the game,in Chicago,in a 33-28 Packers' win... after missing seven games with that pesky clavicle,Rodgers was rusty in the first half of that Bears' game,but found his rhythm in the second half,and simply refused to quit,period... the motto for both teams must have been,to quote WWE* superstar John Cena,"never give up",because both teams fought,scratched,and clawed to the best of their teams' abilities,all season... even though,i may have been disappointed in the endings,of their respective seasons,there is no fan any prouder in both teams!!!!!!! *copyright,and trademarked...