The Packers can win the Super Bowl.
I mean, why not the Packers? The NFC is wiiiiide open this year, with the dominant teams fading and the wild-card teams coming on strong. I would not be shocked to see a Dallas-Green Bay NFC Championship game in Lambeau, which would of course be awesome. I’ll ask again, why not the Packers? Why the heck not?
They’ve slowly dealt with all of their huge gaping early-season holes that caused them to start the season 4-4. The offensive line, which was abysmal through eight games, has quietly coalesced into something pretty good. Aaron Rodgers is getting sacked roughly the same amount of times as other quarterbacks now. Also, they’re breaking big runs when coach Mike McCarthy calls running plays. It’s an amazing transformation, and somebody should get credit for it. Ted Thompson? McCarthy? Mark Tauscher?
They’ve also shored up their terrible special teams by squib kicking every kickoff and conceding the territory up to the 30 yard line. It’s not the best solution, but teams aren’t getting big momentum-shifting runbacks anymore. And don’t look now, but did you see embattled kicker Mason Crosby making a 52-yard field goal in the cold last week? If that problem is also solved, look out.
Penalties were a huge problem as well, and the Packers were (and probably still are) the most penalized team in the world this year. At least that’s a bullet point the announcers are still using every week. It’s probably true. Anyway, ever since the Ravens pass-interference-fest, they’ve been a lot better in this area, especially among the offensive line. They’re not spotting the other team 120 yards anymore with holdings and false starts. This dramatically reduces the burden of Aaron Rodgers, who by the way has been better this year than any Packer QB since 1997, the last time Brett Favre won the MVP. Looks like Ted Thompson was right. Since I’m being positive, I won’t make you apologize to him.
Speaking of the Vikings, their QB is imploding (just like he did the last two years), their coach has been undermined, and their team is cursed. The “Who Dats” have all turned around on the once-undefeated Saints, and oh by the way they are also cursed. Arizona has a QB who farts dust, and teams that lose the Super Bowl never get back the next year. It’s unheard-of in the salary cap era. The Eagles are coming on strong, but shh — don’t tell anyone, the Packers have the better quarterback. And the Cowboys? They haven’t won a playoff game since 1996, and their coach is a doofus.
Why not the Packers?
