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McCarthy thought the Packers were the best team in the League at the end of the year.

“Frankly, the way your season ends always puts a dent on it if you win don’t it all. [But] I thought it was probably one of my best years of coaching,” McCarthy said. “I was hoping to be able to say it was the best and winning in Phoenix [in Super Bowl XLIX] would have done that.

“I know you guys have to cover us like we’re 8-8 every year. I get that. That’s how you guys make your business. But this was a hell of a football team we had this year. And it grew. We had some bumps there early. But I thought every time we were hit with a challenge, they accepted it and they worked at it and we got better.

“I thought we were the best team in football when our season ended. [But] you have to prove it on the field, obviously.”