I think perhaps the Packers whole team concept is obviously too dependent on Rodgers much like the Colts with Manning. You know you can put up a lot of points and force other teams to play catch-up or at least try to match your big play offense so you design a defense to minimize big plays and be opportunistic with turn overs. You always finish in the top 5 or so so you essentially don’t have a first round pick every year, so the team at best becomes a collection of pretty good guys. No beasts anywhere. No real game changers except Rodgers. So when he’s out it all goes down.

It’s fine to compare to NE but that’s arguably the best coach and organization in the history of the NFL so it’s not exactly going to give you a balanced prerspective.