YGBKM---NFL.COM's latest Power Rankings

[Bretsky]

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d827e6cbc/article/how-does-free-agency-impact-nfl-hierarchy-bears-hit-top-five?module=HP11_content_stream

Who is underrated and who is overrated ? Time for some homer juice to flow again !!

[Bretsky]

Clearly the Rams are rated way too low !

[Joemailman]

Saints at #7? They don't have a head coach, they've lost Robert Meacham, Tracy Porter, and Carl Nicks, and may lose Jonathan Vilma.

Also, it looks like they're drinking the Brandon Marshall Kool-Aid.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Bears are overrated. Texans also. I could see the Chiefs surprising. The Panthers are underrated. It's hard to ever rank the Chargers at #21 with Rivers at QB. He'll bounce back.

[woodbuck27]

That poll for the greatest extent is as a result of Free Agency activity and IMO it's prudent for any NFL GM to keep a close eye on the foe.

That's one reason I created the Free Agency 2012 Activity Thread. Some members here enjoy having all that information in their Green Bay Packer Home. I didn't go to all that work to piss any member off.

The Bears have been busy. The Bears were bust in FAcy. They are considered as making solid FA moves. Did that lend to someone deciding to move them way up in this Power Rankings? Right there with us and 'of course' any member here can challenge that ranking in any respect do so. We will see posts possibly doing just that. Have fun !

GO PACKERS !

[HarveyWallbangers]

The Bears finished 7 games behind us, but they are now ranked #5 while we sit at #4. Okay. Paper champions.

[woodbuck27]

The Bears finished 7 games behind us, but they are now ranked #5 while we sit at #4. Okay. Paper champions.

LOL really. Let's see it happenn in matchups.

this stuff is there because some fella needs to keep a job. He has a life to protect.

[wist43]

The Packers are overrated - calling Green Bay's defense "suspect" is being kind. It's Aaron Rodgers, a very good receiving corp, average OL, and a completely laughable defense. Rodgers makes them a top 10 team, but after Rodgers and the receiving corp, the rest of the roster is average at best.

[Bretsky]

The Packers are overrated - calling Green Bay's defense "suspect" is being kind. It's Aaron Rodgers, a very good receiving corp, average OL, and a completely laughable defense. Rodgers makes them a top 10 team, but after Rodgers and the receiving corp, the rest of the roster is average at best.

I'd rank the Packers top 5

I can see our defense improving to be closer to SF's than their offense improving to be closer to ours.

[Bretsky]

The Bears finished 7 games behind us, but they are now ranked #5 while we sit at #4. Okay. Paper champions.

A lot of people will judge the Bears to be much higher since they had a very good record until Cutler went down. While it has some merit to me the team seems to be aging.

[woodbuck27]

The Packers are overrated - calling Green Bay's defense "suspect" is being kind. It's Aaron Rodgers, a very good receiving corp, average OL, and a completely laughable defense. Rodgers makes them a top 10 team, but after Rodgers and the receiving corp, the rest of the roster is average at best.

Rankings ..spankings. They mean about the same thing. A ... so what !

Offense:

I will take a 'wait and see ' RE: Our OL.

We need a new leader to take over from Scott Wells and we hope that jeff Saturday is the response to that. The offensive line is like Family.

Will Chad Clifton give us anything close to a real season? What do we really have behind Chad Clifton?

It cannot be over stressed the value of our OL in terms related to protecting Aaron rodgers and without this awesome QB we are as it stands now.....

TOAST........ Burnt toast. Ted thompson has to sign a solid backup QB and that cannot be over stressed as one of his TOP priorities. That's a fact.

Will Ted thompson retain the leadership of Donald Driver and the fact he is a legitimate 3rd or 4th WR. Certainly roster worthy. the trade off is the packers future at WR and the need to develop our new blood at that position.

TT signed as our No. 1 TE Jermichael Finley. Do we need so many roster spots tied up at that position?

Defense:

I consider Raji and Matthews premium players on our starting defense.

I'm cautiously considering Charles Woodson as a wonderful addition to our team through Free Agency that may be either overloaded ,overwhelmed or on a certain curve of decline?

The health issues for S Nick Collins are a real concern. A healthy Nick Collins assists a sound Charles Woodson. Did we not truly appreciate the value of Nick Collins? When he went down our 'D' looked like a 'house of cards', IMO. (-:

Without certain pass rush help Clay Matthews is compromised.

Do we have anything close to an efficient 'Nickle Package'?

How long will Pickett stand up?

[Pugger]

The Packers are overrated - calling Green Bay's defense "suspect" is being kind. It's Aaron Rodgers, a very good receiving corp, average OL, and a completely laughable defense. Rodgers makes them a top 10 team, but after Rodgers and the receiving corp, the rest of the roster is average at best.

Yes, the Packers were 15-1 but it was all smoke and mirrors. *sarcasm off*

If we address the pass rush that will fix a lot what ails the defense and we'll be right back in the playoffs. The Giants were pretty mediocre until their pass rushers got healthy near the end of the season.

[woodbuck27]

Yes, the Packers were 15-1 but it was all smoke and mirrors. *sarcasm off*

If we address the pass rush that will fix a lot what ails the defense and we'll be right back in the playoffs. The Giants were pretty mediocre until their pass rushers got healthy near the end of the season.

Your point is valid but have you looked at this from a darker side/

Imagine now we are a few games into the season and Aaron Rogers really gets whacked.He's diagnosed with a serious concussion.

Where is our team in that given 'dark scenario'? What is our current back up plan? how has ted thompson to date provided for our team considering that worst case player goes down for season possible reality?

I am certainly hoping to be enlightened. Help me out there please.

[wist43]

Yes, the Packers were 15-1 but it was all smoke and mirrors. *sarcasm off*

If we address the pass rush that will fix a lot what ails the defense and we'll be right back in the playoffs. The Giants were pretty mediocre until their pass rushers got healthy near the end of the season.

My point would be - at least the Giants had pass rushers to get healthy... we don't have any, and that's the problem.

Not only do we not have any pass rushers, we all know Ted is just as likely to go WR,OL,RB in the first 3 rounds of the draft as he is to address the front seven.

So the long and short of it is... unless TT recognizes he has a major problem with his front seven, and adjusts his approach this off season accordingly, then we can fully expect another dismal defense in '12.

[sharpe1027]

My point would be - at least the Giants had pass rushers to get healthy... we don't have any, and that's the problem.

Not only do we not have any pass rushers, we all know Ted is just as likely to go WR,OL,RB in the first 3 rounds of the draft as he is to address the front seven.

So the long and short of it is... unless TT recognizes he has a major problem with his front seven, and adjusts his approach this off season accordingly, then we can fully expect another dismal defense in '12.

I think the counter point is that they were one of the best, if not the best, teams in football for most of the year and that was with the dismal defense. While it can be frustrating to watch, it is hard to argue with the results.