Next year

[Tony Oday]

What do we need to win the game besides a healthy AR

Cobb re-signed would be good.

Bulaga re-signed

Draft WR, ILB and a Run Stuffing DT and DE.

Everything else seems ready for next season.

Really tried that reverse mojo last game and it didn't work...damn it!

[Harlan Huckleby]

Coast. I'm serious, the talent needs very small modifications. Lessons need to be learned from Seattle, who showed heart of champion.

[wist43]

The problem in the NFCC was Stubby and dunderdummy... they'll both be back.

We had a good lead, we had the game won - and they choked it away.

And it's not like we haven't seen this before - sometimes they get away with it, but their nature is to go conservative. That isn't going to change - tough to win championships like that. We got lucky in 2010.

[hoosier]

1. Re-sign Cobb, Bulaga, and whoever else is expiring and isn't expendable.

2. Find a quality starter at one of the inside linebacker positions. Sign a real FA if necessary, but get someone who can cover TEs without committing killer penalties (Jones) or can run the defense while occasionally making a big play. Of course, then we will all probably be bitching about how the new guy isn't as assignment-sure as Hawk.

3. Draft a WR in the second round = 90% they'll have Nelson's or Cobb's replacement when they need it in a few years.

4. Search through scrap heaps and undrafted files for the next Antonio Gates.

[Patler]

If they sign Cobb and Bulaga, needs are not great on offense. R. Rodgers needs to make a significant step forward to become at least a consistent presence. Adams will make a step up, and I think they will find a decent #4 among those they have. A meaningful #3 RB who can return kicks would be nice, but you might not need to use a draft pick for that. Take an OL and/or TE in the middle rounds, a 6th or 7th round freak at WR. Use the rest on defense.

On defense, take the best player regardless of position, and it should be a help.

Oh, ........ and work with Janus to be the primary return guy.

[Tony Oday]

Oh and CUT BRAD JONES!!!!

[Fritz]

Oh and CUT BRAD JONES!!!!

And Brandon Bostick. Or at least cut off his hands, as they appear to be useless.

[LEWCWA]

This is the best team in the NFL right now....They dismantled a good Eagle team, totally outplayed both super bowl teams (red zone problems made scores closer than they should have been). I see a team that dominated at times like the 96 team....They have a bright future, if they can let Sunday's collapse go....

[hoosier]

This is the best team in the NFL right now....They dismantled a good Eagle team, totally outplayed both super bowl teams (red zone problems made scores closer than they should have been). I see a team that dominated at times like the 96 team....They have a bright future, if they can let Sunday's collapse go....

Don't say that. You may well be right (I think you are), but if they are the best team this year then we know for sure that they will find a way to take a step down next year. Ron Wolf has forever defined their destiny to be that.

[Freak Out]

This team blew it on the road at Buffalo and Seattle this year....that's not the best team in the NFL. When they stop doing those things they will be.

[pbmax]

This team blew it on the road at Buffalo and Seattle this year....that's not the best team in the NFL. When they stop doing those things they will be.

That is one weird thing about this year. McCarthy's teams are normally very good on the road. Pass pro hurt early.

[Patler]

Does GB win the game if it is in GB this year?

Did they lose the Super Bowl in Buffalo?

[Freak Out]

Does GB win the game if it is in GB this year?

Did they lose the Super Bowl in Buffalo?

I think GB wins if they play at home. They were a much different team at home this year. Even with Rodgers bum leg.

[Smidgeon]

Don't say that. You may well be right (I think you are), but if they are the best team this year then we know for sure that they will find a way to take a step down next year. Ron Wolf has forever defined their destiny to be that.

Except for the Ron Wolf thing, this seems to be pretty accurate:

Ascending in 2010 (though we won the SB), dominant in 2011 but the paper defense caught up.

Everything looks good, but I worry (maybe inaccurately) that this was our ascension year. BUT, to be fair, LBs look to be our oldest team and Hawk and Jones will be gone, leaving the oldest member one of the best (Peppers). Once they are replaced, only Tramontana and Peppers will have to be replaced sooner rather than later. No one else on the team (*coughKuhncough*) is old enough that their career would be shortened by age instead of someone else paying them/someone younger beating them out.

Which presumably means the window is open for several years. And that's after paying the QB and star defender the big bucks. Let's see other teams try that.

Also, I didn't realize this until today, but except for Hawk, Harrell, and Raji--three players who didn't really contribute this year--the Packers haven't had a pick higher than #20 overall since "Too Small". And yet they remain one of the best teams in the league year after year.

If that doesn't speak to the success of the Packers front office (*coughFalconsandtwotimeExecutiveoftheYearwinnerDi mitroffcough*), I don't know what does.

Time to restock the LBs and wreak havoc next year.

[Bossman641]

That is one weird thing about this year. McCarthy's teams are normally very good on the road. Pass pro hurt early.

I think it had as much to do with the lack of receiving targets as pass protection. Only Nelson and Cobb were consistent game in game out. Development from Adams/Rodgers and turning 2 targets into 4 would be huge. Rodgers caught some balls down the seam in the back half of the year but it was from teams ignoring him as much as anything else. Maybe he can become the safety blanket in the middle of the field.