More Banjo: Week 16 @ NYJets

[pbmax]

That ESPN report doesn't line the two deals up.

It specifically says Thompson got some kinda one year deal after 2016. But says specifically that McCarthy got his extra year during the 2017 season.

[Bretsky]

Name your top QBs winning the SB with mediocre talent

Hmmmm; Green Bay's last Super Bowl ?

[mraynrand]

Hmmmm; Green Bay's last Super Bowl ?

You mean the team with the #2 defense?

[beveaux1]

That ESPN report doesn't line the two deals up.

It specifically says Thompson got some kinda one year deal after 2016. But says specifically that McCarthy got his extra year during the 2017 season.

That looks to be true, but Thompson was extended through 2019 and then he extended MCCarthy through 2019, both before the end of the 2017 season. Doesn’t change how I read the situation.

[Bretsky]

You mean the team with the #2 defense?

I say this with ignorance, but did we really have a #2 defense when we beat the Steelers ?

What I remember from that year was it was kind of a fairy tale, the chips fell perfectly for Green Bay. I didn't think they were remotely dominant and it was a pleasant surprise to see them win it all

[mraynrand]

I say this with ignorance, but did we really have a #2 defense when we beat the Steelers ?

What I remember from that year was it was kind of a fairy tale, the chips fell perfectly for Green Bay. I didn't think they were remotely dominant and it was a pleasant surprise to see them win it all

They were #2 in points allowed and #5 in yards allowed.

They could be dominant when healthy (like killing Dallas and decisively beating the Giants), but they lost two OT games and lost two with Rodgers getting KO'ed at Detroit and missing the NE game. They were never really blown out.

It was the accumulated injuries that really threw them for a loop, but the strong core was there, especially the defense (e.g. Woodson, Pickett, Raji, Matthews, Williams, Shields). That defense won the home game against Chicago to get into the playoffs and won at Chicago as well. Kept both Philly and ATL in check on the road, especially Williams with his three great picks.

[pbmax]

Football Outsiders as the 2010 defense #2, just ahead of NE but a full step short of #1 Steelers.

Defense against pass was #1, rush D was #16. Packer D #2 in 2009 as well, so not a fluke.