WOW, I feel a lot better now.
We all should. Those close losses were due to:
- An inexperienced QB
- A defensive unit that couldn't put pressure late in games
- Bad field position, both on offense and defense.
Rodgers is one year more mature. The coaches and players says that, although they had confidence in him last year, this time he has credibility. That's the difference between a good and great quarterback. The team and coaches thrust him when it's on the line. And he has shown he has the talent.
The defense improved. Not only our injured players are back, we drafted 2 first rounders that will be imediate contributors, but most of all, we have a great DC, that offenses can't just gameplan against only 1 defensive scheme.
This is the part that excites me most (lol). We got rid of Frost! That alone would improve our ST game by MILES, but that's not all. Our former, awful, awful STC retired! So we got a guy that actually STUDIES teams and new forms of st plays. And that's not all! Look at our draft. Almost every player selected were standouts at ST!
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So, that alone won't put us past the kinds of Pittsburgh or New England, but sure will take care of those close games. If you add 4,5 wins to last years record, you got a playoff team. If you add all those 7 losses, you got a SB contender...
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BTW, 2 pages of replies for just an ignorant rant? wow...