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Message: <blockquote data-quote="easyk83" data-source="post: 554387" data-attributes="member: 8895">That's not exactly a fair assessment. Consider the Packers last season, for nearly the first half of the season GB had one of the better defenses in the league. Then midway through the season Rodgers goes down and suddenly our run defense completely falls apart. Rodgers comes back and suddenly our run defense stabilizes against Chicago and then turns in a good performance against the 9ners. Fans frequently fail to appreciate the psychology of a football team and how it can negatively affect a team when a couple key players are absent.EDIT: Injuries to Pickett and Jolly certainly played a role in this. But if you read through the weekly grades you'll see that Raji was grading out pretty well right up until the time of Rodgers' injury. During the time of Rodgers absence Raji was frequently called out for being completely ineffective at the point of attack. Then once Rodgers returned suddenly Raji's grading turned positive again. Some players really do play to the expectation of a win.</blockquote>

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