Take away E. James, D. Rhodes,M. Harrison,B. Stokely for the whole season, R. Wayne for half the season and where would the Colts be right now.
The Packers are not in trouble because of salary cap mis-management, they are having problems because of the huge number of injuries.
Even with the revolving o-line, The Pack has only given up 14 sacks on the year.
The defense has a lot of young players, and are playing 100% better than last year. The are just wearing down in the second halves of games because the offense doesn't have the weapons to control the ball, plus there have been too many fumbles from the young guys trying to fill in.
I'm not making excuses here, it is just plain simple fact, you take the rosters at the beginning of the year and compare them and you won't see a whole lot of difference as far as talent.
Both teams were loaded on offense and had young defenses ready to improve.
This season sucks, nobody wanted a season like this, but I don't see this team losing year after year, we just haven't caught any breaks this year and if you think about it, we will have another good draft next year, and a last place schedule to look foward to.
Always trying to find the silver lining I guess.