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<blockquote data-quote="toolkien" data-source="post: 457784" data-attributes="member: 4637"><p>Super Bowl 32</p><p>2003-2004 Divisional loss to Phillie</p><p>2011-2012 loss to Giants</p><p>2007-2008 loss to Giants</p><p>1998-1999 Wild Card loss to 49ers</p><p> </p><p>Super Bowl 32 because the Packers had a chance and you've got to want those championships when they are that close. As the next decade-plus proved, getting there is not easy.</p><p> </p><p>The Phillie game because the Packers were a very good team that year. The Packers did go down a notch after Holmgren, but were still one of the top teams in the NFL, particularly the NFC. But they had better chances some seasons than others and 2003 was one of those seasons. Ahman Green had a top tier season and the Packers had the second best point differential in the league. They were appreciably better than Eagles that particular year (the Eagles were after all on a four NFCCG's in a row streak). But they blew it, Sherman a goodly part of it. Of course a few years later when it was time for Sherman to pack up, Favre didn't want "evolution" and publicly stated he probably would go if Sherman were canned. It was the real first sign of Favre heading to the Dark Side.</p><p> </p><p>2011 for obvious reasons. The Packers were the best team in the league. They had so much overall potency. Teams with such potency make the Super Bowl and generally win it. Washing out in the divisional round is not acceptable.</p><p> </p><p>2007 because it is somewhere between 2003 and 2011. Of the post mid-90's window of opportunity 2007 is right along with the other two as far as "you've got to take what you can while you can". 2007, while a bit surprising, was a very good team and was the next best chance to get something historic done. But like '03 it went washing down the drain.</p><p> </p><p>The '98-'99 49er game because it was the final salvo of that mid-90's window of opportunity. You could just sense that whatever gas that was put in the tank going into '96 was pretty much gone. And the last second defeat after a poor non-call.</p><p> </p><p>****</p><p> </p><p>Suffice it to say, when one tosses in the Atlanta game and the Minnesota game in the early 2000's, there has been a lot of disappointment. For a team that is only 1.5 games out of having the best regular season record over the last 20 years, and have the best winning % against playoff caliber teams played in the regular season, there's room for the belief that the Packers should have been a little more "in the gold" as far as championships. Maybe it's being spoiled, but there is some logic for being disappointed by the lack of ultimate success given the regular season display of potency. Don't want to ruin a good thing by dwelling on it, but it's there.</p><p> </p><p>And the biggest reason for the fall off from the regular season to the post season was pushing the give aways beyond tolerance. Single elimination tournaments is not the best time to try and find where the give away saturation point is. It's just that more annoying that Favre was front and center in those give aways but, in the endless effort to apologize on his behalf, there are plenty of people who will run down the rest of the team even though Favre had a 59.5 composite QB rating over 6 playoff washout games from '98-'07. Unfortunately the Packers still have had a habit of giving the ball away these last few years as well. When they didn't, they won it all.</p><p> </p><p>Ergo, heartbreak and give aways go hand in hand. Here's hoping that the Pack can find a way to hang onto the ball come playoff time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toolkien, post: 457784, member: 4637"] Super Bowl 32 2003-2004 Divisional loss to Phillie 2011-2012 loss to Giants 2007-2008 loss to Giants 1998-1999 Wild Card loss to 49ers Super Bowl 32 because the Packers had a chance and you've got to want those championships when they are that close. As the next decade-plus proved, getting there is not easy. The Phillie game because the Packers were a very good team that year. The Packers did go down a notch after Holmgren, but were still one of the top teams in the NFL, particularly the NFC. But they had better chances some seasons than others and 2003 was one of those seasons. Ahman Green had a top tier season and the Packers had the second best point differential in the league. They were appreciably better than Eagles that particular year (the Eagles were after all on a four NFCCG's in a row streak). But they blew it, Sherman a goodly part of it. Of course a few years later when it was time for Sherman to pack up, Favre didn't want "evolution" and publicly stated he probably would go if Sherman were canned. It was the real first sign of Favre heading to the Dark Side. 2011 for obvious reasons. The Packers were the best team in the league. They had so much overall potency. Teams with such potency make the Super Bowl and generally win it. Washing out in the divisional round is not acceptable. 2007 because it is somewhere between 2003 and 2011. Of the post mid-90's window of opportunity 2007 is right along with the other two as far as "you've got to take what you can while you can". 2007, while a bit surprising, was a very good team and was the next best chance to get something historic done. But like '03 it went washing down the drain. The '98-'99 49er game because it was the final salvo of that mid-90's window of opportunity. You could just sense that whatever gas that was put in the tank going into '96 was pretty much gone. And the last second defeat after a poor non-call. **** Suffice it to say, when one tosses in the Atlanta game and the Minnesota game in the early 2000's, there has been a lot of disappointment. For a team that is only 1.5 games out of having the best regular season record over the last 20 years, and have the best winning % against playoff caliber teams played in the regular season, there's room for the belief that the Packers should have been a little more "in the gold" as far as championships. Maybe it's being spoiled, but there is some logic for being disappointed by the lack of ultimate success given the regular season display of potency. Don't want to ruin a good thing by dwelling on it, but it's there. And the biggest reason for the fall off from the regular season to the post season was pushing the give aways beyond tolerance. Single elimination tournaments is not the best time to try and find where the give away saturation point is. It's just that more annoying that Favre was front and center in those give aways but, in the endless effort to apologize on his behalf, there are plenty of people who will run down the rest of the team even though Favre had a 59.5 composite QB rating over 6 playoff washout games from '98-'07. Unfortunately the Packers still have had a habit of giving the ball away these last few years as well. When they didn't, they won it all. Ergo, heartbreak and give aways go hand in hand. Here's hoping that the Pack can find a way to hang onto the ball come playoff time. [/QUOTE]
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