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<blockquote data-quote="PackerfaninCarolina" data-source="post: 624917" data-attributes="member: 9364"><p>I think Morgan Burnett's been taken for granted a little bit, having him back has helped the D out a lot more than we think.</p><p></p><p>To go back to the OP's original point, our team the year after we won the superbowl just had too much good football too early. Most won't believe it but we did. The year we won the superbowl, we were hobbled by injury and had to squeak by in a lot of games, but hung in there and made our run playing with a chip on our shoulder. Also Starks was enough of a factor that year to cause problems for opposing defenses. 2011, we were so excited to get Jermichael Finley back and be a big play passing attack offense that it became our strength as well as weakness. I mean Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb and Jermichael Finley all on one team? That's some matchup nightmare stuff right there. Our offense was a scoring machine kinda like the 2001 Rams and 2009 Saints. Problem was we neglected Ryan Grant and James Starks who were there as complimentary RBs only enough to keep defenses honest but we didn't build that team that could rely on a guy carrying that rock to help us out and I think we needed that. The size and strength of Lacy is that factor now. Also on defense the year we won the SB, Cullen Jenkins was a force up front, Tramon Williams had a great playoff run, Woodson had his last great year, Nick Collins was exceptional, and even Peprah did an outstanding job filling in for Burnett. We lost Cullen the next year, Collins had that career-ender, our team was in bad shape overall defensively but our offense was so good we didn't think much of it.</p><p></p><p>I think being 15-1 and getting so used to being the big bad guys of the NFC, there just wasn't a team we had to play that year that posed a real challenge, I think over the course of that year we lost the high level of play at the end, lost the chip on the shoulder, we declined as the Giants got better.</p><p></p><p>2012, we were still a good offense but not nearly elite anymore. Still lacked that one running game, defensive line got battered a bit, we beat most pedestrian opponents, but weren't a team to beat the best such as the 9ers, Falcons and Seahawks.</p><p></p><p>2013 a little similar but getting Lacy helped. While I hated losing Rodgers that year, I think it woke the team out of apathy in a great way, and we went into that unfamiliar territory of having to fight for our life just to get into the playoffs. We were 1 and done but I felt that put a bit of a chip on our shoulder coming into next year.</p><p></p><p>Sure we started out slow last year, but we knew it was just a matter of time before we'd see the team we all thought we'd see, and sure enough we did. And while I will forever put that NFCCG in that vault of bad illuminati curses, I think it's really put a mission out for this team to make another run at the superbowl this year and finish what they didn't last year. They didn't make that game a talking point this last week but you just knew they wanted to stop Lynch and beat Seattle bad. The defense did allow Wilson to go running some, but they refused to let Lynch out of the bag and they were outstanding with their backs against the wall, something I haven't seen in a while. This team is not soft anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PackerfaninCarolina, post: 624917, member: 9364"] I think Morgan Burnett's been taken for granted a little bit, having him back has helped the D out a lot more than we think. To go back to the OP's original point, our team the year after we won the superbowl just had too much good football too early. Most won't believe it but we did. The year we won the superbowl, we were hobbled by injury and had to squeak by in a lot of games, but hung in there and made our run playing with a chip on our shoulder. Also Starks was enough of a factor that year to cause problems for opposing defenses. 2011, we were so excited to get Jermichael Finley back and be a big play passing attack offense that it became our strength as well as weakness. I mean Donald Driver, Greg Jennings, James Jones, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobb and Jermichael Finley all on one team? That's some matchup nightmare stuff right there. Our offense was a scoring machine kinda like the 2001 Rams and 2009 Saints. Problem was we neglected Ryan Grant and James Starks who were there as complimentary RBs only enough to keep defenses honest but we didn't build that team that could rely on a guy carrying that rock to help us out and I think we needed that. The size and strength of Lacy is that factor now. Also on defense the year we won the SB, Cullen Jenkins was a force up front, Tramon Williams had a great playoff run, Woodson had his last great year, Nick Collins was exceptional, and even Peprah did an outstanding job filling in for Burnett. We lost Cullen the next year, Collins had that career-ender, our team was in bad shape overall defensively but our offense was so good we didn't think much of it. I think being 15-1 and getting so used to being the big bad guys of the NFC, there just wasn't a team we had to play that year that posed a real challenge, I think over the course of that year we lost the high level of play at the end, lost the chip on the shoulder, we declined as the Giants got better. 2012, we were still a good offense but not nearly elite anymore. Still lacked that one running game, defensive line got battered a bit, we beat most pedestrian opponents, but weren't a team to beat the best such as the 9ers, Falcons and Seahawks. 2013 a little similar but getting Lacy helped. While I hated losing Rodgers that year, I think it woke the team out of apathy in a great way, and we went into that unfamiliar territory of having to fight for our life just to get into the playoffs. We were 1 and done but I felt that put a bit of a chip on our shoulder coming into next year. Sure we started out slow last year, but we knew it was just a matter of time before we'd see the team we all thought we'd see, and sure enough we did. And while I will forever put that NFCCG in that vault of bad illuminati curses, I think it's really put a mission out for this team to make another run at the superbowl this year and finish what they didn't last year. They didn't make that game a talking point this last week but you just knew they wanted to stop Lynch and beat Seattle bad. The defense did allow Wilson to go running some, but they refused to let Lynch out of the bag and they were outstanding with their backs against the wall, something I haven't seen in a while. This team is not soft anymore. [/QUOTE]
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