Reading the question the OP posted, I don't understand people who picked this seasons team over the '97 team ...
Either those people ...
a) are too young to remember the '97 team or
b) haven't been a Packer fan before 1998 ... or
c) still can't move on from Brett Favre (and still hold grudges) ... or
d) all of the above ...
Despite going 15-1 in the regular season, and despite setting huge numbers and more ... don't forget, it's a totally different league now than it was in 1997 ...
I mean ... Look at how many QB's got past the 4k mark this season ..., not to mention TD's ...
I'm not saying it wasn't impressive, however, if you look at it in context it suddenly doesn't seem that "spectacular" ...
All season long the defense had been the Achilles heel of this team, and when the offense got shut down similar to what it did against the Giants, there wasn't much to do ...
I don't buy the thing that it was because of the tragedy that this team lost ... - If anything I would say that it should have fired them up ... and dedicate the win to the memory of Philbins son ... (alas it wasn't so ...) The entire team looked as if they had spent their bye week doing everything else, but prepping for the game against the Giants ...