Are the Green Bay Packers for Real?

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Published: August 29, 2009

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... Green Bay Packers. Four weeks into the season, there was no question anymore; the Packers were for real.

Some guy named Favre had led his team to a 4-0 start and broke the all-time touchdown pass record. The Packers continued to play well all season and were just a play away from facing the New England Patriots in the Superbowl.

The following season, despite the ugly exit of the aforementioned Favre, the Packers had high expectations, even with a quarterback that had seen about as much of an NFL field as yours truly.

Unfortunately for Packer fans, 2008 was not what they had hoped for. The Pack finished with a record of 6-10, and were arguably the greatest 6-10 team in the history of the NFL. Of those 10 losses, Green Bay lost seven of them by a grand total of 21 points.

The Packers led in every fourth quarter of those seven games, but were unable to play defense late in games.

Despite the poor record, there was a lot of positives for the Pack...

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