Return Of The Chedi: Rodgers and His New Defense Look To Desimate All

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Published: August 29, 2009

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... Bay should not be mentioned along side the teams being predicted to represent the NFC in the 2009 Super Bowl. In order to prove this is more a mathematical approach rather than just one fan’s opinion, I will let the numbers do the talking, along with some Star Wars references to keep you entertained.

    Last year the pack fizzled after a stellar 13-3 2007 campaign that ended with a Brett Favre interception in overtime of the NFC Championship game. 6-10 is no way to follow up being the no. 2 team in your conference the previous season, but several factors influenced the change.

In 2007, the defense was ranked 14th against the run, giving up 102 yards per game and forcing 8 fumbles. The 12th ranked secondary only allowed 210 yards passing per game, along with 19 interceptions. That’s 312 yards per game and 27 takeaways over 16 games for the no. 11 (6th in the NFC) ranked defense in the league. To sum, the Pack were better than 21 of 32 ...

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