Not to pick on you, as I believe you know why this team is playing well and is among the class of the NFC, but this sort of statement drives me a little nuts. It's a "Packers Twitter" type statement ... a place that is populated with so many "Yeah, but" fans that are just so insufferable at times. the team wins, plays well, and yet all they want to focus on are the perceived negatives like "the tackling was bad" or "they threw all those balls to the RBS, therefore all the WRs are terrible". It's a bunch of broad negative generalizations that, while might have some truth to them, are being blown out of proportion. This team is 7-1 because they are playing well enough to be 7-1. They've beat a bunch of good teams because they are a good team. If they go 13-3, it's because they were good enough to go 13-3. This schedule is no Patriots-like slouch. JMB - I try to manage my expectations by blending optimism and realism. I was a long-time TT/MM apologist. I preached patience when others were calling for heads to roll. I figured a healthy Rodgers was good for 10 wins and sooner or later, they’d get hot going into December finally win a second championship in this era. It didn’t happen. MM got stale, and TT (the hero who built a Super Bowl winner through the draft) suffered a steep cognitive decline while Mark Murphy was out sledding. Something inside me finally broke last year. I really like this year’s team, but I’m coming off a bad breakup and need to learn how to love again.