That game is one of my favorite all time reg season Packer games along with Majik vs. the Bears and "he did WHAT?!?" If you haven't seen this, I highly recommend watching it. I still get goosebumps at about 4 minutes in packers bears fan reactions .
With that said, to me the emotion had little to do with the division title...it was about the do or die nature of getting into the playoffs. As you alluded to, of course there is a progression of goals from daily improvement, to wins, leading to the playoffs, and then beyond. The improvement and wins are needed to achieve the post season goals. The division title isn't.
In principle, if you win your division, you should be one of the top 8 teams in the league, but as we saw last year, the Packers were hardly one of the top 8 regular season teams in the conference...same with Seattle when they won the West at 7-9. Winning the division title is a nice toy in the cereal box, but it really isn't a primary goal, or even necessary to achieve other yearly objectives.
Originally Posted by: musccy