This is not the thread you want to hear. But it is the thread you need to hear.

The Packers will get to the 50th Super Bowl, if not win it.

This whole Packers team was not ready.

Wow we should have found ways to wrap this one up, the fact remains that it's much harder than it seems. Consider this. Trying to have Aaron Rodgers play in the Super Bowl with his leg just not quite where should be, is not very promising outlook. The majority of the team, for what I could see, is ready. But Aaron was not. This is just bad luck for us. But we need Julius back. We need Raji back. We need everyone back. And we will. We will succeed.

You can complain everywhere else, but let's look optimistically at next year. Because I see great things. And if you don't, look again.

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I'm sorry. The coach wasn't ready. We pissed away a Lombardi in my opinion today. We are better than both AFC teams.

Hire a shrink, Mike.

Or learn how to lead.

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Did you watch the first 55 minutes of the game? Was the team ready? Does that take leadership?

3 dumb plays by PLAYERS at the very least contributed to, if not WERE the reason for the loss. Burnett taking a knee, Bostick botching a gimmie catch, and Haha on the 2 point. Must have been leadership there, right?

So much more than that... if Rodgers didn't throw the first INT, that's 3 more points, if Kuhn or Lacy got one more yard or Nelson caught his end zone pass that's 4 more points, if Haha caught his 3rd INT or knocked down the extra point, game over ... playing a full 60 minutes instead of just the first 55...

So many small inches would of taken the Packers over, but they were left on the field 😢

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Again, this is positivity about next year. Considering how well the defense clicked, they looked almost just like 2010. Mike decided for field goals which gave us a lead and believed in his defense which he should have.

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Next year is already here. For this team. Time to look to the draft, where unfortunately it isn't looking like there is a Stud ILB that we all would like to see.

Its hard to say they don't have the attitude or desire, but when you look at Sea and GB, it isn't hard to see the difference emotionally between the teams. Sometimes that fire in the belly is the difference between a W and a L. And we were on the wrong side of that difference. We have nobody on offense that provides that, and on defense not many.

Not sure where that can come from because it is not in the nature of Dom, Mike or Ted.

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Packers were very healthy all year long and couldn't get it done. This was their year and they piddled it away by playing not to lose instead of going Bill Bellichick and stomping on their throat.

Randall Cobb will be resigned and I think most of the core will be back. I don't see the Packers missing key players via free agency.

Packers have the talent and the players, they just need better play calling and to execute more consistently.

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Packers have some decision to make...

FAs this offseason:
Randall Cobb, WR
Bryan Bulaga, OT
Tramon Williams, CB
B.J. Raji, DT
Letroy Guion, DT
Davon House, CB
Jarrett Bush, CB
Matt Flynn, QB
Scott Tolzien, QB
John Kuhn, FB
DuJuan Harris, RB
Jamari Lattimore, ILB

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No, they were not ready.

They were playing scared and tensed up even more in the red zone.

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