While I do sense a bit of sarcasm emanating from this thread, in all seriousness, I sometimes wonder if a lot of casual and younger Packers fans take what we've had for granted. This franchise could easily have been where Detroit and Buffalo are now struggling to bring back a winning culture. Hell look at where Denver and Miami are now. Had two franchise QB's that carried them through most of the 80's and 90's and then both retired around the same time and both franchises have struggled to find any long term answer since. Peyton being the exception in Denver since he came in as a FA, but he's been in the twilight of his career and you can tell he's not the QB he was even three or four years ago. But before Peyton even got there, they jumped from Plummer, to Cutler, to Tebow. Miami jumped from Fiedler, to Culpepper, to Henne, to now Tannehill whom has still been having an inconsistent career to date. That could have very easily been Green Bay had Rodgers not turned into the Top 3 QB he is now. It's hard enough to find a franchise QB that can be your starter for 10+ years, but it can be even more difficult to find his replacement once he does retire.
It wasn't too long ago where this franchise was considered NFL Siberia after the Lombardi era and struggled to even get close to 10 wins a season back in 70's and 80's. Especially during Starr's time as head coach. Talented but flawed rosters that could just never get over the hump. Being a young Packer fan in the 80's growing up and watching all my friends bandwagon teams like the 49ers and Giants. I was happy when we finally beat the damn Bears let alone even dream of this team making the playoffs. That's why it was so important now that Wolf, Holmgren, Favre, and Reggie all were integral pieces of changing this franchise's fortunes in the 90's. Even though they only won one Super Bowl, at worst, you know they were going to field a competitive team most years that would challenge for the playoffs and division year in and year out. You didn't have that back during the 70's and 80's and why I do not take this winning for granted. If we're damn lucky enough once Rodgers is ready to retire and strike draft gold again like we did in 2005, all the better, but we could very easily be in store for some lean years if it takes awhile for this team to find another franchise QB.