The Green Bay Packers have long had an ugly four-letter word that starts with an "s" used to describe their team.
No, not that one. The other one.
Soft.
When they got to the playoffs, that characteristic would rear its ugly head time and time again.
Teams led by Aaron Rodgers were often prolific. The Packers won a bunch of games with him under center.
If there has been one criticism of teams led by Rodgers, Mike McCarthy and Matt LaFleur, they've often shied away from games that required a certain level of physicality.
In fact, Rodgers' current coach, Robert Saleh pointed that out last year after they beat the Packers 27-10 at Lambeau Field.
“Just keep giving them [the Packers] body blow after body blow and keep hitting them in the mouth. We felt like if we can just keep taking them down to deeper water they’ll find out they can’t swim. It was just a mindset."
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