Which are you looking forward to more? The remainder of this season, or the entire next season?
I am going to enjoy the rest of this season as the drama for the NFC north champions is clearly laid out before us, yet with the injuries that we're suffering that should be cleared up before the 2011 season, I gotta tell you that I'm actually more excited for the Packers next year.
2010
I think the NFC north is ours to lose. The our games against the Vikings and Bears could become clear decision makers. I would love for us to have enough wins by the last game in the season that the Pack/Bears game in Jan won't matter and that we've already clinched.
2011
If we get Finley, Grant, Barnett back and they're all playing as well as they have been, (add in a draftee) and 2011 has got a lot of up side for the Packers. The Vikings and Bears will remain on the QB carousel and it's possible that the Lions might be our only competition in the NFC north. Will the Vikings' melt down require years to rebuild? How will Cutler fare in Chicago? Will they drag him along for a few years due to no better options? The Vikings' lines (both O and D) about old and on the decline. The Bears have some talent, yet comparably, the Packers have a LOT fewer gaps going into the off season. As much crap as Thompson gets, he's the best offseason 'player getter' (in the NFC North) when it comes to getting performance on the field (read that as drafting or Free Agency). So all in all, I am more excited about next year even though things are going in the right direction for us now. The youth of the Packers has us far away from the Vikings position of 'now or never".