Packers Look Shaky

Aaron Rodgers is perhaps the perfect symbol for the 2008 Green Bay Packers to this point. Like his team, Rodgers is capable of very good moments and poised when things are going well. Yet he’s also capable of poor decisions and jumpiness when adversity strikes. The first thing we all need to do is forget about last season. Turn the page. 13-3 isn’t walking through that door. Neither is a certain number 4 but that story has already been written. The Packers and their fans must deal with the present.That means staring at a 4-5 record. The good news is that the Packers are remarkably still only one game out of the division lead in the NFC North. Sunday’s game at Lambeau Field against the Bears presents another great opportunity for the Packers to still salvage the season. But the loss at Minnesota was another stark reminder of the flaws of this Packers team. A porous run defense and an offensive line that seldom can impose its will is a deadly combination that usually has teams watching the playoffs on television. And the Derrick Frost Experiment seems to be a case of trying to be too smart and fixing something that wasn’t really broken.I’d still rather have Mike McCarthy than Brad Childress but McCarthy didn’t have a great day at the Metrodome. He seemed reluctant to run when it made sense and then too conservative at the end of the game. The penalties have gone from an irritation to an indictment. For all of their issues, a win over the Bears could provide a positive start to a stretch run. Home games against Houston and Detroit in December are two nice chips to have in your pocket. But a loss to Chicago Sunday could send the Packers season into the crisis mode.

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