The Packers avoided the humiliation of losing to the winless Lions. That's all I'm going to say about the final game of 2008 because that's all it's worth. The 2008 Packers season is over and I'm more than ready to move on. It was a collapse from 13-3 to 6-10 and a season marred by the lingering cloud of the Brett Favre mess. ...

I guess with the mammoth salary that I get from Sports Bubbler, I should have plenty of comments to make about the Monday night overtime loss to the Bears. But what is left to say? The Packers lost another close game in frustrating fashion. They're 5-10. Maybe because it's Christmas week, I'm just not up to pointing out all of the ...

 What a steep and graceless fall. In just one year, the Packers have gone from nearly making the Super Bowl to being eliminated from playoff contention with two weeks remaining in the season. It was fitting that the slim hopes of the 2008 Packers were snuffed out in Jacksonville by a bad team in the same kind of loss that has haunted Green ...

 I never thought the Packers would be great this year. I was astonished that everything fell into place last year for them to go 13-3 and come so close to the Super Bowl. I picked the Packers to go 9-7 this season and likely miss the playoffs. But I never thought they would plummet to earth like they have since the bye week. It is one thing ...

Sunday’s 35-31 loss to Carolina at Lambeau Field was a story the Packers and their fans have seen too many times this season. A close game with some good moments ends in a loss. The Packers have now lost four games by four points or less this season. The Packers locker room was extremely quiet and the mood was realistic. Whatever the reasons, the ...

 Many of the same people who overreacted to the Packers whipping of the Bears are now going to bury the Packers after they got embarrassed by the Saints. One fact overwhelms all of the swings in emotion: the Packers play in the NFC North. They are one game out of first place with five games left and their division record could earn them the ...

 When you have manhandled a fierce division rival 37-3 to move into a tie for first place, you have every right to smile. Yet the Packers wisely tried to contain their glee after Sunday’s mauling of the Bears at Lambeau Field. The locker room was a satisfied one, but also cautious for a couple reasons. First of all, by its very nature a 5-5 ...

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 ...

I'm not one of those people who blows off losses and skips on my merry way if the game is close. I'm also not one of those people who is ready to bury the Packers because they lost in overtime on the road to the only undefeated team in the NFL. The answer is somewhere in between, kind of like the Packers 4-4 record. Here's the ...

If I had to pick the best team in the NFC (and maybe in the NFL) right now, it would be the defending Super Bowl Champion Giants. The Packers are in a bunch in the middle right now that could go either way. They're certainly a candidate to win the NFC North and peak in the playoffs. They're also a candidate to succumb to a difficult ...