Packers go for North Division title
June 28, 2009 by James Edwards
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Green Bay? Green Bay can win the Division? Come on. How can that be. Didn’t they have that quarterback that was always hurt, that Brett Favre wantabe?
No, Aaron Rodgers played every game, even though he was injured. The Packers are young and hungry with plenty of talent to go around.
Ryan Grant with his burst and speed will be key for the Packers
Most of all the Green Bay Packers live in a Division that is one giant unknown. Will the Bears get along with Jay Cutler and who does he throw to? Will the Lions have time to play after introducing themselves to each other? Will Brett Favre be the quarterback in Minnesota or will they have no quarterback in a Division filled with exciting quarterbacks?
Yes, Green Bay is ready and the team chemistry has never been better.
“But we love the guys we’ve got. We have the kind of team (Coach) Mike McCarthy is looking for. We are a team that is very united in the locker room, united in purpose and believes in the schemes on both sides of the ball.”
Universally, well, at least in Green Bay’s locker room, there is no mention of Favre unless it is brought up by someone else. For the most part, his expected return to the Vikings is referred to as the “situation” or “possibility” in Minnesota.
Worrying about what Favre plans to do pales to what the Packers plan to do to him. And Cutler. And Stafford or Daunte Culpepper in Detroit.
Green Bay is busy becoming the only team in the NFC North that will use a 3-4 defense — a defense that specializes in getting after the quarterback.
“With all the new quarterbacks around, I look at it as a chance to add some more names to (my) list,” said defensive end Cullen Jenkins, who missed most of last season with a torn pectoral injury but is expected to be medically cleared by the start of training camp.
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One third of Green Bay’s wins last year were to a team that lost every single game of the entire year. Aaron Rodgers might have played every game, but he took himself out several times because “his shoulder was sore.” He had a lot of soft tissue injuries in his career so far.
Can they take the title? There are as many unknowns with them right now as with any other team in the division.