Dave Choate: I couldn’t lead with anything other than Mike McCarthy. How do you think Packers fans feel about the firing, how do you think Aaron Rodgers is feeling, and who are they going to replace him with?
Jason Hirschhorn: The end of the Mike McCarthy era seemed inevitable for weeks. I called the time of death on his tenure back on Nov. 5, and the way the season has unfolded for the Packers in the time since only reinforced that position. Still, it came as a surprise that the team parted ways with McCarthy prior to the end of the season, something the franchise hadn’t done since 1953.