Before addressing Allen Lazard and the Green Bay Packers, let’s look back at a former Packers coach as a history lesson for context.
Mike Holmgren left the Packers to take over the Seattle Seahawks for the 1999 season, immediately taking the team to a 9-7 record and a first place finish in the AFC West. However, Holmgren had trouble improving on that mark for quite some time. The Seahawks would hover around .500 until 2003, when they finally cracked double digit wins (10-6) on the strength of a good season from Matt Hasselbeck and an amazing year from running back Shaun Alexander.