The 1996 season wasn't over for the Green Bay Packers when star receiver Robert Brooks suffered a year-ending and career-altering knee injury early in October.
Nor was the 2010 season flushed down the drain when the Packers lost 1,200-yard rusher Ryan Grant and ascending tight end Jermichael Finley in the span of a month to open the year.
Both teams, despite crippling early-season injuries, went on to win Lombardi Trophies as Super Bowl champions.
The 2015 Green Bay Packers—now robbed of a major piece of their own championship puzzle—will need to conjure up the same kind of rebounding power if they expect to win the sport's ultimate prize on Feb.