Getting things done in the NFL is hard. It’s hard to win every week, it’s hard to make the playoffs and, as the Packers have found out over the past six seasons, it’s really hard to climb all the way back up the mountain of winning the Super Bowl.
Over their current run of eight straight playoff berths, the Packers have navigated their way to the playoffs in just about every way imaginable.
There was 2011, when a headscratcher of a loss at Kansas City – a game I had the displeasure of attending, by the way – was the only blemish on an otherwise dominant and prolific season, and Aaron Rodgers was rewarded with his first MVP award for his part.