GREEN BAY, Wis. -- You can’t win it if you’re not in it.
From where Mark Murphy sits atop the Green Bay Packers, the team president views that as vital.
Sure, most Packers fans surely want more than one Super Bowl title out of the Aaron Rodgers era; Murphy does, too. But he also likes the consistency the Packers have achieved under Rodgers, coach Mike McCarthy and general manager Ted Thompson with seven straight playoff appearances even though it produced only a single Super Bowl appearance.
Murphy is quick to point out that only the Packers and Patriots have made the playoffs each of the past seven seasons, and that number is two short of the NFL record held jointly by the Dallas Cowboys (1975-83) and Indianapolis Colts (2002-10).