The NFL is, at the end of the day, about wins and losses. Full scale rebuilds are rare in a sport where careers are too short to do a “Process” style rebuild for more than one season. Despite this, in any given NFL season, only a handful of teams are considered true Super Bowl contenders. Over the course of the past decade, the Cinderella run from the Wild Card spots has become rarer and rarer. That does not mean that the league’s middle class has no shot, but regular season success has had a disproportionate impact on playoff success of late.
The Packers’ 2023 season will be defined by the questions it answers
