It seemed safe to finally bury the Packers.
Quarterback Aaron Rodgers was traded to the Jets in the offseason, taking his needless distractions and thirst for attention — but also his Hall of Fame arm — with him.
Jordan Love took over and was extremely shaky through the first half of the season. Already in his fourth season, Love looked overmatched as Green Bay started 2-5 — the last of those losses a 24-10 setback against the Vikings, who swarmed Love while losing Kirk Cousins in the Lambeau Field romp.
Even as the Packers and Love started to show signs of life in the second half of the year, Love and his young receivers looked just inconsistent enough to be unreliable.