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NFC North Preview and Predictions: The Packers Still Reign, but a Dark Horse Is Primed to Emerge

Right around the time Aaron Rodgers ended an offseason of uncertainty and arrived at Packers headquarters for training camp in July 2021—donning his favorite The Office T-shirt—and certainly after he signed a four-year contract extension after the season, it seemed the NFC North would belong to the Packers for the foreseeable future. The loss of All-Pro receiver Davante Adams to the Raiders, great as he is, does nothing to change that.

Rodgers on his own is enough to make Green Bay the heavyweight of the division.