How close are the Packers to Another Super Bowl?

Very Close!
I know many will not like this but the truth is the Packers are very close.

Super Bowls are almost always won with Great QB's. Unless the defense is out of this world good, you have to have a great QB or great QB play to win it all.

Watching the game last night reminded me a lot of the NFC Championship game. Packers simply ran out of healthy bodies to make a comeback attempt. I would have loved to have seen what the game could have been if they had a healthy Nelson, Adams, Allison, Montgomery.

Simply being healthy this team is a hell of a lot better.

A few take away's from the game last night, that I would like to see the Packers take away from the game.
The speed of the LB's. Falcons LB's are really fast and cover a lot of ground. Packers need more speed at ILB.
Fast, shifty RB's who can catch passes. Montgomery provided a threat as a receiving RB out of the backfield. They should also look to add another RB who can catch passes out of the backfield. James White could have been the MVP was a mismatch.

I just posted this this morning to another topic...I think it applies just as well to this...

"In 2011 the New England Patriots had the 31st ranked defense and the Packers had the 32nd. They were almost identical in total yards and scoring defense.
One team was able to rebuild the defense through the draft, free agency, and trades. The other team has continued to do business the same tired way and got the same tired results. The Patriots obviously had lost many of the key players of the defenses they had from years before by 2011. Just like the Packers have lost Collins, Woodson, and others. My point is 6 years has been enough time for the Patriots to retool and win a few more SB. The Packers? Well we know."

I think the Packers are close as long as they use EVERY avenue to improve the team. Drafting 29th in each round and depending on a new crop of UDFA isn't going to cut it. I'm 110% positive Atlanta and other NFL teams will do everything possible to improve their football team this Spring. The question now is will the Packers?

And one more thing about injuries. The whole, "well, we woulda won it all without the injuries" is silly. It's football. Every single team is devastated by injuries. Once that happens, the question becomes whether or not you've got the rookies, 7th rounders, and UDFAs who can step in and keep the engine going. The problem with the Packers and their frustratingly limited approach to personnel is that those guys are already starting. When they get hurt, where do you go?

Based upon what we witnessed last night, the NFL is starting to feel like 'them' and then all the rest.

Somewhat how the rest of the league probably felt about the Packers in the 1960's.

Yes, Packers can win more than one SB ring in next several years. All those problems Packers had last 2 seasons will be solved. For me, Packers are No 1 favorit for SB 2017...

I understand people who want to bet all in and win at least one SB. For Aaron, they very often say. They think that is all what Aaron Rodgers can acomplish before the end of his career...

Why I'm in bandwagon of draft & develop? Because I think and feel and believe that Aaron will have at least 2 additional SB if not 3. I would like to ask you, how old is Tom Brady? And how old is Aaron...

I think TT had 2 very good drafts (2015 and 2016) and we will start to see payoff of patience already in 2017 season... Packers will have very good to excellent DL, very good secondary, Clay will go inside and Packers needs will be one to 2 very good to excellent pass rushers... So, they need to resign Perry, keep Julius for small money, add one better OLB from FA and draft at least 2 OLB.

With that I say, Packers win SB 2017 and at least another one during rookie contracts of 2015, 2016 draft!

I think Aaron will be better with higher age...

Nick Perry's comparison is very astute and shows the difference between the Packers and Patriots and how they have gone about getting better.
I don't agree with caruso81 when he said" Every single team is devastated by injuries.". The Falcons were w/o their #1 CB, and maybe their best pass rusher but not the Patriots. The Pats didn't have their all world TE or number 2 receivers Floyd, but Atlanta played a center with a reported broken leg and in the 4th qtr, their RT. Those are major injuries, and having Atlanta losing their RT, may have stopped them from scoring that one additional FG or TD to end that game. Compare those injuries to the Packers who played w/o their #1 WR/CB/RB and losing 6 players in the course of the game aren't on the same level. Sometimes the healthiest team will win and it might have been the case for last night's SB. In Green Bay's case....2014 was a great year for keeping the team healthy except for the most important spot-QB. How close are the Packers? I would say they made the final four with a banged up team and with a healthier team could have made it and won the SB.

Unless Ted Thompson changes his spots we are as close as we are going to get under this regime.

First, we should thank the Falcons for taking over the mantle of the biggest choke job in NFL and Super Bowl history. Their collapse was even worse than the Packers collapse in Seattle. I'm glad that I am not a Falcons fan. As for the Packers they need pass rushers and cornerbacks if they are going to get back to and win the Super bowl. Yes, they are close but they are always close. There are no trophies for close. Only for the one winning team. Everyone else is just a matter of how long they took to be eliminated. Ask the Falcons or their fans about how they feel about being close this morning. Since 2011 the Pats have retooled twice and won 2 SBs. Yes, they were one play games but all 7 of the BB and Brady SBs, win or lose, have been one play games. The 6 point difference from yesterday is the largest point difference in any of their Super Bowls. The Packers are close and will remain close as long as they have a healthy Aaron Rodgers. That has been proven over the last 8 seasons. The question is will they utilize all available approaches to close the gap and get past being close? We know what they need, will they do it or will they focus on building "titletown". With 2 NFL titles since 1967 maybe it would be more accurately named "closetown". Thanks, Since '61

AR only gets you so far. A lot farther than most players, but still, a team needs more. We can't draft our defense back in a single year. While developing players grow, our aging players decline. The counter balancing shifts need to be offset. We have too many needs this year and we can't expect to fill them all by draft alone.

We tend to be rather tunnel visioned when we think our defense will climb the rankings simply by our guys developing. We tend to forget all 31 other teams are developing right along with us. If we want to gain on them, we need to do more than they do.

Nick Perry and Bearmeat highlight the key points about our progress on building a championship caliber defense. Rebuild is taking too long, we are not fast enough and we are not hitting on enough picks to make the difference.

I am a defense wins championships kind of guy. If you can't stop them, good teams and studs like Brady take what they want. And Brady would have picked us clean.

Two years ago Atlanta was God awful on defense. Today they are almost there. They play with speed and can control the line of scrimmage. TWO years! We are 5 or 6 years in and we are still trying to convert a safety and basketball player into our starting corners. We are still unable to cover with our linebackers. And, we are still trying to win games with two down linemen and dropping guys (who can't cover) into coverage.

I would like to think we are a year away but the tale is in the tape. We will keep getting what we are getting because we are not changing our approach on any front. It is unfortunate because we have our Brady. He just needs a little help from the defense.

The Packers are close. They need some team speed on defense. They could really use some linebackers with speed who can cover a back or put pressure on the QB. The CB depth has to be addressed. A real deep threat at WR would be nice. The problem is our GM refuses to use all the tools in his box. Draft & develop will only get you so far. Eventually you need to add a veteran FA or 2 to put you team over the top. NE adds vets every year and look what it has gotten them. Hopefully Ted realizes he only has a couple of years left and decides to go out with a bang! Not holding my breath expecting anything to change though.

Our offense is sufficient to win a super bowl, but our defense is light years away..we need more than 2 players to revamp that side of the ball. Moves could be made to help that be somewhat accomplished in 1 year, but that would take a complete 180 from what the Packers do and I for one, don't expect that to happen. We are severly lacking playmakers on the D side of the ball.

As we proved this year as long as we have AR we will have a chance to get close,but until we add a couple playmakers at LB amd CB we will never win the big one.

How close are the Packers to winning another SB?
As close as the Moon appears at times, like you can actually grab it, but reality awakens you and never has something so close be,so, so far away.
The Patriots, last night showed Packer Nation, and all that implies, how far away we are as we have nothing to what they have as drive to win, smarts to win, play makers to win etc, etc.

Another article had someone offer the yardstick as a ruler to measure the equality of GB and NE via what happens in the SB...35 inches belongs to NE....one inch is ours.

Freddie Fender....Water days and wasted nights.

Wasted seasons and Wasted decades....as in 2 Rings over 2 decades and counting with back to back Hall of Fame QBs.
The only thing that compares to this deficit is the National Deficit.

I believe that the Packers need key players on D as well as OL to keep Rogers protected.i believe that the Packers are a great team but could use some new plays/tricks in their play book. The thing is when you repeatedly show up in the grid iron with the same bag of tricks every one and their mother know what's coming . With some new depth in the playbook will keep teams wondering what's next?. However when you play the phone game it's difficult but not impossible to move forward I believe that Mike should be given more say in what happens. I mean that is what the organization hired him for .I trust and believe he has what it takes as long as he is given the keys to drive not to sit in the passenger seat and see how it plays out

Not close at all. This team has not been super bowl caliber since 2010. You want Capers Gone, TT gone, And the articles on MM are very disturbing. A-Rod is no different than Fran Tarkinton. Yes he has a better arm than Francis. But you saw the ,"I believe, and CAN DO" in Brady last night. ( As opposed to A-Rod. ) But it's just not registering with people on TTs drafts. The guy has turned us into the purple people eaters. Sell tickets, and win the division. Then nobody can Bitch. Sorry were not close at all. And TT is not going to do anything to change that with one year left on his contract.

You can feel the frustration of Packer fans as we watch peer teams make adjustments and move ahead. Our 8-win run to get to the NFCCG only served to highlight that we have the 'man' but we consistently fall short on defense. Unless something changes to address this deficiency we will be back next year moaning about the very same stuff. Even the most patient of us are having trouble believing that Ted Thompson is going to fix this defense.

They aren't far off.

Step 1 - Current Roser Decisions:
Re-sign Jared Cook, Nick Perry, JC Tretter, and Brett Goode. Let Don Barclay, Mike Pennel, Datone Jones, and Christine Michael walk. Cut Sam Shields. (Lang, Peppers, Lacy, Hyde should all be decisions based on their willingness to negotiate)

Step 2 - Outside Free Agents:
Test the market for Stephon Gilmore and Trumain Johnson. If the cost is too high, make a move for AJ Bouye or Marcus Cooper.

Step 3 - The Draft:
1st round - OLB (McKinley, Reddick, Williams, Watt)
2nd round - CB (Wilson, Sutton, Jackson, King, White)
4th/5th round - RB (Mack, Perine, McNichols, Foreman, Gallman)
Fill in the rest of the draft with OL, TE, and WR.

I read how we can keep X and let XYZ go and the problem, those XYZ's are a hell of a lot of people. Who the hell are you going to replace them with. You only get so many picks in the draft.
The problem, we need to keep people that arent great players and we need to replace experienced players with draft picks who may not pan out. Its a merry go round.
Ted T is the problem, need new direction and commitment to spending money on free agents and cutting dead wood.

Unfortunately, the Pack are as close to 7-9 as they are to a SB appearance. -- I don't ever see it happening with Teddy at the helm. --- I'm a little amazed at how fans are so tolerant of a GM who refuses to use all the tools to build an NFL roster.

Too many fans (RC?) enjoy listing all the lame excuses why GB has fallen short the last six seasons. -- The Pack play the Vikings, Bears and Lions every year. -- That's a 5-1 or even 6-0 record almost guaranteed. --- The playoffs are almost a 'for sure'.

The Pack fall on their face when playing 'superior teams' once they enter the playoffs.

This is on TT. It's his responsibility to field the best roster possible under the rules. -- He's not doing his job and we all suffer.

I think we are 3 players away. We need premier pass rusher, corner and a RB. TY had one great game and a bunch of mediocre games. maybe he can make the jump.

We will need a top 5 defense just to make it to the SB. Go check out our rankings for our last 3 SBs.

In our league we have a very talented Atlanta team, Dallas will be a huge force next year, the Giants and Vikings could be improved as well not to mention Seattle.

Arizona, Bears Lions, Carolina and others will be above average.

Thus the packers to make it to the super bowl have to obviously stand above all of the above.
Not going to happen with this defense. Giving up way too many points that even Rogers can over come.

Lets See:
Guion - Entering year 10
Matthews - Entering year 9
Peppers - Entering year 276

That's 60% of your pass rush. On the brink of petrification. Of the remaining 40%, 1 meets 'to be feared' status, the other, still wears diapers.

Enough of this garbage: I'm taking over Ted, pack your bags and hit the road jack.

Peppers, thank you for playing (really, seriously), unfortunately, here's your departing gift of job opportunity to coach the Packer LB's in 2017.

Clay - My Man! Lets talk pay cut.

Oh Mr. Rogers??? How much are you willing to throw into the kitty to help us get the defensive talent we need to get you another SB win and Mega Endorsement Deal bucks???

T.J. This one is gonna be a tough one but we really need to move on now. We just can't afford what you're worth at your age. Mr. Tretter, welcome to RG.

Hey Ms. Hopkins, can you get me A.J. Bouye's and Kawaan Short's agents on the line...

Mike, how would you like it if I got you Derek Barnett in the first round? You probably won't get quite as many picks as normal but what the hey...

PACKERS FANS--WAKE UP!! DUMB Capers has been DC for EIGHT YEARS NOW--his defenses have given up the MOST POINTS EVER, SECOND MOST POINTS and THIRD MOST POINTS--EVER SCORED against a Packers playoff team in 96 YEARS of history! Despite Ted Thompson signing or drafting some70+ NEW players for Capers defense--it is worse now than past years!! In past SIX years Capers defense has AVERAGED giving up MORE POINTS, more TOTAL yds, more PASS yds, and more RUN yds than McCarthy's offense can GENERATE as average. DON'T YOU GET IT? Aaron Rodgers leads Packers to playoffs--but HE CAN'T BEAT CAPERS DEFENSE!! Packers are outscored, outgained, outcoached and BEATEN every playoff season for SIX CONSECUTIVE years now!! Subtract the SB season in '10 and McCarthy/Capers RECORD in playoffs is 5 Wins--7 LOSSES. What makes you think anything's different with Capers still at DC? Falcons LOST Super Bowl---their DC is NOT returning next season--ONE failure, he's GONE. DUMB Capers---SIX FAILURES--he's STILL in Green Bay. WHY?

THERE WILL BE NO SUPER BOWL UNTIL ARRON ROGERS ASKS TO BE TRADED. WE COULD HAVE A SUPER BOWL WIN IF THE PACKERS AGRESSIVLY PURSUE BILL BELICHICK AS GENERAL MANAGER