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As long as the Green Bay Packers have Aaron Rodgers, they'll be contenders. Whether the team around Rodgers is good enough to make it back to the Super Bowl is another story. The defense in particular was really bad in a playoff loss to San Francisco. The Packers were as poorly prepared as any NFL team in recent memory. The special teams, especially kicker Mason Crosby, was inconsistent all season too. A few additions were made, but mostly through the draft since general manager Ted Thompson is never a major player in free agency. Green Bay's season could have been different had the Seattle game not been taken away on a bad call, or if had closed out late losses at Indianapolis or Minnesota. One more win would have given the Packers a bye and home-field advantage in the second round. So the Packers aren't that far off. But the image of Green Bay's defense repeatedly being torched by Colin Kaepernick, or the defense being unable to get a key stop late against the Colts or Vikings, makes one wonder if the Packers are still on the same level as the other top teams in the NFC.
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