Another Test Passed By The Packers - Barely

OK, time to analyze!  It is the day after the game and what have we asPacker Fans learned?

1 - Another Win! - Winning close games is VERY important!  Since the NFL has only 16 games ANY win is a GOOD win!  Right now, the Packers are leading their division over Detroit by one game!  Right now, The Packers are #2 Seed!  The Pack has the same record as the Cards & CONTROL their own destiny!  After week 14, THIS IS GOOD!

2 - The Packers turned a blowout into a close game - THIS IS NOT GOOD!

3 - The play of Aaron Rogers is still exceptional!  And his cast of players - O-line, & Nelson, Cobb, Adams, Quarless, Lacy & Starks are making choices easy for Rogers - all these players seem to be available.  THIS IS GOOD!!!

4 - The Defense?  ?   ?   ?  The passed few weeks progress was obvious!  What was obvious in the first half proved to be short lived!  The second half, ALL that trust & positive vibes just vanished!  The Falcons seemed to move down the field with eases!  THIS IS NOT GOOD!

So, where are we after week 14 of the NFL season?  The Packers look like a playoff team!  THIS IS GOOD!  Do the Packers look like a Super Bowl Team?  Honestly, not yet.  I would still put a good defensive team ahead of the Pack - Seattle, maybe the Cardinals.  The 49ers seam to be on a downward spiral.  The Eagles & Cowboys look like our Packers - at times GREAT, at times NOT SO GREAT!

My top five right now - Seahawks, Packers, Cardinals, Eagles & Cowboys.

One more look at the Falcons game coming.