Another dominant regular season by the Green Bay Packers to fall short and in a home playoff game as the number one overall seed. A murky off-season looms.
The Green Bay Packers were once again the best overall team in the regular season. Aaron Rodgers won his fourth MVP award and second in a row.
All that said, it does not mean a thing after the divisional choke job the Packers displayed vs the San Francisco 49ers at home. An offseason with numerous decisions to be made leaves the future in Green Bay in a bubble that can pop based on number 12’s decision.
Another waste of a season for the Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers finished with a 13-4 record and the number one overall seed this season. That did not mean anything to the Niners who went to Green Bay, scored no offensive touchdowns, and still managed to come out with the victory.
Aaron Rodgers and the offense were held to 10 points and Rodgers fell now to 0-4 in his postseason career vs the Niners. It is comical that the team that passed on him so many years ago continues to cause chaos in his career so often.
Davante Adams finished as the WR2 this season and Rodgers will win another MVP but that all feels wasted with such a disappointing finish. The finish to this season was more disappointing than the Cowboys’ irresponsible play call in their Wild Card matchup vs the Niners.
This was the year everything was supposed to click for the Green Bay Packers. Injuries to the Bucs offensive weapons, the Cardinals slumping, and owning Matthew Stafford plus the Dallas Cowboys their entire career, it was time for Rodgers to get ring number two.
The Green Bay Packers 2022 offseason
Will Aaron Rodgers take the route of Peyton Manning and Tom Brady? Leave the team they created their legacy and go win elsewhere? Or will he take the route of Eli Manning and just hang it up for good?
That is on the mind of everyone associated with the Green Bay Packers this offseason. After that, the task of keeping Davante Adams follows. Adams is set to be a free agent and wants to be the highest-paid receiver in the NFL.
With good reasoning too, Adams is the best receiver and overall one of the best players in the entire league. If keeping Adams will make the franchise quarterback content, that is something no one should even think about.
If Adams leaves, Rodgers will follow, and then something the Packers haven’t felt in almost 30 years will happen. A rebuild will commence and the NFC North will belong to another franchise.
Everything else should follow after those two are happy. Adams and Rodgers are the best duo in the NFL and the Packers will regret it for the rest of time if they let those two walk.
Final thoughts
Something has got to give this off-season. This was one of the best teams Rodgers has had in his career and the job was not accomplished. With the talent Rodgers has, having only one super bowl ring back in 2011 is underwhelming.
No one will remember 2011. They will remember the losses in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2019, and now 2021. It hurts typing that being a Packers fan, but the truth hurts. Green Bay Packer fans, let’s be strong because this offseason is going to be franchise-changing.