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Green Bay fans have been in those shoes before.
It was a dark day for Detroit Lions fans on Saturday, as their season came to an abrupt end. It certainly came far earlier than Lions fans were expecting, but the myriad injuries on the defense — and a whole bunch of mistakes and turnovers by their once-dominant offense — spelled their doom.
Does that remind you of anything? A 15-win team with arguably the best offense in the NFL tripping all over itself and getting upset at home by an upstart NFC East team? Yeah, Packers fans have seen this before and aren’t going to have much (or any, really) sympathy for those on the other side of Lake Michigan.
Yes, I’m referring to the Packers’ loss to the New York Giants in the 2011 playoffs, a season that saw Green Bay’s defense also suffer some massive injuries. The biggest that year was to safety Nick Collins, a perennial Pro Bowler and second-team All-Pro at the time.
The Lions’ departure from the playoff field means that the entire NFC North — with its three playoff teams having a combined regular season record of 40-11 — went 0-3 in the postseason and is eliminated before the Conference Championship Games. But while the Packers’ own loss last week was disappointing, you can bet that there was some significant schadenfreude going on last Monday and Saturday nights.
Dan Campbell's Detroit Lions upset by Washington Commanders - ESPN
Womp womp.
Both Packers coordinators finish head-coaching interviews | Packers Wire
Jeff Hafley (Jets) and Adam Stenavich (Bears) both had their interviews within the last few days.
Jordan Love, Jayden Daniels and Packers’ Place in NFC Arms Race | SI.com
There's some significant criticism of Love here in comparison to Daniels, who will become only the sixth rookie to ever start a conference championship game.
Chuck Lane, Vince Lombardi’s former PR man, dies at 82 | Packers.com
In addition to being the team's PR director during the first two Super Bowl seasons, Lane also helped organize the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame.
Sask. pig spleen weather prognosticator carries on family tradition | CBC News
Thank goodness this tradition will go on unbroken.
