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With the Vikings’ comeback win over the Bears, Week 1 is officially a memory. What did it mean?
The short answer is probably nothing. The longer and probably truer answer is that we don’t know yet.
It’s tempting to use Week 1 as a referendum on the entire offseason behind us and the entire season ahead of us. I can’t help but fall into that a bit myself. The Packers’ win over the Lions was absolutely intoxicating, and there’s a part of my brain that wants to believe this is the new normal and the Packers are going to win every game forever and they’ll have to make a new wing of the Packers Hall of Fame because they’re going to win the next 11 Super Bowls.
But we all know that’s not the case. There are trials and tribulations ahead. The Packers will probably (though not necessarily!) lose a game, or even multiple games, this season. But Week 1 is a good start toward the growth they want to achieve.
That’s what Week 1 was: a first step. A step toward what? We hope we know the answer, and it’s going to be fun to find out, but we simply just don’t know.
Golden’s debut was statistically underwhelming but pointed to bigger things down the road.
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The Packers started hot in their win over the Lions, setting the tone for what would turn out to be a dominant performance.
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Lukas Van Ness has had a hard time finding a role in the first two years of his NFL career, but maybe as an understudy to Micah Parsons he can blossom.
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How do the Packers stack up relative to the rest of the league?
Not all heroes wear capes. This one wears an ice cream cone costume and a fake mustache.
