Five Keys to Packers 2009 Success

Note: I originally wrote this article for SportsScribes. Please visit the Packers blog there at the following url: http://www.sportsscribes.net/index.php?option=com_content&view;=category&layout;=blog&id;=81&Itemid;=170 On ESPN's NFL Live Monday, June 29, 2009, both analysts (Cris Carter and James Hasty) said Green Bay was the non-playoff team from 2008 most likely to make the playoffs in 2009. There are few times a 6-10 team can enter the next season as a team that is widely considered a contender to not only make the playoffs, but win their division. But the Packers outplayed their division rivals head-to-head, going no worse than 1-1 against any team and outscoring all three. They also have the history of dominating their division, winning seven of the last 14 titles. Plus, with the NFL’s parity, it is not unheard of, either. Last season was the first in the short history of the NFC South that the last-place team did not win the division the next year (other than the first season of the ... (link)