We’re not going to go over what a disappointing failure the 2015 season was for the Green Bay Packers again.
You know it, we know it, they know it.
A lot of guys contributed to that failure. Chief among them are Ted Thompson, Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy.
They’re certainly not alone and so this should come as no surprise.
While #Panthers & #Broncos prepare for #SuperBowl50, the #Packers sit home after what those inside called the most difficult season in years
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) February 1, 2016
Why was it difficult?
Well, certain guys didn’t live up to expectations. Others didn’t perform up to their abilities. We’re not going to go through that list, but we will note that this was the first year the Packers fielded a defense good enough to win them games since the 2010 season.
So, the offense.
And that probably caused a lot of frustration. We know Mike McCarthy was frustrated with good old do-nothing GM Ted Thompson. We know Aaron Rodgers was frustrated with McCarthy. We know Randall Cobb was frustrated with himself.
Logic would tell you the defense was probably frustrated with the offense.
The list goes on.
Defensive back Micah Hyde summed it up perfectly after the season with this comment.
“We won, what, 10 regular-season games this year?” Hyde said. “Won a playoff game. But man, this has been the toughest winning season I’ve ever been a part of. Week in and week out, win or lose was brutal, and I really don’t understand it. I don’t know if it was just the mentality that we should be doing better than what we were or the whole outside world saying we should’ve beat this team by more or stuff like that.”
You would think that because of the obvious dysfunction, the obvious frustration, that something significant would have to change.
And in most organizations, something would.
But these are the Packers.
Status quo is the only answer.