Is it fair to be encouraged that the Green Bay Packers defense put together a cohesive and effective performance against the Chicago Bears in Week 10, limiting them to 16 points and keeping them out of the red zone for the entire game?
Absolutely. But let's keep things in perspective.
The Martellus Bennett saga is confusing and disturbing. It’s bad enough that he was going to pout his way to retirement, but then he threw respected Packers team physician Dr. Pat McKenzie under the bus.
Thanks in large part to the efforts of Aaron Rodgers, the Packers have won the NFC North five times in the last six years. And now that Rodgers is out, the division is about as tight as a holiday sweater.
With a win Monday night, Green Bay can set a positive course for the season's second half. Here are some of the key battles for the showdown against the Lions.
It has been hard to gauge just how good Hundley is by playing the role of the backup. He never started a game until Aaron Rodgers went down with a broken collarbone this year.