Holy Peter King Batman!

For the uninitiated, Peter King is the head NFL writer at Sports Illustrated. Every Monday morning during the NFL season, and most Monday mornings during the off-season, Mr. King writes a column entitled "Monday Morning Quarterback." I encourage Packers nation to check out Mr. King's analysis on the top 32 teams in the NFL, where he wrote the following:

1. Green Bay. It's not just the maturation of Aaron Rodgers. It's the carryover from a fluky end to 2009 (the weird playoff loss at Arizona) and the fact that only one team in football -- New Orleans -- had a better point differential than the Pack's plus-164 last year. I like Jermichael Finley to become a great player in his second starting season. I don't trust the pass-rush (where Clay Matthews is the only real thing), and I worry about two of the top three corners coming off ACL surgery, and aging. But the defensive front is formidable, and a very good match for the good run teams of the AFC North. I also like Weeks 2 through 5 on the schedule (Buffalo, at Chicago, Detroit, at Washington), which sets up for a strong start.

I don't mean to alarm anyone, but that #1 in front of our team? That means he's ranking us #1 right now. To which I respond, "Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa???" I mean, really? We're the favorites now? Aaron Rodgers hasn't won a playoff game. Donald Driver hit the age (35) where he really should start slowing down (I mean that literally - he'll be slower this season). We don't have a pass rush (which Mr. King notes). Our CBs are old and coming off injuries. Ryan Grant is serviceable, and a top 12 running back, but he isn't going to dominate a game by himself. How are we the favorites? What happened?

Well, the long and the short of it is Peter King is very good at writing about things that happened during a football game. His is not good at predicting what will happen on a football field (he had Pats over Bears at the beginning of last season).

Nonetheless, we should still be excited: the Aaron Rodgers Era is getting national attention. While that won't help us win any games, it will help with the bandwagon fans if we CAN manage to win games. With an uncapped year and a potentially uncapped future, the Packers will need all the additional fans they can find to help drive team revenue. So, Mr. King, thank you. Keep over-hyping the Green Machine...