Always grateful for the Packers. Even when they were bad. Even when they drafted guys like Rich Campbell, made trades for John Hadl, passed on Joe Montana, etc. I'm an old guy now and they've been a constant in my life for over a half a century, for better or worse.

We were in it right up until the end, despite everything. We surely made more mistakes than we could overcome in the end. Beat the Bears twice, beat the Cowboys, beat the Vikings....our best performance of the season, a glimpse of what should have been. All good stuff.

I like the possibilities of what we can start with next year.

Thanks for writing this article!
Those are all positive developments, Jaire, Watson, Nixon. Love to Watson

"After a global pandemic and the frightening injury to Damar Hamlin, we can be grateful he's okay, that we all are still here after the pandemic "blip," and that we can meet in person and go to games again."

Just FYI - We always could meet in person. A tyrannical government saying you can't doesn't make it so. See Texas & Florida.

#4 - Yes. Favre should come back and coach.
Because something is wrong when you have guys who can't catch the ball.
Run the wrong Routes. And get stuffed at the OL.
And if they bring back Barry. Expect Defense to be taken first.
Thats to save Barrys job. And not for title town.

1. Watson is okay but has a lot to prove. He's no Jordy yet. For a guy with his speed he sure is covered a lot.
2. The pass rush is sporatic and goes missing against the good teams. They are slow of foot and usually are too little too late. No dominance because the packers will not draft a defensive end who skill set is pass rushing.
3. Nixon didnt look so good against the Lions. He did look better then Amari but a partial season and a few good run backs doesnt make him a god.
4. Alexander had his way with Jefferson because the Vikes had the wrong cleats and were slipping all over the place. I beleive Jefferson can eat Jairres lunch 9 out of 10 days.
Bottom line this team has little to cheer about. When 5,6,7 rounders make your starting team that says enough.

I'm grateful the 2022 season is over! (As far as I'm concerned it is.)

Unfortunately, it sounds as if MaLF is sticking with Barry, which if true is probably one of his many terrible decisions which will end his HC career for good.

I suppose it's possible Gutey drafts an OLBer who is a stud, finds a Safety, WR, TE, C, and another OT or OG in the upcoming draft.

I suppose it's possible Gutey grows a backbone, trades AR12, and installs his 1st round QB like TT did AR.

I suppose it's even possible that Barry finds a way to improve this defense enough to make it passably decent.

It may even be possible that MaLF starts devising a playbook that is next level and Love can execute it to a "T."

But I'm not betting on any of it.

Good article Chris.

Grateful:
1. That during my 61 seasons as a Packers fan there have been many, many, many more good/great/historic games and moments than bad.
2. 31 seasons of having a chance in every game/season thanks to the QB play of Favre and Rodgers. A truly unbelievable run in all of professional sports.
3. For having the opportunity to be part of the CHTV blog with Jersey AL, Nags, all our contributors past and present, and of course all of my fellow bloggers (again past and present) who make it a pleasure and an excellent on going learning experience for me nearly everyday. I appreciate everyone of you and the time that each of you take to post your comments. It has been, is now and will continue to be great discussing Packer football with all of you whether or not we agree on particular issues. I look forward to it everyday.

For these reasons and more I say, Thanks, Since '61

Cheesehead TV is certainly becoming a force. As for 23.. he played 10 yards off the receiver and gave up the game ending first down. Inexcusable.
As for Watson, I want to see more.. he is equal parts home run threat and an injury prone WR with questionable hands until he proves different.
At best will he produce with Love at QB?
Factually, we are now battling the Beats for the NFC North cellar. Our front office and coaching staff seems to be in denial or at least they fail to recognize the last few years we’re largely due to Rodgers playing at an MVP level.
I have zero confidence in Murphy, Gutekunst and MLF.

I'm grateful for that string of games when Watson started to shine. That was really fun to watch. I'm thankful for being able to watch Aaron Jones run around people, AJ Dillon run through people, and Lazard and Cobb pick up timely first downs again and again on third down. I'm thankful for the turnaround on ST and enjoyed watching Nixon. I'm thankful the coach and the team did not give up and was in it until the end of the regular season. If you're only concerned about what wrong with the team, you'll miss a lot of great things.

Ohhhhh boy. I was looking forward to reading this article but when #1 is "that they played" I dreaded what was to come next and sure enough, #2 is that Jaire was back in form against the Vikings (failing to mention that he played at least 5 yards beyond the line of scrimmage in pretty much every other play of the year yielding up multiple first downs in short yardage situations). My list would have been:

1. Season started (after the first loss) and ended with some hope of pulling things together.
2. Stomping all over the Vikings (granted this was mentioned but wasn't the point).
3. Stomping all over the Cowboys and MM.
4. Watson getting three touchdowns in one game.
5. Douglas sealing the Miami game with an interception on Christmas day while yours truly and his Dad were both wearing his jersey.