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Another Packers season ends losing to the better team, and that’s exactly the problem

Aaron Rodgers, looking grizzled with flecks of white in his bushy beard, stepped to the podium after another disappointing playoff exit and compared the Green Bay Packers’ 2019 run to the embarrassment of the 2016 NFC Championship Game. This felt different, he said. Though the gap between the Packers and 49ers looks big, it’s not, he insisted, pointing to leadership as one of the driving factors. Then again, your two-time MVP quarterback can’t exactly say, “Well, we need to figure out what to do with Bryan Bulaga, upgrade the defensive line, add speed and linebacker, and for chrissakes, get me a receiver who can run.