Pessimism has always served me well as a Packers fan. I have conditioned myself to expect and prepare for the worst, so that if anything less than the worst happens, I am pleasantly surprised. Whenever Green Bay has a big game coming up, I go into it convinced we will lose. That way, an actual loss is not as devastating, and a win is all the more jubilant. I know it’s cockeyed logic, but it has kept me sane all these years.
Therefore, I have forced myself to begin envisioning what kind of team Green Bay would have without Aaron Rodgers.