The Green Bay Packers meltdown in Seattle has been covered by both national and local media as nauseam at this point. Seven months removed and we're still seeing questions about whether this team can overcome some kind of mythical hangover form that loss in the NFC Championship Game.
What hasn't been in the conversation this summer is the personal tragedy Mike McCarthy dealt with almost immediately after that loss and how he has been dealing with it over the course of the offseason.
Enter Mike Silver of NFL Network, who has just published an incredible piece on McCarthy's offseason, centered around the loss of his brother Joe.