But on the fringes of relieving Mike McCarthy of his head coaching duties after a disappointing loss on Sunday, they're under the microscope -- both within the organization and when it comes to the national media -- now more than ever.
"There's a little feel of kind of training camp, almost," said quarterback Aaron Rodgers on Wednesday. He spoke to the media after practice, as he typically does. The only difference was it came after the first practice under interim head coach, Joe Philbin, essentially promoted from his offensive coordinator post in the wake of McCarthy's firing.