Packers Must Respond to Two Straight Losses

The Green Bay Packers enter its Week 17 game against the Baltimore Ravens with a goal of responding to one of the worst six day periods in its recent history. The Packers lost back-to-back games in the final five games of the season for the third straight season, but these two felt much worse.

The Packers had two-score leads in the second half, on the road against two playoff teams, the Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears.

The Week 15 loss to Denver brought the catastrophic injury to star defensive end Micah Parsons as well as the short-term injuries to two other important players: right tackle Zach Tom and strong safety Evan Williams.

However, the loss that followed against the Bears this past…