Time For Packers to Dispel "Lucky" Image

I don't know if the Green Bay Packers will play the 2020 season with a chip on their shoulder.

But they should.

Despite being a 14 win team last season and advancing to within a game of the Super Bowl, the Pack is getting very little respect from the national talking heads as 2020 approaches. Perhaps the ultimate insult came when ESPN recently released its FPI rankings. They pegged the Packers as winning just 8 games this year and finishing second in the division behind the Vikings. Overall Green Bay was ranked 15th in the entire NFL.

There are several reasons for this. One is the last impression left by the team in 2019. The national folks seem only to have the enduring memory of the…