MINNEAPOLIS -- No one talks about the Green Bay Packers, and it's not hard to understand why.
In a regular season dominated by young quarterbacks, the Packers have an old one who might have seen better days. In a year when we've seen the Baltimore Ravens and New Orleans Saints innovate dominant offenses, the Packers are boring and predictable and rank No. 9 in scoring among the 10 teams that have already qualified for the playoffs.
The Packers dare you to sustain patience beyond any reasonable measure. I lost mine around midseason, when they fell flat against the Los Angeles Chargers, were blown out by the San Francisco 49ers and struggled to beat the likes of the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants and Washington Redskins.