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The Packers Were Thoroughly Exposed in Week 18, and Better Hope They Learn From It

We don’t know whether Aaron Rodgers will be back, but we do know the NFC North should no longer fear this franchise like it has.

Hopefully, the most effective remedy for hubris in the NFL is thorough exposure, the kind that leaves a team no choice but to reevaluate the path that led it to a certain point. In that case, maybe the Packers will be cured of their affliction thanks to a season-ending loss on a prime-time stage that may come to be the end of an era.

Take your pick of moments in Sunday night’s Packers-Lions game, one that should have given Green Bay a manageable path to the postseason, seeing as the Lions already knew at kickoff they had nothing to play for but the chance to embarrass a division rival.