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Brady is about 38 so that could mean another 6 or 7  years of Rodgers.

I know we have a lot of holes but a good pass rush would help slow down Rodgers.

The Bears played very well.  I expect them to play even better as the season wears on and the players mesh with a good coaching staff.  That game will become tougher for GB in the future.  I'm enjoying this while I can.

I also expect the GB defense to play better when Guion, Sean Richardson, and Sam Barrington are  back in the lineup and the young DBs gain some experience.  A  fast start is not nearly as important as a strong finish.

Before long, we will be enjoying the good old days of Chi-GB blood-baths.

Jason from Austin, TX

Vic, I’ll take a hard-fought victory over a clean loss any day of the week. Especially when you consider it was against a division rival on the road. That’s a good win. Our defense had a fantastic game. If you remove that offside penalty on the field goal, the Bears would have only had 19 points.

It was something less than fantastic, but more than acceptable. In today’s game, if you’ve held the opposing quarterback to a 67.5 passer rating, you’ve accomplished something. That game was a potential schedule-maker’s ambush, and the Packers got out of Dodge with a win. That’s good enough for me.

Ndamukong Suh may be a good player, but there is no room in this league for a player who insists on bullying and taking cheap shots at others. Being a great player means you should great on every down, regardless of the outcome. Your thoughts?

I’m a forgiving man.

Michael from Frankfort, KY

The changes in the Packers coaching seemed to display some much-needed improvement against the Bears. Vic, do you believe based on what we’ve seen and heard so far this trend will continue throughout the season?

Based on one game? Actually, I thought the Packers were pretty good last year. I thought they were the best team in the league. I’m not looking for a whole lot of improvement. I’ll gladly accept what they did last season, if they’ll promise to play a little better in the final 3:52. Folks, I think our expectations have become unrealistic. Take a look around. Do you see perfection anywhere? The Super Bowl-champion Patriots gave up a lot of rushing yards to the Steelers. The NFC-champion Seahawks are 0-1 and are dealing with a holdout by one of their best players. What team doesn’t have a weakness? What fan base is without concern? I think we need to stop worrying about what’s bad and start feeling good about winning.

Travis from Chicago, IL

Vic, it seemed like the past few years Rodgers has been very conservative when it came to holding onto the ball and taking the sack. In this past game, it appeared as though he was a bit more risky about letting the ball go, one resulting in the spectacular one-handed catch from Lacy. Am I wrong in saying that?

First of all, if you put on a pair of gloves the players wear, you’d understand how not-so-fantastic one-handed catches are. Those gloves are so sticky they make that stuff Lester Hayes used look like hand lotion. Secondly, Rodgers expressed an element of regret in his postgame interview for having made that throw. He got away with it. It’s not something you want to make a habit of doing. I don’t know what it is about one-handed catches and hurdling tacklers that excite people so, but they almost always create an explosion of emotion, even in the press box. When Lacy made that catch on Sunday, the press box exploded. I thought it might’ve been a delayed reaction to the pregame meal.

I wouldn’t worry about that, yet.

Harris from Troy, OH

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