Defense, Not Offense, Drives This 2010 Green Bay Packers Team

After thoroughly trouncing the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 48 to 21 on Saturday, – and with the New England Patriots now out of the way – the Green Bay Packers have become the new favorites to win Super Bowl XLV. And it should come as no surprise that Aaron Rodgers has become the talk of the National Football League with his surgical dismantling of the Falcons’ secondary.

What many fail to recognize, however, is that the Green Bay defense under coordinator Dom Capers is the unit that really drives this team.

Have Injuries Possibly Made the Green Bay Packers Better?

As heretical as it may sound, the sheer amount of injuries that have devastated the Packers this season might have just made them a more dangerous team. The Packers of today are essentially an entirely different team than the one that took the field 5 months ago and that has caused confusion for other teams.