Big picture, I know the margin for error is small, but at the same time: road wins at Chicago, Dallas and KC. Won games where the D dominated. Won games where the O put on a show. Won games where they went up early and hung on. Won games where they spun their wheels and came back at the end. We aren't a dominant team, I'd put us at #3 or 4 in the NFC BUT we have the ability to beat any other team in the NFC. Maybe not 9 times out of 10, but they've got the character and roster IMO to do it.
On the defense, I think a couple things happened. One, Savage isn't right by any stretch. He played and gutted it out but that ankle is still hurting him. Lot of people trashing Kevin King and his tackling but honestly, how much higher is his ceiling than the way he's played this year? His groin is holding back his speed some, but couple picks, mostly good games covering, some bad covering, and most importantly he has a permanent bum shoulder. You can't expect that guy to run up and throw his shoulder into guys in big collisions, it'll break him. So what you see is what you get. He's going to dive and try to leg tackle because that's what he needs to do to stay on the field. Is what it is, he's a good but limited player.
And also, how about a tip of the cap to those Chiefs players and Andy Reid? Hill, Hardiman and Watkins and Kelce all have a ton of juice, they're going to break tackles and run away from diving tackle attempts and the Packers aren't the first or only D to suffer that fate. They're a really talented bunch and all things considered, we weren't blown up by them by any stretch. Call it a win, move on.
