A Great Run of NFC North Titles 2011-2014

SteveLukeMember

The Packers won 4 straight NFC North Titles between 2011 and 2014 before being edged out for the crown by the Vikes last night. (They were a wild card team when they won it all after the 2010 season).

While just 3-3 against the NFC North this season, between 2011-2014, the Pack went an amazing 7-1-1 (including a playoff game) against the Vikes (coached by Leslie Frazier and then last season by Mike Zimmer), 7-1 against the Bears (coached for 2 years by Lovie Smith and for 2 years by Marc Trestman), and 6-2 against the Lions (coached by Jim Swartz and last year by Jim Caldwell). Notably, they even managed to win the Division with an 8-7-1 record when Aaron Rodgers missed 7 games due to injury in 2013.

Furthermore, the Pack won 2 home playoff games during this period of time, in 2012 (against the Joe Webb-quarterbacked Vikings) and last season (against the hated Dallas Cowboys).

2011-2014 was a great run, right?

1/4/167:59 AM

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Grave DiggerMember

On the bright side, the last time we lost the division we ended up winning a SB! The last time the Vikes won the division they lost in the NFCC in hilarious fashion! History is on our side!

1/4/168:02 AM

pablopackerfanMember

absolutely great run. I just wish that it ended by someone being lights out good and beating us at our best. anyhoo if they can't rally in the playoffs this year, hopefully the powers that be make some great decisions this offseason and we start another great run next year.

1/4/1611:10 AM

GBFanForLifeLarge Member

Definitely a great run. The fact that they won 3 division games on the road and lost all 3 at home is mind boggling.

1/4/1611:49 AM

jimtaylorMember

Their home dominance the past several years has been a major key to their success. Losing all three home games to divisional opponents is hard to stomach.

1/4/1611:57 AM

IL_Pack_FanMember

pablopackerfan posted:
I just wish that it ended by someone being lights out good and beating us at our best.

Yeah, every utterance of "the Vikings have caught up to the Packers" leading up to and following this game really should be corrected to "the Packers fell back to the Vikings." But I won't hold my breath for any asterisks on the banner that's sure to mark this historic occasion at the new stadium.

1/4/161:46 PM

GBFanForLifeLarge Member

The vikings caught up because their offense score 13 points just like the Packers.

1/4/161:48 PM

FandameMember

I hate the Vikings. I hope Seattle rips their hearts out. They can hang all the banners they want in their shiny new blue steel bowl and I'll still hate them.

1/4/161:51 PM

ilcuquiTHE F*** WITH FASHION

Plus these ain't banners

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1/4/161:58 PM

fightphoe93Member

It was a good run. I think they may have another run in them if the right tweaks are made and some holdovers can come back healthy.

These last 10 games were enough to definitely shake your faith a bit in the Pack's leadership and decision making processes, but there's still enough talent to build on that the ship can be righted. I don't think large overhauls of coaching and players are needed, but there will need to be some significant tweaks.

1/5/1612:54 PM

RushRunnerMember

4 Division titles, dominating the division teams is great. 2-4 in the playoffs during that stretch is not that impressive to me. Draw your own conclusions.

1/5/161:50 PM

H5Keyboard Warrior, troll hunter

From 2009 to 2013 the Patriots won the AFC-E and had a 4-5 playoff record.

1/5/162:28 PM

TdogProspective Member

Fandame posted:
I hate the Vikings. I hope Seattle rips their hearts out. They can hang all the banners they want in their shiny new blue steel bowl and I'll still hate them.

you got that right!

1/5/162:34 PM

GBFanForLifeLarge Member

RushRunner posted:
4 Division titles, dominating the division teams is great. 2-4 in the playoffs during that stretch is not that impressive to me. Draw your own conclusions.

No one asked you to be impressed. Maybe you should be a Bears fan. They are on a long streak of missing the playoffs.

1/5/162:53 PM

RushRunnerMember

Hungry5 posted:
From 2009 to 2013 the Patriots won the AFC-E and had a 4-5 playoff record.

So twice as many wins ;-)

1/5/165:01 PM

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