Don Banks (SI.com) offers a pretty succinct summary of how grim this Sunday was for the Packers.
What a brutal week for the Packers, to lose a fourth-quarter, 10-point lead at Washington and the services of four key contributors in NFL sacks leader Clay Matthews (hamstring), tight end Jermichael Finley (knee), tight end Donald Lee (shoulder) and defensive tackle Ryan Pickett (ankle). Then, in the postgame, came the news that quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion during overtime.
Green Bay was banged up coming into Week 5, and now the Packers figure to be in near-crisis mode when it comes to health as they prepare for a visit from Miami and Minnesota over the next two weeks.
The Packers simply can't be taken seriously as a Super Bowl contender at the moment. Green Bay has little killer instinct and it keeps letting inferior teams hang around all game. Green Bay's final seven possessions at Washington ended in four punts, two missed field goals by Mason Crosby and the interception that set up the Redskins' winning field goal in their 16-13 upset.
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/don_banks/10/10/snap.judgments/1.html#ixzz120icS1Xb
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