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Packers: 3 things to get excited about for the 2019 season

By Jesse Fry

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 25: Aaron Jones #33 of the Green Bay Packers runs with the ball for a six-yard touchdown in the second quarter of the game against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on November 25, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - NOVEMBER 25: Aaron Jones #33 of the Green Bay Packers runs with the ball for a six-yard touchdown in the second quarter of the game against the Minnesota Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium on November 25, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images) /
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GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 09: (L-R) General manager Brian Gutekunst, Head coach Matt LaFleur and President and CEO Mark Murphy of the Green Bay Packers attend a conference to announce LaFleur as new head coach at Lambeau Field on January 09, 2019 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images)
GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN – JANUARY 09: (L-R) General manager Brian Gutekunst, Head coach Matt LaFleur and President and CEO Mark Murphy of the Green Bay Packers attend a conference to announce LaFleur as new head coach at Lambeau Field on January 09, 2019 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) /

Lowered expectations

Everyone loves to be the underdog. Overlooked and disrespected always seems to go a long way in the athletic world. And it seems the Packers are coming into the 2019 season as at least one of the two.

Don’t get me wrong here, as long as Rodgers is the quarterback of the Packers, national pundits will always give the Packers better than average odds at a championship. But much of the focus after last season is on the Bears in the North and others like the Saints and Rams across the NFC.

This is a good thing. With the Bears and Vikings in the NFC North, the attention almost goes directly to those teams. With a first-year head coach and a team coming off two down years, there’s no reason to wonder why. But lowered expectations can only benefit this team.

Outside of Aaron Rodgers, the Packers have not been a team that’s played with a chip on their shoulder. A little extra motivation, especially on defense, could go a long way for this team.

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An aggressive attitude and killer instinct are not terms that have been linked to this team. A team feeling disrespected and overlooked can give the players an us against the world mentality, and it could unite the team after a year of change and discontent.

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