Green Bay Packers: December Success a Key For Team, McCarthy

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Published: December 4, 2009

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... did not go well.

Hellacious winds scoured Soldier Field, Brett Favre threw a pair of picks and the Chicago Bears beat the Packers 35-7. The next week, the Packers, having sewn up the two seed, pummeled the Lions with mostly back-ups and coasted into the playoffs.

That was already two years ago.

Last season, the Packers were 5-7 heading into December and riding a two-game losing streak. They proceeded to finish December a disappointing 1-3, dropping those three games by a combined 10 points. 

Since Mike McCarthy joined the team, the Packers have gone 8-5 in the month of December. That isn’t going to get it done.  

To some degree, it is a microcosm of the McCarthy tenure in Green Bay: The Packers can’t f...

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