You’d have to be if you’re the Green Bay Packers.  The Chicago Bears went brain dead on a play that was ruled a fumble when there was no whistle indicating the play was dead.  As a matter of fact the Packers thought the same until their sideline was screaming at them to take to the end zone.  Then on a 4th down play that had both the Packers and Bears season on the line, the Bears let Randall Cobb get past them for a wide open game winning touchdown catch.  Unbelievable considering that these two teams shouldn’t have even been in contention for the division title if the Detroit Lions didn’t give it away.  The Packers really were the favorites all year if Aaron Rodgers is healthy.  Now that he is they are a formidable team, but there defense is a huge soar spot for them.  They’ll have to fix that on the fly.

They needed a new voice and really a different quarterback. Michael Vick is a good fit for the Chip Kelly system, but if he gets a good lick on him at some point or he tries to run too much he begins to breakdown.  Nick Foles has been nearly perfect since he took over the starting job for the Eagles.  The offense has ran rather smoothly and the defense is actually playing better down the stretch.  They should have put the Dallas Cowboys away sooner in their showdown to end the season, but the Eagles win signifies that Chip Kelly is here to stay in the NFL.  Granted teams will adjust to his system rather quickly in the next few years, but for now he has a solid quarterback and enough talent on offense to keep the pace pretty close.  Eagles fans should know how good they’ve had for last decade with Andy Reid and they should be extremely grateful that Chip Kelly has proven pretty quickly that he can hang with the big boys.

Five head coaches were fired after the last game of the season.  If you count the Houston Texans head coaching position, which was open a few weeks before the season ended that makes six spots. Houston looks to be in line to get Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien.  He was a hot commodity when he was the offensive coordinator of the New England Patriots before taking the job at Penn State.  It seems to be a good fit considering the talent Houston does have, but they do need to find a new quarterback. Tampa Bay has also found a replacement for Greg Schiano in former Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith.  He does have some history in Tampa as an assistant under former Bucs coach Tony Dungy.  The players should respond to Lovie’s low key approach.  Expect a nice turnaround in Tampa Bay.  That leaves Washington, Cleveland and Minnesota as the only vacant spots so far.  Oakland and Tennessee might have openings too, but we’ll have to wait and see.  I don’t think anyone wants to coach the Browns right now with the apparent disfunction in the front office. Not a healthy atmosphere.  The same could be said for Washington, but they need to clean house of some of the players that have become a nuisance.  Robert Griffin is their quarterback and he is a good one.  He needs the right motivator and if there are players that can’t see that, they need to move on.  Minnesota is an interesting job with Adrian Peterson and a good corps of receivers, but no solid quarterback.  The defense is going to need some work, but with a new stadium next year if the Vikings get a good quarterback they will be an interesting position.