I'm sorry, when did I say the Packers defense has regressed? If anything, they've exceeded my expectations for this season based on the injuries they've had back there, especially in the secondary. They've lost Jones, Barnett, Harris, Bigby, and Burnett and have been without Jenkins and Matthews at times this year and yet have been competitive in every single game they have had this season. They've cut back on the penalties which killed them all of last season. It's the offense that hasn't gotten up to speed yet and yes it would have been ludicrous to expect Rodgers to improve statistically from last year but he can still improve when it comes to winning games when he doesn't have great passing days. In other words, winning ugly or winning games they're not supposed to win. That's my biggest criticism of this team - they've got a lot of front-runner in them but that fades with experience, and I expected then to win a lot more ugly games this year. Sunday was a great example of winning ugly - which beats the he'll out of losing ugly.