Packers QB Aaron Rodgers and LB Clay Matthews have been named to Pro Football Weekly's midseason all-pro team.
Rodgers leads the league in TD passes with 25 and ranks second in the league in passer rating at 107.4. Matthews is tied with two other players for second in the league in sacks with nine.
Elsewhere in the NFC North, the Bears and Vikings each had three players selected.
Ladies and gentlemen we are at the midway point of the 2012 season. This has been one of the oddest Packers seasons I can remember, maybe the only other one like this was 2003. Throughout this wacky season, one thing has stuck out the most with me: this team is resilient.
The resiliency starts with the elite quarterback. Aaron Rodgers the NFL’s most sacked quarterback, and hasn’t backed down all season. He hasn’t complained about his line, blamed injuries,or his receivers. Instead Rodgers is a man and puts all of the struggles on his shoulders. He has taken the blame for an offense that has lacked a real running threat and has been torn apart by injuries.
The fact he does this, separates him from many of the other QB’s let alone some of the other elite QB’s in his class. Just like this team Rodgers gets up after being knocked down, looks the defense in the face and goes back to work.
Shall I list the players injured through 9 games?
Charles Woodson- Broken Collarbone- 6-7 weeks
Clay Matthews- Strained Hamstring- 2-7 weeks
Greg Jennings- Sports Hernia- Missed 6 games/out 4-6 weeks
Jordy Nelson- Hamstring/Ankle- Missed 1 game/ status unknown
John Kuhn- Hamstring- out indefinitely
Cedric Benson- Lisfranc- Placed on IR
Nick Perry- Wrist- Placed on IR
Desmond Bishop-Knee-Placed on IR
Bryan Buluga-Hip Flexor-Out Indefinitely
Injuries happen throughout football, and there’s really nothing you can do but deal with it. But everyone I listed is a starter; better yet a star on this team. Now you take a team who has that many star players out, and you’re most likely thinking they’ll fall short. So far, the Packers have used it as motivation and got themselves to a 6-3 record which is good for second place in the NFC North.
Do you want to know why they have succeeded where other teams would fail? Resiliency. They follow their leaders path, and take on the mind set of Aaron Rodgers. They dust themselves off and go back to work. They were taught toughness by Coach McCarthy, a fiery spirit from Pittsburgh. They take on 
the tough persona that guys like Nitschke, Hornung, Taylor, Lombardi, Favre, Starr and Lambeau took on. Resiliency characterizes the Green Bay Packers as a franchise. No matter what this team will rise to the occasion and they will punch you in the mouth.
Those are my bye week views, and I look forward to watching this team to stare in the face of adversity, and beat it.
QB Aaron Rodgers was asked on Wednesday if he sees similarities between this season and 2010, when the Packers withstood a rash of injuries and a 3-3 start to ultimately win the Super Bowl.
"This has been similar in the fact that we lost some key guys in 2010 and we lost some key guys already this year," Rodgers said of the season-ending injuries, which were to starters Ryan Grant, Mark Tauscher, Morgan Burnett, Nick Barnett, Brad Jones and Jermichael Finley in the first five weeks of 2010.
Many thoughts run through my head during the days leading up to Packer game day. This series of posts is designed to give you insight into what I am thinking.
Here is a great video that sums up my feelings for the Packers 2012 season. Only six more days:
Courtesy of USA Dexter.
As you know today is the day many teams cut their roster down to 53 players, while getting ready for the regular season. Here is a list of the Packers cut list, thus far:
T Shea Allard
WR Diondre Borel
TE Brandon Bostick
QB B.J. Coleman
FB Nic Cooper
T Andrew Datko
C/G Tommie Draheim
C/G Sampson Genus
WR Curenski Gilleylen
WR Tori Gurley
DE Lawrence Guy
S Anthony Levine
CB Otis Merrill
WR Dale Moss
DT Daniel Muir
RB Marc Tyler
G Greg Van Roten
G/T Reggie Wells.
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