Mark Concannon
FOXSportsWisconsin.com
On the Monday before the Super Bowl, Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said something to the media throng crammed around his designated interview area at the team hotel in suburban Dallas that gave us all pause.
"We're preparing for our 24th game," Rodgers began, nonchalantly.
24 games? I thought to myself. What is this, the NBA?
Rodgers then made another statement that summed up the time continuum that is now considered football season.
"We began this journey on March 16th," Rodgers said. I glanced at my watch to check the date. Tomorrow would be the first day of February.
"This job is 24/7, 365," said linebacker Desmond Bishop. "We wake up, go to practice, then we go home, get a massage, that's part of the job, then we gotta watch film, that's part of the job 'til we go to sleep and when we go to sleep, we're dreaming about it so it's 24/7."
The Packers played more games than any other NFL team for this football campaign. And now that this season is at long last over, it's time to get ready for next season.
"It's crazy to think off season workouts could start a month from now," said wide receiver Jordy Nelson. "Hopefully, if they do (barring a lockout), we get a little more time off. But it's a long season. It's a grind but when you're in this situation it's well worth it."
"I think that's what's led to some of our success," said center Scott Wells. "Having everybody in Green Bay together, working out, a very tight knit family oriented team. Spending the amount of time together has been huge."
On Super Bowl Media Day on the Tuesday before the big game,
