First, of course I hope all who are voicing extreme optimism are right. Second, the

meant I was kidding (not sure if you were responding to that). Third, the kool-aid comment to AmishMafia was a joke. Fourth, AmishMafia's predictions have more to do with than just the Seattle game. Seriously those are some predictions by AmishMafia - no doubt why he called them shocking. One in particular: "Packers defense will be better by points allowed than either Seattle or 49ers." As you probably know, Seattle was first in points allowed and San Fran was third while the Packers were tied for 24th last season. The Packers allowed 12.4 ppg and 9.8 ppg more than those two teams respectively. That kind of huge turnaround of a defense would probably win Dom Capers an award

(because I don't expect both Seattle's and San Fran's D to implode).