48-3...that's Forty-eight to three. The nightmare season got much worse for the Green Bay Packers as they lost to a previously not very impressive Baltimore Ravens team by the final score mentioned in the first sentence of this post. Things have been tough for the Packers this season, but at least they kept most of their games close. This time everything fell apart. The defense could not tackle or cover Baltimore's receivers, the Packer offense was totally inept and ineffective, and the special teams were not very special. Everything that had gone wrong in smaller ways throughout the season went wrong BIG TIME in front of a Monday Night television audience.

Brett Favre, needless to say, was not exactly the happiest person in the world following last night's fiasco. Who knows what he might decide to do at this point. I really hope he comes back for at least one more season, especially as he is within range of breaking Dan Marino's career records. It is clear that A LOT needs to be done to upgrade the team at other positions, including wide reciever/tight end, offensive line, and various spots on defense.

It is difficult to tell what exactly is the source of the Packers problems, and a performance like last night's seems to indicate that the team is a total basket case. On the other hand, they were competitive for most of the season although the wins were few. So who knows for sure what is wrong and what needs to be done to correct it? It could be that a coaching change is needed, and possibly the team has quit on current coach Mike Sherman? I can't imagine Brett Favre quitting on anyone for any reason, but maybe other players have given up? This is very puzzling and frustrating.