With the Vikings’ comeback win over the Bears, Week 1 is officially a memory. What did it mean?

The short answer is probably nothing. The longer and probably truer answer is that we don’t know yet.

It’s tempting to use Week 1 as a referendum on the entire offseason behind us and the entire season ahead of us. I can’t help but fall into that a bit myself. The Packers’ win over the Lions was absolutely intoxicating, and there’s a part of my brain that wants to believe this is the new normal and the Packers are going to win every game forever and they’ll have to make a new wing of the Packers Hall of Fame because they’re going to win the next 11 Super Bowls.

But we all know that’s not the case. There are trials and tribulations ahead. The Packers will probably (though not necessarily!) los

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