​The Green Bay Packers are stuck in a weird rut.They have a good, deep roster and have made the playoffs in six of the past seven seasons. For a few NFL franchises, that would be their best stretch in decades. But over the past four seasons the Packers have stalled. They haven’t won more than 11 games in a season, made it past the divisional round or won a division title.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIt’s very hard to be critical of the Packers, who are having success at a rate better than all but a handful of teams. General manager Brian Gutekunst has done a remarkable job with roster building and while Packers fans are getting impatient with head coach Matt LaFleur, he has won 65.4% of his games.Yet, it’s fair to wonder if this group is ever going to be a true Super Bowl contender.Play Yahoo’s new College Fantasy Football game: Create or join a league now!The Packers seemed to understand that they needed to do something big to break through that ceiling when they traded for Micah Parsons last year. Parsons is one of the best players in football, and gave the Packers a true difference maker at a key position. Very early in the season Green Bay looked like the best team in football as it blew out the Lions and Commanders in Weeks 1 and 2.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementBut then the Packers practically leveled off after that, starting with a horrific loss to the Browns in Week 3. After those first two great performances they went 7-8-1, including a heartbreaking collapse and loss to the Chicago Bears in the playoffs that seemed like a microcosm of where the Packers stand. The Bears have all the buzz this offseason while the Packers seem to have shifted back to neutral.Parsons’ injury might have changed Green Bay’s trajectory. Green Bay was 9-3-1 and led 23-21 at the Denver Broncos in Week 15 when Parsons tore his left ACL. The Packers wouldn’t win again last season. Maybe without that injury (and another massive injury to tight end Tucker Kraft, who was having a great season when he tore his ACL) the Packers would have been a factor in the playoffs. Parsons’ status hovers over this season as well. Parsons said he won’t return until mid-October, via Rob Demovsky of ESPN.com. Presumably, Parsons will return and look like his normal dominant self at some point this season, but that’s never guaranteed.Micah Parsons had 12.5 sacks in 14 games last season before suffering a left knee injury. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)(Patrick McDermott via Getty Images)It’s getting harder to buy that the rest of the roster can be great, though it’s unquestionably good. There were more personnel losses this offseason than there had been in years. Receiver Romeo Doubs, offensive linemen Elgton Jenkins and Rasheed Walker, linebacker Quay Walker, and edge rusher Kingsley Enagbare left for big deals in free agency. So did quarterback Malik Willis, who proved to be a valuable backup.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAll of those players othe