This Green Bay Packers football team is doing a lot of things, and among those things is that it is making me doubt myself.

A couple of weeks ago I wrote how I thought it might be a good idea for the Packers to lose either to the Detroit Lions or the New York Giants. My theory was that a loss would get the pressure of the undefeated season off their backs and allow them to concentrate on football.

I still think that theory has some validity, but after the game of the Giants I am beginning to have my doubts about whether they need to worry about that extra pressure.

This football team seems to be able to handle just about anything that comes their way and they very well might run the table on their way to another Super Bowl title.

That game against the Giants was telling for several reasons. The Packers were playing a very ordinary team and were pushed to the wall by them. Their defense, never outstanding all year, has been hit by injuries and seems vulnerable to giving up lots and lots of yards.

They gave up 35 points to New York, normally enough for any team to win.

But this offense that Mike McCarthy has created is unlike anything I have ever seen. And I've been following pro football for over half a century.

First of all, there is almost no running game. The leading rusher against the Giants was the quarterback, and none of his rushes were called running plays. Each time he ran, he was running away from pressure.

And yet, McCarthy called 25 running plays against the Giants. Nobody, including I'm sure the Packers, ever thought those running plays would be successful. But McCarthy stuck with it just to place the Giants on notice that he would be running, sometime.

This is really a one-dimensional offense and the one dimension is Rodgersland. Even with a mistake or two he seems capable of precise magic.

Even when his receivers are dropping passes or when his protection breaks down, he still has something special.

Experts around the NFL are running out of words to use to describe Rodgers' play. He's having the kind of season that nobody has ever seen before.

And I don't mean to be a wet blanket here, but it is not just Rodgers who is responsible for this unbelievable year.

McCarthy deserves a lion's share of the credit as well.

The relationship between a coach and a quarterback is a like any partnership.

And McCarthy and Rodgers have all of those qualities. They have respect for each other. They obviously like each other. They have confidence in their relationship. You can see it throughout the game.

McCarthy runs his offense taking maximum advantage of Rodgers' set of skills. A mistake is quickly forgotten and we just move on to the next exciting moment.

And Rodgers knows that McCarthy will give him the maximum amount of tools to be a success. Three wide, four wide, five wide? You name it and Rodgers knows that McCarthy will deliver.

The success of that relationship spills over to the rest of the team as well. People who catch passes are happy. People who block are happy. The team is a happy team.

Happiness and confidence are two of the most important ingredients for any winning team. And the Packers seem to have both in abundance.