Much transpired in the NFC North in 2011. The Green Bay Packers went a franchise best 151 during the regular season, only to get ousted in their first playoff game against the eventual Super Bowl Champion New York Giants. Their defense set an NFL record for most passing yards allowed in a season.A disciple of Patriots coach , Mangini was once viewed as one of the NFL's rising stars. Dubbed "Mangenius," he was the league's youngest head coach when the Jets hired him as a 35yearold in 2006. New York went 106 and reached the postseason in his first season, but he failed to reach the playoffs in his final four years as a head coach, the final two with the Browns in 200910..

Roethlisberger's reputation in Pittsburgh is not only a matter of an usagainstBen war waged by service people. SI spoke at length with a friend of Roethlisberger's, who gets along with the quarterback but who is pained by his behavior. When they're out together, the man, who didn't want his name u