From the 6-2 perch high above the NFC North, Vikings fans can look down on their Green Bay counterparts -- an unusual feeling -- and snicker at some of what was being said and written after the Packers were beaten 30-17 by Detroit on Monday night. The Aaron Rodgers-injured era, which continues Sunday afternoon against the Bears, has not been a good one.

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Here's some of what you could find on the web after the latest defeat, which dropped the Packers to 4-4.

The Packerswire blog offers an array of unflattering insights. You can read them all here, but we'll share two in the space below:

"The Packers had 15 days to get ready for a season-defining game at home. Forget about not having Aaron Rodgers. The Packers were not competitive in any of the three phases. Monday night's embarrassing effort is an indictment of everyone at 1265 Lombardi Ave."

"Up next: The Packers travel to Chicago to play the Bears at Soldier Field. They'll be underdogs to the Bears for the first time in almost 10 years."

Howard Sinker, Star Tribune

The acmepackingcompany blog offered: "After a bye week and a Monday night game gave the team an extra eight days to prepare for the Detroit Lions, the team came out as sloppy and listless as fans have seen in the Rodgers era, consistently making mistakes on defense and featuring an offense that could not move the ball downfield."

That blog also offered this analysis by Evan (Tex) Western: "The worst part is that, at this point, the answers don't appear to lie in the current organization"

Shannon Sharpe, the FOX Sports broadcaster whose brother Sterling played for the Packers, did some trolling befitting of someone who shares a daily show with Skip Bayless. (We're thinking this is a Colin Kaepernick taunt at Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy, as much as anything else.)

On the Lombardi Ave. blog, Freddie Boston goes after defensive coordinator Dom Capers, complete with a Rodgers citation: "Sooner or later serious questions need to be asked of Capers. I've defended him every year, pointing to a lack of talent on defense as the reason for the unit's struggles. But this season he does have good players to work with. Certainly enough talent to at least put up a fight against a Lions offense that went touchdown-less eight days earlier. But again and again, Capers' defense gets blown away by good quarterbacks. With Rodgers, the Packers likely win that game. He's been masking the defensive deficiencies for years, but without him the team's flaws are on show for the world to see."

And, finally, we leave you with one more offering from the Packerswire blog, courtesy of Zach Kruse: "Take away the deodorant, and the Green Bay Packers stink. The rancid smell from Monday night's performance will emanate from Lambeau Field for weeks. At home in prime time, the Packers were exposed as a team closer resembling the winless Cleveland Browns than a team capable of staying alive in the playoff race without Rodgers. Offense, defense, special teams.

"All three phases were an unmitigated disaster."