Packers back home after ending four-game skid (Yahoo Sports)

Life is good - or at least, better - for the Green Bay Packers, even with a 5-6 record and their star quarterback nursing what he apparently considers a minor left hamstring injury. Too many cheesesteaks on the plane,'' Packers coach Mike McCarthy joked Tuesday evening before turning serious. Now, while they acknowledge they have a lot of work to do to extend their seven-year run of consecutive playoff appearances - the Packers are two games back of NFC North-leading Detroit (7-4) - they enter Sunday's game against the Houston Texans at Lambeau Field with renewed hope.