For Packers, Regrets Now, Questions Later After eluding a tackle, Hakeem Nicks surged through the Packers" secondary for a 66-yard first-quarter score Sunday. GREEN BAY, Wis. - The Green Bay Packers" radio network can be heard from eastern Minnesota to the Dakotas. So Packers fans who tuned in while driving home from Lambeau Field after their team lost, 37-20, to the Giants on Sunday heard an anguished audio moment replayed time after time, regardless of their destination. Strong safety Charlie Peprah, an underperforming backup subbing for the injured three-time Pro Bowler Nick Collins, botched an open-field tackle on a play that turned into a 66-yard touchdown catch for Hakeem Nicks in the first quarter. When Nicks bounced off Peprah, who failed to wrap him up, the radio analyst Larry McCarren, a former Packers center, channeled the former Chicago Cubs announcer Ron Santo and reacted like a fan. "Oh no," McCarren said repeatedly over Wayne Larrivee's play-by-play call as Hicks ran to the end zone. That succinctly reflected the emotions here Monday morning. The players, instead of watching film and preparing for an N.F.C. championship game at home against San Francisco on Sunday, arrived at Lambeau to find opaque garbage bags and white corrugated cartons in their oval-shaped locker room. Season over. No repeat Super Bowl title. Time to pack up belongings. "I'm shocked still," wideout James Jones said. We felt like we were the best team in the National Football League all year. We proved that all year. We didn't prove it yesterday. Turnovers, dropped passes. That's not us. Through the year, we battled back from a lot of that stuff, but yesterday, it just kept on biting us, and we're packing up Monday. Everybody's disappointed because they know the opportunity we let slip away. When you've got a bye week and you've got to win two games to get to the Super Bowl, and you come out and drop an egg like that, it's disappointing, especially the talent and the chemistry we have in this locker room. A remarkable season by Aaron Rodgers - his 122.5 passer rating set an N.F.L. record, and his 45 touchdown passes trailed only Drew Brees - carried Green Bay to a 15-1 record and the overall No. 1 playoff seed. But the offense sputtered against the Giants, bogged down by four turnovers, four sacks, six dropped passes and other misfires as the Packers failed to win a single postseason game in defense of their championship. Green Bay's defense, which surrendered more yards in the regular season than any other team, played poorly as well, and Eli Manning threw for 274 of his 330 yards in the first half. "No one prepared for this," the veteran wideout Donald Driver said Monday. Right now, a lot of guys don't know what to do. They don't know when they're going home, because no one was prepared to leave this week. Green Bay will look to strengthen its pass rush and fix its pass coverage in the off-season. The Packers never adequately replaced defensive end Cullen Jenkins, who departed for Philadelphia in free agency. Losing Collins for the season to a neck injury in September hurt, too. Collins needed cervical fusion surgery; he said Monday he would decide in March whether to keep playing or retire. The play of linebacker Clay Matthews, nose tackle B. J. Raji and cornerback Tramon Williams fell off this season as well. Matthews was among the N.F.L. leaders in quarterback pressures yet had just six sacks, well below last year's 13 ½. Cornerback Charles Woodson, 35, tied for the league lead with seven interceptions, but he mainly covered slot receivers and could be moved to safety. The coaching staff may change, too, with the longtime Packers executive Reggie McKenzie recently hired as Oakland's general manager. The Raiders are searching for a head coach, and the defensive coordinator Dom Capers and the inside linebackers coach Winston Moss, a former Raider, have been mentioned as possible candidates. The offensive coordinator Joe Philbin interviewed for the head coaching job in Miami, although that was before his son Michael drowned last week. Driver, who turns 37 next month and hopes to play until he is 40, could be let go if the Packers address other needs. Reportedly due $5 million in salary and bonuses next season, the last of his contract, Driver caught fewer passes (37) for fewer yards (445) than he had in any season since 2001. Wideout may be the team's deepest position, with fixtures in Greg Jennings and Jordy Nelson, and Jones and the rookie Randall Cobb behind them. Unlike his friend Brett Favre, whose bitter departure in the summer of 2008 divided teammates and fans, Driver promised to accept whatever the Packers choose, though he would prefer to retire with the team. "It's up to the organization to make that decision," said Driver, a four-time Pro Bowler whose 13 seasons have been spent in Green Bay. I hope they keep me. If not, I had a great career here. I love them, and that never changes.