I watched a bit of the Packers Family Night Scrimmage on TV last night and, while it's hard to glean much from a glorified practice, I came away with two strong impressions.

First, the Packers appear to be a deep and talented team.

Second, they need to shut the hell up.

I don't mind when players exude confidence. In most cases, that's a byproduct of being good. At the pro level, where the difference in ability between average players and stars and championship teams and also-rans is often razor thin, a strong mental outlook can be the difference. At times this summer, I've wondered where the Brewers' "swagger" went and how they can get it back.

Swagger is a good quality, provided players can back it up. But, it has to be applied carefully.

The Packers seem a little reckless on that front. All the talk about "Super Bowl or Die" on Nick Barnett's T-shirts and "I've got two words for you: Dallas, Texas Super Bowl" is a little over the top.

It almost seems as if the Packers are poking a finger in the chest of the sports gods. You don't pose for pictures with the Stanley Cup before you've won it. You don't talk about winning a championship before the first-round series playoff series is over.

I like that the Packers are good enough to have confidence. Super Bowl aspirations are fine. In fact, as coach Mike McCarthy says, they are the expectation every year in the land of Lombardi.

But, that doesn't mean players need to vocalize them -- not in the manner I saw last night.

The only way I think it's right for players to do that is if they're trying to repeat -- or three-peat -- as champions. I mean, really.... why give other teams, fans and writers any ammunition? What if the Packers lose the opening game on a last-second play? The Super Bowl talk during training camp will get thrown back in their faces and they could end up back-pedaling from their own embarrassing comments.

It's time for McCarthy -- or maybe a team leader like Aaron Rodgers or Charles Woodson -- to tell the boys to stick a sock in it. If you are asked about the Super Bowl, say that is always the goal in Green Bay and that's why you're working hard, but you have lots of work to do and play in a tough division and, the good Lord willing...

Don't get out there and beat your chests and talk about it in August. You look silly and it could come back to bite you.