Green Bay Packers SS Morgan Burnett: 'We have to build our new identity'

Green Bay Packers strong safety Morgan Burnett doesn't want his team to be defined as the one that almost made last year's Super Bowl. The Packers' meltdown loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship last January is in the past, and Burnett is ready to create a new identity for the 2015 season.

"We are looking forward to it," Burnett said in a Q&A with D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "This year is a new year. We have to build our new identity. We can’t go off last year’s identity. It’s exciting. Everyone is excited to get back to training camp and get that fresh start. We already have the OTAs under our belt, so now we are just ready to build off that and keep that momentum going into the season."

Burnett didn't dwell on the loss that ended the Packers season one game shy of the Super Bowl. Instead, he reflected briefly before preparing for improvement in 2015.

"Really, like once the game was over, I thought about it for a little bit," Burnett said, via the Journal-Constitution. "But you’ve got to get your mind ready, get your mind right for the next year. You have to find a way to bounce back and get things corrected as a player. Then get better as a player. Find things that you did well and continue to work on that. You have to work hard in the offseason to get ready for the next season."

After coming so close to the big game last season, the Packers are one of the favorites to win Super Bowl 50.

(h/t Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Photo Credit: Jeff Hanisch/USA TODAY Sports