Andy Benoit wrote this, not Peter King. I've read worse from Andy...a LOT worse. His point here is that the Pack will have a resurgent defense. Can't miss on that prediction considering they finished almost dead last in 2013. So he's banking on the team bouncing back from injuries. Considering, as he himself points out, that Green Bay has made the playoffs 5 years in a row, including last season with one of the worst defenses in the league, any improvement at all from the defense makes them a shoe in to go again this year.
What I don't agree with is the premise that their defense will improve that much. Peppers is older and slower and wouldn't make it on Seattle's 53. Their secondary was riddled with injuries and in prior years was a decent secondary, even top 10. but their rush defense has never been anything to brag about even when GB has one of the best defenses in the NFL in 2010. And 2010 might as well be a different team than today. So I think Benoit is guilty of a little bit of nostalgia about the GB defense. Yes, they'll improve, they certainly can't get worse and they probably won't have the same rash of injuries they had before. Yes, Aaron Rodgers is still their QB and even he was injured much of last season and they still made the playoffs. Yes, Green Bay will probably be one of the top 3 teams in the NFC this season. And yes, if everything goes so well that they clinch HFA they should be the favorites in that case to go all the way.
I don't think they will, however, because I think defense wins championships and Green Bays isn't going to go from the bottom of the barrel to elite in one season.