WEBVTT - Mac & Bone Hour 2: Panthers/Packers Matchups 0:00:11.380 --> 0:00:11.700 A lot. 0:00:11.980 --> 0:00:15.310 Physical group. They play together really, really well. Have a 0:00:15.320 --> 0:00:17.390 lot of energy, a lot of juice. You can see 0:00:17.450 --> 0:00:19.810 each level complementing each other. A lot of really good 0:00:19.850 --> 0:00:23.090 players individually. They play even better together. They're doing a 0:00:23.090 --> 0:00:26.230 great job getting after the ball, a great job of 0:00:26.610 --> 0:00:30.229 limiting explosives, trying to control things. So we're excited for 0:00:30.250 --> 0:00:32.190 the challenge. Again, we have a ton of respect for them. 0:00:34.050 --> 0:00:35.990 Really good scheme as well. They play it well, do 0:00:36.030 --> 0:00:38.730 a lot of different things, but they do it. At 0:00:38.750 --> 0:00:39.949 a high level, again, you don't see a lot of 0:00:39.990 --> 0:00:42.529 busts on film. You don't see a lot of miscommunications 0:00:42.610 --> 0:00:46.170 despite all the variety of stuff that they bring. So 0:00:46.210 --> 0:00:50.130 that's really impressive. Yeah, so we have to be at 0:00:50.170 --> 0:00:53.280 our best throughout this week. Make sure we're at our 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:56.520 best so we can give ourselves the best chance to perform. 0:00:56.680 --> 0:00:57.720 And we're excited for the opportunity. 0:00:58.450 --> 0:00:59.750 There you go. That is Bryce. 0:00:59.870 --> 0:01:05.450 Bryce better be super excited for tonight's chance in Lambeau 0:01:05.830 --> 0:01:10.010 against the Green Bay Packers. We are turning the page. 0:01:10.290 --> 0:01:14.539 Turning the page from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That means 0:01:14.580 --> 0:01:18.300 you too, Tampa Tammy. Any Tampa Bay fans in the window, 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:21.400 please move along. We need a shade that we can 0:01:21.440 --> 0:01:23.980 pull down when Tampa Tammy appears outside the window. 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:26.000 Just pull the shade down. I still need to have 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:30.420 one of those one time. Oh, my goodness. 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:30.720 All right. 0:01:30.770 --> 0:01:33.030 Anyway, we got to talk. She's acting like she's rising 0:01:33.069 --> 0:01:33.779 from the dead right now. 0:01:33.790 --> 0:01:36.730 We got to talk back her game right now. Got 0:01:36.790 --> 0:01:39.410 to hope Florida State routes her Clemson Tigers. And I 0:01:39.430 --> 0:01:41.510 apologize to the rest of the Clemson fans out there. 0:01:41.550 --> 0:01:44.080 I don't want to be anti-Clemson, but Tampa Tammy made 0:01:44.100 --> 0:01:46.360 me do it. I thank Dabo lover out there. 0:01:46.380 --> 0:01:48.380 All right. Let's focus. 0:01:48.980 --> 0:01:51.620 Let's focus on the Green Bay game, Bo, because now 0:01:51.660 --> 0:01:54.440 we are being distracted by Sunday's result. 0:01:54.530 --> 0:01:57.400 And of course, Tammy in our window. Let's talk. 0:01:57.820 --> 0:01:59.080 And by the way, for those of you wondering, we 0:01:59.100 --> 0:02:02.080 keep getting questions about this. We will discuss the Hornets loss, 0:02:02.620 --> 0:02:05.480 Brandon Miller's performance, but the number one thing to discuss 0:02:05.500 --> 0:02:08.030 that y'all have opinions about on the text line is 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.330 the fact that Charles Lee benched Nas Reed for the 0:02:11.350 --> 0:02:13.730 entire second half of a game we led by seven 0:02:13.770 --> 0:02:16.810 on the road a half of, and then afterwards told 0:02:16.850 --> 0:02:19.370 Shannon Spake and the whole world, yeah, Nas didn't live 0:02:19.430 --> 0:02:22.089 up to the standard in the first half. So we've 0:02:22.150 --> 0:02:25.609 got to discuss that at 725. 0:02:25.610 --> 0:02:27.240 What do you feel good about? 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:29.980 I feel like this might be a weak bone where 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.820 it's hard to get Panther Nation to chime in on 0:02:32.910 --> 0:02:35.910 this part of this segment. What do you feel good 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.639 about this week? I don't know if the confidence is 0:02:38.700 --> 0:02:42.360 restored yet in our fan base. What do you feel 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:43.960 good about in tonight's game? 0:02:44.060 --> 0:02:44.880 Anything, Bonesy? 0:02:45.000 --> 0:02:47.540 I still have high confidence in Bryce. I don't think 0:02:47.580 --> 0:02:51.440 that that's the true Bryce in 2026 that we saw 0:02:51.900 --> 0:02:55.200 the other day. I think Bryce has a bounce-back performance tonight. 0:02:55.620 --> 0:02:57.279 I think I feel good about that. I don't think 0:02:57.300 --> 0:03:01.179 you're going to– I'm not saying he's going– completely bonkers tonight, 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:02.899 but I think you're going to see a much better, 0:03:03.340 --> 0:03:06.810 more in line with who he was prior to Sunday 0:03:06.850 --> 0:03:07.970 than we saw on Sunday. 0:03:09.270 --> 0:03:12.170 Yeah, I definitely, I would definitely agree with that. Jared 0:03:12.190 --> 0:03:14.770 Goff threw for over 300 on him. One of the 0:03:14.790 --> 0:03:17.320 things Bryce could not do last week, Bone, because the 0:03:17.380 --> 0:03:20.859 pressure was on him so quickly, is he could not 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:21.680 get the ball. 0:03:21.500 --> 0:03:23.240 Downfield the way he had been doing. 0:03:23.300 --> 0:03:26.419 He had been averaging like eight completions per 10 yards 0:03:26.460 --> 0:03:29.320 or more air yards a game. A big jump from 0:03:29.370 --> 0:03:32.510 last year when he was at like four. And Jerry, 0:03:32.570 --> 0:03:36.869 last week, Boney at three. So I would expect him 0:03:36.910 --> 0:03:39.530 to be able to do that better against this Green 0:03:39.570 --> 0:03:44.240 Bay team. Their defense is pretty good. But I don't 0:03:44.300 --> 0:03:47.780 think it's great. I don't think we're going to, you know, 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.300 with that said, you know, like Tampa's defense, a top 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.440 five unit statistically. Green Bay's has been pretty good, but 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:56.490 not necessarily to that level. I also think we're going 0:03:56.510 --> 0:03:58.890 to run the football tonight. I think Chuba Hubbard is 0:03:58.910 --> 0:04:00.630 going to have a game. I think when you have 0:04:01.150 --> 0:04:03.270 the offensive line injuries that we do, like. 0:04:03.450 --> 0:04:04.450 What what did we do? 0:04:04.510 --> 0:04:07.230 Well, bone and I understand Green Bay's defense is not 0:04:07.270 --> 0:04:08.500 the Lions defense, right? 0:04:08.530 --> 0:04:10.860 That Lions defense is. has some serious issues. 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.120 But what did we do in that game when we 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:18.050 had Moten and Lewis out together? We decided to go 0:04:18.140 --> 0:04:21.530 quick passing game, a lot of RPOs, and then we 0:04:21.730 --> 0:04:24.850 really got that run game going with Chuba. I would 0:04:24.950 --> 0:04:28.290 be surprised if... if we don't go quicker with the 0:04:28.330 --> 0:04:32.330 passing game at times than we did last week to 0:04:32.450 --> 0:04:35.600 avoid any potential problems with the O-line and pass protection. 0:04:36.000 --> 0:04:39.320 And I also think, get this O-line feeling good with 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.719 some runs, Bone. Get them opening some holes and getting 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:43.620 some confidence. 0:04:43.660 --> 0:04:46.420 Let them get into an early rhythm that they definitely 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:47.020 didn't have last week. 0:04:47.060 --> 0:04:48.539 And I think we have a chance to do those. 0:04:48.620 --> 0:04:50.620 I think we can do those things tonight. Because none 0:04:50.660 --> 0:04:52.779 of this... None of this matters. 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.279 Bryce Young, the wide outs, the run game of the 0:04:55.380 --> 0:04:58.700 offensive line is not better than it was on Sunday. No, 0:04:58.810 --> 0:05:01.110 the offensive line's not feeling good about itself. 0:05:01.170 --> 0:05:03.250 Then none of the none of the other stuff at all. 0:05:03.290 --> 0:05:04.550 We're talking about matters whatsoever. 0:05:04.610 --> 0:05:07.630 And the problem is your two best linemen started Sunday 0:05:07.710 --> 0:05:11.070 and they're out like that. That's a pretty alarming thing. 0:05:11.110 --> 0:05:12.910 Now that we know D. Lou is out to go 0:05:12.950 --> 0:05:17.140 with Moten. Oh, no, it's devastating. Absolutely. 0:05:17.700 --> 0:05:21.470 You started the show with this outside of the Nas 0:05:21.510 --> 0:05:25.290 Reed stuff. All five offensive line spots for this game 0:05:25.650 --> 0:05:26.270 you're worried about. 0:05:27.190 --> 0:05:27.630 Definitely. 0:05:27.810 --> 0:05:29.830 I'm not saying that guys can't perform well and we 0:05:29.850 --> 0:05:32.670 don't worry about it, but entering the game, there's not 0:05:32.850 --> 0:05:35.250 one where I'm saying, oh, yeah, I'm overly confident about 0:05:35.270 --> 0:05:37.240 this or that in this game on the offensive line. 0:05:37.310 --> 0:05:39.680 I think Idzik will work around it. That's the way 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:40.160 I put it. 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:42.820 I feel like he worked around, Bo, on the offensive 0:05:42.880 --> 0:05:45.260 line issues in the Detroit game. 0:05:45.580 --> 0:05:45.800 Right? 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.360 Let's get it out quick. Let's run the ball. 0:05:47.680 --> 0:05:50.220 So I feel like can we get Idzik and company 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.020 working around it today? 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.460 We'll see. Yeah. 0:05:54.520 --> 0:05:57.360 We're a few offensive linemen from Frank Garcia getting a 0:05:57.380 --> 0:05:58.080 call here at some point. 0:05:58.260 --> 0:06:01.050 Oh, geez. Frank, I love you, man, but I don't 0:06:01.070 --> 0:06:02.710 need to see you on that field, baby. I do 0:06:02.750 --> 0:06:05.290 not need to see it. So is there anything else 0:06:05.330 --> 0:06:09.770 you're feeling good about Bryce? The idea of running it 0:06:09.790 --> 0:06:11.730 a little bit more, trying to run it early, the 0:06:11.850 --> 0:06:15.630 idea of quick passing game, anything else bone we feel 0:06:15.690 --> 0:06:17.469 good about, or is this going to be a segment 0:06:17.529 --> 0:06:20.510 where the worries are going to outweigh the confidence? 0:06:20.890 --> 0:06:23.099 I mean, he had a quiet game as did the 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.380 entire offense. Can we Can we get a big T-Mac 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.720 game going here? Can we get another outstanding performance with T-Mac? 0:06:29.740 --> 0:06:31.900 The reason they beat the Lions is because he had 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:35.180 an all-time day. Can we get him going here, Mac, 0:06:35.220 --> 0:06:39.220 in this game? He had 86 against the Eagles. He 0:06:39.300 --> 0:06:41.920 had 40 last week. Can we get T-Mac over 100 0:06:41.920 --> 0:06:44.539 yards in this game? That would be huge because– Are 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:46.990 you saying you feel good about it? Yeah, I think so. 0:06:47.050 --> 0:06:50.030 I think there will be a move to get him 0:06:50.110 --> 0:06:52.910 involved like it was in the Lions game. Coker kind 0:06:52.950 --> 0:06:54.830 of worries me right now because he's been so banged 0:06:54.870 --> 0:06:56.670 up along the way here. It's like it's hit or 0:06:56.710 --> 0:06:57.409 miss on him right now. 0:06:57.470 --> 0:06:59.690 He's good to go. He's going to play. But, yeah, 0:06:59.710 --> 0:07:01.589 it would be nice to get both those guys going. 0:07:02.270 --> 0:07:06.050 Brandon Cisse is a rookie starting corner. He of NC 0:07:06.089 --> 0:07:09.410 State and South Carolina both. So two local fan bases 0:07:09.430 --> 0:07:13.250 know him well. They really are giving him props. For 0:07:13.270 --> 0:07:15.700 how he's playing as a rookie, he's improving every week 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:18.860 type thing. He has given up 21 catches and 14 0:07:18.860 --> 0:07:21.940 yards a catch. So when he's given up catches, Bone, 0:07:22.220 --> 0:07:24.660 there's been some big plays there. So I wonder if 0:07:24.700 --> 0:07:26.420 you can try. Again, I know they're going to pick 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.640 on our corners, and we'll get to that, I'm sure, 0:07:28.660 --> 0:07:32.180 when we talk about what we're worried about. But can 0:07:32.220 --> 0:07:36.060 you pick on Cisse, whether it's TMAC or Coker in 0:07:36.110 --> 0:07:36.670 this game? 0:07:36.690 --> 0:07:40.870 I also think bootlegs. Get some bootlegs going. Get Bryce. 0:07:40.950 --> 0:07:43.200 Move Bryce forward. I don't feel like they moved Bryce 0:07:43.260 --> 0:07:46.120 enough last week. Moved Bryce so he's not a sitting duck. 0:07:46.700 --> 0:07:48.480 I feel good. You talk about feeling good about Bryce. 0:07:48.900 --> 0:07:51.790 I believe Bryce is not going to get caught with 0:07:51.810 --> 0:07:53.830 the ball and sack like he was last week. 0:07:54.810 --> 0:07:56.010 That was uncharacteristic. 0:07:56.330 --> 0:07:58.950 He had been a really good pressure to sack rate quarterback. 0:07:58.970 --> 0:08:02.290 That means low amount of his, and I'm explaining for 0:08:02.310 --> 0:08:06.330 Dan Orlovsky out there, Bone, low amount of his pressure 0:08:06.350 --> 0:08:08.600 is actually result in sacks. Well, last week it was 0:08:08.630 --> 0:08:11.100 the opposite. It was a high amount of his pressures 0:08:11.380 --> 0:08:13.620 that resulted in sacks. I expect him to have the 0:08:13.660 --> 0:08:17.500 head on the swivel and start making plays under pressure again. 0:08:17.620 --> 0:08:20.710 Mac, I expect some points to be scored in this 0:08:20.770 --> 0:08:22.990 game on both sides, and we went through this yesterday. 0:08:24.710 --> 0:08:29.110 Green Bay is 24th in the league on third downs allowed, 0:08:29.130 --> 0:08:32.579 so they're not great on third down, 44%. Red zone 0:08:32.620 --> 0:08:36.500 scoring touchdown percentage, 68% of the time teams are scoring 0:08:36.520 --> 0:08:39.380 touchdowns in the red zone. And I say that because 0:08:39.420 --> 0:08:43.600 it goes into your sometimes theory about getting the sevens 0:08:43.620 --> 0:08:46.719 versus the threes. There might be some times here in 0:08:46.740 --> 0:08:49.700 this game where you may have to go for the 0:08:49.720 --> 0:08:52.320 touchdown more so than settle for a field goal because 0:08:52.340 --> 0:08:54.660 you're going against Jordan Love who may take advantage of 0:08:54.700 --> 0:08:58.760 your secondary. I think an aggressive, not overly aggressive, but 0:08:59.220 --> 0:09:03.460 strategically aggressive Canales tonight and taking some chances might be important. 0:09:03.580 --> 0:09:06.110 It's not like the Eagle game where you say, it's 0:09:06.120 --> 0:09:07.890 more like the Lions game. It's not like the Eagle 0:09:07.929 --> 0:09:11.230 game where I liked when they punted. Because, hey, you 0:09:11.250 --> 0:09:13.450 know what I mean? You got that team shut down. 0:09:13.710 --> 0:09:15.630 This is a game like the Rams game last year 0:09:15.650 --> 0:09:17.270 where we not only went for it on fourth down, 0:09:17.530 --> 0:09:20.150 we hit two large touchdown passes on fourth down in 0:09:20.170 --> 0:09:20.830 the Rams win. 0:09:21.350 --> 0:09:23.740 So, yeah, I kind of see your point. You could 0:09:23.770 --> 0:09:25.500 settle for a field goal tonight and Jordan will have 0:09:25.520 --> 0:09:27.060 three passes. They're all of a sudden in the red 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:29.540 zone down there. So you got to I mean, I'm 0:09:29.559 --> 0:09:31.640 not saying you go like wild, but this is a 0:09:31.700 --> 0:09:34.339 game where, yeah, I'd like to see him play that 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:35.380 aggressive style more. 0:09:35.900 --> 0:09:39.860 Tommy says, I noticed I noticed no one has said 0:09:39.900 --> 0:09:44.040 they feel good about anything on defense yet. Yeah, I 0:09:44.090 --> 0:09:45.850 feel like there's going to be some worries on defense. 0:09:46.070 --> 0:09:48.929 I will say this. I will, and I am far 0:09:49.030 --> 0:09:53.400 from locking it in, guaranteeing it, Bone, and betting the college, 0:09:53.559 --> 0:09:57.530 the kid's college fund on it. I just feel like 0:09:59.010 --> 0:10:01.420 we will probably do a good job against the run. 0:10:02.540 --> 0:10:06.329 Now I understand some people might be laughing bone at that. Well, 0:10:06.350 --> 0:10:08.950 they've not been gutted every single game this year. In between, 0:10:09.050 --> 0:10:18.950 in between the bears, 291 yards rushing. And the Bucs, 0:10:18.950 --> 0:10:21.950 250 yards rushing, we did not give up 100 yards 0:10:21.990 --> 0:10:25.220 to any team for four straight games. And that includes B. 0:10:25.240 --> 0:10:27.520 John Robinson and Jameer Gibbs on the field during two 0:10:27.540 --> 0:10:31.179 different games. That is the worst run offense in the NFL. 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.559 They have two starting interior linemen out. With the starters 0:10:34.620 --> 0:10:36.840 in there, they could not block Boney in the run game. 0:10:37.500 --> 0:10:40.600 I feel like Jordan Love, to now segue to the fears, 0:10:41.040 --> 0:10:44.510 I feel like Jordan Love and his wideouts are more 0:10:44.690 --> 0:10:47.830 of the fear than the run game is, Boney. 0:10:49.090 --> 0:10:51.290 It's one of those weird things. I actually, Matt, don't 0:10:51.390 --> 0:10:53.030 mind it if they run the ball a little bit 0:10:53.050 --> 0:10:56.070 tonight because it's that old weird theory. that it takes 0:10:56.110 --> 0:10:59.540 the ball out of Jordan Love's hands. So at times, 0:10:59.600 --> 0:11:01.840 if they do run it and have some success, and 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.720 it's not Jordan Love picking up yards in a chunk, 0:11:04.780 --> 0:11:07.520 because it's the equivalent of what we talked about yesterday. Hey, 0:11:07.580 --> 0:11:11.199 if it's Tucker Kraft over the middle on some catches underneath, well, 0:11:11.220 --> 0:11:13.709 if they're running the ball... To me, the biggest fear 0:11:13.780 --> 0:11:16.390 is those speedy wideouts down the field. 0:11:16.610 --> 0:11:17.610 If Josh Jacobs. 0:11:17.470 --> 0:11:19.570 Is running the ball and it's not Jordan Love, that's 0:11:19.630 --> 0:11:21.150 not actually the worst thing in the world. 0:11:21.309 --> 0:11:23.210 That's the point I brought up. And it slows them 0:11:23.230 --> 0:11:25.510 down a little bit. Big plays to the wideouts is 0:11:25.550 --> 0:11:28.590 the biggest concern. They are a deep passing team, and 0:11:28.630 --> 0:11:31.110 those two dudes are lethal. Now, we still don't know 0:11:31.130 --> 0:11:34.530 if Golden's going to play. He is questionable for this game. 0:11:34.550 --> 0:11:35.120 What's up, Fit Dog? 0:11:35.150 --> 0:11:36.410 I was just going to say, that's the point I 0:11:36.429 --> 0:11:38.800 brought up when I was on radio in Green Bay 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:42.459 on Tuesday. As bad as the run defense can be 0:11:42.520 --> 0:11:44.560 for us, and there's no denying it can be bad, 0:11:45.220 --> 0:11:47.040 I would much rather Green Bay want to try to 0:11:47.100 --> 0:11:50.230 attack us through the ground. Because if Jordan Love stands 0:11:50.290 --> 0:11:51.949 back there, Mac, and we don't have a pass rush, 0:11:52.490 --> 0:11:55.569 and they just keep challenging us vertically down the field... 0:11:55.860 --> 0:11:57.520 At some point, our back end is going to break 0:11:57.540 --> 0:11:58.620 because of how beat up we are. 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:00.280 And you don't want your back end to break. You 0:12:00.300 --> 0:12:03.490 know what I mean? Never. Really, either in front, back. 0:12:03.510 --> 0:12:05.190 You don't want either end to break. I don't want 0:12:05.250 --> 0:12:08.010 anything breaking, honestly. That is fair. It'd be different. 0:12:08.070 --> 0:12:11.410 Even if we had Mike Jack or JC Horn, there 0:12:11.429 --> 0:12:12.930 wouldn't be that level of fear. 0:12:12.970 --> 0:12:14.530 But down both those guys? 0:12:14.910 --> 0:12:17.050 Yeah, let Matt LaFleur want to try to run the ball. 0:12:17.640 --> 0:12:19.010 And maybe try to shorten the game. 0:12:19.190 --> 0:12:21.090 Because I think that plays into the way we want 0:12:21.130 --> 0:12:22.830 to play this game on the road, knowing that our 0:12:22.850 --> 0:12:23.450 defense is compromised. 0:12:23.470 --> 0:12:25.530 It's that old Belichick theory, Matt, we talked about a 0:12:25.530 --> 0:12:27.750 couple weeks ago against the Bills in the Super Bowl 0:12:27.770 --> 0:12:30.110 where they wanted Thurman Thomas to run it because it 0:12:30.150 --> 0:12:32.250 slowed them down and it took away the passing game. 0:12:32.270 --> 0:12:34.780 It wasn't in a rhythm. So it's a weird thing sometimes. Well, 0:12:34.820 --> 0:12:37.460 this one's way different because we want the worst rushing 0:12:37.500 --> 0:12:38.040 team in. 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:39.780 The league to run it. You know what I mean? 0:12:39.840 --> 0:12:42.360 They wanted a great back to run it. But I 0:12:42.700 --> 0:12:43.950 understand what you're saying. 0:12:44.260 --> 0:12:45.109 But yeah, I would. 0:12:45.370 --> 0:12:48.790 Jordan Love is... They're fifth in passing. They're 32nd in rushing. 0:12:49.170 --> 0:12:53.100 So I'm going to put... What happened Sunday aside, and 0:12:53.140 --> 0:12:55.260 I'm going to say, please run it with your crappy 0:12:55.300 --> 0:13:00.559 running attack. But this game is a resistible force meets 0:13:00.620 --> 0:13:04.380 the movable object situation. The Packers run game is the 0:13:04.420 --> 0:13:09.430 resistible force. Our defensive against the run is the movable object. 0:13:09.470 --> 0:13:10.510 There's no doubt about it. 0:13:11.830 --> 0:13:12.250 Let's see. 0:13:12.290 --> 0:13:14.949 Someone wants 50 mile per hour wins tonight. That was 0:13:14.990 --> 0:13:16.910 part of the win last year when we went in there. 0:13:17.370 --> 0:13:19.010 The run game was part of the win last year. 0:13:19.030 --> 0:13:19.310 That's right. 0:13:19.690 --> 0:13:21.310 So I'd like to see, I know we don't have Rico, 0:13:21.610 --> 0:13:23.770 but Chuba's running pretty damn well. I'd like to see 0:13:23.790 --> 0:13:26.900 them try to recreate the run game from last year. 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:30.839 But also the wind's bone really affected the passing in 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:33.580 that game. Remember, Bryce had a pass into the end zone, 0:13:33.620 --> 0:13:35.490 ended up being a pick. The wind took it. But 0:13:35.530 --> 0:13:37.670 Jordan Love also tried to go deep and Mary picked 0:13:37.710 --> 0:13:39.809 him off. Ball got caught in the wind, too. Yeah, 0:13:39.870 --> 0:13:42.290 five to 12 mile per hour winds tonight in the game. Ooh, 0:13:42.390 --> 0:13:45.150 that's not enough. That's not enough wind for us tonight, man. 0:13:45.170 --> 0:13:50.720 I was hoping I would have said like 65. Oh, God, seriously. 704-570-9610. 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.679 John says, the fact that Mac's not worried about turnovers 0:13:54.740 --> 0:13:58.510 tonight shows he don't know ball. Yeah, I mean, yeah, 0:13:59.130 --> 0:14:03.010 I don't know ball, yeah. Tampa Bay, number one in 0:14:03.050 --> 0:14:06.330 turnovers forced in a league, number one in interceptions. And 0:14:06.370 --> 0:14:09.250 when I just watched the Panthers turn it over four times, Bone, 0:14:09.650 --> 0:14:12.050 I can't tell you that I fully believe we're going 0:14:12.070 --> 0:14:15.990 to protect the football. I think Bryce will protect it better. 0:14:16.350 --> 0:14:18.750 He protected it really well for five games and didn't 0:14:18.790 --> 0:14:22.060 for one. So I, despite the pressure he was under 0:14:22.080 --> 0:14:24.240 in those first five games too, so my gut would 0:14:24.260 --> 0:14:27.420 tell me Bryce protects the football, but... Green Bay's got 0:14:27.460 --> 0:14:30.850 a knack for forcing turnovers. But, yeah, we can't– this 0:14:30.870 --> 0:14:34.570 goes back to the recipe idea of yesterday, the formula formula. 0:14:35.420 --> 0:14:37.200 You can't hand them the ball. If you hand Jordan 0:14:37.220 --> 0:14:40.840 Love the ball, Bone, give him short fields, we're in trouble. 0:14:41.140 --> 0:14:43.820 Big time trouble. Max Celebrity Text here. Let me know 0:14:43.860 --> 0:14:46.980 how the game goes. I may be sleeping during this one. Sincerely, 0:14:47.080 --> 0:14:47.880 Al Michaels. 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:49.180 Wake up, Al. 0:14:49.700 --> 0:14:52.600 We ain't going to keep you entertained, Al. We don't 0:14:52.640 --> 0:14:54.800 need Kirk and Peter Herbstreit on the call together tonight. 0:14:55.200 --> 0:14:58.070 Do you think we keep Al entertained tonight, Bone? Do 0:14:58.090 --> 0:14:59.510 you think it's an entertaining game? 0:14:59.630 --> 0:15:01.570 Yes, there's going to be points. Yeah, I think it'll 0:15:01.590 --> 0:15:01.930 be all right. 0:15:01.950 --> 0:15:06.630 Y'all think like a lot of points? It's not 16-13 0:15:06.670 --> 0:15:09.450 of last year. I think it'll be all right. Sometimes 0:15:09.470 --> 0:15:09.930 you don't know. 0:15:09.970 --> 0:15:13.170 Him and Gus Johnson both can be moody during games 0:15:13.630 --> 0:15:15.130 where we don't know how they're going to act. But 0:15:15.150 --> 0:15:17.370 tonight I think we're going to get fresh out. He's 0:15:17.390 --> 0:15:21.090 going to have some brats and some sausages. I think 0:15:21.110 --> 0:15:21.810 it'll be all right tonight. 0:15:21.970 --> 0:15:24.830 I'm leaning like 27-23. Just got to figure out who 0:15:24.850 --> 0:15:25.870 I'm picking to win this game. 0:15:25.990 --> 0:15:26.210 I know. 0:15:26.230 --> 0:15:28.590 You got to figure that out because that's a tough 0:15:28.630 --> 0:15:30.250 call for you, Finney. Look at the big grin on 0:15:30.270 --> 0:15:33.550 Panther Finney's face over there. Come on, Tiny. This is 0:15:33.570 --> 0:15:38.910 what I'm battling today. There's a part of me that 0:15:39.030 --> 0:15:41.280 thinks that I know this Panther team, and they are 0:15:41.300 --> 0:15:42.220 a hard one to figure out. 0:15:42.740 --> 0:15:42.980 Right? 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:46.680 They are there all over the place. But it does feel, 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:48.340 and I think a lot of us feel this way, right? 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.180 That it is the type of game that we have 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:54.540 rose up and won recently. Detroit is the latest example 0:15:54.580 --> 0:15:58.930 of this. And then obviously last year, I didn't realize 0:15:58.950 --> 0:16:01.410 until yesterday, the exact same week we were in Lambeau 0:16:01.430 --> 0:16:03.870 last year. And we were blown out by 30 the 0:16:03.890 --> 0:16:06.850 week before at home to Buffalo. And we went on 0:16:06.870 --> 0:16:07.930 the road and got the win. 0:16:07.990 --> 0:16:09.470 So I like.... 0:16:10.590 --> 0:16:12.830 I'm pretty certain, Bone, that it's going to be a 0:16:12.910 --> 0:16:16.410 tight game, and we are going to play exponentially better 0:16:16.450 --> 0:16:17.109 than last week. 0:16:17.130 --> 0:16:18.080 How could you play worse? 0:16:18.820 --> 0:16:21.480 But I also just don't know, like, are we really 0:16:21.500 --> 0:16:23.480 going to win, or is it just going to be 0:16:23.500 --> 0:16:25.480 a performance where we're like, damn, that was a tough 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:27.840 one to lose, but at least the boys. 0:16:27.600 --> 0:16:30.810 Showed fight and played better. I don't know which way 0:16:30.830 --> 0:16:31.290 it goes. 0:16:31.870 --> 0:16:33.610 It may benefit the Packers, too, but I think the 0:16:33.650 --> 0:16:36.130 quick turnaround on the Panthers' side definitely helps them out. 0:16:36.510 --> 0:16:38.350 that they don't have to stew on it for longer 0:16:38.410 --> 0:16:41.230 than they want to. That game can be forgotten about 0:16:41.310 --> 0:16:43.650 so fast, being the Tampa Bay game, that I think 0:16:43.670 --> 0:16:47.040 the Thursday game actually benefits them mentally just to be 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:48.860 able to bury that one as quick as possible. 0:16:49.080 --> 0:16:49.500 I think so. 0:16:49.520 --> 0:16:51.380 If they had a couple more days, it might be like, man, 0:16:51.400 --> 0:16:54.000 it feels like it's been forever since we last played 0:16:54.020 --> 0:16:56.000 to get that feeling out of our system. I think 0:16:56.020 --> 0:16:57.920 that probably helps. The fact that they're playing so quickly, 0:16:58.260 --> 0:16:59.840 that's a benefit, I think, for the Panthers. I think 0:16:59.860 --> 0:17:00.520 that's a good point. 0:17:00.540 --> 0:17:02.660 Jerry from Harrisburg says it's got to be run to 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:06.960 win as the O-line can't protect. Yeah, could we finally 0:17:07.109 --> 0:17:10.629 see the run to set up the pass game plan? 0:17:11.090 --> 0:17:13.710 Could we finally see them come out and say, let's 0:17:13.750 --> 0:17:16.530 commit to the run. When we're passing, like I said, 0:17:16.550 --> 0:17:19.449 let's get it out quick. RPOs, stuff like that, like 0:17:19.470 --> 0:17:23.899 we did with Detroit. And then that brings people up, Bone, 0:17:24.340 --> 0:17:27.700 and then we hit them downfield. I wouldn't mind. 0:17:27.540 --> 0:17:30.010 Seeing them attempt to finally say we are going to 0:17:30.090 --> 0:17:31.990 run it at the start of this game for a change. 0:17:32.190 --> 0:17:34.229 I want to say thanks to all the texts to 0:17:34.250 --> 0:17:40.449 the show so far. 704-570-9610. All Ask the Audience questions 0:17:40.490 --> 0:17:44.859 are brought to you by QC Mechanical, your local... HVAC expert. 0:17:44.880 --> 0:17:47.460 So thank you to QC Mechanical. When we come back, 0:17:47.980 --> 0:17:51.560 Brandon Miller balls out, but the Hornets fall to Detroit. 0:17:51.880 --> 0:17:55.470 The bigger story, though, might be Nas Reed benched in 0:17:55.490 --> 0:17:59.110 the second half. People are talking about it. What actually 0:17:59.190 --> 0:18:01.910 went on here? We're trying to figure that out. Sports Radio, 0:18:01.910 --> 0:18:02.410 92.7 WFNZ. 0:18:24.810 --> 0:18:26.530 We didn't see Nas Reed play in the second. 0:18:26.550 --> 0:18:28.149 Can you tell us what went behind that decision? 0:18:28.410 --> 0:18:32.159