Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting alongside my trusted colleague West Hodkowitz.
Speaker 1: We're coming to you here from our studios at lambeau
Speaker 1: Field West. We had an opportunity yesterday to attend a
Speaker 1: second O t A practice for the Green Bay Packers.
Speaker 1: I want to go back to something though, from about
Speaker 1: a month and a half ago, when Aaron Rodgers spoke
Speaker 1: to reporters at the start of the off season program.
Speaker 1: He made a comment, kind of an off handed comment
Speaker 1: in a way, mentioning that he thought Aaron Jones came
Speaker 1: back looking physically like a different player. Okay, so, now
Speaker 1: the O t A practices, we got a chance to
Speaker 1: see him. You can definitely see he does look different.
Speaker 1: He's done something different with his body. Yesterday you found
Speaker 1: out exactly how he did it. So give us the story.
Speaker 1: Well here's the thing. Okay, So I made a vow
Speaker 1: two years ago to myself. This was for my own credibility.
Speaker 1: I felt everybody writes the story about how so and
Speaker 1: so changed their body during the off season. They put
Speaker 1: on five pounds, they took off five pounds, They cut
Speaker 1: down their body fat, this, that, and the other, and
Speaker 1: it's something to fill the time during the spring and summer,
Speaker 1: but realistically, does anything really change. So I made a vow,
Speaker 1: is like, I'm not going to do that this year.
Speaker 1: Well then you see Blake Martinez come back looking like
Speaker 1: he's been lifting tires all off season and looks noticeably bigger.
Speaker 1: And then you hear these comments from Aaron Rodgers. And
Speaker 1: at that time, Michael, we had not seen Aaron Jones.
Speaker 1: There were no public practices or anything of that sort.
Speaker 1: But we had that mandatory minicamp the day of the
Speaker 1: draft where we got to see the Packers players out there,
Speaker 1: and immediately my eyes went to Aaron Jones and immediately thought,
Speaker 1: this kid looks different. As you said, the big thing
Speaker 1: for him, it's obviously training his weightlifting program. He split
Speaker 1: his time between I should say Phoenix and also with
Speaker 1: El Paso, where he's from. But the bigger sacrifice was
Speaker 1: his diet. He loved eating cookies, He loved eating gummy bears,
Speaker 1: that was his number one thing. Twizzlers, skittles, every type
Speaker 1: of junk food that you and I after a hard
Speaker 1: day's labor like to sit down and enjoy or even
Speaker 1: after a hard day's half half day's labor exactly. But
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones said, I can't do that anymore. I gotta
Speaker 1: make changes. So he always enjoyed eating healthy. He said
Speaker 1: it wasn't a stretch for him to have to focus
Speaker 1: on chicken and rice and in steak and keen wa.
Speaker 1: He's done all that stuff before. But it was the snacking,
Speaker 1: so he cut down on that. He mentioned some of
Speaker 1: these things. I mean almonds, I like almonds, uh, apples
Speaker 1: with almond butter. Not as high on that. Rice cakes. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't even throw those at me. But for him
Speaker 1: it made a difference. He heloped a taste for it.
Speaker 1: He came back. He was at about eleven body fat
Speaker 1: at the end of last year, reported back at five
Speaker 1: point three. And if you just look at the young man,
Speaker 1: there are significant changes in his body structure. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: he's taken it seriously. Really both of his off season
Speaker 1: since his year in the NFL when because he's had
Speaker 1: he's had injury issues, primarily with his knees. He's been
Speaker 1: forced to miss games. He's been very frustrated at the
Speaker 1: games that he's missed. He has spent his two full
Speaker 1: off seasons as an NFL player, working on his body
Speaker 1: and building his body to withstand the long haul at really,
Speaker 1: let's be honest, is the most in my opinion, the
Speaker 1: most physically punishing position there is in the NFL. So
Speaker 1: he knew from his rookie year that he that he
Speaker 1: needed to make changes. He made some going into his
Speaker 1: second year. Unfortunately, he had another knee injury that cost
Speaker 1: him a few games. Nothing serious in terms of those injuries,
Speaker 1: but they do keep him out for a couple three
Speaker 1: weeks at a time. So his goal, in addition to
Speaker 1: other things we talked about this offseason about wanting to
Speaker 1: be more involved in the passing game and being that
Speaker 1: reliable three down back that doesn't have to come off
Speaker 1: the field, and all that, he's got that sixteen game
Speaker 1: schedule in his mind that he wants to be on
Speaker 1: the field every single week for this offense. Three things
Speaker 1: I want to point out. One, when he said he's
Speaker 1: had some issues, I thought you were going to say
Speaker 1: Soldier Field, and I honestly didn't know if you're gonna
Speaker 1: say that that is that is true if you take
Speaker 1: away Soldier Field. He's not missed the game yet for injuries.
Speaker 1: There are, Yeah, there aren't necessarily just coincidences in life, right,
Speaker 1: But be that as it may, it is interesting, and
Speaker 1: you know what, it was sort of an eye open
Speaker 1: I mean, this is kind of turning the topic a
Speaker 1: little bit. But this year the Packers draft Dexter Williams
Speaker 1: in the sixth round, right if notre dame. I was
Speaker 1: going through his bio on NFL dot com. They list
Speaker 1: the strengths and the weaknesses. One of the strengths that
Speaker 1: scouts had for Dexter Williams, I never he's seen this.
Speaker 1: Maybe I wasn't reading closely enough. They said a light
Speaker 1: workload in college, not a lot of wear and tear.
Speaker 1: They believe that that will be a positive thing for
Speaker 1: him going in the NFL. That's becoming a strength now
Speaker 1: of players. The reason I bring that up is Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones has had two knee sprains. He wants to put
Speaker 1: those in the back, but he only has two fourteen
Speaker 1: carries in the NFL so far. It's not it's not
Speaker 1: a lot for two full years in the league. If
Speaker 1: he can stay healthy here, if the changes he's made
Speaker 1: with his diet, with the changes he's made with his workout,
Speaker 1: regimen to develop his lower body strength, his leg strength.
Speaker 1: If all of that lines up for him, this is
Speaker 1: a guy that can be a force for years to come. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the game has changed. It's not two and fifty touches
Speaker 1: a year for these guys, four d touches the year.
Speaker 1: When you think of like Larry Johnson back in the day,
Speaker 1: Sean Alexander, Sean Alexander, there is more longevity with these players.
Speaker 1: And I just I think Aaron Jones also understands, and
Speaker 1: in Jamal Williams does two. Jamal Williams talked about this
Speaker 1: as well. He came back looking very lean. If those
Speaker 1: guys can put their body in the best physical position possible,
Speaker 1: if they're going to have platoon situations, you want to
Speaker 1: be able to extend your career. You want to be
Speaker 1: able to make sure that your agility, your quickness, your speed,
Speaker 1: your strength indoors. And these are the type of decisions
Speaker 1: you want to see third year running backs making. So
Speaker 1: from that perspective and with everything else that entails with
Speaker 1: this Packer season coming up, in the emphasis that there
Speaker 1: appears to be on the running game under Matt Lafleur,
Speaker 1: I think both of those guys have put themselves in
Speaker 1: a position for success. Yeah, and it's good that you
Speaker 1: mentioned Williams too, because he certainly came back with a
Speaker 1: little bit of a reshaped body. He did it, you know,
Speaker 1: somewhat for different reasons. I think he did it in
Speaker 1: part to maybe try to fit this outside zone scheme
Speaker 1: a little bit better, because durability has not been an
Speaker 1: issue with Williams. This is a guy who has been
Speaker 1: out there all the time, and whether it's been in
Speaker 1: a complimentary role or being the feature guy in certain
Speaker 1: situations and in certain games, Williams is a guy who's
Speaker 1: answered the call throughout his his two years in the league.
Speaker 1: So far, he has. And the thing is is that
Speaker 1: we don't know how this is going to shuffle out.
Speaker 1: Is there going to be a platoon, are they gonna
Speaker 1: look to have one guy. Those things are gonna have
Speaker 1: to be sorted out in training camp and then going
Speaker 1: into that opener against Chicago, which is in Chicago, by
Speaker 1: the way. But you did have to mention at least
Speaker 1: you get that out of the way though right off,
Speaker 1: that the grass is going to be in as good
Speaker 1: as condition is it's going to be in at that point.
Speaker 1: Let's hope for Aaron's sake. But the bigger thing is
Speaker 1: that they're going to need all these guys to be
Speaker 1: able to play. And the other thing I took away
Speaker 1: from listening to Jones a little bit as well as
Speaker 1: the fact that you know he understands the long game. Here.
Speaker 1: He knows that in order to not only just stay
Speaker 1: on the field, but to break away from tacklers, he
Speaker 1: doesn't want anyone chasing him down. And if these are
Speaker 1: the things that he had to do to make himself
Speaker 1: not just a really strong, explosive football player, but a
Speaker 1: guy that can play all three downs, he was only
Speaker 1: to make those sacrifices. Yeah, I think we're all really
Speaker 1: excited to see what Aaron Jones is going to do
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Speaker 1: moving on to another area of the offense um. The
Speaker 1: first Open O t A practice last week, Davante Adams
Speaker 1: was not on the field for the Packers. He was
Speaker 1: back on the field yesterday, and we saw a little
Speaker 1: bit of an interesting dynamic here. And as you wrote
Speaker 1: about Aaron Jones on our website, of folks want to
Speaker 1: check out that story I wrote about Davante Adams, and
Speaker 1: that story is available as well. There was a play
Speaker 1: and I don't even remember the specifics of it necessarily,
Speaker 1: but right after the play was over, as Adams is
Speaker 1: walking back towards the huddle, Matt Lafleur is walking alongside
Speaker 1: of him, talking into his ear, and you know, the
Speaker 1: two of them kind of acknowledge whatever the conversation was. Okay, good,
Speaker 1: you know, we we move on. This is a first
Speaker 1: year head coach kind of in the year of a
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl wide receiver, and Davante Adams didn't flinch. Not
Speaker 1: only did he not flinch or um show any you know,
Speaker 1: displeasure with being singled out like that by the head coach.
Speaker 1: He talked to reporters afterwards. He welcomes it. He says, hey,
Speaker 1: he's told Matt Lafleur, He's told the other offensive coaches.
Speaker 1: If you see something with a route, something that I'm
Speaker 1: not doing right in this offense as we're trying to
Speaker 1: learn things, I want you to tell me, just because
Speaker 1: I'm the elder statesman, the veteran in the wide receiver room.
Speaker 1: You know, he takes that very seriou lee in the
Speaker 1: sense that that it's not for any kind of special treatment.
Speaker 1: It's because he knows he's the example setter for all
Speaker 1: of these other guys and if he if he needs
Speaker 1: to be told to do it right, then he's going
Speaker 1: to be able to pass that down to the rest
Speaker 1: of the guys. It's an interesting dynamic here that's developing
Speaker 1: West Because my point is that we've seen Davante Adams
Speaker 1: very naturally and smoothly progress into a leadership role as
Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson departed, and now Randall Cobb has departed, and uh,
Speaker 1: this is a guy who's really coming into his own
Speaker 1: in so many facets here as an NFL player, as
Speaker 1: a leader, as a guy that a lot of people
Speaker 1: in that locker room are looking up to. What I
Speaker 1: thought about when I read your article and saw that
Speaker 1: quote in his thoughts about this and and seeing the
Speaker 1: big picture there with listening to the floor and his
Speaker 1: coaches in that regard, Elvis Wooded obviously a well accomplished
Speaker 1: guy that spent nine years in this league. It goes
Speaker 1: back to obviously, you know, there's not a lot of
Speaker 1: route runners out there in the population. Okay, there are
Speaker 1: a lot of golfers though, And one of the things
Speaker 1: I thought about it almost reminded me of when you
Speaker 1: when you know, you do a stroke or you know,
Speaker 1: you have your drive time after time after time, and
Speaker 1: then you start to develop that hitch and you start
Speaker 1: to maybe get a little bit of a slice in there.
Speaker 1: You get that golf prow behind you. Sometimes it's even
Speaker 1: your dad for that matter, and they kind of tell, yeah,
Speaker 1: you're leaving your club face open, your your you know,
Speaker 1: your hips aren't quite where they need to be. You
Speaker 1: can get into such a regiment, in such a routine
Speaker 1: that sometimes those fundamentals, even when you are honing them,
Speaker 1: can start to slip off, and you don't want to
Speaker 1: let that continue to slide. That's kind of what I
Speaker 1: took away from that conversation is Davante Adams knows what
Speaker 1: he has to do, he knows what's going to be
Speaker 1: expected of him, and he's always up to that challenge.
Speaker 1: But there are so many things mentally you have to
Speaker 1: think about, especially when you're learning a new offense, that
Speaker 1: those moments I think are important for Matt Lafleur to
Speaker 1: step in and say, well, this is what we're looking for,
Speaker 1: for Elvis Witted to say this is the player you
Speaker 1: need to be. But as you also pointed out the
Speaker 1: article that I thought is so important is by setting
Speaker 1: that example, by being open to those ideas and being
Speaker 1: open to those conversations. There is a roster of young
Speaker 1: receivers there that are going through the same thing. If
Speaker 1: I'm a young guy, a young sportswriter, and there's somebody
Speaker 1: else that's on my list, you know, my employment list,
Speaker 1: a guy that's been there for ten, fifteen years and
Speaker 1: has written award winning pieces and there's things that he
Speaker 1: needs to work on. Yeah, I mean that tells you
Speaker 1: that you can't ever get complacent. That's way. So I
Speaker 1: just think that's very important with with his open mindedness
Speaker 1: to be in a situation where he's willing to take
Speaker 1: that coaching, but also understanding he's the number one guy
Speaker 1: in the depth chart, there's a lot of young guys
Speaker 1: are gonna be looking up to him. Well, in the
Speaker 1: other understanding part of it, Davante Adams is no fool.
Speaker 1: He knows he's going to get the ball. He knows
Speaker 1: he's going to get his numbers. Now, whether he's going
Speaker 1: to have a hundred eleven catches plus yards and double
Speaker 1: touchdowns again, I mean, who knows what it ultimately is
Speaker 1: at the end of the season. But he knows he's
Speaker 1: going to get the ball, and he knows he's gonna
Speaker 1: put up the stats and all that. But he also
Speaker 1: knows that the wide receiver group a whole, the success
Speaker 1: of the group is going to be more defined by
Speaker 1: what Valde is Scantling and st Brown and Jamon Moore
Speaker 1: and Jake Kumero and maybe Trevor Davis or you know,
Speaker 1: all those guys. Whoever makes the team out of training camp,
Speaker 1: the success of the group is going to be more
Speaker 1: defined by what they produced. Geronimo Allison obviously in that
Speaker 1: in that mix as well, then by what he does
Speaker 1: and whether he makes the Pro Bowl again or not.
Speaker 1: So that's where the taking the leadership part of things
Speaker 1: very seriously is is. Uh, it's an honest approach on
Speaker 1: his part, and it is big picture thinking on his
Speaker 1: part as far as what is best for the team,
Speaker 1: not just what is best for Davante Adams to maybe
Speaker 1: try to break Jordy Nelson's records this year, to get
Speaker 1: to another Pro Bowl or make get an All Pro
Speaker 1: recognition or whatever it might be. He's looking at that
Speaker 1: receiver group as a whole and how it's going to
Speaker 1: be viewed. It's such a great way to look at
Speaker 1: it too, because if you if you look at the
Speaker 1: two thousand eighteen season, Davante Adams was as sharp as
Speaker 1: a receiver could be. I mean, he came into his own,
Speaker 1: lived up to that contract, and was everything that Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers needed him to be in this offense. The results
Speaker 1: are still what they were from a team perspective, though
Speaker 1: there weren't enough wins. There wasn't enough production and changes
Speaker 1: had to be made. So yeah, it goes back to
Speaker 1: that old adage of you know, you are only as
Speaker 1: strong as your weakest link. They need Marquez Valdes scant
Speaker 1: link to be making big plays. We saw one of
Speaker 1: them in the first team period during Wednesday's practice when
Speaker 1: he was able to beat the cornerback down the sideline,
Speaker 1: beat the over the top safety help and have a
Speaker 1: nice connection with Aaron Rodgers for it would have been
Speaker 1: like a fifty five yard touchdown. They need Geronimo Allison
Speaker 1: to be the player they think he can become. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, versatile, accountable, explosive. Those are the fixtures of
Speaker 1: this offense. It's multiplicity. It's being able to go three
Speaker 1: or four deep on your depth chart at receiver. They
Speaker 1: need young guys to step up. There's a good competition
Speaker 1: brewing there. The more guys that are pushing for those snaps,
Speaker 1: that are pushing for those targets, the better it's gonna
Speaker 1: be for this offense in the long run. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: another guy I want to talk about from a leadership standpoint,
Speaker 1: and this is a little bit different conversation because he's
Speaker 1: in a different place in his career. But we've talked
Speaker 1: a lot about Tremont Williams since he came back to
Speaker 1: Green Bay last season after spending three years in a
Speaker 1: combination of Cleveland and Arizona, comes back to the Packers
Speaker 1: and as actually last week during the open locker room session,
Speaker 1: I just decided to walk up to him and ask him, Okay,
Speaker 1: so why are you still doing this like you don't
Speaker 1: have I mean, he's got a Super Bowl ring, he's
Speaker 1: been to a Pro Bowl, he's got twelve years of
Speaker 1: service under his belt. There's there's no there's no practical reason,
Speaker 1: so to speak, that he needs that he needs to
Speaker 1: keep doing this. And it turned into an interesting conversation
Speaker 1: because he mentioned one of his one of his primary
Speaker 1: motivations right now that and you could see the smile
Speaker 1: that it brings to his face. And Tremont smiles a lot,
Speaker 1: but it brought maybe a little bit bigger smile to
Speaker 1: his face as he was talking about his kids and
Speaker 1: specifically his son, Tremont June Year, who is going to
Speaker 1: turn nine years old this fall, and he started talking
Speaker 1: about how his son now understands the game of football,
Speaker 1: understands what dad, does you know? Talks to dad about
Speaker 1: this and that with the defensive scheme and you know
Speaker 1: what you did on this play or what you did
Speaker 1: on that play, and Tremon just absolutely loves it. He's
Speaker 1: just he and you know, as anybody would, you know,
Speaker 1: he loves the fact that his son now is to
Speaker 1: the point where he can have those conversations at home
Speaker 1: and it it puts him in a different place in
Speaker 1: his career when you look back at the fact that say,
Speaker 1: the most famous play that everybody's going to remember Packers
Speaker 1: fans as far as what Tremont Williams did, the pick
Speaker 1: six in Atlanta in the playoffs in two thousand ten.
Speaker 1: Tremont Jr. Was just a couple of months old at
Speaker 1: that time, you know. So he's in a completely different
Speaker 1: place now, and he's absolutely relishing the relationship that he
Speaker 1: has with his son and with the game of football.
Speaker 1: Because he's in his mid thirty's, he's still able to
Speaker 1: play right now and and is a guy who's going
Speaker 1: to play an important role on this defense. It was
Speaker 1: funny too, because another point of he talked, He's talked
Speaker 1: in his first two locker rooms for an extended amount
Speaker 1: of time. One of the Huddles that I was, and
Speaker 1: he was even asked about, you know, you ever run
Speaker 1: a Ford anymore? Just for funny. He's like, no, but
Speaker 1: I don't need to because I'm running with Jackie, Alexander,
Speaker 1: all these other cornerbacks and I know I'm still fast.
Speaker 1: So he says he can keep up the way he's
Speaker 1: invested in himself. And I've written about it numerous times
Speaker 1: now I give it again last season when he played
Speaker 1: all but five snaps in that defense. Is the fact
Speaker 1: that he just puts such a heavy emphasis on his
Speaker 1: body making sure he's in the right spot. But let's
Speaker 1: be honest though, too, Mike. You can do everything right physically,
Speaker 1: if you don't mentally evolve with the game, you're not
Speaker 1: going to last. That's why Truman Williams is still here.
Speaker 1: He's smart, he's intelligent, and he's proven that he can
Speaker 1: do a number of different things in this defense. I
Speaker 1: just felt from day one it was the right move
Speaker 1: for the Packers to get him back when he had
Speaker 1: the resurgence he did with Arizona in two thousand seventeen.
Speaker 1: That's the type of player this team was missing when
Speaker 1: they didn't have that older veteran that can you know,
Speaker 1: kind of guide and bring guys along. But the great
Speaker 1: thing was is he was still motivated to compete with
Speaker 1: those young guys, that he still wanted those snaps. He
Speaker 1: still wanted to be out there, and here we are,
Speaker 1: you're thirteen or fourteen for him now, he's still taking
Speaker 1: snaps with the number one defense. Truman Williams is going
Speaker 1: to help this defense get to where it wants to be.
Speaker 1: He's going to help this secondary be the secondary that
Speaker 1: the Packers field, that the potential is there to be
Speaker 1: the big thing. I think that special is that the
Speaker 1: longer that he can continue this on. Truly, I mean this,
Speaker 1: and I don't want to sound somewhat you know, cheesy,
Speaker 1: but the memories that that's going to form for for
Speaker 1: his kids, for his family, you don't get that a lot, Mike.
Speaker 1: We see it so often, especially in this game. It's
Speaker 1: these guys don't play twenty years. It's not Lebron and
Speaker 1: Kobe and things like that. And his his daughter, his
Speaker 1: daughter Trinity just turned seven years old too, so she's
Speaker 1: getting to the point where she's gonna start she's starting
Speaker 1: to understand what's what what dad does for a living
Speaker 1: now and everything and and all of that. That dynamic
Speaker 1: with his kids is is completely different and he wants
Speaker 1: to keep it going as long as he can. It's
Speaker 1: always baby pictures, right when you see the family night,
Speaker 1: it's it's guys with their for one and two year olds,
Speaker 1: and those are going to be great someday. But the
Speaker 1: fact that Tremon Junior can enjoy that ride too with
Speaker 1: his dad, I think it's exceptional and it probably sets
Speaker 1: a little bit of a standard for him too that hey,
Speaker 1: maybe I want to be able to do that someday
Speaker 1: as well. So I just think it's great. You know,
Speaker 1: listen to Jaire Alexander and Kevin King and these guys
Speaker 1: talk about what Williams has meant to that locker room.
Speaker 1: At some point, Father time is undefeated, collects us all.
Speaker 1: It's going to collect us as sports writers some day too,
Speaker 1: when there's young people asking why are you still here?
Speaker 1: But no question the fact that Tremon has been able
Speaker 1: to extend this as long as he did. He's on
Speaker 1: what his fifth contract now in the NFL. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just impressive to see that kind of work ethic
Speaker 1: allow him to still have those opportunities today. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: his as we've talked about his versatility, his knowledge of
Speaker 1: Mike Patton's defense, and his versatility. Being able to play
Speaker 1: safety last year when the injuries hit and whatnot was
Speaker 1: obviously valuable. But he made it pretty clear he's like,
Speaker 1: I'm I'm here to play corner. Hey, if stuff happens,
Speaker 1: I'm open minded. I'm always a team guy first, I'll
Speaker 1: do what needs to be done. But you kind of
Speaker 1: get the sense that and he doesn't know how many
Speaker 1: years he has left, whether it's this year or another
Speaker 1: year beyond whatever, but you kind of get the sense
Speaker 1: that he wants to play corner here as he finishes out,
Speaker 1: because it's what he grew up on in this league.
Speaker 1: It's what he knows best. It's where he feels he
Speaker 1: can make the best impact, not just filling in somewhere,
Speaker 1: but actually be an impact player. And I think that's
Speaker 1: what the Packers are going to look for him at corner.
Speaker 1: With the way they revamped the safety position in the
Speaker 1: off season. I think you look at Terrence Newman, how
Speaker 1: long he held on too at the cornerback position without
Speaker 1: making a natural transition to safety. It's pretty impressive too.
Speaker 1: Here's the other thing too, Mike, that I just I
Speaker 1: know some people last year we're talking about safety play
Speaker 1: and things like that. Charles Woodson, to be quite honest
Speaker 1: with you, was not an All World All Pro safety
Speaker 1: in two thousand twelve. He settled into that spot with
Speaker 1: Oakland and he came in All Pro in his last season,
Speaker 1: But it wasn't that way for day one. For Tremont
Speaker 1: Williams not to have a training camp and then have
Speaker 1: to start there for some seven games or whatever it
Speaker 1: was nine games, that's a tall ask. So for him
Speaker 1: to be back at cornerback now with those young guys
Speaker 1: in that room, I just think that that's still his
Speaker 1: best spot. That's where he gives the Packers their best chance.
Speaker 1: And you know, we're gonna see how long that you
Speaker 1: can push off Father time to stay in the lake. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's definitely one to watch as nineteen goes. Along with that,
Speaker 1: we're going to call it a wrap on this edition
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