1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 2 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:24,400 Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford sitting alongside my partner in crime, 3 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: West hod Kuwits were coming to you here from our 4 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: studios at lambau Field and West. We are back from Chicago. 5 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,000 Speaker 1: Week one is in the books for the Packers and 6 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 1: it's an uplifting ten to three victory over the Chicago Bears. Now, 7 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: for all the preview shows we did leading up to 8 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: the game, if you had said, hey, Mike, you remember 9 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,680 Speaker 1: that game the week seventeen of two thousand and ten, 10 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: when the Packers beat the Bears ten to three, it's 11 00:00:48,680 --> 00:00:52,479 Speaker 1: gonna be like that, I don't think anybody would have 12 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:57,640 Speaker 1: believed you. But it's Week one in the NFL, and 13 00:00:57,720 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: you absolutely never know what kind of game you're gonna get. 14 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 1: You don't know what you're gonna get, and you don't 15 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 1: know how quickly the helium can be taken out of 16 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,840 Speaker 1: the balloon. And if you're looking at like the Chicago Bears, 17 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: I mean you and I were in the city for 18 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: twenty four hours before this game. There was such a 19 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:15,480 Speaker 1: vibrance in the air, so much excitement, and everybody walking 20 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: around in the streets wearing Bears jerseys. It was. It 21 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:22,920 Speaker 1: was incredible and you had Sadarius Preston Smith, Adrian Amos 22 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:27,920 Speaker 1: just put a small, slow stranglehold on that enthusiasm in 23 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: this matchup. And you and I were discussing it as 24 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 1: we got into the studio this morning. I mean, one 25 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 1: of the most complete, dominant defensive performances the Packers have 26 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: seen in the last few number of years. I said, 27 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: it was one of the stingiest performances of the past 28 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: decade when you go back and look at some of 29 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 1: these things. They gave up three points and that was 30 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,520 Speaker 1: after that they they've been given the Bears have been 31 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,880 Speaker 1: given the ball at the thirty six yard line. I mean, 32 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 1: just to see five sacks, eleven passes defense, uh, eleven 33 00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: quarterback hits, nine passes defense and interception from Amos. There's 34 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: so many things you can talk about with this matchup, 35 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: but three out of fifteen on third down for the 36 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 1: Chicago and oh for two on fourth then absolutely the 37 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: biggest stat though the Green Bay Packers were able to 38 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:10,959 Speaker 1: go into Soldier Field and pick up a game after 39 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 1: when you know ten to three, Uh. There it is 40 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 1: a catapulting as you said, uplifting victory. When you see 41 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 1: the sidelines, the way they reacted to it, the way 42 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:21,919 Speaker 1: the players were in the locker room, there was a 43 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 1: lot of jubilation over what a lot of people would 44 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,160 Speaker 1: say would be a relatively boring If you look doing 45 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: the statistics, the score h Affair, Well, it is the 46 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: first time the Packers have won a game scoring ten 47 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:37,840 Speaker 1: or fewer points since the ten to three game at 48 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 1: the end of the regular season in two thousand and ten. 49 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,680 Speaker 1: And I actually also saw a stat on somebody's little 50 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 1: TV screen we're flying back on the plane in the 51 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: middle of the night that last year, Apparently throughout the 52 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: entire NFL season, only two teams were able to win 53 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: a game scoring ten or fewer points in the entire 54 00:02:56,880 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: NFL season. So this kind of thing doesn't happen every day. 55 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 1: But hats off to the Packers defense, and in particular 56 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 1: the free agent spending spree of Brian Goodakunst in early March, 57 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 1: Zadarius Smith, Preston Smith, Adrian Amos, they all had a 58 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: tremendous impact on this football well, and that's part of 59 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: this thing that that is so interesting in my regard, 60 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: is that you had three marquee players at the Packers 61 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 1: sign on the defensive side of the ball. In all 62 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: three of them completely rose to the occasion right off 63 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 1: the bat. Adrian Amos and Zadarius Smith actually had had 64 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,120 Speaker 1: lunch this week and Amos had told him, He's like, 65 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: you know, I want to make a big play. As 66 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:39,640 Speaker 1: much as the narrative, as much as what the reporters 67 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 1: and in media wanted to make it about him returning 68 00:03:41,480 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: to Chicago facing his old team, Amos said, it never 69 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:46,320 Speaker 1: was like that, and if you know him, if you 70 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,120 Speaker 1: get to know his personality, I can confidently say it 71 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: wasn't about that. What he wanted to do is he 72 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: wanted to prove to the Green Bay Packers, proved to 73 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:55,760 Speaker 1: Brian Goodacuns that they made the right investment in him. 74 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: He wanted to make a big play. This is a 75 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,200 Speaker 1: guy that was somewhat you know, when you go back 76 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 1: and look at there were some people that dogged on 77 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: him a little bit because he only had three interceptions 78 00:04:03,920 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: in his time in Chicago. He made play after playing 79 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 1: that game, he helped coordinate that defense and when it 80 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 1: mattered most, him and Tremont Williams working in tandem with 81 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:16,599 Speaker 1: each other, and overthrown pass Williams, forcing Traubinsky to you know, 82 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,160 Speaker 1: throw a little bit more on it because he was 83 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: underneath and Amos is able to interception to play that 84 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: those two had actually talked about on the sidelines based 85 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,560 Speaker 1: on something they'd seen earlier in the ballgame. Phenomenal from 86 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:29,840 Speaker 1: that perspective. Zadarius and Preston Smith, though, Man, I don't 87 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:31,560 Speaker 1: know what more you can say about these guys. Six 88 00:04:31,640 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: quarterback hits, two and a half combined sacks. They were 89 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,839 Speaker 1: in Mitchell Rubinsky's face all night, and I tweeted this 90 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: during the game. The pass rush benefits the secondary that 91 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:44,599 Speaker 1: benefits the pass rush. You saw a perfect marriage between 92 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: those two principles. And Mike Petton afterwards had a big, 93 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 1: big smile on his face and his we know that's 94 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: not something you're always going to see with the fact 95 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:55,360 Speaker 1: of the DC. Yeah, absolutely, Mike Patton with with that 96 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 1: big smile and hopefully he's able to keep it here 97 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 1: um through this really part of the season, because unfortunately 98 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: the Packers offense was up against a pretty darn tough 99 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: defense as well, and it wasn't It wasn't the prettiest 100 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,279 Speaker 1: debut at all for Matt Lafleur and Aaron Rodgers and 101 00:05:12,360 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: this offense. But and quite frankly, west boy, that first 102 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:21,600 Speaker 1: quarter three straight three and ounce minus twelve total yards, 103 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: a couple of sacks in there on third down. I mean, 104 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: that first quarter was was as ugly as it gets. 105 00:05:27,480 --> 00:05:30,440 Speaker 1: But all of a sudden, that first offensive play of 106 00:05:30,520 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: the second quarter kind of the double play action. You 107 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: had a play action of a regular run of play 108 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,520 Speaker 1: action of the jet sweep coming behind, and then boom, 109 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,200 Speaker 1: you take the shot down the field with with Marquez 110 00:05:41,279 --> 00:05:44,200 Speaker 1: Veldez scantling in one on one coverage makes the play 111 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 1: forty seven yards. A couple of plays later, Packers go 112 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 1: up tempo, a couple of plays later there in the 113 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,120 Speaker 1: end zone, and suddenly it's seven to three. And it 114 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:54,159 Speaker 1: was as though it was as though the Packers defense 115 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: that all right, we're good. Now we got the lead. 116 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:58,360 Speaker 1: Here we go. Well, what spoke to me about this 117 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,279 Speaker 1: matchup is one, even though it was ten to seven 118 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:02,839 Speaker 1: or ten to three, and most of the game was 119 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:07,119 Speaker 1: seven to three, it never felt like the Packers were 120 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:10,200 Speaker 1: in danger, if that's the right word. It just always 121 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: felt like they were in control. Even when the offense 122 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: was having its issues, even when you know Trabinsky would 123 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: make a couple of plays here there they build a 124 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: little momentum. They'd always found the CounterPunch to it. Looking 125 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 1: at that series though that you're illustrating the forty seven 126 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:25,919 Speaker 1: yard passed to Mark Quez Valdes scantling, you and I 127 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,000 Speaker 1: we have a pretty good vantage point. It's not the 128 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,239 Speaker 1: great press box view the best one in the league. 129 00:06:30,839 --> 00:06:33,240 Speaker 1: That particular play, we did have a pretty goodvantage point 130 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:35,400 Speaker 1: it because you saw MBS coming free over the middle 131 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: of the field. Aaron Rodgers got a bucket load of 132 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: time to work with on it connects with them forty 133 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 1: seven yards and as you said, there's a quick past 134 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:46,720 Speaker 1: to Marcedes Lewis, another quick past at Davantae Adams. They 135 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,600 Speaker 1: catched Chicago with twelve men on the field, and then 136 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 1: there's a touchdown on a fifty fifty ball or a 137 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:54,440 Speaker 1: fifty zero ball. I guess you could say to Jimmy Graham, 138 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 1: first one of the hundredth season of the NFL, So 139 00:06:57,560 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: this is when you get the off fense in rhythm 140 00:07:01,040 --> 00:07:03,039 Speaker 1: and sink. I think that's what it looks like. The 141 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:05,039 Speaker 1: problem for the Packers in this matchup was trying to 142 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 1: find that. But listening to Aaron Rodgers and you were 143 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: with him at the podium afterwards, it just seemed like 144 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,240 Speaker 1: he's pretty optimistic that this offense is gonna be where 145 00:07:13,240 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: it needs to be, is going to get to where 146 00:07:14,920 --> 00:07:18,080 Speaker 1: it needs to be. And defensively, they have a chance 147 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: right now that they can win these type of ball 148 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,480 Speaker 1: games if they absolutely have to. Yeah, and that that's 149 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 1: the thing is. Hey, look it's September football. This is 150 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: the new NFL. The preseason is not what the preseason 151 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 1: was ten or fifteen years ago. This is what September 152 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: football is in the NFL. Nobody's going to be polished, 153 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: especially offensively. People don't play their starters, and even if 154 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: they do, they're not facing real defense, the kind of 155 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 1: defense you're going to face in the regular season. Nobody 156 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: wants to put anything on film. These are the kind 157 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: of games you're gonna get in September, and quite frankly, 158 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: it's all about it's almost like survive in advance. It's 159 00:07:54,640 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: like find a way to win enough games in September 160 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: until you get your legs under, you get your feet 161 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: under for you, and you can start to move ahead 162 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: into into the meat of the schedule, so to speak. 163 00:08:04,800 --> 00:08:07,240 Speaker 1: And you just got to get through these first few 164 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: games and and don't put yourself behind the eight ball 165 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: record wise, and and getting a big win on the 166 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: road against the division opponent. You got another division opponent 167 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:19,040 Speaker 1: coming into lambeau Field next Sunday in week two. You 168 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: gotta get gotta get through these games somehow, and because 169 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 1: in the end, they all count the same, even if 170 00:08:24,800 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: you're not playing this if you there, the thing is 171 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 1: those the practice have had years where they started six 172 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:32,640 Speaker 1: and oh yeah, I would think even the year in 173 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 1: which Rogers got injured the first time with the collar bone, 174 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: where they want four and two or four and one 175 00:08:37,679 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: going into there might have been. But as you know, 176 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: what this team might if if you can't stay healthy, 177 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: if things don't you know, line up the right way 178 00:08:44,360 --> 00:08:47,199 Speaker 1: in December, it's not gonna matter September. The way I've 179 00:08:47,200 --> 00:08:49,600 Speaker 1: always looked at it, because you know, for a while 180 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 1: they were kind of, you know, bludging, you know, can 181 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: you get off to a fast start. The importance a 182 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: fast start, and don't get me wrong, that's critical if 183 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: you're looking to get a bye, you need to be 184 00:08:58,960 --> 00:09:01,120 Speaker 1: able to win through th four games, right off the 185 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: bat to put yourself in that position. But you always 186 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 1: just gotta keep yourself within the race, right, you need 187 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: to get two wins, you need to maybe steal that 188 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,720 Speaker 1: third you got, you gotta you gotta stay in and 189 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,080 Speaker 1: not put yourself in a position where you're playing uphill 190 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: starting in mid October, you know, And and with the 191 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 1: Packers now having five of their next six games at 192 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 1: home after starting off with a division win against the 193 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 1: defending NFC North champs, you know, whether you're playing great 194 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: on offense or not. I mean, if the defense can 195 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,440 Speaker 1: keep this going, whatever it takes, you gotta make some 196 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: hay here because the road schedule the second half of 197 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,560 Speaker 1: the season and things are going to change for this team. Absolutely, 198 00:09:35,559 --> 00:09:38,199 Speaker 1: But to go into Soldier Field and an NFC North opponent, 199 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: the defending division champion, and be able to get a 200 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:42,440 Speaker 1: victory like that, that's huge. And it's one of these 201 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:44,319 Speaker 1: things too. We touched a little bit on the defense, 202 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: but I was involved in the huddle with Preston Smith 203 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: and Zadarius Smith after the game. Their lockers together right 204 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,560 Speaker 1: next to each other, visiting locker room figure, right, But 205 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,080 Speaker 1: they both were talking for about three minutes. They did 206 00:09:57,120 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: their interviews in tandem. You know, Preston Smith said, well, 207 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: Sadarius Smith was a captain for this game, and one 208 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 1: of his big messages before end was we want to 209 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:05,840 Speaker 1: shock the world. We want to show people that we 210 00:10:05,840 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 1: can be a difference maker, be a dominant defense. And 211 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:10,640 Speaker 1: then over on the other side of it, Presson Smith said, 212 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: we heard the outside noise. We're not listening to it, 213 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 1: but you still hear it, you know what I mean. 214 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: I mean, that's still an ambient noise with people when 215 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:20,040 Speaker 1: they don't have high expectations for you, when there's been 216 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,599 Speaker 1: issues in the recent years, trying to be able to 217 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: put this all together with new parts, new draft picks. 218 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:28,319 Speaker 1: The Packers did that pretty seamlessly. So to them, they 219 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 1: felt like they woke a lot of people up with 220 00:10:30,160 --> 00:10:32,320 Speaker 1: this matchup. And then on the other side of it, 221 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:35,160 Speaker 1: as Kenny Clark was discussing afterwards, you know they've been 222 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: hearing these second and third year guys in this defense 223 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 1: have just been hearing about, you know, defensive liability and 224 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: not being the one that's holding up their end of 225 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 1: the bargain. This is a big moment for them. This 226 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 1: is a huge confidence boost that is the most overused 227 00:10:48,800 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 1: cliche when it comes to professional sports as confidence, but 228 00:10:52,400 --> 00:10:55,520 Speaker 1: in this particular case, you can't under overstate it because 229 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 1: this has been a lot of guys on this returning 230 00:10:57,720 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 1: defense have been punched in the mouth here the last 231 00:10:59,400 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 1: few seasons. Yeah. When so when you listen to locker room, 232 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,360 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, regardless of what happened with offense, defense 233 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: special teams which had a solid night, there was just 234 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:12,599 Speaker 1: a really big fervor in there of confidence, of swagger 235 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:15,040 Speaker 1: that I think it's been missing here at least over 236 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: the last year. Yeah. And Aaron Rodgers went to the 237 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,440 Speaker 1: podium after the game. He certainly he took his share 238 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,199 Speaker 1: of the blame for the offensive struggles. Matt Lafleur did 239 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,640 Speaker 1: as well. Both of those guys, you know, they know 240 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,320 Speaker 1: it's it's back to the drawing board a little bit 241 00:11:27,360 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 1: in the sense of in sense of okay, that was 242 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:32,080 Speaker 1: that was not the opener they were hoping for. But 243 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:35,199 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers said, hey, you know this, this team showed, 244 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:37,719 Speaker 1: uh you know, showed the nation that was watching that 245 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,120 Speaker 1: we've got a defense. That was That was the quote. 246 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 1: And and uh, um boy, I mean every time it 247 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 1: was interesting because we've seen in the past, when the 248 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,200 Speaker 1: offense doesn't have a good game, Aaron Rodgers can be 249 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:53,640 Speaker 1: pretty sour at the podium and everything like that, even 250 00:11:53,679 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: after victories. You know, he's he's such a he's such 251 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 1: a perfectionist. He's such a competitor, and he knows that 252 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: so much as riding on how he plays every time 253 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: at the podium Last night, West after the game, when 254 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,280 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers was talking about that defense, his face was 255 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: just lighting up, you know, like every time you'd see 256 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:13,800 Speaker 1: the smile, you'd see the eyes, you know, the eyebrows everything. 257 00:12:14,320 --> 00:12:17,120 Speaker 1: You you look at his facial expressions in that postgame 258 00:12:17,120 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 1: press conference when he's talking about the defense, and he 259 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,000 Speaker 1: said it just when you have a defense like that 260 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: from from the offensive perspective, what they feel they now 261 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 1: have on the defensive side, it just gives the quarterback 262 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,200 Speaker 1: a lot of confidences to where this team can go. Now, 263 00:12:32,200 --> 00:12:34,040 Speaker 1: you still gotta go out and play, you know, you 264 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 1: still gotta go out and win games. And and the 265 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: Packers are going to have. Packers defense is going to 266 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: have much much bigger challenges than the Bears offense, which 267 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:46,320 Speaker 1: um which quite frankly was was a big dud and 268 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: a big disappointment too to their side of things. But um, 269 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: but Aaron Rodgers is confident and where this team could go. 270 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: And the other thing you gotta keep in mind too 271 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: with this Mike Aaron Rodgers been practicing against this defense, 272 00:12:57,960 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: against this scheme, against the point scouted looks for the 273 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: last month and a half and he had to go 274 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:05,679 Speaker 1: back every Wednesday or whatever day it was that he 275 00:13:05,720 --> 00:13:07,920 Speaker 1: had to talk to the media and talk about I'm 276 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,800 Speaker 1: not playing in preseason games, and you know, it doesn't matter. 277 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,600 Speaker 1: I'm focused on what we're doing. And why he felt 278 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:15,840 Speaker 1: good when they got behind the closed practices with what 279 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:22,280 Speaker 1: the offense was doing because Mike Petton's defense is complicated 280 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:25,719 Speaker 1: and he's been looking at it. So when Rogers is 281 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: seeing these schemes, I bet you that he went out 282 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: there last night pretty darn confident that that defense was 283 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,920 Speaker 1: gonna look pretty darn good against Chicago because he's had 284 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: a first row seat to it for the last six weeks. 285 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: So seeing those schemes, in what Zadarius Smith had been 286 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,079 Speaker 1: doing in practice and Preston Smith late during the camp, 287 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: you know, seeing how all these pieces messed together. The 288 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,439 Speaker 1: Packers have had an idea for that so I think 289 00:13:52,480 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 1: in some regards it was sort of opening a presence 290 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,640 Speaker 1: in seeing, Okay, NFL, this is what we're gonna give 291 00:13:57,679 --> 00:14:00,319 Speaker 1: you here, this is what we can do when we're 292 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:01,959 Speaker 1: at our best. Because, as you said, there's gonna be 293 00:14:02,040 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 1: highs and lows, there's gonna be injuries. The Packers have 294 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: a very tight rotation right now. It looks like so 295 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: you have to stay healthy. But when everything's clicking on 296 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:12,360 Speaker 1: the same cylinder, that defense is going to give you 297 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:13,960 Speaker 1: a chance to win. It doesn't matter who the other 298 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,720 Speaker 1: opponent is. Yeah. Well, the other thing to remember about 299 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 1: a game like this, because the final score was ten 300 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 1: to three, obviously it's a one possession game, there were 301 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 1: a lot of things that showed you just how slim 302 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:28,400 Speaker 1: the margins are in the NFL. And this is what 303 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: I wrote about a little bit in Insider Inbox, which 304 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: I was doing, I don't know, three o'clock in the 305 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 1: morning something like that before I went to bed. But um, 306 00:14:37,640 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: you look at certain moments the the shot played down 307 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: the sideline to Alan Robinson and Tremont Williams very smartly 308 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: and alertly gets him right when he's in mid air 309 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: and is able to shove him out of bounds because 310 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,120 Speaker 1: you don't have that force out rule anymore. The guy's 311 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:54,360 Speaker 1: got to get his feet in and if and if 312 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 1: you can knock the guy out of bounds, it's an 313 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 1: incomplete pass. That would have been a first down in 314 00:14:57,840 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: the red zone there, Okay, And then you look at 315 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: the replay challenge on the Taylor Gabriel catch down the 316 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 1: sideline that was overturned out. A bad call in the field. 317 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: Always gonna have one time out left, by the way. Yeah, well, 318 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:12,000 Speaker 1: and that's what I was going to say. And I 319 00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: apologize for not remembering this reader's name, but this reader 320 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,480 Speaker 1: and I posted it in the Insider Inbox column, had 321 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: mentioned that one thing to keep in mind there is 322 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:26,240 Speaker 1: that on the Packers previous offensive series, Aaron Rodgers took 323 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: a delay a game when the play clock ran down 324 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:32,080 Speaker 1: because the Packers only had one time outleft. He didn't 325 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 1: burn it right there, and if he had burned it, 326 00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:36,280 Speaker 1: if he if he had not, say he had not 327 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: remembered they only had one time outleft or something, and 328 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,440 Speaker 1: he calls it. Matt Lafleur doesn't have a time out 329 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: to challenge the Taylor Gabriel pass, which obviously was a 330 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: potential momentum shifter and a game changer in and of itself. 331 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: So and what happened after that delay a game penalty 332 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:55,640 Speaker 1: to like a yard passed to Robert Tonyan play in 333 00:15:55,640 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 1: a series in which they ended up getting a field goal. 334 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: So I mean right, it went, it went to second 335 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,000 Speaker 1: and third team went from second and eight to second 336 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 1: and thirteen. And then the big play to time and 337 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:05,680 Speaker 1: gets him across the midfield. You're into scoring range. Another 338 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,520 Speaker 1: one I'll mention because you talked about Adrian Amos. Obviously, 339 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: he's back in Chicago for his first game facing his 340 00:16:11,120 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: former team. He makes the big play two minutes left 341 00:16:13,760 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: in the end zone with the interception ha Clinton Dix 342 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: knocks the ball out of Aaron Rodgers hands on that scramble. 343 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: Rogers is fortunately able to recover it. But the story 344 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: might have been Ha Clinton Dicks getting back at his 345 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 1: old team and creating a turnover in a key moment 346 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:31,520 Speaker 1: now that I believe is in the second quarter or 347 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:33,840 Speaker 1: not two minutes left in the fourth quarter. But again 348 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: it's it's just the margin. The margins are so slim. 349 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 1: There is such a fine line between winning and losing 350 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: in this game, and that's why, however you want to say, 351 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 1: if you want to call it, I want to call 352 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: it an ugly win, a tough slog, whatever you want 353 00:16:48,680 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: to say. A win is a win as a win, 354 00:16:50,720 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: as they say, and you just you don't apologize for 355 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 1: anything in this league because that's just how it goes well, 356 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 1: and it's easier to correct off a win than it 357 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 1: is a loss. I mean, And the other thing is too, 358 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a lot more fun certainly players, you know, 359 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,440 Speaker 1: and and my thing is too. And maybe some fans 360 00:17:03,440 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 1: outside will disagree with me on this, but I don't 361 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:08,720 Speaker 1: classify that one as an ugly win. I've seen ugly wins, 362 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 1: I think you you know, and it goes both ways. 363 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 1: You can win forty two to forty one, that's probably 364 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 1: an ugly win. There's been some negative stuff that's happened there, 365 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: and we might see some of that in Week one 366 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:21,080 Speaker 1: here on Sunday in the NFL with if certain defenses 367 00:17:21,119 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 1: that you know are are not quite up to snuff 368 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:25,439 Speaker 1: and the offenses are going to be ahead, and we 369 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 1: might see a couple of shootouts just the exact opposite 370 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: of what we saw. But from my perspective, the reason 371 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:31,600 Speaker 1: I say it's an ugly win is because there were 372 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: so many things that did go right for the Packers 373 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: in this game. You talked about how close the margin 374 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,399 Speaker 1: was of that matchup. It applies to special teams too. 375 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:40,360 Speaker 1: I was talking with j K. Scott about this after 376 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:43,159 Speaker 1: the game, the field position battle that that him and 377 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: Pat O'Connell had to kind of wage there a little 378 00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: bit in in Scott for his credit, was able to, 379 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: you know, kind of go tip for tat with them there. 380 00:17:50,840 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 1: And another play that I thought was really critical is 381 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: you go to that last punt where the Bears are 382 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:57,960 Speaker 1: going to get one more crack at this thing to 383 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 1: be able to try to drive the field, and j 384 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: K he's sitting there looking at the line of scrimmage. 385 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,600 Speaker 1: The Bears are bringing everybody in for what appears to 386 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 1: be like just an all out punt block. The Packers 387 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,679 Speaker 1: were not anticipating have to squeeze their gunners in, but 388 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 1: they did. He has to make a decision there if 389 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: he wanted to go out of bounds, if he wanted 390 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 1: to go down the field with it. He decides to 391 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:20,120 Speaker 1: go down the field with it, just on corkside sixty 392 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,120 Speaker 1: three yard or that ends up getting brought back even 393 00:18:22,160 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: farther after a holding penalty. Tarik Cohen's making a Willie 394 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,879 Speaker 1: Mays over the shoulder catch because he has to he 395 00:18:28,920 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: has to run back so far to find the ball. Yeah, 396 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,359 Speaker 1: and the fact that the Bears had to start that 397 00:18:33,480 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 1: series I think at the fourteen yard line or whatever 398 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: it is, flipping the field position, allowing the defensive line 399 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 1: and the outside linebackers to pin their ears back. I thought, 400 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 1: really low key, this was a solid performance from Kenny 401 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: Clark and Dean Lowry too inside the trenches there they 402 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: didn't have another inside linebacker. It was just Blake Martinez, 403 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:53,959 Speaker 1: so a lot of three defensive line fronts, and they 404 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: still didn't give up a carry in more than eight yards. 405 00:18:56,080 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 1: There were just so many little moments of this game 406 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: that I think all at Ley, for whatever happened offensively 407 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,680 Speaker 1: and some of the highs and lows of that aspect 408 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,600 Speaker 1: of it, that mattel Floor can sit down and feel 409 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: pretty darn good about how his team performed. Yeah. Well, 410 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: you you mentioned the special teams, and we definitely need 411 00:19:11,680 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: to touch on that a little bit more, because yes, 412 00:19:13,760 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 1: there were a couple of penalties on the Packers special 413 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:20,080 Speaker 1: teams that affected field position. But J. K. Scott had 414 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 1: a few of those, you know, high pooch type kicks 415 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 1: that were fair caught inside the fifteen yard line, a 416 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 1: couple of them you know, ten yard line and better 417 00:19:30,080 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: um And you mentioned the punt at the end of 418 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:34,160 Speaker 1: the game I had. I had leaned over to you 419 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 1: after in the fourth quarter, after the Packers had kicked 420 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,400 Speaker 1: the field goal to go up ten to three, Quadrille 421 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 1: Patterson standing in the end zone for that kickoff return, 422 00:19:42,760 --> 00:19:45,199 Speaker 1: and you know, at that stage, with as much as 423 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,760 Speaker 1: the Bears offense was struggling, if Patterson catches that ball 424 00:19:49,240 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 1: like barely in front of the back of the end zone, 425 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 1: he's coming out. He's taken a shot right there. Mason 426 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:58,840 Speaker 1: Crosby had an absolutely perfect kickoff, low line drive to 427 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: the left side of the Packers as they were running 428 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: down the field, but was never in danger of the 429 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: pylon or going out of bounds. It you know, it 430 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: comes bounding in the end zone and Patterson has no 431 00:20:09,160 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 1: choice but to take the touchback. It was absolutely perfectly 432 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 1: the way you wanted to execute it. And then obviously 433 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,320 Speaker 1: the last punt by J. K. Scott, the sixty three 434 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 1: yard or helped by a bear's penalty to push them 435 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,880 Speaker 1: back and not give them any fuel position advantage at all. 436 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: Some really big moments for the Packers special What I 437 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:27,159 Speaker 1: really love about Patterson and you and I have been 438 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:30,080 Speaker 1: watching him now for five six years, he still wanted 439 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:31,960 Speaker 1: to take that out and I think, yes, he did 440 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 1: bobble it in the end zone kind of muff. He 441 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 1: was totally going out. You could just see by the 442 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: way his feet were moving. He didn't care if it 443 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:39,760 Speaker 1: was a squif. He was still going to give it 444 00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 1: a shot. But that was the type of kickoff you 445 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,719 Speaker 1: had to kick right there, and Crosby executed it perfect. 446 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 1: And the reason why he had a hard time picking 447 00:20:46,840 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: up the way it was kicked, the way it had 448 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,120 Speaker 1: been hitting the ground, It had bounced three or four 449 00:20:50,160 --> 00:20:53,600 Speaker 1: times at that point. It was exceptional. And that's why again, 450 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:56,280 Speaker 1: when you look at the offense, there's gonna be days, Mike. 451 00:20:56,400 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: The things are not going to go exactly how you 452 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 1: want him. On special teams, something's going to happen. Defensively, 453 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: you're going to be challenged and the offense is gonna 454 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 1: have to step up. Those different components of a team 455 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: need to help the other components of the team, and 456 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: in this particular case, it was defense and special teams 457 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: that helped seal this one against what I get I'm 458 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:17,760 Speaker 1: guessing will still be a very formidable NFC contender. Yeah, 459 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: there's no doubt about it. The Bears. For all the 460 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 1: ankst that there is in Chicago right now about their 461 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 1: offense and Mr Rubisky and everything like that, that Bears 462 00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 1: defense picked up right where it left off as far 463 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:29,800 Speaker 1: as I'm concerned. The one thing the Packers were able 464 00:21:29,840 --> 00:21:32,360 Speaker 1: to do that they needed to do is they protected 465 00:21:32,359 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: the ball. They didn't have any turnovers. The one turnover 466 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:37,120 Speaker 1: in the game was with two minutes left. Adrian Name 467 00:21:37,119 --> 00:21:38,840 Speaker 1: has got it and that was the big difference, and 468 00:21:38,880 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: that was want to know for the Green Bay Packers. 469 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: All Right, with that, we're gonna call it a wrap 470 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,680 Speaker 1: on this edition of Packers Unscripted. Be sure to follow 471 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:48,360 Speaker 1: all of our coverage of the team on Packers dot com, 472 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,520 Speaker 1: Subscribed to us, like us on iTunes and other podcast 473 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: services if you please. On Twitter, He's at west Hot 474 00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,760 Speaker 1: I'm at Mike Spofford at Packers for the team account. 475 00:21:57,760 --> 00:22:00,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for tuning in everybody. We will see in that time. 476 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 1: M