WEBVTT - 240912-Packers-Unscripted-Podcast.mp3 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:16.040 Hi, everybody. 0:00:16.079 --> 0:00:19.840 Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.920 I am Mike Spofford, joined as always by my partner 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:25.320 in crime, Weston Hodkwitz. We're coming to you hear from 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:29.640 our studios at lambeau Field to preview the Week two matchup. 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.280 It will be the home opener for the Green Bay 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:37.919 Packers Green Bay against Indianapolis Sunday noon Central time, kickoff 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.080 at lambeau Field. And what's when you look at this 0:00:41.200 --> 0:00:45.320 Colts team that's coming in here, coming off a tough 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:47.680 loss of their own in Week one, twenty nine to 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:52.400 twenty seven to division rival in their case, the Houston Texans. 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.920 The biggest difference of course being that they don't have 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:58.319 a quarterback injury to deal with like like the Packers have. 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:02.800 But Anthony Richardson, a young quarterback, a first round pick 0:01:02.880 --> 0:01:06.880 last year by the Colts, showing a lot of promise 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.800 and finding his way, and this is going to be 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:14.040 a challenging matchup for certain for the Packers. 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:16.679 Well, if you look at what happened last week and 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.360 the matchup that they had against the Philadelphia Eagles, in 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:23.319 some ways this is such a reflection of that with 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.920 what you're getting in the Indianapolis Colts because you have 0:01:27.160 --> 0:01:30.040 home run hitters on the outside of Michael Pittman. Junior 0:01:30.600 --> 0:01:33.800 Alec Pierce went off last week and certainly you know 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:38.320 Anthony Richardson nine completions for over two hundred yards in 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:40.840 addition to being their leading rusher in that game against Houston. 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.919 It just shows you how dynamic he is. And before 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.120 the injury last year, I thought he was a guy 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:49.040 that had gotten off to a really strong start and 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:51.040 it had flashed in all the ways that you wanted 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.920 to see him flash out of the gates. Ultimately, it 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:56.320 wasn't enough to win. Ultimately, they weren't able to get 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.640 Jonathan Taylor going. But many of the same threats that 0:01:59.680 --> 0:02:02.240 the pass had to be leary of with the Philadelphia 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:04.160 Eagles are also present now with the Colts. 0:02:04.440 --> 0:02:08.160 Yeah, Richardson, It's interesting because he just has five NFL 0:02:08.240 --> 0:02:10.360 starts under his belt at this point. But a couple 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:12.400 of things to point out with regard to that in 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:15.880 four of those five starts, he has at least one 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:19.720 rushing touchdown as a quarterback. So that is definitely something 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:21.480 you have to be aware of, and it's certainly something 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.840 the Packers prepared for as you mentioned with Jalen Hurts 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.919 and the Philadelphia Eagles last week. So you have to 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.720 believe some of those same concepts, if from the game plan, 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:33.560 are going to carry over from week one to week two. 0:02:34.440 --> 0:02:36.760 I pointed this out. You already hinted at it. I 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.960 pointed it out in our three Things video that we 0:02:39.040 --> 0:02:42.440 shot with Larry on Wednesday after practice. Two hundred and 0:02:42.480 --> 0:02:45.680 twelve passing yards for Richardson against the Texans, one hundred 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:49.519 and seventy one of them on three completions. He hit 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:53.280 Alec Pearce twice for fifty plus yards, one of those 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.880 was a sixty plus y touchdown, and then Ashton Doolan 0:02:56.960 --> 0:02:59.480 also had a fifty plus yard touchdown. 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:00.600 In that game. 0:03:00.720 --> 0:03:05.720 So you have to be wary of the big play 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:09.880 against against the Colts because Richardson has shown even though 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:12.160 he is a guy, you have to be concerned where 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:14.280 he's going to tuck and run. Maybe there'll even be 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:16.760 some design runs for him that kind of thing. He 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.120 will also step back and let it rip. I mean 0:03:19.160 --> 0:03:21.680 he will let it fly and try to try to 0:03:21.760 --> 0:03:27.040 gash you deep down the field. And then if nothing's 0:03:27.080 --> 0:03:29.440 working with Anthony Richardson, Oh, yeah, they have a guy 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:32.160 named Jonathan Taylor they can turn to in the backfield. 0:03:33.280 --> 0:03:35.440 He as you said, he wasn't really able to get 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:37.840 going against the Texans last week, but we have certainly 0:03:37.880 --> 0:03:40.120 seen games over the course of his career when he 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:43.760 gets going. He is a tough guy to slow down. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.200 He's one of the running backs in this league that 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:50.400 can control a game and control tempo from start to finish. 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:53.960 If that Colts offensive line is winning the line of scrim. 0:03:53.680 --> 0:03:56.960 It's weird that, like the thunder and lightning combination that 0:03:57.000 --> 0:03:59.880 they've kind of built there with two very big he 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.760 han beings relative to their position. Richardson, you have a 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:05.080 guy that's over six three, two hundred and forty pounds 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.760 that can run a four to four and then an 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.480 Jonathan Taylor guy that really packs upunch at two hundred 0:04:10.440 --> 0:04:12.840 and twenty six pounds, and you know, we saw it 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:14.400 a number of years ago with him. There was a 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:16.000 reason why there you know, there's a little bit of 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.599 that holdout last year, but why they were so it 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.920 was so important for them to keep him locked down 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:23.760 for the long term. In this day and age where 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:26.599 maybe running backs aren't getting those huge contracts anymore because 0:04:26.600 --> 0:04:30.040 he really was the guy that fired that offense for 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.479 so long, and yeah, they weren't able to get it 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:35.960 going against Houston, and credit to the Texans and everything 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:37.400 that they've been able to do there and the way 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.400 they've rebuilt that thing in one year's time. It's not 0:04:40.480 --> 0:04:44.040 an easy front to run against. But all that being said, 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:48.400 with Taylor's ability to run between the tackles and Richardson's 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:51.520 ability to make things happen with his feet, that there's 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.560 just always that big play waiting to happen. And for 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.480 Green Bay and Matt Lafuller talked about it this week, 0:04:57.839 --> 0:04:59.880 there were so many things they did well in terms 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.960 bottling up Jalen Hurts and even to some extent, containing 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:08.320 Saquon Barkley. But when those guys, specifically Barkley on the ground, 0:05:09.360 --> 0:05:12.799 found the open lane, found the opportunity, he was able 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.720 to really capitalize that and make the Packers really pay 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:18.599 for their mistakes. That's what you have to avoid with 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.600 Jonathan Taylor, because, yeah, three yards and a cloud of 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:25.080 dust looks really good coming off of the performance against Houston, 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.240 But if your linebackers aren't where they need to be, 0:05:28.279 --> 0:05:30.120 if your gaps aren't being filled that you're not in 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:31.839 the alignment that you really need to be able to 0:05:31.880 --> 0:05:34.840 execute with unless you're gonna make some open field tackles. 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.599 It makes your job difficult and a guy like Jonathan 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:39.039 Taylor doesn't make that any easier. 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:41.520 Yeah, when you look at the Packers' performance against the 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:45.600 run last week, and specifically against Barkley, twenty four for 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:48.800 one oh nine, that's a that's a big game for 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.039 a running back. One of those runs was a thirty 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:54.280 four yarder, right, and again they all count, you know, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:59.040 that's why the average is the average. But I think 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:00.720 the other, the other part part of it is that 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.760 thirty four yard run by Barkley came in the second half. 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:05.600 It's one thing if you, you know, if you kind 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.520 of slip up in the run defense early and a 0:06:07.560 --> 0:06:10.000 guy gets an explosive, aya are right, you settle down, 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:12.440 you know, you work on bottling him up. When a 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.120 guy busts a big one in the second half like that, 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.840 it kind of starts to ruin everything you've done up 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:21.720 to that point, right, And certainly on that final drive 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:25.279 for the Eagles, they were they were having their way 0:06:25.279 --> 0:06:27.840 and controlling the ball, but speaking. 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:28.280 Of the running game. 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:32.120 When you look at Indianapolis's defense, this is a unit 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:35.839 that gave up two hundred plus rushing yards to the 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.960 Houston Texans, the bulk of those coming from Joe Mixon. 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:45.320 And you know, it's not going to be as simple as, oh, okay, well, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:46.800 the Packers should be able to line up and run 0:06:46.800 --> 0:06:50.000 the ball against these guys, et cetera, et cetera. Because A, 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:52.920 if the Colts have a bad game like that against 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:55.480 the run, they're going to spend all week working on 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:58.200 the corrections and working on getting it fixed. And then b, 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.440 of course, with the Packers most likely turning things over 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:05.160 to Malik Willis, the Colts game plan will be, you know, 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:10.000 defensively will be based on defending Malik Willis and perhaps 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.160 trying to say, okay, we're not going to let Josh 0:07:12.280 --> 0:07:15.200 Jacobs and Emmanuel Wilson do what they did against the 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:19.200 Eagles and put the ball more in Malik Willis's hands. So, 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:23.040 but the way the Packers ran the ball the last 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:26.440 three quarters against the Eagles, the way the Colts did 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.240 struggle to defend the run against the Texans, I think 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.960 that is something to watch very very closely in this 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:33.720 matchup on Sunday a lambo. 0:07:33.840 --> 0:07:35.840 Yeah, because Joe Mixon being able to get one hundred 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:38.080 and fifty nine rushing yards in his longest carry in 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.080 that game was thirteen yards, just speaks to how you're 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.320 right about the second half the Packers gave up that 0:07:43.320 --> 0:07:47.960 big gash to Berkley. It can be really demoralized though, 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:50.080 on the other aspect of that, when a running back 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.680 just continually in an offensive line man handles you the 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:54.440 way that they did to be able to have that 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:56.800 type of production, to average over five yards of carry 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.600 and not have that explosive play, that is sort of 0:07:59.600 --> 0:08:00.920 booing all those statistics. 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:04.000 Yeah, that was a ground and pound type of performance 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.360 by Joe Mixon. And we saw him do that in 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:10.119 Cincinnati at times too, but he started this twenty twenty 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:12.920 four season doing that for Houston, getting a big win 0:08:13.000 --> 0:08:13.840 over the Colt Yeah. 0:08:13.880 --> 0:08:16.920 And when you look at Indianapolis's defense and Matt le 0:08:16.960 --> 0:08:19.800 Fleur was given a ton of credit to Gus Bradley. Certainly, 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.640 that tree, that quarterback excuse me, that defensive coordinator tree 0:08:23.640 --> 0:08:26.760 that sprouted from Seattle, the different types of alignments that 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.280 they had before this Robert Sala defense kind of took 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.079 things over in the league that the Seattle Seahawks were 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:34.400 the bell of the ball and they were the team 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.080 that was kind of putting all these guys out there. 0:08:36.240 --> 0:08:38.920 Gus Bradley became a head coach in this league because 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.800 of that. This front is interesting in that you have 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.360 DeForest Buckner who's been doing it at a high level 0:08:44.400 --> 0:08:46.840 for so long. He's a face of that defense. They 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:50.800 put a lot of resources into acquiring him. You'd imagine 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:55.240 the mindset in trying to turn that boat around this 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:58.080 week is going to be again what probably guides not 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:00.800 only their game planning but also their correction and to 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:03.520 the Green Bay Packers standpoint, and it is probably veering 0:09:03.559 --> 0:09:05.240 a little bit too much into the keys to victory 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.199 of it. But with Josh Jacobs, hopefully everything works out. 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:10.200 I believe that was the back injury. That was a 0:09:10.240 --> 0:09:12.840 back issue that made up limited in practice on Wednesday. 0:09:13.559 --> 0:09:16.720 But with Josh Jacobs and the motions and the sweeps 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:19.480 that the options you have with Jaden Reid, the Packers 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:23.000 showed a lot of promising things on the ground against Philadelphia. 0:09:23.000 --> 0:09:26.200 All things considered, against Vic Fangio and that defense, you 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:28.640 have to be able to continue to build upon that 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:32.120 with potentially not having the downfield threat of Jordan Love 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.920 or at least the consistent threat of Jordan Love in 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.120 the backfield as far as the signal calling goes. So 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.000 Josh Jacobs could be the Packer's best friend in this game. 0:09:40.000 --> 0:09:42.960 And if I'm Green Bay, I see what Mixon did 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:45.360 last week. We have our own franchise back here too. 0:09:45.679 --> 0:09:47.959 If he's available and can take that full allotment of reps, 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:49.800 that would be my number one counter to that. 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:54.040 Yeah, And you just wonder how much of the cold 0:09:54.080 --> 0:09:58.200 struggles against the run against Mixon against the Texans, how. 0:09:58.160 --> 0:09:59.800 Much of that was was. 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:03.079 Ex execution and how much was potentially schematic because they 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:06.439 were more worried about c. J. Stroud and and and 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:09.960 those Houston receivers beating them downfield, and they gave up 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.000 a little bit too much against the run. And you 0:10:12.040 --> 0:10:14.280 know how this can go in games, Wes, once something 0:10:14.400 --> 0:10:18.120 like that gets going. Yes, you try to make adjustments, 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.439 but making adjustments can be is easier said than done, right. 0:10:21.480 --> 0:10:23.600 I mean, a team, a team gets, you know, Houston 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:26.240 gets that running game going with Mixon and they feel like, Okay, 0:10:26.240 --> 0:10:28.760 we can really lean on this we can really pound 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:30.840 away with this guy to set up everything else we 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.680 want to do offensively, and it can be tough to stop. 0:10:33.720 --> 0:10:37.960 So were the Colts issues more execution, were they more schematic? 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:42.400 Probably a combination of the two as usual. But again 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.439 that's that's definitely something to watch. I do want to 0:10:45.480 --> 0:10:49.680 get to our keys to victory here. Oh, one other 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:54.000 thing you mentioned, you mentioned to Forrest Buckner on this 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:58.080 this Colts defensive line. I believe they had was it, 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.360 four sacks against the Houston and Texans. Yeah, and those 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:06.040 four sacks that didn't even include a handful of pressures 0:11:06.040 --> 0:11:08.839 by their rookie first round pick in that pass rush 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:13.240 lie it to Latu from UCLA. I believe he played, 0:11:13.320 --> 0:11:16.840 you know, thirty some snaps and and according to uh 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.960 some of the statistical metrics, was credited with five pressures. Yeah, 0:11:21.000 --> 0:11:23.640 like thirty snaps. Now he didn't get he didn't get 0:11:23.640 --> 0:11:25.839 any sacks, he didn't get anything else on the on. 0:11:25.800 --> 0:11:29.720 The bizarre, bizarre game. Five pressures, no stats though. 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:32.079 Yeah, yeah, yeah, he had nothing in the he had 0:11:32.080 --> 0:11:35.200 nothing in the traditional statistics that go into the UH 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.320 UH into the game book. But but five pressures and 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:42.720 thirty snaps while his teammates were also racking up four sacks. 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:44.679 Yeah, this is a this is. 0:11:44.640 --> 0:11:47.800 A defensive front that U that can get some things done. 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:50.760 So but yeah, let's get to some keys to victory 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:52.280 here in a minute. But I'll take care of some 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:56.560 sponsor business for a serious XM. NFL Radio delivers hard 0:11:56.640 --> 0:11:59.040 hitting analysis and up to the minute NFL news that 0:11:59.080 --> 0:12:02.720 true football Finatal need twenty four to seven, three sixty 0:12:02.760 --> 0:12:05.240 five and ed cousin Subbs. 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But if it is Malik Willis, I 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.120 think you know, it's stating the obvious right that it 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:48.199 puts that much more of a burden on the Packers 0:12:48.320 --> 0:12:51.680 running game. On Josh Jacobs on Emmanuel Wilson, you mentioned 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.720 the changeups the end to round stuff with Jaden Reed. 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:58.440 The other changeup you potentially throw in here is designing 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:01.480 some runs for Malik Willis, you know, which is not 0:13:01.640 --> 0:13:05.720 something you would do on a regular basis with Jordan Love, 0:13:05.760 --> 0:13:07.600 but it might be something that's a little bit more 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:10.880 of a staple of the game plan with a quarterback 0:13:10.960 --> 0:13:11.559 lake Willis. 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:12.359 I think. 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.840 I think getting and it's you know, I mentioned last 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.240 week getting that running game going for the play action 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:23.319 game and all of that. I think the I think 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.760 it's not even so much just about the play action 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:28.559 game in this matchup. It's about it's about getting the 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:31.360 running game going and having that to really be able 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.480 to lean on throughout the course of the game, the 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.240 way the Houston Texans leaned on their running game against 0:13:36.280 --> 0:13:37.200 the Colts last week. 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.480 So first and foremost, I do want to show respect 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:42.680 to the Colts defensive front because, as you said, Buckner, 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:44.640 I thought got off to a good start last week. 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:47.880 Quity Pay is a guy that could have really disrupt 0:13:47.920 --> 0:13:49.679 a football game if you let him do that. Now, 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:51.600 I think the Packers have to feel okay on that 0:13:51.640 --> 0:13:53.160 side of things because the guy he'd be lined up 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:55.280 against Zach tom who is probably one of the top 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.400 performing right tackles in the league. Last week, when you 0:13:57.440 --> 0:13:58.760 look at some of the metrics and some of the 0:13:58.760 --> 0:14:01.520 stats that have come out about that, I felt really 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:04.240 good about Zach in how he showed out in Brazil. 0:14:04.280 --> 0:14:06.040 But I mean I've been even more impressed watching some 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:07.959 of the film and Pro Football Focus and some of 0:14:08.000 --> 0:14:10.679 these other NFL next Gen stats talking about how he 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:14.120 performed in one on one pass coverage. The guy's a 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:16.839 hit like, he's solid, So you hope that you can 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:18.640 go tit for tat with them in the pass game. 0:14:19.520 --> 0:14:21.160 The run game is where this game is going to 0:14:21.160 --> 0:14:22.840 be one though. If you go back to the stats 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:25.960 last week, Mike, there were three players with double digit 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:29.600 tackles for the Indianapolis Colts in that game. All three 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:33.240 of them were defensive becks. If you are able to 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:38.240 generate that much statistics against the defense, it shows you 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:40.240 you're doing something well because it means you're beating the 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:42.800 defensive front. It means you're beating the linebackers and you're 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:44.840 forcing them to make tackles at the second and third 0:14:44.880 --> 0:14:47.480 level at the defense. That's where Green Bay needs to 0:14:47.480 --> 0:14:49.520 get to. And when they struggled early in that game 0:14:49.560 --> 0:14:51.400 against the Eagles, it was because they weren't able to 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:52.640 get a hat on a hat with a lot of 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.360 those backers and things were getting washed out in the front. 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.480 Being able to build on some of the successes they 0:14:58.480 --> 0:14:59.960 had in the second half is going to be inner 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.000 to this victory. The other aspect of it, I think 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:04.640 is going to be the motion. It's going to be 0:15:04.680 --> 0:15:07.080 the pre snap stuff. It's going to be working end around, 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.400 it's going to be building pass combinations off of those 0:15:09.480 --> 0:15:12.160 end of rounds. They probably could have gotten more of 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:14.280 that in Brazil, But as I was talking about an 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:17.520 insider inbox Calm, if you watch the game, there was 0:15:17.560 --> 0:15:20.560 a lot that they developed off of that early Jaden 0:15:20.600 --> 0:15:23.480 Reid play and there was a lot of pass concepts 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.880 that were built off that. And Tucker Craft was mentioning 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.520 this at is Locker this week and that you are 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.200 going to have opportunities to get open in the passing game, 0:15:31.240 --> 0:15:32.840 but you got to earn those with what you do 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:35.320 in the run game early, and that's what Green Bay 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:36.440 is going to have to do in this game to 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:37.880 come up with a victory against the Colts. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.760 Well, you mentioned Kraft. When you look at the one 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:43.560 downfield reception he had that broke for a nice, big 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.760 explosive play for the Packers. That's all set up not 0:15:46.880 --> 0:15:50.440 only by the run and being in the same formation 0:15:51.600 --> 0:15:53.880 and then running it as a play action pass, but 0:15:53.960 --> 0:15:56.520 Tucker Craft is coming off the line of scrimmage and 0:15:56.640 --> 0:16:00.280 selling that he's blocking the linebacker right, He's got his 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.520 head down, he's put you know, he's about to put 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:04.480 his arms up like he's gonna block, and then like, oh, 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:06.720 here I go, you know, bang, and then the ball 0:16:06.800 --> 0:16:09.120 is on him. He makes the catch, and that's all 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:12.320 set up because of what you're doing running the ball, 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:16.080 and all of those little things play into getting the 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:20.520 execution there on the defensive side of the ball. Just 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.800 looking at what the Colts did in Week one against 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:28.680 the Texans, and certainly with you know mentioning Saquon Barkley 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.160 busting a thirty four yard run against the Packers, AJ 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:34.120 Brown with the sixty seven yard touchdown on the opening 0:16:34.120 --> 0:16:38.000 possession of the second half. Packers defense has got to 0:16:38.120 --> 0:16:41.120 limit the big plays. You can't let Anthony Richardson throw 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:44.880 the ball over top of you in this game. And 0:16:44.880 --> 0:16:48.280 and I think, I think defensively. I think defensively, if 0:16:48.280 --> 0:16:51.280 the Packers limit those big plays and they give themselves 0:16:51.320 --> 0:16:55.160 more chances to get off the field, they won't get into, 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:59.000 you know this, this real negative time of possession area 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:00.960 that they got into against the Eagles. 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:02.320 Over the long run, you have. 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.320 To make Anthony Richardson pay for the incompletions. I'm not 0:17:05.359 --> 0:17:07.399 saying you have to pick off every ball, but he 0:17:07.480 --> 0:17:09.760 was nine to nineteen in that game with an interception. 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:12.840 If he's allowed to get into a rhythm in a 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:14.560 lot of ways. It is what exactly what happened with 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:17.080 Jalen Hurts last week where he got off to a 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.159 rough start. Second pass of the game got intercepted by 0:17:20.240 --> 0:17:23.720 Xavier McKinney. Packers are rolling. He got to be able 0:17:23.760 --> 0:17:27.160 to not allow him to get into that type of pattern. Now, 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:30.359 Hurtz is a different type of quarterback and that he 0:17:30.480 --> 0:17:32.680 is more of a possession based quarterback. He could throw 0:17:32.680 --> 0:17:35.320 the ball and not that Richardson can't. But Richardson, this 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:37.080 was sort of his mo last year too. He's a 0:17:37.119 --> 0:17:38.960 guy that you know potentially is going to be like 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:42.119 a fifty four to fifty five percent completion percentage quarterback. 0:17:42.119 --> 0:17:43.680 It's just the way he plays the position. It's a 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:46.439 lot of the downfield stuff. He's going to try limit 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:48.960 the explosive plays. It starts with stopping the run, but 0:17:49.040 --> 0:17:51.879 limiting the downfield explosives. You cannot let them beat you 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:53.760 that way. And I would take notice of what Alec 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:55.679 Pierce did. Man. I mean, this guy had a lot 0:17:55.720 --> 0:17:57.760 of buzz coming out of Cincinnati a couple of years ago. 0:17:58.240 --> 0:18:01.080 People were very excited about him. A guy that rose 0:18:01.160 --> 0:18:03.399 throughout the draft process ends up going in the second 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.679 round to the Colts. And if you think about dynamic 0:18:06.760 --> 0:18:09.760 play from quarterbacks like Richardson in the National Football League, 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.919 it's what they're able to do with their receivers across 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:16.320 the middle. Pierce having that type of that background, that 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.040 is going to be something Green Bay has to be 0:18:18.160 --> 0:18:20.560 leary of, whether that's gonna be on Keishaw Nixon or 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:23.479 you know, Jabon Bullard. The Packers making sure that they 0:18:23.480 --> 0:18:26.080 don't hurt you in the same way that Houston got 0:18:26.160 --> 0:18:26.919 hurt in that matchup. 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:29.560 Yeah, there's all that attention on Michael Pittman, and rightly 0:18:29.640 --> 0:18:31.800 so he gets the big contract and all that, you know, 0:18:31.920 --> 0:18:35.439 now becoming a big money, highly paid receiver. But who 0:18:35.480 --> 0:18:38.080 are the guys that made the big plays for Richards 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.439 in a Week one? It was Pearson Doolin, you know, 0:18:40.520 --> 0:18:43.199 the essentially the number two, number three guys. However you 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.200 want to however you want to order them. The other 0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:47.000 thing I'll say, when I look at this game, and 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:49.840 obviously you know a lot of a lot of what 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:52.520 we talk about here, you're trying to fix. You're trying 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:55.639 to change things from what happened in Week one. The 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:59.720 Packers weren't a good team in Week one in the 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:03.520 sub and change instances because you know, early in the game, 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.520 you know, the Packers get the two turnovers, they're in, 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:09.720 they're in the red zone. They aren't able to capitalize those. 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.080 They end up settling for field goals on the flip side. 0:19:12.080 --> 0:19:15.040 The one time the Packers turned the ball over, the 0:19:15.080 --> 0:19:18.520 Green Bay defense didn't respond, and when the Eagles had 0:19:18.520 --> 0:19:21.159 a short field twenty twenty five yards whatever it was, 0:19:21.600 --> 0:19:23.480 four or five plays they were in the end zones, 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.080 had a touchdown, and you know so again when you 0:19:26.280 --> 0:19:28.600 when you win the turnover battle three to one and 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:33.199