WEBVTT - #402 Packers Unscripted: Recapping the draft

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<v Speaker 1>M Hi. Everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Mike Spofford, joined today by a special guest,

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<v Speaker 1>the newest member of our Packers digital team, John Coon

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<v Speaker 1>is here to recap the two thousand nineteen NFL Draft

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<v Speaker 1>with me. While West is out of town for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of days. He'll be back on our next show.

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<v Speaker 1>But John, we survived the three day frenzy of the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL Draft, hopefully got a day of rest on Sunday,

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<v Speaker 1>and we're back. Anything from this eight player class for

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers that stands out to you as kind of

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<v Speaker 1>the the the over overwhelming trade or trend as far

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<v Speaker 1>as these players that Brian Gains brought in, I think

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<v Speaker 1>the entire draft class as a whole. You could use

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<v Speaker 1>the theme big guys that I mean, it's it's truly amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>You can just run down the list of each guy there.

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<v Speaker 1>Forty time is exceptional, their explosion is exceptional, and they're big,

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<v Speaker 1>they are taught, they are long, they can run. The

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<v Speaker 1>linebacker Tye Summers, wow, I mean I had to do

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<v Speaker 1>a little research of him after the draft, but he

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<v Speaker 1>is four or five one with twenty seven reps on

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<v Speaker 1>the bench press. He's a stat sideline to sideline speed

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<v Speaker 1>with some pops, So I mean top to bottom, they

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<v Speaker 1>are some explosive uh some players. Yeah, a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>athletic traits certainly that that applied to this class. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to go through. We'll just go through in chronological

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<v Speaker 1>order here, Day one, Day two, Day three, and what

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<v Speaker 1>Brian Gudacunsen his personnel staff did here. You look at

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<v Speaker 1>day one, John, and I tell you if anything speaks

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<v Speaker 1>to the mantra of best player available drafting, it was

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<v Speaker 1>this day one for the Packers because two edge rushers

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<v Speaker 1>and a safety were end in free agency. And then

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<v Speaker 1>on Day one, with two first round picks, Gudacon's drafted

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<v Speaker 1>an edge rusher in a safe exactly. He had players

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<v Speaker 1>he really liked as he thought the best players in

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<v Speaker 1>those spots. Obviously made a trade up for Darnell Savage,

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<v Speaker 1>the safety from Maryland at twenty one. But these are

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<v Speaker 1>these are two guys who are definitely going to have

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to step in and perform early and often

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<v Speaker 1>for Mike Petton's defense. Yeah, and I don't think there's

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<v Speaker 1>a real secret behind what they're trying to do here.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at Mike Patton's defense. You can think

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<v Speaker 1>of one word savage, A bunch of guys with relentless

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<v Speaker 1>attack towards the ball. And that's what they're building here. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>When you sign three out of four free agents in

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<v Speaker 1>the off season to your defense, and then five out

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<v Speaker 1>of eight draft picks again go to your defense, that's

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<v Speaker 1>showing a dedication and one that we're getting guys who

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna come downhill at you play after play after play,

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<v Speaker 1>and you see that. You see that with Gary, they

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<v Speaker 1>have the edges covered with the Smiths, which, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>how easy is it to say just the Smith's in

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<v Speaker 1>referring to the edge, Like we don't have to worry

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<v Speaker 1>about remembering three different we could just say And then

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<v Speaker 1>you add Gary and and you have three guys here

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<v Speaker 1>that that are all kinds of versatile, can jump inside,

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<v Speaker 1>can jump outside. Third down is going to be an

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<v Speaker 1>incredible down to watch this defense. And I think also

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<v Speaker 1>you go to the middle, the interior defensive line, and

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<v Speaker 1>that was probably the most solid part of our roster.

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<v Speaker 1>When you look at Tyler Lancaster, Mike Daniels, Ma, Trevius Adams,

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<v Speaker 1>Kenny Clark, and then you you're throw in the mix

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<v Speaker 1>that Gary can do that too, and King's Lee Kiki

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<v Speaker 1>later in the draft. I mean all kinds of options

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<v Speaker 1>at the defensive line front. Yeah, you said it with

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<v Speaker 1>the word versatility, because it looks like what's being built

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<v Speaker 1>here with this defensive front. And you also said it

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<v Speaker 1>on third down, it's about mixing and matching different packages,

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<v Speaker 1>different alignments. You know, you could see Zadarius Smith, Preston Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>They on a third down, they might be on the edge,

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<v Speaker 1>they might be on the interior. Rashaan Are he gives

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<v Speaker 1>you those same options, they'll be What I see developing

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<v Speaker 1>here on the defensive front is on a week to

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<v Speaker 1>week a game plan to game plan basis, Mike Patton

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<v Speaker 1>looking for specific matchups on certain downs. He wants this

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<v Speaker 1>guy against that blocker to get after the quarterback. And

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<v Speaker 1>they're trying to build this defensive front to give him

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<v Speaker 1>as many options as possible in that game planning sense.

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<v Speaker 1>And when you used to watch the old Baltimore Ravens

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<v Speaker 1>or the old Pittsburgh Steelers, they used to run this

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<v Speaker 1>defense that was really difficult for people to pick it up.

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<v Speaker 1>The forty Niners ran it to a certain extent, later

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<v Speaker 1>on too, and we would just give it the name

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<v Speaker 1>Summer defense because some guys are here and some guys

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<v Speaker 1>are there, and they're all just standing up on the

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<v Speaker 1>prout ready to pounce on the offense when they snapped

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. I see all kinds of options for the

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<v Speaker 1>defense to go in this direction this year. Mike Petton

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<v Speaker 1>is gonna have a grand old time standing at the

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<v Speaker 1>board right next is and knows finding ways for guys

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<v Speaker 1>to come and and an attack. But uh, but I

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<v Speaker 1>also think that second pick in the first round with

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<v Speaker 1>Darnell Savage also adds quite a bit of versatility to

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<v Speaker 1>this defense because he's a guy who in center field.

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<v Speaker 1>He has an innate characteristic for being able to find

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<v Speaker 1>the ball hunted down, play that center field and hold

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the field down. But what he's also

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<v Speaker 1>good at doing, and we've seen this at Maryland, he

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<v Speaker 1>drops down, he can cover the slot, and he can

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<v Speaker 1>come in the box and fit on runs. That's a

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<v Speaker 1>huge asset to have on the back end, to be

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<v Speaker 1>that versatile play all three of those different angles that

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<v Speaker 1>safety sometimes find niches for now he can do all three. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well with certainly with Savage, this was a guy that

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<v Speaker 1>that Brian Goudacuns targeted and he really liked. He gave

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<v Speaker 1>up two fourth round picks to the Seattle Seahawks in

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<v Speaker 1>a trade in order to move up from the thirty

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<v Speaker 1>spot up to twenty one to get the safety he

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<v Speaker 1>wanted on paper. This is the guy who has the

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<v Speaker 1>biggest opportunity in front of him in terms of potentially

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<v Speaker 1>being a full time starter right from day on, from

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<v Speaker 1>the day that he walks in here and uh, boy,

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<v Speaker 1>Rashawn Gary fot seventy seven pounds, you kind of scratch

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<v Speaker 1>your head at that. And then this guy Savage four

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<v Speaker 1>three six in the forty You know, I don't I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think the Packers have had this kind of speed

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<v Speaker 1>with a pure center field or safety since probably Nick

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<v Speaker 1>Collins was the guy back there. Wouldn't you agree? I

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<v Speaker 1>would agree, And that to me is what makes him

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<v Speaker 1>so special. That speed is why he can drop down

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<v Speaker 1>and cover the slot and uh and make plays on

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. Impress man. But let's sit him out in

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<v Speaker 1>center field and he could cover all fifty three yards

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<v Speaker 1>from sideline to side. Right, It's gonna it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>an incredible thing to watch this defense and how it

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<v Speaker 1>grows in year two. Yeah, all right, Well, before we

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<v Speaker 1>day two. Here in the draft, early on in the

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<v Speaker 1>second round, there was kind of a run on offensive tackles.

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<v Speaker 1>The Packers were the twelfth pick up in the second round.

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<v Speaker 1>There were four offensive tackles that were taken before the

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<v Speaker 1>Packers were on the clock, and the Packers did decide

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<v Speaker 1>to go offensive lineman. But but they went with an

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<v Speaker 1>interior offensive lineman Elton Jenkins from Mississippi State, a two

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<v Speaker 1>year starter at center his final two years in the SEC,

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<v Speaker 1>but a guy who started at pretty much every position

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<v Speaker 1>at some point on the offensive line. The Packers are

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<v Speaker 1>going to first look at as a guard potentially to

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<v Speaker 1>uh to compete for time there. Yeah, and when you look,

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<v Speaker 1>when you're six five and you have the arms as

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<v Speaker 1>long as his, you are not pegged in a spot.

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<v Speaker 1>You're not a center, a guard or a tackle, you

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<v Speaker 1>can play all five. And we saw that he did.

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<v Speaker 1>He did just that back in college. And and and

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<v Speaker 1>that versatility again, We're gonna go through every single guy.

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<v Speaker 1>That versatility again is what makes him so appealing. And

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<v Speaker 1>now I look at this offensive line and I think, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>we go across the front. We got David Bucktier, we

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<v Speaker 1>got Lane Taylor, we got Corey Linsley. Um, we got

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<v Speaker 1>Billy Turner, we got Brian Bulaga. But we didn't even

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<v Speaker 1>mention yet Cole Madison coming back last year's fourth round pick.

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<v Speaker 1>And now you got out and Jakets. This line looks

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<v Speaker 1>like it's gonna be stout. This line looks really really good. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you've got to be excited about going in

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<v Speaker 1>running the zone run offense with this with these guys,

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<v Speaker 1>and they're all really good pass protectors. It's I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm really excited about what they did with the offensive

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<v Speaker 1>line and how that's gonna progress here moving forward. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and Corey Linsley is a guy who's played every snap

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<v Speaker 1>at center for the last two years. But if he

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<v Speaker 1>were to need a backup, the Packers haven't really had

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<v Speaker 1>a pure experienced center as a as a potential backup

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<v Speaker 1>to Lindsley. So if Jenkins is not in that starting

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<v Speaker 1>lineup as a rookie, certainly it looks like he could

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<v Speaker 1>be a backup obviously at multiple spots down on the interior.

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<v Speaker 1>And people don't understand how difficult it is to actually

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<v Speaker 1>field the roster on game day, and with his versatility

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<v Speaker 1>the ability. I mean, normally on game day you only

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<v Speaker 1>dress seven maybe eight lineman, so that means you can't

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<v Speaker 1>even back up every single position. Sure if you get

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<v Speaker 1>three guys or god forbid, a fourth guy hurt your

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<v Speaker 1>line in tight ends or d lineman. I mean we've

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<v Speaker 1>seen that happen in the past. Yea. And to have

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<v Speaker 1>a guy who can literally go in and fill any

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<v Speaker 1>single spot that that that let you rest easy at

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<v Speaker 1>night as head coach Matt the floor knowing you have

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<v Speaker 1>that guy who is a plug in play guy. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>With the third round, then at pick number seventy five,

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers took a tight end j Sternberger out of

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<v Speaker 1>Texas A and M. Now, this is a guy he

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<v Speaker 1>started out at Kansas, things didn't work out there. He

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<v Speaker 1>went to a junior college, then gets an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>play at Texas A and M in the SEC and

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<v Speaker 1>as a one year player there seventeen point three yards

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<v Speaker 1>per catch and ten touchdowns in the Southeastern Conference. Those

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<v Speaker 1>are numbers that that jump out at you. Now with

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<v Speaker 1>only one really year as a full time starter as

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<v Speaker 1>a college player, there's a lot of development here to

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<v Speaker 1>go with Sternberger, but you can't ignore those numbers that confidence. No,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely not. Uh. He I'm so excited and and he

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<v Speaker 1>is probably the most out of all the draft picks

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<v Speaker 1>to one, I'm most excited about because there is so

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<v Speaker 1>much unknown and yet the ceiling is so high with

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<v Speaker 1>this guy. He just said, one year of Division one

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<v Speaker 1>football is really alwa played. But he had great numbers

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<v Speaker 1>in a great conference. That conference, by the Way had

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<v Speaker 1>forty nine guys drafted this weekend, which is I think

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<v Speaker 1>they said the highest. I think that was a record

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<v Speaker 1>for one and so what he was able to do

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<v Speaker 1>in that one year was quite exceptional. And and then

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<v Speaker 1>you go and you think, man, he gets to come

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<v Speaker 1>in and learn how to run routes behind Jimmy Graham,

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<v Speaker 1>and he gets to learn how to block with technique

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<v Speaker 1>from Mercedes Lewis. He has everything right at his fingertips

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<v Speaker 1>to become a great player. And in Matt Lafour's offense,

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<v Speaker 1>the key is getting separation for the tight end. You

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<v Speaker 1>can run them on over routes, you can run them

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<v Speaker 1>on stick routes. There's all kinds of combinations that they run.

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<v Speaker 1>And this guy showed he's able to create separation at

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<v Speaker 1>the highest level in Division one, and that's why he's here. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>And the biggest investment the Packers have made in the

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<v Speaker 1>draft in a tight end in five years, having used

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<v Speaker 1>a third round pick on Richard Rogers, so Um and Sternberger.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, in my opinion, West and I had talked

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<v Speaker 1>about this in shows leading up to the draft. If

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<v Speaker 1>you don't have those two Iowa tight ends, which was

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<v Speaker 1>very unusual to have those guys rated as high as

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<v Speaker 1>they were in both coming from the same school. These

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<v Speaker 1>other tight ends that were taken in the second, third,

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<v Speaker 1>and fourth rounds would have potentially been much higher picks

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<v Speaker 1>in other years, so I find that interesting as well.

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<v Speaker 1>With Day three, Packers had four picks ended up sitting

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<v Speaker 1>and picking at all, all four spots for all the

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<v Speaker 1>trading that was going on, and I believe that was

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<v Speaker 1>another record in this draft overall, was the number of

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<v Speaker 1>trades that were executed. No trades from the Packers. Gouda

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<v Speaker 1>Kuns ends up taking three defensive players, Kingsley Kiki, defensive

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<v Speaker 1>lineman from Texas A and m Kadar Holman, a cornerback

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<v Speaker 1>from Toledo and Ty Summers, inside linebacker from TCU. With Holman,

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<v Speaker 1>I tell you, I don't know what exactly your path

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<v Speaker 1>was to get to Shippensburg University, but what Holman had

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<v Speaker 1>to do just to get an opportunity to play in

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<v Speaker 1>college football, to to to get a chance at Toledo,

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<v Speaker 1>and then now for him to be drafted, it's quite

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<v Speaker 1>a story, it really is. And people forget to play

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<v Speaker 1>college football it's scholastic athlete. You still have the scholastic first,

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<v Speaker 1>and his struggles were trying to make sure his S

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<v Speaker 1>A T scores were good enough to get in. And

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<v Speaker 1>he grinded for a year until he got him at

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<v Speaker 1>a level where he could get in it. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>now he has his college degree, he's working on a masters.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just the biggest three sixty story that you could imagine.

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<v Speaker 1>And then he gets drafted. And he not only gets drafted,

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<v Speaker 1>he gets drafted to the Green Bay Packers, where he

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<v Speaker 1>can come in, he can develop, he can flourish. The

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<v Speaker 1>guy's tall, he's six ft tall, he runs a four three.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm all kinds of excited about a guy with those

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<v Speaker 1>measurables on the outside, and he's a three year starter.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't take anything away from a guy a three

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<v Speaker 1>year starter in Division one. You have it. You have toughness,

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<v Speaker 1>you have leadership, you have those in eight characteristics that

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<v Speaker 1>were gonna lead you to excel. Yeah, I mean it's

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<v Speaker 1>not at this point. It's not quite the you know,

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<v Speaker 1>bagging groceries and ending up in the Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 1>like kurb Horner. But a guy who's unloading trucks for

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<v Speaker 1>Dunkin Donuts and then, uh, suddenly then becomes a sixth

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<v Speaker 1>round draft pick of the Green Baby's email in his

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<v Speaker 1>game film to college, somebody give me a chance and

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<v Speaker 1>he bring him in as a walk one and he

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<v Speaker 1>makes the team, and yeah, yeah, it's a it's an

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<v Speaker 1>incredible it's an incredible story. Can't wait to meet this

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<v Speaker 1>guy when when he arrives later this week. Um, you

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<v Speaker 1>talked about Kingsley Kiki earlier. He kind of falls into

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<v Speaker 1>that same versatile defensive lineman thing. And then with Ty

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<v Speaker 1>Summers now an inside linebacker. But you know this is

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<v Speaker 1>this is a guy, another one with a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>the measurables, tested really well and strikes me as one

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<v Speaker 1>of these guys that if he can make the fifty three,

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<v Speaker 1>is one of these guys that you that you plug

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<v Speaker 1>in on special teams, on almost all those units and say,

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<v Speaker 1>use those athletic traits, go get it. Yeah. You know

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing with with Kingsley kick is I saw

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<v Speaker 1>two and and I saw or right. I thought this

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<v Speaker 1>guy's an interi your linement, he's an interior alignment. But

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<v Speaker 1>they said he played some defensive end and made a

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<v Speaker 1>transition in college, and but I still thought interiorlignement until

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<v Speaker 1>I went back and watched his forty at the combine.

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<v Speaker 1>He is an athlete. He is a speedster. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>he was trucking on the forty yard dash, and he's

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<v Speaker 1>he can show that versatility. He will be able to

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<v Speaker 1>do that with that type of speed. He'll be able

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<v Speaker 1>to bounce around at three or four different defensive line techniques.

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<v Speaker 1>And that again is a manage from Mike Petton. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he made a transformation with his body because he started

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<v Speaker 1>out as a nose tackle at A and m then

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<v Speaker 1>drop somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty pounds. They move

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<v Speaker 1>him out to defensive end for his final year, and

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<v Speaker 1>he gets seven sacks in the SEC. That you know,

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<v Speaker 1>when you jump out and play that position for the

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<v Speaker 1>first time and you get seven sacks again in that

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<v Speaker 1>type of conference, that's a guy that looks like, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's an arrow that's pointing up and you don't

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<v Speaker 1>necessarily know how high it might go. Yeah, and and

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<v Speaker 1>and let's be let's face it, most starting tackles in

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<v Speaker 1>the SEC end up playing in the NFL at some

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<v Speaker 1>point in time. It's just that's how good that conference is.

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<v Speaker 1>And and again I just go back to his forty time,

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<v Speaker 1>the way he ran, I think he was a train

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<v Speaker 1>coming down. Yeah. Well, the the other pick we haven't

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<v Speaker 1>talked about yet, the one offensive selection that was made

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<v Speaker 1>on Day three in the sixth round. Dexter Williams of

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<v Speaker 1>running back from Notre Dame. Another interesting story in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of his mother and some illnesses that she's dealing with,

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<v Speaker 1>and she moved from Florida up to Notre Dame to

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<v Speaker 1>uh to be with him. A really close, obviously tight

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<v Speaker 1>knit family. He was dealing with a suspension, suspended for

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<v Speaker 1>the first four games of last season. Then he comes

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<v Speaker 1>off that suspension. The first time he touches the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>he runs for like a forty five year old touchdown,

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<v Speaker 1>and then it was I think a week or two

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<v Speaker 1>later he breaks off a ninety seven yard touchdown, which

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<v Speaker 1>is the number two longest touchdown running Notre Dame's record books. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is a guy his forty time was in the

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<v Speaker 1>high four fives. But then you look at the film

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<v Speaker 1>and the big playability. This is a guy who runs

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<v Speaker 1>a wave. People does not correlate what Now. I love

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<v Speaker 1>running backs. I love running backs, and and the thing

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<v Speaker 1>that excites me about him is he is perfect for

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<v Speaker 1>this Matt Lafloor zone run game. He has a one

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<v Speaker 1>cut downhill and run away from people type back. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>He's he's larger, but he's not the biggest guy, but

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<v Speaker 1>he's still fast enough that he can take off. He

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<v Speaker 1>had a ninety yard touchdown in college. And what really

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<v Speaker 1>excites me about him is the fact that when he

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<v Speaker 1>touches the ball, what he's able to do on the

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<v Speaker 1>second level make guys miss. It's not just one cut

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<v Speaker 1>into the traffic. Boom bang bang, we got five yards,

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<v Speaker 1>you got the last two. He's taking it to the house.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a home run hitter in this offense, where if

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<v Speaker 1>you think about it, going back to the days of

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Shaner, Mike Shanahan and Denver when they had trilled

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<v Speaker 1>Davis one cut to the house. He was a late

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<v Speaker 1>round draft pick. I'm not making comparisons other than the

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<v Speaker 1>fact of the offenses, but it's pretty exciting to see. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>Well with William the thing that's interesting now the one

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<v Speaker 1>year last season was his first opportunity as the as

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<v Speaker 1>the full time number one running back at Notre Dame.

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<v Speaker 1>He rushes as I said, he sat out the first

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<v Speaker 1>four games because of a suspension that was for undisclosed reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a suspension imposed by the school. He gets

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<v Speaker 1>in the lineup, and over nine games he rushes for

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<v Speaker 1>nine yards and twelve touchdowns, I believe. So you wonder

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<v Speaker 1>if he had played all thirteen, you wonder what numbers

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<v Speaker 1>he would have put up. But the other thing that

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<v Speaker 1>jumped out at me, you look at the previous year

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<v Speaker 1>when he was in a part time role, he averaged

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<v Speaker 1>nine point two yards of carry. He only had thirty

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<v Speaker 1>or thirty six carries because he was a part time guy.

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<v Speaker 1>But every time he got the ball, he's getting a

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<v Speaker 1>first down. I mean, you can't ignore that kind of No,

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<v Speaker 1>you can't ignore that. And and his knock was a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit of off the field issues that he had.

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<v Speaker 1>But man, when you talked to him in his interview,

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<v Speaker 1>he seems like he's come full circle. He seems like

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<v Speaker 1>he's really focused. He's addressed these things in the past.

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<v Speaker 1>The fact that he's bringing his mom up here to

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<v Speaker 1>live with me. He calls her his guardian angel. I

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<v Speaker 1>just think his fantom. I mean, my mom did move

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<v Speaker 1>up here into I had kids. I wish I had

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<v Speaker 1>my mom taking care of me, making me dinners and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm launching for me. But that's why I just think

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<v Speaker 1>it's so great. He seems so focused, he's got his

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<v Speaker 1>vision straight, and I see nothing but upside with him.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, Well, we could talk about this draft class

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<v Speaker 1>probably all day long, but we're running out of time here,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm gonna call it a wrap on this edition

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<v Speaker 1>of Packers Unscripted. A big thanks to our newest member

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<v Speaker 1>of the Packers digital team, John Kon, for sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>and rapping with me about the draft. West will be

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<v Speaker 1>back for our next show, and until then, we'll see

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<v Speaker 1>you next time.