Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting next to the one and
Speaker 1: only West Hodkuits. We're coming to you here from our
Speaker 1: studios at lambeau Field and West. The Packers have trimmed
Speaker 1: down their roster from ninety players to fifty three. But
Speaker 1: I want to start the show by talking about a
Speaker 1: player who is not on the Packers fifty three man roster.
Speaker 1: But he's the player that Packers fans cannot stop talking about,
Speaker 1: and that's former Oakland Raiders pass rusher Khalil Mack. The
Speaker 1: Packers reportedly in the discussions for a potential trade for
Speaker 1: Mac amongst some other teams. Mac ends up going to
Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears for a couple of first round draft picks,
Speaker 1: a big trade for right at the end of training camp.
Speaker 1: I can't remember a move like this across the lead
Speaker 1: at this stage that that was this monumental in terms
Speaker 1: of the type of player involved. Just your thoughts on
Speaker 1: what went down with all this. I guess they're calling
Speaker 1: it the Khalil max Sweepstakes. Yeah, I guess it was.
Speaker 1: I mean, just such a unique situation first off, because
Speaker 1: of just what happened in Oakland with the Raiders for
Speaker 1: Mac to come available. You don't see a guy as
Speaker 1: young as he is, as talent as he is, and
Speaker 1: with as much upside as they're still there, come available
Speaker 1: at that stage of his career very often. And I
Speaker 1: thought when the interesting things of it, the Bears sort
Speaker 1: of you know, came out of nowhere to pick him up.
Speaker 1: And you know you mentioned him being something you can't remember. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I don't remember a defensive player ever, you know, making
Speaker 1: that amount of money and being traded all within the
Speaker 1: span of you know, a couple you know, forty eight
Speaker 1: hours like Mac was. But you know, this is a
Speaker 1: move that I think Ryan Pace feels like, you know,
Speaker 1: it adds It obviously adds a in all pro type
Speaker 1: pass rusher to Vic Fangio's defense. And it just so
Speaker 1: turns out the Packers will see him this upcoming week.
Speaker 1: It looks like so uh yeah, it was a really
Speaker 1: interesting discussion. I know our insider in backs fans have
Speaker 1: been talking about it for pretty much the last month. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, my whole two cents since the very beginning
Speaker 1: was it's not just what it takes to acquire him,
Speaker 1: it's going to be what is it worth to you
Speaker 1: to sign him long term? And and for the Bears,
Speaker 1: obviously that was an investment they were willing to make
Speaker 1: him with their quarterback situation right now being what it is.
Speaker 1: A young guy, a young roster um, they had the
Speaker 1: room to to be able to do it. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: I'll say this with regards to the Packers. Brian goudakuns
Speaker 1: to address the media on late Sunday afternoon with regards
Speaker 1: to the roster. He was asked in kind of a
Speaker 1: roundabout way about Khalil Mack. He wasn't going to get
Speaker 1: into any specifics as far as the discussion. I look
Speaker 1: at it simply from this point of us. If the
Speaker 1: price was two first round draft picks. I don't know
Speaker 1: if Gouda Kunst offered the Packers two first round picks
Speaker 1: in this next draft, because they have the one their
Speaker 1: own plus the one from the Saints, I don't know
Speaker 1: if that was the offer. But if I'm the Raiders
Speaker 1: looking at it, and I have the Bears to first
Speaker 1: round picture from the Bears in the next two drafts
Speaker 1: or two from the Packers in the next draft, I'm
Speaker 1: looking at it to say, well, those picks that from
Speaker 1: the Bears with Mitch Trobiski, a young guy still developing
Speaker 1: at quarterback, Versus picks that are going to be determined
Speaker 1: by the play of Aaron Rodgers and Drew Brees. The
Speaker 1: Packers and the Saints. I think they just went with
Speaker 1: the picks that they think we're gonna be higher, going
Speaker 1: to be worth more. I mean, regardless of the other
Speaker 1: issue you mentioned, which is fitting him under the cap
Speaker 1: and getting that deal done, because there was a lot
Speaker 1: of tension in Oakland as to you know, with him
Speaker 1: holding out and wanting a new deal and how much
Speaker 1: money he was going to want and all that kind
Speaker 1: of stuff. So a lot of logistics and everything that
Speaker 1: that went into this. But I will say this, Bryan
Speaker 1: Goudakun said when he was hired he wants to be
Speaker 1: in on every conversation. He's holding true to his word
Speaker 1: from everything that we're hearing. Yeah, and even you know,
Speaker 1: going back towards the free agent process, and sometimes that's
Speaker 1: going to result in you signing a Jimmy Graham or
Speaker 1: you know, bringing back Tramont Williams if it makes sense,
Speaker 1: and sometimes it doesn't result in anything. It's important to
Speaker 1: be in those conversations. It was a big point of
Speaker 1: emphasis for Goods coming in. They want to be in
Speaker 1: the know with everything, and I think up unto this point,
Speaker 1: now what eight months into this thing, he's loved up
Speaker 1: to that end of the bargain. Yeah, alright. Well, with
Speaker 1: regards to the fifty three players who are on the
Speaker 1: Packers active roster, already some adjustments being made before we
Speaker 1: came into the studio here to record this episode. The
Speaker 1: Packers on Saturday afternoon at the cutdown time had eight
Speaker 1: wide receivers that has now been trimmed to seven with
Speaker 1: Jake Kumuro going on injured reserve. The Packers doing that
Speaker 1: because by putting him initially on the fifty three and
Speaker 1: then moving him to injured reserve, he is eligible to
Speaker 1: come back potentially at a later point this season, which
Speaker 1: you cannot do if you put the player on i
Speaker 1: R before you get down to the fifty three. So
Speaker 1: the Packers now with seven receivers instead of eight, and
Speaker 1: they signed a new linebacker. Um Tumor is the last name.
Speaker 1: I'm the first name is escaping man at the moment,
Speaker 1: Corey Corey Tumor. So a new inside linebacker added too,
Speaker 1: added to the mix. There a lot of stuff going
Speaker 1: on here in the last seventy two hours with regards
Speaker 1: to the Packers roster. What sticks out to you? What
Speaker 1: are your major impressions. I think the first thing is
Speaker 1: still with the receivers, and while they did end up
Speaker 1: putting Kumero on I are, the fact that they carried
Speaker 1: seven of them through the cutdown tells you what they
Speaker 1: think of that group. You know, just starting off from
Speaker 1: the very top, Gerano Mallison left no doubt I thought
Speaker 1: in this preseason he's the number three receiver. And then
Speaker 1: you also have Trevor Davis, what he offers you on
Speaker 1: special teams, not only just as a returner, but as
Speaker 1: a gunner and the different things he can do there.
Speaker 1: And then obviously the biggest storyline is those three rookie receivers.
Speaker 1: All three of them made it. Much like the running
Speaker 1: backs last year, all three of them end up making
Speaker 1: the roster. A lot of projection there, but Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: touched on it a little bit right on that Friday
Speaker 1: after the Kansas City game, and then Brian Goodkins did
Speaker 1: the same thing on Sunday. After the cuts are made,
Speaker 1: it's projection. It isn't just about where Jamon Moore and
Speaker 1: Eke st Brown and Marquez Valdes Scantling are today. It's
Speaker 1: where they're going to be a year from now, where
Speaker 1: they're gonna be two years from now. I think from
Speaker 1: the very beginning we talked about it during the roster
Speaker 1: when they when they went with the draft. All three
Speaker 1: of these guys have incredibly talented gifts um and now
Speaker 1: it's gonna be the process of trying to develop those
Speaker 1: guys for the future. And and the nice thing is
Speaker 1: for them with having Randall Cobb, Davante Adams and even
Speaker 1: you know, Jimmy Graham there as well, along with you
Speaker 1: know Jonimlson going to his third year, it's not like
Speaker 1: these guys are gonna be pressed into action right away.
Speaker 1: There's still time to learn for them and to really
Speaker 1: develop their their full skill set. Yeah. Well, the Packers,
Speaker 1: as we know, the fifty three man roster gets trimmed
Speaker 1: to forty six every every Sunday for game Day. So
Speaker 1: the decisions now with the wide receivers, you know who's
Speaker 1: going to be active and available to play on Sundays,
Speaker 1: because as you said, there are projections involved as far
Speaker 1: as the future with some of these guys, they may
Speaker 1: not be ready to play. They might be those game
Speaker 1: day inactives here and there as we go through this season.
Speaker 1: One of the big decisions I thought coming out of
Speaker 1: the Kansas City game was whether or not the Packers
Speaker 1: would keep three quarterbacks on the fifty three man roster.
Speaker 1: Brett Honley was traded, as we had mentioned before the
Speaker 1: Kansas City game, elevated to Shaun Kaiser to the number
Speaker 1: two role. Then it came down to Tim Boyle. The
Speaker 1: undrafted rookie from Eastern Kentucky. Came out in the Kansas
Speaker 1: City game. First two drives march the Packers right down
Speaker 1: the field for two touchdowns. Then the second half didn't
Speaker 1: go quite so well, so a very uneven game. The
Speaker 1: Packers decided to keep Boyle on the fifty three man roster.
Speaker 1: He is um, he is an active player, and uh really,
Speaker 1: I thought when he was in the game with I
Speaker 1: guess what I would call the second string type players.
Speaker 1: He performed, he functioned, he looked like he completely belonged.
Speaker 1: Now when you get to the third and the fourth
Speaker 1: string guys in the second half, something started to unravel there.
Speaker 1: I think that's what the packers recognized that, hey, there's
Speaker 1: uh there, there's definitely enough upside to this quarterback to
Speaker 1: keep him on the team. He stole my point if
Speaker 1: you want to move on to the next topic, but
Speaker 1: I agree with you. That was my biggest takeaway from
Speaker 1: that game, the two series. I think it was two
Speaker 1: series that he got when he was actually working with
Speaker 1: the number two line and with you know, the receivers
Speaker 1: that he had there. Robert Tanyan obviously had a connection
Speaker 1: with there as well, and a Tannian ends up making
Speaker 1: the roster. I thought he looked exemplary. Now, the thing
Speaker 1: you have to understand with Tim Boyle, though, is like
Speaker 1: as Mike McCarthy talked about with any young player, there's
Speaker 1: ups and downs. There's evan flow. Tim Boyle, this isn't
Speaker 1: gonna come out and put together like this Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: type performance where every series is clean. He's thrown for
Speaker 1: four yards and three touchdowns. You know there's gonna be
Speaker 1: some fluctuation there. He's an undrafted rookie after all. But
Speaker 1: you go back to the things I've been saying since
Speaker 1: the very beginning with this guy. I love his pocket presence.
Speaker 1: He you know, if he makes a mistake in the pocket.
Speaker 1: It's not because the pressure got to him. He's willing
Speaker 1: to stand in there, take a hit and throw the
Speaker 1: football and put it where it needs to be. He
Speaker 1: has a great arm, and in the fact of the
Speaker 1: matter is I think operating within this offense. You saw it,
Speaker 1: especially on that first series, he functions in it really well.
Speaker 1: And I even said to you, I mean, yes, he
Speaker 1: has those moments where things don't go quite right, but
Speaker 1: it really does surprise you that this is a young
Speaker 1: man that just didn't have a little more success at
Speaker 1: the college level than he did, because I think you
Speaker 1: see the natural ability there, and the Packers obviously saw
Speaker 1: enough in it to keep that third quarterback for the
Speaker 1: fourth time in five years. Yeah, and hats off to
Speaker 1: Boil because he was in a tough spot in a
Speaker 1: lot of senses, because he had done some nice things
Speaker 1: in the first two preseason games and then he didn't
Speaker 1: play in the third round, so suddenly he gets thrown
Speaker 1: out there in Kansas City. He hasn't played an actual
Speaker 1: game action for two weeks. His reps in practice, you're
Speaker 1: always going to be limited as the number four quarterback
Speaker 1: in terms of the number of reps you're getting because
Speaker 1: Hunley wasn't traded until right up right up to the
Speaker 1: end of the preparation for Kansas City, so for him
Speaker 1: to go out there those first two drives, I know
Speaker 1: there was a big pass interference penalty that helped. He
Speaker 1: threw had a couple of really nice throws. You mentioned
Speaker 1: Robert ton in young tight end who ended up making
Speaker 1: this roster, the Packers keeping keeping four tight ends. I
Speaker 1: don't remember exactly the down and distance. I think it
Speaker 1: was a third down, maybe even a third and long. Okay,
Speaker 1: Um that that passed a Tanian over the middle that
Speaker 1: moved the chains, got the Packers into scoring position. That
Speaker 1: was sort of like an eye opener, like wow, like
Speaker 1: that ball came out of his hand, it was on time,
Speaker 1: It had some velocity. Um. Robert Tanyan, you know, caught
Speaker 1: it clean, big play and uh and something that both
Speaker 1: of those guys really showed what they're made up. A
Speaker 1: great point because I think it was the rising tide
Speaker 1: lifts all boats there, because I mean, you look at it.
Speaker 1: Boyle put it right where it needed to be and
Speaker 1: Tanya made a play on the ball once it got there.
Speaker 1: It wasn't just okay, it was a good throw and
Speaker 1: the catch wasn't there, the ball wasn't really where he
Speaker 1: wanted to be. In time, you just made a play, No,
Speaker 1: I mean both sides were working on that, and I think,
Speaker 1: and you've covered this team a lot longer than I have, Mike,
Speaker 1: but in my time, I was literally was sitting here
Speaker 1: on Sunday trying to think about two guys that I think,
Speaker 1: in my opinion, played themselves on a roster that weekend.
Speaker 1: And maybe the Packers already had some idea where they
Speaker 1: were gonna do with these guys, but the what Boil
Speaker 1: showed early on and then what Tanyan did with the
Speaker 1: reps that he was afforded. You know they always say
Speaker 1: every year, you know, you never really set out what
Speaker 1: you're gonna have for how many players are going to
Speaker 1: be on a roster, well, how many are going to
Speaker 1: be at a certain position. In my opinion, though, I
Speaker 1: still like the idea of having three quarterbacks, especially in
Speaker 1: today's environment with the c B A. And I love
Speaker 1: having four tight ends because there is that flexibility with
Speaker 1: special teams as well. You know, Kendricks and tanya know
Speaker 1: both contribute in that fashion. I just think when you
Speaker 1: look at them keeping Tanya. You have three veterans there
Speaker 1: and now you have a young guy that you can
Speaker 1: develop behind them. I think that's a really good thing because,
Speaker 1: as we've talked about so many times on the show, Mike,
Speaker 1: it's really tough for a young tight end just to
Speaker 1: come in and set the world on fire. They need time,
Speaker 1: and now Tanya is going to get that. Well, and
Speaker 1: what an opportunity for Tanya to be able to learn
Speaker 1: from the from these three tight ends that are ahead
Speaker 1: of him and Graham and Lewis and Kendricks. You couldn't
Speaker 1: ask for our situation as a young guy at that
Speaker 1: position trying to trying to make your way in the league.
Speaker 1: Graham catching, Louis blocking, and then you look at Lance
Speaker 1: Kendricks h back type all. That is a perfect classroom
Speaker 1: to be in for for Tania. Yeah alright, Well, before
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Speaker 1: Bay Packers. Okay, I wanted to get onto an element
Speaker 1: of this fifty three man roster, Brian Goudacun's first fifty
Speaker 1: three man roster that really stood out to me and
Speaker 1: I wrote about this on our website after gudacunts TATS
Speaker 1: press conference on Sunday afternoon. I look at three positions,
Speaker 1: in particular, tight end, as we've talked about, offensive line
Speaker 1: and cornerback. Look at some of these guys who are
Speaker 1: in reserve roles for the Packers West that are not
Speaker 1: expected to start. Um they're not expected to be starting players.
Speaker 1: Lance Kendricks, Byron Bell a backup guard and tackle on
Speaker 1: the offensive line, and then Devon House at cornerback. All
Speaker 1: three of these guys entering their eighth year in the league.
Speaker 1: That's three reserve players that have a collective twenty plus
Speaker 1: years of experience in the NFL. That's something to me
Speaker 1: that is different about this roster compared to some Packers
Speaker 1: rosters we've seen in recent years. Now, you can't have
Speaker 1: a ton of experience at backup positions all across the roster.
Speaker 1: The salary cap doesn't afford it. And number two, you
Speaker 1: want to have developing young players in your pipeline. That's
Speaker 1: part of uh the building block for sustained success in
Speaker 1: this league. But we've seen over the last handful of
Speaker 1: years West when the Packers have injury strike and they
Speaker 1: have to call on reserve players, we've seen a lot
Speaker 1: of young guys who haven't played before, maybe they're even
Speaker 1: just being called up from the practice squad, and they
Speaker 1: get thrown in because of the injuries. At least now
Speaker 1: at these three spots tight end, offensive line and cornerback.
Speaker 1: If the Packers have to dig a little bit deeper
Speaker 1: into their depth chart, they've got some experience there. And
Speaker 1: I think that's what makes this roster Brian Goodacus first
Speaker 1: fifty three man roster a little different from once we've seen,
Speaker 1: particularly in the first month of the season. Two was
Speaker 1: something I thought about now. I was at home working
Speaker 1: on our world famous game program and I had Packers
Speaker 1: dot Com up on my laptop and when I heard
Speaker 1: you asked that question, Good and I was like, that's
Speaker 1: a really good point and a really good, uh thing
Speaker 1: that I had sort of looked over. But if you
Speaker 1: think about it, it makes a lot of sense, both
Speaker 1: from the perspective of just look out personally just at
Speaker 1: Devon House. I remember talking to Trumont Williams two weeks
Speaker 1: ago after Williams signed. You remember House actually ended up
Speaker 1: resigning after that, and he said they actually talked a
Speaker 1: little bit and and Williams explained to him why he
Speaker 1: thought it would make sense for House to come back
Speaker 1: one more time, because one, there's a ton of cornerbacks
Speaker 1: that you're using on any given game in two, because
Speaker 1: of just what he could bring to that room and
Speaker 1: what he did last year if it wouldn't have been
Speaker 1: for the lower body injuries that he dealt with. Byron
Speaker 1: Bell coming in and you mentioned Kendricks, even a guy
Speaker 1: like Lewis and even look at Corey Tumor now coming
Speaker 1: in at inside linebacker. Antonio Morrison was just traded on
Speaker 1: learning tackler from another team with with you know, twenty
Speaker 1: plus starts in his NFL career. So what that screams
Speaker 1: to me specifically this first month two months of the
Speaker 1: season is you've got guys that have been there, They've
Speaker 1: done that in the game is not going to be
Speaker 1: foreign to them once they're in there. Um, Historically, when
Speaker 1: you look at Ted Thompson's teams, they always got better
Speaker 1: by December, especially the years in which they could avoid injuries,
Speaker 1: because you had young guys that were making progress every
Speaker 1: single week. And now I still think you're gonna have
Speaker 1: that element. You look at how deep the Packers are
Speaker 1: at cornerback, you look at having Robert Tanian available, some
Speaker 1: of the young offensive lineman that are there with Byron
Speaker 1: Bell on that depth chart, and then you add into
Speaker 1: the fact that you have experience that's going to be
Speaker 1: able to guide you throughout that season. I think it's
Speaker 1: the perfect blend. Certainly, we have to see how everything
Speaker 1: works out. Injuries can change things very quickly in this league.
Speaker 1: But as it stands right now, I think it's really
Speaker 1: impressive what Brian good Kinz is built because it seems
Speaker 1: to be a perfect marriage there between experience and also
Speaker 1: a lot of upside. Yeah, it's it's it seems to
Speaker 1: be a little bit more of a balance. And you know,
Speaker 1: when we're on the sidelines that practice during training camp,
Speaker 1: we're talking to the other beat reporters there, you know,
Speaker 1: guys that we know very well. We've had long relationships
Speaker 1: with a lot of them, and I had conversations with
Speaker 1: guys on the sideline. We'd be kicking things around, like, well,
Speaker 1: you know, is Kendricks going to make this team? Is
Speaker 1: Byron Bell going to make this team? And a lot
Speaker 1: of guys are like, well, yeah, look at what tanyans
Speaker 1: do when it doesn't look like Kendricks is gonna make it.
Speaker 1: I was like, well, hold on here, let's just let's see.
Speaker 1: And what ends up happening. They end up keeping them
Speaker 1: both the young developing player and the experience backup who
Speaker 1: can step in at a moment's notice and know exactly
Speaker 1: what he's doing and has a player who's been on
Speaker 1: the stage before and very similar in that respect with Bell.
Speaker 1: You look at they ended up keeping an undrafted rookie
Speaker 1: like Alex Light at offensive tackle, a young developing player.
Speaker 1: I know the injury happened with Kyle Murphy and he's
Speaker 1: on injured reserve and all that, but um, but then
Speaker 1: you have a veteran like Bell. It wasn't just okay,
Speaker 1: cut that guy loose because we feel like we have
Speaker 1: a young developing guy. It's like, no, let's maybe find
Speaker 1: a way, as you say, to have that marriage, to
Speaker 1: have to have both have your cake and eat it too,
Speaker 1: so to speak. And as I said, you can't do
Speaker 1: it at all positions across across your roster. It's not realistic.
Speaker 1: But in certain spots the Packers were able to do that.
Speaker 1: And that's what I what I like about the construction
Speaker 1: of this and what I think stands out is something
Speaker 1: a little different and the Mike Spofford, let's be a
Speaker 1: real moment of the week here that you look at
Speaker 1: the forty six you're talking about it earlier. You need
Speaker 1: guys like Byron Bell that can play guard, that can
Speaker 1: play tackle, Lucas Patrick who can play center in the
Speaker 1: both guard positions, you know, and while Jason Spriggs, you
Speaker 1: know it appears to be a little bit more specialized
Speaker 1: with the tackle position, still has shown in the past
Speaker 1: that he can move inside if he needs to. That's
Speaker 1: really the most important thing too. And I think when
Speaker 1: you look at you're building your depth. Don Barclay did
Speaker 1: it for so many years here, even you know, justin
Speaker 1: mccraig last year. You have to have guys that number six,
Speaker 1: number seven offensive linemen that can go in there and
Speaker 1: not be a let up and and know what they're doing.
Speaker 1: And I think that's what Bell gives you, and I
Speaker 1: that's the main reason why Brian Goodcuins went out and
Speaker 1: signed him back in the spring. Yeah. Well, young developing
Speaker 1: players are always going to be part of a draft
Speaker 1: and developed roster like the Packers have. And one guy
Speaker 1: that we definitely need to talk about here is James
Speaker 1: Crawford inside linebacker. I have to confess, Wes. He was
Speaker 1: never even on my radar, partly because he showed up
Speaker 1: two weeks into training camp. He was a he was
Speaker 1: a late signing, ends up making the fifty three man roster.
Speaker 1: Lights the world on fire on special teams in in
Speaker 1: Kansas City, Brian Goodakun said, one of the best special
Speaker 1: teams performances that the Packers have had in quite some time.
Speaker 1: In a preseason game, he earns his way onto the
Speaker 1: roster and you nailed it. An insider inbox the other day,
Speaker 1: this was like Chris Banjo all over again. A guy
Speaker 1: who comes in late the process and training camp you
Speaker 1: don't really think a whole lot of him, But Banjo
Speaker 1: did the same thing. He was so impressive on special
Speaker 1: teams that that's how he got a spot. And not
Speaker 1: only did Banjo get that spot, he ended up sticking
Speaker 1: around here for a few years and was a special
Speaker 1: Teams captain at certain times. And he's still in the
Speaker 1: NFL right now New Orleans. I mean special teams man.
Speaker 1: You as Jared Bush, They'll keep you in the league
Speaker 1: for eight nine years off you if you can, you know,
Speaker 1: be accountable in your assignments. Hey, listen, um. One thing
Speaker 1: I really loved from Bagudicus press conference when he was
Speaker 1: talking to the media, he was has about I think
Speaker 1: it was Zack Chiner and Hunter Bradley. They went with
Speaker 1: Hunter Bradley as a long snapper and he was asked, well,
Speaker 1: why was trainer taking most of the one reps throughout camp?
Speaker 1: And he's like, well, he was here longer, and I
Speaker 1: kind of got I sort of thought about that a
Speaker 1: little bit with James Crawford also Alex Light. You know
Speaker 1: those guys are running with the threes and fours and
Speaker 1: in camp and sometimes you got to remember that. You know,
Speaker 1: everybody wants to slot people on depth charts and oh
Speaker 1: this guy belongs here and this means this, and that
Speaker 1: means that. Well, sometimes guys are just really good football
Speaker 1: players too. And she as Crawford. From what I recall,
Speaker 1: I don't remember him being on many of the first
Speaker 1: team special teams units, but here he is lo and
Speaker 1: behold a nephew of Charles Woodson. Ye. Kind of an
Speaker 1: interesting factoid there as well. And hey, this is a
Speaker 1: really hungry ballplayer. And I don't really know his whole
Speaker 1: story in White. Took until August eighth for him to sign,
Speaker 1: but the fact that he came in here picked things
Speaker 1: up as quickly as he did the first time an
Speaker 1: undrafted rookie has made the roster since Banjo in two
Speaker 1: thousand thirteen. Uh, and he's the first inside linebacker to
Speaker 1: make it as an undrafted rookie since Roy Manning in
Speaker 1: two thousand five. So it just shows you that if
Speaker 1: you come in and you put it on film and
Speaker 1: you tell these guys here, this is what I can
Speaker 1: offer you, they're listening. It's never too late to come
Speaker 1: in here and make this ball team. And and that's
Speaker 1: exactly what James Crawford did. Well. Undrafted rookie from Illinois,
Speaker 1: there was one a few years ago that made this team.
Speaker 1: His name is Geronimo Alison. Now the number three wide
Speaker 1: receiver on an offense quarterback by Aaron Rodgers. So we'll
Speaker 1: just have to see what the future holds for a
Speaker 1: guy I like Crawford. But with that, we're going to
Speaker 1: call it a wrap on this edition of Packers on Scripted.
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