1 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:10,520 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from 2 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spafford, joined as always 3 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: by the one the only Weston Hodkowitz. We're coming to 4 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 1: you here from our studios at lambeau Field to talk 5 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 1: about the Packers' twenty twenty four schedule. Wes. The schedule 6 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 1: is out. It has seventeen regular season games on it. 7 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 1: I was hoping for sixteen, nine at home, eight on 8 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: the road. We knew all that beforehand. We knew who 9 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: the opponents would be. Now we know the order, we 10 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:48,559 Speaker 1: know the game times. Just your initial impression when you 11 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,479 Speaker 1: took a glance at the schedule, what jumped out at 12 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: you first? 13 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 2: Nothing? Which is interesting because there were so many years 14 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: where there'd be like an early bye week or some 15 00:00:58,720 --> 00:01:01,560 Speaker 2: bizarre stretch of road, or you know, some things that 16 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,160 Speaker 2: just catch right. This was the most, as I wrote 17 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 2: in our Insider Inbox column, the most straightforward schedule I 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 2: think the Packers have had in all my years covering 19 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:12,080 Speaker 2: the team. To answer your question truthfully, it is that 20 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: primetime slate of games. Four straight weeks of primetime games 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: late in the season, including that Thursday night Thanksgiving game. 22 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 2: Against the Miami Dolphins. But by and large, Mike, it 23 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 2: was a very balanced schedule. The Packers got the bye 24 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:27,320 Speaker 2: week's smack dab in the middle of the season. There's 25 00:01:27,319 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 2: no week once for once, there's no Week four, there's 26 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 2: no Week fourteen, Week thirteen, Week five. No, it's right 27 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: there in Week ten. Some pivotal games sandwiched around that. 28 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: Being able to host the Detroit Lions. You want to 29 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: win that one going into the bye week. You and 30 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: I'll be talking about that leading into that game, sure, 31 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,600 Speaker 2: and then on the other side of it, facing Caleb 32 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: Williams for the first time. I believe on that one. Yeah, 33 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 2: because they'll get them on the finale at Lambo. So 34 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:54,320 Speaker 2: pretty straightforward schedule, and honestly, I think for the Green 35 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 2: Bay Packers, especially with that start in Brazil, as normal 36 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: as you could hope for. Yeah. 37 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,400 Speaker 1: Absolutely. As you said, the bye week is in a 38 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: normal spot for the first time in a long time. 39 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: It's after nine games and then eight games beyond that, 40 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 1: So that's as close to the middle as you're going 41 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 1: to get with an odd number of regular season games. 42 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: A couple other things that jumped out at me, and 43 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: we'll talk a little bit more about about the stretch 44 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:21,720 Speaker 1: of primetime games late in the year, which which really 45 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: is an anomaly. It's it's the one true, like quirky 46 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:31,240 Speaker 1: thing about this schedule, quite frankly. But the other thing 47 00:02:31,280 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 1: too is other than during that stretch of primetime games 48 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:41,000 Speaker 1: late November and early December, the Packers don't have back 49 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:45,080 Speaker 1: to back road games except for when they have the 50 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 1: Thursday night game at Detroit in early December and then 51 00:02:48,680 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 1: ten days later they have another night game at Seattle. Otherwise, 52 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: you know, every time the Packers go on the road, 53 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:59,639 Speaker 1: they come back, you're not preparing to go right back 54 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: on the again for another game. I think that's something 55 00:03:02,440 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: that could really benefit this team because, as you said, 56 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:08,000 Speaker 1: there every year there seems to be a stretch where it's, 57 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: you know, four road games in five weeks or you know, 58 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,920 Speaker 1: something like that. Obviously, this year, with the Packers having 59 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: the extra home game, nine home games versus eight road games, 60 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 1: and then one of the road games was already known 61 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: as the trip to Brazil early in the season, and 62 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: you kind of figured that the NFL would put a 63 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,640 Speaker 1: home game in Week two after the Packers are coming 64 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,799 Speaker 1: back from that long flight, and that's h and that's 65 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:37,640 Speaker 1: exactly what happened. I think in that respect, the schedule, 66 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: the schedule sets up nicely because you don't look at 67 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: it from a travel standpoints as saying like, oh, that's 68 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:46,680 Speaker 1: going to be you know that that's going to be 69 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: really tough on everybody. That that's sort of what what jumped. 70 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 2: Out of It is the craziest thing, Mike, because the 71 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,880 Speaker 2: most difficult challenge I'm talking just from a pure body 72 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 2: composition standpoint is going to Brazil and then coming back 73 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 2: nine days later than you got the Indianapol. Yeah, making 74 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: that type of time difference, trying to use the long 75 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 2: weekend to sort of reacclimate yourself to Central time zone 76 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 2: and all that type of stuff, and getting your sleep 77 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 2: cycle back. But overall, I mean, even when you look 78 00:04:10,880 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 2: at the back to back games that they have Sunday, 79 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: November twenty fourth against San Francisco at home, then they 80 00:04:16,120 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 2: come back and on Thursday play the Thanksgiving game against Miami, 81 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 2: Well that's two that starts two weeks after they're bye, 82 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,799 Speaker 2: so it's not even like you've gone through this long, 83 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 2: arduous sort of stretch and then you get the two 84 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 2: games in four days. Even then you're relatively rested, you 85 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,880 Speaker 2: would hope, because it's just the game going down to Chicago. 86 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,560 Speaker 2: That forty minute flight down to Chicago that runs before 87 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 2: that the part that I love. And again you never 88 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 2: know how these things are gonna go flex scheduling and 89 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: everything that goes into that. But the season starts with 90 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 2: four straight home games at noon Central start times Indianapolis Colts, which, 91 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:54,600 Speaker 2: by the way, I love that matchup because it gives 92 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 2: the Packers, you know, Anthony Richardson coming back hopefully healthy 93 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:00,760 Speaker 2: once again, and Jordan I mean, two of the more 94 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,279 Speaker 2: recognizable young quarterbacks in this league. Could be very exciting 95 00:05:03,320 --> 00:05:06,400 Speaker 2: from that standpoint. Then you get the Minnesota excuse me, 96 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 2: you get the Minnesota Vikings Aaron Jones coming back, and 97 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:11,479 Speaker 2: then you get the back to back games with Arizona 98 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 2: and then the Houston Texans, which is a game that 99 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,600 Speaker 2: you pointed out seeing the reigning NFL offensive rookie of 100 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 2: the Year in CJ. Stroud. It's an exciting stretch to 101 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 2: begin the season, and then on the back half of 102 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 2: it you have some big games with some huge implications. 103 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 2: But in some ways it also lines up okay with 104 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 2: the way the home slate sort of works. Itself out. 105 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think another thing that I like, because this 106 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 1: doesn't always happen, is that the one time the Packers 107 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: are on the short week with regard to the Thursday game, 108 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: not only is the Thursday game at home, which is 109 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 1: the Thanksgiving night against the Miami Dolphins. The Packers have 110 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: another Thursday game the following week at Detroit. But obviously 111 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:55,360 Speaker 1: you're not on a short week there because you're going 112 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 1: Thursday to Thursday. But when you're on the short week, 113 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,600 Speaker 1: you have that game at home, there isn't the travel involved, 114 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:06,080 Speaker 1: and the Sunday before you're at home, so you're not 115 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: coming back from a road game, and then suddenly you 116 00:06:09,760 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: know you're cramming in that short week where then you 117 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,200 Speaker 1: know you're playing on a Thursday. Now, obviously that's a difficult, 118 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:18,200 Speaker 1: you know, that's a difficult two steps, so to speak. 119 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 1: Two games in five days both at Lambo is nice, 120 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:25,960 Speaker 1: but San Francisco forty nine ers the Sunday before Thanksgiving, 121 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 1: which obviously is a rematch of the NFC Divisional Playoff 122 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:32,840 Speaker 1: from last year, and then the Miami Dolphins on Thanksgiving Night. 123 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:35,960 Speaker 1: That's back to back playoff teams. YEP from twenty twenty three, 124 00:06:36,360 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: that you're playing in a span of five days. 125 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,159 Speaker 2: I do need someone from the league to actually explain 126 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,039 Speaker 2: to me, like why the Packers keep getting matched against 127 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:45,440 Speaker 2: Miami for holiday games? 128 00:06:45,960 --> 00:06:49,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, that is really that is strange. Twenty twenty two, 129 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:53,320 Speaker 1: it was Christmas Christmas in Miami and now this year 130 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 1: it's a Thanksgiving at Lambo. 131 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 2: As uncommon opponents go. That's pretty strange. Yes, I don't 132 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: know about you. I don't think about the dreen Bay 133 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,640 Speaker 2: Packers playing on Christmas in Miami, nor do I think 134 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 2: of the Miami Dolphins being a Thanksgiving team. But be 135 00:07:07,839 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 2: that as it is. This is the schedule that you 136 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: have and the very unique swing of Miami Dolphins football, 137 00:07:15,520 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 2: and then basically a regular seven day recovery stretch before 138 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 2: you travel to Detroit. You make that leap across like 139 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 2: Michigan overall again, even the back to back games, having 140 00:07:26,640 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 2: the ten days between the two of them before you 141 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 2: go to Seattle, which is a big stretch. I mean, 142 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 2: that's a big trip. But yeah, it's pretty laid out, 143 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 2: pretty good, Mike. It's pretty pretty wild that way. 144 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 1: The other thing that's interesting, and this is what I 145 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 1: wrote about on our website with regard to with regard 146 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,720 Speaker 1: to the four consecutive night games, and again just for 147 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,160 Speaker 1: the rundown. It starts Thanksgiving night with Miami at Lambeau, 148 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: the following Thursday night at Detroit, then after the little 149 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: Mini Bie on the weekend, the following Sunday night, you're 150 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: at Seattle, and then you come back with the consecutive 151 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: primetime game Monday Night Football, which is the Packers' only 152 00:08:04,760 --> 00:08:08,440 Speaker 1: appearance this season on Monday Night Football, Monday Night Football 153 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: against New Orleans. Here's the thing, though, if that Week 154 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,320 Speaker 1: eighteen game, which the way the NFL does things now, 155 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: nothing is set in stone with red to Week eighteen, 156 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: could be Saturday, could be Sunday. You don't know what 157 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: time you're gonna kick off. A lot of that stuff 158 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: gets determined kind of at the last minute, based on 159 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: the playoff picture obviously, But that Week eighteen home game 160 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,480 Speaker 1: against the Bears, if the league decides to put that 161 00:08:32,520 --> 00:08:35,319 Speaker 1: one in primetime, which you can't rule out, yep, No, 162 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: then five of the last six regular season games will 163 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,320 Speaker 1: be night games for Green Bay. After having a stretch 164 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: in the early part of the season where after the 165 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: Packers come back from Brazil, they have six out of 166 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: seven noon Central time kickoffs, which is the type of 167 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: stretch that we haven't really seen in a long time 168 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:01,920 Speaker 1: around here. Either have a stretch of seven games and 169 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: only one of them is not a noon Central time 170 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: kick From a work standpoint for us, we love that, right. Yeah. 171 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,880 Speaker 2: From a marriage standpoint, it's kind of nice. Yeah. I 172 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:16,040 Speaker 2: remember two years ago, I think it was the Packers 173 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:17,199 Speaker 2: had one noon home game. 174 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, that was it. 175 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:20,440 Speaker 2: That was it. Yeah, So to have four right off 176 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:22,839 Speaker 2: the bat, like, that's pretty cool. I will say this too. 177 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 2: I threw this in my news and notes. There's always 178 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 2: something quirky about these schedules. I remember a couple of 179 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:28,800 Speaker 2: years ago. It was actually when I was still at 180 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 2: the pres Gazette, I wrote about how the Packers, because 181 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 2: the Vikings want to open US Bank Stadium against green Bay, 182 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:36,320 Speaker 2: green Bay ended up having back to back road games 183 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: to start the season. That was the first time they'd 184 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,960 Speaker 2: done that in like ninety three years or something. Yeah, 185 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 2: this particular schedule very interesting. Note for as often as 186 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,760 Speaker 2: the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears have played each other, 187 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:49,680 Speaker 2: this is the first time since nineteen thirty two and 188 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 2: thirty three that they've had back to back regular season 189 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 2: finales against each other, and if you want to take 190 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:57,760 Speaker 2: it even further, it's the first time Green Bay has 191 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,680 Speaker 2: ever hosted the Chicago Bears in back back regular season finales. 192 00:10:01,960 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 2: Just wild when you think about how many different schedules, 193 00:10:04,600 --> 00:10:07,560 Speaker 2: how many different combinations, how many machinations of this NFL, 194 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 2: you know, seasons have been created that we're gonna kind 195 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:14,080 Speaker 2: of see an opening first chapter here in a book 196 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 2: that is pretty darn long. 197 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 1: Yeah, And it's interesting too because because in you know, 198 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: in sort of the recent Packers history, Packers Bears finales 199 00:10:25,160 --> 00:10:27,559 Speaker 1: in the regular season have ended up having a lot 200 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: of significance. You know, you look at obviously, twenty ten 201 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: got the Packers in the playoffs, started them on the run. 202 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 1: Twenty thirteen at Soldier Field was the division title on 203 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: the line, with Rogers and Cob both coming back from 204 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,839 Speaker 1: long injuries, and we all know the fourth and eight 205 00:10:42,880 --> 00:10:47,360 Speaker 1: from the forty eight, and then last year the Packers 206 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: had to win that game to get into the playoffs 207 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 1: and launched what almost became a very extended playoff run 208 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 1: and and might have been if if not for letting 209 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: that game in San Francisco just get away and final 210 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: five minutes. 211 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:02,839 Speaker 2: You and I last week we were talking about the 212 00:11:02,880 --> 00:11:05,079 Speaker 2: Detroit game. I had to laugh because I was rewatching 213 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:07,559 Speaker 2: parts of that episode in our last one earlier this week. 214 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 2: I should say, you were talking about, Hey, maybe Detroit 215 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 2: in the finale. I was like, hey, maybe week two 216 00:11:12,360 --> 00:11:15,280 Speaker 2: versus Detroit, and they are gonna play a primetime game, 217 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:17,400 Speaker 2: a Thursday night football game there on December fifth. But 218 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 2: it was funny to me that, you know, the two 219 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:23,520 Speaker 2: soothsayers over here kind of. I mean, we're all swinging 220 00:11:23,520 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 2: at pitch as we can see, but right, it's still 221 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,560 Speaker 2: pretty funny that, oh, yeah, well maybe it'll be the finale. Well, 222 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:30,280 Speaker 2: maybe it'll be the beginning. Maybe it'll be both. It's 223 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,680 Speaker 2: actually neither. 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All right, we know 232 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,880 Speaker 1: about you know, the Brazil game, and we know the 233 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: significance of the division games and all that. Is there 234 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:10,679 Speaker 1: a game on this schedule that you know isn't really 235 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,040 Speaker 1: being talked about all that much or whatever, but that 236 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 1: you think when the time comes, it's going to have 237 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: maybe a bigger spotlight on it then we might predict 238 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: at the moment. 239 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 2: It's a really good question, Mike, because the one that 240 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,599 Speaker 2: when we did our instant reacts, you know, pick a 241 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:29,280 Speaker 2: game out that really jumps off the page. Whew, I said, Detroit. 242 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 2: But it was for the exact opposite reason of what 243 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,400 Speaker 2: you're describing, because it was a team that's the defending 244 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:37,320 Speaker 2: NFC North champion that went to the NFC Championship game, 245 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,200 Speaker 2: came within a nail of getting to the Super Bowl, 246 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,079 Speaker 2: and you're going to host them the week before the 247 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 2: bye week. So in terms of consequential games, I feel 248 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:48,040 Speaker 2: like that is the that is the close of the 249 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: first half of the season. That's that's right before halftime, 250 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:53,080 Speaker 2: trying to run the two minute drill here, right, Yeah, 251 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 2: But the game if you if you structured under that construct. 252 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 2: It probably is week five at the Los Angeles because 253 00:13:00,920 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 2: that's where green Bay, you would hope, can build up, 254 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 2: Like Mike McCarthy always used to talk about that quarter pole, 255 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:09,479 Speaker 2: that first quarter of the season, build up some momentum 256 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,520 Speaker 2: and take on a team that I thought, you know, 257 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 2: green Bay made the big run and everybody was so 258 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 2: excited about it. I thought that green Bay's run during 259 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 2: the final six seven weeks of this season, it's sort 260 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:24,360 Speaker 2: of overshadowed everything the Rams were doing. Once Matthew Stafford 261 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 2: got healthy, right, yeah, you know this. The Rams had 262 00:13:26,640 --> 00:13:29,080 Speaker 2: quite the rally there too at the end of the season. 263 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 2: And again, if there wasn't for the seventh game, they 264 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:33,360 Speaker 2: would have been able to close out that that last 265 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 2: playoff spot. So for green Bay to go off of 266 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 2: that start, get some early momentum hopefully, and then travel 267 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 2: and play that first game out in Los Angeles against 268 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 2: the Rams, I'm very interested, I should say at SOFI. 269 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,440 Speaker 2: Obviously they played at the Coliseum in eighteen, but that's 270 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:53,839 Speaker 2: gonna be kind of a little bit of a meter 271 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:55,880 Speaker 2: and you know, measuring stick moment because then you come 272 00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:58,439 Speaker 2: back and you know, you have Arizona and then we'll 273 00:13:58,440 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 2: see where things go for the Cardinals, but then you 274 00:13:59,880 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 2: have Houston, then you have Detroit, then things really start 275 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:02,200 Speaker 2: to ramp up. 276 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, and as I mentioned in the video that the 277 00:14:05,280 --> 00:14:07,679 Speaker 1: video that we shot with Larry, I kind of had 278 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: my eye on this, you know, regardless of where it 279 00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 1: was going to fall in the schedule. But this whole 280 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: matchup with Houston, which ends up in Week seven, it's 281 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 1: a noon start at Lambeufield Sunday, October twentieth. You have 282 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:27,520 Speaker 1: the Packers and the Texans, two teams that a year 283 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: ago at this time, nobody would have said they're going 284 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,160 Speaker 1: to the playoffs. In twenty twenty three, they were the 285 00:14:33,200 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 1: two teams really the one team from each conference that 286 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: were the surprise playoff qualifiers. And then, as you mentioned before, 287 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 1: it's c. J. Stroud, the reigning NFL Offensive Rookie of 288 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 1: the Year, Jordan Love at quarterback. These two guys, you know, 289 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:54,760 Speaker 1: young up and coming quarterbacks who could be big time 290 00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: stars in this league for a long time to come, 291 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 1: and this will be their first matchup. And it's a 292 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:04,040 Speaker 1: matchup because of Houston being in the AFC, it's not 293 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:08,479 Speaker 1: one that you're going to see all that often. Potentially 294 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:11,479 Speaker 1: more than once every four years because of that seventeenth 295 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 1: game thing. Now, but still AFC versus NFC, these two 296 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks, they're not going to square off a whole 297 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: heck of a lot. And uh, and this is the 298 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 1: first one here in October. 299 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, you won't hear me complaining either. I really want 300 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 2: to go to Energy. I have not been to Energy yet, 301 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 2: I miss. That's right. 302 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: You had you had mentioned that that that's one. That's 303 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:32,880 Speaker 1: one one of three I haven't been to. I've I 304 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: distinctly remember that the time I was there, that twenty 305 00:15:37,160 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: twelve Sunday night football game where the Texans were either 306 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,840 Speaker 1: four and oh or five and o or whatever. There was, yeah, 307 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: five and oh, and the Packers were kind of struggling 308 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,320 Speaker 1: because they had they had they had lost the Fail 309 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 1: Mary game in Seattle. They had lost on another kind 310 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: of a tough controversial decision in Indianapolis because of a 311 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 1: because of a roughing the passer thing where it looked 312 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: like the Packers were gonna get a strip sack and 313 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 1: that got taken away. And then they go down they 314 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,440 Speaker 1: go down to Houston, and you know, Aaron Rodgers throws 315 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,760 Speaker 1: for a gazillion touchdowns and they completely blow out the 316 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 1: last undefeated team in the NFL. Still, that season. 317 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 2: To me the most one of the most bizarre seasons 318 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,680 Speaker 2: that not the Packers. Well, I'll flip this both ways. 319 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,480 Speaker 2: Let's start where I was gonna say about the Texans. 320 00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:28,880 Speaker 2: That was the Texans only lost in their first twelve games. 321 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:30,960 Speaker 2: So not only did was they the last team undefeated 322 00:16:30,960 --> 00:16:32,640 Speaker 2: team to lose, they went on a six game winning 323 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 2: streak after that. 324 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: I didn't even realize that. 325 00:16:34,520 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, and then they kind of taint yeah at. 326 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: The end of the sea. That's probably why I don't 327 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,920 Speaker 1: really remember it, because they ended up they did end 328 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:43,280 Speaker 1: up fading badly at the end of that season. 329 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 2: And then they ended up getting beat by the Patriots 330 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 2: in the playoffs Green Bay. I've always maintained this is 331 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 2: not where I want this conversation to go, but we're 332 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:50,040 Speaker 2: going there, so I'm just gonna drive and sit in 333 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,840 Speaker 2: the seat and drive. I've always said the twenty twelve 334 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,560 Speaker 2: season is one of the most one of the best 335 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 2: Packers seasons that no one ever talks about, yep, because 336 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: that was actually a pretty good team was ranked eleventh 337 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 2: that year. They actually krik Casey Hayward was a Rookie 338 00:17:03,400 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 2: of the Year finalist on the defensive side of the ball. 339 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 2: But then the Kaepernick game happened and you had the 340 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 2: fail Mary earlier in the season. There's so many things 341 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 2: that people remember about that year for the wrong reasons. 342 00:17:12,560 --> 00:17:15,720 Speaker 2: But all that being said, yeah, the exciting thing to 343 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,239 Speaker 2: bring it back to this thing about Stroud is you 344 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 2: covered the early days of Aaron Rodgers. I did not. 345 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 2: I was covering Green Bay prebble track and field in Luxembourg, 346 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:25,360 Speaker 2: Castle wrestling in all those times. 347 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:27,240 Speaker 1: I did that for a long time myself as well. 348 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,399 Speaker 1: During the Brett Favra, That's what I was doing. But 349 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: much of the Brett FAVERI. 350 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,919 Speaker 2: What you saw that I did not see unless I 351 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 2: was watching it on Sundays was Aaron Rodgers taken on 352 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 2: Drew Brees for the first time, Aaron Rodgers taken on 353 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,600 Speaker 2: Tom Brady for the first time, Peyton Manning. The list 354 00:17:43,680 --> 00:17:47,080 Speaker 2: goes on and on, and the exciting thing about Jordan 355 00:17:47,160 --> 00:17:49,840 Speaker 2: at this at this part of it is you are 356 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 2: going to see Anthony Richardson, you are going to see c. J. Stroud, 357 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 2: You're going to see some of these young up and comers. 358 00:17:54,359 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 2: We'll see what can happen here with Caleb Williams, Jared 359 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,639 Speaker 2: Goff's second highest paid quarterback in the NFL. Now that 360 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 2: Jordan has established himself and you still have to stay 361 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:05,840 Speaker 2: on that track and you know, keep keep climbing, but 362 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:08,359 Speaker 2: now you aren't so much thinking about, Okay, well how 363 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 2: is Jordan gonna play against this particular defense. You start 364 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:14,200 Speaker 2: to get sort of the celebrity, the off factor fact 365 00:18:14,280 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 2: going into these games, and that it was fun this 366 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 2: compared to last year where there were so many questions 367 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,840 Speaker 2: about the Packers and the players and the young, you know, 368 00:18:21,960 --> 00:18:24,359 Speaker 2: youth of this roster. Well, this year, when I was 369 00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:25,879 Speaker 2: looking at the schedule and how it laid out, I'm 370 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 2: thinking a lot of times of like, oh, Jordan love 371 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 2: verus this team. You know, you look at you know 372 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 2: guy like, you know, Josh Jacobs, what's he going to 373 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,159 Speaker 2: do against this defense? Yeah, that's cool, And that's what 374 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 2: happens when you're a contending team. 375 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,359 Speaker 1: Yeah. I didn't realize this until until you know, we 376 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:41,440 Speaker 1: turned on the cameras and started diving into this a 377 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:45,119 Speaker 1: little bit more. But you know, the the whole AFC 378 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: NFC thing. This year, the NFC North is matched up 379 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:51,880 Speaker 1: with the AFC South, So everybody in the NFC North 380 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: is going to play every team in the AFC South 381 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 1: over the course of the season. The Packers have those 382 00:18:57,880 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: four games against the AFC Souths within the first eight 383 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: weeks of the season. Yep, like those those four matchups. 384 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: So then after that, the only AFC matchup you have 385 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:11,000 Speaker 1: left is the quote unquote seventeenth game, which which in 386 00:19:11,040 --> 00:19:16,240 Speaker 1: this case becomes the Miami game on Thanksgiving Night at Lambo. 387 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:19,640 Speaker 1: So just kind of interesting in a sense how that fell. 388 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:24,639 Speaker 1: The four games against the AFC South. It's back to 389 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 1: back weeks two and three home against Indie road at Tennessee, 390 00:19:28,520 --> 00:19:30,680 Speaker 1: and then back to back weeks seven and eight home 391 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 1: against Houston on the road at Jacksonville. Just you know, 392 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:37,879 Speaker 1: kind of fit those games in a nice, neat little 393 00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 1: packages early in the season instead of being in like 394 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:45,080 Speaker 1: weird spots or whatever. And again, as we started the 395 00:19:45,119 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: whole conversation, the only thing about this schedule that feels 396 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:52,800 Speaker 1: quirky to me is the run of four consecutive primetime 397 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:57,440 Speaker 1: games starting on Thanksgiving Night, which I can't ever remember 398 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,320 Speaker 1: four consecutive primetime games, and that could turn into five 399 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: primetime games in a span of six in a span 400 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,920 Speaker 1: of six if the Week eighteen game against Chicago ends 401 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:08,120 Speaker 1: up at night as well. 402 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 2: Well, in the fact that you remember, it may be 403 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 2: kind of a scheduling quirk that did they end up 404 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,280 Speaker 2: being four straight primetime games, but it's not. It's not 405 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:19,080 Speaker 2: an oversight that it happened in the second half of 406 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 2: the season, that happened down the stretch. Sure that tells 407 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 2: you that the NHL, you know, sees these teams, the 408 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 2: teams that they're playing. I mean, there's no pushovers in 409 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,480 Speaker 2: that group either. I mean, I understand that Seattle didn't 410 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 2: make the playoffs last year, in New Orleans didn't, but 411 00:20:30,480 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 2: they were both alive the last week, last week of 412 00:20:32,680 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 2: the season last year. So that part of it's really 413 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:36,879 Speaker 2: interesting to me. The other thing I always want to say, 414 00:20:36,920 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 2: because so many people always bring this up an inbox 415 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:41,879 Speaker 2: that we talk about, is, you know, the strength of schedule. 416 00:20:41,880 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 2: And I answered it this week, like why is the Packers' 417 00:20:43,760 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 2: schedule harder than the Lions? And again that's all subjective. 418 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 1: Yeah, I got I got that. I got that question 419 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:53,399 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks ago and tried to explain, you know, 420 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 1: based on based on the matchups and how it works 421 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: how either the Packers strength of schedule based on records 422 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,920 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty three records of their opponents. The Packers' 423 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: schedule is the fifth hardest in the NFL for twenty 424 00:21:06,560 --> 00:21:08,399 Speaker 1: twenty four as of right now. 425 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: But the thing I always tell people is one one 426 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 2: season does not dictate the next. You can ask the 427 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:16,560 Speaker 2: twenty two Packers that, yeah, and that schedule end up 428 00:21:16,600 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 2: lying up to me, the more important thing is how 429 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,679 Speaker 2: your season lays out, rather than exactly who you're playing. 430 00:21:23,160 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 2: You know, And I even heard I think Larry Mchaern 431 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 2: was mentioning earlier today, it's about when you play certain teams. 432 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, at one point hear you hear that a lot 433 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,320 Speaker 1: around this league. The longer, the longer you're connected to 434 00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:36,000 Speaker 1: this league, you hear it a lot. It's not it's 435 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 1: not who you play, it's when you play them. And 436 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,959 Speaker 1: and that that does end up playing a big factor 437 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:44,520 Speaker 1: in that respect. Not exactly sad to see that that, 438 00:21:44,760 --> 00:21:47,639 Speaker 1: you know, Miami of Florida team might be coming here 439 00:21:47,680 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: when it's a little chilly on Thanksgiving night, and New 440 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 1: Orleans a Southern Dome team coming here two nights before Christmas, 441 00:21:54,800 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 1: when it could be even a little bit colder. Yet 442 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,200 Speaker 1: those kinds of those are the little things that might 443 00:21:59,240 --> 00:21:59,879 Speaker 1: work in Green Bay. 444 00:22:01,200 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 2: And then the other aspect of it too is that, 445 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:06,199 Speaker 2: you know, I think back to last year with Atlanta, 446 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:08,800 Speaker 2: I would make no predictions in terms of how certain 447 00:22:08,840 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 2: games would have played out, but in the Packers actually 448 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 2: controlled most of that week to matchup against the Falcons. 449 00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:16,679 Speaker 2: But if you play that game in December as opposed 450 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,480 Speaker 2: to September, yes, those are two very different teams by 451 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,080 Speaker 2: the end of the season, one trending up, one trending down. 452 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,520 Speaker 1: Absolutely, and it's it's. 453 00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 2: Just all about where you catch, guys. But the only 454 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:28,639 Speaker 2: thing you can hope for. And again, we'll see what 455 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: Matt Lafleures say about and we'll see how things line 456 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:32,440 Speaker 2: up for green Bay once we get into this thing 457 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 2: and how things look after Brazil. But for green Bay 458 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:39,119 Speaker 2: having a very unique and an unprecedented start to the 459 00:22:39,160 --> 00:22:42,600 Speaker 2: season by traveling to South America, after that, I felt 460 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:44,400 Speaker 2: like it lined up pretty well for them. Yeah. 461 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 1: Absolutely, Well, all that's left is to play the games 462 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:48,679 Speaker 1: right west now. 463 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,200 Speaker 2: Well, and we also got to OTAs and Maniki, oh yeah, 464 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,040 Speaker 2: that's right, and shareholders meeting and. 465 00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 1: The players actually have to get ready to play this 466 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,760 Speaker 1: season now, even though you and I are ready to go. 467 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,360 Speaker 2: Just I sort of man, I want I don't want 468 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 2: to do the whole like click or whatever that Adam 469 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 2: Sandler movie thing was. But like it's like sometimes with 470 00:23:07,200 --> 00:23:09,679 Speaker 2: the stuff. It's Mike, we had a we had an 471 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,080 Speaker 2: announcement for announcement this week for a scheduling, and. 472 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: Then they were they were, they were trickling out these 473 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,080 Speaker 1: uh you know, these big matchups. One yeah, one like 474 00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:20,879 Speaker 1: Tom Brady's Fox broadcast debut is going to be this game. 475 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,680 Speaker 1: And then you know, they even released like a week 476 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: two game I think or something. 477 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I think half of that Kansas City 478 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 2: our schedule was out by the time. 479 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:31,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the thing is all about all about Kansas City. 480 00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,199 Speaker 1: Kansas City is starting the season with the Ravens and 481 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 1: the Bengals back to back. Yeah, I mean, my goodness, 482 00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:41,479 Speaker 1: you know, and those are you know, obviously two of 483 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:45,199 Speaker 1: their biggest playoff rivals at this point, and then you 484 00:23:45,240 --> 00:23:48,280 Speaker 1: know they're not even into their their division rivalries. 485 00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,080 Speaker 2: I think you want to wrap up, but can I 486 00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:53,120 Speaker 2: ask you this quick? Do you think we've ever had 487 00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 2: a team in the National Football League with two bigger 488 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:01,120 Speaker 2: stars than Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelsey. I mean, Trent 489 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 2: Patrick Mahomes has become the face of this league. Yes, 490 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 2: and he's a future Hall of Famer. I think he's 491 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 2: what twenty eight years old, He's already in the Hall 492 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,719 Speaker 2: of Fame. Just put him in there. It's the first ballot. 493 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,440 Speaker 2: And then Travis Kelcey one, he's a Hall of Fame 494 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:15,720 Speaker 2: tight end. But two, obviously, the relationship with Taylor Swift. 495 00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 2: That's about as Hollywood It's as a team has gotten. 496 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:22,359 Speaker 1: I would I would say, I would say it's I 497 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:26,800 Speaker 1: would say it's reminiscent. But in the instance I'm going 498 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 1: to bring up, it was three players Aikman, EMMITTT Smith 499 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: and Michael Irvin with that Cowboys dynasty that won three 500 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: Super Bowls in four years back in the back in 501 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: the early nineties. It's reminiscent of that in terms of 502 00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,760 Speaker 1: in terms of multiple guys on the same team kind 503 00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: of being the face of the league. Yeah, in the 504 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 1: in Kansas City's case, it really is those two guys. 505 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: In the Cowboys case, thirty years ago, it was it 506 00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:53,240 Speaker 1: was three guys and the and a head coach who 507 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 1: not taking anything away from Andy Reid, but a head 508 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 1: coach that was a little bit more bombast is Miami 509 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,440 Speaker 1: personality wise, was out there right in Jimmy Johnson. 510 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:07,280 Speaker 2: So yeah, no, it's interesting and it's fun. And again, 511 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,159 Speaker 2: I remember last year when they booked the Chiefs and 512 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 2: Packers for a primetime game. I mean, this is what 513 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,200 Speaker 2: happens when you have a young ascending quarterback. You're gonna 514 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 2: see more of these things happen. I said it to 515 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,160 Speaker 2: you and Unscripted, I expected us to have a five 516 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,879 Speaker 2: primetime games. That's how it worked out. Yep. Really looking 517 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 2: forward to covering game in Brazil with you at nine 518 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 2: to fifteen local. And I'm sure you and I won't 519 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 2: hate each other when by the time we're flying back 520 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 2: into Green Bay that following day, will be totally cool 521 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:33,639 Speaker 2: with each other. We won't be tired and agitated or 522 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,360 Speaker 2: anything at all playing the game. 523 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,480 Speaker 1: Not not after sitting around in a hotel in Salpolo 524 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: for two days just waiting to cover a football. 525 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:43,320 Speaker 2: Maybe I'll get some sun. 526 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: Yeah maybe. All right with that, we're gonna call it 527 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:48,960 Speaker 1: a rap on this edition of Packers Unscripted. Be sure 528 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,520 Speaker 1: to follow all of our coverage of the team, all 529 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:55,520 Speaker 1: sorts of coverage of the schedule. What's out there. We 530 00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: got stories, we got videos. It's all there for you 531 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 1: on packers dot com for well I Mike, thank you 532 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:01,560 Speaker 1: for tuning in. 533 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 2: Everybody. 534 00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: We will see you next time. 535 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:07,000 Speaker 2: M HM.