WEBVTT - #465 Packers Unscripted: A return and remembrance 0:00:00.880 --> 0:00:20.680 Hi everyone, Welcome to Packers unscripted from Packers dot Com. 0:00:20.760 --> 0:00:23.959 I am Mike Spofford, sitting next to the one and 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:28.120 only Western Hodkohits. We're coming to you here from our 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:32.519 studios at lambau Field West were another day closer to Packers. Chargers. 0:00:32.560 --> 0:00:37.919 It will be Sunday afternoon from Los Angeles. And if 0:00:37.920 --> 0:00:41.240 there is a big piece of news from the week 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:44.120 of preparation for Green Bay so far, it is that 0:00:44.960 --> 0:00:48.200 two time Pro Bowl wide receiver Davante Adams is back 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:52.680 at practice now on a limited basis. No guarantees for Sunday, 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.960 but there's a lot of optimism that this could be 0:00:56.040 --> 0:00:59.400 the week the Packers get Davante Adams back on offense 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:01.840 after sing four games with the toe injury. Well, and 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:03.800 I'm sure the Packers are knocking on wood right now 0:01:03.800 --> 0:01:06.520 with all this. But the biggest sign here of progress 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:08.600 is the fact there's been no setbacks last week. He 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.400 started stretching a little bit more on Wednesday. He's running 0:01:11.480 --> 0:01:13.360 routes out there now. They didn't have the helmets on, 0:01:13.440 --> 0:01:16.800 but he was qualified as a limited participant, which would 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:20.200 be his first official return to practice in the last 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.120 months since he sustained that turf toe injury against Philadelphia, 0:01:23.160 --> 0:01:25.560 So all of those things checking the right boxes for 0:01:25.600 --> 0:01:28.279 Green Bay. It was really interesting listening to Vante Adams 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.240 at his locker um after the practice ended on on 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:33.760 Wednesday evening. You know, when he's he said many of 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:35.679 the similar things that he said in the past few weeks. 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:38.360 He wants to be healthy, but he started saying, you know, 0:01:38.400 --> 0:01:40.240 it's gonna be up to the doctors now. He was 0:01:40.280 --> 0:01:42.360 mentioning the doctors. In the past, it was always about 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.680 how he was feeling. So by all accounts, I mean, 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.880 he's feeling pretty good right now with where he's at 0:01:46.920 --> 0:01:48.960 with this thing. Now, you do want to be smart. 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:50.800 You don't want to have any type of aggravation. That's 0:01:50.800 --> 0:01:52.440 what the rest of this week of preparation is going 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:54.080 to be for and determining whether or not he can 0:01:54.120 --> 0:01:57.240 play in l A. But to at least be in 0:01:57.280 --> 0:01:59.360 this place that the Packers are at right now seven 0:01:59.360 --> 0:02:02.520 and one four or no without him what a you know, 0:02:02.720 --> 0:02:05.080 a big thing it would be for this offense to 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.920 get him back here, um these next two games before 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:10.040 the bye week. Yeah, and it was interesting. I asked 0:02:10.040 --> 0:02:13.639 Aaron Rodgers at his locker, knowing that Adams had returned 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:18.080 to practice, So what's the mindset he wants to see 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.800 from these other young receivers that Jake Kumros and Alan 0:02:20.880 --> 0:02:24.520 Lizard's whose opportunities have increased and they've come through and 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:28.079 called upon in Adam's absence. But obviously, if Adams is 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.200 back in the lineup, the snaps for those other guys 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.000 are going to go down. They aren't going to get 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:35.040 as many chances. And Aaron Rodgers said flat out, hey, 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:37.119 they still have to be ready. I mean, for one, 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:40.280 you're still only one play away. But the interesting part 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:44.320 I also thought that he said was number two, these 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.880 guys have earned chances and it doesn't mean you just 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.480 send him to the bench completely. These guys have earned 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:55.560 an opportunity to be in the rotation on a regular basis. 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.160 And I think that's the most intriguing part about where 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:00.960 the Packers offense goes from here when you get Adams 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:03.079 Adams back, if it is this Sunday or if it's 0:03:03.120 --> 0:03:07.480 next week, whatever the case might be. But that we 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:10.880 kind of went into the start of the regular season thinking, Okay, 0:03:10.919 --> 0:03:13.960 you've got Adams, You've got MVS, you've got Allison. It 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:17.120 seems like the you know, the list of options has 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:20.119 expanded because of what some of these guys have done 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.400 over the last month. And that's a positive thing because 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:24.040 I know there's been teams I've covered in the past 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:26.040 where it's like, okay, well it's the top three guys 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.720 and then that's who you live with, and this is 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:30.760 an option. I think one thing you never want to see, 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.040 you know, MVS or Allison get hurt. But the one 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:35.440 thing I think the packers learned about this receiving corps 0:03:35.800 --> 0:03:37.920 when those guys are working through their stuff is that 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:41.880 they can rotate, be multiple and still be effective on offense. 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.440 It's been a very balanced approach in the last two 0:03:44.440 --> 0:03:47.080 and a half weeks with how Matt Lafleur and Elvis 0:03:47.080 --> 0:03:50.320 Woitted have sort of passed around these snaps. Very balanced 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.320 across the board for all these guys, and I think 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.400 you've seen it. I think last week you saw Alan 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.600 Lazard five catches for forty two yards. That's not going 0:03:57.640 --> 0:04:00.400 to jump off the page at you, but a lot 0:04:00.440 --> 0:04:03.839 of those catches were designed. You know reads four Alan 0:04:03.880 --> 0:04:06.840 lazare those are plays made for him. Jake Cumro made 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:10.120 some significant catches early on, and certainly John Willison has 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.160 been such a big veteran presence here for the Packers 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:14.840 for that last three years, that that his you know, 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:17.160 you know, being able to move the chains and and 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.800 the options he gives you there are something you have 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.800 to take into account as well. The thing about Davante 0:04:22.839 --> 0:04:24.880 Adams is when he's back, okay, he's gonna eat up 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:27.599 the snaps. You want to have him on the field 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:30.760 as much as humanly possible when he's healthy. But the 0:04:30.800 --> 0:04:34.000 different types of combinations that Matt with floor is gonna 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:35.920 be able to run with now and and scheme up 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.880 it only you know, you know, increases the flexibility unpredictability 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:43.000 of this offense when you can turn to that many 0:04:43.000 --> 0:04:45.480 different skill position players to to step up. Well, I'm 0:04:45.520 --> 0:04:48.440 curious just where the chess match goes from here in 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:51.919 terms of defensive coordinators and how they want to combat 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:55.040 the Packers offense. Because what Aaron Jones did in Kansas City. 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.560 I made the comment and Insider in box earlier this week, 0:04:58.080 --> 0:05:01.600 the chess matches started for real. Because what Jones did 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:04.080 with a hundred and fifty plus yards receiving over two 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.320 hundred total yards Okay, you've got to make a decision. 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.120 Do you go with a linebacker, do you go with 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.240 a dB? How light do you want to be if 0:05:11.240 --> 0:05:13.640 the Packers decided to run the ball. Now you throw 0:05:13.680 --> 0:05:16.120 Davante Adams back into that mix. Who at the start 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:20.440 of the season, most defensive coordinators would say, Okay, we 0:05:20.520 --> 0:05:22.520 put a corner there. A lot of time, we're going 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:24.440 to shade a safety over the top. We're going to 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.960 make sure that number seventeen doesn't beat us. Well, there's 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:31.440 another pretty significant chess piece here now with number thirty 0:05:31.480 --> 0:05:34.960 three for Matt Lafleur and this offense. I'm really really 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.120 curious and really interested to see where it goes. That 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:39.880 used you use the word unpredictability a minute ago. I 0:05:39.920 --> 0:05:41.960 think that's where we're headed. Yeah, I think the number 0:05:42.000 --> 0:05:45.000 one beneficiary of what Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams have 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.240 both put on film the last couple of weeks is 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.200 going to be Davante Adams. I mean teams. I mean, 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.919 we had that one play against Chicago where you know, 0:05:52.960 --> 0:05:54.599 everyone was making fun of it, but he was counting 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:56.720 all the defenders that the Bears had on that one 0:05:56.760 --> 0:05:59.800 in completion. Yeah, that was kind of reality though, with 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.520 much they were shading coverage in his direction. That can 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:05.720 kind of change here, because now if you're forcing those 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.800 safeties to take into account where Aaron Jones is in 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.719 the flat or Jamal Williams between the tackles and and 0:06:11.800 --> 0:06:14.800 things of that nature, that's going to reduce some of 0:06:14.800 --> 0:06:19.000 those restrictions on Davante Adams and how much attention coordinators 0:06:19.040 --> 0:06:23.520 can really truly give the receiver. The thing I really 0:06:23.640 --> 0:06:26.239 enjoyed the most though about that game plan against Kansas 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:28.120 City that I did not see happening as we went 0:06:28.160 --> 0:06:30.680 into that game last week, was, you know, I looked 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.120 at the you know, the run defense for Casey, I 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:35.360 saw some of the big plays they'd allowed in that capacity, 0:06:35.400 --> 0:06:38.120 and I am assuming, you know, Steve Spagnola, they were 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.080 looking at, Okay, how do we make sure that we 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:42.720 stopped these guys and not allow them to run on us? 0:06:43.080 --> 0:06:44.920 So what was the counter to that? Before he even 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.560 got to that blow. It was getting Aaron Jones out 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.520 in space. It was using those guys on wheel roads, 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:51.320 it was motioning them in, lining them up in the 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.840 slot in different areas of the receiving um. You know, 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.800 Tree incredible adjustment I thought the Packers made, and I 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.160 think that allowed them to be able to get in 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.440 front of this thing. If the more Aaron Jones catches passes, 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.840 the more touches that those two guys get, that that's 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.440 going to really spring this this offense moving forward. And 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:12.200 I even wrote an insider inbox today you can start 0:07:12.200 --> 0:07:14.720 to send us a trend here week to week when 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:16.920 we're talking about, Okay, what do the Packers need to 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:19.440 do to be successful? They gotta get Aaron Jones and 0:07:19.520 --> 0:07:21.680 Jamal Williams going, and that has been a big key, 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.320 and especially during this time that they haven't had Davante Adams. Yeah, 0:07:24.320 --> 0:07:26.200 and if you get the play call in and get 0:07:26.200 --> 0:07:27.560 out of the huddle and get up to the line 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:30.040 of scrimmage, then Aaron Rodgers can survey things. And if 0:07:30.080 --> 0:07:32.320 Aaron Jones is out wide, he can say all right, hey, 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:35.120 get over here, let's get back in the backfield. Maybe 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.800 Rogers see something else that he can take advantage of, 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:39.840 depending on how the defense lines up. So there's a 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:43.440 lot that a lot that can continue to evolve. I 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:45.480 think we've seen My point is that we've seen an 0:07:45.480 --> 0:07:49.000 evolution of the Packers offense. But it's not done evolving 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.920 when you're gonna throw Davante Adams back into the mix 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:54.080 in the midst of a four game winning streak and 0:07:54.120 --> 0:07:56.880 a team that's seven and one at the halfway point. Yeah, absolutely, 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:59.160 And just I think this game on Sunday is going 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.000 to be critical for all this too, because you know, 0:08:02.040 --> 0:08:04.040 Matt Lafleur said, there's still planning for it to be 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:07.040 a road environment, but there's a very good possibility and 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:09.920 probability that it's going to be a Packers heavy crowd 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:11.800 that they might not have to move to the silent 0:08:11.840 --> 0:08:15.760 count like they did last week against Casey. Seeing these 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:17.720 pieces fall into place now for Green Bay, if you 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:21.360 can get Davante healthy and keep him healthy, man, going 0:08:21.400 --> 0:08:23.120 into a bye week and having the second half of 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.560 your season coming up, your really position well here to 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.080 make a run. Yeah. Well, another topic we need, definitely 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.160 need to talk about today. I want to send out 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:33.880 a huge congratulations to you, sir, because the piece that 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:38.040 you posted on our website yesterday on Tyler Lancaster, his 0:08:38.160 --> 0:08:43.160 family story, the loss of his father and everything that 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.199 the family dealt with and where Tyler is now as 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:49.800 a second year defensive lineman A guy who wasn't recruited, 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.520 he wasn't drafted. You look at where he is, He's 0:08:52.559 --> 0:08:55.320 coming off of making the biggest play of his young career. 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.520 Kudos to us. Absolutely fantastic piece. And I would encourage 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:03.400 all hackers fans. If you haven't read this story on 0:09:03.440 --> 0:09:06.600 Tyler Lancaster, please set aside some time to do so. Yes, 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.640 it is long. Set aside the time, but I say 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:12.960 it's long, but it's worth it. Um set aside the 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.120 time to read it, absorb it. You really will enjoy 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.600 getting to know this young man. And I think you 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.719 enjoyed getting to know him as well. I did. And 0:09:21.720 --> 0:09:23.360 and certainly you were the first one to write about 0:09:23.400 --> 0:09:24.800 him when he came to Green Bay. And there has 0:09:24.840 --> 0:09:26.840 been a lot written on Tyler's story, a lot of 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:29.840 really good pieces Chicago Tribune. I'm not the first one 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.080 to tell the story of Tyler and Brad Lancaster, but 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:34.280 what I hope to do with it, And as I 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:37.280 wrote this an insider inbox, I wanted because we're almost 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.320 two years removed from this now, And Entyler even said, 0:09:39.320 --> 0:09:40.880 after I talked to him a couple of weeks ago, 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.840 you know, once you're allowed to process things a little 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:45.720 bit more. You start to see the big picture and 0:09:45.960 --> 0:09:47.640 you start to you know, really be able to pull 0:09:47.640 --> 0:09:50.000 out the memories and take some of the emotion out 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.400 of it. And and that's what's special for him now. 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.200 And I think that, you know, having a chance to 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.800 talk with him and his mom, his fiance, Megan, was 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.000 fantastic for the story as former high school football coach, 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:02.000 a couple of the guys in the locker room that 0:10:02.040 --> 0:10:05.200 he played with a Northwestern seeing the maturation of this 0:10:05.240 --> 0:10:08.679 guy and how he's overcome what he's overcome, and think 0:10:08.720 --> 0:10:10.480 about it, Mike, as you were saying all the things 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.560 that you know in terms of scholarship and NFL, and 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:15.880 just how nobody really ever seemed to want to give 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.480 him his due, even though he had a good pro day, 0:10:18.520 --> 0:10:20.160 even though it seemed like he could really be an 0:10:20.240 --> 0:10:23.760 NFL player. You know, teams, you know, schools, they didn't 0:10:23.760 --> 0:10:27.560 really catch onto his fire right away. And with everything 0:10:27.600 --> 0:10:29.600 he dealt with his dad his senior year and and 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.800 you know, trying to tell Brad's story a little bit, 0:10:31.880 --> 0:10:34.000 who this guy was and why Tyler he meant so 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.800 much to Tyler. He's you know, Megan said it better 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:39.640 than I could have ever written, which is that you 0:10:39.760 --> 0:10:43.000 just you want for him so badly to succeed because 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:44.760 of everything he's invested in the fact that he has 0:10:44.800 --> 0:10:47.560 not had a single door open for him. There's a 0:10:47.600 --> 0:10:50.000 little joke amongst the family where he Tyler always says, 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.560 I'm so lucky to be where he's at, and Megan says, no, no, 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:55.480 you're not. And you know, even a direct quote from her, 0:10:55.520 --> 0:10:58.680 she said, everything that you've done a d it's been 0:10:58.720 --> 0:11:01.720 because of what you have actually he earned. Nobody opened 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:04.520 up any doors for you. And it's just an incredible story. 0:11:04.600 --> 0:11:08.040 I know there are some curmudgeons in Insider Inbox that 0:11:08.080 --> 0:11:10.120 we're commenting that you know, was doing too much of 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:12.920 a victory lap patting myself on the back, but I 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:14.559 really wish people and you were the first one to 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.920 point this out to me. The submissions we got after 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:20.320 the story came in, I estimated, honestly, Mike, I estimated 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:25.280 the submissions were somewhat oriented around Tyler's story because everybody 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.720 could relate to it. Yeah, everybody's had been touched by cancer, 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.080 everybody's lost to fit, you know, someone by cancer, and 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.400 hearing those stories, I really wish that I could have 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.160 just posted an inbox where was just people recounting, you know, 0:11:37.240 --> 0:11:40.040 their their brothers and sisters and mothers and sons and 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.840 people who have lost. That is human emotion and that's 0:11:43.840 --> 0:11:46.600 why I found his story so captivating. And hopefully I 0:11:46.640 --> 0:11:49.000 did it justice. Yeah, no, you certainly did, and it 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:52.800 was It's an enjoyable read. I think this is the 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:56.120 thing that I when I sat and talked to Lancaster 0:11:57.080 --> 0:11:59.480 when he first got here. It was his first day 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.200 actually in the Green Bay Packers locker room. He's an 0:12:02.240 --> 0:12:05.600 undrafted rookie. He was one of those guys. Obviously, I'm 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:08.439 a little biased because of the Northwestern thing, I'll admit that. 0:12:09.040 --> 0:12:11.320 But what was interesting to me is that, you know, 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.480 even if Tyler Lancaster had not had not made it 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:16.600 with the Packers and not made it in the NFL, 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.360 he already has one heck of a story because when 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:23.600 you you look at how few opportunities he had to 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:28.679 even get into college football, and he gets a scholarship 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.720 to Northwestern, he gets an offer, he goes there, and 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:34.680 you know how these college programs they have their different 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.440 traditions and whatnot, and one of them at Northwestern as 0:12:37.480 --> 0:12:39.880 it is at a lot of schools. Are those single 0:12:39.920 --> 0:12:44.520 digit jersey numbers. Well, Tyler Lancaster, a three d pound 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:49.000 defensive lineman, ends up wearing jersey number one at Northwestern. 0:12:49.040 --> 0:12:54.040 That's a big Dealwestern. Yeah, for the Northwestern Wildcats, that's 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.280 a big deal. And and Pat Fitzgerald, he has been 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:58.800 the head coach there for a long time. Those are 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:03.520 things that are not taken lightly in that program. And 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.959 the fact that a guy who he wasn't recruited by 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:10.040 the Ohio States and the Michigan's and the Alabama's and 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:12.640 the U c l as of the world, that he 0:13:12.720 --> 0:13:15.400 goes to Northwestern and then ends up with that type 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:18.319 of honor. As I say, I think his story is fantastic, 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.480 whether he had made anything of himself in the NFL 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:23.600 or not. And then the fact that he did. He 0:13:23.600 --> 0:13:25.840 here he is in the NFL in his second year 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:28.560 playing a good share of snaps for the Green Bay 0:13:28.559 --> 0:13:31.679 Packers on the defensive line, as an undrafted guy who 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:34.960 couldn't get anybody's attention during the draft. To get that 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:40.160 type of opportunity. Um his um, his his story, His 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:42.480 story is a great one. And and uh and the 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:45.880 strength the support, everything that his family has given him, 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:49.600 with everything that the family has gone through along the way. UM, 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:51.720 really really special. Yeah, and one of my favorite anecdotes 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.559 that actually didn't make it into the story was Okay, 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.880 So he finally gets a scholarship offer from Northwestern and 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.440 he's excited. This came after a camp with Northwestern they 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:01.200 let him go without when they ended up calling him 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:02.640 back and saying, yeah, we're gonna give you one of 0:14:02.640 --> 0:14:04.840 our last ones for the thirteen class. And one of 0:14:04.880 --> 0:14:07.520 his first questions was, oh, that's cool, Like how much 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:10.160 does that pay for? And they're like all of it. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.640 He's like, oh shoot, like he thought he was getting 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.920 like a partial scholarship something. They're like, no, yeah, we'll 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:17.640 pay for a couple of classes and we want you 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:20.040 to play some football though that that wasn't the deal. 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.800 It was a little bit bigger. And if you read 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.640 the story, you know his story. Um, nothing ever came easy, 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.360 even when he got the scholarship. He dealt with the 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:30.320 sleep app knee, he had the injuries, everything he's had 0:14:30.360 --> 0:14:33.160 to work for, and his father, Brad passed away at 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.400 the age of fifty five in January of two thou eighteen. 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.520 Weeks after his final college game. I have to imagine 0:14:38.520 --> 0:14:41.200 he's smiling down. A hard working guy there. They were 0:14:41.200 --> 0:14:44.160 not a wealthy family growing up, but as as you know, 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:47.360 Tyler said, you know, they enjoyed everything. He appreciated everything 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:49.040 that his father did from even if he couldn't be 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:51.600 at all the football games. And obviously now with his 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:53.200 mom being able to come up and see all these 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.080 games in Green Bay, and Brad obviously, uh, you know, 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.840 getting a chance to you know, really relish this opportunity 0:14:59.880 --> 0:15:01.920 that his son has been able to achieve. Well, I 0:15:01.960 --> 0:15:03.920 remember from the first time I talked to him, the 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:06.320 one quote that stood out to me is that he said, 0:15:06.560 --> 0:15:09.280 he said, there is no bigger fan of Tyler Lancaster 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:14.160 than Brad Lancaster. And if if nothing else, that's got 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:16.040 to stick with you. As I said, take the time 0:15:16.480 --> 0:15:18.280 to read the story. It's a great piece, but I 0:15:18.280 --> 0:15:20.320 know we gotta go. 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