WEBVTT - #680 Packers Unscripted: Washington woes 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:10.800 Hi, everyone, Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:14.040 Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spofford, joined as always 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:16.479 by my partner in crime, West Hodkowitz. Were coming to 0:00:16.520 --> 0:00:20.080 you here from our studios at lambeau Field and unfortunately 0:00:20.120 --> 0:00:25.000 West to talk about another loss, this one one at 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:29.760 Washington against the Commanders. And uh, this one started out 0:00:30.400 --> 0:00:33.600 in good shape for green Bay, a touchdown, a pick six, 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:37.200 a fourteen to three lead, but then twenty straight points 0:00:37.280 --> 0:00:39.400 by the Commanders over a stretch of about two and 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:42.560 a half quarters that nothing really went right on either 0:00:42.600 --> 0:00:44.080 side of the ball for the Packers, and then a 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:46.239 late comeback just came up short. Yeah. I mean, if 0:00:46.240 --> 0:00:48.200 they want to start playing these games for thirty minutes, 0:00:49.440 --> 0:00:52.280 that's what everybody was asking after London, and uh, yeah, 0:00:52.360 --> 0:00:54.760 that's not how it's played. However, No, it isn't. And 0:00:55.280 --> 0:01:00.200 it's the stretches of like scoring that are that have 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:02.520 been the most concerning. I think when you look at 0:01:02.560 --> 0:01:06.080 what the Giants did to rally back from ten point 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:09.319 deficit at halftime this game, the Packers are up to 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.760 fourteen to three again and by and large, Mike, the 0:01:13.680 --> 0:01:15.640 main things that you and I hit on last week, 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:18.160 we're kind of ringing true. I mean, the Packers were 0:01:18.160 --> 0:01:23.119 controlling the line of scrimmage defensively, uh, Taylor. Heineke started 0:01:23.120 --> 0:01:27.000 off with more passes batted down than he had actual completions, 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.440 and it just seemed like from the moment that he 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:34.560 started to be able to scramble a little bit and 0:01:34.600 --> 0:01:37.080 start making some plays with his feet and moving the chains. 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:41.680 I mean, that's been the biggest um common thread through 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.240 all this is Green Bay starts off really strong with 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:47.000 their third down defense over three, over four, did it 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:50.680 against the Giants too, and then they struggle whether it's 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:53.480 third and short or third and long to find an answer. 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:55.720 And it just seemed like once Heineke started being able 0:01:55.720 --> 0:01:58.680 to extend plays a little bit, Terry McLaurin made some 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:02.720 adjustments to be able to himself up from Gerry Alexander's 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.760 coverage and the attention the Packers were giving him, it 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.079 all kind of started to boil down from there. Yeah, 0:02:08.080 --> 0:02:09.800 it was one of those things the way I looked 0:02:09.800 --> 0:02:12.519 at it, and I didn't necessarily realize that as much 0:02:12.520 --> 0:02:16.519 watching the game, but then going back and watching rewatching 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:20.320 the film on Monday, Heineck making his first start of 0:02:20.360 --> 0:02:23.320 the year, and quite frankly, he wasn't very good in 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.760 the first half, but the Packers simply didn't take advantage 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:28.800 of the plays that were there. Campbell did have the 0:02:28.840 --> 0:02:32.960 pick six. Unfortunately, the Packers had the fumble return for 0:02:33.000 --> 0:02:35.120 a touchdown called back on a penalty, which was a 0:02:35.200 --> 0:02:37.920 Heineke fumble when he got hit on a scramble by 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:42.680 Rashawn Gary. But aside from those two plays, the Packers 0:02:42.720 --> 0:02:46.520 had you could argue four other pretty legitimate chances for 0:02:46.560 --> 0:02:51.520 interceptions in that first half, um when Heineke was simply 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:54.600 not really throwing the ball all that well. But the 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:58.799 Packers didn't make those grabs. In the second half, Washington, 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:02.440 in particular Terry mclauren did. And then when you look 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:05.400 at the way the comeback unfolded, the Packers get or 0:03:05.440 --> 0:03:09.560 down ten, you get a touchdown, it's one. You need 0:03:09.600 --> 0:03:14.000 to get a stop. Washington is still in its own territory. 0:03:14.160 --> 0:03:16.880 Third and nine, there's plenty of time on the clock 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:21.720 and Heineke, under pressure kind of throws up a prayer 0:03:21.800 --> 0:03:24.840 quite frankly, towards the sideline, but throwing it towards his 0:03:24.960 --> 0:03:28.320 best receiver, and Terry McLaren And you know you talked 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:31.080 about the third down conversions, This was probably the biggest 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:34.120 one of the game. Third nine. McLaurin happened to see 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:36.680 the ball before Alexander did, was able to go and 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:40.480 attack it by the sideline and got it um and 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:43.120 converted the third nine with a twelve yard pickup and 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.360 uh and that was essentially the ball game. Packers defense 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:48.200 couldn't get off the field on third down in the 0:03:48.240 --> 0:03:50.600 second half, and a lot of that, as we'll talk 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:52.960 about here in a minute, also had to do with 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:54.760 the fact that they were just on the field too 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:57.240 much throughout the game, even in the first half when 0:03:57.240 --> 0:04:00.720 the Packers were winning. I thought the third and nine 0:04:00.760 --> 0:04:03.880 play was actually a really good embodiment of really that 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:06.560 entire game for Green Bay's defense, because I saw that 0:04:06.640 --> 0:04:09.160 stat about how Green Bay had like twenty nine pressures 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:13.720 from Pro Football Focus but only one sack, and you know, 0:04:14.000 --> 0:04:17.120 short of being actually physically shot out of a cannon, 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:20.200 I don't know what Kenny Clark could have done to 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:22.480 get to the quarterback any faster than he did. Yeah, 0:04:22.480 --> 0:04:25.640 Clark was all over Heineke on that on that third nine, 0:04:25.680 --> 0:04:27.640 but you know, Heineke got rid of the ball. Give 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.400 him credit in nine times out of ten. Those are 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.480 the type of plays. I'm not saying this would have 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:34.880 turned into a pick six or anything, but when a 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:39.080 quarterback is under that much duress and a defender of 0:04:39.279 --> 0:04:42.160 Calark's caliber is in his face like that, those are 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.080 typically the plays that you end up seeing the guy 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:46.560 throw a terrible ball that ends up being an interception. 0:04:47.200 --> 0:04:49.960 And McLaurin just made the plays that needed to be 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.960 made in this game. I just felt like, you know, 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.279 for the Packers, it goes back to that first half defensively. 0:04:56.279 --> 0:04:59.279 We'll talk about the offense here in a second, but 0:04:59.400 --> 0:05:04.080 when you get your hands on passes. My headline for 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:08.320 Saritay's inboxes, they just have to capitalize, and I get it. 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:11.600 It's easier said than done. But you know, Rasul Douglas 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:14.280 has three passes defense in this game. Jr. Alexander came 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.960 incredibly close to a pick on the first target that 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.160 McClaren got. Um. Yeah, that was that was flat out 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:24.280 of bad throw over the middle behind his receiver. Wasn't 0:05:24.279 --> 0:05:27.279 even catchable for me. It wasn't it wasn't catchable for McLaurin. 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:30.240 Was very catchable for Alexander and he just couldn't quite 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.200 come up with it. You have to make those plays. 0:05:32.200 --> 0:05:37.080 And then I mean, I want to not get too 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:40.080 much in the officiating because it can be a slippery 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:42.560 slope there for everybody involved. And there's really nothing you 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:46.240 can gain out of getting upset about anything. But you know, 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:50.400 if they do finally force to turn over, Rasul Douglass 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.440 picks up the ball, appears to run it back for 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:55.760 the touchdown, and then there's the illegal contact penalty over 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:59.000 on Washington sideline. It is what it is. The Packers 0:05:59.040 --> 0:06:01.080 have to play above those things. You can't have thirty 0:06:01.120 --> 0:06:03.640 eight rushing yards, two hundred sixty six rushing yards. You 0:06:03.640 --> 0:06:05.960 can't be over six and third downs when the opposition 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:11.720 has converted more third downs than you've even attempted, and 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:14.640 that this is the end result. Yeah, And we've we've 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:18.360 talked about how in the during this three game losing 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.560 streak now that's dropped the Packers to three and four, 0:06:21.200 --> 0:06:24.839 how the defense has started out pretty well in all 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.640 the games but then has faded as the game has 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.560 gone on this one in particular, when you look when 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:33.960 you look back at it, the Packers defense was just 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.359 on the field too much in the first half, and 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.599 I think that's what contributed to wearing down in the 0:06:38.640 --> 0:06:41.320 second half. Now, there was a back to back possessions, 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:43.880 obviously because of the pick six by Devandre Campbell. So 0:06:43.920 --> 0:06:46.760 you take that right, that's a touchdown. Your defense put 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:49.359 seven points on the board, but they have to be 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.719 out there for back to back possessions. But before that, 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:56.279 there's another back to back possessions because Amari Rodgers muff 0:06:56.320 --> 0:06:58.760 to punt. The defense gets to stop, but then the 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:02.440 punk gets muffed, so Washington's offense is right back on 0:07:02.520 --> 0:07:04.919 the field and the defense gets the stop in the 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.239 red zone forces the field goal, which is a big 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:10.840 win after a turnover like that. But yet again, those 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:13.600 are the those are the snaps, the plays that that 0:07:13.680 --> 0:07:18.640 add up to a defense not being necessarily at full 0:07:18.680 --> 0:07:21.040 strength or having enough in the tank down the stretch 0:07:21.520 --> 0:07:23.640 to stop a third nine. When if you get that 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:25.840 stop and get the ball back to Aaron Rodgers, maybe 0:07:25.880 --> 0:07:29.600 you escape Washington with a winning field goal three. But 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.280 my point is that everything from the early stages of 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:36.040 the game, even when the Packers are winning, it's adding 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:39.240 up to the problems that they're seeing later on when 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.920 they can't figure out how to come away with a victor, 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:44.600 and you know, you lose Rashan Gary at the end 0:07:44.600 --> 0:07:46.760 of that game to the concussion, and you know, Gary 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.840 and Preston Smith I make, I think, make up such 0:07:48.880 --> 0:07:52.320 a good combination because Gary is more of the hair 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:55.480 on fire get after the quarterback guy where pressing is 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:58.480 the traditional out three or four outside linebacker in this 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:00.360 defense where he's going to give you some whish, she's 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.480 gonna give me some pressure. But he's also incredibly assignment 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.680 sure against the run. And when you lose Gary like 0:08:05.800 --> 0:08:08.760 that in a situation, in those two minute situations where 0:08:09.080 --> 0:08:10.840 you haven't you want to have a guy that is 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:12.520 going to be able to get after the quarterback when 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.680 you know Washington, you know, especially if they get shut 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:17.480 down in first down, isn't necessarily gonna be looking to 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:20.320 run the ball a lot um and you don't have 0:08:20.440 --> 0:08:23.320 him available. And I mean, you give Taylor Heineke a 0:08:23.320 --> 0:08:25.040 lot of a lot of credit, Mike last week, you 0:08:25.040 --> 0:08:26.720 and I said it over and over and over again. 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:28.640 I mean, this young man may not end up being 0:08:29.120 --> 0:08:31.880 a starting quarterback for a team that you know week 0:08:31.920 --> 0:08:35.000 one that's gonna be our guy. But this is what 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.160 you do to be a productive back up in this 0:08:38.240 --> 0:08:41.079 league is that when Carson Wentz breaks his finger and 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.680 it's gonna be out for a month, you get called upon. 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.200 And he won his eighth game for Ron Rivera in 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:50.040 Washington and for Green Bay. I think it goes back 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:53.000 to the takeaways. It goes back to too many turnovers 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.920 and not enough takeaways, and in this game in particular, 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:59.000 not to lay it all at Marie's feet, but when 0:08:59.080 --> 0:09:02.560 they had that fumble, and give credit to the defense 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.880 Dom Caper's the old adversity defense phrase, it stepped up. 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.760 They held him to a field goal there. But realistically, 0:09:08.760 --> 0:09:12.000 that was the only real charge that Washington mounted in 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.640 the first half, and it came off a turnover. And 0:09:14.760 --> 0:09:17.079 when you have turnovers and you don't get enough takeaways, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.400 that the hill gets taller and taller in terms of 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.080 what you're trying to climb. Yeah, the Packers just they 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:26.120 weren't able to take advantage of Heineke's poor throws in 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:29.640 the first half. And then Heineke kind of settled in 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:31.440 and started to make the throws he needed to make 0:09:31.480 --> 0:09:34.520 in the second half, which is why Washington converted so 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:37.280 many third downs in in the second half, he got 0:09:37.320 --> 0:09:40.440 going when the Packers could have made his life absolutely 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.920 miserable by being able to snag some of those really 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.920 poor throws early on. Yeah. Absolutely, And you saw why 0:09:47.000 --> 0:09:49.200 Curtis Samuel too is gonna end up having a ten 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.439 year career in this league. I mean, I don't know 0:09:51.520 --> 0:09:53.760 how many thousand yards seasons he's gonna have, but those 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:55.599 gadget type players, it almost kind of reminds me in 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.920 a way what Ted Gin became later in his career 0:09:58.240 --> 0:09:59.840 in terms of the guy that is going to be 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:02.400 a acountable. They're gonna use them in different ways, and 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:03.880 he's going to be able to help them move the 0:10:03.920 --> 0:10:06.840 chains and stay in third and favor rolls. Washington had 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.000 an excellent game plan for how they attacked Green Bay. 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.400 It took while to get into it, but once they 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.200 did get into their rhythm in the second half, it 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.640 was a winnable formula for them to not only be 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:18.440 able to extend the lead, get the twenty unanswered, but 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.520 then also it's four minute defense wise, being able to 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:25.040 really step up. Yeah. The other the other thing too, 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:26.920 that I wanted to say with regard to and this 0:10:27.000 --> 0:10:33.119 just speaks to This speaks to the offensive struggles Um 0:10:33.160 --> 0:10:35.920 with regard to with regard to the Packers defense being 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.560 on the field so much in the first half after 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.360 after the back to back where Um Campbell gets the 0:10:43.400 --> 0:10:45.719 pick six, the defense has to go right back out there. 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.720 Washington does march down and get a touchdown. A couple 0:10:48.760 --> 0:10:51.960 of missed interception opportunities on that drive, but Washington gets 0:10:51.960 --> 0:10:54.400 the touchdown. So the defense has been on the field 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.560 a heck of a lot over the over that stretch 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:59.320 of the game. But then the Packers get the ball 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.839 back on off fense, they lose six yards on a 0:11:01.880 --> 0:11:04.520 first down running play, they get called for holding on 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:06.520 a second down running play when they're just trying to 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:08.600 get back on track and give themselves a chance on 0:11:08.720 --> 0:11:12.160 third down. So then you're in third and forever and 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.000 it ends up being ends up being a three and 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:17.360 out and the defense has to go right back out 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.040 there again. I mean it was. It was practically a 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.520 back to back to back in the sense of in 0:11:22.559 --> 0:11:24.920 the sense of how much the defense had to had 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.440 to play, and the Packers are just the Packers are 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:31.360 in a rut offensively. Um there were once again much 0:11:31.400 --> 0:11:33.439 like the Jets game, there were penalties that put them 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:37.520 in long yardage situations that were negative negative yardage plays. 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.520 Not the sacks this time, because the game plan was 0:11:40.840 --> 0:11:43.280 get the ball out of Aaron Rodgers hands quickly, which 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:47.520 for the most part was accomplished. But too many dropped passes, 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:51.320 some passes that were off target, um and uh, and 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:56.120 just breakdowns fundamentally on offense, illegal formations, guys not lining 0:11:56.160 --> 0:12:00.000 up properly, you know, breakdowns in the in the fundamental 0:12:00.000 --> 0:12:03.160 all aspect that just that just made it impossible to 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.120 get any kind of a flow or rhythm going on 0:12:06.240 --> 0:12:09.160 offense at all. And it wasn't until you know, Rogers 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.840 makes the great, really the great off schedule play, the 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:15.680 late touchdown to Aaron Jones on on an extended play 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:18.640 kind of a scramble drill that that the offense showed 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.800 any kinds of life from the second quarter on. Yeah, 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.920 and Rodgers making just an incredible throw on that play 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.040 with Aaron Jones being able to take his route from 0:12:27.040 --> 0:12:29.040 the flat up the sideline on a wheel option. They've 0:12:29.040 --> 0:12:31.559 done that time and time again. It's becoming one of 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:34.120 the the real go twos and must have situations for 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:38.000 Green Bay. But to get to that point again, it 0:12:38.040 --> 0:12:41.880 goes back to the consistency piece, and um, you go 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:43.839 over six. I think that was the first time they 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.400 did not convert a third down since if I remember 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:48.680 that right. Yeah, the only third down conversions for the 0:12:48.679 --> 0:12:54.720 Packers were due to some penalties by Washington and getting 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:58.080 behind the sticks early I think was the main culprit 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.120 for that. Certainly there were some third and mandable that 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.040 Green Bay didn't convert on, but there were too many 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:04.920 times where it was thirty third and nine plus that 0:13:05.000 --> 0:13:07.640 they're trying to convert. And it's just not a winnable formula, 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:10.320 especially when you're playing two high safeties, especially when you're 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:14.000 rushing for Washington wasn't taking a lot of chances. They 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:16.559 were going to keep the ball in front of them 0:13:16.640 --> 0:13:18.880 and trust their defensive backs and their guys at the 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:24.080 second level to tackle for green Bay. It's such a 0:13:24.120 --> 0:13:27.360 difficult thing because I know so many people, especially from 0:13:27.360 --> 0:13:29.920 a national level, we're trying to dog on the fact 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:31.599 the Packers I think, and only had what was a 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:35.480 twelve carries. Yeah, that was that. That was kind of 0:13:35.520 --> 0:13:38.280 a statistical thing based on the way the you know, 0:13:38.520 --> 0:13:41.480 we can kind of just so fans understand. Where we're 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.640 sitting in the press box at FedEx Field, we're actually 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:48.240 sort of near where the official statisticians are, and so 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:51.160 as every play is happening, we're sort of hearing them 0:13:51.280 --> 0:13:53.440 kind of talking and barking to each other as they're 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:57.360 punching things into their computers. And and you know these 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:01.880 sideways pitches to Aaron Jone, which which are running plays 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:03.760 in every sense of the word, the way the packers 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.240 are blocking the flow of the play and everything. And 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:08.719 they were saying that those pitches were forwards, so they 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:11.600 were calling those forward passes. There were at least three 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.800 or four of those. So the run pass ratio, if 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:17.120 you just look at the final statistics, it was it 0:14:17.160 --> 0:14:21.000 was out of whack and I think quite frankly inaccurate. Um. 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:24.240 But that's just the way that particular statistical couldn't decided 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.320 to chart the game. We're gonna sorry for the side no, 0:14:26.440 --> 0:14:28.840 but on Wednesday, depending on when you're we're going to 0:14:28.880 --> 0:14:31.400 get the NFL's updated statistics too. So the NFL take 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.320 a look at and see if there's any modifications there 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.080 be that as it may, as Matt Lafleur said, it 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:38.960 as podium and his press conference on Monday. It wasn't 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:41.320 necessarily a problem they didn't run the ball enough, or 0:14:41.320 --> 0:14:43.000 they didn't get the ball there and Jones enough. It 0:14:43.040 --> 0:14:45.520 was just they didn't run enough plays. There wasn't enough 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:51.600 synergy tote was I mean, what was of offensive? I mean, 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.760 that's a that's a discrepancy that's really really hard to 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.800 overcomet seven oh seven to fifty three. If you talked 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:01.360 about those time of possession since for the last three years, 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.360 you are and you have to bet your savings on it. 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.080 You're taking the Packers as being the ones with thirty seven. 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.840 That's just the way they've offensively played under Matt Lafleur. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:14.040 This was not Matt Lafleur football. And for the Packers 0:15:14.480 --> 0:15:17.360 it's a difficult position they're in because al Lazard now 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.120 has a shoulder injury. We saw him in the locker 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.960 room with the with the sling on his arm. We're 0:15:21.960 --> 0:15:25.239 gonna see exactly what this week holds for him. Um, 0:15:25.320 --> 0:15:28.000 he is the guy in this offense and you hate 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:29.440 to see that happen with him. I give him a 0:15:29.480 --> 0:15:30.880 lot of credit. He came out of the game, he 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:32.360 tried to go back in the game had to come 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:36.400 out again. They don't have Randall Cobb right now. Christian Watson, 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:38.320 you know you would hope it's gonna be back here. 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.440 He has never placed on injured reserve, so he makes 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:42.240 that makes you think they felt he was on the 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:46.520 early side of the four week um. You know limited 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:47.760 would have ben if you would have went on the 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:51.160 injured list. Green Bay needs playmakers to step up. It's 0:15:51.160 --> 0:15:53.520 not just about getting the ball to Aaron Jones and 0:15:53.560 --> 0:15:55.440 a J. Dillon, although that is two of their big 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.880 primary playmakers. It's about guys taking care of their opportunities 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:02.040 on the perimeter. Once again, too many drop passes. Aaron 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.080 Jones even put that on himself. There was a screen 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:05.840 pass that he had that he wasn't able to bring in. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:08.360 It was a third and long. But still it's those 0:16:08.400 --> 0:16:11.080 plays where guys know they can catch the ball. It's 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.040 it's it isn't like they're trying to catch a hundred 0:16:13.120 --> 0:16:16.440 fifty fastball from Aaron Rodgers. It's being out in the 0:16:16.440 --> 0:16:18.640 space and trying to look up field and not securing 0:16:18.640 --> 0:16:21.160 that ball. It comes back to fundamentals. People don't want 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:24.320 to hear about it. It gets tiring. I know, but 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.880 as you wrote an inbox on Monday, then I reiterated 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:29.960 on Tuesday, it's a game of basic execution. The Packers 0:16:29.960 --> 0:16:32.120 are not getting enough of that right now. Yeah, you 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.640 mentioned the injuries. The Packers are dealing with a wide 0:16:34.640 --> 0:16:38.640 receiver Lazard. Lazard goes out his status right now certainly 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:42.000 very much in doubt. Randall Cobb is currently on injury reserve. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:45.280 The Packers got Sammy Watkins back, but Christian Watson is 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:49.280 not back yet from uh from his hamstring injury. So 0:16:49.320 --> 0:16:51.840 a lot of things in flux with regard to what 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:55.960 exactly the wide receiver corps will be for this week's 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:58.960 upcoming road trip to Buffalo. And then the Packers are 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:01.520 also trying to figure some things out on the offensive line. 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:05.359 They spent the week with a with a reconfigured line 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:09.520 that had Josh and i'man taking over at right tackle. 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:12.440 Elton Jenkins was moved from right tackle to his more 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.720 traditional position of left guard, where he was a pro 0:17:15.760 --> 0:17:19.000 bowler a couple of years ago. John Runyon was flipped 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:22.400 from left guard over to right guard. Josh Myers obviously 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:25.640 stayed at center, but then at the eleventh hour, David 0:17:25.680 --> 0:17:31.439 Baktiers knee was not feeling up to par, and a 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:36.320 pregame workout um at the stadium a couple hours before 0:17:36.359 --> 0:17:39.119 the game wasn't good enough for bok tr to be 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:44.439 able to go. So rookie fourth round pick from Wake Forest, 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:49.000 Zach Tom ended up starting at left tackle, getting his 0:17:49.000 --> 0:17:53.080 his first NFL start on the road. Difficult situation, obviously, 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:56.359 and the Packers went with it that way because rather 0:17:56.440 --> 0:17:59.400 than you know, flip Josh and Iiman back to left 0:17:59.440 --> 0:18:02.199 tackle and and ad just because that was the way 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:04.600 they had practiced all week as far as those first 0:18:04.640 --> 0:18:07.480 three guys that I had mentioned, So they plugged in 0:18:07.560 --> 0:18:12.000 Zack Tom at left tackle. Now, certainly the performance of 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:15.560 the offensive line was better than it was against the Jets. 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:18.920 The game plan in terms of a lot of quick throws, 0:18:19.520 --> 0:18:21.480 three step drop, get rid of the ball, not a 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:24.359 lot of not a lot of uh um, you know, 0:18:24.520 --> 0:18:28.880 seven step drop and and extended route concepts and all 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:30.399 of that. Not a whole lot of that in the 0:18:30.400 --> 0:18:33.199 game plan. So that helped from a past protection standpoint, 0:18:33.520 --> 0:18:37.320 and there certainly was some some production in the ground game. 0:18:37.920 --> 0:18:41.080 But yet there you know, they're still this is this 0:18:41.160 --> 0:18:43.600 is a group and whether or not box Tr is 0:18:43.680 --> 0:18:45.520 going to be back next week or if they're they're 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.080 gonna have to ride with Tom for a while. This 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.160 is the group that the Packers are gonna go with. Here, 0:18:50.400 --> 0:18:53.600 this this alignment, health permitting and uh and try to 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:57.000 make it work. It wasn't. It wasn't at its best, 0:18:57.080 --> 0:18:59.920 I don't think in the first outing. But there were 0:19:00.040 --> 0:19:02.520 some encouraging signs and we'll see if this group can 0:19:02.560 --> 0:19:05.199 sort of come together and develop the cohesion that you 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.560 hope for. Yeah, and and that was the big idea 0:19:07.600 --> 0:19:10.400 with all this is that you're getting you know, John 0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:12.679 Running who's worked for the basically a bulk of the 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:14.960 past year with yosh Naim, and you move both of 0:19:14.960 --> 0:19:17.520 them over the right side. You allow Elton to go 0:19:17.560 --> 0:19:19.760 back to the position he was a pro bowler at 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:23.920 josh Meyer's in the middle as your stationary, and then 0:19:23.960 --> 0:19:26.400 bok Tr is at left tackle. The one interesting thing 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:28.800 about all this is bok Tr even before there was 0:19:28.840 --> 0:19:32.040 the he was added with the game designation on Saturday. 0:19:32.040 --> 0:19:33.680 He was always on the injury report with the name, 0:19:33.720 --> 0:19:36.480 but the he got added with the game designation, it's questionable. 0:19:37.240 --> 0:19:40.280 He was still limited during practice so Zach Tom was 0:19:40.359 --> 0:19:43.760 the one spelling him. So the idea being is that 0:19:43.840 --> 0:19:46.760 not only is it about letting elk or I should 0:19:46.760 --> 0:19:49.440 say Yosh get comfortable at the right tackle spot, it's 0:19:49.440 --> 0:19:51.879 the fact that if you did push Josh over to 0:19:51.960 --> 0:19:54.480 left tackle, well now you don't have anyone that's really 0:19:54.480 --> 0:19:56.920 taken reps at right tackle this week. So that's the 0:19:57.000 --> 0:20:02.280 perplection that they were kind of presented. With that being said, 0:20:03.119 --> 0:20:05.800 I like the adjustments they made. They used a little 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:08.800 bit more, you know, they shaded you know, Mercedes Lewis 0:20:08.880 --> 0:20:11.640