Speaker 1: Hi everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford sitting next to the one and
Speaker 1: only Wes Hodkuwitz. We're coming to you here from our
Speaker 1: studios at lambeau Field West, our final show of the week.
Speaker 1: It is Friday, but we need to condense things a
Speaker 1: little bit because there's an injury update to go through
Speaker 1: before we get to our usual end of week Keys
Speaker 1: to Victory. So with regards to the Packers injury report,
Speaker 1: it's lengthy. There are twenty guys listed on it. Now.
Speaker 1: We'll see come late Saturday afternoon when the final designations
Speaker 1: are made from Monday night's game how many of those
Speaker 1: guys end up being removed from the injury report. But
Speaker 1: some primary updates. First of all, Davante Adams on the
Speaker 1: injury report not practicing, told reporters he's not sure when
Speaker 1: he's going to be back. Jamal Williams is back at practice,
Speaker 1: he's been cleared from the concussion protocol, and center Corey
Speaker 1: Lindsley also in the concussion protocol, not fully cleared yet
Speaker 1: but back at practice on a limited basis. So those
Speaker 1: are some of the big names as to what's going on,
Speaker 1: as well as a certain guy number twelve, Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: cropping up on the injury report with a knee injury.
Speaker 1: There's been no indication that he's in any danger of
Speaker 1: missing the game, but he is on the injury report
Speaker 1: dealing with something in a knee. Yep. If you're dealing
Speaker 1: with anything, you got to report it. So the Packers
Speaker 1: certainly with taking it easy on Aaron Rodgers in their
Speaker 1: first practice back, um, you know, having him sit out there.
Speaker 1: Um you know, I should say said out, but just
Speaker 1: being able to be cautious with it. Yeah. This week
Speaker 1: is going to be interesting for Green Bay though, because
Speaker 1: you look at Davante Adams and he was talking at
Speaker 1: his locker and you a group that you were a
Speaker 1: part of, you know, And as he points out, I mean,
Speaker 1: he's dealing with the pretty significant injury right now and
Speaker 1: he doesn't want to be back outer until he feels,
Speaker 1: you know, just fine about it. And I thought one
Speaker 1: of his big money lines was basically saying that you
Speaker 1: can walk around your local store and you could play football.
Speaker 1: They're two different things. And you did see Davante walking
Speaker 1: around practice on Wednesday. But yeah, I mean I should
Speaker 1: say on Thursday, but you know, you have to be
Speaker 1: smart with it. The real nice thing, pleasant surprise, mind you,
Speaker 1: is that Jamal Williams was back out there in a
Speaker 1: full participant after being cleared from the concussion protocol two
Speaker 1: weeks after the hit at Philadelphia. I was a part
Speaker 1: of that media scrum. Jamal Williams basically said much ado
Speaker 1: about nothing. He's ready to focus on football. He doesn't
Speaker 1: care about talking about the hit. But going into this matchup,
Speaker 1: if you don't have Davante Adams, but you have Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams and Aaron Jones, that's a big, big plus for
Speaker 1: this offense. Yeah. Absolutely. I mean you'd like to be
Speaker 1: able to share some of that workload in the backfield.
Speaker 1: Obviously Tray Carson spelled Aaron Jones a little bit, But
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, sixty five plays for
Speaker 1: the Packers at Dallas, Aaron Jones touched the ball on
Speaker 1: twenty six of them, and there was another targeted pass
Speaker 1: that was incomplete. So that's twenty seven out of sixty
Speaker 1: five plays that essentially we're focused on Aaron Jones. That's
Speaker 1: a pretty big workload for one day, and and a
Speaker 1: difficult workload to sustain. Week after week after week in
Speaker 1: such a long season. So you want to get Jamal
Speaker 1: Williams back out there and start to maybe divide up
Speaker 1: that load a little bit if you can. Yeah, definitely,
Speaker 1: and especially considering the stretch that they're on. It doesn't
Speaker 1: even have to necessarily be in this game against Detroit,
Speaker 1: but you have Oakland after this at home on six days.
Speaker 1: You then have two big road trips. You have a
Speaker 1: game against Carolina next month before you can get to
Speaker 1: your bye week. So you know, you want to be
Speaker 1: able to not you know, have to push everyone, not
Speaker 1: just Aaron Jones, push everyone to that extreme if you
Speaker 1: don't have to Jamal Williams. You know, I wrote about
Speaker 1: this on Packers dot Com. He actually was coming off
Speaker 1: his best game of the season when he sort of
Speaker 1: gave the offensive pick me up against Denver, went into
Speaker 1: that that Philadelphia contest. So if he can you know,
Speaker 1: get back into a rhythm here, I have no problems, questions,
Speaker 1: concerns whatsoever about him in terms of the mentality of football.
Speaker 1: You know, he said he's going right back in there.
Speaker 1: He's not changing his mindset at all. He's going to
Speaker 1: play the same way he always does. And if you know,
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, I think everybody pretty much understands that, Um,
Speaker 1: you know that's not a lie. Yeah. Well, let's stay
Speaker 1: on the offensive side of the ball here, West as
Speaker 1: we talk about keys to victory for Monday Night. In
Speaker 1: this Packers Lions showdown Packers offense. What does it need
Speaker 1: to do to come out victorious? Well, first off, they
Speaker 1: need to be able to move the ball all four quarters.
Speaker 1: You want to be able to eliminate the lulls. That's
Speaker 1: been the one thing that through the first five games
Speaker 1: of the season has kind of been missing for them.
Speaker 1: They've gotten off to some great starts, which, if you
Speaker 1: go in contrast the last few seasons, that was sort
Speaker 1: of an issue for them. They would find their rhythm late,
Speaker 1: but getting established early was of an issue. It was
Speaker 1: a problem. Well, this year you come back and their
Speaker 1: first scripted plays, their first few series drives, they've been explosive.
Speaker 1: And it's been that way since Week one against Chicago.
Speaker 1: So you know, if you're able too, I should say,
Speaker 1: after they did get into the rhythm against Chicago, it
Speaker 1: hasn't really been an issue. Sure, but if you're able to,
Speaker 1: you know, contour the offense and find different playmakers to
Speaker 1: emerge here without Davante Adams. And again we'll let the
Speaker 1: weekend take its course, but let's say you don't have them.
Speaker 1: What was what they did so well in that game
Speaker 1: against Dallas is it was Jimmy Graham making a clutch catch.
Speaker 1: It was Robert toan you, although he's dealing with a hip,
Speaker 1: making a really critical catch along the sidelines. It was
Speaker 1: guys playing well in situational football that lifted the entire boat.
Speaker 1: That's going to be the key in this one. I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be Aaron Jones, It's gonna be Jamal Williams.
Speaker 1: It's going to be all those auxiliary pieces coming together
Speaker 1: if you don't have Davante Adams to really threaten and
Speaker 1: stress and Detroit defense that has been pretty impressive here,
Speaker 1: Mike through the first month of the season. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: I keep coming back to as far as the offense
Speaker 1: of the Packers is concerned. What Matt Lafleur continues to
Speaker 1: harp on, whether he's talking about it in a postgame
Speaker 1: setting or in a midweek news conference, and that's third
Speaker 1: down conversions the Packers right around percent for the season.
Speaker 1: Pretty remarkable when you think about it that you can
Speaker 1: be at thirty on third down through five games and
Speaker 1: be four and one. That just tells you how many
Speaker 1: other aspects of this team, how many things are going
Speaker 1: well in order to make that happen. We've seen it
Speaker 1: West when the Packers get into that rhythm offensively and
Speaker 1: they're at their best, they're quite frankly, so far this year,
Speaker 1: they've been avoiding third down entirely. They're having these drives
Speaker 1: where they're only needing first down and second down and
Speaker 1: they're moving the chains and they're not even getting into
Speaker 1: third down situations. I think the biggest thing that sticks
Speaker 1: out about the struggles on third down. I saw a
Speaker 1: stat that I believe the Packers have had eight third
Speaker 1: and sixteen plus situations through five games, and they're over
Speaker 1: eight and those There aren't a lot of things in
Speaker 1: the playbook that are going to be able to convert
Speaker 1: third and sixteen unless you catch a break on a
Speaker 1: defensive penalty or something like that. So eight third and
Speaker 1: sixteen plus situations in five games is way too many,
Speaker 1: and that's where La Fleur is focused. It's about getting
Speaker 1: those third down on situations into into the more manageable
Speaker 1: down and distance the six yards and under. You know
Speaker 1: that kind of thing where then your percentage is obviously
Speaker 1: going to go up and you're going to be able
Speaker 1: to keep the ball and sustain those drives and avoid
Speaker 1: the lulls that that seem to be happening when the
Speaker 1: Packers aren't in the really quick rhythm thing where they're
Speaker 1: not even getting the third down. So it's a matter
Speaker 1: of smoothing all of that out, and I think the
Speaker 1: Packers offense is going to get there eventually, but you know,
Speaker 1: the sooner the better. Yeah, when you say the quick
Speaker 1: rhythm stuff, you look at the conversions of Packers have
Speaker 1: made during those series. It's second and three, that's third
Speaker 1: and two. It's being able to keep the chains very manageable. Um. Now,
Speaker 1: that's a really extreme example. It's a good example with
Speaker 1: the with the third and sixteen and plus, but even
Speaker 1: third and ten. I mean, that's that's an unlikely to
Speaker 1: convert play for most teams because the defenses are just
Speaker 1: playing you for a third intense situation. Yeah, they're gonna
Speaker 1: give you the short field, they're gonna give you the
Speaker 1: short completion underneath, they're gonna come up and make the tackle.
Speaker 1: Usually in those situations you either need a defensive penalty
Speaker 1: or somebody just flat out missing a tackle in order
Speaker 1: to be able to convert in those third and double
Speaker 1: digit types. So that's why so often when they talk
Speaker 1: about third down efficiency, and it's true it is third
Speaker 1: down efficiency, but realistically it's more first and second down efficiency.
Speaker 1: You know, how you're able to get you know, maybe
Speaker 1: a four yard carry off the bat, a six yard catch.
Speaker 1: That's what made James Jones great in my opinion, all
Speaker 1: those years with those stop routes as he would run.
Speaker 1: You know that he was always good for eight to
Speaker 1: ten yards on those plays at critical points in football games.
Speaker 1: So this is where I think Jimmy Graham can really
Speaker 1: help them in the long term. You know, you've seen
Speaker 1: him kind of get going here the last two weeks,
Speaker 1: over hundred yards in these two games together. You know,
Speaker 1: maybe in Marcedes Lewis. He looks so much better in
Speaker 1: this offense this year with how they're able to integrate him.
Speaker 1: He's not a sixth offensive lineman anymore. He's a real
Speaker 1: threat to be able to, you know, move the ball.
Speaker 1: And honestly, Mike, this is where I think you're really
Speaker 1: seeing the superstar tendencies of Aaron Jones, because last week's
Speaker 1: game wasn't just about you know, he had a hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty two total yards, hundred and seven of that
Speaker 1: were rushing. He had seventy plus yards catching the ball,
Speaker 1: a career high seven catches. They really used him more
Speaker 1: through these five games as a pass catcher. Then I
Speaker 1: really remember him being designed as a route runner during
Speaker 1: his entire time in the last two seasons. It isn't
Speaker 1: just screen passes, it's put it's flanking him out wide
Speaker 1: and actually being okay, throwing it to him if he
Speaker 1: comes on a crosser. That's where I think defensive defensive
Speaker 1: coordinators now really have their eye on him and what
Speaker 1: he could potentially present in The more attention he draws,
Speaker 1: and something I talked to him vote in the locker
Speaker 1: room after last week's game, the more options it's going
Speaker 1: to open up your Marquez Valdes, Scantlings and the other
Speaker 1: real big threats in his offense. Yeah, well, it comes
Speaker 1: down to, as you said, with the first and second down,
Speaker 1: it's about avoiding the negative plays. It's about avoiding the penalties.
Speaker 1: You know, Packer's offensive line. If there's one thing that's
Speaker 1: been a little bit of a bugaboo, so to speak,
Speaker 1: the last few games. It's been it's been some untimely penalties.
Speaker 1: Um Since the opening game against Chicago when the Bears
Speaker 1: had five sacks, Rodgers has only been sacked five times
Speaker 1: since then in the last four games. In one of
Speaker 1: those was even a give up intentional type of sack
Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. The way that play unfolded, So if
Speaker 1: you can avoid the negative plays and avoid the penalties,
Speaker 1: then those third downs end up being much more management.
Speaker 1: And getting back to my original point when you asked
Speaker 1: me about the key to this victory in this game,
Speaker 1: the four quartered attack, I just feel like Detroit. While
Speaker 1: they do have good playmakers on that defense, especially if
Speaker 1: Darius Slay is able to go, they have given up
Speaker 1: yards this year. I mean the twenty fifth right now
Speaker 1: in the league in total yards. I think they're twenty
Speaker 1: one against the run. Teams have had been able to
Speaker 1: have success moving the ball, and when you can move
Speaker 1: the ball the way that Green Bay does and have
Speaker 1: protect the football the way they have, that's when you
Speaker 1: talk about third down efficiency and things of that nature.
Speaker 1: That's why you're four and one at this juncture because
Speaker 1: you've consistently made enough plays and protected the football that
Speaker 1: you know, not every stat has to be league leading.
Speaker 1: You can find ways to win. And that's I think
Speaker 1: been the number one character of this team here through
Speaker 1: this first month of the year. Yeah, all right, well
Speaker 1: quickly here, West, before we shift gears to the defensive
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Speaker 1: defensive keys to victory. West, I'm not sure what you think,
Speaker 1: but I'm starting on this one with keeping Matthew Stafford
Speaker 1: from getting into a rhythm. And I'll say that, you know,
Speaker 1: we haven't had one of those tried and true SPAFF
Speaker 1: stats and info segments for a while. All Right, I've
Speaker 1: got one of Yeah, I've got a whole Yeah, I've
Speaker 1: I've got a whole bunch of them here for you.
Speaker 1: All right, Okay, the Detroit Lions have beaten the Packers
Speaker 1: four consecutive games. They've swept the last two season series
Speaker 1: in seventeen and eighteen. The first time the Lions have
Speaker 1: swept back to back season series from the Packers since
Speaker 1: the early eighties eighty three seasons. So it's been a
Speaker 1: long time since the Packers have been in this situation
Speaker 1: in this rivalry, and the Lions have not won five
Speaker 1: straight in this series since the pre Lombardi era of
Speaker 1: the nineteen fifties. So um, the Packers certainly don't want
Speaker 1: to tread into that territory. But getting back to the
Speaker 1: here and now, these last four games, and I know
Speaker 1: the Packers have been missing Aaron Rodgers, and I believe
Speaker 1: three out of the four if I'm not mistaken, but
Speaker 1: Matthew Stafford for the Lions Detroit has put up thirty
Speaker 1: plus points in all four of the victories the last
Speaker 1: two seasons. And here are Stafford's numbers, eighty out of twenty,
Speaker 1: which is exactly two thirds, sixty six point seven thirty
Speaker 1: three yards, nine touchdowns, no interceptions, a one two point
Speaker 1: zero passerrating over these four Lions victories the last two seasons.
Speaker 1: That's like off the charts good and the Packers cannot
Speaker 1: let him get it into that type of rhythm and
Speaker 1: have that type of game. Here's the other interesting thing. Too. Though.
Speaker 1: West Matthew Stafford's first thirteen games, He's now played seventeen
Speaker 1: games against the Packers. His first thirteen games against the Packers,
Speaker 1: green Bay intercepted him nineteen times. Zero interceptions of Stafford
Speaker 1: over the last four That's that's the trend the Packers
Speaker 1: have to change in order to get this rivalry flip
Speaker 1: back in the other direction. So if you ask me,
Speaker 1: just very quickly, what's the first thing that comes to
Speaker 1: mind in these last four losses the last two seasons,
Speaker 1: it's been efficiency for Matthew Stafford. Absolutely, he's not been challenged.
Speaker 1: And as much as we want to talk about Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers and whether he did or didn't play in these games,
Speaker 1: or who the head coach was, or what what the
Speaker 1: scenario was going to be and what the implications were,
Speaker 1: fact of the matter is Aaron Rodgers doesn't rush the passer.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is not a boundary cornerback. He's not a safety,
Speaker 1: he's not a linebacker. He's a quarterback. He would have
Speaker 1: to go tip for tat with Stafford playing excellent football.
Speaker 1: That's where I think the defense has to rise to
Speaker 1: the occasion. And I'm really intrigued to see it, Mike,
Speaker 1: because I think with Sadarius Smith and Preston Smith and
Speaker 1: the pressure they've been generating, they're gonna be able to
Speaker 1: get after Matthew Stafford more than he has been the
Speaker 1: last two seasons. There were some sacks, but the pressure
Speaker 1: wasn't consistent and not at all. And the more you
Speaker 1: dial up the pressure, the more the opportunities open up
Speaker 1: for themselves downfield. Now here's the number one question mark.
Speaker 1: We talked so much about Davante Adams, and rightfully so,
Speaker 1: but there are a lot of missing pieces here for
Speaker 1: green Bay's defense in the secondary going into this game.
Speaker 1: Raven Green They've already been without him. That pushes Adrian
Speaker 1: Amos up into the box. Now you have Darnell Savage
Speaker 1: missing some practice time with his ankle injury, so does
Speaker 1: that push Amos back? You have Will Redmond stepping up,
Speaker 1: but there's only one Will Redmond, so you need to
Speaker 1: make some decisions there. The one real positive thing for
Speaker 1: green Bay is that Kevin King was back on the
Speaker 1: practice field on Thursday. A little bit of concern there
Speaker 1: with him already dealing with the growing injury and then
Speaker 1: dealing with the knee injury. The fact that he was
Speaker 1: able to be out there is great. So if you
Speaker 1: can have Alexander and King allow those guys to work
Speaker 1: on islands in free up the safeties in the slot
Speaker 1: cornerbacks a little bit more, that's going to be the
Speaker 1: biggest key here, because, as we've been talking about for
Speaker 1: the last three seasons now, this new Matt Stafford, the
Speaker 1: one that's been able to have the success he's had,
Speaker 1: it's because he spreads the football around and makes guys better.
Speaker 1: That's how Detroit's winning and that's how they're the number
Speaker 1: eight ranked our offense in the league at this point. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, I just think this game for the Packers,
Speaker 1: as much as we talked about everything on the offensive side,
Speaker 1: I just really think it comes down to not letting
Speaker 1: Stafford get into a rhythm and control the action at
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage. And you know, the way he
Speaker 1: has performed against the Packers over these last couple of years,
Speaker 1: that's what needs to That's what needs to change. And
Speaker 1: as you said, he spreads the ball around. He's got
Speaker 1: the weapons. Kenny Golladay I mentioned the other day his
Speaker 1: twelve point eight yards per catch this season is a
Speaker 1: little bit misleading because Golladay has had two games against
Speaker 1: the Packers so far in his career, and he has
Speaker 1: a sixty yard reception and a fifty four yard touchdown
Speaker 1: against the Packers. He's a big play guy. Hockinson has
Speaker 1: been added to that mix now at tight end the
Speaker 1: draft pick. It looks like he's going to be back
Speaker 1: from his concussion and most likely playing on Monday Night.
Speaker 1: That's an interesting matchup as you talk about all those
Speaker 1: defenders in the middle of the field as opposed to
Speaker 1: those corners on the islands. How are the Packers going
Speaker 1: to to match up there? We've seen, We've seen Matthew
Speaker 1: Stafford the one that always sticks out to me, and
Speaker 1: it also happens to happens to be a Monday night
Speaker 1: game from two years ago in he was just lined
Speaker 1: up in shotgun at lambeau Field and pointing his fingers,
Speaker 1: you know, here and there. I mean, he knew absolutely everything.
Speaker 1: He was in complete command of that entire game. And
Speaker 1: this is a different defense, different coordinator, different personnel. Everything
Speaker 1: about the Packers defense is so different now than it
Speaker 1: was two years ago. And that's what I'm going to
Speaker 1: be watching is how comfortable is Matthew Stafford going to
Speaker 1: look against this defense compared to what we've seen the
Speaker 1: last couple of years. Absolutely, Now, the one thing you
Speaker 1: have a great statu it's incredible that it's been this
Speaker 1: long since the Lines have had a stretch where they've
Speaker 1: won five straight games over Green Bay. Yeah, you're trying
Speaker 1: to avoid that part of that. You're trying to avoid
Speaker 1: it exactly going into this matchup. But the thing that
Speaker 1: stands out to me too, is there Mason Crosby field
Speaker 1: goal away. You know, from having one of those wins. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: there are things that Green Bay has done that they've
Speaker 1: been still in these games. Now. Weeks seventeen last year,
Speaker 1: I think that was somewhat anomaly. Everybody's bags were sort
Speaker 1: of packed at that point. It was what it was,
Speaker 1: and you didn't have Aaron Rodgers available. So yeah, and
Speaker 1: the week's seventeen game in was was pretty ugly as well. Yeah, Yeah,
Speaker 1: and that was the one in Detroit. But getting back
Speaker 1: to just being in Green Bay, I mean, I think
Speaker 1: there's there are veterans on this team, guys that are
Speaker 1: in their six seventh eighth NFL season that they went
Speaker 1: years without losing to Detroit at home. You just got
Speaker 1: to get back to that, So seeing what the crowd
Speaker 1: environment is like, seeing you know, if you get off
Speaker 1: to a fast start, how that changes the temple of
Speaker 1: a football game. All those things are gonna be critical factors.
Speaker 1: And you know, first and foremost too, I think you know,
Speaker 1: you look at this matchup having Aaron Rodgers healthy relatively speaking,
Speaker 1: and just being able to get the offense moving right
Speaker 1: the bat with weapons that weren't there last season at
Speaker 1: the end of the year, with like Aaron Jones, this
Speaker 1: is a more dynamic, multifaceted team than just number twelve.
Speaker 1: Now they can beat you in different ways. And I
Speaker 1: think that's the X factor in this matchup for both
Speaker 1: sides is which team is able to actually utilize their
Speaker 1: full contingent, their full roster to be able to build
Speaker 1: a victory because this is a critical game in October
Speaker 1: for the NFC North in the implications for the next
Speaker 1: two months. Yeah, that's what I was going to get at.
Speaker 1: We talked about it earlier in the week that this
Speaker 1: is an opportunity for the Packers to get to three
Speaker 1: and o in their division games at the midway point
Speaker 1: of the division matchups. After this one, no more NFC
Speaker 1: North matchups until the final three weeks of the season
Speaker 1: when you play everybody for a second time. So the
Speaker 1: way the schedule sets up is really interesting because there'll
Speaker 1: be a big gap now between NFC North matchups. The
Speaker 1: flip side of it is, this is the first division
Speaker 1: game for Detroit here in the sixth week of the season.
Speaker 1: Now it's only their fifth game because they've had their
Speaker 1: bye week, but their schedule very different in that respect.
Speaker 1: This is their first division contest, it's the third one
Speaker 1: for the Packers. And if we look elsewhere at what's
Speaker 1: going on around the league here in week six, the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears are on their by coming off of their
Speaker 1: trip to London, and the Minnesota Vikings have a big
Speaker 1: NFC matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Obviously, lots of common
Speaker 1: opponents and everything there that we're looking at, and uh,
Speaker 1: and that will be one to to watch closely on
Speaker 1: Sunday since no one can watch the Packers. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: it's that was actually really interesting. I'm glad you mentioned
Speaker 1: the parody there, you know, just with everybody kind of
Speaker 1: seeing Philadelphia here earlier, that's sort of been the X.
Speaker 1: That's the difference right now in this division is that
Speaker 1: you know Philadelphia was able to you know, Detroit was
Speaker 1: able to get past you know, some of these teams,
Speaker 1: and you have Philadelphia and there and they're the ones
Speaker 1: that were actually able to knock off the Packers. So um, yeah,
Speaker 1: that that NFC East kind of you know series this year.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be really interesting to watch because, yeah, you
Speaker 1: have washing toon. The New York Giants are working through
Speaker 1: some of their issues. But Dallas and Philly are two
Speaker 1: tough teams on everybody's schedule. The Packers got through them already,
Speaker 1: but and got through them at one and one. Obviously
Speaker 1: had a chance a great chance to be too and
Speaker 1: oh there, but you got through it at one on
Speaker 1: one and uh. And now the Vikings are going to
Speaker 1: play the first of their two against Philly and Dallas
Speaker 1: this weekend. I'd be remissed before we enter Mike to
Speaker 1: ask you what do you make of the schedule? Cork.
Speaker 1: I mean, there's a lot of people insider inbox that
Speaker 1: have talked a lot about this, the fact that Detroit's
Speaker 1: coming off the by, Oakland will be coming off the by,
Speaker 1: and then Kansas City with an extra mini by. Yeah,
Speaker 1: coming off of a Thursday night game. Yeah, that it's
Speaker 1: an interesting streak here. The Packers three games in a
Speaker 1: row are going to be facing teams that will be
Speaker 1: coming off of significant rest um, and you know, I
Speaker 1: don't know what to I don't know what to make
Speaker 1: of that. I guess the one thing the Packers have had,
Speaker 1: if there's been something in their favorites that in playing
Speaker 1: to Thursday night games, they've had a little bit of
Speaker 1: a mini by or a mini rest weekend, you know,
Speaker 1: heading into two of their games, and those ended up
Speaker 1: both being victories over Minnesota and Dallas coming off of
Speaker 1: Thursday night contests. So but yeah, it's it's weird how
Speaker 1: how this fell that the Packers are going to be
Speaker 1: facing three consecutive opponents on extra rest. I still think
Speaker 1: if you give me the choice, though, I'd rather have
Speaker 1: the Week of Love and By or whatever it is
Speaker 1: rather than the Week four by that Detroit got set. Oh,
Speaker 1: I totally agree. I think the schedule set up nicely
Speaker 1: for the Packers from the standpoint of the week one
Speaker 1: kickoff opener side that you have your Thursday night game
Speaker 1: early in the season, and you get a little bit
Speaker 1: of a mini by that weekend off, and then you're
Speaker 1: full by is later in the year. I think that's
Speaker 1: a pretty decent set up for Green Bay. So, regardless
Speaker 1: of everything going on with the opponents of the Packers
Speaker 1: are in good shape. But certainly big weekend for the
Speaker 1: NFC North in more ways than one. And you know,
Speaker 1: Chicago has questions to answer. Minnesota's worked through some stuff.
Speaker 1: We'll see how it'll turn. Shuffles out. Yeah, well, and
Speaker 1: you've got something to uh to show us I do well.
Speaker 1: We Also this is again the NFL you know, critic
Speaker 1: catch month for all types of cancer. Yes, month of
Speaker 1: October topic I know obviously close to all of our hearts.
Speaker 1: The Packers Versus Camper cancer campaign got kicked off week ago.
Speaker 1: I don't know if Marvin is able to zoom in
Speaker 1: on that at all. But the Packers knit cap for
Speaker 1: this season available in the Packers Pro shop and also
Speaker 1: Packers dot com. Five dollars from every purchase. That's a
Speaker 1: nice little cap, isn't it? It is nice? Is it
Speaker 1: is a nice I'll get one of those for my
Speaker 1: snow shoveling, which it sounds like I might be doing
Speaker 1: that sooner. There might be coming soon enough. But five
Speaker 1: dollars of every cap going to benefit the Vince Lombardi
Speaker 1: Cancer Foundation, a cool initiative the Packers have had the
Speaker 1: last three years. Also, if you're in the Packers Pro Shop,
Speaker 1: an option to add a dollar to every purchase. Maha
Speaker 1: did that last weekend. Also with the proceeds Way to
Speaker 1: Go Maha, Way to Go Maha proceeds benefiting the Vince
Speaker 1: Lombarti Cancer Foundation. It's gonna be a cool event on
Speaker 1: Monday night, all right. Well, with that, we will call
Speaker 1: it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted. Be
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