1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from 2 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:18,040 Speaker 1: Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spofford, joined as always 3 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:21,159 Speaker 1: by my trusted colleague Weston hod Kit's coming to you 4 00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:25,520 Speaker 1: here from socially distant locations at lambeau Field and West 5 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: The Packers took care of business in the NFC Divisional 6 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: Playoffs thirty two to eight teen, a victory over the 7 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Rams to get back to the NFC Championship 8 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: Game for the second straight year. And I'll just start 9 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,199 Speaker 1: with this. We talked last week about the number one 10 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: scoring offense against the number one scoring defense at lambeau 11 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:48,000 Speaker 1: Field on Saturday afternoon. The Packers scored points the first 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: five times they touched the ball against that number one 13 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,520 Speaker 1: scoring defense. That absolutely set the table. Was was a 14 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 1: tremendous formula for victory for Green Bay. You and I 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: are in a street fight. Mike. You are a fantastic 16 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 1: street fighter. You are very good at defense. I'm a 17 00:01:05,760 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: fantastic street fighter. I'm very good at offense. If if 18 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: we're gonna meet in that dark alley, lights down low, 19 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:17,160 Speaker 1: how are you gonna win that fight? You're not gonna 20 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,039 Speaker 1: win it by being passive, aggressive, you gotta go for it. 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,800 Speaker 1: That's what I liked about this offensive game plan for 22 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,200 Speaker 1: green Bay. You knew what you were facing, you knew 23 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:30,479 Speaker 1: how good this Los Angeles Rams defense was. They had 24 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 1: to just press forward, they had to go north and south, 25 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 1: and they did that. To me, Mike, this game really 26 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 1: came down to two things. It came down to Matt 27 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: la Floor looking at that backfield, understanding that you have 28 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, Jamal Williams, and a J. Dillon, they're all healthy, 29 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,760 Speaker 1: they're all established, getting them involved early, and really punching 30 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 1: the Rams in the mouth. In the second thing, the 31 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,880 Speaker 1: Packers offensive line this season, all the adversity that they've faced, 32 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,360 Speaker 1: all the different versions that we've seen of this offensive line, 33 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: they had to come out and set the tone early 34 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: and they did that and everything else was built off 35 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: of that. Devantie Adams had some big moments, Al Lazard 36 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:10,280 Speaker 1: had a huge catch, Aaron Rodgers played again like a 37 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: National Football League Most Valuable Player. But if Green Bay 38 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: didn't come out and assert their dominance in that first quarter, 39 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 1: we know the book on Sean mcveigh's team. If they're 40 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: leading after halftime, undefeated underneath McVeigh. If they're up on 41 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: time of possession, extremely difficult to beat. The Packers were 42 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: not intimidated, and because of that reason, I felt like 43 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:33,280 Speaker 1: they came out and set the tone on their own field. Yeah. Absolutely, 44 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 1: The running game really set up everything else that the 45 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: Packers wanted to do on on offense before the kneel downs. 46 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:41,320 Speaker 1: At the end of the game. The Packers had a 47 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 1: hundred rushing yards in this game, which was about double 48 00:02:45,639 --> 00:02:49,359 Speaker 1: what the Rams had averaged allowing coming into the game. 49 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: And let's face it, the Rams didn't have their great disruptor, 50 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: Aaron Donald. He was not at a percent, not even close. 51 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: Quite frankly, he only played about half the snaps when 52 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: he was in there. Elton Jns handled him in the 53 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 1: run game, and various double teams and whatnot took care 54 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: of him in the passing game. The Packers rendered essentially 55 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 1: combined with the injury, rendered the best defensive player in 56 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 1: the National Football League a complete non factor. And the 57 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: Rams defense simply was not the same, and Green Bay 58 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:22,360 Speaker 1: took advantage of that even and and Aaron Rodgers didn't 59 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: exactly shy away from throwing the ball at Jalen Ramsey 60 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: here and there as well, whether it was Davantae Adams 61 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: on a slant on the double motion for the touchdown. 62 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: He even hit mvs and Lazard on different plays where 63 00:03:33,960 --> 00:03:36,720 Speaker 1: they were lined up against Jalen Ramsey. So you said it. 64 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: The the aggressiveness of this game plan really really set 65 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: the tone for Green Bay. And it all started. It's 66 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 1: all started with the run game to set everything else up, 67 00:03:46,680 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: leading to the play action touchdown past the backbreaker in 68 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter to Alan Lazard where he slips behind 69 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: the defense on a on a hard cell of a 70 00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: play fake by Aaron Rodgers. The Packers go up to 71 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: touchdown halfway through the fourth quarter. And that was all 72 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 1: she wrote. One time, one time Aaron Rodgers was hit 73 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: in this game. That's it. You mentioned Aaron Donald. You 74 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: gotta play with the game and the players that are 75 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 1: out there. I'm sure Green Bay would have loved to 76 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: have David Batr and Lane Taylor available as well, but 77 00:04:15,480 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: that's not the world we're living in right now. You 78 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 1: have to adjust, you have to adapt. They were able 79 00:04:20,080 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: to do that. And the other thing is you look 80 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 1: at Billy Turner neutralizing Leonard Floyd, a guy that had 81 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: ten and a half sacks this season. That's where this 82 00:04:27,640 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: thing started. And as Rogers got comfortable, Mike, you make 83 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: that big pass to Lazard. You think of that other 84 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 1: one he had standing in his own end zone, inside 85 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: the pocket, motion all around him. He steps up and 86 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 1: makes a huge throw. Now it ended up being a 87 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:42,839 Speaker 1: series in which Green Bay had to punt, but being 88 00:04:42,880 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: able to get out of that backed up position twenty 89 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: one yards downfield to Lazard. Lazard ends up having the 90 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: drop pass. After that, everybody kind of questioning, Okay, what's 91 00:04:52,720 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 1: gonna happen here? The Rams get within seven, you need 92 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,560 Speaker 1: a response. The defense provided it, and Aaron Rodgers in 93 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 1: that play after building up that offensive look, being able 94 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: to run the offense the way they did in the 95 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 1: first half help kind of lead to that play to Lazard. 96 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: I was trying to say proceed, but I didn't feel 97 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:14,800 Speaker 1: like that was gonna be the right word. But be 98 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,680 Speaker 1: that as it may, Mike that we talk all the time, 99 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: and fans probably have heard it, maybe even it's it's 100 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 1: noise over their head, but marrying the run with the past, 101 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 1: that play was the example of why the Packers want 102 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: to have everything streamlined together. Because you had the safety's 103 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: cheating up now because now they're thinking, Hey, are they 104 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: gonna run it here? Are we gonna have another eight 105 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:37,039 Speaker 1: nine yard game here? You need to be able to 106 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: compensate for that. Rogers spots that, and it was funny. 107 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: I didn't get a chance to watch the TV copy 108 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,520 Speaker 1: before I wrote Insider Inbox on Monday, and a fan 109 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 1: mentioned that, did you hear Rogers shouting over to Alan Lazart. Hey, 110 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,159 Speaker 1: Alan kind of motioning to him, has a smirk on 111 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: his face, and Lazard knew exactly what he wanted coming 112 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 1: out of the slot, goes down the seam fifty eight 113 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: yards and obviously the biggest play of the game to 114 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 1: be for the Packers to be able to get the 115 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 1: response they needed and and hold onto that victory. Yeah. Absolutely. 116 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: On on the defensive side of the ball too, It 117 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: was interesting the way this game unfolded because if you 118 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:14,520 Speaker 1: look at the rams first six possessions on offense, it 119 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: was sort of feast or famine, right. I mean, three 120 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: of the six possessions the Packers defense got a three 121 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: and out Rams did nothing. The other three the Rams 122 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: got points, So it was it was an all or 123 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:28,479 Speaker 1: nothing scenario with what the Packers were doing on offense. 124 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: That was a trade that they were willing to make. Certainly, 125 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 1: the three three and outs by the Packers defense really 126 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:37,560 Speaker 1: helped Green Bay get the lead, build the lead. And 127 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,920 Speaker 1: here's the two other things I really really liked about 128 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: the Packers defensive performance in this game. One, the only 129 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 1: time they gave up touchdowns West. They only gave up 130 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: two touchdowns in this game, and when they did, the 131 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,479 Speaker 1: Packers were ahead by two touchdowns. When they gave up 132 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: a touchdown, that's a pretty good formula right there. And 133 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: then the other thing in the fourth quarter, the Rams 134 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:00,160 Speaker 1: never threatened the goal line. The two big possession is 135 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,920 Speaker 1: one of them, with the Packers only leading by one score, 136 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:07,040 Speaker 1: and then again afterwards when after the Lizard touchdown, when 137 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,560 Speaker 1: the Packers were up by two scores, the Rams never 138 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:14,200 Speaker 1: really threatened to score. The Packers defense stood tall. Fortunately, 139 00:07:14,200 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 1: on one uh, the Rams had started on their own 140 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: six yard line after a good punt, so even when 141 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:20,679 Speaker 1: they got a couple of first downs, they still weren't 142 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: even really that close to midfield. Packers defense rises up 143 00:07:23,800 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: and get the stop. The fourth quarter. The Packers really 144 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: owned it in this game. All the back and forth 145 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: through the first three quarters spelled out as a victory 146 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter when when the Packers were able 147 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,720 Speaker 1: to control that final stands up. Yeah, and to do 148 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 1: my old Dom Capers impersonation. Impersonation, let's start with the 149 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: positives here. I mean, the way that they finished this 150 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 1: game is exactly the way they needed to. You saw 151 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 1: Kenny Clark, I felt I I said it last week. 152 00:07:47,320 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 1: Your guy for this game was Al Nazard. My guy 153 00:07:49,760 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 1: was Kenny Clark. Now, I thought it was gonna be 154 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: more based on trying to stop Acres. As it turned out, 155 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: the Rams just said to heck with it, We're just 156 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 1: gonna pass. But it ended up being Kenny Clark in 157 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:03,560 Speaker 1: Rish John Gary, the second year linebacker, the twelfth overall 158 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:06,680 Speaker 1: pick in the two thousand nineteen NFL Draft, him being 159 00:08:06,720 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: able to make the strides that we've seen all season 160 00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: and then have one of his best games, if not 161 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: the best game, in the biggest moment so far for 162 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: green Bay. I thought those two guys really contributed heavily 163 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: to Green Bay being able to slam that door the 164 00:08:19,800 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: pass rush. And you've seen it time and time again, Mike, 165 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,280 Speaker 1: when the Packers can get teams into third and long 166 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: third and plus six. They are a different unit. They 167 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: just have that swagger, they have that confidence, and with 168 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:33,440 Speaker 1: them not allowing explosive plays from basically beginning to end 169 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:35,480 Speaker 1: of this season, it has allowed them to be in 170 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,520 Speaker 1: a position of power in those moments. The one area 171 00:08:38,520 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: I think Green Bay is probably gonna need to look 172 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,360 Speaker 1: at this week, and Kenny Clark mentioned it as soon 173 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: as the game was over in his postgame news conference, 174 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:48,679 Speaker 1: you have to figure out this this quick curry up 175 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:51,559 Speaker 1: offense look that the Rams win too, because you're gonna 176 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:55,440 Speaker 1: see stuff like that against the Buccaneers. The Rams they decided, 177 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,400 Speaker 1: you know, my whole thought process going in, Mike was 178 00:08:57,440 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 1: they're gonna run to set up everything that they do 179 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 1: with off at some point with getting as many base 180 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: looks as they got, they said, you know what, We're 181 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: just gonna go hurry up. We're gonna spread them out, 182 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:08,960 Speaker 1: and they had success with that in the first half. 183 00:09:09,200 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: Green Bay ultimately was able to get some stops, was 184 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:14,319 Speaker 1: able to do some more stuff offensively that it took 185 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: the Rams out of that. But that's gonna be one 186 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:18,439 Speaker 1: look that green Bay is gonna have to compensate for 187 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,959 Speaker 1: because this week, and we'll talk about the matchup with 188 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,840 Speaker 1: the Bucks later. But the way that Bruce arians and 189 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,640 Speaker 1: in Byron left which draw up this offense. They will 190 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: throw to get going with the run. And when you 191 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,839 Speaker 1: put the ball in Tom Brady's hands in those circumstances, 192 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 1: that that's gonna be a difficult formula to solve. As 193 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,680 Speaker 1: it related to this game, though, defense hit all the 194 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:38,319 Speaker 1: notes you wanted them to hit down the stretch for 195 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: the Packers to win this game. Yeah, defensively, the Packers 196 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,360 Speaker 1: allowed ninety rushing yards from acres, but nothing that was 197 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: that was a backing or a tone setting type of run. 198 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 1: You got four sacks on Jared Goff, Preston Smith, batted 199 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,560 Speaker 1: down a couple of passes that the line of scrim 200 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: is just a lot of plays that that the Green 201 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: Bay defense made in this game. And certainly, as as 202 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:01,120 Speaker 1: we mentioned, down down the stretch, the Packers defense did 203 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 1: not let the Ramps threaten to uh, you know, to 204 00:10:04,240 --> 00:10:08,640 Speaker 1: score there before I forget West Sirius x M NFL 205 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:11,960 Speaker 1: radio Channel eight is the only radio outlet dedicated to 206 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,199 Speaker 1: the National Football League seven days a week, three d 207 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 1: sixty five days a year. All Right, Well, this victory 208 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: by the Packers, combined with Tampa Bay's victory at New 209 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 1: Orleans on Sunday, sets up an NFC Championship showdown Aaron Rodgers, 210 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,200 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, Packers, Buccaneers. It will be Sunday two oh 211 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: five Central time, kick off at lambeau Field. And you 212 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,240 Speaker 1: know we're gonna be talking about this all week West. 213 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 1: But you look at you look at what happened in 214 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: week sixty eight to ten Tampa Bay victory over Green Bay, 215 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:51,000 Speaker 1: uh down in Florida. You look at how the Buccaneers 216 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:53,559 Speaker 1: were able to beat the Saints after losing to them 217 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 1: twice in the regular season, that the most recent of 218 00:10:56,280 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: those being a thirty eight to three shellacking on National 219 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:03,640 Speaker 1: Tell Vision. It comes down to turnovers. The New Orleans. 220 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,840 Speaker 1: The New Orleans Saints were I thought they were in 221 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: They were really in control of that game against the Buccaneers. 222 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 1: It looked like they were headed for a two score 223 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 1: lead in the second half. Jared Cook catches the slant 224 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: pass for a first down to convert a third down, 225 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,400 Speaker 1: and then boom, the ball gets punched out and instead 226 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: of the Rams possibly are the Saints, excuse me, possibly 227 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: going up two scores, the Buccaneers from that moment on 228 00:11:27,679 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 1: outscored the Saints seven team to zero the rest of 229 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 1: the game, getting a couple of more turnovers along the way. 230 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,199 Speaker 1: Packers were the best team in the NFL at protecting 231 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:42,200 Speaker 1: the football, and that is absolutely positively job number one. 232 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 1: Priority number one comes Sunday afternoon, and honestly, Mike if 233 00:11:45,880 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: I was standing in front of the room in Matt 234 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,520 Speaker 1: with floor even had to address this because it came 235 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:52,560 Speaker 1: up several times during his Monday news conference. My whole 236 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: thought would be the one takeaway, the one thing I 237 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:58,199 Speaker 1: want you to remember about Week six is protect the 238 00:11:58,240 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 1: football and take the football away. That was the difference 239 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:03,600 Speaker 1: in the game. Green Bay came out and posed their will. 240 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: That first quarter picture perfect, exactly what Green Bay was 241 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 1: looking for. Get up by two scores, you're off and rolling. 242 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 1: But it was what happened after that's that sort of 243 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: turned the tide of where things went for Green Bay. 244 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:16,800 Speaker 1: So now you look at this matchup, you go and 245 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 1: look at what Tampa Bay did, As Matt Lafleur said, 246 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: watching the game with his wife at home, sitting back 247 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: just seeing the lay of the land, of the way 248 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: things are going to shape out. I have a lot 249 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:28,400 Speaker 1: of respect for Mickey Loomis. I love the way that 250 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: the Saints were built this season. They understood, they made 251 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,600 Speaker 1: a transition about five years ago that you have an 252 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 1: aging quarterback, one of the very best, a future Hall 253 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: of Famer, but you need to be able to develop 254 00:12:37,559 --> 00:12:39,360 Speaker 1: your defense and you need to be able to find 255 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: ways to help him offensively. So it's just not big 256 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: air raid, downfield passing game. And they've done that, Elvin Kamara, 257 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,120 Speaker 1: all the different weapons that you just talked about. But 258 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,600 Speaker 1: what happened here and it's the lesson that Green Bay 259 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 1: needs to learn going into this matchup now against the 260 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:58,479 Speaker 1: Bucks is the Saints came out fast and furious offensively. 261 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: Buccaneers weren't able to do much the first quarter for 262 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: most of the first quarter, but there was something about 263 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,040 Speaker 1: that Tom Brady sneak and he's done it so many 264 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 1: times over the last twenty one years that when Bruce 265 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: arians shows the confidence, we're backed up, we're inside our 266 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: own thirty five six, we're gonna sneak it because Tom 267 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 1: Brady is arguably the best in NFL history at it. 268 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 1: And after that moment, man, they just got rolling in. 269 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 1: The Saints couldn't stop them. Conversely, when you don't have 270 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 1: the big arm, you know, and you don't have the 271 00:13:29,559 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: explosiveness that the Saints have had in the past, you 272 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 1: have to take more chances underneath. And I thought that's 273 00:13:34,760 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 1: what happened with Breese. They just after as you mentioned, 274 00:13:37,320 --> 00:13:40,640 Speaker 1: with that that Cook turnover, they just weren't able to 275 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,640 Speaker 1: play catch up after that. So now here you are. 276 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 1: This is what the National Football League is all about. 277 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: This is what the NFC is all about. These are 278 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,320 Speaker 1: the two best teams and they're gonna see each other 279 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: at lambeau Field on Sunday afternoon, and I am really 280 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,000 Speaker 1: interested to see the chess match that happens now that 281 00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:56,480 Speaker 1: this game is here as opposed to down in South 282 00:13:56,520 --> 00:14:00,120 Speaker 1: Florida and now being able to see exactly what the 283 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:02,240 Speaker 1: adjustments are going to be made that Matt Laflour and 284 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers are going to do. Matt Lafloor, he still 285 00:14:05,360 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: hasn't lost back to back games as the head coach, 286 00:14:07,440 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: but now he has the rematch here right against Tampa 287 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:14,320 Speaker 1: Bay in the same season. That's going to be tremendous theater. Yeah, absolutely, 288 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's what everybody is going to be 289 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:18,960 Speaker 1: fired up to watch one last thought on the Saints 290 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: before we move on. If indeed we did see Drew 291 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: brees last football game in the NFL, hats off to 292 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: an absolutely tremendous career. And if you want to have 293 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: any understanding of just how difficult it can be to 294 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,760 Speaker 1: get to a super Bowl, the last four years, the 295 00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints won forty nine football games in four years, 296 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 1: and they did not get to the Super Bowl any 297 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 1: one of those times, and in fact, only made it 298 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,400 Speaker 1: to the Conference championship once in those four years. And 299 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 1: they should have gone to the super Bowl last year. 300 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: They certainly were robbed in my opinion. But anyway, hats 301 00:14:52,920 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 1: off to Drew Brees. And if he is going to retire, um, 302 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: I hope he sticks around the game in some fashion. 303 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: It sounds like that is potentially in the works. But 304 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: Tom Brady against Aaron Rodgers, it's a it's a matchup 305 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: for the ages. That will be Aaron Rodgers fifth conference 306 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 1: championship game, but first at lambeau Field. As we have 307 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,920 Speaker 1: talked about, he won his first one obviously against the 308 00:15:14,920 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 1: Bears on the road. Three straight losses on the road 309 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,520 Speaker 1: at this stage. But now Rogers gets a conference championship 310 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: at home. For Tom Brady, it will be the fourteen 311 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: conference championship game of his career, the first thirteen obviously 312 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,720 Speaker 1: as the quarterback of the New England Patriots. Brady nine 313 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:39,000 Speaker 1: and four in UM nine and four in conference championship 314 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,240 Speaker 1: games in his career, but three of those four losses 315 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,640 Speaker 1: on the road. He's been a five quarterback in road 316 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: games in those a f C title games with the Patriots. 317 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: So you just you, you, you can't ask for anything 318 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:52,400 Speaker 1: better here, These these two quarterbacks going to head to 319 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: head with so much on the line, two guys who 320 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: are going to be in the Hall of Fame one day, 321 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: and a matchup frankly that you know, until the last 322 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: couple of years, well yeah, prior to two thousand and eighteen, 323 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: Rogers and Brady had gone head to head exactly once 324 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: as starting quarterbacks. Now and then a second time here 325 00:16:13,480 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: in the postseason. So, uh, Rogers and Brady, it's a 326 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: musty TV. A few lessons to be learned here, Mike, 327 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 1: before we signed off for the day. The first thing, 328 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:24,400 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a segment of the fans that are 329 00:16:24,400 --> 00:16:26,600 Speaker 1: gonna be nervous about that first matchup, and they're gonna 330 00:16:26,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: talk about it all this week. You and I are 331 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,920 Speaker 1: going to see it an inbox. As I keep saying 332 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: over and over again, whether I've tweeted it or whether 333 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: I wrote it. Tampa Bay Buccaneers did not care about 334 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 1: the regular season when they went into the Super Dome 335 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 1: last weekend and um pasted the Saints after the Saints 336 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 1: beat them twice in the last of which was a 337 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,480 Speaker 1: thirty eight to three victory. Not concerned at all. Second thing, 338 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 1: this is the great moment, right because when Tom Brady 339 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: signed with Tampa Bay, there were some executives at Fox 340 00:16:54,840 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 1: or somewhere around the country where they started salivating at 341 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:01,720 Speaker 1: the thought of Brady and Breeze, Brady and Rogers, and 342 00:17:01,760 --> 00:17:05,080 Speaker 1: they're getting it all in the same postseason run. Uh. 343 00:17:05,119 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: For Brady and Rodgers. This wasn't the way I wanted 344 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: it to go down. I I really wanted to see 345 00:17:09,560 --> 00:17:11,720 Speaker 1: how I thought we were getting in fourteen. I wanted 346 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: to see a Brady Rogers Super Bowl. This is the 347 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:17,040 Speaker 1: next best thing, though, to see these two warriors, as 348 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: you said, future Hall of Famers, first ballot gold jackets 349 00:17:20,440 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 1: facing off Mano a Mano is going to be a fantastic, 350 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,920 Speaker 1: fantastic game. And also we have to say it, Mike 351 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: because honestly, as many headlines as Brady versus Breeze is 352 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:33,560 Speaker 1: gonna draw, my Brady versus Rogers excuse me, Nadam, the 353 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 1: can sue in this long storied history against the Green 354 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,679 Speaker 1: Bay Packers, that again gets brought to the forefront, that 355 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: rivalry that you know, the the history with Aaron Rodgers. 356 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,640 Speaker 1: There's so many things about this that you love. And then, honestly, 357 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:48,520 Speaker 1: the final thing I want to make either Aaron Rodgers 358 00:17:48,560 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: going back to the Super Bowl for the first time 359 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:54,880 Speaker 1: in ten years, or Tom Brady in his first season 360 00:17:54,880 --> 00:17:58,119 Speaker 1: with a new team making the Tampa Bay Buccaneers the 361 00:17:58,119 --> 00:18:00,919 Speaker 1: first team to play a Super Bowl on their home field. 362 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: One of the two things is going to happen, assuming 363 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: that they just don't play forever to avoid a time, 364 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 1: those two are the scenarios, and it's just it is fantastic. 365 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: It's what the National Football League is all about. Yeah. Absolutely, 366 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: I want to get your thoughts on one other thing 367 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 1: because we may not have enough time in Thursday show 368 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,479 Speaker 1: to get to it, because a lot of fans are 369 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 1: asking about this and the Packers just faced as we 370 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,679 Speaker 1: talked about, the number one defense in the league in 371 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Rams, and had their way with them. 372 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 1: For the most part. This Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense is 373 00:18:29,600 --> 00:18:32,160 Speaker 1: no slouch, obviously, But I think the other thing too, 374 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: is this Tampa Bay defense is built very differently because 375 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 1: the stars of the defense, yes they have they have 376 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 1: tremendous pass rushers up front, just like the Rams had, 377 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:44,919 Speaker 1: But the stars of the defense are the inside linebackers, 378 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,880 Speaker 1: Lavonte David and particularly Devin White. Packers had a hard 379 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:51,640 Speaker 1: time with those guys back in Week six, and though 380 00:18:51,880 --> 00:18:54,600 Speaker 1: that type of caliber linebacker in the middle of field 381 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: is not what the Rams had, the Rams defense was 382 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:01,120 Speaker 1: was built differently. So just what your thoughts initially here 383 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:03,640 Speaker 1: early in the week and how the Packers go about 384 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 1: trying to do what they need to do against a 385 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,720 Speaker 1: defense that is extremely talented but very different from the 386 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,920 Speaker 1: one that they just faced. Devin White was going to 387 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:14,479 Speaker 1: be a star. You and I didn't have to be 388 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:16,960 Speaker 1: in the package scouting department to understand that. I remember 389 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,160 Speaker 1: you and I salivating over what the type of player 390 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:20,800 Speaker 1: this guy is gonna be going at the combine and 391 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: through all that process that's not a surprise. Um, although 392 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 1: the way that they're using them is really innovative. I 393 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: think that's very exciting. The thing I actually like as 394 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:32,679 Speaker 1: a football fan is that Lavonte David's finally starting to 395 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:34,840 Speaker 1: get his his his do I mean, you you talk 396 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: here all the time about people wasting primes. We missed 397 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 1: Lavante David's. I mean, he's still in his prime. Is 398 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,320 Speaker 1: thirty two years old, thirty one years old. But people 399 00:19:42,320 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: are finally catching up to the fact that this guy 400 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,040 Speaker 1: has been a pretty darn good linebacker for eight years. 401 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,679 Speaker 1: And it's just that the Buccaneers had a lot of 402 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:50,560 Speaker 1: bad seasons. They had a lot of years where their 403 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,400 Speaker 1: offense didn't do a lot in their defense was disjointedt 404 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 1: Lavonte David isn't just that he's some late bloomer. He 405 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:58,720 Speaker 1: was this guy all along and now people realize it 406 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:00,919 Speaker 1: and being able to pair those two guys together. The 407 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,320 Speaker 1: reason you mentioned that it's different than the Rams, it's 408 00:20:03,320 --> 00:20:05,639 Speaker 1: different than a lot of teams. A lot of teams 409 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,680 Speaker 1: now it's become about one linebacker and then you find 410 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 1: a compliment to them, and then you run your sub packages. 411 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:12,439 Speaker 1: That's not the way that Tampa Bay does things. So 412 00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,879 Speaker 1: the key for Green Bay is coming out running the 413 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: football and protecting the football and getting those linebackers moving, 414 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 1: being able to wear them down over the course of 415 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: four quarters in this environment, thirty degree weather. That's going 416 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: to be the key because lambeau Field, this is going 417 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:29,800 Speaker 1: to take away some of the speed, right, This is 418 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: going to even the playing field somewhat. Sorry, Kurt Warner, 419 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: it's a reality. The game gets played outdoors sometimes. But 420 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: the fact of the matter is that if you don't 421 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:41,760 Speaker 1: do that early on, and you allow them to start 422 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:43,920 Speaker 1: pinning their ears back because you can't run the ball 423 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:47,560 Speaker 1: against that front, that's when that defense is at its best. 424 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,760 Speaker 1: And the very last thing Todd Bowls needs another opportunity 425 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:52,280 Speaker 1: to be a head coach in this league. The guy 426 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:54,919 Speaker 1: is fantastic. His scheme is fantastic and when he has 427 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,679 Speaker 1: the right players, Man, Packers have seen it before they 428 00:20:57,680 --> 00:20:59,879 Speaker 1: saw it in Arizona. I mean, this guy knows how 429 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: to coach. Yeah, well, Matt la Fleur said, and I 430 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:04,800 Speaker 1: wrote about it on our website Monday night. The Packers 431 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:07,000 Speaker 1: are not going to dwell on anything that happened from 432 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: Week six, but they are gonna learn some things from 433 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,800 Speaker 1: and Matt Lafleur admitted he didn't feel like he really 434 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,919 Speaker 1: had his team prepared for that game as well as 435 00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:17,400 Speaker 1: the Buccaneers were prepared, and he felt like he got 436 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,280 Speaker 1: away from the running game when the game was still 437 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,119 Speaker 1: within reach before things really got out of hand. The 438 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:25,840 Speaker 1: Packers did bust a couple of runs in that game, 439 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,240 Speaker 1: and I'm sure Matt Lafleur, Nathaniel Hackett, the rest of 440 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:30,240 Speaker 1: those offensive coaches are going to try to figure out 441 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:32,520 Speaker 1: how to get back to that and then stick with 442 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 1: the run, as you said, because the way to attack 443 00:21:34,840 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 1: this the way to attack this defense is to try 444 00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:40,080 Speaker 1: to wear out those those linebackers because they control so 445 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:41,840 Speaker 1: much in the middle of the field. If they're getting 446 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:43,720 Speaker 1: three notes and getting off the field and being able 447 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,640 Speaker 1: to get their breath, that's not that's not the right recipe. 448 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 1: And then secondly, just to give him quick kudos, I 449 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: mean you look at their secondary. They're a ball hawking secondary. 450 00:21:51,359 --> 00:21:53,879 Speaker 1: I think Antoine Winfield Jr. Is going to be a 451 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:57,159 Speaker 1: fantastic Pro Bowl player for years to come. They have 452 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:59,320 Speaker 1: a lot of weapons. Might you can't deny it. They're 453 00:21:59,320 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 1: in the NFC's igl game for a reason, but Green 454 00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,760 Speaker 1: Bay top scoring defense, top scoring offense in the league, 455 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,360 Speaker 1: just doing what they did against the top scoring defense. 456 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:09,359 Speaker 1: They gotta be who they are and they gotta protect 457 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: the football. Yeah. Absolutely Well. We will talk a lot 458 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 1: more about this matchup on our next episode, but for now, 459 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: we'll call it a wrap on this edition of Packers 460 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 1: on Script and be sure to follow all of our 461 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,960 Speaker 1: preview coverage during NFC Championship Week. It's all for you 462 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: on Packers dot com for West, I am Mike. Thank 463 00:22:25,880 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: you for tuning in, everybody. See you next time.