1 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from 2 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:22,439 Speaker 1: Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spoffer, joined as always 3 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,319 Speaker 1: by my partner in crime, Wes Hodkins. We're coming to 4 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: you hear from our studios at lambeau Field to discuss Wes. 5 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: Yet another down to the wire victory by the Green 6 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,599 Speaker 1: Bay Packers is the third one this season the Packers 7 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:37,559 Speaker 1: have won at the buzzer, so to speak, and this 8 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: one a blocked field goal at Soldier Field to beat 9 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:47,200 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears twenty to nineteen. Everything on that final 10 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: drive the Bears, you know, getting out of the third 11 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,080 Speaker 1: and nineteen, they convert on fourth and short, They get 12 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: themselves in position and it's looking like, okay. The Packers 13 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,959 Speaker 1: have won a couple games on walkoff field goals. Now 14 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: they're going to lose one on walk off field goal. 15 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:06,199 Speaker 1: But no, Carl Brooks gets the hand up there, gets 16 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 1: the fingertip on the football and the Packers survive. 17 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: The Cardiac pack two pointo is what I've been calling 18 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: this to my father the past week. Wow, it just 19 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,840 Speaker 2: it seems like every way the Packers could win a 20 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: football game this year, they've done it. And I am 21 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: not above telling you exactly what was going through my 22 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,319 Speaker 2: head at the end of that game. Because the Cairo 23 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 2: Santos is in a very accomplished kicker. It's been doing 24 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 2: it for a long time now. In this league. People 25 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 2: forget the issues that the Bears had trying to find 26 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,000 Speaker 2: a kicker after Robbie Gold. Santos is the one that 27 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 2: ended that carousel for them, right and has held down 28 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 2: that job for multiple years now. I hate to be 29 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 2: a pessimist. I love being a half glass, half full guy. 30 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: But I had a running game story to write. You 31 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 2: were doing a final recap. I was getting ready for 32 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: a Packers loss in terms of writing my stuff and 33 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 2: getting stuff ready so we could get down to the 34 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 2: locker room. I was ill prepared for handling a potential game. 35 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 2: Missing a field goal is one thing, but then a 36 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 2: game winning field goal block, the first one since your 37 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: great grandfather was what traversing the halls of Washington. 38 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 1: DC something like that. 39 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, nineteen thirty nine, the last time the Packers have 40 00:02:20,680 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 2: won a football game off a field goal block on 41 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:26,000 Speaker 2: the last play of the game against the world renowned 42 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:30,519 Speaker 2: Cleveland Rams and they got the job done. Man, And 43 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,120 Speaker 2: how many times have I written this season, including in 44 00:02:34,200 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: Tuesday's Inbox. It just doesn't matter. Just win the game. 45 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: And this was probably the best, biggest example of it all. 46 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 2: You do not apologize, You do not take any style 47 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 2: points and try to add them into the victory or 48 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 2: massage it any other way other than the sack. The 49 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:56,080 Speaker 2: Packers won the game, and they continued in unprecedented eleven 50 00:02:56,440 --> 00:02:59,120 Speaker 2: straight victories over the Chicago Bears. 51 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: And that's the history oracle note I wanted to pivot 52 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:06,640 Speaker 1: to because this falls in the category of you can't 53 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:11,680 Speaker 1: make this stuff up. Twenty five years ago at lambeau Field, 54 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: the Chicago Bears came into Green Bay having lost ten 55 00:03:16,960 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: in a row to the Packers, and they break the 56 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: streak of ten straight losses to the Packers on Brian 57 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: Robinson's block of Ryan Longwell's chip shot a twenty eight yarder. 58 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: The Packers sat on the ball, twenty eight yarder. This 59 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: is going to be a win, Brian Robinson, the hand 60 00:03:34,160 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: of Walter Walter Payton had passed away earlier in the week. 61 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: The hand of Walter blocks the field goal, and the 62 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: Bears break their ten game losing streak in the rivalry. 63 00:03:44,520 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 1: Fast forward to Sunday at Soldier Field, and the Packers 64 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: have won ten straight, and the Bears are lining up 65 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: for the field goal to break the ten game losing streak, 66 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:57,880 Speaker 1: and the Packers blocked the field goal to make it 67 00:03:57,920 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: eleven in a row, the first time in the history 68 00:04:02,280 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: of the NFL's oldest rivalry that one team has won 69 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 1: eleven straight. But breaking this game down a little bit 70 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: further offensively first, for Green Bay. I came out of 71 00:04:16,320 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: this I came out of this game just with a 72 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:24,000 Speaker 1: whole bunch of mixed feelings about the offense. Because if 73 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,080 Speaker 1: you had told me we had talked all week last 74 00:04:26,080 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: week and I was the one stressing it, the Bears 75 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:30,480 Speaker 1: were the number one red zone defense, the Packers were 76 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 1: the number twenty nine red zone offense. That was the 77 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 1: situational matchup that would probably decide the game. If you 78 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:40,360 Speaker 1: had told me before the game started that the Packers 79 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 1: were going to get in the red zone five times 80 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: against the Bears and score three touchdowns, I would have 81 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,440 Speaker 1: said Packers are going to have a heck of a 82 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: chance to win the game. But if you had also 83 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,680 Speaker 1: told me that twice when the Packers get in the 84 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: red zone, they're going to get zero points on two 85 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: red zone opportunities in this case actually two opportunities that 86 00:04:59,560 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 1: got all the way the five yard line and the 87 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: Packers got no points. I would have said, well, you're 88 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 1: gonna have a hard time winning that football game. So 89 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 1: that's where I say, like, I have my mixed feelings. 90 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:12,960 Speaker 1: There was a ton to like about what the Packers 91 00:05:12,960 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: did on offense with very limited opportunities. We'll talk about 92 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:18,800 Speaker 1: the reasons for those limited opportunities when we get to 93 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:21,560 Speaker 1: the defense. There was a lot to like about what 94 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: the Packers did on offense, but to only come out 95 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:28,200 Speaker 1: with twenty points in that game was extremely frustrating because again, 96 00:05:28,279 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 1: as we've said so many times this year, there was 97 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 1: so much more out there for this team to put 98 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: on the scoreboard. 99 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:39,640 Speaker 2: As the great Dom Capers once said in the Packers 100 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 2: media auditorium, let me start with the positives. Okay, first 101 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:46,600 Speaker 2: and foremost, it looks like knock on wood, Jordan Love 102 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 2: has put the groin injury behind him. He was scrambling more, 103 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,919 Speaker 2: he was working under center more, absolutely, and the Packers 104 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 2: wanted to run more in this game, more conventional and 105 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 2: they were able to do that. And for all the 106 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 2: things people have Monday Morning quarterback about this game. The 107 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 2: game plan I think was rock solid. There were so 108 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: many things that you and I discussed last week. You 109 00:06:05,279 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 2: had to run the football. They probably didn't run it 110 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 2: as well as they wanted to, but you had to 111 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 2: do it because if you getting third and long, you're 112 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 2: setting You're setting the bear trap. There no pun intended 113 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 2: for Chicago be able to get a takeaway, which is 114 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 2: ultimately what happened in the red zone on one of 115 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: those plays when they had to go third and long 116 00:06:21,240 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 2: and they're still darting towards the end zone. Christian Watson 117 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:28,920 Speaker 2: was unbelievable in this game. The downfield stuff that him 118 00:06:28,920 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 2: and Jordan Love had been trying to find their chemistry, 119 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 2: trying to find that get on the same page with 120 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 2: They did it in this game. A few moments of 121 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 2: results over process, the long pass, the forty eight yarder 122 00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:42,599 Speaker 2: when it also looked like you had Tucker Craft available underneath. 123 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:44,720 Speaker 2: It is what it is. But what I loved about 124 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 2: that play too. I'm sure you saw it in You're 125 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:49,479 Speaker 2: What you might have missed series. Tucker's running right towards 126 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 2: Christian to celebrate with them. As soon as the play 127 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: Happens was extremely happy for him. Watson's a guy that 128 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,800 Speaker 2: has very much. He has absolutely earned all of those opportunities. 129 00:06:58,040 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: The sixty yard catch and run won the Packers the 130 00:07:00,640 --> 00:07:04,160 Speaker 2: game pretty much, and they did those types of explosive plays. 131 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 2: And when you look at how the Packers won this game, 132 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:10,640 Speaker 2: independent of Carl Brooks's block, they won it with explosive plays. 133 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 2: The Chicago Bears played cleaner, the Packers played better, and 134 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:17,320 Speaker 2: that's how they won the game. The disappointing thing was 135 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,160 Speaker 2: much like I was talking about with the run game. 136 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 2: Everybody knew the Packers had to produce inside the red 137 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,400 Speaker 2: zone to be able to really pull away in this one, 138 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 2: and they failed to do that. Part of that. You 139 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,119 Speaker 2: give credit to the Bears. They're the number one ranked 140 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:32,520 Speaker 2: red zone defense for a reason. But unfortunately some of 141 00:07:32,520 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 2: the things that have plagued the Packers showed up in 142 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 2: the red zone. The penalty that initially pushed him back 143 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,520 Speaker 2: on the illegal man downfield, those are the type of 144 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,360 Speaker 2: things you still want to clean up while buying large. 145 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:43,760 Speaker 2: They did in the penalty front, but it showed itself 146 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: in the red area and then certainly just a missed 147 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:51,920 Speaker 2: opportunity Jordan Love played a pretty solid game overall, but 148 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 2: then as Matt Lafleur was saying, the ball kind of 149 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 2: sales on him on that third down pass to Tucker 150 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 2: Craft a moment where the Packers are just maybe trying 151 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 2: to use that catch and run that yack to potentially 152 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,480 Speaker 2: getting to the end zone, and it doesn't work out there, 153 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 2: it ends up being an interception, Chicago's offense starts rolling 154 00:08:05,480 --> 00:08:08,080 Speaker 2: the other way. A lot of words I've just spoken, 155 00:08:08,120 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 2: but basically it comes down to the fact that Packers 156 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:14,440 Speaker 2: still have things to work on, but they're one of 157 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 2: the most explosive offenses in the league right now, and 158 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: that's ultimately what bailed them out. 159 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: That's that's what I keep, you know, hanging the hat on, 160 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,200 Speaker 1: so to speak, with regard to this Packers offense for 161 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 1: the frustrations and the points that are left out there, 162 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:32,360 Speaker 1: and the scoreboard you know hasn't in so many games, 163 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: hasn't reflected what, you know, maximizing those opportunities would be 164 00:08:38,559 --> 00:08:41,439 Speaker 1: this team, no matter what defense it has gone against, 165 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: they can generate explosive plays and that is something that 166 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: that is something that this offense can definitely hang its 167 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 1: hat on moving forward. I'm one hundred percent with you 168 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,479 Speaker 1: on Christian Watson was that was a tremendous game for him. 169 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:58,160 Speaker 1: All four of his catches, all four of his receptions, 170 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 1: were explosive plays, and they were all critical. They were 171 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:05,079 Speaker 1: all big time plays at big moments in the game. 172 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,959 Speaker 1: The other guy, I will point out that I thought 173 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: played a really, really good game, and it seems like 174 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: I talk about him every week as Josh Jacobs. He 175 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:17,320 Speaker 1: was grinding away on the ground. He also had an 176 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:19,839 Speaker 1: impact in the passing game, rushing and receiving one hundred 177 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: and thirty four yards from scrimmage. For Jacobs, the receiving 178 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:25,680 Speaker 1: was a combination of a couple of design passes, but 179 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: also a couple of checkdowns, which then also gets me 180 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 1: to the game that Jordan Love played. And quite honestly, 181 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: yes there's a lot of focus on the interception, is 182 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,520 Speaker 1: a throw that got away from him. Was the right 183 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:40,200 Speaker 1: decision where the ball was supposed to go on the play, 184 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: It was just a bad throw. The Bears happened to 185 00:09:42,559 --> 00:09:45,240 Speaker 1: have somebody in the right spot where the overthrow went 186 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: to get the interception, But honestly, that was the only 187 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 1: bad pass Jordan Love threw. The entire game. Quite frankly, 188 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,360 Speaker 1: he ends up thirteen out of seventeen. He scrambled and 189 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:58,880 Speaker 1: took off. He made the Bears pay a little bit 190 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: with his legs. He did take checkdowns to the running backs, 191 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: whether it was to Chris Brooks or to Josh Jacobs 192 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 1: here and there. Other than that one bad pass, he 193 00:10:08,240 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 1: did not put the ball in harm's way. I thought 194 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: Jordan Love played a really, really good game. I think 195 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: him being fully healthy, having the bye week to rest up, 196 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,760 Speaker 1: take all the practice reps, all that stuff we talked 197 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:21,440 Speaker 1: about last week certainly played into it. Jordan Love was 198 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 1: this close, this close because of that one bad pass 199 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: to playing the type of game that we would be 200 00:10:28,360 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: praising him for. Everybody would be praising him for up 201 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: and down. I think that's a huge sign for this 202 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,080 Speaker 1: Packers offense moving forward. And in his defense a little bit, 203 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:44,239 Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur fell on the sword with regard to the interception, 204 00:10:44,440 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 1: not because of the play itself, but because that third 205 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,679 Speaker 1: and long was set up because Lafleur criticized himself for 206 00:10:51,800 --> 00:10:54,360 Speaker 1: not just running Jacobs on second and one from the 207 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: five yard line. Called the pass play. That's what leads 208 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 1: to the illegal man downfield. You don't get illegal man 209 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: downfield if you run the ball, so that back the 210 00:11:03,440 --> 00:11:06,319 Speaker 1: Packers up. Then they tried the end around with Jayden 211 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: Reid that lost a few more yards of put Love 212 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,720 Speaker 1: in a bad spot with third and long, and Matt 213 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: Lafleur was really upset himself for not just calling a 214 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: running play on second and one. You get a first 215 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: and goal inside the five yard line. You pounded in there, 216 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 1: and very likely the game is fourteen to three and 217 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:24,840 Speaker 1: we're not talking about a black blocked field goal at 218 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:27,720 Speaker 1: the end for the win. But back to my original point, 219 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:30,960 Speaker 1: I thought Jordan Love played probably his best overall game 220 00:11:31,000 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: of the season. There's only one bad pass, one play 221 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 1: like that that we're talking about as far as as 222 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,400 Speaker 1: far as what went wrong, and hopefully that bodes well 223 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:41,800 Speaker 1: for this offense moving forward. 224 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 2: Do you know what I like the most? Mike Packers 225 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,720 Speaker 2: had a huge momentum flip right around halftime. A bulk 226 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 2: of the Chicago Bears points came between that mark of 227 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:53,680 Speaker 2: at the end of the first half. In the beginning 228 00:11:53,720 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 2: of the second, Love kept his composure as we know 229 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,400 Speaker 2: he does, but he led them out a huge drive 230 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: there to start the third quarter, capitalized by Josh Jacobs 231 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: getting that seven yard rushing touchdown, the fiftieth of his 232 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 2: NFL career in the regular season, and then when they 233 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:13,199 Speaker 2: needed drives late, he made plays and he put his 234 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,520 Speaker 2: players in positions to make plays. The past the Christian 235 00:12:16,520 --> 00:12:19,920 Speaker 2: Watson not the most perfect textbook pass. Watson had to 236 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: lay out for that thing and make a play. But 237 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 2: the thing I love about what. 238 00:12:23,240 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: Jordan and Love had a guy in his face on 239 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:28,839 Speaker 1: that absolutely number ninety nine had had just slipped by 240 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: Josh Myers. The pocket had held up really well. Josh 241 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,080 Speaker 1: Jacobs had picked up the blitzer TJ Edwards ninety nine 242 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:38,160 Speaker 1: had started to slip by Josh Myers and got a 243 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 1: pretty good hit on Love as he let that ball go. 244 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 1: But fortunately Watson was able to make the diving cat. 245 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 2: As Lafloor said, staring down the barrel. Sometimes YEA to 246 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 2: make those plays I do. But Watson made it right. 247 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:52,439 Speaker 2: And and that's where getting on the same page is 248 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,559 Speaker 2: so critical and being able to capitalize on these opportunities. 249 00:12:56,360 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 2: Jordan Love man, people are going to perseverate on the interception, 250 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 2: and that's going to be something the rest of the season. 251 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 2: He's already thrown eleven. We have nine more games in 252 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,120 Speaker 2: the regular season? Is that? Or no, eight more? How 253 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 2: many games we have left? Or they're seven? Seven? Thank you? 254 00:13:09,760 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: Hopefully the Packers have nine or ten games left, but 255 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 1: seven in the regular. 256 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 2: NFL is adding games every three minutes. I can't figure 257 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: out exactly how many they are left anymore. Seven games 258 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:20,359 Speaker 2: left in the regular season. He's sitting on eleven interceptions. 259 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 2: I'm going to tell you a little bit of a secret. 260 00:13:22,040 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 2: He's probably going to throw another one at some point. Yeah, 261 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 2: you will. So when people come up with the well 262 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 2: he threw another pick, and now it's eleven, Well he 263 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 2: might throw on this week, it might be twelve. You 264 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,400 Speaker 2: can't worry about what's happened. Even last year. I thought, 265 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 2: I don't know if you caught this, but Alex Smith 266 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,080 Speaker 2: had a tremendous analysis of Jordan Love in the lead 267 00:13:40,160 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 2: up to Sunday's game, where he was talking about Jordan's 268 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,200 Speaker 2: numbers in the first half of last year are pretty 269 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 2: similar to what they are right now. But then he 270 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:49,959 Speaker 2: got on that run. Nobody was talking about the eleven 271 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:52,800 Speaker 2: interceptions the last season. They're talking about the four thousand 272 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,640 Speaker 2: passing yards the thirty two touchdowns, and that's where they 273 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 2: need Jordan to get to now. So I thought that 274 00:13:58,080 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: was a major step in the right direction offensively. 275 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, not to get hung up on the 276 00:14:03,040 --> 00:14:06,839 Speaker 1: interceptions for too long. But the reason that the bad 277 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:11,360 Speaker 1: decision interceptions really hurt you is because you're going to 278 00:14:11,400 --> 00:14:13,680 Speaker 1: have interceptions where a throw just gets away from you, 279 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: where something happens or a guy drops go or ball 280 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:20,720 Speaker 1: gets deflected or whatever, a guy doesn't catch it. So's 281 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:23,640 Speaker 1: and that's where the bad decision ones hurt you. You 282 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 1: have to eliminate those. And if Jordan Love eliminates the 283 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:29,560 Speaker 1: bad decision interceptions, yeah, once in a while a throw 284 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: is going to get away. It might get picked off. 285 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,360 Speaker 1: You can live with that at the end of the day. 286 00:14:33,680 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 1: The frustrating thing not just the two drives that reach 287 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 1: the five yard line, but ultimately the Packers come away 288 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,200 Speaker 1: with no points. But as well as the Packers were 289 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:47,160 Speaker 1: moving the ball steadily consistently on offense, they only got 290 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 1: six possessions in this game, not including the one play 291 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:52,240 Speaker 1: neel down at the end of the first half. Six 292 00:14:52,320 --> 00:14:55,560 Speaker 1: possessions in this game, and that's because the Packers defense 293 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: had a really really rough day. The defense could not 294 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: get off the field, could not get the ball back 295 00:15:02,080 --> 00:15:05,240 Speaker 1: to Jordan Love and the offense enough. The Bears end 296 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: up with thirty six and a half minutes of time 297 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: of possession. They end up with on their seven drives. 298 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 1: They didn't have a single drive with fewer than seven plays, 299 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: and five of their seven drives were double digit plays 300 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: ten or more. Combining third and fourth downs, the Bears 301 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 1: were twelve out of seventeen. Ye The Packers' defense just 302 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 1: they put themselves in enough situations to get off the field, 303 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: but then they couldn't do it. And the Bears had 304 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: switched offensive coordinators, like we talked about, I think the 305 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator whispered something in Caleb Williams's ear, so 306 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:48,760 Speaker 1: to speak of like, hey, you can take off and run. 307 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 1: Your legs are a good weapon, go ahead and use them. 308 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 1: Don't forget about them kind of thing. And they mixed 309 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 1: in the zone read stuff where it was you know 310 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 1: where he gets the decision to hand off or keep, 311 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 1: and he hurt the pa between the scrambles and the 312 00:16:02,160 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: zone read seventy rushing yards from the quarterback. That was 313 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:07,440 Speaker 1: a big game from Caleb Williams, and I thought the 314 00:16:07,480 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: way he used his legs built his confidence in the 315 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,000 Speaker 1: passing game and the throws that he was able to make, 316 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 1: and it just felt like it felt to me like 317 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,520 Speaker 1: the way the way Caleb Williams used his legs to 318 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,280 Speaker 1: hurt the Packers, it just kept the Packers defense on 319 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 1: its heels. Yeah, a whole game. The Packers were not 320 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:30,200 Speaker 1: in attack mode on defense because they got kind of 321 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 1: thrown off kilter by all the running around that Caleb 322 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: Williams was doing. And credit to the Bears it it 323 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: should have been enough for them to win the game, 324 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: and it almost was if they don't get the kick blocked. 325 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,720 Speaker 2: And kind of like Malik Willis when he was filling 326 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 2: in for Jordan Love with what he can do with 327 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:50,200 Speaker 2: his legs, what Williams did is it helped set up 328 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 2: DeAndre Swift. Swift had a really hard time getting going. 329 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 2: Rashaan Johnson had a hard time getting going when he 330 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 2: started scrambling. Then they started working the read option. That's 331 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 2: then when he broke off the thirty nine yard touch Yeah. 332 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 2: Then he gets the touchdown on the top on the sweep. Yeah, 333 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:05,840 Speaker 2: And that's where you're starting to see things happen. Now again, 334 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 2: I'll mention the positives here quickly. With the Packers defense, 335 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 2: they didn't rupture. That's the thing. Green Baby had thirty 336 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:15,520 Speaker 2: fewer possessions or whatever it was, but they still had 337 00:17:15,560 --> 00:17:19,640 Speaker 2: more explosive plays than yea, the Bears did. 338 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: And at the end of the day, there's only nineteen 339 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:23,879 Speaker 1: points on the board. So you can't you know, you 340 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:26,560 Speaker 1: can't be too overly critical. But it was the way 341 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: the game unfolded and the way the possessions were limited 342 00:17:29,440 --> 00:17:32,359 Speaker 1: that the Packers offense just didn't get the chances that 343 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:34,439 Speaker 1: you would like it to get when they're moving the 344 00:17:34,440 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: ball so. 345 00:17:34,840 --> 00:17:36,720 Speaker 2: Well, and a lot of those explosive plays the Bears 346 00:17:36,760 --> 00:17:39,399 Speaker 2: got ended up being during the final stretch of that game. Yeah, now, 347 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 2: I'll bring it back around for a second. The Packers 348 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 2: end up turning over the ball and Bears get it 349 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 2: at the two yard line. This is where I sometimes 350 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:51,280 Speaker 2: and Connor Lewis knows these statistics a lot better than 351 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,600 Speaker 2: me the idea and Matt kind of touched on this 352 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 2: a little bit too. When a team is starting at 353 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 2: the minus two, if you don't rupture, even if you 354 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,679 Speaker 2: give up a couple first downs and the Bears are 355 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,520 Speaker 2: playing the way they have to play, they consistently have 356 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 2: to keep getting first downs. That helped green Bay get 357 00:18:07,040 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 2: through that situation to get the ball back to eventually 358 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:12,320 Speaker 2: have the one where they finally did go ahead with 359 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 2: the scoring drive. They responded in that instance that the 360 00:18:16,480 --> 00:18:19,400 Speaker 2: tough thing for green Bay though, was, and I've gone 361 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 2: back and forth with fans about this, but you finally 362 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:24,800 Speaker 2: get some pressure on the quarterback, you get the TJ. 363 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,680 Speaker 2: Slayton sack, which is then followed by the Rashan Gary sack. 364 00:18:27,720 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 2: And Rashan might have had his best game of the 365 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 2: season against Chicago with what he was able to do. 366 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 2: When you look at the pressure numbers, when you look 367 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:35,080 Speaker 2: at the quarterback he had, some of the tackles he had, 368 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,080 Speaker 2: Rashan was getting after it. He gets a sack from 369 00:18:37,119 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 2: minus eight or nine yards third and nineteen. You're sitting 370 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 2: in I know everybody wants the Packers to move up 371 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 2: and play pressman coverage and be physical and everything, and 372 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:50,440 Speaker 2: you just cannot do that. But it's what that third 373 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:55,040 Speaker 2: downplay was a good illustration of, is the extremely minute 374 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 2: narrow margin for error. Kings Lingbari leaves his feet on 375 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:01,760 Speaker 2: the pass rush. He's trying to make a play yep. 376 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 2: But then Williams again with the feet, gets in the 377 00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 2: open field, extends and then Romadunze makes two fantastic catches 378 00:19:07,880 --> 00:19:09,919 Speaker 2: back to back plays. To be able to move the 379 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:12,160 Speaker 2: ball down field, you have to get off the field 380 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:15,560 Speaker 2: on third downs eight conversions and beyond that three fourth 381 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 2: down conversions. On the five instances where they didn't convert 382 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 2: on third down, Chicago was just way too efficient. Green 383 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 2: Bay has to break that. That being said, they made 384 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,760 Speaker 2: it right, and that's what complimentary football is. If you're 385 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 2: not getting everything from the defense, but they're still keeping 386 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: points off the board, there's still finding ways to keep 387 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,439 Speaker 2: you in it. That's where the special teams has to 388 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,600 Speaker 2: pick them up. And obviously that's where the explosive plays 389 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:40,240 Speaker 2: came into a factor for Green Bay as well. 390 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I thought I thought the defense, the defense had, 391 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 1: the defense had a chance to sort of cure a 392 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: lot of ills on the day when you know the 393 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: game's on the line, final possession, the Packers have the 394 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: lead by one point, you get the back to back sacks, 395 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: you put them in third and nineteen. You and I 396 00:19:58,160 --> 00:19:59,840 Speaker 1: were talking because I think at that point it was 397 00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 1: the two minute warnings. So there's a little bit of 398 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:03,879 Speaker 1: a break up the clock. You and I were talking, 399 00:20:03,960 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: and I think you and I were in agreement where 400 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: it's like, Okay, you don't get too aggressive on third 401 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:12,359 Speaker 1: and nineteen. You make them take the check down, you know, 402 00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,640 Speaker 1: you you sit back and cover, you make them take 403 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: the checkdown. You come up, get a tackle, maybe they 404 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: get seven or eight yards, and you've got them in 405 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: like fourth and twelve, and then the game's on the line. 406 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:25,719 Speaker 1: On fourth and twelve. What happened. The play got extended, 407 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:30,680 Speaker 1: and that's where that's where your plan defensively gets foiled, 408 00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:34,159 Speaker 1: because the play gets extended and it becomes a you know, 409 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:37,800 Speaker 1: a quote unquote plaster situation because the quarterback avoids the sack, 410 00:20:37,880 --> 00:20:40,840 Speaker 1: gets out of the pocket, and then the receivers are 411 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,600 Speaker 1: are further downfield and they're able to hit the sixteen 412 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,040 Speaker 1: yard or so. Then instead of a instead of a 413 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 1: fourth and long or a fourth and medium, you're in 414 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: a much more fourth and manageable, you know, fourth and three. 415 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:56,600 Speaker 1: And then and then on that play, the fourth down play, 416 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:58,680 Speaker 1: I just I tipped my hat to Caleb Williams and 417 00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 1: roma death. That was a that was a back shoulder 418 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: throwing catch down the sideline. I don't know what you 419 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: can really do to defend that, and it's and it's 420 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 1: such a quick, you know, three step drop and release. 421 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:12,880 Speaker 1: There's nothing the pass rush can really do there. That's 422 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:14,679 Speaker 1: just a great play by those guys. You would have 423 00:21:14,800 --> 00:21:17,359 Speaker 1: liked to have seen them, you know, seen it not 424 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: be fourth and three, because then the defense is in 425 00:21:19,800 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 1: a little bit different different situation. 426 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,120 Speaker 2: But the rush call changes completely. 427 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, every the way the way you play it, 428 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 1: the way you play it changes. So unfortunately, you know, 429 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: that opportunity for the defense to kind of cure the 430 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 1: ills and maybe get the the same type of stop 431 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,120 Speaker 1: that the defense got to win the Rams game when 432 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: the Rams were kind of, you know, trying to rally 433 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: at the end. The defense had a chance to do 434 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:47,160 Speaker 1: that and didn't do that. And so that's that's concerning 435 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: from that standpoint. Unfortunately, the Packers had lost jyr Alexander. 436 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,480 Speaker 1: They thought they were going to get him back. He 437 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: only plays a handful of snaps in the first half. 438 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,480 Speaker 1: The knee wasn't good enough. He ends up in street 439 00:21:57,520 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: close for the second half and wasn't able to continue. 440 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 1: You so that's an injury injury situation that we will 441 00:22:03,359 --> 00:22:06,359 Speaker 1: uh that we will continue to watch. But UH, but 442 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:10,119 Speaker 1: you know, it felt like at the it's it's the 443 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 1: word I used at the beginning of the show. It 444 00:22:11,840 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 1: just felt like the Packers survived it. Yeah, and UH 445 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 1: and you know, and now they're they're seven and three 446 00:22:18,320 --> 00:22:20,840 Speaker 1: with UH with a lot to look forward to. As 447 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,200 Speaker 1: you said, seven regular season games left to go. There 448 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,880 Speaker 1: is a ton of football left in this season and 449 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,400 Speaker 1: uh and the Packers are in position to make something 450 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:28,760 Speaker 1: up and. 451 00:22:29,119 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 2: Quickly to end on this this note before we start 452 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,400 Speaker 2: looking at the league. You know, you give I tipped 453 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:37,440 Speaker 2: my hat to Rich Bisaccia, you know, Byron Storer, everybody 454 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 2: that's involved in that side of the face they did 455 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 2: their research going into this game. They saw a potential 456 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 2: opportunity there with the a gap and the field goal 457 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 2: protection unit. As Matt Lafleur and Josh Jacobs both said, 458 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,720 Speaker 2: Bassachia brought it to the team and basically it brought 459 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,400 Speaker 2: it to his his phase, his wifense and said, I'll 460 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:54,240 Speaker 2: be highly disappointed if we don't come out with the 461 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 2: block in this game. And I was talking with Javon 462 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,239 Speaker 2: Bullard afterwards and he's like, yeah, you know what we 463 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 2: thought we'd get. Well, it just so happened to be 464 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 2: the last one that they finally end up getting through on. 465 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 2: And Carl Bradford gets his second block of his career. 466 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 2: And I want to mention that books Carl Brooks, Carl Bradford, 467 00:23:09,840 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 2: I did it again. 468 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:11,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the second time you does. 469 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,119 Speaker 2: I hope Carl's doing well out there. He's getting a 470 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,920 Speaker 2: lot of pub here on Packers Unscripted this season. Carl 471 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,320 Speaker 2: Brooks gets the job done the second block of his career. 472 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,920 Speaker 2: And I thought this was a tremendous statistic that Tom 473 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,840 Speaker 2: Fanning from the Packers' communication staff figured out. I don't 474 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,479 Speaker 2: know if it was in concert with Elias or not. 475 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 2: It was probably just his own studying. Since twenty twenty two, 476 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:34,200 Speaker 2: when Rich Pasaci was hired, the Green Bay Packers now 477 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,359 Speaker 2: have the second most blocked field goals in the National 478 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:38,359 Speaker 2: Football League to Pittsburgh. And if anybody, if you know 479 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:40,840 Speaker 2: anything about the Steelers special teams units, yeah, and just 480 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:42,960 Speaker 2: what they've accomplished, they have ten in that stretch. The 481 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,879 Speaker 2: Packers have six, two of those belonging to Brooks. Two 482 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 2: of them belonging to Kolbe Wooden, and I think Josh 483 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,119 Speaker 2: Niman is in there as well. That the Packers have 484 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 2: found ways to be able to do that. It just 485 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,399 Speaker 2: so happened in this case it ended up saving them 486 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,120 Speaker 2: a football game. The Packers now sitting at seven to three. 487 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,560 Speaker 2: Three of those games have come down to the and 488 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,080 Speaker 2: that final play has been special teams. 489 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,840 Speaker 1: And I'll just say this before I get onto sponsor 490 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:07,280 Speaker 1: business and we move on to other topics. There's a 491 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: lot of people talking out there about the Bears head 492 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,200 Speaker 1: coach Matt Eberflu said he's sending the play into the 493 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:15,040 Speaker 1: league because contact with the long snapper. I'm just going 494 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 1: to clarify this because I didn't actually clarify it very 495 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:21,240 Speaker 1: well in Monday's Insider Inbox column. I'm going to do 496 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:25,360 Speaker 1: so in Wednesday's column. Yes, the long snapper is protected 497 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: from contact, but the rule is he's only protected from 498 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: contact when his head is down down and he's not 499 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 1: allowed to just keep his head down the entire time 500 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: and prevent Basically, to prevent anybody from rushing the a gap, 501 00:24:41,280 --> 00:24:43,399 Speaker 1: he has to snap the ball, get his head up 502 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,960 Speaker 1: in position, and when his head is up then he 503 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:49,720 Speaker 1: can be contacted. So you can't just snap the ball 504 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 1: as a long snapper on a field goal and keep 505 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 1: your head down and not allow anybody to rush in 506 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: that spot. I mean, we know the Bears aren't going 507 00:24:58,040 --> 00:25:00,119 Speaker 1: to get anywhere with sending this into the league. I 508 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,480 Speaker 1: guess I don't blame him in some respects for doing it. 509 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 1: If I'm mat Eberfluse, I don't know if I would 510 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,719 Speaker 1: have made that public that I'm complaining about that. 511 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 2: You know, Packerson stuff in the league every week. 512 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: They don't announce it, and matt Lelafure never tells anybody, 513 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: you know, unless he's unless he's directly asked about it, 514 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 1: and he might say, yes, I'm sending into the league, 515 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: and then he's not even going to comment on it. 516 00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:24,120 Speaker 1: We've never heard anything of what the Packers get back 517 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: from the league in those situations. So I just wanted 518 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:30,720 Speaker 1: to clarify what the rule actually is because a lot 519 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: of people think the rule is the long snapper can't 520 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:33,199 Speaker 1: be touched. 521 00:25:33,760 --> 00:25:33,960 Speaker 2: No. 522 00:25:34,119 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: I mean, yes, he can't be touched when his head 523 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:38,640 Speaker 1: is down, but he also can't keep his head down 524 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 1: the entire time. 525 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 2: So may I add one last thing? Sure, you know 526 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 2: how an insider in box. Occasionally we'll get the people 527 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 2: that write in there. It's like, Hey, I was a 528 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:49,919 Speaker 2: high school football coach or I officiated you know my 529 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:53,439 Speaker 2: middle school, you know basketball teams league. I have one 530 00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:57,000 Speaker 2: of those moments here. One thing happened in that game 531 00:25:57,040 --> 00:25:59,359 Speaker 2: against the Bears, because obviously there was that incident with 532 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,800 Speaker 2: Xavier McKinney at the start of the game. I found 533 00:26:03,840 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 2: this funny Matt Aberflus pining for calls and everything like that. 534 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,600 Speaker 2: I think there's a line there where you obviously are 535 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:12,880 Speaker 2: working the officials. But it reminded me of my own 536 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:15,560 Speaker 2: city league basketball career, where there were times where we 537 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 2: would play teams and we knew we were not as 538 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,480 Speaker 2: good as them, and we knew we needed every single 539 00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 2: thing to go right in order to even have a 540 00:26:22,040 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 2: remote chance of beating them, and we would be on 541 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,200 Speaker 2: the officials of these making twenty five bucks or whatever 542 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 2: for the game. That's what it reminded me of. It 543 00:26:30,040 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 2: didn't remind me of a head coach working the referees. 544 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,439 Speaker 2: It reminded me of a guy that's pretty desperate for 545 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 2: his team to win. And I mean before the McKinney flag, 546 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:43,680 Speaker 2: there was another incident on the sideline where his hands 547 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 2: were up, his neck was back, and he's thrown himself 548 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 2: around like a beanie baby, trying to, you know, make 549 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 2: it known that he thinks there should be a penalty. 550 00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:54,200 Speaker 2: It is what it is. You move on. But I 551 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,199 Speaker 2: love what Matt Lafleur said about this. You can't depend 552 00:26:57,240 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 2: on that stuff. He wasn't talking about Eberflus, but he 553 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,440 Speaker 2: was just talking about it happens all the time. There 554 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:04,240 Speaker 2: are always penalties that you are going to disagree with, 555 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:08,000 Speaker 2: the things you didn't think got called. But your team 556 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 2: still needs to win the football game and play beyond that. 557 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:11,480 Speaker 2: Yeah the Bears didn't do that. 558 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: Yeah, you have to protect your field goal kicker, and 559 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 1: the Bears didn't do it. The Packers got the penetration 560 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: that helped them win the game. Sponsor business Here West 561 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: Sirius XMNFL Radio delivers hard hitting analysis and up to 562 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 1: the minute NFL news that true football fanatics need. 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The weekend played out as we thought. 572 00:27:52,119 --> 00:27:56,440 Speaker 1: The NFC North completed a fourteen to two near sweep 573 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 1: of the AFC South, with the Jaguars losing to the 574 00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:03,800 Speaker 1: Lions and the Titans losing to the Viking. 575 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 2: I didn't get to tell you this during your pre 576 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:07,200 Speaker 2: production meeting. The Lions still have to play the Colts 577 00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: this week. Really, yeah, they do, so we're close. It's 578 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,440 Speaker 2: thirteen and two right now, thirteen and thirteen to two, 579 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 2: die bad. I was gonna mention that too beforehand when 580 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:18,639 Speaker 2: I was looking at the schedule Lions Detroit. 581 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 1: And missed THEUS oil. I missed that, then, I'm not 582 00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:20,960 Speaker 1: thought that. 583 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 2: I just want to make sure we got that right. 584 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:24,919 Speaker 1: So no, I appreciate that. I appreciate that I missed it. 585 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,439 Speaker 2: The Lion's going to be big underdogs, going in. 586 00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 1: By Lucas Oil occasionally is wrong, but that being said, 587 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:32,800 Speaker 1: so it is thirteen and two. 588 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 2: You look at how Jared Goff bounced back a five 589 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 2: interception game and he was perfect fifty eight point three. 590 00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: The Jacksonville Jaguars barely even got off the bus. Yeah, wow, 591 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 2: fifty two to six. You do that to somebody in 592 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:48,840 Speaker 2: the National FOOTBA League. There was a couple of those 593 00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,360 Speaker 2: games we covered in the McCarthy era. I think there 594 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,040 Speaker 2: was one with even early on, I think he before 595 00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 2: I started covering the team. There was a game against 596 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 2: the Saints where I think they won like fifty five 597 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 2: to three or something like that. But if you can 598 00:28:59,440 --> 00:29:01,760 Speaker 2: do that with thirty two teams the best players in 599 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,640 Speaker 2: the world, you tip your cap to them. And then 600 00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 2: certainly Tennessee made it a little bit interesting, but just 601 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 2: Minnesota too much. One, eight and two, seven and three. 602 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 2: What a division. 603 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to get your thoughts really quickly before 604 00:29:14,840 --> 00:29:16,959 Speaker 1: we go, because we talked about all these big games 605 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 1: featuring all these teams with seven plus wins going into 606 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:24,080 Speaker 1: the weekend. So Philadelphia defeats Washington, Buffalo defeats Kansas City 607 00:29:24,160 --> 00:29:26,479 Speaker 1: and hands the Chiefs their first loss of the season, 608 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: and Pittsburgh kicks a whole bunch of field goals and 609 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: it's enough to beat the Baltimore Ravens. I can't say 610 00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: I'm surprised or shocked necessarily by any of those results. 611 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:38,840 Speaker 1: And I think all of those teams still have a 612 00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 1: lot in front of them, and some of those some 613 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:44,160 Speaker 1: of those games might quite frankly be playoff previews. 614 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 2: Mike tom Litt'll be a Hall of Fame coach, He'll 615 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 2: be in Canton someday. But my goodness, there's so many 616 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,200 Speaker 2: times I watch his team's play. I'm like, this guy 617 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:52,720 Speaker 2: would have been perfect in the sixties. He could have 618 00:29:52,760 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 2: been a Lombardi, you know, just they just find ways 619 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 2: to win. Who beats the Baltimore Ravens eighteen to sixteen 620 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 2: with field goal? Nobody but Mike tob Tke tob a 621 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,480 Speaker 2: little fight the way Chris Boswell and in that in 622 00:30:06,520 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 2: that team, uh. 623 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 1: Well and and Justin Tucker missed some kicks there. Chris Boswell, 624 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,320 Speaker 1: h Boswell was the was the kicking star of the game, 625 00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:18,760 Speaker 1: and uh and Justin Tucker's uh had had a bad 626 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:21,000 Speaker 1: game in what's a Hall of Fame career? 627 00:30:21,400 --> 00:30:24,520 Speaker 2: What's for that guy? Been a bad season for him unfortunately. Yeah. Uh, 628 00:30:24,600 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 2: Kansas City and Buffalo I just want to say this quickly. 629 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,040 Speaker 2: This was the outcome both of these teams needed. I 630 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,880 Speaker 2: didn't think there was any reason this chief should be undefeated. 631 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 2: And I'm not saying like, oh, they don't deserve it. 632 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 2: I'm saying they're a team that I think needed to 633 00:30:36,520 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 2: eventually lose one. Buffalo desperately needed to beat Kansas City. Now, ultimately, 634 00:30:41,720 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 2: I think that game will once again be decided at 635 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 2: some point in the postseason. Just seemed like it's the 636 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 2: way it's been working out. But I think there's a 637 00:30:48,120 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 2: lot more to be gained from that for for the Chiefs, 638 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:51,760 Speaker 2: even though you want to win that game from a 639 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:55,320 Speaker 2: potential loss. I thought Patrick mahomes post game speech was terrific. 640 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 2: Is his address of the media was. I loved. 641 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,320 Speaker 1: I absolutely loved, because I and I saw it on 642 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: the plane live because we have our little TV screens 643 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:06,400 Speaker 1: there as we're doing our work and I'm keeping kind 644 00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:08,040 Speaker 1: of a little bit of an eye in the game. 645 00:31:08,720 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: Buffalo is up by two. They've got a fourth and 646 00:31:11,440 --> 00:31:15,480 Speaker 1: two inside the thirty yard line, and Sean McDermott said, well, 647 00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: I could kick the field goal and go up five 648 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:19,960 Speaker 1: and watch Patrick Mahomes go down and score a touchdown 649 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,920 Speaker 1: and beat me, or I can put the ball in 650 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 1: my quarterback's hands on fourth and two and we're going 651 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,680 Speaker 1: to try to go get a touchdown. And not only 652 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 1: do they convert the fourth and two, but Josh Allen 653 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:32,760 Speaker 1: takes it all the way into the end zone, so 654 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 1: they get the two score lead that Sean McDermott wanted. 655 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: And the two score lead is what finally put Patrick 656 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:39,360 Speaker 1: Mahomes away. 657 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:42,160 Speaker 2: And you know what the real dirty secret is of 658 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:44,040 Speaker 2: this game. You obviously want to get the first round 659 00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 2: by but this doesn't matter. What they needed is they 660 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,640 Speaker 2: needed to beat Kansas City and they need to be 661 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 2: aggressive because it's that type of mindset that's finally going 662 00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:54,880 Speaker 2: to get you past them in the playoffs, and that's 663 00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,040 Speaker 2: ultimately what the Bills are trying to do. I loved it. 664 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 2: It was It was tremendous call. It was tremendous gutsiness. 665 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:02,120 Speaker 2: And it also when you have an established football team 666 00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 2: with an established coach and in a staff, in a 667 00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 2: franchise quarterback that people tried to, you know, kind of 668 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,719 Speaker 2: throw some shade at earlier this year, but I mean, 669 00:32:10,760 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 2: Josh Allen is obviously one of the top three quarterbacks 670 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,760 Speaker 2: in the league, potentially the MVP this season. That's the 671 00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:18,520 Speaker 2: type of stuff that you do. And obviously it worked 672 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:19,440 Speaker 2: out well for Buffalo. 673 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:21,800 Speaker 1: And I'll say real quickly before we go team to 674 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 1: watch in the NFC right now, obviously the Packers, everything 675 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,160 Speaker 1: going on in the NFC North is worth watching. But 676 00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,480 Speaker 1: the team to watch in the NFC right now is 677 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,400 Speaker 1: Washington because they had a big game on a Thursday night. 678 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: They were right there against the Eagles, and they completely 679 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:40,200 Speaker 1: collapsed in the fourth quarter, just got railroaded in the 680 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 1: fourth quarter by a division rival. Now they get a 681 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,160 Speaker 1: little extra time because it was a Thursday night game. 682 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:49,680 Speaker 1: But how Washington now responds to that moving forward is 683 00:32:49,760 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 1: going to be a big factor in the NFC playoff 684 00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: picture of the rest. 685 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 2: When you talk about slumpbusters, when you're hosting the Dallas Cowboys, 686 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,680 Speaker 2: in this version of the Dallas Cowboys, you will have 687 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 2: an up ertilly to bounce back. 688 00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:03,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, they will. They will, But I'm talking more long 689 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: well for sure. 690 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, but I mean, like, talk about a gift from 691 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,960 Speaker 2: above after that loss, after this little streak. 692 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,000 Speaker 1: They right, they're not, They're not. They're not getting sent 693 00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:14,840 Speaker 1: to Detroit. Yeah, play play their next game, right So 694 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,240 Speaker 1: all right, Well, with that, we got to talk about 695 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,560 Speaker 1: the draft because you should be among the thousands of 696 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:24,280 Speaker 1: football fans cheering on their team's NFL picks by joining 697 00:33:24,320 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 1: us April twenty four through April twenty six of twenty 698 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: twenty five for the NFL Draft. Visit green Bay dot 699 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:35,040 Speaker 1: com slash Draft twenty five for more information, and with 700 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:36,640 Speaker 1: that we'll call it a wrap on this edition of 701 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,680 Speaker 1: Packers Unscripted. Be sure to follow all of our coverage 702 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,400 Speaker 1: of the team on Packers dot com. For Wes, I'm Mike. 703 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 1: Thank you for tuning in, everybody. We will see you 704 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:46,120 Speaker 1: next time.