WEBVTT - #627 Packers Unscripted: Home cooking 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:11.040 Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from 0:00:11.039 --> 0:00:14.040 Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spoffer, joined by my 0:00:14.160 --> 0:00:19.080 trusted colleague wearing his brand new glasses, West Hodkowitz. We're 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:21.680 coming to you, hear from our studios a lambo Field, West. 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:24.959 It's time to talk Packers Seahawks. Here. The Seattle Seahawks 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:27.560 will be coming to lambeau Field for a Sunday three 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:32.880 pm kick off. And this is a Seattle team that 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:37.240 is three and five, but they're getting their quarterback back 0:00:37.320 --> 0:00:42.000 Russell Wilson back from the surgically repaired finger that cost 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.959 him three games. And for as much as even with 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:48.400 Wilson in the lineup, the Seahawks were up and down 0:00:48.520 --> 0:00:50.760 early in the season, kind of riding a bit of 0:00:50.760 --> 0:00:55.600 a roller coaster. Russell Wilson brings a one point three 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:59.880 passer rating UH, ten touchdowns, only one interception on the season. 0:01:00.400 --> 0:01:02.240 He was off to a heck of a heck of 0:01:02.240 --> 0:01:05.000 a start statistically, and that's certainly something he's looking to 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:08.160 continue against a pretty good Packers defense. Yeah, I mean, 0:01:08.400 --> 0:01:11.240 it's so funny listen to Vante Adams discuss it, because 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:13.360 he's like, this really almost feels like a division game. 0:01:13.400 --> 0:01:16.039 How much they've played. I believe in DeVante's career, this 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:17.920 is the eighth time. Now he's going to be playing 0:01:17.959 --> 0:01:22.880 against the Russell A quarterback Seahawks team. And as we've 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.039 seen through all these matchups, and there's been so many 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.640 chapters in this this rivalry. Now, uh, it's always going 0:01:28.680 --> 0:01:30.840 to be competitive, It's always gonna be probably down to 0:01:30.880 --> 0:01:32.480 the wire. And in a lot of times too, it 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:34.959 comes down to how are the Packles Packers able to 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:39.240 contain Russell Wilson. Historically speaking, the games in which they've 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:41.640 been able to really put a hat on him, they've 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:43.840 played really well. The results have been in their favor. 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:46.800 And but when he gets going, man, when he gets moving, 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:48.800 when he gets creating plays out of the pocket, he 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.440 extends things. That's where he can really hurt you. And 0:01:51.440 --> 0:01:54.360 as we're learning about the Seattle offense and this era, now, 0:01:55.000 --> 0:01:58.880 whether it's DK Metcalf, whether you know it's it's Tyler Lockett, 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:02.360 they have weapons that can really hurt you. Yeah, that 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:06.920 combination of Lockett Metcalf is a really interesting one because 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.679 you don't you don't often see a a one to 0:02:10.960 --> 0:02:14.960 punch at receiver if you will, where the two guys 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.480 are such different types of players in terms in terms 0:02:18.480 --> 0:02:20.560 of the body types and the routes they run and 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.560 what those what the offenses asked them to do. And 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.560 I think that's what presents such a big challenge in 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:30.519 terms of defending Russell Wilson and his passing game with 0:02:30.560 --> 0:02:32.919 those two guys on the other side of it. With 0:02:32.960 --> 0:02:36.280 regard to trying to contain Wilson. Now this is the 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:39.880 statistic with Wilson or Gino Smith, but the Shawks have 0:02:39.919 --> 0:02:43.079 allowed twenty six sacks season in eight games. I mean 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:48.160 that puts them on pace for allowing fifty plus this season. Now, 0:02:48.200 --> 0:02:50.800 obviously about half of those were Wilson, half of those 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:55.120 were were Gino Smith. But um yeah, you still even 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.920 with those sack numbers, though, I think you have to 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:01.600 be careful about how you press or Russell Wilson. This 0:03:01.680 --> 0:03:04.760 is what is so mind boggling about the season Seattle's 0:03:04.800 --> 0:03:08.520 had is that Geno Smith played well during that absence. 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.320 But the problem is they've had a really difficult schedule. 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.720 When you look at the opponents they've played, I think 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:16.720 maybe the Vikings are the one team they lost to 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:18.919 that actually has a losing record right now. I mean, 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.520 it's been a competitive type of schedule in Smith, to 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.520 his credit, a lot of people, including myself, big time 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:27.880 doubters when he took over, played really well. He had 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:30.560 over a hundred passer rating. The thing that is really 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.920 stands out to me the most about Seattle though, is 0:03:33.400 --> 0:03:36.640 the years change, but a lot of times the construction 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.960 of the offense is very similar. It really They've had 0:03:40.000 --> 0:03:42.760 issues on the offensive line for years now. That hasn't 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:45.760 really changed. They've had inconsistency in the backfield now for 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:49.320 years now. That hasn't really changed. But at the same time, 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:53.280 when you have somebody like Wilson that can basically create uh, 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:56.120 it still makes them an incredibly dangerous team. And I 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:58.880 think defensively they've started to find themselves a little bit more. 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.520 Matt l Lor said it. It It was to your question, Mike, 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.320 they are expecting a playoff caliber team to step into 0:04:04.400 --> 0:04:08.040 lambeau Field on Sunday, and anything short of that, I mean, yeah, 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.800 the Packers will accept it, but that isn't what they're anticipating. 0:04:10.800 --> 0:04:12.440 They think that this is gonna be a matchup that's 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:14.360 really gonna come down to the wire because at the 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:16.760 beginning of this season. Back in September, this was the 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.359 gauntlet we were talking about. Seattle was a big reason 0:04:19.400 --> 0:04:21.359 for why we thought November was gonna be as difficult 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:23.400 as it's going to be. Yeah. Absolutely, when you look 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.680 at it from Seattle's perspective, three and five, that's not 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.080 where they want to be after eight games. They can't 0:04:29.160 --> 0:04:33.479 really afford too many more losses. But from their point 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:35.719 of view, they're like, hey, we have an opportunity to 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.360 play the Packers. We they they still have I believe 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:40.960 it's two games left with Arizona. They haven't played the 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.560 Cardinals left they yet. They have one game left against 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:48.839 the Rams. So even though they're three and five, they're 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.920 going to have some opportunities to make some noise here, 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:55.240 you know, playing against some of the top teams in 0:04:55.279 --> 0:04:58.120 the NFC. As we're in that that that midpoint of 0:04:58.120 --> 0:05:00.360 the season, I wanted to get back first, second to 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:04.359 that receiver tandem, uh lockt in Metcalf and I know 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:07.640 there we're not exactly sure what's happening with Eric Stokes. 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:12.080 He missed the last game for the Packers, um limited 0:05:12.120 --> 0:05:15.600 on the injury report. As far as uh Wednesday's practice 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.000 for green Bay was concerned. So we'll see how that 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:20.880 plays out. But how do you think the Packers go 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:25.080 about defending Metcalf Unlockett? They are they just gonna have 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.080 the corners play their sides and you just and you 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:29.279 just match up that way. The reason I ask is 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:31.640 because we talked about this a lot, and we we 0:05:31.720 --> 0:05:34.719 always it always seems very rare that the Packers try 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.960 to just match up, you know, a certain dB. But 0:05:38.360 --> 0:05:43.440 then we saw Eric Stokes against the Cincinnati Bengals pretty 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.960 much was kind of matched up against Jamaar Chase for 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.560 the vast majority of that game. So it just makes 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.880 me wonder. But again Stokes that his status is uncertain. 0:05:51.880 --> 0:05:54.200 He saw a lot of Terry McLaurin as well. I 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:56.360 don't know if it was down for down, snap for snap, 0:05:56.360 --> 0:05:58.400 but he played him and kind of traveled with him 0:05:58.400 --> 0:05:59.840 a little bit on the field too. And that game 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:03.680 it's Washington, so Stokes that possibilities there. It really might 0:06:03.720 --> 0:06:06.080 get We don't know what the knee is, right, I mean, 0:06:06.520 --> 0:06:08.440 it was one of the more unique things I think 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:10.920 I can remember, other than maybe an illness. I remember 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.200 Brian Blog I think dropped out with the flu, right 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.000 and then that's where Jared Valdeer had to start a 0:06:15.040 --> 0:06:17.640 couple of years ago, like ninety minutes before the game. 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.080 I believe it was the flu. If not, I'm sorry 0:06:20.080 --> 0:06:23.400 Brian from his reporting, but I don't remember an issue 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:25.760 where a guy actually like a cornerback guy had a 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:28.920 a you know, a fitness position, a finesse position where 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:30.599 he has to go out of the lineup because of 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.919 a pregame injury. So time will tell. I mean, maybe 0:06:33.960 --> 0:06:35.680 he was limited. We'll see what the injury report says 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.640 later this week. To your question, though, I think the 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.080 one big thing about this, uh, this defense that Joe 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.840 Barry employs is he trust players to play their positions. 0:06:45.960 --> 0:06:48.239 And there was a line, it was a very basic 0:06:48.360 --> 0:06:50.960 line that Deveandre Campbell said, but it really hit home 0:06:50.960 --> 0:06:54.200 with me in that he trust linebackers to be linebackers, 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.520 he trust defensive backs to be defensive backs. And if 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:59.440 your assignment is to be the left perimeter cornerback, like 0:06:59.480 --> 0:07:02.559 we're sold this was last week, He's comfortable just letting 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.440 that guy be that guy. So I don't think you're 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:08.120 gonna see any overwhelming adjustments. I think the bigger thing 0:07:08.160 --> 0:07:10.680 they have to figure out is from a safety perspective, 0:07:11.080 --> 0:07:14.120 how they go about trying to put an umbrella over 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:18.680 DK Metcalf with also being cognizant of what Lockett can 0:07:18.720 --> 0:07:21.560 do both underneath and down the field. Those two guys 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:24.920 are really elite weapons and to have, you know, two 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.440 receivers that have such a juxtaposition in terms of their 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:30.400 styles in terms of what makes them great. Davanta Adams 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:32.640 even talked about it and was asked about, hey, can 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.760 you steal anything from DK Metcalf's game? You really can't 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:37.880 because the guy's six ft five and as he said, 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:40.880 twitter ninety pounds. He's a very unique player to his 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:44.880 own skill set. So that was a really good, very 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:47.760 solid But that being said, you look at photos of him, 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.480 you absolutely believe it. So I'll tell you this, man, 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:52.880 it's gonna be a challenge, But I think really it's 0:07:52.880 --> 0:07:54.920 gonna be more on that back end and how they 0:07:54.920 --> 0:07:56.680 want to blank at these guys and how they want 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.840 to cloud them as opposed to what cornerback stokes of 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.560 elbow or not. Is gonna be the one drawing those assignments. Yeah, 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.160 I think it's interesting with with with that pair of 0:08:05.200 --> 0:08:10.560 receivers because they are so different physically, yet both of 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:13.080 them can beat you deep, and both of them can 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:15.160 take a short pass and get a lot of yards 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:17.560 after the catch, and and you just don't you just 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:21.559 don't see that. You just don't see that wide array 0:08:21.840 --> 0:08:26.760 of of abilities from two guys that that look physically 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:29.960 so different on the field. On the Packer side of things, 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.760 West David baktr, the five time All Pro left tackle, 0:08:34.000 --> 0:08:38.679 was activated from the physically unable to perform list his 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.960 h his three week three week roster exemption. Excuse me, 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.920 from when he started practicing UM to where you know 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.600 he did not have to count on the fifty three 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:52.320 man roster, that three week exemption expired, so the Packers 0:08:52.320 --> 0:08:54.720 had to make a decision activate him or not. So 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:57.400 he is on the fifty three man roster. There hasn't 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:00.320 been anything definitively said as to whether he is going 0:09:00.360 --> 0:09:04.040 to start at left tackle on Sunday, but we heard 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.920 from Elton Jenkins and uh and as I wrote on 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.280 our website, you can check out the story on Packers 0:09:09.320 --> 0:09:12.880 dot com. Elton Jenkins is ready to move wherever the 0:09:12.880 --> 0:09:16.040 Packers need him to move right and and Uh even 0:09:16.160 --> 0:09:17.800 joked that he thought maybe he was going to be 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:21.439 the backup quarterback last week until Blake Bortles was brought in. 0:09:21.920 --> 0:09:24.320 But I also like how he said Blake Bortles, not 0:09:24.400 --> 0:09:27.120 Blake or Bortles. He's like, and then we signed Blake Bortles. 0:09:27.120 --> 0:09:29.920 It's like that made me chuckle. Yeah. But Elton is 0:09:29.920 --> 0:09:32.760 ready to Elton's ready to line up wherever the Packers 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:35.439 need him when bok tr is ready to go, whether 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:38.240 that is this week or down the line. I will 0:09:38.280 --> 0:09:42.440 say this as it relates to the Packers, as it 0:09:42.440 --> 0:09:45.200 relates to guys coming off of significant knee injuries or 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.280 any injury. You know we saw with the collar bones 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:50.079 with Aaron Rodgers. The day that that player runs out 0:09:50.080 --> 0:09:52.520 of the tunnel at lambau Field or it's maybe potentially 0:09:52.559 --> 0:09:56.320 a road game, I have full confidence that that guy 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.440 is ready. I think that has been proven with Pat mackenzie, 0:09:59.520 --> 0:10:02.600 with this train ning staff here, they are not going 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:04.920 to put a guy out there who isn't ready to play. 0:10:04.960 --> 0:10:06.960 So that's not about David bok Terry. I'm sure if 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:09.800 David bok Terry had his druthers about this whole situation, 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.240 he probably would have played in the last preseason game. 0:10:12.720 --> 0:10:14.480 But the fact of the matter is they needed to 0:10:14.520 --> 0:10:16.400 be able to give him this window once he started 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:20.240 practicing again, to simulate these practices, to get him ready 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.240 for playing seventy offensive snaps. That's all a part of 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.520 the process, just as much as rebuilding up the strength 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:28.640 and that knee was. But I'll say this, Mike, to 0:10:28.800 --> 0:10:31.000 have a guy like Elton Jenkins step up and then 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.720 also an honorable mention to yosh Naim and being able 0:10:33.760 --> 0:10:36.680 to to eat up three games as well. The Packers 0:10:36.679 --> 0:10:39.280 went seven and two missing their five time all Pro 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.400 left tackle. That's not to say they didn't miss him. 0:10:42.480 --> 0:10:45.240 They still missed him mightily because I think this offensive 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.040 line is better when you have Jenkins and bok Try 0:10:48.120 --> 0:10:50.960 both there. But to be able to stem this tide, 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.040 I think that's something regardless of what the final record 0:10:54.080 --> 0:10:55.719 is of the season, regardless of whether or not the 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:58.920 Packers Holy stuff at Lombardi Trophy, Elton Jenkins in the 0:10:59.000 --> 0:11:01.320 Yoshiman to be really proud that they were able to 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:04.480 get them this far because it shouldn't have looked this easy. Yeah, 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.720 teams lose, not even guys of the caliber of David 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:11.480 bok tr and it can be an absolute disaster. Packers 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:14.120 were able to keep this thing going. And if you 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:17.600 get boxed, you got back MVS. Last week, you got 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:21.400 back Kevin King, you get box tr e back Jayres 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:25.280 being around practice again, doesn't have a sling one hanging 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.920 around just Sari. Darius Smith is back in Green Bay. 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:32.600 Easy for me to say, every single you know guy 0:11:32.679 --> 0:11:35.360 that they add back into the fold of this caliber, 0:11:35.440 --> 0:11:37.480 it's going to make this team better for the long run. Yeah, no, 0:11:37.600 --> 0:11:41.160 I hear you. And and obviously, well we will see 0:11:41.160 --> 0:11:43.839 what the Packers decided to do when bok tr does 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:47.679 come back. With regard Dalton Jenkins, the first decision is 0:11:47.760 --> 0:11:49.800 do you put Elton Jenkins at left guard, which is 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.679 his Pro Bowl position, even though maybe he was headed 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:54.480 for a Pro Bowl at left tackle I don't know, 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:59.880 Or because Josh Myers is still out and Jenkins was 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.400 your guy who filled in at center last year when 0:12:02.480 --> 0:12:05.160 Corey Lindsley went down for three games late in the season, 0:12:05.640 --> 0:12:09.720 do you put Elton Jenkins at center? And then obviously 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:13.600 you're sorting out amongst Lucas, Patrick Royce, Newman, John Runyon, 0:12:13.840 --> 0:12:17.680 those other interior guys who will be your best five 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:23.199 um in the starting lineup, so um. The versatility that 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:28.000 Elton Jenkins has gives gives the Packers a um almost 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:31.480 an unmatched luxury in in this game when it comes 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:35.400 to injuries on the offensive line. And obviously other guys 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:38.080 are cross trained at at different positions as well. But 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:41.280 as Adam Stanovich said last week, all you have to 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:43.280 do is give Elton Jenkins a couple of days of 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.000 practice at any spot on the offensive line and you 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:47.520 can put him out there in a game and you 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:50.800 know he's gonna do just fine. And and and you 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:54.640 don't you don't hear that about about guys in terms 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:57.760 of just being able to train and grasp everything so 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:01.880 quickly and understand the techniques and then execute those techniques 0:13:02.080 --> 0:13:05.000 as well as you know the playbook based on your 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:07.719 responsibility of guard versus tackle and all of that kind 0:13:07.720 --> 0:13:10.000 of stuff. And so we'll see. We don't really know 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:11.760 what the Packers are going to do, but the fact 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.400 that they have so many options at their disposal is 0:13:14.440 --> 0:13:17.000 a credit Elton Jenkins. Yeah, and and even this year 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:20.640 doesn't I think fully encapsulate what he brings. It was 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:22.800 last year that I think my eyes really opened up 0:13:22.840 --> 0:13:25.720 to it, because that was a position where Lucas Patrick 0:13:25.760 --> 0:13:27.640 had to start it right guard. They had already lost 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.680 Lane Taylor for the year, so when when Corey Linsley 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.960 got hurt, they didn't really have a backup center so 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:35.640 to speak. It needed to be Elton Jenkins and the 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:37.680 guy slid in there. And then three starts played at 0:13:37.720 --> 0:13:40.959 a Pro Bowl level at that position too. So, uh, 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.000 you don't you hope at some point you're going to 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.760 see a relatively healthy line that Josh Myers can get 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:47.840 back at some point this season and the Packers start 0:13:47.880 --> 0:13:50.960 to look more like themselves again. But to be able 0:13:51.000 --> 0:13:53.520 to do what they've done in spite of all these injuries, 0:13:53.880 --> 0:13:56.960 it has been probably one of the top five storylines 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.720 I'd say as far as this Packers season has been concerned. Yeah, 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:02.680 asolutely well. A shout out to our spotsors here West 0:14:02.720 --> 0:14:06.040 Serious x M NFL Radio delivers hard hitting analysis and 0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.319 up to them in NFL News that true football fanatics 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:13.439 need seven three and at Cousin Subs, we have something 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.400 for everyone like our Wisconsin Cheese curts, mac and cheese, 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:19.680 golden fries, and creamy shakes, all paired with your favorite 0:14:19.680 --> 0:14:23.040 sub or sub in a bowl. Cousin subs we believe 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:26.200 in better all right, last thing before we move on 0:14:26.240 --> 0:14:28.840 to the other games around the NFL in Week ten, 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.440 The keys to victory here for the Packers. When you 0:14:31.480 --> 0:14:34.600 look at this game, Packers are starting a stretch here 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:38.000 of five out of seven. Five of their next seven 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.520 games are at lambeau Field, after the stretch of playing 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.760 four out of five on the road. What do the 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.200 Packers have to do to get back into the wind 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:47.400 column after taking a loss last week? Goes back to 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:49.960 what your key to victory was last week. I think 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:51.560 they have to protect the football, and I need to 0:14:51.560 --> 0:14:54.040 think they need to take the football away. Seattle is 0:14:54.080 --> 0:14:56.560 one of the more unique teams I think I've ever 0:14:56.600 --> 0:14:59.920 seen this particular team this year. They don't give the 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:03.320 ball away, but they also haven't really taken it away 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.480 this season. They only have three interceptions among thirty four 0:15:06.600 --> 0:15:09.840 defensive passes defense, and I believe they all belong to 0:15:09.920 --> 0:15:13.119 Quadri Diggs. Yeah, they do. Diggs. Diggs has all their interceptions, 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:16.680 and again it's a good defense. But their inability to 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:18.440 take the ball away I think has been one of 0:15:18.440 --> 0:15:20.880 the reasons why you've seen all these yards being put 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:24.760 up against them this year. Um and offensively though they 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:28.320 only have what four giveaways. I mean, it's been pretty remarkable, 0:15:28.360 --> 0:15:30.440 even with Gino Smith taking over the fact that they've 0:15:30.440 --> 0:15:32.280 been able to protect the football as well as they have. 0:15:32.400 --> 0:15:34.200 So I think that's gonna be a catalyst in this game. 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:36.440 I thought last week, you know, and I think it 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.840 proved out that if the Packers protect the football, if 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:40.720 they don't lose the turnover battle two to nothing, and 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:42.680 then the points that were generated off of that for 0:15:42.880 --> 0:15:45.440 Kansas City, I think that's a different football game. So, 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:48.440 especially if Aaron Rodgers is back in the fold. The 0:15:48.480 --> 0:15:51.040 big day on that is obviously going to be Saturday. 0:15:51.080 --> 0:15:53.600 But if Aaron Rodgers is back and the Packers can 0:15:53.640 --> 0:15:55.920 get back into the groove that they were in before 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.720 this whole, you know, Davante Adams is gone and then 0:15:58.840 --> 0:16:01.520 Rogers has gone. If they're able to look like the 0:16:01.520 --> 0:16:04.480 offense they did in Week seven, I think they were 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.520 very easily able to win this game and continue on 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.680 building on what they did in the first half of 0:16:08.680 --> 0:16:11.080 the season. Yeah, and I think offensively, and I say this, 0:16:11.160 --> 0:16:13.800 whether Jordan's Love is the quarterback or whether Aaron Rodgers 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:16.680 does come back and get cleared on Saturday and is 0:16:16.680 --> 0:16:19.760 is under center on Sunday. You got to get back 0:16:19.800 --> 0:16:23.000 to running the football. We've we've been saying this since 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:25.560 since Matt Lafleur got here in twenty nineteen, and we've 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:29.120 seen the implementation of this offense. The Packers have won 0:16:29.280 --> 0:16:32.440 plenty of games. You know, when Aaron Rodgers has just 0:16:32.480 --> 0:16:35.520 done his thing right, like we've seen that. But when 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:38.960 this Packers offense has been at its best is when 0:16:39.360 --> 0:16:42.160 the running game is the foundation and it sets up 0:16:42.200 --> 0:16:44.560 the play action and it just opens up so many 0:16:44.600 --> 0:16:48.080 more things for the quarterback. And especially when that quarterback 0:16:48.120 --> 0:16:51.080 is Aaron Rodgers with his mastery of the offense and 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:53.240 what is going on. And we heard we've heard Matt 0:16:53.280 --> 0:16:57.360 Lafleur many times when he when he's critical of himself 0:16:57.400 --> 0:17:00.280 about his game plan, his approach, and he and he says, yeah, 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.200 I got away from the run too early. When we've 0:17:03.200 --> 0:17:06.280 heard him say that, he's usually made a recommitment to 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.560 it again right after that. I think the Packers are 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:11.000 going to come out on Sunday with with Aaron Jones 0:17:11.040 --> 0:17:13.600 and a J. Dillon, whatever rotation whoever is going to 0:17:13.680 --> 0:17:15.760 be first second, whatever. I think the Packers are going 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:18.000 to show that commitment to the run game on Sunday, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.159 and I appreciate that they probably weren't going to be 0:17:20.200 --> 0:17:22.600 able to run the ball thirty five times against Kansas 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:25.000 City with Kansas City playing as many guys in the 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:27.359 box as they were with their single high which you 0:17:27.440 --> 0:17:30.159 which you can do when it's a guy's first start 0:17:30.200 --> 0:17:33.200 as opposed to Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. But the encouraging 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.600 thing about what they did accomplished was they still move 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:38.480 the ball really well against a loaded box. Yeah, they did, 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:41.160 and that's a credit to both Aaron Jones and a J. Dillon. 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:43.399 They both where he had some nice runs in that game. 0:17:43.840 --> 0:17:45.760 But I go back to and Mike, I want to 0:17:45.800 --> 0:17:47.959 say it's Detroit. Correct me if I'm wrong, But that 0:17:48.000 --> 0:17:50.560 was the game where I believe A J. Dillon just 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.119 took over in the fourth quarter, like the fourth quarter 0:17:53.280 --> 0:17:55.600 or the four minute offense, just kept pounding the ball, 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.160 pounding the ball, pounding the ball. This kid can take it. 0:17:58.560 --> 0:18:00.920 He did it at Boston College. I just I want 0:18:00.920 --> 0:18:03.040 to see more of those opportunities for I think I 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.040 think A J. Dillan's earned them to be able to 0:18:05.119 --> 0:18:07.760 just to continually get those reps and then being able 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:11.159 to be really pragmatic about how you utilize Aaron Jones. 0:18:11.200 --> 0:18:12.760 I want to see more of the pony packages. I 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:14.800 want to see the offense run more through those guys, 0:18:14.840 --> 0:18:16.800 because I think one of the issues they've had in 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:18.440 this first half of the season is trying to get 0:18:18.440 --> 0:18:20.520 the play action going because we haven't seen it in 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.600 the same form that we did last year. If that happens, 0:18:23.840 --> 0:18:25.680 and I still think there's a lot there for this 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.400 Packers offense to accomplish this season, I really believe that 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:31.239 that's gonna be what's gonna put them over the top, 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:34.280 because right now the defense has to be able to 0:18:34.320 --> 0:18:36.800 still weather these injuries and keep building. But this is 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:39.200 the best Packers defense I've covered in my time here. 0:18:39.400 --> 0:18:41.000 It just is. And it's not I'm not saying it's 0:18:41.000 --> 0:18:43.040 the most talented. I'm not saying that they just but 0:18:43.200 --> 0:18:46.320 the way that they're playing is they're playing dominant football, 0:18:46.840 --> 0:18:48.679 and I think it's right there for Green Bay right 0:18:48.720 --> 0:18:51.080 now from a championship perspective. If they can get some 0:18:51.160 --> 0:18:52.880 of these things squared away with the offense and get 0:18:52.920 --> 0:18:55.600 this thing rolling, and obviously the special team's considerations as well, 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:59.040 it's it's all there, yeah, and you're and you're playing 0:18:59.080 --> 0:19:02.440 at home here for for this next next stretch of 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:05.840 games to uh, to keep yourself where you are in 0:19:06.240 --> 0:19:08.639 in those NFC rankings and with regard to the NFC 0:19:08.800 --> 0:19:11.600 North as far as the division is concerned, here week ten, 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:15.520 the Chicago Bears on a by Minnesota Vikings with another tough, 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:18.639 tough They're they're on the road. They're they're on the 0:19:18.760 --> 0:19:23.240 road out at Los Angeles to play the Chargers. So 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.280 the Packers, with that three and a half game lead 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:31.800 in the NFC North, as far as division hopes are concerned, 0:19:31.840 --> 0:19:34.440 Minnesota has to feel like now that it's it's back 0:19:34.560 --> 0:19:37.439 is against the wall. They they the Vikings have got 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:39.960 to start stacking some victories to be able to put 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:44.000