1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 2 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:23,840 Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, joined as always by my trusted 3 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: colleague West Hodkowits were coming to here from our studios 4 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 1: at lambeau Field and West New Packers head coach Matt 5 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 1: Lafleur is in the process of putting together his coaching 6 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,240 Speaker 1: staff for the nineteen season. I know there are some 7 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:42,319 Speaker 1: news and names and rumors and things floating around out 8 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,480 Speaker 1: there with regards to offensive coordinator and special teams coordinator. 9 00:00:46,040 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: Nothing in that regard has been officially announced by the Packers, 10 00:00:49,680 --> 00:00:52,440 Speaker 1: so we're gonna have to save those conversations for another show. 11 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: But we do know that it is official. Mike Petton 12 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 1: will be back as defensive coordinator for Mat la Fleur. 13 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,760 Speaker 1: It will be Petton's second season as defensive coordinator. And 14 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:07,240 Speaker 1: I think you and I and certainly anybody following this 15 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: sensed that if the Packers went with an offensive minded 16 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,000 Speaker 1: head coach, so to speak, that the possibility of pett 17 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: And staying to run this defense was pretty strong. And 18 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: that is how this has worked out. Yeah, I don't 19 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:21,960 Speaker 1: want to call it a no brainer, but I just 20 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,039 Speaker 1: think you know, the package. This is gonna be a 21 00:01:24,040 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: big offseason of change. You're gonna see it in multiple 22 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: phases and multiple different positions. If there was one silver 23 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: lining to what was kind of a difficult season for them, 24 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: I felt it was pett And I felt it was 25 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 1: the way that that defense performed in the face of injuries, 26 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: in the way he was able to make playmakers emerge 27 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:45,320 Speaker 1: in that defense at times in which if you looked 28 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: at on paper you would say there weren't enough of 29 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 1: them due to injuries and some other things. So, uh, 30 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: the thing that stood out to me the most in 31 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 1: the decision to do this is that if you go 32 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: back and look at it, um one of the things 33 00:01:58,600 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: that stood out to me as soon as Matt la 34 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: Floor was named the head coach of the Packers, you 35 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: look at Tennessee in the fact that Marcus Mariota now 36 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: is onto I believe is this his fourth or fifth 37 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator now in his time in the NFL. You 38 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: want to be able to if things, if you like 39 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:18,960 Speaker 1: what you're seeing, if the product is what it is, 40 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: you want to be able to have consistency there. And 41 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: in the Fleur's case a little bit different because he 42 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:26,640 Speaker 1: was going up and do a bigger job. But in 43 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:28,840 Speaker 1: the Packers case, I just think that there was something 44 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 1: to be said for having a name, having a face, 45 00:02:32,200 --> 00:02:35,160 Speaker 1: and having a vision, so you're not completely overhauling the 46 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:38,400 Speaker 1: whole grand scheme of things. Mike Petton's return allows you 47 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,480 Speaker 1: to do that. I'll be honest with you, Mike, seeing 48 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: what they were able to do, I don't care about 49 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: total defense. I don't care about the sacks, even though 50 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:47,640 Speaker 1: there was a bunch of them last year. The number 51 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: one thing that sold me on Mike pett and his 52 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,679 Speaker 1: scheme last season was the fact that you didn't see 53 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: them having to take time otes for twelve min on 54 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 1: the field. You didn't see them gag getting gash for 55 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: big plays because of community cation breakdowns. The ability of 56 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: Petton to teach his scheme and as he said from 57 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 1: the beginning, keep it likable and learnable, I think is 58 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 1: one of the biggest credits he can have. Yes, there 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:12,320 Speaker 1: weren't enough takeaways, that's something they want to change in 60 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: But the fact that they didn't have those huge breakdowns 61 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,919 Speaker 1: at a lot of times you see not just to hear, 62 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:19,920 Speaker 1: but I mean anywhere in the NFL when you have 63 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,680 Speaker 1: a ton of injuries I think speaks to Petton. I 64 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,000 Speaker 1: think it speaks to his program, and it makes it 65 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: deserving for him to get a second shot here. Yeah, 66 00:03:27,639 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: I I certainly want to see Mike Petton try to 67 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: continue and perhaps finish what he started here, which I 68 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: think is a climb, is a rise of the Packers defense, 69 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: hopefully up into the top half, if not the top 70 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: third of the league. Obviously, there's there was a long 71 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: way to go when the day he walked in the door. 72 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:47,760 Speaker 1: But I am with you, I was going to say 73 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,200 Speaker 1: exactly the same thing. If there's one thing to me 74 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:54,120 Speaker 1: that I noticed with this defense that I think bodes 75 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: really well moving forward is the lack of the communication breakdowns, 76 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: just as you put it, Because when I look back 77 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,240 Speaker 1: at the season, I remember late in the year the 78 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: game against the New York Jets, there was a mix 79 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: up in coverage and Robbie Anderson's wide open down the 80 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: field for a forty yard touched out. But I remember 81 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: that play because it was one of the only times 82 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: that happened all season long, and in past years, we 83 00:04:19,120 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: just we saw that happen too often. And the fact 84 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:25,640 Speaker 1: that with the number of young players that the Packers 85 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: have on defense, and it was a new system being 86 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 1: brought in, and we actually saw a decrease in those 87 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: communication issues and whatnot. I think that really speaks to 88 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 1: what Petton was able to accomplish. Now, obviously you hope 89 00:04:38,080 --> 00:04:41,120 Speaker 1: for better health, you hope for better continuity just in 90 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: terms of who's out there playing every week. And Dom 91 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:46,479 Speaker 1: Caper's dealt with some of those same challenges over a 92 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: number of years. But with the improvements that we saw 93 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: and the number of young players that you don't you 94 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:54,279 Speaker 1: really don't want to have to throw a whole another 95 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 1: defensive system at them again right away. I think this, 96 00:04:57,760 --> 00:04:59,720 Speaker 1: this makes the most sense for the Packers and pett 97 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: And earned the opportunity to try to see this through 98 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,279 Speaker 1: and see if he can continue that climb up the rankings. 99 00:05:06,440 --> 00:05:09,200 Speaker 1: During the final locker room the Packers had about two 100 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,200 Speaker 1: weeks ago, now, I was talking with Alexander about this 101 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:15,640 Speaker 1: and about then the young nucleus and and what he 102 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: sees in this team. And one of the things that 103 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: he said is, you know, they get pelted constantly with 104 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:22,920 Speaker 1: the questions about turnovers and takeaways and there just wasn't 105 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 1: enough of them this past year. But he said, you 106 00:05:25,360 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: know is these guys get more comfortable in the back end, 107 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: the pass rushers, you'll get a little bit more pressure. 108 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 1: The possibilities are there for this defense to take the 109 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,359 Speaker 1: ball away when you when you can disrupt the quarterback 110 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 1: a little bit, they have the ball hawks there in 111 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: place to be able to do it. I think the 112 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: issue for the Packers this season, in addition to inconsistency 113 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 1: I'm not going to paint at all, is just well, 114 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: there are just too many injuries. I mean, you still 115 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,160 Speaker 1: need to work through it, but you do look at 116 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,599 Speaker 1: what that final i R look like at the end 117 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:55,840 Speaker 1: of the year, and and again it's always a big 118 00:05:55,880 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: if because you're not going to keep everybody healthy. But 119 00:05:57,800 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 1: when you lose you're starting three defensive linemen, you lose 120 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 1: Kevin King, you deal with some of the injuries they've 121 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 1: had to deal with, the multiple positions, that's what puts 122 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 1: you in these positions where you're trying to stem the tide, 123 00:06:09,880 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: so to speak. So I really do believe. I mean, 124 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 1: if you you know, you saw Kyler Fackler breakout, you 125 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:19,280 Speaker 1: saw Kenny Clarke have a phenomenal season before he has 126 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 1: ended prematurely. There is playmakers there are playmakers in this defense. 127 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: If you can keep enough of them healthy. Along with 128 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:30,360 Speaker 1: the system of defense that Penton is teaching, I think 129 00:06:30,440 --> 00:06:32,440 Speaker 1: there's a really good reason to believe that this cannot 130 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: I'm not going to put it out there's top ten 131 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: defense anymore, but this can be one of the biggest 132 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: disrupting units in the NFL. Well. And there'll be an 133 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:41,880 Speaker 1: opportunity whether you're talking free agency or the draft. As 134 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:44,159 Speaker 1: we talked about three picks in the top forty five 135 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: of the draft. We'll see what happens in free agency. 136 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: There's an opportunity to add another playmaker too to this 137 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 1: to this defense. And I'll go back to something that 138 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:56,240 Speaker 1: I talked about on this show many times, you and I. 139 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: You and I discussed it a lot. I think we 140 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,760 Speaker 1: saw the the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, 141 00:07:02,800 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: as to what this Packers defense can be with Mike 142 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,160 Speaker 1: Petton as the coordinator and his system and his scheme. 143 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 1: When Jayra Alexander and Kevin King where your two corners, 144 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: your your two top cover corners on the field at 145 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 1: the same time. Now, that just didn't happen enough because 146 00:07:19,080 --> 00:07:22,000 Speaker 1: King only played whatever it was, six or seven games, 147 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,960 Speaker 1: and even a couple of games he played was when 148 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,600 Speaker 1: Alexander was missing, so they were really only on the 149 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 1: field together, I think, for four games out of sixteen, 150 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: which is is way too few, obviously, but in those moments, 151 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: I mean the first the first half, first three quarters 152 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Week two against the Minnesota Vikings and and all the 153 00:07:41,440 --> 00:07:44,200 Speaker 1: the weapons, you know, Dalvin Cook and Adam Thieland and 154 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,800 Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs and Kirk Cousins in their new quarterback and 155 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: everything that they brought to lambeau Field that day. They 156 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: didn't start rolling until the fourth quarter when King was 157 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 1: out in The Packers were kind of scrambling a little 158 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: bit defensively to make up for it. The first half 159 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles against that Rams offense, when King and 160 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: Alexander were on the field together to help cover those 161 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 1: wide receivers, that was some of the best defense we 162 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:08,680 Speaker 1: saw from the Packers all season long. I think I 163 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: think that's the starting point, so to speak, in terms 164 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:14,000 Speaker 1: of the personnel. If those two guys are out there, 165 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: and then you get those other guys healthy, you know, 166 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: you're Daniels and you're Kenny Clark, and and you know, 167 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 1: Facral continues to do what he's doing. I think there's 168 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: a lot of possibilities here with some more continued upgrades 169 00:08:25,080 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: and personnel, whether it be through free agency or the draft. Yeah, 170 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:29,880 Speaker 1: and and the other thing that stands out to me too, 171 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: you know, we don't want ever, you know, look at 172 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,679 Speaker 1: trying to project what a lineup is going to be, 173 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,760 Speaker 1: because as we see, you know, that can change very quickly. 174 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 1: And it's I think, but the one, the one, the 175 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,959 Speaker 1: heart was in the right place this season though, when 176 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: you look at how they had stocked their cornerbacks, how 177 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 1: they had stocked their safeties, even as some regards how 178 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,320 Speaker 1: they had stocked the defensive line. I bring it up 179 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:53,480 Speaker 1: constantly that, you know, Dean Lowry and Kyler Facral weren't 180 00:08:53,520 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: playing very much that the first month of the season. 181 00:08:55,960 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: They had to basically be every down players. Down the stretch, 182 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 1: they have some decisions to with how they want to 183 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: handle their outside pass rush, the biggest one of those 184 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,680 Speaker 1: being Clay Matthews being an unrestricted free agent. You got 185 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: to settle that, you got to figure out what the 186 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 1: future is there. And I've brought it up a numerous 187 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: amount of times now. I think one guy that doesn't 188 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: get enough credit for how things did play out was 189 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,839 Speaker 1: bishod b when you look at the injury that he had. 190 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 1: I even threw ma Alter during one of our final shows. 191 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:21,960 Speaker 1: Is come back of the Year candidate Because of the 192 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 1: injury he had and to come back the way he 193 00:09:24,080 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: did and play on a short schedule, I think it 194 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: said a lot about him. And honestly, I learned a 195 00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,520 Speaker 1: lot about his versatility. I didn't know he could play, 196 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: you know, slot cornerback. I think in a perfect world, 197 00:09:35,320 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: do you want him on the boundary, But he's versatile 198 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 1: enough that he basically can play all six spots in 199 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,719 Speaker 1: the secondary if you need him to. Again, another unrestricted 200 00:09:42,760 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 1: free agent, dominoes have to fall there. But you know, 201 00:09:44,679 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 1: seeing a guy like that back to in the equation, 202 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: I think really could go a long way for a 203 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: secondary that has a lot of potential when you can 204 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:53,320 Speaker 1: get everybody on the field, at least most of them 205 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: at the same time. Yeah. And I don't mean to 206 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 1: discount Breland when I focus so much on Alexander and King, 207 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: but they're the ones in a contract, yeah, exactly. And 208 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: and Breland is a is an unrestricted free agent, and 209 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:05,400 Speaker 1: we'll see what happens there. But I'm gonna make a 210 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:08,679 Speaker 1: baseball analogy for you here, West, because you know, you 211 00:10:08,679 --> 00:10:10,679 Speaker 1: look at you look at a baseball team heading into 212 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: a new season, you're looking at that starting rotation, right 213 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: if you've got if you've got a couple of really 214 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,960 Speaker 1: solid starting pitchers, there's a big difference between those guys 215 00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 1: being say you're two and three starting pitchers, versus if 216 00:10:24,360 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: they're you're three and four. You know, in terms in 217 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,840 Speaker 1: terms of the order. I kind of look at Breland 218 00:10:29,400 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: in the same way, in the sense that when you 219 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,320 Speaker 1: had Alexander and King and Bashad, Breland was like your 220 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,120 Speaker 1: number three corner Wow, Like what a group you have. 221 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:42,000 Speaker 1: But you take one of those three out of the equation, 222 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: and the and the rotation changes and everybody gets pushed 223 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,440 Speaker 1: up into a into another role, then all of a sudden, 224 00:10:47,440 --> 00:10:49,840 Speaker 1: it doesn't look quite as good as it did before. 225 00:10:49,920 --> 00:10:52,040 Speaker 1: So I think it's you know, I think King and 226 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: Alexander are the starting points at cornerback, and then you 227 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 1: build the depth, whether that's you know, Josh Jackson hopefully 228 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 1: takes a leap forward in his second year, Maybe Bashad 229 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:03,160 Speaker 1: Brelan comes back. We'll see what the draft and free 230 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: agency have in store. Tremont Williams is under contract for 231 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,720 Speaker 1: another year, and we know he can play anywhere as well, 232 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,199 Speaker 1: So a lot of possibilities here and and a lot 233 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:12,880 Speaker 1: of time to get it figured. Yeah, and Tony Brown 234 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 1: ended up playing quite a bit to the undrafted rookie 235 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:18,400 Speaker 1: out of Alabama. So probably no position I think on 236 00:11:18,440 --> 00:11:21,600 Speaker 1: the roster that has as much returning players probably has 237 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 1: more intrigue right now than cornerback because it really is 238 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: going to be up to Brian good Kunz and obviously 239 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur and and Mike Petton to figure out what 240 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 1: they need in what they want to bring in this offseason, 241 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,559 Speaker 1: because there's a lot of guys there. But again, as 242 00:11:34,600 --> 00:11:37,680 Speaker 1: we've learned, when you're playing, especially the way that that 243 00:11:37,760 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: Petton plays with as many six defensive backpackages with that 244 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:43,920 Speaker 1: hybrid linebacker role, you have to have guys there, and 245 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: and that's gonna be a big thing making sure that 246 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: they can keep the covered stocked. Yeah. Well, not to 247 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: get too far off track, but we saw the Los 248 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: Angeles Chargers just a week ago win a playoff game 249 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,400 Speaker 1: playing basically seven defensive backs as a package for pretty 250 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: much the entire game against Baltimore. And lam our Jackson 251 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,719 Speaker 1: as the mobile quarterback. So you just you'd never know 252 00:12:03,760 --> 00:12:05,600 Speaker 1: where this game is going to go and what you're 253 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:08,960 Speaker 1: going to be called on to do from a schematic standpoint, 254 00:12:09,040 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 1: and and the Packers have to build their depth to 255 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 1: be able to respond. And keep in mind too, Mike, 256 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:14,720 Speaker 1: I mean the Packers open this season with a seven 257 00:12:14,760 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 1: defensive backpackage against the Bears. I mean that's almost their 258 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 1: base defense. It caught us all, caught me by surprise 259 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 1: that they ended up going that way. So, yeah, if 260 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: you have the bodies there, Mike Patton said, he's not 261 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: afraid to go a little light if it means that 262 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,640 Speaker 1: it's going to you know, work to the best of 263 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 1: the Packers game plan. Yeah. All right, Well, before we 264 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:33,880 Speaker 1: get to some other topics here west, the green Bay 265 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: Packers get ready for game day with the powerful noise 266 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:40,920 Speaker 1: canceling technology of Bo's Quiet Comfort thirty five headphones to 267 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 1: Lauren more at www dot bos dot com, Slash Packers Bows, 268 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,079 Speaker 1: the official headphones of the Green Bay Packers, and at 269 00:12:49,120 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 1: Homer here in the stands. We all know that Green 270 00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: Bay fans give it their all and that takes a 271 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: lot of energy, So grab a warm bowl of Campbell's 272 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,360 Speaker 1: Chunky Soup. It's meaty goodness fuels the greatness of Packers 273 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,960 Speaker 1: fans everywhere. Try the delicious classic chicken noodle soup. Just 274 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: visit your local supermarket and ask for Campbell's Chunky Soup. 275 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,679 Speaker 1: Official sup partner of the Green Baby. We should almost 276 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 1: be due for a new pair of Bows headphones. I 277 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 1: would think we had these for almost three seasons. Yeah, 278 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: I was really excited when we started doing the show, 279 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: you know now almost three years ago, that we got 280 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: the noise canceling ones. But they weren't in the right color. 281 00:13:19,120 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 1: So Marvin went down to the store bought us some 282 00:13:21,240 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 1: other ones, but they aren't the noise canceling ones. I 283 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: like the noise canceling ones. Yeah. Those, Yeah, that they 284 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:27,959 Speaker 1: got to make that happen. They put you in the 285 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:31,000 Speaker 1: zone we get, we get a lot more of the 286 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: the West hot analogies to youth sports and everything. When 287 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: you got the noise camper. Absolutely absolutely, we gotta work 288 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:40,440 Speaker 1: on that. That's the big goal. That's the insider inbox 289 00:13:40,480 --> 00:13:45,560 Speaker 1: slash Packers unscripted goal for noise canceling headphones. We'll be 290 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: on that with with our our relationship with bows um 291 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,480 Speaker 1: NFL Playoffs West, it is down to the final four. 292 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: I know it's not always talking about in those terms, 293 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,600 Speaker 1: but conference championship games coming up this weekend and this 294 00:14:00,640 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: past weekend the divisional round, not a lot of down 295 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 1: to the wire drama. Really. Only the last game of 296 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 1: the four, the Eagles against the Saints, was the one 297 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 1: that came right down to the end. But these four teams, 298 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 1: Rams and Saints, Patriots and Chiefs all very impressive in 299 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,400 Speaker 1: their own right last weekend. And I think in a 300 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 1: lot of ways, and it doesn't always work out this way, 301 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 1: in fact, it often doesn't, but I think in a 302 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 1: lot of ways, if you had if you had pulled 303 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:30,920 Speaker 1: the vast majority of NFL fans, like right after Halloween, 304 00:14:30,960 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: about the midway point of season, and said, Okay, who 305 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: do you think are the four teams that are gonna 306 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: be the last four standing on championship weekend playing for 307 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:41,200 Speaker 1: those conference titles, I think these four would have gotten 308 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 1: the most votes. And you know, they've held up, They've 309 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: done it over the long haul. They put together impressive 310 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: performances in the divisional round, and here they are. You 311 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: know what I like about this? I'm glad you used 312 00:14:51,040 --> 00:14:54,200 Speaker 1: the final four analogy because this year in particular does 313 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: remind me a lot of an n c A tournament 314 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: where you've had every once in a while you get 315 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: the one in two needs that just make the run. 316 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:03,680 Speaker 1: And that's why I love the playoffs, because everyone goes 317 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: over the top about well, if the six and five win, 318 00:15:06,440 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 1: does that mean there's no advantage to the bodies? No, 319 00:15:08,320 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 1: I mean, I think all four of these teams proved 320 00:15:10,680 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 1: last week what the advantage is with having that that 321 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: week off and then having the home field advantage. But 322 00:15:16,240 --> 00:15:18,360 Speaker 1: much like the n c A tournament, each all these 323 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: four teams brings something different to the table. Now, the 324 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 1: common thread between most of them is offense, and a 325 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:25,680 Speaker 1: lot of it. I think it's gonna be really exciting 326 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 1: to watch the you know, the Rams play on that 327 00:15:28,120 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 1: fast track, and I believe, I believe this is the 328 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 1: first time that the top four scoring offenses in the 329 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: league have all advanced to this stage as the last 330 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: four teams standing. So it's interesting from that standard. And 331 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: then you look at the Rams and Chiefs. I mean, 332 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:44,040 Speaker 1: they gave up a ton of yards this year too, defensively, 333 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:47,240 Speaker 1: so seeing how a team like the Saints that's that's 334 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 1: very that's more balanced, probably the most balanced out of 335 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: all these teams in the playoffs right now. They also 336 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 1: had to play the most knockdown, drag out game of 337 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: last week, having to kind of hold their breath there 338 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: until the final moments against the Eagles. So seeing if 339 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,880 Speaker 1: they can prevail against that that enigma that is the 340 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 1: Rams offense is going to be interesting. And then honestly, 341 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: let's look at the Kansas City in New England. I mean, 342 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: they're gonna say I wrote about this an inbox. They're 343 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:15,120 Speaker 1: gonna talk about Patrick Mahomes. They're going to talk about, 344 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: you know, the old war horse, and and Tom Brady. Yeah, 345 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: the potential passing of the torch and all that. We're 346 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: gonna hear about that certainly all week long. Realistically, I 347 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: think you remember you always do your like five team 348 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: out performances to watch and those kind of matchups. I 349 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:30,040 Speaker 1: think there's only one in this game. I think it's 350 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: whether or not Kansas City can stop New England's offense. 351 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: I think that's as I think it goes as far 352 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: as that. The way New England's offense took the field 353 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: on Sunday against the Chargers, a Chargers defense that had 354 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: put up some you know, some really really good outings, 355 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:47,120 Speaker 1: especially with what they did against Baltimore and Lamar Jackson 356 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 1: for the first three plus quarters in that opening round game. 357 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 1: For New England to take the field against the Chargers 358 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 1: and just right down the field four straight times, four touchdowns, 359 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: they had twenty eight points on the board before you 360 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 1: can blink, it was it was just like, Wow, that 361 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,640 Speaker 1: sucked too. I mean, excuse my language, but I was like, 362 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: I really wanted that to be. I know, I wanted 363 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,119 Speaker 1: I wanted that to be. I wanted that to be 364 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: a good game as well. And we had talked about 365 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,399 Speaker 1: kind of pulling a little bit for Philip Rivers to 366 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:11,920 Speaker 1: see if he could get to a super Bowl for 367 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: the first time and just give me some drama, you know, 368 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,159 Speaker 1: none that the Patriots just hum boy. They just went 369 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: out and steamrolled them. But much like what happened with 370 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,879 Speaker 1: that game between New Orleans and Philadelphia the first time around, 371 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,320 Speaker 1: you saw the adjustments the Eagles made in that second 372 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: matchup and what they were able to do to keep 373 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: that thing close. I go back to that what was 374 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,640 Speaker 1: a Week six matchup between New England Kansas City. If 375 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 1: you play that particular game twenty five times. I guarantee 376 00:17:38,680 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: you at least twenty of them. New England's putting up 377 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 1: forty points. It's just the way that Kansas City was 378 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:45,679 Speaker 1: playing that day, and it was the way that the 379 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:48,120 Speaker 1: Patriots were able to move the ball. That's the key 380 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,399 Speaker 1: right now. The Chiefs got gash for yards this season, 381 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 1: but they were but they were situationally solid. Can you 382 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:57,800 Speaker 1: do that now against one of the best to ever 383 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: do it? That's my storyline. And if you can, Wow. 384 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 1: I mean, we talked so much about breeze and rivers, 385 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: but what about if Andy Reid can get back to 386 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,239 Speaker 1: a Super Bowl? I mean that that would be uh, 387 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,120 Speaker 1: that would be pretty special to a lot of things 388 00:18:10,160 --> 00:18:12,880 Speaker 1: to follow for Yeah. Yeah, And I'll say this, they're 389 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: talking about an arctic blast hitting Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas 390 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 1: City this weekend. That game is going to be played 391 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:23,840 Speaker 1: at night. It's the second of the two championship games. 392 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: And I don't want to take anything away from Tom Brady, 393 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: and nothing that that guy does with the spotlight, as 394 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:33,080 Speaker 1: bright as it is, will ever surprise me. But in 395 00:18:33,080 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 1: a game like this, when you're talking about potential arctic cold, 396 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:39,639 Speaker 1: I think the advantage shifts to the younger quarterback, you know, 397 00:18:39,760 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: and and that's you know this, this really cold weather 398 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: thing that could be moving through the Midwest this weekend 399 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 1: could really play to Kansas City's advantage. Let's be honest 400 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:52,200 Speaker 1: to Michael, especially watching that game last weekend, Kansas City, 401 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 1: more than any other team in the playoffs right now, 402 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: is built to win in the cold, is built to 403 00:18:56,840 --> 00:19:00,400 Speaker 1: win in you know, December and January. Football. What they've 404 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:02,720 Speaker 1: been doing with Damien Williams, you know, since the whole 405 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: Kareem Hunt or deal. They found a real diamond in 406 00:19:05,800 --> 00:19:08,399 Speaker 1: the rough here in Williams. And honestly, to be you know, 407 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:11,760 Speaker 1: be perfectly honest, he fits this offense better than Hunt 408 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,280 Speaker 1: ever did. I'm not saying he's as explosive as an athlete, 409 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: but I mean in terms of his duality, there's a 410 00:19:16,560 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: lot there that he brings to the table. They have 411 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,600 Speaker 1: underneath concepts they can beat you in multipl tutive ways 412 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:24,880 Speaker 1: with hill this. You're right, You're absolutely right. If if 413 00:19:24,920 --> 00:19:26,879 Speaker 1: the you know, Kansas City is is looking to the 414 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: gods first, you know, football gods for some help here. 415 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 1: This does seem like the kind of thing that could 416 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: definitely aid them in this matchup. This this round two 417 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:36,200 Speaker 1: with the Patriots. Yeah, well, looking at the NFC, this 418 00:19:36,280 --> 00:19:38,400 Speaker 1: is a round two as well. We saw these two 419 00:19:38,440 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: teams in New Orleans in the regular season, the Rams 420 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,560 Speaker 1: and the Saints. The Saints had gotten ahead by twenty 421 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,000 Speaker 1: plus points, the Rams made this huge rally in the 422 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 1: second half, came all the way back, and that game 423 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: ended up coming right down to the wire. But I'm 424 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:52,959 Speaker 1: just I'm gonna have to stick with what I've been 425 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,600 Speaker 1: saying all along, which is I just it's so hard 426 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,120 Speaker 1: for me to see a team going into the Superdome 427 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,959 Speaker 1: and beating the Saints in the play offs in that building, 428 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,680 Speaker 1: and the fact that the Eagles couldn't do it when 429 00:20:02,680 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: they were spotted a fourteen nothing lead, they couldn't. They 430 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: didn't score the rest of the game, and they had 431 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,000 Speaker 1: the ball, and they had they had the ball and 432 00:20:10,040 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: had the chance. And when Folds got him across midfield there, 433 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,480 Speaker 1: I thought, Okay, well, maybe the Folds magic is just 434 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,960 Speaker 1: going to continue. Here it is. And then irony of 435 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,960 Speaker 1: all ironies for for as in my opinion, as hesitant 436 00:20:22,080 --> 00:20:25,840 Speaker 1: as Foals seemed after the first interception by Lattimore, which 437 00:20:25,880 --> 00:20:27,800 Speaker 1: was really the moment that turned the game. In the 438 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:32,160 Speaker 1: first half, he seemed hesitant, not as confident in his throws. 439 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: One of the most confident throws he made the entire 440 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,720 Speaker 1: second half was right there for al Sean Jeffrey, and 441 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: unfortunately Jeffrey, who apparently was playing with broken ribs. Tip 442 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: your hat to the guy. But the ball goes through 443 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,239 Speaker 1: his hands and it goes right to Lattimore, you know, 444 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,720 Speaker 1: the perfect deflection, so to speak. Um, and he's able 445 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: to make the grab for his second interception, and uh, 446 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: and the Saints are moving on. The thing that's interesting 447 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 1: about this matchup, though, you can take you know, the 448 00:20:56,040 --> 00:20:57,959 Speaker 1: biggest thing there is going to be the home field advantage. 449 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,320 Speaker 1: It's going to be that crowd. They're going to be 450 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 1: energized there to be excited. Hey, Drew Brees is forty 451 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:05,000 Speaker 1: years old. This is awesome. This is a team though 452 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:07,719 Speaker 1: with the rams that is also built for these conditions. 453 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,960 Speaker 1: They're probably better built for the Superdome than they are 454 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: playing in the Colisseum right now. So to see exactly 455 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,199 Speaker 1: how Jared golf In that's setting with that offense, with 456 00:21:17,280 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: those weapons can respond there, I think it's going to 457 00:21:20,280 --> 00:21:22,240 Speaker 1: be a shootout. I think it's gonna be fun to watch. Well, 458 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,280 Speaker 1: with what the Rams did on the ground, to a 459 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: really good run defense in the Dallas Cowboys, or run 460 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,639 Speaker 1: defense that shut down the number one rushing offense in 461 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 1: the league in the Seattle Seahawks. You want to cry it? Sorry, 462 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: quiet if I want to cry too, if you want 463 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:40,960 Speaker 1: to quiet the Super Dome crowd. Running the ball, being 464 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 1: being successful, running the ball between the tackles, ramming it 465 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,280 Speaker 1: down their throats, so to speak. That's how the Rams 466 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:49,639 Speaker 1: can win this game, is if that combination of Todd 467 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:51,720 Speaker 1: Gurley and c. J. Anderson can do what they did 468 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:54,120 Speaker 1: against the Cowboys just by a thousand carries. I mean, 469 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: and and C. J. Anderson will be interested. I was 470 00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 1: watching the game last weekend, and I'm not I hope 471 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: this doesn't come off wrong way, but when I was 472 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 1: watching him, I mean, did that not remind you of 473 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:05,919 Speaker 1: Jerome Bettis, like back in the day, like even the 474 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,080 Speaker 1: thirty five, thirty six, I mean, like well, and they 475 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: were they were wearing the blue and gold, you know that, 476 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:14,439 Speaker 1: the kind of the the old style uniform. And the 477 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,600 Speaker 1: other thing too is that I'll be honest with you, 478 00:22:17,640 --> 00:22:20,199 Speaker 1: I wasn't following the c. J. Anderson saga very closely 479 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 1: this year. I know Denver made a decision to move on. 480 00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,439 Speaker 1: I cannot explain to you how that guy in the 481 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 1: prime of his career gets cut twice in one season. 482 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:30,320 Speaker 1: But here he is. He ends up in the lap 483 00:22:30,359 --> 00:22:32,560 Speaker 1: with the Rams, and he looked explosive. I mean, they 484 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: gave him some really good lanes to work with. But man, 485 00:22:35,680 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 1: especially with Todd Gurley working through a couple of things, 486 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:40,440 Speaker 1: that was the perfect compliment in that matchup against the Cowboys. Yeah, 487 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it sounds crazy to say with the 488 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,399 Speaker 1: types of numbers and the points and everything that the 489 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,000 Speaker 1: Rams have put up in this game, but if if, 490 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: if the Saints can't do something against that running game, 491 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 1: I mean, the Rams could completely control it at the 492 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. That's what New Orleans has to has 493 00:22:56,080 --> 00:22:57,880 Speaker 1: to guard against. They have to make sure that those 494 00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:01,119 Speaker 1: running backs don't get going like that, and and you know, 495 00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:03,160 Speaker 1: put the game and put the game in Goff's hands 496 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 1: and let their pass rush get after Yeah, and I'm 497 00:23:05,040 --> 00:23:06,800 Speaker 1: just trying to look here. Yeah, they ended up finishing 498 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 1: second to the Bears and and run defense this past year. 499 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,280 Speaker 1: The Saints did so seeing how they manage that that, 500 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: you're right, that's going to be the probably objective number 501 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: one going into the Superdome. Yeah. Well, it'll be an interesting, 502 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,320 Speaker 1: another interesting weekend of football. But for now, we're going 503 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 1: to call it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted. 504 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: When there's more news to talk about, we'll be back 505 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 1: with another episode. But in the meantime, you can follow 506 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: him on Twitter at west Hot I'm at Mike Spofford 507 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 1: at Packers for the team ACCOW. Thank you for tuning in, everybody. 508 00:23:34,640 --> 00:23:35,560 Speaker 1: We'll see you next time.