Speaker 1: Hi, everybody, Welcome back to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford sitting
Speaker 1: alongside Wes Hodkowitz from Packers dot Com. We're coming to
Speaker 1: you here from our studios at Lambolefield West. Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: is back. Randall Cobb is back. I am back. I
Speaker 1: got back less than twelve hours ago, having missed the
Speaker 1: first day, the first practice of training camp. But here
Speaker 1: we are back in the saddle at Packers Unscripted. Tell
Speaker 1: us where you stand right now? My friend, Hi, sit
Speaker 1: and I'm trying to stay seated for a minute. Uh hey,
Speaker 1: you know all this hubbub and Rogers and Cobb and Adams,
Speaker 1: there were no like Mike Spofford tickers on ESPN or
Speaker 1: NFL Network that he has also returned to the Packers.
Speaker 1: I was disappointing to see that, but yeah, I mean
Speaker 1: I've covered this team now for ten years full time basis.
Speaker 1: Monday or I should say Wednesday, excuse me. Was probably
Speaker 1: the biggest whirlwind of all, just with everything that happened
Speaker 1: guys coming in the moves of Packers have made and
Speaker 1: certainly the biggest story of all, Aaron Rodgers being on
Speaker 1: the practice field for the first day of training camp. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's the first time in sixteen years in this job
Speaker 1: with the organization that I missed the first day of
Speaker 1: training camp. So of course it would be probably the
Speaker 1: biggest first day of training camp, uh in quite some time.
Speaker 1: But Aaron Rodgers is back, and I will let you
Speaker 1: just speak briefly on his first day of practice because
Speaker 1: from what you and Larry talked about in the Three
Speaker 1: Things video, it sounds like it looks like he was
Speaker 1: never gone. Yeah, and Larry even mentioned too. I mean,
Speaker 1: if there's ever proof that a guy that has going
Speaker 1: into an unprecedented seventeen season with the Green Bay Packers,
Speaker 1: a three time m VP, a future Hall of Famer,
Speaker 1: that maybe he doesn't need every single reptor in an
Speaker 1: offseason program, that was basically evident during practice on Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Rogers looked like he never left. I said it twice
Speaker 1: during Packers Are Three Things video that you know, he
Speaker 1: didn't skip a beat. And you know from the very beginning,
Speaker 1: whether it's just the net drills and the footwork drills
Speaker 1: or even some of the passes, Packers are working on
Speaker 1: a lot of red zone type concepts not I mean,
Speaker 1: there wasn't these big you know, move the ball periods,
Speaker 1: but his ball placement. There was one particular past that
Speaker 1: Economius st Brown ran a corner route towards the end
Speaker 1: zone twenty yard touchdown pass I believe was going up
Speaker 1: against hire Alexander two on the play, and Rogers was
Speaker 1: able to put the ball on the point in Economia
Speaker 1: has made a fantastic catch in the corner of the
Speaker 1: end zone, drew some some cheers out of the crowd
Speaker 1: that had re congregated at Nichky Field. Just moments like
Speaker 1: that that I think show that Rogers, you know, whatever
Speaker 1: the off season looks like, whatever his preparation process is like,
Speaker 1: he's gonna come and dialed in. And as he said
Speaker 1: in a thirty two minute news conference afterwards with reporters,
Speaker 1: if he wasn't all in, he wouldn't be here. He
Speaker 1: certainly looked all in. Yeah, And there's been a lot
Speaker 1: of talk in the last couple of days, obviously about
Speaker 1: the relationship between Rogers and the front office. And I
Speaker 1: don't want to get into all of that. There's certainly
Speaker 1: plenty of talk and discussion out there about that. What
Speaker 1: I do want to say is this Packers front office
Speaker 1: spent the off season with a shrinking salary cap working
Speaker 1: behind the scenes to keep as much of this team
Speaker 1: together that came so close to a Super Bowl last year,
Speaker 1: the last two years. Now Aaron Rodgers, the leader, the
Speaker 1: guy who makes it all go as as we know,
Speaker 1: is also back. Like these two things have come together.
Speaker 1: So whatever whatever it is about the relationship, whatever there
Speaker 1: is with regard to the future beyond, it really doesn't
Speaker 1: matter right now because because everything that was going on
Speaker 1: behind the scenes with the front office and now with
Speaker 1: Rogers coming into the fold, it's all here. This is
Speaker 1: Itackers are gonna take their best shot at this thing,
Speaker 1: and that's all that anybody is really focused on, right Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I mean you have to tip your cap and
Speaker 1: give credit to both Rogers and Brian Goodacus. Brian Goodcoin's
Speaker 1: the time we're taping this has talked back to back
Speaker 1: days both times for over fifteen minutes about this situation
Speaker 1: about them bringing in Randall Cobb in Rogers, you know,
Speaker 1: after what was a quiet offseason. He took a half
Speaker 1: an hour answering all his questions. There was one funny
Speaker 1: moment at the beginning of the press conference because naturally
Speaker 1: with you know, basically outside of maybe an appearance on
Speaker 1: Sports Center with Kenny Maine, Rogers didn't say a whole
Speaker 1: lot about the situation this offseason. There was a moment
Speaker 1: after the first question that Tom Palceero asked from NFL
Speaker 1: Network that that lasted over five minutes and its entirety
Speaker 1: was eight five words long, that Bill Hubert a number
Speaker 1: of the reporters tried to jump in for the second question,
Speaker 1: that in Rogers was like, it's Bill, it's good. Well,
Speaker 1: there's time, and he took time for every single question.
Speaker 1: We couldn't have sat there all afternoon, but if somebody hadn't.
Speaker 1: Much like last year during the Zoom calls, where Rogers
Speaker 1: was very thoughtful, very reflective, he brought that same mentality
Speaker 1: to it. And there was one big line that stuck
Speaker 1: out to me actually really too. The first one being
Speaker 1: he loves his team, he loves the fans, he loves
Speaker 1: the city. He appreciates everything the Packers organization has done
Speaker 1: for him, the money that they've paid him over the
Speaker 1: sixteen years. But the other aspect of it was to
Speaker 1: him mentioning that you know, I understand what this team
Speaker 1: can accomplish this year, the talent that is in this
Speaker 1: building and with you know, trying to get things in
Speaker 1: a better place over the past week with with the
Speaker 1: you know, the organization. Rogers came in because if he
Speaker 1: wants to play and he feels like he can play,
Speaker 1: and those are the two things he kind of came
Speaker 1: out of this quiet offseason with. He feels that he
Speaker 1: should play and he's back to, you know, go for
Speaker 1: that next Super Bowl. Yeah. Absolutely, what you mentioned Equinimius
Speaker 1: st Brown and the great catch that he made for
Speaker 1: a touchdown in the first practice, and I want to
Speaker 1: go back to that within the context of Randall Cobb
Speaker 1: now coming in, the Packers make a trade bring back
Speaker 1: Randall Cob. Bryan Ludin said, this is this is part
Speaker 1: of the relationship with Aaron Rodgers and the discussions that
Speaker 1: have been had throughout the course of the off season
Speaker 1: bringing in Randall Cobb to this team. This this ninety
Speaker 1: man roster, the ninety man offseason roster is loaded with
Speaker 1: wide receivers and it just got a heck of a
Speaker 1: lot harder. The competition is ratcheted up that much more
Speaker 1: for really what might only be one spot in the
Speaker 1: fifty three and then obviously there will be a couple
Speaker 1: three spots on the practice squad for these young receivers.
Speaker 1: But boy, oh boy, does the dynamic the dynamic of
Speaker 1: the wide receiver competition in training camp to make the
Speaker 1: fifty three and be on the roster for Week one
Speaker 1: in New Orleans just changed considerably with a veteran like
Speaker 1: Randall Cobbs suddenly coming into the fold. Well, it is
Speaker 1: funny because now the Packers are arguably as deep at
Speaker 1: receivers they've been since cop left and and now Cobb
Speaker 1: comes back into this I think, first and foremost from
Speaker 1: a leadership standpoint, from having a guy that has the
Speaker 1: experience that cob has, knows what it's like to to
Speaker 1: have that tight knit relationship with Rogers and the ins
Speaker 1: and outs of this offense. I am not worried about
Speaker 1: that aspect of it. I think everybody appreciates what Randall
Speaker 1: Cobb is about the mentality he keeps and also the
Speaker 1: way that he carries himself. And it's interesting too that
Speaker 1: kind of like there was ten years ago, there is
Speaker 1: also the sort of passing of the guard here to
Speaker 1: the passing of the torch, where you know you have
Speaker 1: Marie Rodgers now on this this roster, Maria Rogers Dad
Speaker 1: T Martin coached Randall Cobb in college at Kentucky. Through that,
Speaker 1: Cobb and Rogers have become really close. There are different
Speaker 1: types of receivers, they're both in that five ten range,
Speaker 1: but the way they're built is different. But seeing those
Speaker 1: guys come together now on this roster is gonna be
Speaker 1: really fascinating to watch that. The fact that Cobb was
Speaker 1: one of the first people to reach out and congratulate
Speaker 1: Rogers after he got drafted interested to watch that Dynamic
Speaker 1: book more than anything. The skill position battles on this
Speaker 1: Packers offense right now, it's as deep as I can
Speaker 1: ever recall because you have multiple tight end packages, you
Speaker 1: have multiple running back packages, and then you have a
Speaker 1: really solidified core of receivers that are returning from last season.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be as as hot of a competition
Speaker 1: as I think you've seen in a long time in
Speaker 1: this training camp, and seeing how Cobb gets acclimated to
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur scheme is going to be a big thing.
Speaker 1: But also Devin Foncious is back, Alan Lazard, Econemius st Brown,
Speaker 1: Marks Valdes Scantling. As I mentioned Rogers, and then you
Speaker 1: had these guys like Jowan Winfrey, who was one of
Speaker 1: the standouts during the offseason program that's competing for a spot.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be a good theater. Yeah. Absolutely, And you
Speaker 1: mentioned the tight end group. Obviously, we know that's a
Speaker 1: deep group. There's going to be competition there in terms
Speaker 1: of where certain roles are going to be filled in.
Speaker 1: We know what how Matt Lafleur and Nathaniel Hackett really
Speaker 1: like to utilize the tight end in different roles in
Speaker 1: this offense. I think, you know, I don't remember exactly
Speaker 1: what year it was. Your memory might be better the
Speaker 1: year that there were seven wide receivers that were kept
Speaker 1: on the fifty three? Is that what it was? Was
Speaker 1: that the year that they kept Jared Boykin. Yeah, It's
Speaker 1: only happened once in uh in my time here. And
Speaker 1: I know a lot of people are going to be
Speaker 1: wondering are they going to do that? Are they are
Speaker 1: they going to keep seven wide receivers? Well, my point
Speaker 1: is with this group, with as deep as this tight
Speaker 1: end group is, I don't know if there's going to
Speaker 1: be room for seven wide receivers. That's why it just
Speaker 1: feels like with Cobb coming in that that competition for
Speaker 1: for wide receiver in terms of the available spots just
Speaker 1: you know, really shrunk and also on the offensive side.
Speaker 1: I wanted to get your thoughts. We know going into this,
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones, A J. Dillon the one to count act
Speaker 1: running back and we really won't know much or be
Speaker 1: able to discuss much until the preseason games with regard
Speaker 1: to the number three running back spot, but that is
Speaker 1: going to be one to watch here as we get
Speaker 1: into mid to late August with regard to Dexter Williams,
Speaker 1: Patrick Taylor and the rookie seventh round pick Kyle and
Speaker 1: hill Um. That's that's another one number number three running
Speaker 1: back we've we've seen, not a huge role necessarily in
Speaker 1: this offense, but a guy that needs to be ready
Speaker 1: if they're injuries, a guy who is going to play
Speaker 1: and is going to have some things drawn up for him.
Speaker 1: And the Packers have to find out who that guy
Speaker 1: is gonna be. Yeah, I hope that we get Patrick
Speaker 1: Taylor here, you know, quickly. I see that not from
Speaker 1: weed from a Packer standpoint, for from just a media standpoint,
Speaker 1: because on it it seems like he has a great
Speaker 1: disposition about life and the way he carries himself. But
Speaker 1: also I thought he had put together a really nice
Speaker 1: offseason program. He's starting the training camp on p U P,
Speaker 1: so that meant a lot of reps during the first
Speaker 1: day of practice for Kylan Hill and also Dexter Williams.
Speaker 1: I really liked what I saw from Kylan Hill. Now
Speaker 1: again I cushioned this, couched it when I said it
Speaker 1: on Twitter. You know, there's no pads, there's no contact.
Speaker 1: But the one thing that really stood out to me
Speaker 1: about Hill is you can see the cutback speed, the
Speaker 1: explosive This that really stood out to me, some of
Speaker 1: the stuff that he did in between the tackles and
Speaker 1: the guards. There's just a second gear there. And you
Speaker 1: remember he was an incredibly accomplished runner for a number
Speaker 1: of years in Mississippi State before Mike Leach came in
Speaker 1: and he kind of shifted to more of a pass
Speaker 1: catching back. So seeing that competition play out, as you said,
Speaker 1: Mike in training camp, I say, the preseason, Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: is not gonna play maybe at all. A j. Dillon,
Speaker 1: I think, is going to play really selectively. It's gonna
Speaker 1: be those three running backs probably playing a lot of football,
Speaker 1: especially in the second half of those three priesecut preseason contests,
Speaker 1: and if Patrick Taylor can get back, I mean, I
Speaker 1: just think that there's gonna be three really different types
Speaker 1: of backs the Packers can work with their depending on
Speaker 1: what direction they want to go with that spot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: for sure, a couple other competitions I want to get to.
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Speaker 1: football fanatics need seven three al Right, If there's one
Speaker 1: competition on the defensive side of the ball as we
Speaker 1: headed a training camp here that is sort of the headliner,
Speaker 1: I think you'd have to say it's number two cornerback.
Speaker 1: Right now, Kevin King is beginning training camp on what
Speaker 1: they call the n f I List Non Football Injury.
Speaker 1: They're a handful of players that are on that list
Speaker 1: and not did not practice the first day. Brian Gudakun
Speaker 1: said there aren't any long term concerns with any of them.
Speaker 1: We don't really know exactly what those injuries are, but
Speaker 1: they'll be back soon. That being said, this battle that's
Speaker 1: going to develop, I think between Kevin King and Eric
Speaker 1: Stokes in terms of who really will be the number
Speaker 1: two cornerback in the base defense. Uh, you know, lining
Speaker 1: up on the other side from Jaire Alexander. That's going
Speaker 1: to be one to watch as well as the next
Speaker 1: few weeks unfold. It really will be, because you know,
Speaker 1: Shandon Sullivan seemed pretty cemented still in that nickel role,
Speaker 1: and that's not a position that King's really played. Maybe
Speaker 1: Stokes could push inside a little bit more, maybe they'd
Speaker 1: be a little bit more flexible with how they use
Speaker 1: Jire Alexander to get all their types of you know,
Speaker 1: the top cornerbacks on the field at the same time,
Speaker 1: those are things we have to see with the direction
Speaker 1: that Joe Barry goes. But for Stokes, I thought this
Speaker 1: was an important day and also for Rishawn Gary because
Speaker 1: the Darius Smith is starting on n f I as well,
Speaker 1: so Gary got a chance to be out there in
Speaker 1: basically a starting role with the defense, even though that
Speaker 1: isn't exactly a competition there with Sadarius for for that
Speaker 1: outside corner spot opposite Jaire Alexander. It's just so pivotable
Speaker 1: because I think when you saw in two thousand nineteen
Speaker 1: when Kevin King was able to stay healthy, you know,
Speaker 1: the season that he had the five interceptions, those guy,
Speaker 1: the guy that's over there, it could be the second
Speaker 1: best cornerback in the league. At point. That guy is
Speaker 1: going to be looked at a lot because of what
Speaker 1: is doing on the opposite side of the Challenges are
Speaker 1: going to come that guy's way. There's no question challenges
Speaker 1: are going to come. So what do you do with
Speaker 1: those challenges? The past defense that the interceptions, the big plays.
Speaker 1: Can you be the shutdown cornerback to Alexander like I
Speaker 1: think a lot of people um a year ago, I
Speaker 1: remember that was the big thing Kevin King was saying
Speaker 1: he wanted to be that shutdown option with him. Now,
Speaker 1: we'll be interesting to see when King gets back on
Speaker 1: the field again. Brian Goodguins, as you mentioned, said, there
Speaker 1: really wasn't a long term concern with any of those
Speaker 1: guys right now, but as long as he's out, it
Speaker 1: looks like Eric Snows is gonna be the guy sitting
Speaker 1: in that spot. Yeah. Other observations from the first day
Speaker 1: of practice in catching up on all the news, looks
Speaker 1: like the plan as of now in waiting for David
Speaker 1: bak try to return from the a c L surgery,
Speaker 1: and there is no definitive timeline on that we all know.
Speaker 1: Bok Trs has said he's obviously aiming for Week one. Um,
Speaker 1: nobody's making any guarantees one way or the other, but
Speaker 1: it looks like the first option is to have Elton
Speaker 1: Jenkins slide out from guard to left tackle to replace Botr,
Speaker 1: which then keeps Billy Turner at right tackle, and then
Speaker 1: as of now, the top two guards would be John Runyon,
Speaker 1: the second year pro from Michigan and Lucas Patrick, the
Speaker 1: veteran former undrafted tryout player who's carved out quite a
Speaker 1: career for himself and and he could end up starting
Speaker 1: in Week one for the second year in a row. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and Patrick was pretty much solidifying that right guard role
Speaker 1: the left guard run It's gonna be interesting because you
Speaker 1: have Runyon there, who also has taken some center snaps
Speaker 1: with some of the scout team stuff or that the
Speaker 1: third team stuff. Ben Braden is the other guy to
Speaker 1: keep an eye on there as well. They were able
Speaker 1: to work him in a little bit with the first teamers.
Speaker 1: He's a guy too that has kind of come the
Speaker 1: long way and undre former undrafted player, a teammate of
Speaker 1: Rashawn Garry's at Michigan. Uh, you know, someone that has
Speaker 1: been with the franchise once before, came back last season
Speaker 1: and then finished the year on the fifty three man roster.
Speaker 1: To the original point though with Dennis Kelly also getting
Speaker 1: added into this, you know equation as well. You know,
Speaker 1: a veteran that's been around for eight years in the NFL.
Speaker 1: You know they're they're gonna have to make some interesting
Speaker 1: decisions to tackle now. Elton Jenkins was the guy on
Speaker 1: day one. He was exceptional there last season. The question
Speaker 1: that always you just would like to be a fly
Speaker 1: on the wall in these coaching rooms, is trying to
Speaker 1: figure out what's the best spot for Elton Jenkins when
Speaker 1: he can do it all. You know, if he's a
Speaker 1: really good left tackle in an all Pro caliber left guard,
Speaker 1: where is your offense better depending on where he's playing. So,
Speaker 1: as the Packers have always done, this has sort of
Speaker 1: been a mantra here with Brian Goodkin's over the last
Speaker 1: three years is they're going to give themselves options. So
Speaker 1: Jenkins he's going to be looked at left tackle. Billy
Speaker 1: Turner did some of that stuff during the offseason program
Speaker 1: when Jenkins wasn't on the field. You have Kelly coming
Speaker 1: in who played right tackle last year. That could potentially
Speaker 1: increase the flexibility to move around Billy Turner. It's a
Speaker 1: different age, man. I mean I remember coming in to
Speaker 1: this team nine years ago. First year I covered it,
Speaker 1: and you just knew who the first team offensive line
Speaker 1: was gonna look like. You knew what the second team
Speaker 1: offensive line was gonna look like, and that's the way
Speaker 1: it was going to go for that practice day. We
Speaker 1: aren't doing that anymore. That isn't the direction that the
Speaker 1: league is going. So uh, a lot of different ways
Speaker 1: the Packers have to kind of cut this this pie up,
Speaker 1: but but certainly a multitude of options depending on which
Speaker 1: direction they feel they need to go. Yeah, you hear
Speaker 1: a lot of times, whether you're talking the college level
Speaker 1: the NFL level, with regard to offensive line, coaches will
Speaker 1: always say, well, we want to have our best five
Speaker 1: guys on the field. Sometimes that's just lip service because
Speaker 1: they really know who they want in certain spots. With
Speaker 1: this Packers coaching steps, it's Matt Lafleur has been here
Speaker 1: and with as much as many injuries and shuffling and
Speaker 1: everything they've had to deal with through two seasons on
Speaker 1: the offensive line, the five best guys on the field. Thing.
Speaker 1: It's not lip service here, that really is that really
Speaker 1: is what they want to do. They want to they
Speaker 1: you know, yeah, if it means Elton Jenkins playing left tackle,
Speaker 1: if it means Billy Turner moving around two different positions,
Speaker 1: if it means a rookie is going to start at
Speaker 1: center because he is because he's one of the best five. Like,
Speaker 1: that's how they're going about it. And and uh, we'll
Speaker 1: see how it unfolds. Obviously everybody will be interested to
Speaker 1: see when David baktr does return and we all know
Speaker 1: where his spot is and then and then where the
Speaker 1: dominoes might fall from there. But um, but they built this,
Speaker 1: they built this offensive line with to have flexibility and options,
Speaker 1: as you said, and we're going to see all those
Speaker 1: options over the next month. Yeah, it's kind of funny
Speaker 1: that the one sort of set things so far is
Speaker 1: the rookie second round pick Josh Myers is the first
Speaker 1: team center. That was like the one thing that it's like, okay, well,
Speaker 1: kind of maybe press a little harder with the pencil
Speaker 1: when you're throwing that one on the depth chart at
Speaker 1: least right now, the way it's chicken yeah, absolutely. A
Speaker 1: couple other things I just want to touch on quickly
Speaker 1: before we go. I think we're seeing an interesting dynamic
Speaker 1: developing here. First day of practice in ide linebacker, the
Speaker 1: veteran Devondre Devandre Campbell is lined up next to the
Speaker 1: youngster Chris Barnes. We already talked about jayro Alexander kind
Speaker 1: of being with Eric Stokes. Right now, with Kevin King
Speaker 1: on the nf I list, you have the rookie center
Speaker 1: and Josh Meers amidst you know, Billy Taylor and Lucas Patrick,
Speaker 1: I mean sorry, Billy Turner and Lucas Patrick. There's an
Speaker 1: interesting dynamic developing in terms of these young guys that
Speaker 1: the Packers are going to be counting on significantly. Whatever
Speaker 1: role they end up getting, they have they have that
Speaker 1: veteran guy sort of right from the beginning that they
Speaker 1: can they can be in their hip pocket in the
Speaker 1: meeting room, on the practice field. It's kind of the
Speaker 1: way things have been built around here. But yet it's
Speaker 1: just it feels it. It feels like it's even more
Speaker 1: intentional in the way these guys are lining up at
Speaker 1: the start of training camp right now. It's just the
Speaker 1: sense that I get right and your heart kind of
Speaker 1: goes out to the Devondre Campbell's And you know, like
Speaker 1: I mentioned now with with Dennis Kelly coming in, these
Speaker 1: are guys that I think in traditional years would have
Speaker 1: gotten better contracts, you know, from some team in the NFL.
Speaker 1: But with the way the cap went down and created
Speaker 1: a really terrible sort of setup for the secondary market,
Speaker 1: is that weren't going to be guys that signed the
Speaker 1: first day of free agency. And Campbell I thought was
Speaker 1: an absolute steal for the Green Bay Packers when you
Speaker 1: look at his resume, much like how Kelly started every
Speaker 1: game last year, you know, Campbell's a guy that's played
Speaker 1: virtually every snap defensively the last few seasons, whether it
Speaker 1: was his time in Arizona or we're going back to
Speaker 1: Atlanta where he was basically a Day one starter. And
Speaker 1: the thing about it is is Adrian Name has kind
Speaker 1: of talked about it. It still sounds like Chris Barnes
Speaker 1: is the one relaying the calls on the field. But
Speaker 1: you saw in the second half of last season how
Speaker 1: important that nickel linebacker is for Green Bay. I thought
Speaker 1: that's where Christian Kirksy really started to improve. The second
Speaker 1: half of the season, and if Campbell can give them
Speaker 1: more of a true nickel, a package that they can
Speaker 1: rely on where you're not just always going right to
Speaker 1: the dime sub package with the hybrid safety and the box.
Speaker 1: I think that could be really important for what Barry
Speaker 1: wants to build in Green Bay because Campbell maybe he
Speaker 1: won't play every snap like he did in Arizona. Maybe
Speaker 1: he will, you never know, but I feel like when
Speaker 1: you look at his skill set, the way he's built
Speaker 1: in his coverage abilities over the years, I feel like
Speaker 1: this is a guy that not only is he a
Speaker 1: veteran in that room, but he also compliments what they
Speaker 1: do have in Cris Barnes. And then you know Kamal Martin,
Speaker 1: who's just a you know, bull in a china shop there,
Speaker 1: just goes for it, right. He's a guy that's a
Speaker 1: little bit more finesse and obviously has a lot of
Speaker 1: experience at that position and still relatively young at only
Speaker 1: twenty eight. So, uh Ty Summers is still there or
Speaker 1: in Burke's is still there. You know, Isaiah McDuffie is
Speaker 1: going to start on n f I, but he you know,
Speaker 1: the sixth round pick is also in that competition. I
Speaker 1: don't know, Mike, we kind of touched on with the receivers,
Speaker 1: but it holds true. I mean, for all my years
Speaker 1: covering the team, there were a lot of years where
Speaker 1: you could just kind of check off and cross off
Speaker 1: certain guys even at the beginning of camp because it's
Speaker 1: like that's not gonna work out this year, and a
Speaker 1: lot of these positions, there's not only questions about who
Speaker 1: can make the fifty three, but out of those guys,
Speaker 1: who are gonna be the ones that are gonna be
Speaker 1: starting out there with their eleven Yeah, Brian goodacounts. He
Speaker 1: said it during the off season, and he said it
Speaker 1: again here at the start of training camp. This is
Speaker 1: going to be a difficult football team to make as
Speaker 1: a player because the roster is so deep and there
Speaker 1: are only the fifty three spots and we are just
Speaker 1: getting started. So with that, we'll call it a wrap
Speaker 1: on this welcome back edition of Packers Unscripted Training Camp
Speaker 1: is underway. To be sure to follow all of our
Speaker 1: coverage of it on Packers dot com. For West, I'm Mike,
Speaker 1: Thank you for tuning in everybody. We will see you
Speaker 1: next time.