Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting alongside my colleague West Hodkowitz,
Speaker 1: were coming to you here from our studios at lambeau
Speaker 1: Field and West. A lot of news swirling out of
Speaker 1: twelve sixty five Lombardi Avenue. First and foremost that General
Speaker 1: Manager Ted Thompson has stepped aside to take a senior
Speaker 1: advisory role within the football operations, and Mark Murphy will
Speaker 1: be be beginning a search for a new GM of
Speaker 1: the Green May Packers. And I'd like to focus our
Speaker 1: show today on that. I know there's other news swirling
Speaker 1: around out there about the coaching staff and some things
Speaker 1: that may be going on there, but this change at GM.
Speaker 1: Ted Thompson a thirteen year ten year hired in two
Speaker 1: thousand five to take over the Packers football operations, Packers
Speaker 1: undergoing a search now for a new leader at the
Speaker 1: top of the football chain for the first time in
Speaker 1: a long time. Yeah, And and Mark Murphy when they
Speaker 1: sat down and discussed it, this is something he mentioned
Speaker 1: that him and Ted, they've been talking about this for
Speaker 1: a number of years. Every year they'd sit down after
Speaker 1: the season's over have a conversation, and in those really
Speaker 1: were fluid things and kind of seeing where you know,
Speaker 1: Thompson sort of saw his future. And and and one of
Speaker 1: the most reoccurring themes in that Mike was, you know,
Speaker 1: he's a scout and at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: he's always going to be a scout at heart. So
Speaker 1: looking at this position, a lot of things yet to
Speaker 1: be decided about how exactly you know, the job, responsibilities
Speaker 1: and what he'll you know, what he'll be looked for.
Speaker 1: But as Murphy said, the number one thing is it's
Speaker 1: gonna allow him to probably still be a part of
Speaker 1: the process and a guy he'll be, you know, almost
Speaker 1: like a special assistant to the GM as he said.
Speaker 1: As Murphy said, I mean just invaluable. The amount of
Speaker 1: resources and experience that Thompson as, Um, you know, some
Speaker 1: of that could be based in Green Bay, some of
Speaker 1: that might allow to travel. We'll wait and see. But
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, Uh, the reason why
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be such a coveted
Speaker 1: job is really goes back to what Ron Wolf did,
Speaker 1: what Ted Thompson did to put the Packers in this position.
Speaker 1: Now six years later, Um, it comes back to being
Speaker 1: able to uphold that standard, and that's something that Thompson
Speaker 1: did for thirteen years. Yeah, you'll have a new GM
Speaker 1: coming in here who has a franchise quarterback in place,
Speaker 1: thanks to Ted Thompson as he made the transition as
Speaker 1: rocky as it was at the time, but he got
Speaker 1: the Packers through it successfully, the transition from one Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame quarterback to another, Brett Farve to Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: This is a very attractive job. And one thing I
Speaker 1: thought was interesting that Mark Murphy said is he's not
Speaker 1: necessarily going to limit himself in terms of uh the
Speaker 1: search for Ted Thompson's successor. There are certainly some candidates
Speaker 1: in house here in Green Bay. Elliott Wolf, Brian Gudicun,
Speaker 1: Salonzo Highsmith, senior personnel executives with long, impressive resumes. You
Speaker 1: have Russ Ball, who has been managing the Packers salary
Speaker 1: cap probably as well as anybody in the league over
Speaker 1: the last several years, alongside Ted Thompson. But Mark Murphy
Speaker 1: said there will be outside candidates as well. A consultant
Speaker 1: will be will be brought in to help with the
Speaker 1: search to help identify potential candidates. There's going to be
Speaker 1: a lot going on. It sounds like something could happen
Speaker 1: fairly quickly. Mark Murphy is not going to sit around
Speaker 1: and wait. This is not something that UM that you
Speaker 1: just put on the back burner. You get going on it,
Speaker 1: and he's going to make sure that he hires the
Speaker 1: right person. But one thing we do know for sure,
Speaker 1: and that is that the head coach of the team
Speaker 1: will be Mike McCarthy. The new the new GM who
Speaker 1: whoever it is that takes over, we'll have Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: as his head coach. In Yeah, Ted Thompson actually one
Speaker 1: of the things he did this past season was actually
Speaker 1: extending McCarthy through two thousand nineteen now, given him a
Speaker 1: one year extension, so that stability is there. It's in
Speaker 1: place for McCarthy now as he goes about figuring out
Speaker 1: his coaching staff and in all those things that go
Speaker 1: along with that. UM And as Murphy said to McCarthy
Speaker 1: has been a part of a lot of winning ways
Speaker 1: and a lot of tradition and success here. He hopes
Speaker 1: that that's something that continues to come. UM. But looking
Speaker 1: more towards Thompson's side of things and where they go
Speaker 1: as far as the GM position. Murphy said, they will
Speaker 1: have a search form that will be involved with this,
Speaker 1: but at the end of the day, it ultimately is
Speaker 1: going to be his decision on what and who's gonna
Speaker 1: be handling that job. And realistically, I think it is
Speaker 1: the right approach kind of keeping things open, you know,
Speaker 1: going through all the avenues, whether it's internal candidates, whether
Speaker 1: it's in you know, scouting backgrounds, different types of backgrounds,
Speaker 1: looking at guys across the league. Um, the branch and
Speaker 1: the tree of of Ron Wolfe has spread throughout the
Speaker 1: entire NFL, and there's a number of guys that have
Speaker 1: already been in general manager spots. There's other personal people
Speaker 1: around the league that have been tied to Wolfe UM
Speaker 1: that that came through Green Bay. So I think when
Speaker 1: you look at those abundance of resources and and executives
Speaker 1: that have sprouted from Green Bay, Wisconsin over the last
Speaker 1: twenty five years, it's one of the reasons why you
Speaker 1: can see why Mark Murphy's talking about why he believes
Speaker 1: this is a coveted job and why they think they'll
Speaker 1: end up with a really strong candidate. Yeah, and as
Speaker 1: much as this is a major change for the Packers,
Speaker 1: organization for the first time in a long time. It's
Speaker 1: important to stress here that overall the structure of how
Speaker 1: things are going to operate in football is not going
Speaker 1: to change. The general manager is going to have final
Speaker 1: say on football operations. Mark Murphy was asked, well, are
Speaker 1: you going to encourage the general manager to use free
Speaker 1: agency more, maybe to do some things that Ted Thompson
Speaker 1: didn't do as often as other gms in the league,
Speaker 1: And Mark Murphy said, that's going to be the general
Speaker 1: manager's call. That that guy is going to run the
Speaker 1: football operations, just as the decisions with regards to the
Speaker 1: coaching staff will be Mike McCarthy's call. That's how it's
Speaker 1: operated here really since Ron Wolf was brought in and
Speaker 1: hired Mike Holmgren. That's how things have been run here
Speaker 1: for the last quarter century, and that part is not
Speaker 1: going to be changed. Yeah. That chain of command from
Speaker 1: you know, president CEO to general manager down to head
Speaker 1: coach and so on and so forth is something that
Speaker 1: Murphy says is really benefit of this organization when you
Speaker 1: really break it down and look at it and how
Speaker 1: they got to this point in time. It's been through
Speaker 1: that process and that's something he definitely doesn't want to
Speaker 1: firstsake through this. Uh. And I think really you look
Speaker 1: at that that bond that can be built between a
Speaker 1: GM and a head coach, um, you know, working hand
Speaker 1: in hand together. I think that's important because we've seen
Speaker 1: sometimes when people try to overextend themselves a little bit,
Speaker 1: how that can throw a wrench into the whole thing.
Speaker 1: And with Thompson and McCarthy was one of the most
Speaker 1: successful duos in NFL history when you look at a
Speaker 1: personnel executive and a head coach. And now we'll just
Speaker 1: have to wait and see what the next step is
Speaker 1: going to be. Yeah, for sure with that we will
Speaker 1: toss to a break back with more and Packers Unscripted
Speaker 1: right after this h Welcome back to Packers Unscripted. Mike
Speaker 1: Spofford in this chair, Wes Hodkowitz in that one in West.
Speaker 1: Getting back to some more of Mark Murphy's comments with
Speaker 1: regards to the transition ahead. Here at the top of
Speaker 1: the Packers football organization, Ted Thompson's tenure thirteen years, half
Speaker 1: a dozen. I believe it is division championships, the eight
Speaker 1: straight playoff appearances, uh, nine playoff appearances overall. If I'm
Speaker 1: not mistaken one Super Bowl Championship, obviously multiple trips to
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game. Mark Murphy acknowledged Ted Thompson has
Speaker 1: been a lightning rod amongst fans. He receives takes a
Speaker 1: lot of criticism. It's part of the territory. Anybody in
Speaker 1: his position is going to have to deal with that.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, history is going
Speaker 1: to look back fondly on this GMS tenure. I believe Mark,
Speaker 1: Mark Murphy believes, I know you do too. There aren't
Speaker 1: too many who can a hold the job that long
Speaker 1: and maintain that level of success that long, and Ted
Speaker 1: Thompson deserves a lot of credit for what he's done.
Speaker 1: Here here's the thing, Mike, I put Ted Chompson truthfully,
Speaker 1: I put him in a mount rushmore of general managers
Speaker 1: the NFL. I know that's high praise, but here's one
Speaker 1: of the reasons why I do that. He had to
Speaker 1: make for my money, and I'm sure San Francisco to
Speaker 1: some extent went through this back in the nineties, but
Speaker 1: he had to make the most difficult decision I think
Speaker 1: in the modern era of the NFL. In Brett Favre
Speaker 1: retiring wanting to come back and having to tell a
Speaker 1: future Pro Football Hall of Famer that we've basically moved
Speaker 1: on with our organization and we are going to hitch
Speaker 1: our car here to an unknown former first round draft pick,
Speaker 1: but a relatively unknown Aaron Rodgers. At that point, he
Speaker 1: really staked his career on that move. Everything could have ended.
Speaker 1: If Aaron Rodgers didn't work out, that would have been
Speaker 1: on the end of the road for everybody, and it
Speaker 1: would have been something that I think would have been
Speaker 1: talked about forever. So for this, this narrative about the
Speaker 1: Lightning rod the Packers, in my opinion, could have not
Speaker 1: won another game after two thousand ten. And I think
Speaker 1: Ted Thompson is in a really elite class of personnel
Speaker 1: executives because that takes confidence in your scouting ability, it
Speaker 1: takes confidence in your coaching staff, and honestly, it takes
Speaker 1: confidence in a young guy that nobody knew a heck
Speaker 1: of a lot about at that time, in Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: He made that call and it's set up the franchise
Speaker 1: for the next ten to fifteen years. Yeah, I think, uh,
Speaker 1: I think his legacy in this organization will fall just
Speaker 1: short of his mentors. Ron Wolf, And I say that
Speaker 1: in the most complimentary You're comparing, like, you know, talking
Speaker 1: about a Pro Football Hall of Famer and Ron Wolf,
Speaker 1: who brought the Packers back from the depths of despair
Speaker 1: and made the trade that brought Brett Farve to Green Bay,
Speaker 1: brought Reggie White, brought Mike Holmgren, all of that that
Speaker 1: that sent the Packers back to prominence. And it took
Speaker 1: somebody pretty special and Ted Thompson to maintain that level
Speaker 1: of success, to go from one Hall of Fame quarterback
Speaker 1: to another, to win another Super Bowl with a completely
Speaker 1: different roster and in and a different head coach at
Speaker 1: different regime, the whole, the whole thing. I know, gms,
Speaker 1: more than anything else, are evaluated on how they draft.
Speaker 1: And you can't say Aaron Rodgers, But other than Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: who do you think was Ted Thompson's best draft pick? Oh,
Speaker 1: this is tough, because Rogers, Aaron Rodgers, I mean, I mean,
Speaker 1: there's so many. I mean, I think you can make
Speaker 1: an argument his his best pick other than Rodgers was
Speaker 1: his next pick with Nick Cole. That's exactly what I
Speaker 1: was going to say. I think that was I think
Speaker 1: that was his next best one after Collins plays his
Speaker 1: entire NFL career, he may have actually picked his first
Speaker 1: two picks at the Packers drum Mener might have both
Speaker 1: been Pro Football of Famers. I know, I know, it's incredible,
Speaker 1: but the list goes on and on. Mike, I know,
Speaker 1: drive Marvin nuts upstairs in our production. But Clay Matthews, Um,
Speaker 1: you look at a guy like David Bok tr might
Speaker 1: there was what ten different offensive lineman taking before him
Speaker 1: in two thousand and thirteen, he might. Him and Lane
Speaker 1: Johnson are obviously the best ones. And in box tr
Speaker 1: is actually a left tackle actually playing a position that
Speaker 1: people put a lot of, you know, prominence on. That
Speaker 1: was a heck of a draft pick. I mean Charles
Speaker 1: Woodson getting signed as far as the free agency moved
Speaker 1: back in two thousand six, that was just his second
Speaker 1: year on the job, and he brought in another guy
Speaker 1: who was gonna who is very soon going to be
Speaker 1: in the Hall of Fame. So it's one thing to
Speaker 1: be able to find Aaron Rodgers in the draft to
Speaker 1: Nick coins and I have a couple of good years,
Speaker 1: but how he was able to sustain that, And as
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfe said, from day one, you get so many
Speaker 1: bites at the apple in these drafts. You're not gonna
Speaker 1: hit on every single one of these guys. But Ted
Speaker 1: Thompson's batting average with that and how he was able
Speaker 1: to really build a foundation, build a super Bowl team. Um,
Speaker 1: coming from where it was in two thousand five and
Speaker 1: five years later having them in that game, it's it's
Speaker 1: the ultimate testament to how he was able to turn
Speaker 1: this thing around. Yeah, when I look back at Ted
Speaker 1: Thompson's drafts, aside from the first two picks, we discussed
Speaker 1: Rogers and Collins back to back right off the bat.
Speaker 1: I think what I will remember about Ted Thompson's drafts
Speaker 1: the pick of Clay Matthews where he traded back up
Speaker 1: into the first round to get a second first round
Speaker 1: pick in two thousand and nine, and uh and draft
Speaker 1: a guy who became that Lynchpin pass rusher in the defense,
Speaker 1: and uh um, we all know how things have gone
Speaker 1: from there. But the other thing is to me, it's
Speaker 1: it's for his drafts, it's been about receivers in the
Speaker 1: second round and offensive lineman in the mid to late rounds.
Speaker 1: Because he drafted Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, Randall Cobbin Davante
Speaker 1: Adams all in the second round, throwing James Jones in
Speaker 1: the third round just for good measure, and you mentioned
Speaker 1: Box tr in the fourth round, Josh Sitton, T J. Lang,
Speaker 1: also fourth rounders Corey Lindsley who just got a new
Speaker 1: contract extension of fifth rounder J. C. Trader in there
Speaker 1: is a fourth rounder, although he ended signing his second
Speaker 1: contract elsewhere. Those are those are the trends, you know,
Speaker 1: sort of the things that that you hang your hat
Speaker 1: on in a sense when you look at the tenure
Speaker 1: as a whole. Gonna be hard to forget some of
Speaker 1: those picks. Yeah, and then also to throw it in
Speaker 1: there too. Sometimes it's forget about this, but b J. Rogie,
Speaker 1: I mean, the Packers might not win the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: in two thousand and ten if it wasn't for that
Speaker 1: pick up b J. Rogers as well, the highest pick
Speaker 1: that he had aside from a J Hawk when he
Speaker 1: picked a Hawk fifth in two thousand and six. And
Speaker 1: and just to touch on briefly with Jordy Nelson, you're
Speaker 1: absolutely right, I mean looking at him and a guy
Speaker 1: that was a converted safety, a walk on player at
Speaker 1: Kansas State. We'll talk about that shortly, But I mean,
Speaker 1: how he really invested into guys who are relative unknowns.
Speaker 1: I think it's probably one of the things that really
Speaker 1: underscores his resume in green Back. Yeah, let's talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about that more when we come back after
Speaker 1: this on Packers on script Welcome back to Packers Unscripted.
Speaker 1: Mike Spofford here, West hodkoit's over there, and Wes. You
Speaker 1: mentioned at the end of our last segment the thought
Speaker 1: of some of these unheralded guys that Ted Thompson brought
Speaker 1: into the Green Bay Packers and who have gone on
Speaker 1: to play some big roles over the years. I mean,
Speaker 1: one of the first ones that comes to mind for
Speaker 1: me is Sam Shields, a guy who converted from wide
Speaker 1: receiver to defensive back his final year in college, comes
Speaker 1: to Green Bay as an undrafted rookie, intercepts two passes
Speaker 1: in the NFC Championship game and and helps the Packers
Speaker 1: win a Super Bowl, and uh becomes a tremendous cornerback,
Speaker 1: a top flight cornerback in this league before unfortunately, the
Speaker 1: concussions caught up to him and he had to cut
Speaker 1: things short. But you talked to a couple of guys
Speaker 1: in the current locker room who are forever thankful to
Speaker 1: a GM like Ted Hobson for taking a look and
Speaker 1: giving him a shot. Um some interesting comments there that
Speaker 1: you find. Yeah, And and the one thing is I
Speaker 1: think if you look back and certainly Aaron Rodgers, Nick Collins,
Speaker 1: claim Matthews, those type of players, multiple time Pro Bowlers,
Speaker 1: all pro type players are always going to be the
Speaker 1: guys that you associate coaches with GMS with. But I
Speaker 1: think sometimes it's the guys that aren't necessarily the higher
Speaker 1: round draft picks or guys that are gonna necessarily, you know,
Speaker 1: command all that attention. The Sam Shields, the Tremon Williams
Speaker 1: of the world comes into the practice squad player and
Speaker 1: then you know, getting a chance to talk to some
Speaker 1: guys in the locker room during the final media available
Speaker 1: on Tuesday. You know Lane Taylor, a guy that forty
Speaker 1: one offensive linemen were taken in two thousand thirteen, a
Speaker 1: record number. Lane Taylor wasn't one of them. He was
Speaker 1: a four year starting right guard at Oklahoma State. Nobody cared,
Speaker 1: nobody noticed, and he had two offers. He could go
Speaker 1: to Green Bay, you could have went to Cincinnati and
Speaker 1: him and his agent, Matt Steagle, sat down and they said,
Speaker 1: you know what, Green Bay, there's been a lot of
Speaker 1: opportunity for guys who are undrafted that have had a
Speaker 1: chance to prove themselves. He had to wait three full seasons,
Speaker 1: but then he gets in the starting lineup last year
Speaker 1: and then this year ends up signing an extension. In
Speaker 1: talking with Lucas Patrick, the Packers reserve offensive lineman, also
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, I mean, you can make a case that
Speaker 1: Lane Taylor's in the top ten of guards now in
Speaker 1: the NFL with the way he's able to develop his
Speaker 1: game and how stout he has become as a run
Speaker 1: blocker in addition to what he does as a pass blocker.
Speaker 1: Those are the type of players that make a difference.
Speaker 1: And then also to throw out there, guy like Justin McCrae,
Speaker 1: who a year ago on New Year's Eve was working
Speaker 1: at a as a bellman at a hotel in Orlando,
Speaker 1: trying to find a way to get back into the NFL.
Speaker 1: He catches the eye of the Packers at the u
Speaker 1: c F Pro day after him and his brother beg
Speaker 1: to get an opportunity to work out for them comes
Speaker 1: the Green Bay ends up starting eight games for the
Speaker 1: Packers this year, And as he said, I mean Ted Thompson,
Speaker 1: the Green Met Packers gave him a shot when nobody
Speaker 1: else did. And I think that is probably the ultimate
Speaker 1: sign of what Thompson really meant two guys in that
Speaker 1: locker room. Is he end up opportunities. He created opportunities
Speaker 1: and and allowed guys to take advantage of it. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think of some of the other moves as well.
Speaker 1: You talk about claiming guys on waivers early in Thompson's tenure,
Speaker 1: a guy like Jared Bush who ends up being a
Speaker 1: tremendous special teams player for a number of years, and
Speaker 1: then he's thrown into action in the Super Bowl and
Speaker 1: gets an interception against Ben Roethlisberger that helps the Packers
Speaker 1: win a championship. Um, you've got a guy like uh yeah,
Speaker 1: that was the next one I was gonna say. The
Speaker 1: waiver claimed John Cooney's claimed from Pittsburgh goes on. I mean,
Speaker 1: he becomes a you know, not just a cult hero,
Speaker 1: but an incredibly productive member of the offense and a
Speaker 1: very valued member of in the meeting room, in the
Speaker 1: locker room, in the huddle, all of that, And who
Speaker 1: could ever forget obviously the block on Julius Peppers in
Speaker 1: regular season finale. Even I'll throw out a guy like
Speaker 1: Frank Zombo, you know, undrafted playing a reserve depth role
Speaker 1: as a as a rookie, gets a sack in the
Speaker 1: second half of the Super Bowl to help the Packers
Speaker 1: win that game. His career are is continuous, still continuing
Speaker 1: in Kansas City, had some injuries that contributed to him
Speaker 1: moving on and finding success elsewhere. But Ted Thompson and
Speaker 1: his personnel staff unearthed a guy like that and help
Speaker 1: the Packers win a championship. Those are the types of
Speaker 1: things that that that you remember about a guy like Yeah.
Speaker 1: And so many times people will always ask about, well,
Speaker 1: you know, signing free agents or you know bringing in
Speaker 1: you know so and so gets cut, why don't they
Speaker 1: sign them? Because they see these guys, They see justin McCrae,
Speaker 1: they see the put the work he put in since April.
Speaker 1: And you know, after you spend that much time with
Speaker 1: these young guys, Uh, if you feel like they can
Speaker 1: make a difference for you once you get to training camp,
Speaker 1: well then yeah, you want to see them playing a game.
Speaker 1: You want to throw him in that fire. You want
Speaker 1: to see how they respond. That's how they found Lane Taylor.
Speaker 1: That's how they found t J. Lane. Even if you
Speaker 1: want to, you know, even look at guys like Sam
Speaker 1: Shields and and uh, you know, Trumont Williams. All those
Speaker 1: guys didn't just walk in as undrafted free agents and
Speaker 1: just start now. They had to prove themselves. And that
Speaker 1: investment and into that is I think one of the
Speaker 1: things that not only helped the Packers win a Super Bowl,
Speaker 1: but stay in that conversation for as long as they did,
Speaker 1: as long as they have, yeah, no question about it.
Speaker 1: With that, we'll toss to a breakback with more and
Speaker 1: Packers Unscripted right after this. Welcome back to Packers Unscripted.
Speaker 1: Mike Spofford next to West, hod Kowits and West. Quickly
Speaker 1: before we go, it's worth touching on again what actually
Speaker 1: is going to go down? As I guess, one of
Speaker 1: Ted Thompson's last official orders of business as the general
Speaker 1: manager of the Packers, and that was the contract extensions
Speaker 1: that were signed by Davante Adams and Corey Lindsley late
Speaker 1: last week before the regular season finale. And we heard
Speaker 1: from Adams for the first time since uh well since
Speaker 1: the big hit from Thomas Davis and Carolina that put
Speaker 1: it in the concussion protocol. And and then also since
Speaker 1: he signed the contract obviously, and I don't know what
Speaker 1: you thought of of his conversation with reporters, but he
Speaker 1: struck me as a guy who is not wandering off
Speaker 1: into the offseason to celebrate his big new contract. He's
Speaker 1: looking at what's ahead and what he still wants to
Speaker 1: do to help this team win. That's that's where his
Speaker 1: energies are focused. Yeah, there's still so much out there
Speaker 1: for him to achieve, you know, as you wrote your
Speaker 1: story on Packers dot Com as well. I mean, it
Speaker 1: looked like he was on his way for a thousand
Speaker 1: yards season a year after he came three are shy
Speaker 1: of his first one, uh, and then that you had
Speaker 1: to hit from Thomas Davis happened and that basically ended
Speaker 1: his season at that point. Does pass the concussion protocol
Speaker 1: and now has an opportunity to go into the off
Speaker 1: season healthy. He's not concerned about the long term impact
Speaker 1: of those injuries. He thinks it's gonna, you know, ultimately
Speaker 1: end up being okay, very quick turnaround on most on
Speaker 1: really all three of them. So it doesn't believe there'll
Speaker 1: be any lasting effects of that. Uh. The biggest thing
Speaker 1: I thought in terms of his you know, mindset, is
Speaker 1: just the role he assumed he is looking forward to
Speaker 1: taking on with this team. He understands when you get
Speaker 1: that second contract, you're gonna be looked at as a veteran,
Speaker 1: You're gonna be looked at as a leader. Uh, And
Speaker 1: he definitely embraces that role. He hopes that Jordy Nelson
Speaker 1: and Randall Cover are with him a lot of things
Speaker 1: to be sorted out with all those um, you know,
Speaker 1: transactions and whatnot this offseason, but likes what they've built here,
Speaker 1: likes the development he has, likes the relationship he's developed
Speaker 1: with Aaron Rodgers, and hopes to continue it on. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And with regards to uh Adams, we've seen him over
Speaker 1: the last couple of years, and if there were any
Speaker 1: questions about what he accomplished in when he finally got
Speaker 1: healthy again after a very injury, riddle you look at
Speaker 1: what he did in seventeen playing half the season without
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. The production, it just confirmed his value and
Speaker 1: as I said in my story, it spiked his value
Speaker 1: to this team. It did. And now they can look
Speaker 1: forward to it. It's only twenty five years old, a
Speaker 1: long way to go. Yeah. Absolutely with that, we'll call
Speaker 1: it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted. Be
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