Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford. He is the one and only
Speaker 1: wes Hodkoits. We're coming to you here from our studios
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field West. The first preseason game is upon
Speaker 1: US Packers versus the Tennessee Titans Thursday night, seven pm,
Speaker 1: kickoff at lambeau Field. Let's get right into it. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of things to be paying attention to here
Speaker 1: in the preseason opener. The first thing that comes to
Speaker 1: mind for me is this backup quarterback battle Deshaun Kaiser
Speaker 1: Brett Hunley. It's going to last throughout the preseason, all
Speaker 1: four games, but this is sort of stage number one.
Speaker 1: Since the beginning of time, Mike, since they decided they
Speaker 1: want to do an exhibition season, going back to when
Speaker 1: there was six games and fifth he practices in training camp.
Speaker 1: The precinct games always seemed to come down to the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and seeing what these guys look like. Because, as
Speaker 1: we talked about and some of the other videos we've done,
Speaker 1: and even some of our discussions for stories, so much
Speaker 1: of practice you only can make so much out of it.
Speaker 1: I think there's conclusions you can draw. You see guys
Speaker 1: like Jake Kumeuro stepping up. Um. You know, guys who
Speaker 1: you thought were relatively obscure become sort of names. But
Speaker 1: at the end of the day, you have to get
Speaker 1: in the preseason action. I think the quarterback position epitomizes that.
Speaker 1: Deshaun Kaiser, my first impression of him, has an NFL
Speaker 1: caliber arm. You look at him standing, he looks like
Speaker 1: an NFL quarterback, uh, and some good athleticism there. Now,
Speaker 1: can he take everything he learned from last year with
Speaker 1: the with the Browns and kind of getting thrown in
Speaker 1: the fire and now working with Frank Signetti here in
Speaker 1: Green Bay and Mike McCarthy and trying to make those
Speaker 1: adjustments and really show that he's grown as a player
Speaker 1: still only twenty two years old, a lot of football
Speaker 1: ahead of him. And then conversely with Brett Hunley also
Speaker 1: played a lot last year, also got thrown in the
Speaker 1: fire in some reguard and seeing if he can be
Speaker 1: her for it. Yeah, I think it's a matter of
Speaker 1: seeing the progress from both of these guys. Brett Hunley
Speaker 1: has nine starts from a season ago tape that he
Speaker 1: was able to digest throughout the offseason. Running this offense.
Speaker 1: There were some tweaks to the offense, some new things
Speaker 1: to get adjusted to, but he's looking to show the
Speaker 1: progress that he's made. And with Kaiser, he talked in
Speaker 1: the spring about really how his fundamentals were kind of
Speaker 1: broken down by this coaching staff. They changed a lot
Speaker 1: of things with his footwork, some things with his mechanics,
Speaker 1: all of that kind of stuff. And I think Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers said the other day, it's starting to look a
Speaker 1: little bit more comfortable for Kaiser. It looks like he's
Speaker 1: starting to have a little bit more fun out there
Speaker 1: on the field, doesn't need to isn't quite as bogged down, maybe,
Speaker 1: so to speak, in the lack of success a year
Speaker 1: ago in Cleveland. This is a fresh start for him.
Speaker 1: It's an opportunity for him to take advantage of. The
Speaker 1: Packers wanted a competition at backup quarterback to really find
Speaker 1: who the best guy is going to be. If heaven forbid,
Speaker 1: something were to happen again to Aaron Jers, and this
Speaker 1: is the competition they've been looking for. So it's time
Speaker 1: for someone to to take that first leg up and
Speaker 1: and start to take charge of it. The Packers took
Speaker 1: a scrub brush approach with their playbook this offseason. I
Speaker 1: think for de Shaun Kaiser it's taking a scrub brush
Speaker 1: approach to his rookie season because you go back Steve
Speaker 1: Young didn't have a great start with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Speaker 1: Brett Farve did not have a great start with the
Speaker 1: Atlanta Falcons as a second round pick as well. So
Speaker 1: for Kaiser, him being thrown in the way he was,
Speaker 1: it's just it's not realistic. And I understand, and my
Speaker 1: thoughts are with the Browns for the situation they were in.
Speaker 1: They felt like that's what gave them the best chance
Speaker 1: of trying to get a victory. But a twenty one
Speaker 1: year old quarterback that that entered the league early was
Speaker 1: making the adjustments he had to make and having to
Speaker 1: have arguably one of the worst rosters in the NFL
Speaker 1: to play with. It's it's tough for anybody to overcome.
Speaker 1: So I think what's gonna be interesting for him is
Speaker 1: the reps he does get in this preseason. I think
Speaker 1: for Hunley too, in some ways, everything's gonna slow down
Speaker 1: a little bit now because of how fast you know,
Speaker 1: the two thousand seventeen season, when when you know all
Speaker 1: those bolts were flying in the snaps really matter. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: when this game kicks off on Thursday night, it's going
Speaker 1: to be a long list of young wide receivers who
Speaker 1: are going to be trying to make an impression themselves
Speaker 1: and help out these quarterbacks and decide this backup quarterback battle. Now,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers had some very interesting comments at his locker
Speaker 1: after Tuesday's practice. He pointed out, as far as the
Speaker 1: young receivers go, he likes the progress he's seen from
Speaker 1: Geronimo Allison, D'Angelo, Yancey and Jake Kumero you mentioned him earlier,
Speaker 1: but very critical of of the effort level, the concentration level,
Speaker 1: the mental mistakes that he's seen in practice after practice
Speaker 1: from a lot of the other young receivers. Now, if
Speaker 1: that isn't a kick in the butt, I don't I
Speaker 1: don't know what is. I mean. These guys are going
Speaker 1: to be motivated enough, obviously, these young guys their first
Speaker 1: NFL preseason action to to make an impression. But hey,
Speaker 1: you also you want to catch number twelves I here
Speaker 1: and and and say hey, I'm I'm improving, I'm doing better.
Speaker 1: I heard what you said. I'm going to get this
Speaker 1: thing straightened out because they all want to get on
Speaker 1: the same page with wall I'm glad you brought this
Speaker 1: up to Michael because for me, the one thing you know,
Speaker 1: and you've covered Rodgers basically his entire career here, he
Speaker 1: doesn't say anything for the sake of saying it. There's
Speaker 1: always meaning behind it, there's a reason. And when he
Speaker 1: was talking about that, yes, you can perseverate on what
Speaker 1: his comments were about some of the young receivers and things.
Speaker 1: But the thing I thought about was two years ago
Speaker 1: in those scout team reps. At that time, Geronimo Allison
Speaker 1: was a nobody. He was a guy that played a
Speaker 1: couple of seasons at Illinois, had a little bit of
Speaker 1: buzz to him as an undrafted free agent. Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: goes in there and run some of that scout team stuff.
Speaker 1: While I believe at the time, I want to say
Speaker 1: it was what Brett Hunley and Scott Tolzine basically running
Speaker 1: the first team stuff. Going into that first preseason game,
Speaker 1: Geronimo Allison started to make plays. Geronimo Allison started to
Speaker 1: show something to Aaron Rodgers. It's a challenge, it's a
Speaker 1: challenge to those young receivers on this roster to be
Speaker 1: the next Geronimo Allison. Not maybe necessarily from the stand
Speaker 1: point of a college free agent trying to make a roster,
Speaker 1: but as a young player trying to show that their
Speaker 1: skill set, their tools can apply to this level. You
Speaker 1: can't have any let up. We know how important these
Speaker 1: training camp practices are, especially when they're in the pads.
Speaker 1: You only get so many of them. You have to
Speaker 1: make that work count and I think for those young
Speaker 1: guys that definitely is going to be a challenge for
Speaker 1: them to, you know, rise next time they around the
Speaker 1: field with him. Yeah, when you talk about a guy
Speaker 1: like Jake Kumero, Aaron Rodgers has been very praiseworthy of
Speaker 1: this young man. He spent time a couple of years
Speaker 1: on the practice squad with the Cincinnati Bengals, also some
Speaker 1: practice squad time with the New England Patriots. The Packers
Speaker 1: brought him in right at the end of last season,
Speaker 1: then signed him to the offseason roster when when things
Speaker 1: were done, he's talked about, you know, he learned from
Speaker 1: a guy like a j. Green and Cincinnati one of
Speaker 1: the best in the league sort of, you know, his
Speaker 1: his preparation, how he goes about his job. And uh,
Speaker 1: as I said in our Final Thoughts video, which will
Speaker 1: be up on Packers dot Com, which we just got
Speaker 1: done taping before we stepped in here, I don't know
Speaker 1: what else Jay Kumarro can do on the practice field.
Speaker 1: The preseason games are here. Now it's like, okay, now,
Speaker 1: let's see what he can do in the game setting.
Speaker 1: And if he continues to make the impression that he's made,
Speaker 1: it could be very difficult to leave him off of
Speaker 1: this rous Well, and what's funny to me, Mike, In
Speaker 1: no disrespect to the wonderful University of Wisconsin, Whitewater won
Speaker 1: numerous Division three championships, but heck of a program. How
Speaker 1: this guy ever ended up at the D three level.
Speaker 1: This is a Division one caliber athlete. You look at
Speaker 1: his bloodlines, where his family comes from, and he did
Speaker 1: start there, but but he was a walk on. He
Speaker 1: didn't get a Division one scholarship. Yeah. So, I mean
Speaker 1: in Gerontoy Ellison talking with him, you know last week
Speaker 1: he even mentioned they didn't play together, their time didn't correlate,
Speaker 1: but they played with some of the same people. And uh,
Speaker 1: they really was a big thinking there that this is
Speaker 1: a kid that could could be a player, and for
Speaker 1: him and you even saw, like look at Jared Aberdaris
Speaker 1: at Wisconsin what he did walking on at a Big
Speaker 1: ten school and then becoming a draft pick later on
Speaker 1: and having the success he did. I look at Kumro
Speaker 1: and and I just I don't see a Division three players.
Speaker 1: What I'm trying to say it is, he said, And
Speaker 1: I thought it was his best quote so far this
Speaker 1: whole camp is when he's on the field, he doesn't
Speaker 1: think of himself as a D three player. He thinks
Speaker 1: of himself is one of ten or eleven, twelve receivers
Speaker 1: trying to make a roster. He was watching, he was
Speaker 1: listing when the Packers drafted three receivers in the draft.
Speaker 1: What does that tell you to him? It wasn't that
Speaker 1: he well, this is just, uh, you know, there's no
Speaker 1: chance I'm gonna make this roster now. It was telling
Speaker 1: him that there's opportunity here and they're looking for these
Speaker 1: young guys to step up. And I think he's really
Speaker 1: done that through the first two weeks of camp and
Speaker 1: now needs to do it in a preseason game. Yeah.
Speaker 1: It's one of those things that once everybody's in here
Speaker 1: in camp and you get to these preseason games. It
Speaker 1: doesn't matter where you came from, doesn't matter where you
Speaker 1: were drafted, how you got to Green Bay. It's what
Speaker 1: you do on the field in in those preseason games.
Speaker 1: And these guys are gonna be watched close. In a
Speaker 1: similar message to for D'Angelo Yancey. He he had a
Speaker 1: big career at Purdue. He was a fifth round draft
Speaker 1: pick last year, didn't make the roster, spent the whole
Speaker 1: year on the priests and the practice squad. He's coming
Speaker 1: back this year as a practice squad guy, trying to
Speaker 1: make this roster. And I think he's done some nice things.
Speaker 1: I like how he operates in the slot. And Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: you know, even mentioned to the progress he's made. It's
Speaker 1: noticeable going from year one to year two. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: another position that will definitely be watching on the offensive
Speaker 1: side of the ball is offensive tackle. Brian Bulaga back
Speaker 1: in practice on a limited basis. I would imagine he's
Speaker 1: not going to play Thursday night. David Baktari is currently
Speaker 1: out with an ankle injury. Fortunately said nothing catastrophic, your
Speaker 1: basic garden variety basketball sprained ankle, so he'll just need
Speaker 1: some time to heal. But that puts the competition for
Speaker 1: the backup tackle positions and the pecking order. They're kind
Speaker 1: of into the spotlight. You have Kyle Murphy, Jason Spriggs
Speaker 1: to third year guys coming off of injuries of their
Speaker 1: own from last year. And then a veteran Byron Bell
Speaker 1: who was brought in as a free agent, has started
Speaker 1: for multiple teams that multiple positions across the line through
Speaker 1: his career thus far. These guys are going to get
Speaker 1: a lot of snaps at offensive tackle, left side, right side,
Speaker 1: whatever you want to say on Thursday night, and uh,
Speaker 1: it's it's a chance for them to make an impression
Speaker 1: as well as the coaching staff is going to decide, Okay,
Speaker 1: if there's a game that Bolaga or bok tr can't play,
Speaker 1: who's the guy that we're going to call? Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1: And you look at Spriggs, he put on that extra
Speaker 1: weight this offseason, right in that twenty pound range. He
Speaker 1: looks more, he looks fuller, he looks like an NFL
Speaker 1: tackle now and trying to make the progress and the
Speaker 1: steps there. Kyle Murphy coming back off the foot injury,
Speaker 1: I really liked what I saw from Murphy last year.
Speaker 1: I mean before Justin mccraie became kind of a thing
Speaker 1: with with him being thrown in at basically every position
Speaker 1: and having to make do. Kyle Murphy was actually that
Speaker 1: first guy. He was sort of practicing the entire offseason program.
Speaker 1: At first, he was working at guard. There was thought
Speaker 1: that maybe he compete for a starting job there before
Speaker 1: Jerry Evans was signed. Then he's working at right tackle
Speaker 1: for a spell, and then sure enough, probably one of
Speaker 1: the freakiest of freak injuries you'll ever see with the
Speaker 1: BAKR and the opener, and now Kyle Murphy had to
Speaker 1: be the starting left tackle for the Green Bay Packers,
Speaker 1: and I thought he managed that role well for two weeks,
Speaker 1: unfortunately suffered that foot injury. But now coming back and
Speaker 1: in working both those sides, it's valuable experience. And Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy says it time and time again. You want to
Speaker 1: be able to just get a guy work at one spot.
Speaker 1: That's what's happening with McCray this year. But realistically, when
Speaker 1: you're the sixth or seventh offensive lineman going into a
Speaker 1: regular season, you have to be ready to play anywhere
Speaker 1: McCray did an except exceptional job of that last year.
Speaker 1: Now you're looking at Murphy and Spriggs trying to do
Speaker 1: the same thing. Yeah, I will say for the lack
Speaker 1: of experience that Murphy had his rookie season, he hardly
Speaker 1: played maybe a little bit on special teams like on
Speaker 1: field goal protection or something like that, he when he
Speaker 1: was thrown into it, especially at left tackle, you're protecting
Speaker 1: the blind side of the franchise here in Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: I thought he was a pleasant surprise in terms of
Speaker 1: really how he held up. And as we talk about
Speaker 1: with offensive lineman, there a story going into the game,
Speaker 1: but then if they're not a story coming out of
Speaker 1: the game, that's a good thing. And I thought after
Speaker 1: that first start he had at left tackle, we weren't
Speaker 1: really talking about com more. If it's like, okay, he's
Speaker 1: holding his own, you know, he'll be all right. And
Speaker 1: and that's a credit to him because nobody really knew
Speaker 1: except for him. He's a very confident guy. He was
Speaker 1: very confident in his abilities, but nobody else knew on
Speaker 1: the outside, you know, really what to expect. He showed
Speaker 1: up and unfortunately the injury. Now he's come back from it.
Speaker 1: He's been working both sides, as you said, and uh,
Speaker 1: and this is another chance for him to to start
Speaker 1: fresh and to make that impression through the preseason. And
Speaker 1: then the side did that too, Mike, I I've wrote
Speaker 1: about in the offseason. You tip your cap to James
Speaker 1: camp and because what they had to go through last year,
Speaker 1: lane Taylor playing left tackle game, you had to have
Speaker 1: all these different moving parts. Justin McCrae was a street
Speaker 1: free agent at the end of March and he ends
Speaker 1: up starting eight games for you at multiple positions. The
Speaker 1: Packers don't want to repeat that again, but I thought
Speaker 1: that was one of the ultimate silver linings for that
Speaker 1: offense last year, is the way they actually dealt with that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, Well, before we pivot to the defensive side
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Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. Okay, defensive side of the ball here,
Speaker 1: preseason game number one. I know there's a lot that
Speaker 1: needs to be sorted out in the secondary, a very
Speaker 1: deep group that the Packers have. We've seen Kevin King,
Speaker 1: Jayra Alexander not practicing this week with would have been
Speaker 1: termed as minor injuries. I'm not necessarily going to be
Speaker 1: watching the secondary as much in this game as I
Speaker 1: am the linebackers, because whether you're talking inside or outside linebackers,
Speaker 1: there's a lot of young guys here that frankly need
Speaker 1: to get ready to play in and they haven't played
Speaker 1: a whole heck of a lot of NFL football at
Speaker 1: this point. Starting on the inside. You know Jake Ryan
Speaker 1: season ending a c L injury. This is an awfully
Speaker 1: big game for a guy like orn Burke's, isn't it.
Speaker 1: It really is a third round draft pick. Talking to
Speaker 1: him about a week and a half ago, he mentioned
Speaker 1: this is his opportunity, This is his big shot to
Speaker 1: show why he was a third round draft pick and
Speaker 1: why the Packers had the belief in him to make
Speaker 1: him that that selection and and really I've wrote about
Speaker 1: this too. No matter what happened with Jake, Ryan, Orn
Speaker 1: Burks was going to have a role on this defense
Speaker 1: this year. He was. They talked to Hi about the
Speaker 1: coverage linebacker duties. You know how a season goes the
Speaker 1: inside linebacker position, the amount of contact there is at
Speaker 1: that spot. You have to have multiple options. The last
Speaker 1: three years have proven that, and Joe Thomas was one
Speaker 1: of those fixtures along with Ryan and Martinez. Well he's
Speaker 1: gone now, so now you have Oren Burks coming in.
Speaker 1: I love his measurables, I love his speed, athleticism. Needs
Speaker 1: to show that he can be come in and be
Speaker 1: an impact player right off the bat. There may be
Speaker 1: nobody being coached harder on the practice field right now
Speaker 1: than or Burks. I'll just say that for anybody who's
Speaker 1: been at practice. You hear inside linebackers coach run game
Speaker 1: defensive run game coordinator Patrick Graham. You're hearing his voice
Speaker 1: all the time, and he's saying, oh, b a lot
Speaker 1: for or and Burks because there's he's he's just on him,
Speaker 1: and it's it's just a reflection of the sense of
Speaker 1: urgency because they leaving this kid, third round pick out
Speaker 1: of Vanderbilt, and his role got exponentially larger in when
Speaker 1: Jake Ryan went down. He did and and you know,
Speaker 1: we get these questions a lot in inbox, Mike. I
Speaker 1: know you've been answering him. I've been answering him. You know,
Speaker 1: why don't the Packers go out sign a veteran inside linebacker?
Speaker 1: And the point I want to make is one Brian
Speaker 1: Goodcoin's the scouting department, even the coaching staff to some extent,
Speaker 1: they're challenging these young guys. A guy like a Mod
Speaker 1: Thomas coming back off the practice squad, also a converted
Speaker 1: safety trying to make that move. Grim Martiniz had a
Speaker 1: really impressive camp so far as an undrafted free agent,
Speaker 1: playing on a lot of special teams. You lot of
Speaker 1: special teams, drills and and they have quite a few
Speaker 1: options there. The reason why you don't always see a team,
Speaker 1: not just the Packers, but any NFL team, Okay, well
Speaker 1: we have an injury in a big position, go out
Speaker 1: sign a free agent. Well, now you're kind of pigeonholed
Speaker 1: into that free agent. He can't bring a guy in
Speaker 1: and then maybe not like what you see and just
Speaker 1: throw him on the bench. You have to know what
Speaker 1: you're doing. When the Packers did that with Cedric Benson
Speaker 1: in two thousand twelve, it was almost a worst case scenario,
Speaker 1: in case of emergency, break the glass kind of thing,
Speaker 1: and we saw it would end up been there. The
Speaker 1: Packers end up going with their young guys. Anyway, that's
Speaker 1: the big thing here. You have young guys, you've taken them,
Speaker 1: you've trusted them, you've developed them since April. You got
Speaker 1: to trust them to step up to this challenge. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you've got to see what they have in the preseason
Speaker 1: games when the lights come on, and we'll see what happens. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you never know if they're going to be more injuries.
Speaker 1: Maybe some guys emerge, maybe some guys don't pan out.
Speaker 1: We saw at the end of last season guys like
Speaker 1: Quentin Dial and a Mod Brooks were veterans who were
Speaker 1: brought in late in the process when the Packers felt
Speaker 1: they did need to fortify somethings. So just because they
Speaker 1: aren't signing somebody now doesn't mean they aren't going to.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, they're going to give these
Speaker 1: young guys that they've been developing a chance to show
Speaker 1: what they have and all you're doing by bringing a
Speaker 1: veteran guy now is taking away very valuable practice in
Speaker 1: preseason reps from the guys that you that you want
Speaker 1: to prove themselves. And if you do the maddened thing
Speaker 1: that I think all these fans want to do, not
Speaker 1: all them, but some, you know, that eliminates the potential
Speaker 1: of having a Justin McCrae or a Geronimo Allison or
Speaker 1: even like a Reggie Gilbert if to stack that group up.
Speaker 1: You know, who knows if Reggie Gilbert gets the opportunity
Speaker 1: that he did at the end of last year to
Speaker 1: kind of step up and now potentially be a contributor
Speaker 1: in this defense. Yeah, you have to trust your development process.
Speaker 1: It's a young man's game. There is certain times that
Speaker 1: it fits for a veteran. I think Jerry Evans was
Speaker 1: a good example that last year. But at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, you have young guys and you're developing
Speaker 1: them for a reason. And I think, again, we have
Speaker 1: to see all this preseason turns out, how the training
Speaker 1: camp turns out. But right now, with having Blake Martinez
Speaker 1: established and finding options next to him, the course action
Speaker 1: makes sense for the Packers. Yeah, with regards to the
Speaker 1: outside linebackers, Nick Perry is still on pup. Looks like
Speaker 1: he's maybe getting close to practicing, but has not been
Speaker 1: cleared yet. This first preseason game not likely. I would
Speaker 1: think that Clay Matthews would play, or if he does,
Speaker 1: it will be very limited. So here we go, Reggie Gilbert,
Speaker 1: Vince Biegel, Chris Odom, Kendall, Donnerson, Kyler Facral. You know,
Speaker 1: here's your chance. You know, show that you as we
Speaker 1: talked about with the offensive tackles, show that you're the
Speaker 1: guy that the coaches are going to call on first
Speaker 1: when Nick Perry or Clay Matthews needs to take a
Speaker 1: playoff or a game off as something happens with you know,
Speaker 1: an injury so to speak. So this is, uh, this
Speaker 1: is where it starts. There are four these preseason games.
Speaker 1: These guys are going to get a lot of reps
Speaker 1: and uh, and it's like, hey, who can set the
Speaker 1: edge and who can get after the quarterback. I've said
Speaker 1: this time and time again. I think there was kind
Speaker 1: of the spoiling factor a little bit with having Julius
Speaker 1: Peppers there. That doesn't happen not only in Green Bay,
Speaker 1: but anywhere in the NFL that you have a guy
Speaker 1: like him just waiting in the wings and being able
Speaker 1: to use him in as many different ways as the
Speaker 1: Packers did well a couple other things too. I mean,
Speaker 1: when you look back at those years, I mentioned this
Speaker 1: an insider inbox, you you also had Mike Neil, who
Speaker 1: was an accomplished professional player. And then you had a
Speaker 1: former first round draft pick in Dayton Jones who was
Speaker 1: transitioning to outside linebacker, a guy who you know did
Speaker 1: have a few accomplishments in the league even before he
Speaker 1: shifted over. This is a completely different situation in terms
Speaker 1: of the depth. It's about finding out what these guys have.
Speaker 1: And I've covered teams too, and I've said this before.
Speaker 1: Desmos has started six games for the Packers in two
Speaker 1: thousand twelve. I mean, there is good, healthy talent at
Speaker 1: that position. Forank Zambo got a sack in the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: I mean as a rookie. So you have Kyler Facral,
Speaker 1: third round pick Vince Bagel did not get a chance
Speaker 1: to play in the preseason last year, coming back as
Speaker 1: a fourth round pick. I think Reggie Gilbert's been in
Speaker 1: the system for two solid years of development and making
Speaker 1: that switch. And Chris Odam is a guy that could
Speaker 1: have easily been drafted a year ago, had been talking
Speaker 1: to the Packers, so they have ability. Now can you
Speaker 1: rise up to that occasion? And that's why for me
Speaker 1: and I mentioned our our final Thoughts video for the website,
Speaker 1: that's the position I'm looking the most at because they're
Speaker 1: going to have an abundance of opportunities in this game
Speaker 1: against the Titans. Yeah, no question about it. Before we
Speaker 1: go west, one last thing in the spotlight here it's
Speaker 1: the new surface at lambeau Field. I know, family night,
Speaker 1: the lights were on everything. By all accounts, the surface
Speaker 1: held up well. But Mike McCarthy even said, now you're
Speaker 1: playing a game. It's full sixty minute and everything. And
Speaker 1: the Packers are actually going to play two games on
Speaker 1: this new surface now in a span of eight days,
Speaker 1: two consecutive Thursday nights before then there's a break before
Speaker 1: that season opener Sunday night football against the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 1: So you know, all the reports so far the surfaces
Speaker 1: in great shape. Everybody loves it. Hats off to Alan
Speaker 1: Johnson and his crew. But but yeah, now we get
Speaker 1: to see what it really looks like. I'm throwing a
Speaker 1: nice little adjective there for you as well. From our
Speaker 1: public relations court or public affairs coordinator, Katie Hermson, she
Speaker 1: said it was cute. It was a cute field. It's acute,
Speaker 1: so for for my for my money though, it's a pristine.
Speaker 1: I was blown away by how nice it looked. I
Speaker 1: wasn't here in two thousand seven when they put in
Speaker 1: the last one. Uh. It's it is a everything you
Speaker 1: wanted to be and I'm excited to see how it
Speaker 1: plays out now now that we got some football games.
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