Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford alongside Wes Hodkwits and special guest
Speaker 1: Larry McCarron. We are on location from the NFL Scouting
Speaker 1: Combine in downtown Indianapolis and West I know we're here
Speaker 1: mostly to visit with the prospects and try to get
Speaker 1: a sense of maybe what the Packers are going to
Speaker 1: do in the draft. But before we get to the draft,
Speaker 1: there's going to be a period in the NFL that
Speaker 1: they call free agency. And we heard earlier this week
Speaker 1: from head coach Mike McCarthy and new general manager Brian
Speaker 1: gudacun Stabault wanting to maybe be a little bit more
Speaker 1: aggressive in free agency. Here. What form do you see
Speaker 1: this taking on for the Packers. Well, I think it
Speaker 1: starts with research and development, Mike. And here's the thing.
Speaker 1: It's not to say we don't know what this market's
Speaker 1: gonna look like on March fourteen. Uh, this price of
Speaker 1: these players that the thing you have to understand is
Speaker 1: when you have this small of a market of guys
Speaker 1: that are available, the guys that actually leak out that
Speaker 1: teams don't resign, that increases the price, and I think
Speaker 1: that's half the reason why you look at Ted Thompson,
Speaker 1: the approach they took of why the Packers weren't always
Speaker 1: the most active in that regard. But the Packers want
Speaker 1: to be better prepared, and that's something that Brian Goodkins
Speaker 1: said since his very first news conference. They want to
Speaker 1: make sure that any scenario that plays out, they're ready
Speaker 1: to react to it. The challenge for him in this
Speaker 1: first year as the GM is the fact that it
Speaker 1: is a little bit tighter as far as the salary
Speaker 1: caps are concerned after the extensions with Davante Adams and
Speaker 1: Corey Linsley, so they may have to get somewhat creative
Speaker 1: in that regard. But in terms of the guys that
Speaker 1: do actually get out into the free agent market, the
Speaker 1: Packers want to be more involved to potentially react if
Speaker 1: one of those guys can make sense and make this
Speaker 1: team better. Yeah, that preparation part of it you mentioned
Speaker 1: is interesting because you can try to predict all the
Speaker 1: different scenarios. Players who may get cut for salary cap reasons,
Speaker 1: or players who become able because they don't get franchise
Speaker 1: tagged for instance, something like that. But there are always
Speaker 1: things that happened in this league, Larry, that surprised people.
Speaker 1: You things that you don't see coming. And it sounds
Speaker 1: to me like the Packers new general manager wants to
Speaker 1: be ready in case something surprises them and they can
Speaker 1: maybe pounce on a player. Well, I think the preparation
Speaker 1: you guys are talked about so far, you do everything
Speaker 1: you can to avoid WHOA what happened right there? We
Speaker 1: we were caught with you know what. We weren't just
Speaker 1: we weren't just ready for that. And I think something
Speaker 1: that I think Brian told me, and I think it
Speaker 1: was off camera, that I might lend to the party
Speaker 1: here is that they have treated they've tweaked the preparation
Speaker 1: process a little bit, and they've treated it a little
Speaker 1: bit like the draft, where they go through the possibilities
Speaker 1: and of course we're talking about individual names and things
Speaker 1: like that, but they go through the possibilities and everybody
Speaker 1: gets seer say it's not like, okay, this guy's available. Now.
Speaker 1: Now everybody has had their say, they've looked at it,
Speaker 1: they kind of judged it, They've gone through it much
Speaker 1: like the draft process. And like I said, I think
Speaker 1: that's a little tweak from what they've done in the past. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I think one thing that definitely is not going
Speaker 1: to change in terms of the approach to free agency
Speaker 1: is players that they may go out and sign are
Speaker 1: going to have to be the right fit for Green Bay,
Speaker 1: for the locker room, and for the culture we saw.
Speaker 1: I guess what you could chalk up as a mistake
Speaker 1: last year with Martelli Spennett when things didn't work, when
Speaker 1: things didn't work out with Jared Cook, the Packers went
Speaker 1: to Plan B and it didn't work out. But that
Speaker 1: that's going to happen once in a while. But I
Speaker 1: think the Packers are going to take the same approach.
Speaker 1: What I'm also interested in is, uh are they going
Speaker 1: to be able to keep things as quiet in some
Speaker 1: ways as they have in the past. I remember when
Speaker 1: Julius Peppers was saying, nobody knew that that was happening,
Speaker 1: Nobody saw it coming. I remember, actually I was in
Speaker 1: Florida on vacation with my family when I heard the
Speaker 1: news that Julius Peppers was a green Bay Packer. I
Speaker 1: don't know when the Packers are talking about wanting to
Speaker 1: be more aggressive in free agency, if they'll be able
Speaker 1: to keep that many things close to the vest. What
Speaker 1: do you think, Well, that's such a unique situation because
Speaker 1: Carl Carey his agent, that's his one client. So I mean,
Speaker 1: if Julius Peppers didn't want that getting out there, it
Speaker 1: wasn't going to get out there. But to your original point,
Speaker 1: you're right, Julius Peppers was out of Green Bay by
Speaker 1: the time anyone had even known that the the ink
Speaker 1: was dry on the contract. It's tough to do that
Speaker 1: in this day and age. There's so many different variables
Speaker 1: from that regard, but interest is there, and you look
Speaker 1: at how these markets shape and now that they have
Speaker 1: the legal tampering period basically what they call it, that
Speaker 1: forty eight hour window where teams are able to start
Speaker 1: negotiating and start hammering out contracts before they can actually
Speaker 1: sign them. The packers have actually used that to their
Speaker 1: benefit the past few years and being able to work
Speaker 1: deals with the likes of Brian balag On, Randall Cobb.
Speaker 1: But you know, potentially, what does Brian Goodquins think about
Speaker 1: getting into those other phrase with players that are outside
Speaker 1: of Green Bay and outside of that realm. A lot
Speaker 1: to figure out from that regard, But sometimes I think
Speaker 1: fans get this idea that you know, free agency, it's
Speaker 1: just such a given, it's such a guarantee. You're gonna
Speaker 1: sign this guy, and this is the production. You're gonna get.
Speaker 1: A lot of the risk and a lot of reward
Speaker 1: that goes along with the draft carries over to free
Speaker 1: agency as well. And that's the same risk, you know,
Speaker 1: cost benefit analysis that they run in that regard that
Speaker 1: they're gonna have to run in free agency as well.
Speaker 1: And Brian Gudcoon is very upfront about that, honest. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And that's where the fit in the locker room and
Speaker 1: the fit in the culture and Green Bay comes into play,
Speaker 1: doesn't it. Larry Sure does. But I gotta tell you
Speaker 1: guys about that day they signed Julius. There was a
Speaker 1: Saturday when there was brook. It was a Saturday. So,
Speaker 1: like all good Catholics who want to get church out
Speaker 1: of the way, I was going to four st Agnes
Speaker 1: and okay, you know what the start? Are you guys Catholic?
Speaker 1: By the way, I know a lot of you are Catholic,
Speaker 1: But anyway, okay, right before the start of the Mass,
Speaker 1: when the priest and the altar boys and the elector
Speaker 1: and the dance and girls, you're all lined it up
Speaker 1: in the back, you know, and they're and they're starting
Speaker 1: to march out. And I'm standing in the back of church,
Speaker 1: just in the back. That's where I usually hang out
Speaker 1: during assen I'm standing back there and okay, the procession
Speaker 1: for mass has started. Suddenly, Father Patrick breaks ranks, rakes
Speaker 1: ras and hustles over to me. You Starmy in the
Speaker 1: corner over there, hustles over. He walks up to me,
Speaker 1: goes Peppers. Yeah, and then he runs back and joins
Speaker 1: the procession on the mask. Win. But that's how big
Speaker 1: the signing of Julius Peppers was in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll see if we've got another one like that coming up.
Speaker 1: But with that, we'll go to a break back with
Speaker 1: more on Packers Unscripted from the NFL Scouting Combine right
Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back to Packers Unscripted Larry, Mike and
Speaker 1: West in downtown Indianapolis at the NFL Scouting Combine. And
Speaker 1: what's one of the prospects. One of the first prospects
Speaker 1: we heard from yesterday here in in Ish an offensive
Speaker 1: lineman from Texas l Passo, who was one of the
Speaker 1: key blockers that helped make Packers running back Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: college career awfully productive. And Jones was a fifth rone
Speaker 1: pick last year for the Packers, as we know. But
Speaker 1: Will Hernandez, this offensive lineman from UTEP, is being talked
Speaker 1: about a little bit higher in the draft order. Yeah.
Speaker 1: The thing you gotta remember to Aaron Jones last year
Speaker 1: when the Packers picked him in the fifth round, that
Speaker 1: was the first time in nine years that a player
Speaker 1: from UTEP had been drafted. It was a big deal
Speaker 1: for them. Will Hernandez very easily could be a second rounder,
Speaker 1: if not a first rounder, in this draft class. His
Speaker 1: thirty seven bench reps on Thursday, I think are really
Speaker 1: helping solidify his case. To put that in context, I
Speaker 1: think Larry had pointed it out. Quentin Nelson had thirty five.
Speaker 1: It's the most bench reps that anyone's had, i think
Speaker 1: going back to two thousand four team with Russell bow
Speaker 1: Dyne who now is a center for the Cincinnati Bengals.
Speaker 1: So really put some in, you know, really elite category.
Speaker 1: But the thing that was interesting talking to him about
Speaker 1: is just the relationship that him and Aaron Jones have.
Speaker 1: And I had tweeted out a comment right after Hernandez
Speaker 1: got off the podium just him mentioned thinking how much
Speaker 1: Jones really had been coaching him through this whole week
Speaker 1: at the Combine, and Jones immediately, i think within it
Speaker 1: was like five or six seconds, retweeted it already. I
Speaker 1: mean he was sitting there on his phone watching the
Speaker 1: news conference, paying attention everything. That guys are very close.
Speaker 1: They played together for three years. Hernandez forty nine starts
Speaker 1: with you tap. Just an amazing run that he had there,
Speaker 1: and it was very complimentary the season that Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: had with the Packers. Yeah, and that rookie season for
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones was awfully productive and awfully exciting, was interrupted
Speaker 1: by injuries here and there. But Larry, I'm interested in
Speaker 1: your perspective calling those games on the radio. A couple
Speaker 1: of breakaway runs in some big moments for Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: as a rookie. What do you think of what he
Speaker 1: did in there was an explosive nature to his game.
Speaker 1: You look at big plays out of the backfield. For
Speaker 1: the amount of attempts he had, he had an ordinate
Speaker 1: a number of big plays and he can break it.
Speaker 1: He can break it, and uh, it was interesting between
Speaker 1: him and Jamal Williams seeing those young fellows that as
Speaker 1: they got repetitions, as they got playing experience or icely
Speaker 1: not just experience, but playing time opportunity, shall we say,
Speaker 1: is that there were real deal running backs. They could
Speaker 1: find it and they could get after it. And and
Speaker 1: I look at a number of situations where, in particular
Speaker 1: Jones he cracked that line of scrimmage. He was going,
Speaker 1: he was picking up some yards. Good to see. The
Speaker 1: Packers certainly have options coming up this season with what
Speaker 1: they do in the backfield. When you got Jamal, you
Speaker 1: got air and of course you got time Montgomery. As
Speaker 1: they figure out as they retool the playbook from page one,
Speaker 1: as Mike mccaffy said, as they do those things, how
Speaker 1: they're going to incorporate all those guys because, as the
Speaker 1: coaches and Brian Gudaksa said, you can't have enough good
Speaker 1: players and it's up to the coaches to figure out
Speaker 1: ways to employ them. Yeah, And I think if there's
Speaker 1: one play from Aaron Jones rookie year that stands out
Speaker 1: in my mind more than any other, it was that
Speaker 1: overtime touched on run against the Tampa Big Yeah. It
Speaker 1: was his one carry the day and not only because
Speaker 1: it won the game, but because it was a make
Speaker 1: something out of nothing kind of play. I mean, where
Speaker 1: the play was designed to go, it wasn't really there.
Speaker 1: He very quickly bounces it to the other direction, takes
Speaker 1: off and uh and he's gone for the touchdown and
Speaker 1: the Packers have a victory. It's amazing. And I mean,
Speaker 1: you look at the season that he put together five
Speaker 1: point five yards per carry, that was the most in
Speaker 1: terms of a yard average in the NFL other than
Speaker 1: Alvin Kamara, the offensive Rookie of the Year, kind of
Speaker 1: tells you the company that he was in. And really
Speaker 1: the thing I kept going back to on Thursday when
Speaker 1: we were here and bouncing around the eight podiums or
Speaker 1: prospects are at last year, I was like a b
Speaker 1: just one to another trying to figure out, Okay, who
Speaker 1: could potentially be a fit for the Packers in the
Speaker 1: bright field. That wasn't a conversation this year. That's not
Speaker 1: to say that they won't go and find one. Brian
Speaker 1: Goodcouins has been very open that they're keeping all their
Speaker 1: options on the table. But the fact that the backfield
Speaker 1: isn't an issue like it was going into the combine
Speaker 1: last year is a test in it to both him
Speaker 1: and Jamal Williams really stepping up last season. Yeah, it's
Speaker 1: a different, different feel in that respect for the Packers
Speaker 1: going into the draft this year. But Larry, when it
Speaker 1: comes to that, you making something out of nothing kind
Speaker 1: of thing, we've seen. We've seen Time Montgomery do it.
Speaker 1: We've seen Aaron Jones do it. What What is it?
Speaker 1: What is it that that allows guys to make plays
Speaker 1: like that? If I knew, I wouldn't be seen here,
Speaker 1: I probably be over on ESPN's thing or something like that.
Speaker 1: But you talk about making something out of nothing, and
Speaker 1: that play you refer to to win the Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: game and overtime, that was a power play called off
Speaker 1: the right side and he ends up breaking it off
Speaker 1: the left side, I mean breaks the perimeter on the
Speaker 1: left side, and he did that kind of bouncing off
Speaker 1: the garbage in the middle. It was an amazing, amazing run.
Speaker 1: And I forget what your question was, Mike, what was
Speaker 1: it was just a whole making something out of nothing?
Speaker 1: Like what I was going to get at is that
Speaker 1: you know, you're talking about the lineman here and stuff
Speaker 1: like that, And we'll talk about them more as the
Speaker 1: week progressive. But this may surprise you considering my bad background,
Speaker 1: But I would think, and I always thought, and I
Speaker 1: still do, a back will do more for a line
Speaker 1: than a line will do for a bet. That's just
Speaker 1: the way it is. I mean, you can block them
Speaker 1: all to death, but that I was that little special
Speaker 1: something something. He's the guy that's going to make the
Speaker 1: running game first and foremost. Yeah, And I want to
Speaker 1: mention that too, because Will Hernandez talked about that, the
Speaker 1: fact that when he left, when Aaron Jones went to
Speaker 1: the NFL last year, that changed the game for him
Speaker 1: and to change their scheme and the running you know,
Speaker 1: the running patterns, and he said, I mean it probably
Speaker 1: made him a better guard in the long run what
Speaker 1: he was asked to do on the left side there
Speaker 1: for you tep, but you know, the holes had to
Speaker 1: be a little bit wider. He had to hold onto
Speaker 1: his blox just a little bit longer. With Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: with how explosive he was, that made the ultimate difference
Speaker 1: for them, and it's the reason why he ended his
Speaker 1: career there as the French the school's all time leading rusher.
Speaker 1: Y Lineman certainly know when they have a special back
Speaker 1: running behind him. With that, we'll go to a break
Speaker 1: back with more and Packers Unscripted right after this. Welcome
Speaker 1: back to Packers Unscripted on location from the NFL Scouting
Speaker 1: Combine in downtown Indianapolis, West and Mike and Larry with
Speaker 1: you and guys. Yesterday we heard from the first round
Speaker 1: of prospects meeting with the media, and two of the
Speaker 1: guys that were available are guys who are both in
Speaker 1: the conversation for top five status overall in this NFL draft.
Speaker 1: I want to start with running back se Kwon Barkley
Speaker 1: from Penn State. We talked about the Packers rookie running backs.
Speaker 1: We've seen young running backs in the NFL the last
Speaker 1: few years making a huge splash, not just in Green Bay,
Speaker 1: but you talk about Ezekiel Elliott. You mentioned Alvin Kamar
Speaker 1: for the New Orleans Saints last year. This whole idea
Speaker 1: from a few years ago of don't take a running
Speaker 1: back too high in the draft, that's kind of gone
Speaker 1: by the wayside now and sa Kwon Barkley is a
Speaker 1: guy who will benefit from that. Yeah, it's really funny.
Speaker 1: The game changed in some ways in that regard. I
Speaker 1: really thought, going back about four or five years ago,
Speaker 1: I was wondering when we'd see if if it would
Speaker 1: even happen again after Trent richardson a running back being
Speaker 1: taken in the top ten, just because of how the
Speaker 1: game is spread out. You need passers, you need catchers.
Speaker 1: But I think this past year has really proven that
Speaker 1: that the running game is still alive and well. And
Speaker 1: I know there are a number of different backs that
Speaker 1: we're talking about that Zeke Elliott effect. I mean, even
Speaker 1: this passionate with Leonard for Nette. The number of guys
Speaker 1: that are coming to league and making an immediate impact
Speaker 1: and really showing teams what a Marquee three down, you know,
Speaker 1: two and fifty touch running back can do for an offense.
Speaker 1: So that's what they're banking on. It's interesting with Barkley
Speaker 1: two because I was standing up on the podium or
Speaker 1: the one area over here next to Mike Vanderschniker photographer,
Speaker 1: and there was just a massive media is probably the
Speaker 1: biggest one I've seen so far, the amount of buzz
Speaker 1: surrounding this guy, uh and exactly where he's gonna fall.
Speaker 1: A lot of people believe this is a guy that
Speaker 1: will make a difference in every level of the game,
Speaker 1: and you can now see that that buzz really forming
Speaker 1: for him. Yeah. An interesting comment that I heard from
Speaker 1: lyon As general manager Bob Quinn the other day. He
Speaker 1: was talking about rookie running backs making an impact in
Speaker 1: the league because the Lions are, you know, looking at
Speaker 1: maybe drafting a running back fairly high and retooling their backfield.
Speaker 1: Is that one of the benefits of the spread offenses
Speaker 1: in colleges that running backs are coming into the NFL
Speaker 1: with more experience and pass protection picking up those blitzers
Speaker 1: and stuff than maybe they did in years past. Do
Speaker 1: you think that's a factor, Larry, I would think so
Speaker 1: to some extent, although the people will be picking up
Speaker 1: on the blitzers in the NFL are are quite a
Speaker 1: bit stouter, quicker, and all that good stuff. But I
Speaker 1: think a couple of things are at work here. Football
Speaker 1: is a cycle, Okay, as everybody heads, as you guys
Speaker 1: were documenting heads towards the passing games, spread things out
Speaker 1: and so forth, and then people start defending and start
Speaker 1: drafting and start building their defensive teams to stop that.
Speaker 1: And as the cycle unfolds, suddenly the running back position
Speaker 1: and a strong running game that combats some of that
Speaker 1: spread out, some of that defend the past stuff. And
Speaker 1: one other mention when you talk about players like Berkeley,
Speaker 1: he may be the most talented player in this draft,
Speaker 1: now really go number one. Probably not because it is
Speaker 1: a running back and not a quarterback, but he may
Speaker 1: be the most talented. And the thing about the running
Speaker 1: back position, you can contribute a lot right away if
Speaker 1: you've got the right stuff, because it's an instinctive position.
Speaker 1: I mean, all you can really say to him, Okay,
Speaker 1: we're going to hand you the ball. You're aiming point
Speaker 1: is there, and after that it's up to the guy.
Speaker 1: It's up to the coach, you know, Like coach can't
Speaker 1: be out there, Okay, now cut back. You know, it
Speaker 1: just doesn't work that way. So you've got a situation
Speaker 1: where the cycle is kind of running its course. And yeah,
Speaker 1: the running game not a bad idea against defenses that
Speaker 1: are set up to defend the past. And then also
Speaker 1: these young fellows, they can't have an instant impact. And
Speaker 1: with Barkley, you look at his numbers from Penn State,
Speaker 1: over five thousand total yards from scrimmage in three seasons.
Speaker 1: When you combine thirty hundred rushing yards and almost twelve
Speaker 1: hundred receiving yards fifty Yeah, Oh my gosh. Yeah, the guy,
Speaker 1: I mean, the thing about is two in a quarter
Speaker 1: to quarter for a running bad look nothing maybe one? Yeah,
Speaker 1: And it was interesting. He talked also, you know, about
Speaker 1: going to a team, because he very well will be
Speaker 1: drafted high, going to a team that's been struggling, and
Speaker 1: he's like, hey, yeah, I want to be part of
Speaker 1: something bigger than myself. I want to leave a legacy.
Speaker 1: He's left a legacy at Penn State helping to pull
Speaker 1: that program back and get to a Rose Bowl after
Speaker 1: everything that had happened a handful of years ago. So this, uh,
Speaker 1: this kid seems to have the right at it. And
Speaker 1: do you know another guy that went to a team
Speaker 1: that was struggling, Leonard for Net. I mean, that's just
Speaker 1: how quickly this thing can change when you go from
Speaker 1: the fourth overall pick to becoming the type of type
Speaker 1: of playmaker he was for them. That offense was different
Speaker 1: when he was going. It's set up the passing game
Speaker 1: for Blake Bortles. Now Barkley going to the next level
Speaker 1: is going to try to do the same thing and
Speaker 1: something Barkley whoever takes them, suddenly their offensive line got better.
Speaker 1: No matter what they got, suddenly their offensive line got better. Yeah,
Speaker 1: no question about it. Well, there's another top five guy
Speaker 1: that we want to talk about, but we'll do that
Speaker 1: after the breakback with more on Packers Unscripted right after
Speaker 1: this Welcome back to Packers Unscripted from the NFL scouting
Speaker 1: combine in Indianapolis, Larry Mike and West. And another top
Speaker 1: five guy that we heard from yesterday Fellas was Notre
Speaker 1: Dame guard Quintin Nelson. Now, guards don't always get talked about,
Speaker 1: not very often with this sort of lofty draft status,
Speaker 1: but Nelson's being talked about as a guy you can
Speaker 1: plug in from day one and he can play for
Speaker 1: ten or twelve years in this league. Really impressive guy.
Speaker 1: Be interesting to see just how high he goes well,
Speaker 1: and it's obviously been a chess match there when you're
Speaker 1: looking at drafting guards over the years. I think two
Speaker 1: thousand third team was a big year. That was the
Speaker 1: Jonathan Cooper chance Warmack year, and I think if both
Speaker 1: of those teams could have that back, they would have
Speaker 1: liked to have David back tr three rounds later. It's
Speaker 1: just the way that sometimes this things goes. It's a
Speaker 1: guessing game. But really the best prospect I can think of,
Speaker 1: I think was also out of Notre Dame in Zach Martin.
Speaker 1: He was moving from tackle, but everybody kind of acknowledged
Speaker 1: he was looking like a guard in the NFL, And
Speaker 1: now you see what he's done with the Dallas Cowboys
Speaker 1: over the years, might be the best one in the game.
Speaker 1: It's a It's a really interesting thing to see what
Speaker 1: exactly is going to happen with Nelson because he's so strong,
Speaker 1: thirty five reps on the bench, his his pedigree. You know,
Speaker 1: he's even listening to one of his teammates, Mike McGlinchey
Speaker 1: yesterday talking about him and exactly what he brings to
Speaker 1: the table and weekend and week out, how consistent he
Speaker 1: was for that line. Now, where does that translate? How
Speaker 1: does that translate the NFL? We have to wait and see,
Speaker 1: but he certainly has the intangibles you look for. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Nelson really stri me Larry as your kind of guy,
Speaker 1: because when he was talking to the media, he said,
Speaker 1: I like to dominate. I like to take away my
Speaker 1: opponent's will to play each play, and I consider myself
Speaker 1: a nasty player that that that's your kind of guy,
Speaker 1: not only a go for the throw player, but a
Speaker 1: go for the throat player with ability. Like it's one thing,
Speaker 1: all those things you mentioned. It's one thing to want
Speaker 1: to do those things. It's quite another to be able
Speaker 1: to do them at the next level. And Nelson can
Speaker 1: do that. And I gotta tell you this, So, could
Speaker 1: you imagine the collective side of disappointment If Brian good
Speaker 1: came down after the Packers make their first back and
Speaker 1: say we selected an offensive guard. People will go, I
Speaker 1: mean everybody they want to start up pass rush or
Speaker 1: or a kid have been intercept passes right line. But
Speaker 1: could you imagine the collective breath of the support. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: and and if if Quentin Nelson is there at number fourteen,
Speaker 1: I think that would be a shock. And I would
Speaker 1: actually be surprised if the Packers would pass on him,
Speaker 1: But I'd be even more surprised if he's even there
Speaker 1: for the opportunity. And you look at the history of
Speaker 1: his Larry points out, I mean Lane Taylor one of
Speaker 1: the best in the business right now. At left guard
Speaker 1: was as written about numerous times. I believe it was
Speaker 1: the forty one offensive there was forty one of them
Speaker 1: taken into those A thirteen and he wasn't even one
Speaker 1: of those. And sometimes you just find guys that just
Speaker 1: fit in in. From Taylor's perspective back then, I think
Speaker 1: one of the concerns was the athleticism side of it,
Speaker 1: but also the fact that most of your top offensive
Speaker 1: lineman in college are playing a tackle position. You look
Speaker 1: at t J. Lang when he was at Eastern Michigan,
Speaker 1: Josh Sitton, guys that ended up making that switch, so
Speaker 1: you don't always look for the prototype in terms of
Speaker 1: that guard position. Yeah. Well, with that, we've got to
Speaker 1: call it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted
Speaker 1: from the NFL Scouting Combine. We will have one more
Speaker 1: on location episode for you, so be sure to stay
Speaker 1: tuned for that. For Larry and Mike and West. Thanks
Speaker 1: for tuning in everybody. We'll see you next time. H
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