Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting alongside my trusted colleague Wes Hodkuwitz.
Speaker 1: Were coming to you here from our studios at Lambeo
Speaker 1: Field and West were another day closer to Packers Cowboys
Speaker 1: Sunday in Dallas, a T and T Stadium, Central time kickoff.
Speaker 1: Pretty much a nationally televised game from what I understand
Speaker 1: pretty much about it, but the whole country is gonna
Speaker 1: see this one in a really neat little part of
Speaker 1: that as well. I was confirming this with our boss,
Speaker 1: Duke Bober. It actually will be. You can be streamed
Speaker 1: live online as well, because it's open to the entire
Speaker 1: national viewing public as well. A lot of eyeballs on
Speaker 1: this game, Yes, they're will be a lot of eyeballs
Speaker 1: on this game, and for good reason. Not just because
Speaker 1: of the Packers and the Cowboys and their fan bases.
Speaker 1: But it's two teams that are three and one and
Speaker 1: one of these teams, both of these teams fighting to
Speaker 1: get to four and one. One of them will get there.
Speaker 1: And with regards to the Packers, as Green Baby began
Speaker 1: its practice week on Wednesday, to prepare for this game.
Speaker 1: Some good news on the injury front in that right
Speaker 1: tackle Brian Blaga was back on the practice field limited
Speaker 1: capacity due to the shoulder injury, but having him back
Speaker 1: at practice with a lot of uncertainty elsewhere. And we'll
Speaker 1: get into some of the ramifications here as well, but
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams didn't practice. He's in the concussion protocol. Davante
Speaker 1: Adams did not practice, still dealing with the toe injury.
Speaker 1: The fact that the fact that Blaga was back out
Speaker 1: there and you can go into a really really tough
Speaker 1: road environment with those two book ends potentially in box
Speaker 1: tr and Bolaga to handle those edge rushers Robert Quinn
Speaker 1: and to Marcus Lawrence, that could be a really really
Speaker 1: big factor in this game for Green Bay. On equivocally,
Speaker 1: I mean it's going to be critical, I think for
Speaker 1: the Packers to have Bulaga available. Now we're shooting this
Speaker 1: before Thursday's padded practice. We see exactly what he's able
Speaker 1: to do if he's able to go for that. But
Speaker 1: the fact when you're coming off an injury that sidelines
Speaker 1: you for the rest of the ballgame. You and I
Speaker 1: have been doing this long enough, you don't always anticipate
Speaker 1: seeing those guys at Wednesday's practice and Bilaga was out there.
Speaker 1: And you know, I was talking a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: ago when I wrote the story about him, and we
Speaker 1: were discussing some of the history of him in Green Bay.
Speaker 1: I mean, I really think his toughness gets overlooked by
Speaker 1: a lot of people and what he's played through. There
Speaker 1: have been some injuries, but he's also played at a
Speaker 1: pretty high level through uh, you know, a course of
Speaker 1: different setbacks. So right now, I tip my cap to
Speaker 1: Alex lde. I thought he did a really nice job
Speaker 1: trying to come in there allowing the packers other for
Speaker 1: offensive linemen to stay in their best spot. But everybody knows,
Speaker 1: I mean, this line is at its best when Brian
Speaker 1: blog is available, and in that environment, with the communication
Speaker 1: issues that could be in play with how allowed it
Speaker 1: gets within in a T and T stadium, I think
Speaker 1: could be really important for them to have Blogger for
Speaker 1: this one. Yeah, and you said that his toughness can
Speaker 1: get overlooked at times, because he is a guy who
Speaker 1: in the course of his career has missed some time
Speaker 1: with significant injuries. But what's gotten overlooked are the times
Speaker 1: that he has played through a lot of things that
Speaker 1: would sideline other players, and Aaron Rodgers commented on this
Speaker 1: Wednesday after practice that he gives Brian Bulaga a lot
Speaker 1: of credit for the things that he has fought through
Speaker 1: over the years to be out there to help the team.
Speaker 1: It's it's certainly a pride thing with him. It's a
Speaker 1: pride thing for a lot of players in the locker
Speaker 1: room to do whatever it takes to get ready to go.
Speaker 1: But Rogers specifically pointed out Bolaga and Davante Adams in
Speaker 1: this respect, because even as Adams has not yet returned
Speaker 1: to the practice field, nobody is necessarily ruling him out
Speaker 1: quite yet for Sunday. It's still a wait and see
Speaker 1: thing there. And Rogers said, they're just some guys who
Speaker 1: are who are born with the type of toughness, the
Speaker 1: type of dedication and the personal drive that they will
Speaker 1: do whatever it takes to get out there. And uh,
Speaker 1: and he certainly complimented both Bolaga and Adams on that
Speaker 1: aspect of what they bring to the locker room. Yeah,
Speaker 1: so two different things here. If blog is able to
Speaker 1: go on, Sundy will actually his hundred career start already.
Speaker 1: Regular season started, so a nice little feather in his
Speaker 1: cap being able to accomplish that from Davante Adams, It's
Speaker 1: very interesting when you look at his story what has
Speaker 1: become his story over the last five years. You it
Speaker 1: is impossible to beat the horse anymore dead than it
Speaker 1: already is about what happened in two thousand. There is
Speaker 1: no moisture left in that thing. I mean, it is done.
Speaker 1: But the one thing that very few people talk about
Speaker 1: is what he battled through that year. Then. First I
Speaker 1: believe it was the ankle, then it was the knee injury,
Speaker 1: and I think it was Rogers even comments and he
Speaker 1: basically was playing on one leg for most of that season.
Speaker 1: But yet he went out there and not once a
Speaker 1: of than what the injury report said. Not once did
Speaker 1: he ever go to his locker and make excuses about it,
Speaker 1: never said it was an issue until the following year.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean, would it surprise me if you played.
Speaker 1: Absolutely not. I mean, because I think he's put that
Speaker 1: out there that, you know what, he'll lay it on
Speaker 1: the line for the team. What the Packers have to
Speaker 1: balance here is trying to get him healthy as possible
Speaker 1: as soon as possible, because we're still another month away,
Speaker 1: actually about five weeks away, I think from the byeway
Speaker 1: from the bye weekend, So there is a lot of
Speaker 1: ground to cover here. There are some road trips coming in,
Speaker 1: you get the extra day coming after this, you know,
Speaker 1: going into the Troy game. But you know you've got
Speaker 1: to be smart with Davante Adams too, So seeing exactly
Speaker 1: what that plan is going to be. I know a
Speaker 1: lot of the young guys in the locker room at
Speaker 1: that position talking about if we need to step up,
Speaker 1: we're ready to do it because you know, you want
Speaker 1: to have Davonte Ams for this game, but you also
Speaker 1: want to have him for the whole season. That's the
Speaker 1: question the Packers will have to answer going into Sunday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: well that will be the interesting thing as this game
Speaker 1: unfolds on Sunday with regards to you set some of
Speaker 1: these younger skill position players who don't have a lot
Speaker 1: of experience, but potentially we'll be called upon at the
Speaker 1: receiver position if Adams can't play. You're looking at guys
Speaker 1: like Jake Kumero, who obviously played last year, but he's
Speaker 1: missed the last two games now, he hasn't really gotten
Speaker 1: a whole lot of snaps so far in twenty nineteen,
Speaker 1: and then the guys like Alan Lazard and Darius Shepard
Speaker 1: at wide receiver who are on the field down the
Speaker 1: stretch against the Philadelphia Eagles when Adams had exited with
Speaker 1: that toe injury, and then you look at the running
Speaker 1: back position. If Jamal Williams does not get cleared through
Speaker 1: the concussion protocol to be active for Sunday, Dexter Williams
Speaker 1: the rookie sixth round draft pick out of Notre Dame.
Speaker 1: He's been a healthy scratch the first four weeks. He's
Speaker 1: been one of the seven game day inactives when you
Speaker 1: pair the roster down from fifty three to forty six
Speaker 1: for game day. He has not been on a game
Speaker 1: day forty six yet, but signs certainly pointing to that
Speaker 1: very stink possibility, and he could get thrown under the
Speaker 1: fire right away, yeah, because you know, with with Williams,
Speaker 1: you're gonna want to be careful with that. Packers have
Speaker 1: not made any comment yet on what his forecast is.
Speaker 1: It's just nice to see him around the building. But
Speaker 1: concussion protocol is a concussion protocol, and he was a
Speaker 1: non participant on Wednesday, So that being said, it opened
Speaker 1: up a lot of opportunities for Dexter Williams to be
Speaker 1: that number two back right now to Aaron Jones. And
Speaker 1: you know, Williams is a very modest guy. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's not clamoring for snaps. He's saying he's staying ready
Speaker 1: if he needs to be ready. But the most poignant
Speaker 1: comments I felt were actually when we were chatting with
Speaker 1: Ben Sermons last week, the Packers running backs coach, on Friday,
Speaker 1: and he said, you know, you don't know until you know.
Speaker 1: You need to get him out in a game to
Speaker 1: actually see, okay, has he fully ingested everything, but from
Speaker 1: his bandage point in the classroom, seeing him in practice,
Speaker 1: he feels like he's seen a guy in the tour
Speaker 1: with his football i Q and what's being asked of
Speaker 1: him and his assignments. He says he doesn't have a
Speaker 1: concern with him right now with his pass protection. Certainly
Speaker 1: there are elements of his game. He's not a finished,
Speaker 1: polished product, but in terms of where he's come in
Speaker 1: the last four or five months, Sermons feels like it's significant.
Speaker 1: Make no mistakes, This is still the Aaron Jones Show,
Speaker 1: and it will be the Aaron Jones show on Sunday,
Speaker 1: but Jones played sixty six of seventy nine snaps last week.
Speaker 1: Danny vitally spelled him a little bit in a couple
Speaker 1: of third down situations, but for the most part, it
Speaker 1: was all Aaron Jones. You're gonna want to be smart
Speaker 1: with that. So if Dexter Williams needs to get called
Speaker 1: upon for a handful of snaps here, and they're even
Speaker 1: a designed run or two, that's gonna be something they're
Speaker 1: gonna need him to do. Because, to be perfectly honest
Speaker 1: with you, if you take away the past protection and
Speaker 1: some of the issues with his drops, I was really
Speaker 1: impressed with him as a runner, as a natural runner
Speaker 1: during the training camp. You could see the explosiveness as
Speaker 1: a really quick first step when he's running between the tackles.
Speaker 1: It's just finding the elements, the other elements of the
Speaker 1: game and rounding those out. Yeah, exactly, That's what I
Speaker 1: was going to say. It's about it's about rounding out
Speaker 1: those other facets for him to become a complete player,
Speaker 1: because when he's playing running back and taking and offs,
Speaker 1: he looks like he belongs. He's looked like he has
Speaker 1: belonged in the NFL from day one in that regard.
Speaker 1: But we saw through training camp in the preseason some
Speaker 1: issues with trying to catch passes out of the backfield,
Speaker 1: some issues with past protection. Those are the things that
Speaker 1: he needs to work on to get his game to
Speaker 1: the level where he has the complete trust of the
Speaker 1: offensive coaches. Of quarterback Aaron Rodgers. This is one of
Speaker 1: those things that to me is interesting, especially when you're
Speaker 1: talking about two defensive coaches for the Dallas Cowboys. I
Speaker 1: almost said the wrong team name there for the Dallas
Speaker 1: Cowboys who have been around a long time, been doing
Speaker 1: this a long time, and I'm talking about Rod Marinelli
Speaker 1: and Chris Richard, who are the coordinator play caller. However,
Speaker 1: you want to divide those duties between those two guys.
Speaker 1: But you just wonder, Okay, if they see Dexter Williams
Speaker 1: come into the huddle as the lone running back, they
Speaker 1: know this guy's a rookie, they know he hasn't been
Speaker 1: on a game day forty six. Does that prompt a
Speaker 1: blitz caller? What what are they going to do to
Speaker 1: test him? Because this game is all about matchups and
Speaker 1: the coordinators, the coaches who are calling plays and stuff.
Speaker 1: It's always about personnel. It's about who's in, who's in
Speaker 1: witch huddle and one are the matchups we can take
Speaker 1: advantage of. So you have to know that Dexter Williams
Speaker 1: is going to be honest, P's and Ques with blitz
Speaker 1: pick up. You can't just hope that you can put
Speaker 1: them in there and then they're not going to blitz,
Speaker 1: because there's a good chance they will. So this is
Speaker 1: what I like about Matt Lafleur's system, though Mike McCarthy
Speaker 1: at the end of it, a lot of times you
Speaker 1: needed those guys to be three down running backs because
Speaker 1: they wanted to stay with the no huddle. They wanted
Speaker 1: to be able to just stick with eleven personnel a
Speaker 1: lot of times, and okay, that's what you're running. With
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur. It's a lot more inviting I think for
Speaker 1: a young running back. That's no disrespect of McCarthy system.
Speaker 1: It worked great. But with the floor I think you
Speaker 1: can bring in Dexter Williams. You can have Danny Vitally
Speaker 1: in the backfield. You can run play action off of that.
Speaker 1: You can get the wheel route going again with Vitality,
Speaker 1: you can get the tight ends incorporated you can bring
Speaker 1: it in a little bit more than when it was
Speaker 1: really spread out pass pass protection at a premium shotgun
Speaker 1: pistol type formations. That's where I think you could get
Speaker 1: Williams going. And then the other aspect of it, too,
Speaker 1: is that Matt Lafleur is not He has no reservations whatsoever.
Speaker 1: If you followed the offense the last three weeks. He's
Speaker 1: willing to change personnel after first down, second down. He
Speaker 1: can mix and match there, whereas with McCarthy was a
Speaker 1: lot of times sitting in those same packages. And Okay,
Speaker 1: if you're the first down running back, you've got to
Speaker 1: be ready to be past protecting on third and three
Speaker 1: as well. So that is the one area that I
Speaker 1: think could allow dexter Williams to come in and maybe
Speaker 1: have a specific game plan role if he's if that's
Speaker 1: what they feel they want to do. The one aspect
Speaker 1: of it, though, as you point out, is you want
Speaker 1: to make sure there aren't those tells there when you
Speaker 1: do introduce a new player that Okay, this is what
Speaker 1: they're running and this is how they're going to try
Speaker 1: to do it right and and and then the other
Speaker 1: side is saying, okay, we know what they're gonna run
Speaker 1: if if there's a tendency involved there, so what's our
Speaker 1: best way to attack that and to get them out
Speaker 1: of that plan. So that's the kind of chess match
Speaker 1: that goes on throughout four quarters of NFL game. And
Speaker 1: just to touch quickly on the receiver situation, Let's say
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, Davante Adams doesn't go if I'm going
Speaker 1: to be Chris Richard or if I'm gonna be you know,
Speaker 1: Rod Marinell, you're looking at the scheme, I think the
Speaker 1: natural thing would be keeping more safety attention over to
Speaker 1: Marcus Veldees Scantling. Let's say they do that, because I
Speaker 1: think when you get Davante and MVS going at the
Speaker 1: same time, that's the danger, right because Davante can draw
Speaker 1: the extra tension and MVS can beat people one on
Speaker 1: one down the field. If that is the direction they go,
Speaker 1: And this is the scenario that plays out a lot
Speaker 1: of hypotheticals here. That's when it comes down to guys
Speaker 1: winning their one on ones. I don't care if you're
Speaker 1: a tight end. I don't care if you're a receiver.
Speaker 1: I don't care if you're Dexter Williams or Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: Danny Vitally, you have to win your one on one
Speaker 1: matchups in the run game, in the past game, and
Speaker 1: you have to be able to have multiple players step up.
Speaker 1: If they're gonna draw attention to one guy, that's gonna
Speaker 1: be the biggest key here, depending on exactly how this
Speaker 1: situation unfolds with Adams this week. Yeah, and another thing
Speaker 1: I want to mention too, with regards to the receivers.
Speaker 1: Darius Shephard, the undrafted rookie from North Dakota State. We
Speaker 1: all know the last what turned out to be the
Speaker 1: last play of the game against the Philadelphia Eagles, they
Speaker 1: were running a two man route with MVS and Shepherd
Speaker 1: and Rogers decided to go quick with the slant to MVS.
Speaker 1: The ball gets deflected up in the air, intercepted past
Speaker 1: interference probably, but it's water under the bridge. But Rogers
Speaker 1: said immediately after the game, Hey, if I hold the
Speaker 1: ball a tick longer, Darius Shepherd's wide open in the corner,
Speaker 1: we get that game tied up. You know we're going overtime.
Speaker 1: Larry McCarron pointed out something in our Three Things video
Speaker 1: that we did after practice yesterday where he was looking
Speaker 1: at the film and saw a play late in the
Speaker 1: game where Shepherd was at receiver after Adams had exited
Speaker 1: the game, and it was a play that was an
Speaker 1: incomplete pass to Geronimo Whiles, and he was the primary read.
Speaker 1: Rogers went there right away and it was incomplete, but
Speaker 1: Darius Shepherd had completely beaten his man and was opened
Speaker 1: down the seam. Now, the reason I point that out
Speaker 1: is because when it comes to the film room, Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers doesn't miss a thing he knows on that play
Speaker 1: now heading into Dallas, on that play, that formation that
Speaker 1: Darius Shepherd beat his man and was open and so
Speaker 1: and then obviously, as I mentioned before, the last play
Speaker 1: of the game, he was open for the touchdown as well.
Speaker 1: Those are the kinds of things that Aaron Rodgers files
Speaker 1: away in the back of his mind. And if Darius
Speaker 1: Shepherd is thrown into a significant role in the game
Speaker 1: on Sunday, those are the types of plays that Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers will be thinking about. It's a great point, obviously,
Speaker 1: a wonderful observation from Larry as well, bringing being able
Speaker 1: to you know, kind of pinpoint that this is also
Speaker 1: what makes I think Geroni Way Allison so valuable to
Speaker 1: this offense and what they want to do. We talked
Speaker 1: all offseason about him being in the slot, but he
Speaker 1: can play boundary, you know, perimeter as well, So that
Speaker 1: allows you to potentially mix and match their go with
Speaker 1: Shepherd more in the slot, because I think you we'd
Speaker 1: all agree that that's where he's probably gonna make his
Speaker 1: money in this league, is operating, and that that proxy
Speaker 1: those close proximity, close quarters. And I dude, we saw
Speaker 1: it all summer long. I mean, yes, you have to
Speaker 1: keep into account in these preseason games the type of
Speaker 1: competition he was facing. But Darius Shepard was with the
Speaker 1: one offense, you know, basically from O. T. A. S on.
Speaker 1: He was getting rotated in there. He did it throughout
Speaker 1: training camp. He knows what it's like to be in
Speaker 1: there against the likes of Tremont Williams and Jr. Alexander
Speaker 1: and the upper echelon of that position in this league.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say this right now, if he ends up
Speaker 1: being called upon against Dallas or in these weeks to come,
Speaker 1: regardless of what the situation is with Adams, that situation
Speaker 1: is not gonna be too big for that young man. Yeah,
Speaker 1: here's another thing I want to get your opinion on
Speaker 1: quickly before we go today because I'm gonna potentially write
Speaker 1: about this a little bit later in the week. And
Speaker 1: what I'm talking about is the Packers run of success
Speaker 1: in that building, a T and T Stadium, whether you're
Speaker 1: talking about Super Bowl forty five, the Matt Flynn come
Speaker 1: back in thirteen, the playoff game at the in the
Speaker 1: sixteen postseason January of seen, and then the seventeen regular
Speaker 1: season game Packers have won four straight there. Now, the
Speaker 1: games in sixteen and seven ten are obviously the most
Speaker 1: recent ones. So when you're talking about guys like veteran
Speaker 1: guys like Corey Linsley, David Box, tr Brian Bulaga, Blake Martinez,
Speaker 1: Kenny Clark, guys like that who were part of those
Speaker 1: games and part of those big victories, I'm just curious
Speaker 1: what you're feeling is on how much confidence do guys
Speaker 1: like that walk into a building with when they're in
Speaker 1: a venue where they've experienced not just success, but significant,
Speaker 1: big victories. I'm just wondering, from a psyche standpoint, what
Speaker 1: does that do Because they're not going to stand there
Speaker 1: in the locker room and say, you know, to put
Speaker 1: something on the bulletin board for the Cowboys, like, yeah,
Speaker 1: we we definitely believe we walk in the building, we're
Speaker 1: gonna win the game. But I think there's something to it.
Speaker 1: I don't know, maybe there isn't. I'm gonna be careful
Speaker 1: with this analogy. Okay, I'm about to use, but I
Speaker 1: do want to make a point off it. I'm not
Speaker 1: trying to illustrate anything and taking out of context. But
Speaker 1: we like to walk our dog, Kevin. He's a wonderful
Speaker 1: little pup. We go over to Voyager Park. Okay, Kevin
Speaker 1: has certain areas of that park that he has been
Speaker 1: to before and he has maybe marked and he always
Speaker 1: darts for those same trees. I'm not trying to say
Speaker 1: that that's what the green Bay Packers have done, but
Speaker 1: there is a familiarity quite any here. There is a
Speaker 1: familiarity for a lot of those veterans with a T
Speaker 1: and T stadium and you cannot tell me. And this
Speaker 1: goes both ways. There's been places too. I mean, we
Speaker 1: talked about US Bank and how different Ford Field recently
Speaker 1: has been difficult, but there's a lot of positive memories
Speaker 1: right now for the Green Bay Packers and a T
Speaker 1: and T stadium, that venue. For those veteran players, it's
Speaker 1: not just victories, it's comebacks, it's emotional wins, it's playoff victories.
Speaker 1: They are as big and as important as they get
Speaker 1: in this league. And the number one player that's that
Speaker 1: stems from all that is Aaron Rodgers. He has seen
Speaker 1: it all, He's done it all in that stadium. And again,
Speaker 1: when you have that type of you know, recall experience.
Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's going to be decided the outcome
Speaker 1: in this game. We know that these things can shift
Speaker 1: on a dime, But in terms of confidence going in
Speaker 1: there and understanding the venue and knowing what you're looking for,
Speaker 1: there's a number of players in this team from different
Speaker 1: generations and versions of the Packers that have experienced that
Speaker 1: success in there and they want to taste it again
Speaker 1: on Sunday. Yeah. And the other thing Rogers pointed out
Speaker 1: to that I thought was interesting is in all of
Speaker 1: the Packers trips into that stadium. Obviously, the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: was a whole different uh can of worms, so to speak,
Speaker 1: because it wasn't against the Dallas Cowboys. It's the it's
Speaker 1: the crowd you know at a Super Bowl, but in
Speaker 1: the other the other games, one where Rodgers is on
Speaker 1: the sideline because Matt Flynn is playing, and then the
Speaker 1: other two. In recent years, there's been a pretty decent
Speaker 1: Packers following that that has you know, gotten its hands
Speaker 1: on tickets and and shown up. And the Packers have
Speaker 1: heard those fans at at a T and T stadium,
Speaker 1: Now that's a it's a huge stadium, massive crowd, and
Speaker 1: yes it gets loud in there, it doesn't get as
Speaker 1: loud as some of the more compact indoor stadiums. I
Speaker 1: think that we've that we've seen in the league just
Speaker 1: because the places is so massive. But those Packers fans
Speaker 1: have made themselves heard, and I think with the start
Speaker 1: the Packers have gotten off to this year, I would
Speaker 1: expect there will be a similar you know, Packer contingent
Speaker 1: in the stands on something. I think so, And especially
Speaker 1: since we have our Pepper Rally on Saturday night and
Speaker 1: everybody's gonna be revved up from getting their Mike Spofford autographs,
Speaker 1: so they're gonna want to go and here on the
Speaker 1: football team after that. Sure, No, But here's the other
Speaker 1: thing too, Mike. I mean, you've got snowbirds that that
Speaker 1: you know, lived down in the you know, South Arizona
Speaker 1: and those type of things, so it's a really easy,
Speaker 1: easy trip. There's people from Green Bay that enjoy making
Speaker 1: that little, that little jaunt uh south, especially as the
Speaker 1: temperatures start to cool off here. And then the other
Speaker 1: thing is to Dallas is a great area, Dallas, Arlington,
Speaker 1: all that that surrounding spot. I've always loved being down there.
Speaker 1: I've been to say, you know, San Antonio a couple
Speaker 1: of times. I mean, it's just neat experience, and especially
Speaker 1: with how much they appreciate football down there, and you
Speaker 1: are talking about all one of a kind stadium with
Speaker 1: the big fifty yard jumbo fifty yard wide jumbo tron
Speaker 1: in the middle of the field and the whole deal.
Speaker 1: It really is. It's an interesting place. What makes it
Speaker 1: so awesome, though, Mike, it's almost like a city unto
Speaker 1: itself when you get over by a T and T.
Speaker 1: This isn't There's so many places We go to Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: and they're wonderful stadiums, Hines Field and they are just
Speaker 1: they are smack dab downtown. I think Baltimore is like that.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of areas where it's just it's the
Speaker 1: stadium in the city, the way that they built a
Speaker 1: T and T. It's sort of just out by itself
Speaker 1: and next to the baseball Stags where but you're not
Speaker 1: in like downtown down for that reason. It's just it's
Speaker 1: it's like its own community. And the times I've been
Speaker 1: to the Press Gazette when I used to work there,
Speaker 1: we go out and we do periscopes and Facebook lives
Speaker 1: out in the crowd, you know, out in the parking lot,
Speaker 1: and it never was very contentious. It's always really inviting
Speaker 1: as bitter as that rival was back in the nineties,
Speaker 1: and I'm not saying it's still not heated now. It's
Speaker 1: just it's a really cool atmosphere be a part of.
Speaker 1: So if I'm a Packers fan, long answer to a
Speaker 1: short question, that's why I'd be interested in going that,
Speaker 1: just because it is such a cool experience. I think
Speaker 1: anyone should everyone should, you know, check out at least once. Well,
Speaker 1: I think for a week five early October NFL game.
Speaker 1: I think it's going to have quite the atmosphere. And
Speaker 1: as we started off talking about on the show, the
Speaker 1: whole country is going to get to see it, whether
Speaker 1: you're in the stadium, or whether you're at home, or
Speaker 1: whether you're riding a bus with your phone in your hand,
Speaker 1: you can catch this game, right, So there's gonna be
Speaker 1: a lot of a lot of fans watching this one
Speaker 1: for Hackers dot com, so you can check that one out.
Speaker 1: So what an era, Mike? Here we go all right?
Speaker 1: Well with that, we'll call it a wrap on this
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