Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford sitting alongside my trusted colleague West Hodkuits.
Speaker 1: We're coming to you here from our studios at lambeau
Speaker 1: Field and West. It's our final show of the week
Speaker 1: as we preview Packers Jets Sunday noon Central time kickoff
Speaker 1: from the Big Tin Can in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Speaker 1: And at the end of the week here that means
Speaker 1: keys to victory. So with the Jets at four and
Speaker 1: ten the Packers at five, eight and one, where do
Speaker 1: you want to start with? But make it real easy
Speaker 1: for you, Michael, Okay, The Green Bay Packers need to
Speaker 1: stop Sam Donald. They need to pressure Sam Donald. They
Speaker 1: need to be able to take away the football from
Speaker 1: Sam Donald. The big reason why year one, he's a
Speaker 1: rookie quarterback. That's what the game's like in the NFL.
Speaker 1: Even these guys that are going to have really bright careers,
Speaker 1: we know how difficult it is making that jump from
Speaker 1: the college level to the NFL. Donald's numbers are pretty
Speaker 1: distinctly different when you look at the games in which
Speaker 1: they won with him as a starting quarterback. They are
Speaker 1: three and one right now with him if he's gone
Speaker 1: over an ad passer rating, they are o N six
Speaker 1: with him as a starting quarterback when they fall beneath that.
Speaker 1: Fourteen touchdowns, fifteen interceptions on the season, fifty six point
Speaker 1: seven accuracy on his passes, so it's been a trying
Speaker 1: season for him as they try to find themselves offensively.
Speaker 1: They obviously already lost Isaiah Kwel for the season. He's
Speaker 1: out um. Offensively, they're trying to find themselves in as
Speaker 1: an identity. It seems like they're getting back home with
Speaker 1: Robby Anderson and being able to get him going again.
Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, the numbers are
Speaker 1: what they are. They don't lie. The Packers need to
Speaker 1: be able to take away the football from Sam Donald. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I think the Packers have to be careful in
Speaker 1: the sense of we've been talking all week long about
Speaker 1: the Packers motivations and wanting to finish strong and guys
Speaker 1: wanting to be the pros that they are. I think
Speaker 1: the Packers have to be careful not to us underestimated
Speaker 1: just how motivated this Jets tea could possibly be. Because
Speaker 1: when you talk about Sam Donald, this is a rookie
Speaker 1: quarterback who no matter what the Jets record is, he
Speaker 1: is taking the field every single time to prove I
Speaker 1: am the future of the franchise. I am the leader
Speaker 1: of the franchise. I need to live up to what
Speaker 1: this organization has invested in me with that very very
Speaker 1: high draft pick from last spring. And we saw last
Speaker 1: week the Houston Texans fell asleep a little bit. They
Speaker 1: got they got a sizeable lead, couple score lead, fell
Speaker 1: off the pace, so to speak. The Jets came all
Speaker 1: the way back on them and took the lead. Now
Speaker 1: that that was potentially a loss that would that would
Speaker 1: damage Houston's you know, playoff seating, playoff picture and everything.
Speaker 1: They got their act together in time to still and
Speaker 1: come back and win the game. But these rookie quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: and I don't care if you're talking about Josh Rosen
Speaker 1: and Arizona who the Packers saw a few weeks ago,
Speaker 1: or Sam Donald. Here with the Jets, this is going
Speaker 1: to be a motivated club, even though all the writing
Speaker 1: is on the wall that their head coach is probably
Speaker 1: out the door. Um the Jets are. The Jets are
Speaker 1: out to play every week, and they're out to beat
Speaker 1: you because because they are playing for the future with
Speaker 1: this quarterback. Well, and this is what I'm most interested
Speaker 1: to see. What Donald going into this game is a
Speaker 1: fact that statistically he's coming off a good performance against
Speaker 1: the Texans thirty eight passing for two fifty three, two touchdowns,
Speaker 1: no turnovers in that ball game for him, that's a
Speaker 1: real solid effort against a playoff team. Yeah, that was
Speaker 1: only the third time this year he's not had a
Speaker 1: turnover in a game, So that that's a great performance. Now,
Speaker 1: how do you follow that up after you lose that game?
Speaker 1: Does that further motivate you to be able to come
Speaker 1: out now you're you know, defend your home turf after
Speaker 1: you gave one up last week? Or is that kind
Speaker 1: of a backbreaker. You can see those things go either
Speaker 1: way for them. Definitely the big thing that they're going
Speaker 1: to have to do that they lacked last week because
Speaker 1: they they have to be able to establish a running
Speaker 1: game and they've just not been able to do that
Speaker 1: without Crowel. So for the Packers perspective, you're coming off
Speaker 1: a really solid performance despite not having Kenny Clark, Mike
Speaker 1: Daniels and all your the rest of your starters on
Speaker 1: that defensive line. They did a really solid job against
Speaker 1: Jordan Howard and company. They have to build upon that.
Speaker 1: So I think that seeing that specific, we can talk
Speaker 1: until we're blue in the face about Aaron Rodgers and
Speaker 1: Davante Adams and what this offense could do against their defense.
Speaker 1: But I think this game ultimately will be decided and
Speaker 1: how Mike Petton making his return to New York, how
Speaker 1: his unit really stands up to what the Jets offer offensively. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and when I look at this from a bigger picture perspective,
Speaker 1: and you know, we've talked about obviously the Packers trying
Speaker 1: to get their first road win of the year, not
Speaker 1: end the season winless on the road, and all of
Speaker 1: that and what that can mean for the young guys,
Speaker 1: especially the rookie class. In the locker room, we discussed
Speaker 1: all of that. You know, really for the Packers, it
Speaker 1: comes down to avoiding those lulls in the game, those
Speaker 1: those down spots. Now, every game is gonna have its
Speaker 1: ups and downs, but the whole key is is to
Speaker 1: not let those, you know, those down moments for the
Speaker 1: team affect you too much. And all you have to
Speaker 1: do is look at last week's game against Chicago, late
Speaker 1: second quarter the scores seven to three. The Packers have
Speaker 1: the ball. They have second and three deep in their
Speaker 1: own territory, looking to get a first down and then
Speaker 1: go into two minute mode and potentially get you know,
Speaker 1: either a touchdown and take the lead by half or
Speaker 1: maybe get a field goal get it to seven to six.
Speaker 1: From second and three. You have an incomplete pass and
Speaker 1: a run on third and three that comes up short.
Speaker 1: You pump the ball back to the Bears, and then
Speaker 1: at the same time the offense is just let you down.
Speaker 1: The defense lets you down and allows a touchdown drive.
Speaker 1: So instead of seven to six, you're down fourteen to
Speaker 1: three at the half. The same thing happened in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter. The Packers get the turnover, it's a tie game,
Speaker 1: but the offense goes three and out a huge letdown. Well,
Speaker 1: then the defense also has a letdown right after that
Speaker 1: as well and allows to go ahead touchdown drive. And
Speaker 1: so it's it's these it's these lulls in things that
Speaker 1: last for just a few minutes, one possession here or there,
Speaker 1: but they kind of end up becoming connected. And then
Speaker 1: that's how the Packers always find themselves behind, playing with
Speaker 1: their backs against the wall, so to speak on the road.
Speaker 1: You've got to find a way to stem the tide
Speaker 1: in those situations, whether it's converting on that third down
Speaker 1: on offense to keep the ball, or if the offense
Speaker 1: goes three and out, the defense has got to go
Speaker 1: out there and get the three and out and get
Speaker 1: the ball right back. And those are the kinds of
Speaker 1: things that have just that have plagued this team away
Speaker 1: from lambeau Field all season long. You'd like to see
Speaker 1: them get through a road game without having one of
Speaker 1: these significant dips in play where the momentum just completely
Speaker 1: shifts to the other team. Yeah, And I mean you said, Mike,
Speaker 1: you can take a number of different examples from this
Speaker 1: season with the Packers and when they've struggled with this.
Speaker 1: But I mean, I really do go back to that
Speaker 1: third quarter against Chicago and that you know, they just
Speaker 1: were able to get up, They had an answer, They
Speaker 1: looked good where things were heading after that Mason Crosby
Speaker 1: field goal, get some points after the half, and then
Speaker 1: you know, and then you also get the Jamal Williams touchdown.
Speaker 1: But then you get into the fourth quarter and things
Speaker 1: start to get away from you a little bit. You
Speaker 1: start to stall out a little bit. You get back
Speaker 1: to back three and notes and you saw how that
Speaker 1: change the course and the tide to that football game
Speaker 1: for the Packers and then conversely where the Bears were
Speaker 1: able to really separate. And to further my point, when
Speaker 1: you have the second three and out on offense, then
Speaker 1: your special teams lets you down and allows the long
Speaker 1: punt return that sets up more points for the Bears.
Speaker 1: It just seems like it seems like the letdowns, the
Speaker 1: letdowns compound themselves because they happen in multiple phases at
Speaker 1: the same time, and that's how the other team seizes
Speaker 1: it and uh, and it's really the biggest reason the
Speaker 1: Packers have not been able to win a road game.
Speaker 1: Davante Adams talked about it after the game too. There's
Speaker 1: just something about in that third quarter sometimes early fourth
Speaker 1: where you know, even though they had some really big
Speaker 1: comebacks earlier in the season, during those times the second
Speaker 1: half of the season, it's just been a grind for them.
Speaker 1: So yeah, if you're able to maintain that, I think
Speaker 1: that's gonna be really pivotal for the Packers in this matchup.
Speaker 1: And also the standpoint of it, I'm not taking anything
Speaker 1: away from the Jets, but they know what their season is,
Speaker 1: they know what their record says, So there is a
Speaker 1: gut check on their sideline as well to see exactly
Speaker 1: how much they're going to be up for this game,
Speaker 1: knowing some of the questions that may linger with their
Speaker 1: own coaching staff. So I think in this specific instance
Speaker 1: that this third quarter, some of those stalls, some of
Speaker 1: those those momentum swings, could really be tied to just
Speaker 1: simply which team once it more. And the Packers they
Speaker 1: they've outlined it, they've talked about it. They know where
Speaker 1: they're coming up short. They have to execute better on it.
Speaker 1: They have two more chances to do so at this
Speaker 1: game and then Detroit. Yeah, the and as we've talked
Speaker 1: about also all year long, this is a Packers team.
Speaker 1: I can't I can't remember a Packers team I've covered
Speaker 1: that didn't win two games in a row at so
Speaker 1: point during a season. And these last two games now
Speaker 1: are the last opportunity to do that. This team has
Speaker 1: not been able to put together a winning streak of
Speaker 1: any kind. Um, you know, a solid, fairly solid record
Speaker 1: at home, your five five, one and one at lant Field, right, Um,
Speaker 1: and we all know that one loss was it was
Speaker 1: an inexcusable one. But this team has one its share
Speaker 1: of games at home. But when you can't went on
Speaker 1: the road, you're not gonna be able to put together
Speaker 1: a winning streak. So you definitely like to see that
Speaker 1: um before this one wraps up. Um. You mentioned the
Speaker 1: just quickly eyeballing it. It looked like two thousand five
Speaker 1: was the last time they didn't and that was and
Speaker 1: that was a four and twelve season, which also was
Speaker 1: was the last time the Packers changed head coaches. So um,
Speaker 1: so that's yeah. You mentioned the Packers young defensive line
Speaker 1: and what it did against Chicago, especially against the run game.
Speaker 1: We had talked earlier this week. There were really only
Speaker 1: two running players that has had that kind of that
Speaker 1: kind of got away from him all the other all
Speaker 1: the other running plays the Bears attempted in that game,
Speaker 1: and the Packers really stood up to them. I think
Speaker 1: this game, as you alluded to earlier, because the Jets
Speaker 1: have struggled so much to get any kind of a
Speaker 1: run game going, this one kind of does come down
Speaker 1: to getting after the quarterback. Doesn't You've you've you've got
Speaker 1: to you've got to hurry Darnald you've got to get
Speaker 1: him off the spot, as they say. Now, he's athletic,
Speaker 1: he can run, he can he can make plays on
Speaker 1: the run, get out of the pocket and throw the ball.
Speaker 1: But um, I don't see the Jets necessarily being able
Speaker 1: to establish a real reliable run game the way the
Speaker 1: Packers are playing run defense right now, this game really
Speaker 1: is going to fall into Donald's hands. And then what
Speaker 1: the Packers do upfront to disrupt him, Well, I just
Speaker 1: looking quickly the last two games for the Jets, So
Speaker 1: two weeks ago two point eight yards per carry that
Speaker 1: actually ended up being in a win for them over
Speaker 1: the Bills. Uh. And then last week only two point
Speaker 1: nine on the ground. Uh. McGuire with only two point
Speaker 1: three yards per carry on eighteen attempts for forty two yards. Donald,
Speaker 1: like I mentioned before, he has some scrambling ability to
Speaker 1: he can he can sprinkle that in there. But I
Speaker 1: don't think it's the same level that Josh Allen has.
Speaker 1: I think it's more out of you know, having to
Speaker 1: do so when the play breaks down, as opposed to
Speaker 1: Alan who uses as a legitimate arsenal and his his
Speaker 1: uh you know, array of weapons. So yeah, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be an interesting match for the Packers, certainly, when I
Speaker 1: think when you drafted, at least when I drafted my
Speaker 1: fantasy football, they get to be in the year everybody
Speaker 1: thought it was Kroll. Well, I thought it was gonna
Speaker 1: be Ballal Powell hasn't worked out for them. They've had
Speaker 1: to go through a litany of injuries and different things here.
Speaker 1: So Yeah, to be honest with you, I don't know
Speaker 1: much about McGuire, but that's been their guy here the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, only averaging three point three yards
Speaker 1: per carry on the season. Uh So still looking for
Speaker 1: a breakout there, Packers hoping they can hold him off
Speaker 1: for another week. Yeah, Packers run game. On the flip
Speaker 1: side of things, Jamal Williams looks like he'll be the
Speaker 1: bell cow guy, the number one guy here, which is
Speaker 1: a role that he performed in a year when he
Speaker 1: was called upon. Had some really solid performances against Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: I remember on the road the home game against Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay was very solid, very productive there. Um one of
Speaker 1: his backups. An interesting story to uh to tell here.
Speaker 1: The Packers recently claiming Capri Bibbs, if I'm saying that correctly,
Speaker 1: off waivers from Washington, a running back from the Chicago area,
Speaker 1: went to a couple of junior colleges, ended up at
Speaker 1: Colorado State University, made his way into the NFL's an
Speaker 1: undrafted player. The Packers now his third NFL team, but
Speaker 1: um not a Bears fan growing up in Chicago, a
Speaker 1: Packers fan. Tell us the story that you got from
Speaker 1: him in the locker room this week, Yeah, pretty interesting one.
Speaker 1: That's also kind of cool as uh, Bibbs actually has
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl ring too. He ended up getting one
Speaker 1: with the practice squad most of that season, but did
Speaker 1: manage to get one. And he's this is actually his
Speaker 1: fifth NFL season, only three in terms of you know,
Speaker 1: a crude seasons, but he's been in the league since
Speaker 1: two thousand and fourteen, and this year had been pretty
Speaker 1: effective with Washington, had been you know, over I believe
Speaker 1: it was over two hundred total yards on in four touchdowns.
Speaker 1: So you know, he was obviously disappointed. And when last
Speaker 1: week they told him he was going to be getting
Speaker 1: his release, they wanted to go another direction with their
Speaker 1: running game and exposed him to waivers. As it turns out,
Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers claimed him, and if she just
Speaker 1: getting a chance to talk to Bibbs. I knew some
Speaker 1: other beat writers that covered him, and they talked very
Speaker 1: glowingly about him and just how extroverted he is and
Speaker 1: how much of a conversation is he is. But I
Speaker 1: mean him going into his background with the Green Bay Packers,
Speaker 1: to be honest with you, Mike, and eight years doing this,
Speaker 1: I don't know if I've covered anyone that's been as
Speaker 1: big of a Packers fan as this guy is. And yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean this is a kid who was as a teenager,
Speaker 1: as a as a grade schooler, even was walking the
Speaker 1: streets of Chicago wearing his Packers game. I mean it
Speaker 1: takes some guts. Yeah, a mile and a half going
Speaker 1: to school every day, he said, wearing a Packers because
Speaker 1: his mom the first game she ever went to was
Speaker 1: a Packers game. She became a Packers fan, raised him
Speaker 1: as a Packers fan, and he told this amazing story.
Speaker 1: You know, he was a huge Brett Farve love that
Speaker 1: whole era. He was a little bit after Super Bowl
Speaker 1: thirty one, but he knows of the allure of Farve.
Speaker 1: So two thousand seven comes around, this is like his
Speaker 1: first big chance that you know, then making the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl and he's sitting in their house on that night,
Speaker 1: January two thousand and eight, and he's watching this game.
Speaker 1: And he's a big football player. He loves football, and
Speaker 1: he's like, you know what, I want to feel what
Speaker 1: the players feel. So what does he do? He shuts
Speaker 1: off the family's heat, opens up the windows, takes his
Speaker 1: shirt off and sitting there and shorts in front of
Speaker 1: the television, embracing the moment like the Packers had to
Speaker 1: embrace it in a negative one degree kickoff here at
Speaker 1: lambeau Field. Just an amazing story. He did mention his
Speaker 1: family was not too pleased about that, but he told
Speaker 1: him it's time to cheer for the Packers. That's what
Speaker 1: I'm gonna do. But it's amazing listening to him because
Speaker 1: I mean, he talks so fervently about Sam Shields and
Speaker 1: Nick Collins and you know, and how he wanted to
Speaker 1: go up to Clay Matthews after the game in Washington
Speaker 1: asked for his jersey and didn't really have the guts
Speaker 1: to do it. Hesitated, and then Matthews was gone. His
Speaker 1: two favorite quarterbacks of all time are far Vin Rogers,
Speaker 1: and it was interesting for a guy that has won
Speaker 1: a Super Bowl, has been in the locker room with
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning and and has really became good friends with
Speaker 1: Adrian Peterson this year, Vaughan Miller. The list goes on
Speaker 1: and on of these all pro Hall of Fame type
Speaker 1: players he's played with. And it's not nothing against Clay
Speaker 1: Matthews and a Rogers, but these are the guys that
Speaker 1: really have him with his jaw on the floor and
Speaker 1: uh yeah, Now now he knows there's a big opportunity here.
Speaker 1: He has a number twenty two jersey. He finally has
Speaker 1: his first Packers jersey with his name on it, and
Speaker 1: he knows what's on the line here the next two weeks.
Speaker 1: Jamal Williams is the featured back. He knows it's his
Speaker 1: job to spell him, but that's it. Danny Vitally, the fullback,
Speaker 1: is the other guy. Otherwise, if they need to change
Speaker 1: the pace, it's Bibbs and Bibbs who's going to be
Speaker 1: a free agent at the end of the season. He
Speaker 1: said he's ready for the opportunity if it presents itself. Yeah,
Speaker 1: you can't help but smile and laugh a little bit.
Speaker 1: Thinking back to that two thousand seven and FC Championship
Speaker 1: against the New York Giants. The windshills are in the
Speaker 1: minus twenties. Here at lambeau Field, the the enduring image
Speaker 1: is that red face of Tom Coughlin, you know. And
Speaker 1: when I think about that, and here this teenage Packer
Speaker 1: fan fan, how old teenage Packer fans sitting in Chicago
Speaker 1: without a shirt on, with the windows open and the
Speaker 1: heat shut off in the house. And what did you say? You?
Speaker 1: You looked it up on in Chicago that night. So
Speaker 1: a touch warmer than it was in Green Bay, but
Speaker 1: not a whole heck of a lot. What would mon
Speaker 1: Possofford have done if you would have did that back
Speaker 1: in the day. Um, yeah, you'd have been watching the
Speaker 1: game outside on the radio or listening to the instant
Speaker 1: the instant the heat would have been shut off. It
Speaker 1: would have been turned right back. Here's the part of
Speaker 1: it that I love. Though he didn't turn off the heat,
Speaker 1: he opened up the wind. So it's like, not only
Speaker 1: do you for you give up the heat that you
Speaker 1: had in the house, You're you're just letting it out. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Exactly a really fun story, but just a really interesting
Speaker 1: guy and and very motivated to show he belongs, he
Speaker 1: knows that this was a big year for him. He
Speaker 1: knows what comes after this in terms of free agency.
Speaker 1: He was looking up places where he could potentially go.
Speaker 1: He was hoping it would be Green Bay, and as
Speaker 1: it turned out, they gave him a two weekhead start. Alrighty, well,
Speaker 1: before we go here, West, let's take a quick look
Speaker 1: at what else is going on around the NFL here
Speaker 1: in week sixteen. Actually in the a f C, A
Speaker 1: really interesting game on Saturday night that will beyond the
Speaker 1: TV when we're in our hotel rooms in I'll be
Speaker 1: in New York City with the Oh you're gonna be
Speaker 1: partying it up on down and times I gotta go.
Speaker 1: I have to. I've only been there twice and I
Speaker 1: blew it the first time we were there. Ahead, but
Speaker 1: that that Chargers versus Ravens Saturday night UM game with
Speaker 1: a lot of playoff implications in the a f C.
Speaker 1: Looking at things in the NFC coming up this weekend.
Speaker 1: UM New Orleans Saints trying to hang onto that number
Speaker 1: one seed. They've got a big one at home against
Speaker 1: the Pittsburgh Steelers. You don't see the Packers obviously playing
Speaker 1: the Jets. You don't see a whole lot of these
Speaker 1: cross conference games this late in the year, but Pittsburgh
Speaker 1: against New Orleans in week sixteen is definitely one to
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on. And then um by the
Speaker 1: same token Sunday night Kansas Kansas City at Seattle, another
Speaker 1: cross conference game between two teams jockeying for playoff position
Speaker 1: and their respective conferences. Some really interesting games on the
Speaker 1: slate this weekend in the NFL. Well, first off, how
Speaker 1: difficult was the Steelers schedule this year? I mean, my goodness.
Speaker 1: They had to go through the gauntlet to get to
Speaker 1: eight five and one, and then they end up dropping
Speaker 1: that one two weeks ago everyone thought they should win.
Speaker 1: They bounced back, and now you've got to go down.
Speaker 1: So you have to go to the super Dome in
Speaker 1: New Orleans, so the House of the Rising Sun. They're
Speaker 1: seeing if Ben Roethlisberg can work some magic. Uh. To
Speaker 1: be being honest, though, the game that intrigues me the
Speaker 1: most as Seattle, because they've been on this run. They
Speaker 1: were able mostly been able to get on this run
Speaker 1: since that law, since beating the Packers, but they stumbled,
Speaker 1: stumbled big time last week in Francisco, lost to the
Speaker 1: forty Niners for the first time in five years, and
Speaker 1: now suddenly, you know, two weeks to go, they're not
Speaker 1: exactly secure exactly they want to be. And now you've
Speaker 1: got Kansas City who's coming off of a loss. They're
Speaker 1: looking to avenge that and get some of their momentum back.
Speaker 1: I think those two games are gonna be really interesting.
Speaker 1: And then also you know seeing these other teams, these
Speaker 1: fringe teams, Mike, the Philadelphia hosting Houston, can they do
Speaker 1: something there? Can get trying to hang in with Nick
Speaker 1: Foles coming off of that big road win in prime
Speaker 1: time out in Los Angeles against the Rams. The Nick
Speaker 1: Foles magic is they're trying to crank it up again,
Speaker 1: and you're going up against one of the hottest teams
Speaker 1: in the league right now. And then Washington traveling down
Speaker 1: with Josh Johnson trying to keep their playoffs alive. So yeah,
Speaker 1: just the very intriguing slate of games to see how
Speaker 1: this all shuffles out. It Actually it's kind of weird, Mike,
Speaker 1: and that basically I was looking at the schedule or today.
Speaker 1: I mean, with a few exceptions like the Rams and Cardinals,
Speaker 1: Denver in the in the Raiders, a lot of these
Speaker 1: are like all these are paired up pretty well in
Speaker 1: terms of like the playoff in locations, division title implications.
Speaker 1: As these postseasons tries to seat itself out well, I
Speaker 1: have a feeling as we go into next week, we're
Speaker 1: going to be talking about, especially in the NFC, with
Speaker 1: those two wild card spots, we could really be talking
Speaker 1: about some crazy, you know, out of this world scenarios
Speaker 1: with multiple teams still involved. But we'll have to see
Speaker 1: what happens this weekend and where everybody stands with one
Speaker 1: game to go. Yeah, and then the other thing you
Speaker 1: wonder too is like, you know, look at that Pittsburgh game.
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh's trying to claud its way in there. If you
Speaker 1: can go and beat New Orleans at home, what does
Speaker 1: that do to New Orleans? What does that do for you?
Speaker 1: I think sometimes that narrative gets overblown in terms of
Speaker 1: like peeking at the right time everything. It just matters
Speaker 1: how you play in that first playoff game, then you
Speaker 1: determine where you're going to go from That decides whether
Speaker 1: you're kind of rolling or not. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: the fewer questions that you have in the back of
Speaker 1: your mind going into the playoffs, I think a lot
Speaker 1: of times helps you with in terms of confidence and
Speaker 1: being able to play to what level you feel you're
Speaker 1: capable of. Yeah, I would agree with that. For now,
Speaker 1: we're going to call it a wrap on this edition
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