Speaker 1: Hi everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting alongside my partner in crime,
Speaker 1: West Hodkowits were coming to you here from our studios
Speaker 1: at Lambo Field. West were another day closer to the
Speaker 1: big Week sixteen Monday night football showdown at us Bank
Speaker 1: Stadium between the Packers and the Vikings that will be
Speaker 1: in prime time obviously Monday night. As I I was
Speaker 1: thinking about this game before we turned on the cameras
Speaker 1: to start the show, all these different matchups started going
Speaker 1: through my This is this Packers Vikings showdown as a
Speaker 1: game of matchups. There's going to be some really intriguing
Speaker 1: one on one type of battles to keep an eye on.
Speaker 1: So let's just work our way through some of them.
Speaker 1: What's the first one that comes to mind for you?
Speaker 1: So there's a couple, right, and I think we're gonna
Speaker 1: probably take some time here and go through all of
Speaker 1: them throughout this show. But I would be remiss my tendencies.
Speaker 1: I want to say Stefan Diggs, right, But I think
Speaker 1: we gotta go back and we gotta remember that Week
Speaker 1: two game and remember some of the storylines that came
Speaker 1: out of that Kenny Clark ate Garrett Bradberry's lunch in
Speaker 1: that game. That was a big reason for the disruption
Speaker 1: they were able to cause and being able to get
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins off his spot. Now, Bradberry is a rookie,
Speaker 1: he's matched, he's matured, he's gone through this whole season,
Speaker 1: so he's in a different place now, I think than
Speaker 1: he was in Week two when he was playing his
Speaker 1: first road game. So seeing how that matchup plays out,
Speaker 1: because you've got Kenny Clark now who's playing some of
Speaker 1: his best football the year, going up against Bradberry, who's
Speaker 1: settled in with I think an offensive line that people
Speaker 1: generally would consider to be improved from Minnesota this season.
Speaker 1: I think that's just one little thing in terms of, like,
Speaker 1: if you're talking about the follow up to that Week
Speaker 1: two game, that's gonna be one to track, but I
Speaker 1: would be I mean, it is Stefan Diggs, how the
Speaker 1: Packers want to defend him, What exactly the utilization is
Speaker 1: going to be of him in this fence from Minnesota.
Speaker 1: You talked about it on yesterday's show. I mean the
Speaker 1: effect he's had, how successful he's been, and just the
Speaker 1: day one to today, consistency of his production has been
Speaker 1: a real problem. It's been one of the reasons too,
Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins has been able to get into this
Speaker 1: groove after both of them worked through a few things
Speaker 1: earlier this season. Yeah. I know neither you nor I
Speaker 1: is in the defensive meeting game planning room here, but
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna toss this out there. We know it's
Speaker 1: Stefon Diggs and Adam Theland, and we know there's Jairo, Alexander,
Speaker 1: Kevin King, and Tremont Williams as the top three cornerbacks
Speaker 1: for the Packers in this mix, do you think Mike
Speaker 1: Petton wants to match up, you know, match guys one
Speaker 1: on one and and travel around or do you think
Speaker 1: he wants to keep guys on certain sides and see
Speaker 1: where it falls so that Alexander will get snaps against
Speaker 1: both of those guys, for example? Do you have any
Speaker 1: gut feeling as to how this might go? I have,
Speaker 1: So I call it select matching, right, because I think
Speaker 1: you could take jayre and I think something that I
Speaker 1: really would like to see them do this final stretch
Speaker 1: of the season is really match him up with guys.
Speaker 1: So whether it not it's digs, whether or not it's
Speaker 1: Gola day, and then certainly whatever happens in a potential
Speaker 1: playoff run here. But at the same time, I think
Speaker 1: with when theels in the slot, I'm fine with Tremont
Speaker 1: Williams being the guy, maybe covered him with some help
Speaker 1: over the top gian here. I just I've said this
Speaker 1: a couple of times now, Mike, but I just think
Speaker 1: he's graduated to a role now where he can handle
Speaker 1: just being on a star receiver and being accountable to
Speaker 1: that assignment where he doesn't need the extra helper attention,
Speaker 1: and that's so valuable in this league. I think Sam
Speaker 1: Shields when he was at the peak of his power,
Speaker 1: probably two thousand fourteen, that's where he was really good, right.
Speaker 1: I mean they could they could take him and they
Speaker 1: could put him against Calvin Johnson. They could just have
Speaker 1: him matchups against specific receivers and he'd be just fine. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Al Harris was a similar guy sort of in the
Speaker 1: previous generation of the Packers defense. You might say, I
Speaker 1: just think it'll be really interesting to see because theeling
Speaker 1: is back from his injuries, missed a bunch of time
Speaker 1: in and out of the lineup with hamstring issue, but
Speaker 1: with Digs and Feeland both on the field and with
Speaker 1: with how the Packers are going to match up there,
Speaker 1: I do think I think Alexander obviously has risen to
Speaker 1: a level. As you say that that puts him in
Speaker 1: a little bit different category than maybe the Packers have
Speaker 1: had at cornerback over the last couple of years. And
Speaker 1: and that's a that's a nice piece for a defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator to have, and especially at his young age. Mike,
Speaker 1: you talked about l Harris. L Harris was in the
Speaker 1: league for four or five years before he became an
Speaker 1: entrenched starter. Sam Shields was in the league for three
Speaker 1: or four years before he became an in trench starter.
Speaker 1: We're talking about three year old young man that has
Speaker 1: been thrown into that and really does not back down
Speaker 1: from it. He's a heads up player, he's a smart player.
Speaker 1: He plays with his instincts and that's what completes him.
Speaker 1: It isn't that he's just fast and quick and you know, athletic.
Speaker 1: It's what JayR does during the week and in the
Speaker 1: classroom that has allowed him to become the player that
Speaker 1: he's going to be. Because he's on a really solid
Speaker 1: upward trajectory right now to being a lead. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: obviously you mentioned one of the matchups in the trenches,
Speaker 1: Kenny Clark against Garrett Bradberry. I think the other one
Speaker 1: or ones that people are certainly going to be talking about.
Speaker 1: We mentioned Daniel Hunter quite a bit on the show yesterday,
Speaker 1: Hunter against Blaga on one edge, Everson Griffin against David
Speaker 1: Baktier on the other edge. And these are matchups that
Speaker 1: are really really key for the Packers in this game
Speaker 1: because the Packers offensive tackles you're on the road, the
Speaker 1: tackles are the guys furthest away from the ball sort
Speaker 1: of on the island where those those edge rushers have
Speaker 1: that advantage with the crowd noise and the silent count
Speaker 1: by the offense all that kind of stuff. So this
Speaker 1: becomes a huge task. And we've seen it West, I
Speaker 1: mean so many times, and not just the Packers, but
Speaker 1: anytime the Minnesota Vikings play at home. If if those
Speaker 1: edge rushers start to take control of the game, they
Speaker 1: get they get the sacks and sometimes it's sack fumbles,
Speaker 1: and they just they can just completely stymy and offense
Speaker 1: with what they can do off the edges, and the
Speaker 1: Packers have of their three time All Pro and now
Speaker 1: Pro bowler David Battier against the snubbed Brian blaga Um.
Speaker 1: This is just a really really big game for both
Speaker 1: of those guys, it is, and that's one of the
Speaker 1: reasons why. And you talked about it on the show,
Speaker 1: and you wrote about inbox and I made a headline
Speaker 1: out of it an Inbox the the NFC man that
Speaker 1: NFC North just doesn't really get a lot of respect,
Speaker 1: and I never understood that. As much as I'm sure
Speaker 1: fans like to beat up on each other about the
Speaker 1: Vikings and Bears and Lions, NFC North has been pretty
Speaker 1: darned good for the past decade, and there's been more
Speaker 1: often than not there's been a wild card team that's
Speaker 1: come out of this division in some cases too. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's just the way this thing plays out. And with
Speaker 1: that has come a lot of really good pass rushures
Speaker 1: because when Aaron Rodgers is a predominant player in your division,
Speaker 1: you have to be able to pressure. The Bears did
Speaker 1: that with Khalil Mack and this these bevy of pass
Speaker 1: rushers that the Vikings have had over the last ten
Speaker 1: to fifteen years, it really speaks to that. So for
Speaker 1: Brian Bouloga to be consistently facing off against that caliber
Speaker 1: of opponent. Yeah, I don't want to get back into
Speaker 1: why he got snubbed and all that. We've discussed that enough.
Speaker 1: But the fact that the Packers can go into a
Speaker 1: game like this and they do it twice a year
Speaker 1: against Minnesota and always feel okay about their chances, that's
Speaker 1: a really testament. That's a big testament to him and
Speaker 1: David baktr and the rest of that offensive line for
Speaker 1: being able to make sure that their quarterback is protective. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't want to revisit all the Pro Bowl thing,
Speaker 1: the whole Pro Bowl thing, either, but I will throw
Speaker 1: this out there because it just occurred to me maybe
Speaker 1: Brian Bolaga didn't get any recognition in the whole Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl thing because he hasn't signed a new contract for
Speaker 1: five years. He's in the last year of a five
Speaker 1: year extension, so there haven't been any headlines out there
Speaker 1: about Brian Bolagga getting paid all this money. You know,
Speaker 1: I just I just think maybe that was part of it,
Speaker 1: and that's not his fault by any means. And you
Speaker 1: know how this goes in terms of recognition and and
Speaker 1: and how names and numbers and all that become attached
Speaker 1: to certain guys. And he signed his most recent contract
Speaker 1: heading into and he's in the final year of that
Speaker 1: deal right now. That's just that's just the way it is.
Speaker 1: This is what's disappointing though, Mike, right, because like it's
Speaker 1: one thing for to be like all the fans they
Speaker 1: don't know what they're talking about, and they voted. If
Speaker 1: you look at the Packers, they had the fourth most
Speaker 1: votes among teams in the NFL. Uh And you know
Speaker 1: a lot of their players were well represented. I think
Speaker 1: Brian Blaga for a certain amount of time was up
Speaker 1: there on the tackle fan voting too. So a third
Speaker 1: of the other vote is coaches and the other third
Speaker 1: is players. Like are they that detached from this that
Speaker 1: they can't pick up on those sort of things. I
Speaker 1: don't know. The question was asked an inset or inbox
Speaker 1: about if you put more weight into All Pro or
Speaker 1: Pro Bowl. I always say All Pro, no question, because
Speaker 1: I know the people. It's a much more elite group.
Speaker 1: There are fewer selections, and it's uh, it's not it's
Speaker 1: not just a voting popularity type of thing amongst amongst
Speaker 1: fans and fellow players and stuff. I mean, these are
Speaker 1: the these are the Associated Press writers who cover this
Speaker 1: league year after year after year, and they take this
Speaker 1: stuff serious. Absolutely take the responsibility very serious. I don't
Speaker 1: want to talk on this turn here, but I know
Speaker 1: a lot of the guys that do this, you know,
Speaker 1: in Green Bay and in other places. I mean, they
Speaker 1: go around and they're talking to players about particular pass
Speaker 1: rushers in offensive lineman. They're trying to get into the
Speaker 1: nitty gritty details. They work hard to make sure that
Speaker 1: those things have the credibility to it. But who deserves it.
Speaker 1: At the end of the day, there is a Pro
Speaker 1: Bowl game. That's where the attention is, that's where the
Speaker 1: eyes are. And unfortunately, you know, sometimes the popularity sort
Speaker 1: of sways what I think maybe is sometimes the really
Speaker 1: deserving guys. But it is what it is, all right. Well,
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Speaker 1: believe in better. Okay, another matchup? I want to throw
Speaker 1: your way, because I think this is a really interesting one,
Speaker 1: and for me, it's Aaron Jones against Eric Kennerys. And
Speaker 1: the reason I say that is because we've seen teams
Speaker 1: when Aaron Jones is split out in the slot or
Speaker 1: split out why to potentially be a pass receiver running
Speaker 1: routes and whatnot, we've seen teams take different approaches. The
Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs got burned by trying to cover him
Speaker 1: with a linebacker, and the Packers ended up winning that
Speaker 1: game in large part because of what Aaron Jones did
Speaker 1: as a receiver. Other teams have have decided to put
Speaker 1: a cornerback on him has which has taken away some
Speaker 1: of those routes. The Minnesota Vikings have one of the best,
Speaker 1: if not the best cover linebacker in the league right
Speaker 1: now in Kendricks, and I don't think they're gonna mess
Speaker 1: around at all with asking some cornerback to cover Aaron
Speaker 1: Jones as a past receiver. It's going to be Eric Kendricks.
Speaker 1: And if the Packers want Jones to be involved in
Speaker 1: the passing game, that's a matchup Jones has to win. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the only modification that the Vikings can make here and
Speaker 1: it's because they are the Minnesota Vikings that are as
Speaker 1: deep as they are with their secondaries, they could potentially
Speaker 1: put a safety on him just because of how deep
Speaker 1: they are if they're in some of their sub packages.
Speaker 1: But that being said, at the end of the day,
Speaker 1: if you have a coverage linebacker that you feel good about,
Speaker 1: nine times out of ten, he's going to be the
Speaker 1: guy going up against that running back because you feel
Speaker 1: good that he's not going to get burned. So I'm
Speaker 1: doing a Q and A right now for for eric
Speaker 1: Um Smith over with the Vikings this week, and he
Speaker 1: gave me five lists of questions and one of them
Speaker 1: is which player on both sides of the ball are
Speaker 1: you most excited to watch? And I make the kind
Speaker 1: of comment of, well, you can just pick pick whoever
Speaker 1: you want. On the Vikings defense. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: the guys that are worth the price of admission and
Speaker 1: guys we've been watching for a number of years. But
Speaker 1: Eric Kendricks is one of my favorite guys in this league.
Speaker 1: I loved him when he came out of college. I
Speaker 1: think he brings a really unique, dynamic skill set to
Speaker 1: that position and he's one of the future of that
Speaker 1: position when you're talking about guys that can play three
Speaker 1: downs and being as effective as he could still be
Speaker 1: when operating in space and the coverage. So he's really
Speaker 1: he's become again one of these guys in this defense
Speaker 1: that I think you have to watch out for. And
Speaker 1: the nice thing is that, again getting back to the
Speaker 1: sequel to that week to matchup is well, Aaron Jones
Speaker 1: is a lot more of a known commodity when it
Speaker 1: comes to the passing games. So how does Mike Zimmer
Speaker 1: want to attack that? How does Matt Lafleur want to
Speaker 1: attack this? Are we going to see more to backpackages
Speaker 1: again to kind throw them off? Are we're going to
Speaker 1: see him motioning, you know, outside back to the backfield
Speaker 1: to see exactly what you know, matchups they can win
Speaker 1: from that perspective, There's a lot of questions going into this,
Speaker 1: but no matter which way you slice it, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be Kendricks and Jones that ultimately are gonna probably be
Speaker 1: the ones that decide who ends up being the victor
Speaker 1: in that In that battle, yeah, I think that's gonna
Speaker 1: be a really interesting one, and certainly Kendricks will be
Speaker 1: trying to plug holes, you know, in the box when
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones is taking handoffs as well, not just trying
Speaker 1: to cover him as a receiver. Another question to throw
Speaker 1: your way, who covers Davante Adams. You think they go
Speaker 1: with Trey Waynes. I think it's going to be Waynes
Speaker 1: because Xavier Rhodes has not had the season that we're
Speaker 1: accustomed to seeing from Xavier Rhodes. I think they're gonna
Speaker 1: put Trey Waynes on Adams and then just deal with
Speaker 1: the other matchups as they come. That's probably right if
Speaker 1: we talked a couple of days ago. It might have
Speaker 1: even been yesterday. We've done a lot of shows this
Speaker 1: week without locker room availability. But you know when I
Speaker 1: mentioned they aren't quite as dominant defensively as they've been Minnesota,
Speaker 1: I think a part of that probably does fact during
Speaker 1: the roads in the past defense, But Trey Waynes was
Speaker 1: an investment too, and Waynes has kind of always had
Speaker 1: to sit in the shadows a little bit there, even
Speaker 1: though he did come in as heralded as he was.
Speaker 1: When you have Xavier Rhodes there, it's gonna be tough
Speaker 1: to really stand out. But I think he is probably
Speaker 1: one of the future for them at that cornerback position.
Speaker 1: So yeah, that wouldn't surprise me at all. Now, the
Speaker 1: real question is if the Packers keep showing the slant
Speaker 1: in these slot looks with Davante Adams, how do teams
Speaker 1: want to attack it? And exactly are you gonna travel
Speaker 1: guys there? Are you gonna throw your nickel back on him?
Speaker 1: That's something that we're gonna have to see. Because the
Speaker 1: Packers didn't go out just flow blown, say this this week,
Speaker 1: but then moving him to the slot and then getting
Speaker 1: the match up against Scrin, you can see that was
Speaker 1: something they just wanted to take advantage of that. That
Speaker 1: was something I think one of the reasons you see
Speaker 1: him have thirteen fourteen targets in this past week. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: and Aaron Rodgers and Matt Lafleur both said that that
Speaker 1: fourth downplay in the early stages of the Bears game
Speaker 1: that was not designed to be a shot play for
Speaker 1: the end zone, but Adams in the slot, they got
Speaker 1: the matchup against Scrine and Aaron rod just let it rip. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it was one on one without really any help over
Speaker 1: the top. So it was a great, you know, you
Speaker 1: know thing for them. I more than anything right now, Mike,
Speaker 1: I think you're seeing Davante Adams find a stride again.
Speaker 1: I know there's been some ups and downs for this
Speaker 1: offense and then they're still trying to get some things
Speaker 1: ironed out. But Davanta Adams is looking like Davante Adams again,
Speaker 1: and you're gonna want to get him the ball as
Speaker 1: often as possible, and how teams want to defend that.
Speaker 1: Starting with the vikings here, that's gonna probably give you
Speaker 1: a big indication of when are the opportunities going to
Speaker 1: open up because as much as it can be about
Speaker 1: Aaron Jones and Davante Adams, and trust me, that's where
Speaker 1: the ball has to run through here for the Packers.
Speaker 1: If they're gonna be legitimate run, that's gonna be the
Speaker 1: bread and butter of the offense, no doubt about it.
Speaker 1: It's that attention that those two drive that are gonna
Speaker 1: get Jake Kumber forty nine yard catch. It's going to
Speaker 1: open up al lazard for opportunities. So this is it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a really fascinating way to watch this thing
Speaker 1: play out and seeing exactly with where the Packers offenses
Speaker 1: in Week sixteen, how Mike Zimmer, one of the NFL's
Speaker 1: brightest defensive minds wants to really match up with that. Well,
Speaker 1: that's that's and that's the last matchup here I want
Speaker 1: to get to because we've seen it over the years,
Speaker 1: and what I'm talking about is Aaron Rodgers against Mike Zimmer.
Speaker 1: Because whether you're talking about those double a gap looks
Speaker 1: with Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks, you know, lining up
Speaker 1: on either side of the center, whether they're gonna blitz
Speaker 1: or back off. Where Harrison Smith lines up, does he
Speaker 1: come up to the line of scrimmage and then blitz
Speaker 1: off the slot? Does he does he stay back and
Speaker 1: help out um one of those other receiver matchups. These
Speaker 1: guys Rogers against Zimmer, they've gone, they've gone against one another.
Speaker 1: They they put their minds against one another many many
Speaker 1: times here over the years. And but quite frankly, it's
Speaker 1: been a while since maybe one matchup with these two
Speaker 1: had this highest stage. Absolutely, yeah, it's been years in
Speaker 1: that regard. And it is funny that you mentioned the
Speaker 1: double a gap thing that you quickly pivoted to, you know,
Speaker 1: some of the other looks that they can bring. To me,
Speaker 1: that's the most dangerous thing about Zimmer's defense now in
Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen. Is the variance of his of his
Speaker 1: personnel packages and how you can move around those pieces.
Speaker 1: Because to be honest, Mike, I mean he was on
Speaker 1: the very cutting edge of the double a gap blitz.
Speaker 1: But now you see that all the time. Yeah, against
Speaker 1: the Giant, it's been a copycat league. I still think
Speaker 1: the Vikings in terms of the way they disguise it
Speaker 1: and the way they keep you guessing about it, they
Speaker 1: execute it as well, if not better than anybody else.
Speaker 1: But I think Harrison Smith is that is that extra
Speaker 1: chess piece that that Mike Zimmer has. Sometimes Smith will
Speaker 1: line up in the slot and he'll take the slot receiver.
Speaker 1: Sometimes he'll line up in the slot and then boom,
Speaker 1: he's coming on a blitz and then somebody else is
Speaker 1: picking up the slot receiver. But does the quarterback see
Speaker 1: it soon enough to get the ball out? I mean,
Speaker 1: all those kinds of things that that that's that's where
Speaker 1: Zimmer tries to get into get into a quarterbacks head.
Speaker 1: And he has the athleticism at that inside linebacker middle
Speaker 1: linebacker position to be able to move those guys around
Speaker 1: and still defend the middle of the field the way
Speaker 1: you want to be able to defend it. And that's
Speaker 1: why the double A gap and some of the some
Speaker 1: of the concepts that they run off that has been
Speaker 1: so effective for so long for them in this league.
Speaker 1: And I also got to mention, I mean, how Anthony
Speaker 1: Barr has to be the happiest guy in the room
Speaker 1: right that he ended up the saying to stick around
Speaker 1: Minnesota rather than setting sales for New York and being
Speaker 1: able to come back and have the year that he's
Speaker 1: had and for that linebacking core to still be among
Speaker 1: the league's best. Um. That's that's that's a formatable group
Speaker 1: to be a part of. Yeah, one more before we
Speaker 1: go here, because when when I said, okay, when I
Speaker 1: said the phrase quarterbacks head, this one popped into my head.
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins six and fourteen in primetime games, oh and
Speaker 1: eight on Monday night football? Is there a psychological component
Speaker 1: to this at all? Do you think when the ball
Speaker 1: kicks off on Monday Night? I don't. I don't think
Speaker 1: so either. But you know it's going to be talked
Speaker 1: about here all week and through the weekend until until
Speaker 1: the game actually starts Monday night. And this is what's unfortunate.
Speaker 1: Mike for both sides. Is that Okay, if the Packers lose, well,
Speaker 1: then you're the team that let Kirk Cousins beat you
Speaker 1: on Monday Night football. Kirk Cousins has a eleven passer rating.
Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins is having a fine season season of his
Speaker 1: career anomaly. Sorry, yeah, having a cold right now? Uh
Speaker 1: that you know that that streaks gotta end? I mean,
Speaker 1: did you just keep flipping the coin? Eventually it's going
Speaker 1: to come up heads. The Packers just have to hope
Speaker 1: it's going to happen in another year. But you know,
Speaker 1: the bigger thing I actually think that is that not
Speaker 1: enough people are talking about is probably people talk so
Speaker 1: much about the Packers, right where's their marquee win? We
Speaker 1: don't their prime time win? Have to beat Minnesota is
Speaker 1: a team that has won a lot of games against
Speaker 1: teams with below five records or at five. This is
Speaker 1: actually their chance to make a statement against an eleven
Speaker 1: and three Packers team. I think that's the storyline here,
Speaker 1: is seeing, Okay, whatever people think about the Packers and
Speaker 1: if they're underrated, overrated and rated whatever, this is a
Speaker 1: really tough opponent for the Minnesota Vikings. How do they respond?
Speaker 1: To that type of opponent because it isn't just Kirt Cousins.
Speaker 1: Now more and more reports coming out signaling that Dalvin
Speaker 1: Cook isn't potentially gonna be playing in this game. That
Speaker 1: means it is going to be more on Cousin shoulders.
Speaker 1: But there's a defense, there's receivers, there's special teams units
Speaker 1: that have to be able to step up for them.
Speaker 1: That's that's my biggest story. Can the Minnesota Makings be
Speaker 1: able to reach that pinnacle? All right? You want to
Speaker 1: wrap it on that. Yeah. I wanted to say one
Speaker 1: of the things. Do you you check out the dope
Speaker 1: sheet very often? Oh? Yeah, I look at it. A fascinating,
Speaker 1: a fascinating little development that I don't know if it
Speaker 1: was Natel Cassio or Tom Fanning or maybe it was
Speaker 1: just the Lis dug up four punt returns of more
Speaker 1: than ten yards so far for Tyler Irvin. His first
Speaker 1: four all went for more than ten yards. First time
Speaker 1: that's been accomplished since Derek Mays. The thing I wanted
Speaker 1: to point out now that was such a better thing
Speaker 1: to end on than this because I just want to
Speaker 1: talk about special teams. That's not that fun. Special teams
Speaker 1: is going to be a difference maker in this game.
Speaker 1: It's gonna be seen if Tyler Irvin can build on
Speaker 1: his previous successes. It's going to be seeing if Dan
Speaker 1: Bailey can continue this renaissance either that he's had after
Speaker 1: the carousel of kickers that they went through Minnesota finally
Speaker 1: ended up on him. Yeah, I just want didn't you
Speaker 1: just win Special Teams Player of the Week? Third time
Speaker 1: this year? Third time this year, Special Teams Player of
Speaker 1: the Week. Yeah, accuracy this year. I honestly, as much
Speaker 1: as we want to talk about Cousins and Rodgers and
Speaker 1: the defense and the offense and all these different people,
Speaker 1: special teams, special teams, special teams, special teams, when we
Speaker 1: get back into this desk, there's one more show to
Speaker 1: shoot this week, when we get back into this desk
Speaker 1: on Tuesday morning, Special Teams. Yeah. And uh, just the
Speaker 1: other thing to throw out too. When you talk about
Speaker 1: big games Packers Cowboys Divisional playoff between Crosby's two field goals,
Speaker 1: wasn't it Bailey that hit a fifty plus yard fifty
Speaker 1: one yard or down in Dallas that tied it up
Speaker 1: and then set up Crosby's second one to win San
Speaker 1: Bailey is a good kicker. He's had some ups and
Speaker 1: and some downs, but if you put him in a dome,
Speaker 1: he's gonna produce for you if you stick with him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Vikings have all right. Well, I think we covered
Speaker 1: a lot of ground today and tomorrow we will get
Speaker 1: to actually our keys to victory and what we really
Speaker 1: think the Packers have to do to win this one.
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