1 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 2 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford. He is the one and only 3 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: West Hodkowitz. Were coming to you here from our studios 4 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 1: at lambeau Field, West. It is Friday, our final show 5 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: of the week prior to Packers Panthers PM Central Time 6 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:37,920 Speaker 1: kickoff on Sunday at lambeau Field, and as usual, we 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 1: will wrap up the week with our Keys to Victory. 8 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:43,839 Speaker 1: Packers are seven and two, looking to go to eight 9 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:46,200 Speaker 1: and two and stay in first place in the NFC North. 10 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:51,880 Speaker 1: What's it gonna take? Christian McCaffrey, You stopped him, That's all. 11 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: That's all it takes, right there, right there. We'll see 12 00:00:54,360 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: you next week, Packers on Scripted. No, I mean it 13 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,120 Speaker 1: is West wants to get to the bye everybody. No, 14 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: I mean you're right, I mean Christian McCaffrey. It's funny 15 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,400 Speaker 1: because you and I could sit in here and we 16 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 1: talked about Zeke Elliott. We've talked about a number of 17 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 1: these running backs. Certainly Dalvin Cook is really climbing the 18 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,119 Speaker 1: charts here at that position as well. In the Packers 19 00:01:12,120 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: see him twice a year. Josh Jacobs, Josh Jacobs, But 20 00:01:17,040 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: I don't know. I can't think of anyone that jumps 21 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 1: off the top of my head. Maybe Lashawn McCoy is prime, 22 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: but even then, he didn't run the ball the way 23 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey runs the ball. This guy is the biggest 24 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:30,600 Speaker 1: threat I think the league has seen from an all 25 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,800 Speaker 1: around component. I think you and I were discussing it. 26 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 1: I mean, in some ways, it sort of reminds you 27 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 1: of a Marshall Folk type run that he's been on. 28 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:39,240 Speaker 1: And you know, I think he's a guy that when 29 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: it's all said and done, he could very easily have 30 00:01:40,959 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 1: a thousand yard rushing season, thousand yard receiving season. I mean, 31 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:46,840 Speaker 1: that's the type of talent he has, and that's where 32 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,600 Speaker 1: I think you see his game elevated towards. So for 33 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,240 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers, what does this all mean? You know, 34 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:54,400 Speaker 1: Mike Petton I thought was really good when he was 35 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: standing at the podium on Thursday evening discussing this, and 36 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 1: he said, you know, you can't go with just a 37 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: linebacker on him. If you do, you better have help. 38 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 1: You can't necessarily just go with a defensive back on him. 39 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: You need to have a plan, and you need to 40 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: stay true to that plan. There's a lot that that 41 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: we have to figure out that we won't know until 42 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: way after the show is posted to Packers dot com. 43 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: What's the status of Adrian Amos? What is this defense 44 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: configuration gonna look like? But no matter who it is, 45 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:23,520 Speaker 1: the eleven players who are on the field have to 46 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: be accountable, gap sound fundamental. They need to tackle because 47 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: if you don't and Christian McCaffrey gets two feet in 48 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,400 Speaker 1: front of him, he's going to be threatening your end zone. Yeah. 49 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the guy that Carolina's season, for 50 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: the most part, has revolved around this one player. And 51 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,919 Speaker 1: I'll stick with the running back theme in the sense 52 00:02:42,960 --> 00:02:45,800 Speaker 1: we were We've been talking all week about the Packers 53 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 1: getting back to generating their offense through Aaron Jones and 54 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: Jamal Williams, and so when you look at the running 55 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: backs involved here, the Packers with their duo, the Panthers 56 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: with McCaffrey, it's funny. I looked at the stats. I 57 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: didn't really less this till I actually looked at him. 58 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,840 Speaker 1: McCaffrey has like a hundred and sixty five carries on 59 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 1: the season, and the next most carries of anybody on 60 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: that team is eleven. He he is the workhorse, and 61 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:14,680 Speaker 1: that hundred and sixty five carries doesn't even include his 62 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: touches when he's catching passes out of the backfield. But 63 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:20,359 Speaker 1: back to my point with regard to comparing the running 64 00:03:20,360 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: backs here, I'll say this, it would be a tall order, 65 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: I think, because Christian McCaffrey is going to get his 66 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: as they say, it would be a tall order for 67 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams to surpass the production of 68 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: what McCaffrey is going to do in this game. If 69 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 1: the Packers duo can do that, I think the Packers 70 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: win this game hands down. But as long as the 71 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 1: Jones and Williams production is somewhat comparable to Christian McCaffrey, 72 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 1: I think the Packers can win this game because I 73 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: like the Packers that the other skill positions, and with 74 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers at quarterback versus Kyle Allen, I think the 75 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 1: because I have a lot of advantages elsewhere. But if 76 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey has a hundred and sixty five total yards 77 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: and a couple of touchdowns and Jones and Williams only 78 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: combined for you know, say seventy five or eighty yards 79 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: and there's this big disparity in the production of the 80 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 1: running backs. I think the Packers will have a hard 81 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 1: time winning this game. Yeah, and you're a big fantasy 82 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: football guy, No, Mike, multiple time champion. When you when 83 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:26,720 Speaker 1: you have your matchup in your single play league, um, 84 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 1: you look at it. Okay, you might have Zeke Elliott, 85 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:31,960 Speaker 1: your your opponent might have Christian McCaffrey. If Zeke Elliott 86 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:35,640 Speaker 1: gets you twenty points, it can offset Christian McCaffrey having 87 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 1: That's just the way that this thing works, and I 88 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,800 Speaker 1: think there are some parallels to how this NFL game 89 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 1: has played. The thing I like about Aaron Jones though, 90 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:45,039 Speaker 1: is he's been up for a challenge. You know, you 91 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: go back to last month going into Dallas, the question 92 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,839 Speaker 1: all week long was can you match Zeke Elliott, you know, 93 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 1: yard for yard, touchdown for touchdown. He had already done 94 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:56,160 Speaker 1: that the previous year. Everybody just seemed to forget about it. 95 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:58,760 Speaker 1: And then by the way, he did it again when 96 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: he got to a T and T stage him. Now, 97 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 1: I'm not saying that I'm guaranteeing that he's gonna outrush 98 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey out. You know, yardage Christian McCaffrey. But if 99 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:11,040 Speaker 1: you're within that realm, if you're within that that atmosphere 100 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: of of what he's doing, that's gonna mean good things 101 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: for the Packers offense. And I go back to last 102 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: week and you and I were shooting final thoughts a 103 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: few moments moments ago, and we were discussing this. I 104 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: didn't even realize that besides that first catch that Aaron 105 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,880 Speaker 1: Jones had against the Charges, he didn't get another one 106 00:05:27,040 --> 00:05:28,520 Speaker 1: in that game, that one that end up going for 107 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 1: negative one yards off of the motion. You need to 108 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 1: find ways to get on the ball mat. The floor 109 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,560 Speaker 1: has talked about it, Aaron Rodgers has talked about it. 110 00:05:35,880 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: If you go into a game and Aaron Jones only 111 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,720 Speaker 1: has nine touches, it's not going to turn out very 112 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,240 Speaker 1: well for your offense. It's not going to mean very 113 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: good balance, especially when you don't have Jamal Williams going 114 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 1: in that you know equation either. So both of those 115 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: running backs, I mean, yeah, Christian McCaffrey's the bell cow, 116 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:54,160 Speaker 1: he's the workhorse. He does everything to make that offense 117 00:05:54,279 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 1: move for Carolina. Packers have two running backs though, and 118 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 1: then you factor in Davante Adams. All the same discussion 119 00:06:01,080 --> 00:06:03,279 Speaker 1: you and I had last week going into the Charges games, 120 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: it's still pertinent today. You need to get those weapons 121 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:10,760 Speaker 1: going well. When you look at the statistics. A week ago, 122 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones was leading the NFL and touchdowns with eleven. 123 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,120 Speaker 1: The Packers go to Los Angeles, Aaron Jones does not 124 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:21,120 Speaker 1: get a touchdown. Christian McCaffrey scores three touchdowns against the 125 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:24,720 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. Now he leads the NFL and touchdowns with thirteen. 126 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: So there's been a little bit of a back and 127 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: forth going on here. So that's another thing to keep 128 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: an eye on. But I think if we were to 129 00:06:31,200 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: point to one other thing aside from the running backs, 130 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: that maybe the key to this game, At least in 131 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:41,240 Speaker 1: my mind, it's the past protection for both teams, because 132 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: we've seen with Aaron Rodgers and the Packers. There was 133 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: the stretch there of six games from Week two to 134 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: Week seven. Aaron Rodgers was sacked only seven times over 135 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:54,479 Speaker 1: the course of six games, and he was throwing the 136 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: ball plenty. But there have been some leaks now the 137 00:06:58,480 --> 00:07:02,159 Speaker 1: last couple of weeks, and the protection hasn't quite been there. 138 00:07:02,200 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 1: Some of the sacks. I believe Rogers has been sacked 139 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:06,599 Speaker 1: eight times in the last two games, and he's the 140 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: first to admit some of those are on him. He 141 00:07:08,960 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: held the ball too long a couple of those. He 142 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: was frustrated that he couldn't get away from the pressure. 143 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,240 Speaker 1: But he's been feeling more pressure the last couple of weeks, 144 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: and the Packers need to get back to where they 145 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 1: were a few weeks ago in that realm. And as 146 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 1: you've talked about with Kyle Allen, this is a young, 147 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: twenty three year old quarterback. He went his first four 148 00:07:29,400 --> 00:07:33,440 Speaker 1: starts this season without throwing an interception. Now he's thrown 149 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 1: four interceptions in his last two games. Some of that 150 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:39,480 Speaker 1: is due to pressure, you know, getting to enforcing a 151 00:07:39,560 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 1: young quarterback to make mistakes. And that's what Mike Petton 152 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: and this Packers defense needs to do. Provided there at 153 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,360 Speaker 1: least containing McCaffrey and not letting him completely control the 154 00:07:49,360 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 1: ball game. Yeah, because if you do, that's where I 155 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 1: think Kyle Allen can get into a rhythm. That's where 156 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: this passing game gets going, because then suddenly you're selling 157 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: out to stop Christian McCaffrey. And as I'm mentioned earlier, 158 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,920 Speaker 1: when we were previewing the Panthers, they still have weapons 159 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: who can hurt you, and guys you know when you 160 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: look at Greg Olsen that can move the chains on you. 161 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 1: So that's why it has to be such a huge 162 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,960 Speaker 1: emphasis for green Bay going into this one. But at 163 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: the same time, I mean, I look at this matchup 164 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: as Kyle Allen has done some great things this year, 165 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: especially early on, look phenomenal considering what I think a 166 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: lot of people's expectations were after Cam Newton went down, 167 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: and they're sitting at Owen too, and you wonder if 168 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,320 Speaker 1: this season is just gonna spiral. Last year didn't go 169 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: according to plan, what's going to happen this year? Well, 170 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: what happened was Kyle Allen realized the resource he had 171 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:38,240 Speaker 1: in McCaffrey and they built the offense around that. The 172 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:43,079 Speaker 1: one team that's been you know, exceedingly successful in being 173 00:08:43,120 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: able to throw him off his game West San Francisco, 174 00:08:45,720 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: and they turned the ball over, they pressured him, and 175 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: I just feel like for green Bay last week it 176 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,800 Speaker 1: did not go according to plan against Philip Rivers. And 177 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 1: the thing about Philip Rivers and the thing about Drew 178 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: Brees is those guys are gonna hurt you regardless if 179 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,920 Speaker 1: you get pressure because of just how quickly they get 180 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 1: the ball out. You can't allow a guy like Alan 181 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:04,960 Speaker 1: to get into that kind of rhythm in this game. 182 00:09:05,280 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: That's why someone asked us an insider inbox this week, 183 00:09:08,360 --> 00:09:10,000 Speaker 1: the Packers win the coin toss, what do you do? 184 00:09:10,080 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: I defer. I want my defense on the field. I 185 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: want them to get that first crack and Allen, I 186 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: want them to get some energy if they can get 187 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,920 Speaker 1: an early stop, you know, maybe not allow McCaffrey to 188 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: get that first first down. You do that, you start 189 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,080 Speaker 1: to feel good about yourselves. Then it starts to go 190 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 1: back down to the reality of the situation in that 191 00:09:28,160 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: Kyle Allen, you know, kind of came in through humble 192 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: beginnings here in the NFL. He's still only twenty three. 193 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,000 Speaker 1: You need him to play like a twenty three year 194 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 1: old quarterback. And the best way to do that is 195 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: Zadarius Smith, Preston Smith, those type of guys with the 196 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: back of their minds constantly thinking about Christian McCaffrey, but 197 00:09:45,559 --> 00:09:47,880 Speaker 1: also making sure that they can't hurt you with that 198 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 1: pass game either. Well, what are your thoughts here, Wes 199 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:54,360 Speaker 1: with regard to the weather for this game on Sunday, 200 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 1: because the forecast at this point is high on Sunday 201 00:09:58,040 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: is load a mid thirties. The low on Sunday night 202 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:04,840 Speaker 1: will be twenty degrees. And with a three kickoff, and 203 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:07,839 Speaker 1: with the clocks changing a week ago, we're looking at 204 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:10,360 Speaker 1: you get towards the end of the second quarter, it's 205 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: dark outside. This will be this will essentially be a 206 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 1: night game for the last two and a half quarters 207 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 1: of the game, so the temperature is going to be 208 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:20,920 Speaker 1: in the twenties. I haven't looked through all of Kyle 209 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 1: Allen's background, but I would imagine he hasn't played I mean, 210 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: having played in college at Houston and now in Carolina 211 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: as a as a rookie. He's from Scottsdale, Arizona. That 212 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: was the part I didn't know is exactly where he's from. 213 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,480 Speaker 1: I don't think cold weather football is something that he 214 00:10:37,520 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: has played before. And I'm really interested to see how 215 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:42,640 Speaker 1: this plays out with him. Obviously they are going to 216 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,480 Speaker 1: run their offense through McCaffrey here, but you know how 217 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:49,920 Speaker 1: it is west when when it gets cold, that ball 218 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:53,040 Speaker 1: is harder for quarterbacks to hang onto. It's more difficult 219 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:57,800 Speaker 1: to to be completely pinpoint accurate on your passes. If 220 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 1: this truly is Kyle Allen's first cold other game, it's 221 00:11:01,280 --> 00:11:04,199 Speaker 1: something the Packers need to take advantage of. Absolutely. I 222 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:06,080 Speaker 1: mean the way I look at this is, I mean, 223 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: Kyle Allen's played well enough that I expect him to 224 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,320 Speaker 1: be mature enough to be able to handle that. But 225 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: I think I always think of it this way, like 226 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,040 Speaker 1: you're you're you've been writing stories now for what twenty years? 227 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 1: Twenty five years a professional career. Now that's a little 228 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 1: bit longer than Kyle Allen has been playing quarterback. But 229 00:11:21,440 --> 00:11:23,680 Speaker 1: you know, if if I throw a wind tunnel in 230 00:11:23,720 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: front of you, it's not gonna be fun, but you 231 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,120 Speaker 1: should still be able to write a story. If I 232 00:11:28,160 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: put a giant bass next to you, it's going to 233 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 1: be annoying, but you should still be able to write 234 00:11:31,880 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: your story. That's what this is like a lot the 235 00:11:34,000 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: way I look at it for quarterbacks. Yeah, it's cold 236 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:37,959 Speaker 1: that you've been playing football your entire life. Deal with 237 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 1: it now. The one area where I think the Packers 238 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: have a decided advantage there is what Aaron Jones was 239 00:11:42,960 --> 00:11:45,000 Speaker 1: talking about this week, the fact that they have been 240 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,720 Speaker 1: out on the practice field at Nichki Field, you know, 241 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: doing their team periods in the cold, getting used to 242 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: that again. Traymont Smith catching kickoffs and punts out in 243 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 1: the cold. Aaron Jones, who's from El Paso, who when 244 00:11:57,480 --> 00:11:58,760 Speaker 1: I was talking to him this week, he said, I 245 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: mean until he basically got to NFL, he never played 246 00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: any cold weather games. He said. You never get used 247 00:12:04,240 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: to it, but you learn how to adapt to it, 248 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: you learn how to play in it. And for that reason, 249 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,200 Speaker 1: that's why this is so beneficial for Green Bay this week, 250 00:12:12,720 --> 00:12:15,400 Speaker 1: this time of the year, everybody in December expects, Okay, 251 00:12:15,440 --> 00:12:17,199 Speaker 1: you're gonna play cold weather football, is just the way 252 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:19,319 Speaker 1: it is. There's enough teams in the North and the 253 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: East said it's something you're gonna have to deal with. 254 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: But to have a game like this in November, Mike, 255 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: I remember a few years ago against Indianapolis Colts, it's 256 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:29,560 Speaker 1: like seventy degrees at Lambeau. Basically this week of the 257 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 1: season are roughly right around, so nobody's anticipating, much like Maha, 258 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: nobody's anticipating that this is gonna be a game that's 259 00:12:35,920 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: gonna be seven degrees. But when they did flex it 260 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: back a little bit, and it does get dark out 261 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 1: this close to the daylight savings time. These are all 262 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: the factors that come into play, and I, for one, 263 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:47,840 Speaker 1: am I going to be very interested to see how 264 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: Kyle Allen adapts is Did you hear the quotes if 265 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,240 Speaker 1: I heard them correctly? There were some comments from Ron 266 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: Rivera coming out of Carolina that he didn't actually believe 267 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 1: the Packers were practicing outside. He told Yea, he told 268 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,599 Speaker 1: the media down there, let's let's be clear, they're practicing indoors. 269 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: And yes, all of the photos from the media and 270 00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: everything are indoors because the packers did have done their 271 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:11,559 Speaker 1: initial the initial parts of the workouts have been in 272 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,560 Speaker 1: the Hudson Center, but then for all of the eleven 273 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: on eleven on Wednesday and Thursday, they go outside onto 274 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:20,079 Speaker 1: the the heated portion of the field where the snow 275 00:13:20,160 --> 00:13:23,080 Speaker 1: is gone and it's cleared off and and they're dealing 276 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:26,040 Speaker 1: with the elements in the actual scrimmage eleven on eleven 277 00:13:26,080 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 1: portions of practice. It didn't sound like Rivera even believed 278 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 1: that the packers were actually doing it, weren't stretching outside 279 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: or anything like that. But I don't Yeah. I mean, well, 280 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 1: it's just it's just interesting to me when I heard 281 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 1: when I heard those comments. If I heard them correctly, 282 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,000 Speaker 1: I will I will qualify. Yeah, and I haven't seen them, 283 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,640 Speaker 1: but let's say that is true. Because you're an upstanding citizen, 284 00:13:44,640 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: I assume that they are. Uh one. If you saw 285 00:13:47,559 --> 00:13:49,520 Speaker 1: him Matt Lafleur and he went to the podium after 286 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,160 Speaker 1: practice on Thursday, they weren't practicing outside. He was just 287 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 1: sitting in a freezer for two hours into Evan Siegel 288 00:13:56,240 --> 00:14:00,199 Speaker 1: are very trusted colleague and photographer. He has foe those 289 00:14:00,240 --> 00:14:03,040 Speaker 1: of them outside at practice. So be that as it may. 290 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 1: I just think when you look at there's a lot 291 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: of first year players are getting used to this, but 292 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: there's a lot of veteran players too on this team 293 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:11,400 Speaker 1: that have dealt with this. Sadarius Smith dealt with it 294 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,000 Speaker 1: in summer gard in Baltimore. You have a guy like 295 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,000 Speaker 1: Adrian Amos, despite the hamstring injury right now, he played 296 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:19,840 Speaker 1: in it for four years at at Chicago. He dealt 297 00:14:19,840 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: with it at Penn State. So like, there are guys 298 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 1: that I think are ready for this and understand what 299 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 1: this is gonna be. I'm mostly curious to see all 300 00:14:27,640 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 1: the side stuff. You know, how you know in the 301 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:31,760 Speaker 1: special teams, how does that affect things? You know, if 302 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: Mason Crosby, does that give him an advantage? And seeing 303 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,640 Speaker 1: how these teams react to this once you get into 304 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 1: that second half and it really starts to get cold. 305 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:43,080 Speaker 1: I never tried to make too much out of weather storylines, 306 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,000 Speaker 1: but just given the unique timing of this matchup, it 307 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:48,560 Speaker 1: is very interesting. Now you know, this is something that's 308 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: coming into play this early well, and neither one of 309 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: these teams has done much in the return game kickoff 310 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 1: returns or pump returns, really and you wonder, especially on kickoffs, 311 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a lot harder to sail that ball 312 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 1: all the way through the end zone. I think there 313 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,720 Speaker 1: will be opportunities for both teams to try to get 314 00:15:04,760 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 1: something done in the kickoff return games. So you wonder 315 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 1: if one of these special teams units provides a spark 316 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 1: in that way, because neither one of these return games 317 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: for the Panthers or the Packers have been very impactful 318 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: this year at all. No, they haven't been. And I 319 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 1: think you obviously Caroline has done the right thing over 320 00:15:21,680 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: the course of years. You don't want to be using 321 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: Christian McCaffrey in that way, but they've been trying to 322 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 1: find someone there. I think d J. Moore has been 323 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 1: handling it at times this season, but he's also kind 324 00:15:30,480 --> 00:15:32,480 Speaker 1: of done a breakthrough player for them on offense. So 325 00:15:32,840 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: those things are really going to be interesting to watch, 326 00:15:34,880 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: you know. I brought up the Crosby example because you know, 327 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 1: Joey Slide really hasn't been late in the world on 328 00:15:39,360 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: fire right now for the Panthers had another miskick last 329 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 1: week fifteen and twenty one on the season, twenty twenty 330 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:47,960 Speaker 1: two on extra points. So he's from Virginia. I I 331 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:50,040 Speaker 1: don't know what his experience isn't play in the cold, 332 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: but like, those are the things that are interesting to 333 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,400 Speaker 1: me because while they're very small, how many times mike 334 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,200 Speaker 1: over the course of years and it's affected the Packers 335 00:15:57,200 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 1: in a negative way too. Have you seen a game 336 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,680 Speaker 1: in no Member in December be decided by a miss 337 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 1: you know, extra point, a missle, you know, punt, a 338 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: return that ends up being you know, uh, either muffed 339 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 1: or whatnot. So those are the areas in Sean Menega 340 00:16:12,560 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: talked a lot about this week and some of the 341 00:16:13,920 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: emphasis that they're putting on it, trying to get more production, 342 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 1: whether it is the return game, whether it's their blockers, 343 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,960 Speaker 1: whether it is punts. I mean, Packers special teams want 344 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:24,440 Speaker 1: to play better and this is one area with this 345 00:16:24,480 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: type of work that they got this week that they 346 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:28,760 Speaker 1: could potentially do that. Yeah. Well, let's take a quick 347 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: look around before we go at what else is going 348 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:35,840 Speaker 1: on in Week ten in the NFL. In the NFC North, 349 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:39,240 Speaker 1: some significant matchups here. The Lions and the Bears are 350 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: facing each other for the first time. This one is 351 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 1: in Chicago before they have the rematch later this month 352 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 1: on Thanksgiving Day in Detroit, and this is really the 353 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: right now for Lions and Bears. It's the battle to 354 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: avoid the seller. One of these teams looking for their 355 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: fourth victory to stay in third place, the loser will 356 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: be in last place after ten weeks of the season. 357 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: And then the other one that I'm sure all Packers 358 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:06,520 Speaker 1: fans will be watching once Green Bay and Carolina wrap up. 359 00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football Minnesota down in Dallas. Vikings at Cowboys 360 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:15,680 Speaker 1: are really interesting one, not only for the NFC North, 361 00:17:15,720 --> 00:17:17,959 Speaker 1: but also with what's going on in the NFC East 362 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:21,840 Speaker 1: and the NFC playoff picture as a whole. Yeah, it's 363 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: a fascinating week just starting off with the Bears and 364 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:28,480 Speaker 1: lines really quickly. Really, no outcome is negative for Green Bay. 365 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: They could one team could win, they could tie. Everything 366 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: is you know, kind of beneficial in that regard. The 367 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:37,600 Speaker 1: Cowboys matchups fascinating from the standpoint of you know, Dallas 368 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: looked good early on, fell into a lull, and then 369 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:42,720 Speaker 1: here they are right back in the thick of things 370 00:17:42,760 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 1: again in Minnesota in some ways probably a little bit 371 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,280 Speaker 1: more on the positive end of the spectrum, but has 372 00:17:47,400 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: sort of mirrord mirrored what Dallas has done, so seeing 373 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: you know, what they could potentially do in that environment 374 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: and if they can pick themselves up after the Kansas 375 00:17:55,080 --> 00:17:58,800 Speaker 1: City lost the game. That I'm probably more than any though, 376 00:17:58,880 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 1: just from a standpoint of, uh, you know, intrigue for 377 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: me is l a going to Pittsburgh because for a 378 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: couple different standpoints here. One, the Rams are in a 379 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: division right now where they have to keep up in 380 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: that wild card race. With the way that San Francisco 381 00:18:16,080 --> 00:18:17,960 Speaker 1: is just running away with the West right now in 382 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,160 Speaker 1: outpacing Seattle for the front of that division right now, 383 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 1: they need to get this win the Rams do against 384 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: the Steelers. But the thing that's interesting about the Steelers, Mike, 385 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:27,879 Speaker 1: I don't even know if you realize this, for as 386 00:18:27,920 --> 00:18:29,800 Speaker 1: much as we made out of you know, the issues 387 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:32,119 Speaker 1: with while you start off going back to Antonio Brown 388 00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: and then they lose Ben Roethlisberger, Mason Rudolph has a 389 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 1: terrible you know, you know, hit their second in the 390 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: league right now and turnover margin only to New England. 391 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: And that's the reason they're four and four right now. 392 00:18:44,640 --> 00:18:46,520 Speaker 1: So you gotta give Mike Tomlin a lot of credit. 393 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 1: And if you're the Green Bay Packers, you are cheering 394 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:51,119 Speaker 1: all the way for the Steelers in this matchup because 395 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 1: for the Rams to be potentially sitting at five and 396 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 1: four after the year that they had, uh we talked 397 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 1: all the time about being seven and two and or one, 398 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,199 Speaker 1: and these type of records, what they do for you 399 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:04,119 Speaker 1: over the course of the season, how that separates you 400 00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,960 Speaker 1: in the second half of the year. That's why, because 401 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: there's gonna be teams like this that are much like 402 00:19:09,080 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 1: the Packers have been in this position the last few years, 403 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,120 Speaker 1: where they are scratching and clawing and trying to get 404 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 1: their way back into the wild card race and if 405 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,720 Speaker 1: you can just stay, you know, maintain that distance, that 406 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 1: goes a long way. So yes, certainly the Steelers, if 407 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: they could potentially hold serve against the Rams, that is 408 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: huge implications for the NFC. Yeah. Well, the timing of 409 00:19:26,359 --> 00:19:29,000 Speaker 1: things with regards to the NFC North teams has flipped 410 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:31,640 Speaker 1: around a little bit compared the last week because last week, 411 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 1: by the time the Packers kicked off in Los Angeles, 412 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 1: they knew that the Bears had lost and the Vikings 413 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 1: had lost, and there was this big opportunity on the table. Well, 414 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: now it's the Vikings that have the final game, and 415 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: they will know the outcome of the Bears Lions game. 416 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:48,720 Speaker 1: They will know whether the Packers won or lost. The 417 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 1: Vikings will know whether they are playing to potentially tie 418 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: the Packers for first place or if they will need 419 00:19:54,560 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: to win just in order to stay one game behind 420 00:19:56,880 --> 00:19:59,960 Speaker 1: and not potentially fall two games behind if the Packers 421 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,840 Speaker 1: come out victorious. So and with the Packers heading into 422 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 1: their bye week, obviously, as as we've been talking about, boy, 423 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:09,119 Speaker 1: the last thing you want to do with after a 424 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,199 Speaker 1: seven and one start to be seven and one at 425 00:20:11,240 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: the midway point. The last thing you want to do 426 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:14,920 Speaker 1: is go into the bye week on a two game 427 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,439 Speaker 1: losing streak. You want to get the good vibes, the 428 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: good feeling back. You want to be able to enjoy 429 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,120 Speaker 1: the bye weekend, you rest up, and then you get 430 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:22,760 Speaker 1: ready for a stretcher on. Yeah, you want to be 431 00:20:22,840 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 1: able to have those positive thoughts in the back of 432 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 1: your head. That was one thing you know, over the years, 433 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:29,639 Speaker 1: ups and downs side, for the most part, the Packers 434 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,240 Speaker 1: always were able to make those right adjustments, and sometimes 435 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: it came off a win, sometimes it came off of 436 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 1: a loss. But the years in which they won, I 437 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:38,720 Speaker 1: just remember the feeling of that locker room and sort 438 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: of the joy of of where they potentially are and 439 00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,880 Speaker 1: where they could potentially be. And that's why this game 440 00:20:43,920 --> 00:20:46,239 Speaker 1: has so much importance. I just look at it in 441 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: terms of the Panthers are for real. I mean, they've 442 00:20:49,600 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: gone through some you know, real adversity here earlier in 443 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,280 Speaker 1: the season. But Mike, you look at how this NFC 444 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:56,320 Speaker 1: is shaping up. At five and three, they are still 445 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,200 Speaker 1: right in this hunt, absolutely and honestly not that far 446 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,239 Speaker 1: off of the Saints still at seven and one, and 447 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: you know, certainly they have an easier opponent this week 448 00:21:05,240 --> 00:21:08,679 Speaker 1: against Atlanta. But yeah, strangling Falcons, all these things you 449 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 1: factor them together. I mean, I you know, you want 450 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: to talk quickly about the Raiders and Chargers game. I mean, 451 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,120 Speaker 1: the Raiders came right back Chargers after looking so good 452 00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,000 Speaker 1: against Green Band Sunday. They didn't look like they knew 453 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 1: what they were doing offensively in that first half. That's 454 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,959 Speaker 1: just the way this game is played. That's how things go. 455 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,239 Speaker 1: Packers need to have short memories. They need to win 456 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 1: this game against the Panthers and sit eight and two 457 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:30,280 Speaker 1: into the bye week see in San Francisco. Yeah, and 458 00:21:30,320 --> 00:21:32,280 Speaker 1: the big one coming up on Monday night, which we'll 459 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,840 Speaker 1: talk about on our Monday show after as we also 460 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 1: recap Packers Panthers, But that Seahawks forty Niners game on 461 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:40,359 Speaker 1: Monday night, that's a that's a big one in the 462 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,760 Speaker 1: in the picture here and and we'll see what the 463 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:45,760 Speaker 1: landscape looks like after all the results on for all 464 00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 1: the popcorn man, I mean, it's uh that as I 465 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 1: said before, I mean, that might be the best Monday 466 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,240 Speaker 1: night football game that we've seen in ten fift here. 467 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 1: So that's it's huge, huge football game. Heck of a 468 00:21:56,359 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: matchup for sure. With that, we'll call it a wrap 469 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:01,399 Speaker 1: on this edition of pack Kers Unscripted. Be sure to 470 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,679 Speaker 1: follow all of our coverage of the team and with 471 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: everything going on Sunday afternoon's game from lambeau Field. It'll 472 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,760 Speaker 1: all be on Packers dot com. Subscribe to us, like 473 00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 1: us on iTunes and other podcast services. On Twitter, He's 474 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: at west hot I'm at Mike Spofford at Packers for 475 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:19,120 Speaker 1: the team account. Thanks for tuning in, everybody. We'll see 476 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: you next time.