1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 1: Hi, everyone. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 2 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:24,080 Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford. He is West Hot Couits. We're 3 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:27,159 Speaker 1: coming to you here from our studios at Lambeufield. I 4 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:29,040 Speaker 1: got the point that time, and you've got two points, 5 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:31,760 Speaker 1: two points instead of the camera. All right, Well, West, 6 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: we are another day closer to Packers Vikings Sunday Night 7 00:00:36,159 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 1: football from US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The Packers third 8 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 1: consecutive road game that will be in prime time, which 9 00:00:43,120 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if that's ever happened before, but New England, Seattle, 10 00:00:46,159 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: now Minneapolis. So let's take a closer look at this 11 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,959 Speaker 1: Vikings team. They're just one game ahead of the Packers 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 1: at five four and one. Packers are four five and one, 13 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: both teams right now trailing the Chicago Bears in the 14 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: NFL See North, and the Vikings coming off of a 15 00:01:01,880 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: primetime loss to those first place Bears at Soldier Field 16 00:01:05,959 --> 00:01:09,880 Speaker 1: in Chicago last Sunday Night, a game in which Minnesota's 17 00:01:09,880 --> 00:01:14,080 Speaker 1: offense really struggled to get anything going against that Chicago defense. Well, 18 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: it goes back to what I've always said, Michael, with 19 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 1: this game, you never know how it's going to play 20 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: out at the beginning of the year. I think you 21 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 1: and I could probably roll back, Marvin can bring up 22 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,680 Speaker 1: the past on scripted episodes. We thought it was gonna 23 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 1: be the Packers and Vikings one too for the division 24 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 1: and maybe the loser that being a wild card team. Uh. 25 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: And you see how the season plays out. The Chicago 26 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,320 Speaker 1: Bears have really come on. I mean offensively, they're doing 27 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: what they have to do to take care of business. 28 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: The Vikings are different in that watching them sort of 29 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: struggle a little bit with this Kirk Cousins era has 30 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: kind of caught me off guard a little bit. Their 31 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: thirty feet right now against the UH with the with 32 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: the run. Offensively, Uh, you're getting the performances you want 33 00:01:55,720 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: to get out of you know, Stefon Diggs and Adam Feeland. 34 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,680 Speaker 1: But offensively it's then you know, kind of hit or 35 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: miss for them. Defensively, that's the same defense. They're still 36 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 1: making plays. But I don't know if I don't want 37 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: to say it's been a disappointment, because I wouldn't say that. 38 00:02:10,200 --> 00:02:12,880 Speaker 1: We see how difficult it is to find solid quarterback 39 00:02:12,919 --> 00:02:15,840 Speaker 1: play in the NFL. But I think if anything, this 40 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: season has kind of showed that Kirk Cousins is human 41 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: in that expectations for as sky high as they were 42 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:23,880 Speaker 1: going in the season, they always have to be adjusted. Yeah, 43 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,440 Speaker 1: And I think the injury early in the season to 44 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: Dalvin Cook, I think really changed the outlook for this 45 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 1: offense because I think you and I were both thinking, 46 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,359 Speaker 1: you know, Dalvin Cook coming back from the injury from 47 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: a year ago, he was really going to be a 48 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: centerpiece of this offense. And nothing against Lottavius Murray who 49 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 1: filled in right very well, but Dalvin Cook is more 50 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 1: of that game breaker textually in the in the running 51 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: game that they haven't had. And I just I think 52 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,639 Speaker 1: if this Vikings offense gets Dalvin Cook going again like 53 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: they had him going last year before he got hurt 54 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,400 Speaker 1: with case Keenum at quarterback, I think this Vikings offense 55 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,280 Speaker 1: could really take off. So you say, yes, their thirty 56 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: one in the league against the run, It sounds kind 57 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 1: of crazy, but I think one of the keys for 58 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,520 Speaker 1: the Packers is going to be to keep them there, 59 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: to not let Dalvin Cook get going, because to me, 60 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: that's just gonna make Kirk cousins life so much easier. Well, 61 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: and that's what kind of surprises me about the offense 62 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: this year from Minnesota. I think there's a lot of 63 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: people that would agree. I would hope most would agree 64 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 1: that Kirk Cousins is an upgrade over the kind of 65 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:27,120 Speaker 1: quarterback triangle that they had last year. There. Uh, and 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 1: yet you look at what they did with case Keenum 67 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: in Latavius Murray in the offense in some ways is 68 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: a little more effective with basically the same offensive line. 69 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,600 Speaker 1: So it's weird how season to season there isn't always 70 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:42,200 Speaker 1: that consistency. There's still adjustments that happened in the game changes. 71 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: That being said, Mike, if you would have told me 72 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 1: at the beginning of the year, injuries, no injuries. Dalvin 73 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,160 Speaker 1: Cook has fifty carries for a hundred and ninety nine 74 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: yards three point six yards per carry. Seventy of those 75 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 1: came on one run, right, he had the one big 76 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: seventy yards. Like, it's incredible that he did have that 77 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,160 Speaker 1: one breakthrough run. But yet the yards per carrey are 78 00:04:00,240 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: that low. As you said, though, when you pointed out perfectly, 79 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: the Packers can't rest on their laurels there. He's still 80 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 1: going to be a supreme matchup for them, and Mary 81 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 1: still gives them a really good change of pace, and 82 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 1: it adds to a pretty on paper, a pretty balanced 83 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: offense when they're taking care of the football. Yeah. I 84 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:19,400 Speaker 1: think was the Digs in their receiving corps who missed 85 00:04:19,440 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: a game or two somewhere recently. I can't remember exactly 86 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 1: which which games he missed. It was the Detroit game. Yeah, 87 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: So I mean with him being back, I saw him 88 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 1: catching a lot of underneath balls against the Bears in 89 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:34,479 Speaker 1: that game last Sunday night. He put up a pretty 90 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 1: good game, but didn't have any of those game breaking 91 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: type of plays, and I think a lot of that 92 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,000 Speaker 1: was because they just could not get the running game 93 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: going against that Chicago front. The Bears. The Bears defensive line, 94 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: really defensive front set the tone in that game. You 95 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:53,440 Speaker 1: mentioned Minnesota's offensive line. I think this is a unit 96 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: that is going to be out for a little bit 97 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 1: of redemption here against the Packers, because that's the unit 98 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: that's taking a lot of he in the Minneapolis media 99 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 1: right now for the let down at Soldier Field and 100 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: and how it took the offense until the fourth quarter 101 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: when they were kind of in desperation mode before they 102 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 1: really started to move the ball with any consistency. So 103 00:05:12,839 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: this Vikings offensive line, they're going to be back home, 104 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: you know, in their own elements. And uh Packers. The 105 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,960 Speaker 1: Packers defensive front, yes, they're banged up. Mike Daniels is 106 00:05:22,960 --> 00:05:25,599 Speaker 1: not in there. This isn't the same defensive front that 107 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: the Bears have. But that's where the Packers have to 108 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,280 Speaker 1: try to control this ball game. You have to because 109 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you've seen in the past what what you 110 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: know Cook can do when he's healthy and be effective 111 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,800 Speaker 1: against teams, And honestly, the Mattavious Murray has been doing 112 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 1: it for the last five six years, whether it goes 113 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 1: back to his time with the Raiders or now in 114 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: the second part of his career with the Vikings. Both 115 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,400 Speaker 1: of those guys have the capabilities of breaking it and 116 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:51,800 Speaker 1: also moving the chains just down in distance and doing 117 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: the small things to be effective out of the backfield. 118 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 1: The biggest thing I think that plays into, though, the 119 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: desire to need to stop them, is because it does 120 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:04,239 Speaker 1: somewhat limit the downfield passing game. Then of the Vikings, 121 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: we've seen it against the Packers in the past two 122 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: when they're able to move the ball and get those 123 00:06:08,839 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: favorable second and third down situations. That's when you start 124 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: to see digs go on, Margo routes, That's when you 125 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Speaker 1: start to see at field having the deep crossers. So 126 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 1: you have to be on your your game from that 127 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: regard and and you know otherwise, you know, it kind 128 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 1: of reminds me, Mike a little bit um your baseball guy. 129 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: I used to be a baseball guy where you know, 130 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: you'd play a certain team, let's just say the Cardinals, 131 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:32,599 Speaker 1: for example, and you could kind of visualize who's gonna 132 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 1: be at first, who's gonna be at second, who's going 133 00:06:34,440 --> 00:06:37,080 Speaker 1: to be the outfield. It's such a consistent group, and 134 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 1: you know where they're going to be in the batting order. 135 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:40,640 Speaker 1: I look at the Vikings in the very similar light. 136 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 1: Offensive and defensive. You know you're gonna have to deal 137 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: with Kyle Rudolph and just the multitude of options they have. Now, again, 138 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,000 Speaker 1: is there you know that Tyreek Hill or just a 139 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: guy that completely strikes fearing you. Maybe yes, maybe no. 140 00:06:54,680 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: It's a lot of possession receivers in that offense. But 141 00:06:56,839 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 1: that being said, you can't allow them to get go 142 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: on because a feeling two has had some really big 143 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: games against this team. Yeah, well, Theeland had was at 144 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,119 Speaker 1: eight consecutive games to start the year with one yards. 145 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: He's cooled off a little bit. You know, obviously he 146 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 1: can't keep that up forever. He's cooled off a little 147 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: bit production wise, but as you said, he's had some 148 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 1: big games against the Packers. You know, he and Diggs 149 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 1: both made huge plays in the fourth quarter at lambeau 150 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,240 Speaker 1: Field when when the Vikings made that come back to 151 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:28,560 Speaker 1: get the game here in Week two into overtime, which 152 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 1: which ultimately ended in a tie. UM Feeling is a 153 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 1: feeling is a guy that that's earned a ton of respect, uh, 154 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: not only around the league, but certainly within the NFC 155 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: North and UH and the games he's had against Green Bay, 156 00:07:41,240 --> 00:07:43,360 Speaker 1: the Packers are gonna have to They're gonna have to 157 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: clamp down on him better than they have. The one 158 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: thing I like about the Packers secondary this though, it's 159 00:07:47,440 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: almost a different group than what they saw in that 160 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,680 Speaker 1: week too game. You know. You also, depending on if 161 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: Bishop Brillan is available, he's now in their Devon Houses 162 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: on injury reserve. I really really want to see that 163 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 1: matchup between if it works out to e Gyr Alexander 164 00:08:00,920 --> 00:08:04,240 Speaker 1: against Adam Feeland, because I mean, there had there's been 165 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: some flexibility that they've had to do. You know, Alexander said, 166 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:10,560 Speaker 1: in a perfect world, he enjoys playing the slot more. 167 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: He's fine doing either. He feels he can be a 168 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 1: Pro Bowl type player at either spot, but he just 169 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,880 Speaker 1: enjoys being involved in the game. Weren't getting a chance 170 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 1: to make some plays. As Tremont Williams always likes to say, 171 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: we're near on a boundary, it kind of gets lonely 172 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: out there. Alexander likes the action, and I just think 173 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,120 Speaker 1: seeing him in Cineland could be really I think it's 174 00:08:27,120 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: gonna be a really good matchup for years to come. 175 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:30,720 Speaker 1: But if you could get that, if you get enough 176 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:33,079 Speaker 1: guys healthy to have that potentially play out in this game, 177 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: I think that'd be really big for Mike Petten's defense. Well, 178 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,160 Speaker 1: we saw in the Week two game here at lambeau 179 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 1: Field when the Packers had Kevin King on stefanigs how 180 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,199 Speaker 1: the Packers defense was really really tough that day for 181 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: about three quarters. And then when Kevin King left the 182 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 1: game and they had to start shuffling some things around 183 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:53,160 Speaker 1: in the secondary, suddenly Minnesota's offense took off. So we'll 184 00:08:53,160 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: see as the week goes on. What what the word 185 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,240 Speaker 1: is with Kevin King in his ability to stay step 186 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,080 Speaker 1: for step with Digs in that game. I thought it 187 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 1: was so key. I mean, it's still out of all, 188 00:09:02,880 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: like if I took the top ten passes, defense or 189 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 1: interceptions for the year so far, even though it wasn't 190 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,319 Speaker 1: a pick that that play where he goes stride for 191 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 1: stride with him down the far sideline with no help 192 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 1: whatsoever over the top, it's just go, there's your man, 193 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 1: Go make a play and unfortunately end up pulling out 194 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:21,079 Speaker 1: of that with a groin injury shortly after that. But 195 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:23,199 Speaker 1: I've been saying it since day one. When you look 196 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: at King's size and his speed MIC and the fact 197 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: that he can play the boundary position against some really tall, 198 00:09:28,320 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: lengthy athletic receivers, he is exactly what you need in 199 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: two thousand and eighteen to to be able to defend 200 00:09:34,040 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: against them. Yeah, alrighty, well quickly West a little sponsored 201 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:41,440 Speaker 1: business the powerful noise canceling technology that helps NFL coaches 202 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: block out eighty tho screaming fans can get you closer 203 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: to the music you love. Learn more at www dot 204 00:09:48,240 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: bos dot com. Slash Packers Bows the official headphones of 205 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 1: the Green Bay Packers. Okay, defensive side of the ball 206 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 1: for the Minnesota Vikings, they've had some guys in and out. 207 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: Everson Griffin is back in now after are missing a 208 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 1: lot of time for some personal reasons. Anthony Barr. It 209 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,080 Speaker 1: sounds like maybe he's coming back this week after missing 210 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:11,119 Speaker 1: um some games. You know, your mainstays in there, Kendrick's, 211 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 1: Harrison Smith, Davier Rhodes. I mean this this is still 212 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:17,440 Speaker 1: a pretty darn good unit. And the guy who's really 213 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,079 Speaker 1: the kind of striking fear and everybody is that pass 214 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,840 Speaker 1: rusher Daniel Hunter. What's he up to now? Eleven and 215 00:10:22,880 --> 00:10:25,600 Speaker 1: a hal half second most right now? Yeah, I mean 216 00:10:25,640 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: he's he's been racking him up this year. Um, interesting 217 00:10:29,520 --> 00:10:31,959 Speaker 1: story behind him, just because he's a guy who came 218 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: into the NFL without a whole lot of fanfare, but 219 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: yet he's developed into quite the productive pass rusher. Yeah. 220 00:10:38,240 --> 00:10:41,120 Speaker 1: And this is what I've always respected about Mike Patton's defense, 221 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: whether excuse me, Mike Zimmer's defense, although I do respect 222 00:10:43,679 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: Pattens too, going back to either whether it was with 223 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: his time with Cincinnati or now these last four or 224 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: five years with Minnesota, it's never just one guy. Certainly 225 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:54,959 Speaker 1: Everson Griffin's been on a good run and when everything's right, 226 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,560 Speaker 1: you know, he's a very effective player. But it's not 227 00:10:57,679 --> 00:11:00,520 Speaker 1: just one guy. He always has somebody else that's EPs up, 228 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,440 Speaker 1: and Hunters really became that player over the last two 229 00:11:03,480 --> 00:11:05,720 Speaker 1: and a half seasons. And as you mentioned, I don't 230 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:07,280 Speaker 1: know if there was a lot of fanfare with him. 231 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: He wasn't one of these, you know, Harrison Smith, you know, 232 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:14,079 Speaker 1: first round all eyes on him type prospects. But what 233 00:11:14,160 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: he's been able to do and the impact he's been 234 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 1: able to make has been pretty incredible. And especially Mike 235 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: when you say the eleven and a half sacks, much 236 00:11:21,280 --> 00:11:23,599 Speaker 1: like Feeland, I mean he had this first six or 237 00:11:23,679 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: seven games, seven games with at least one sack, and 238 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:28,679 Speaker 1: then had three and a half against Detroit in that day. 239 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,720 Speaker 1: I believe Matthew Stafford got taken down ten times. Ten times. Yeah, 240 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: that was a new, a new Vikings record. They sack 241 00:11:35,400 --> 00:11:37,920 Speaker 1: Stafford ten times. When you think about back to the 242 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:41,080 Speaker 1: days of the Purple People leaders and all that, I know, 243 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 1: sacks maybe weren't an official statistic back then, but to 244 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: think that this Vikings defense set the franchise record for 245 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: sacks in one game with ten. That that's saying something. 246 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: It was something else. And And like I said, to 247 00:11:51,880 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 1: be able to a third round pick in two thousand fifteen, 248 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 1: six ft five, two sixty pounds, be able to get 249 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 1: that kind of impact a very really critical thing. And 250 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 1: you know, because you're gonna get your first round picks. 251 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 1: But being able to find these type of guys, being 252 00:12:05,559 --> 00:12:07,600 Speaker 1: able to find the Adam feelings of the world, as 253 00:12:07,640 --> 00:12:09,200 Speaker 1: we've seen with some of these Packer teams in the 254 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: past that have really excelled. It's those type of players 255 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,640 Speaker 1: that can put a defense or an offense over the top. Yeah, 256 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: and when you're talking pass rush, we all know that 257 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 1: the pass rush for a team playing at home, when 258 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 1: the defense is at home is always different than on 259 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: the road. And U and the Packers offensive line obviously 260 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:28,000 Speaker 1: is going to have his hands full. You get the 261 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:31,199 Speaker 1: noise going, the offense has to go to the silent count. 262 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,240 Speaker 1: Those pass rushers just they have that I wouldn't even 263 00:12:34,280 --> 00:12:36,480 Speaker 1: say it's a half a second, it's a it's a 264 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,400 Speaker 1: fraction of a half of a second that they get 265 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: a little bit of a jump that you don't necessarily 266 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: get when you're playing on the road as a pass rusher, 267 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:46,520 Speaker 1: and uh and it it makes it makes the task 268 00:12:46,559 --> 00:12:49,679 Speaker 1: of protecting a quarterback like Aaron Rodgers that much tougher. Yeah, 269 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,720 Speaker 1: and it's gonna be interesting to the thing. I'm looking 270 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:54,400 Speaker 1: forward to watching this matchup. So obviously Trey Wayne Xavior 271 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:56,839 Speaker 1: Rohads they're the one too. They've been that way for 272 00:12:56,840 --> 00:12:58,640 Speaker 1: a number of years. But they lost my cues for 273 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:01,719 Speaker 1: this season. Yeah, so seen exactly how they match up there. 274 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: I had to be honest with you, I'm not is 275 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:05,880 Speaker 1: it mostly been Mackenzie Alexander handling the slot. I'm not 276 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: even entirely. I know he's been playing a lot more 277 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,480 Speaker 1: obviously since Hughes went out, but I don't know they 278 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: handle that sub package. But anyway, Hughes, that was kind 279 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 1: of seen as that was going to be his spot, 280 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,319 Speaker 1: and he was looking pretty good there early on this season, 281 00:13:17,320 --> 00:13:20,280 Speaker 1: and he was drafted in the first round specifically to 282 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,120 Speaker 1: be that guy for them this season, to to add 283 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 1: add that one extra top line you know, cover corner 284 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: type guy. Yeah. So whereas in the past, you know, 285 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,520 Speaker 1: they've been so deep at so many positions, they still 286 00:13:31,559 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 1: are relatively speaking, but they've had to really at at 287 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: all three major spots, have had to dig a little 288 00:13:36,880 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: bit deeper into that depth chart than they have the 289 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: past few seasons, at least to the naked eye. Yeah, 290 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:44,440 Speaker 1: and for all the disappointment in some ways that is 291 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: surrounding the Vikings because they did come in with Super 292 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 1: Bowl hopes and yet here they are at five four 293 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,520 Speaker 1: and one, there in second place in their own division, 294 00:13:51,960 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: Minnesota is still looking at this, at least I would 295 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 1: imagine they are from Mike Zimmer's point of view as, Hey, 296 00:13:57,559 --> 00:14:00,200 Speaker 1: we're right in this thing. You beat the Packers, get 297 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 1: to six four and one, you have another shot at 298 00:14:02,720 --> 00:14:04,760 Speaker 1: the Bears because the Bears are coming to your place 299 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 1: in December, all that kind of stuff. The Vikings are 300 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,720 Speaker 1: looking at it is, Hey, we still have everything right 301 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,920 Speaker 1: in front of us. Who cares about these four losses 302 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: in one tie. Let's let's take care of business at 303 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:17,439 Speaker 1: home and get rolling and get ourselves another shot in 304 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: the playoffs like last year. So as much as they're 305 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: disappointed with what happened on Sunday night at Soldier Field, 306 00:14:24,120 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 1: this is a team that is going to be fired 307 00:14:25,640 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 1: up and ready to go especially want to defend their 308 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: home turf after losing two games. They're already this season. 309 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:34,680 Speaker 1: They only lost one last year up until obviously you know, 310 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 1: the final stretch. But uh, that being said, I I 311 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:40,880 Speaker 1: just I look right now, Michael, at this thing. Uh 312 00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: you know, they had the inexcusable loss to Buffalo, but 313 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: otherwise they're in a very similar boat to the Packers, 314 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 1: and that you know, a close loss in l A. 315 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:51,520 Speaker 1: You lose a close one to Chicago. Uh, you know, 316 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,840 Speaker 1: they they They've had some very competitive games over the 317 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 1: course the season, ten point lost to New Orleans. They 318 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,000 Speaker 1: just have not been able to get over the hump 319 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:02,040 Speaker 1: in those. So yeah, this is a I always am nervous, 320 00:15:02,040 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 1: and I don't like saying must win games, but I 321 00:15:03,760 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 1: think you can pretty much agree the Packers are in 322 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: that scenario right now. Considering this as a division opponent, 323 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: you're this close in the race. I think the win 324 00:15:12,000 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: like this is really going to be able to cut 325 00:15:13,440 --> 00:15:16,680 Speaker 1: catapult either team into that fourth quarter of the season. Yeah, 326 00:15:16,720 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 1: you're right, it is. It's kind of a potential launching pad, 327 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: so to speak, for either team. Because from Minnesota's point 328 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,240 Speaker 1: of view, as I said, if they get to six 329 00:15:24,320 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 1: four and one, and they know that Chicago is coming 330 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,600 Speaker 1: to their place later in the season. They'll feel like 331 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:31,440 Speaker 1: they're right where they want to be from the Packers 332 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: point of view. Win and get to five five and one, 333 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,560 Speaker 1: and you have two home games coming up after all 334 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 1: of these wrote, you know, four road games in five 335 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,160 Speaker 1: weeks and and all the struggles on the road. If 336 00:15:41,200 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 1: you can snap those struggles on the road and get 337 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: a win and you're coming back home for two games, 338 00:15:45,120 --> 00:15:47,720 Speaker 1: then you feel like you can thrust yourself right back 339 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:51,440 Speaker 1: into the conversation. So, um, one other thing, Um, Actually 340 00:15:51,480 --> 00:15:53,760 Speaker 1: I should take care of some sponsor business. Let's do that, 341 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: all right at Homer Here in the stands, we all 342 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: know that Green Bay fans give it their all and 343 00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: that takes a lot of energy. So grab a warm 344 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 1: bowl of Campbell's Chunky Soup. It's meaty goodness fuels the 345 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:06,760 Speaker 1: greatness of Packers fans everywhere tried the delicious classic chicken 346 00:16:06,760 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 1: noodle soup. Just visit your local supermarket and ask for 347 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: Campbell's Chunky Soup, Official sup partner of the Green Bay Packers. Okay, 348 00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: before we go today, I do want to preview a 349 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 1: little bit the Turkey Day of Football Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving 350 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: Triple Header a really interesting slate of games in that 351 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:30,520 Speaker 1: all three games are not only NFC strictly NFC teams, 352 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:33,480 Speaker 1: but they're all division matchups. You have the Chicago Bears 353 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: going to Detroit in the early game, you have the 354 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: Washington Redskins going to Dallas for the late afternoon game. 355 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 1: And then I forget the location, but it's Falcons and Saints. 356 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 1: It's in New Orleans, Okay, Falcons at Saints in the 357 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,200 Speaker 1: NFC South for the night game. All these have really 358 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: interesting narratives because the Bears obviously in first place in 359 00:16:53,200 --> 00:16:55,960 Speaker 1: the North, but they just played a Sunday night football 360 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: game and they have to kick it off at eleven 361 00:16:58,440 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 1: thirties Central Time in Detroit on Thursday. Actually did the 362 00:17:02,080 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: math there. Their turnaround time from end of game to 363 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: start of next game is about twelve hours shorter than 364 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: what the Packers had for the after the Miami from 365 00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,679 Speaker 1: the Miami to Seattle. So they didn't have to take 366 00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:16,199 Speaker 1: a cross country No, they don't have to take a 367 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:17,960 Speaker 1: cross they don't have to take a cross country flight, 368 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: but twelve hours is twelve hours. And then you have 369 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: the Redskins, who are down to their backup quarterback now 370 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 1: with the horrible injury to Alex Smith unfortunately, and I'm 371 00:17:28,080 --> 00:17:30,320 Speaker 1: not laughing about that. I'm laughing more about the Cowboys 372 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: suddenly being in the middle of that division race. Yeah. Well, 373 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 1: the Cowboys were two weeks ago, they were three and 374 00:17:34,800 --> 00:17:36,760 Speaker 1: five and everybody was writing them off. And all of 375 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: a sudden, they've won back to back games. The Redskins 376 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,240 Speaker 1: lose their quarterback and Dallas has a chance to uh 377 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:44,960 Speaker 1: to tie them for first and then uh the night 378 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: game the Atlanta Falcons, if they pick up their seventh loss, 379 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: it's I mean, it's pretty much all over for them 380 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: in terms of trying to make the postseason if if 381 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: the best they can do is is nine and seven 382 00:17:57,240 --> 00:17:59,280 Speaker 1: the way things look so and the New Orleans Saints 383 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:01,360 Speaker 1: are the team that nobody can seem to stay with 384 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, it's gonna be an exciting day of games. 385 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: I am really you know, I'm hoping we'll break here 386 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,160 Speaker 1: early enough to get home and you know, throw down 387 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,040 Speaker 1: some turkey and check these games out, you know, personally. 388 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: In addition, you know, the narrative for the North is 389 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: going to be what it is in the the intrigue 390 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:18,680 Speaker 1: is going to be there because of the Packers and 391 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:20,520 Speaker 1: the implications of it. Was the main reason why I 392 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 1: was saying last week, I think you're kind of hoping 393 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,639 Speaker 1: for a Vikings win just based on the Bears. You know, 394 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:27,840 Speaker 1: even his short rest, they're still taking on a Detroit 395 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,120 Speaker 1: team that's trying to find themselves. How much how much 396 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: do you think Detroit's I mean, Detroit got a pretty 397 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:35,360 Speaker 1: big win over Carolina at home on Sunday, a game 398 00:18:35,400 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people needed it. A lot of people 399 00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 1: thought Carolina would walk into four field and just kind 400 00:18:39,800 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: of keep rolling offensively, and that didn't happen. You know, Detroit, 401 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: Detroit could really make life difficult for Chicago, and they 402 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 1: could pull themselves back into it, because again, this thing 403 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: isn't nobody's running away with it. A win over the 404 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,560 Speaker 1: Bears would put everybody within two games of each other 405 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 1: with five to go. So there are a lot of 406 00:18:54,440 --> 00:18:57,520 Speaker 1: implications for that. Me personally, though, Michael, the game I'm 407 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,320 Speaker 1: most excited about is Washington and Dallas because, to be 408 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: quite honest with you and I could end up being 409 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:04,399 Speaker 1: completely wrong. These next five weeks six weeks could go terrible. 410 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,919 Speaker 1: I've always quietly been a Coult McCoy fan. I actually 411 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:09,960 Speaker 1: have always been impressed with him. I don't think he 412 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: ever got a fair shake with Cleveland. If you go 413 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 1: back and see and look at some of the issues 414 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:18,240 Speaker 1: that Cleveland has had, his stats actually bear out. Okay there, 415 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: and he's been the backup in Washington for four seasons 416 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 1: now and they paid him, you know, a significant amount 417 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:25,800 Speaker 1: of money to be there the last two years. So 418 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: this is why you do it. I think a lot 419 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: of people consider him one of the upper echelon backups 420 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: in the league. Well, now, this is a chance to 421 00:19:32,280 --> 00:19:35,760 Speaker 1: keep Washington in the playoff hunt. And conversely, you have 422 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: a Dallas team that I think has given up the 423 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: fewest points in the NFC right now. Defensively, Yeah, that's 424 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 1: the thing, Dallas. Dallas's defense is what has helped them 425 00:19:44,359 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 1: turn the surround and stay in it because, yeah, while 426 00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 1: their offenses smoothed some things out, their offense hasn't suddenly exploded. 427 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,479 Speaker 1: It's their defense that has changed the tenor of certain 428 00:19:53,520 --> 00:19:55,439 Speaker 1: games and gotten them back in this So does that 429 00:19:55,520 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 1: tenor continue on Thursday night, I'm or Thursday afternoon. I 430 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 1: think that's gonna be an excellent football game, very much 431 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,280 Speaker 1: excited to watch it. And then New Orleans Atlanta's had 432 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: to overcome a lot with their injuries on defense. This here, 433 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,040 Speaker 1: and now you've got this silver bullet train just heading 434 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:13,720 Speaker 1: right for you. Uh well, we'll see how they handle it. Yeah, 435 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 1: I mean New Orleans. I remember when in twenty fourteen, 436 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,679 Speaker 1: was that when the Packers played a primetime game in 437 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:25,159 Speaker 1: New Orleans. I remember doing research at that time, and 438 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: I can't remember how exactly it shook out, But the 439 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:32,000 Speaker 1: New Orleans Saints have an absolutely ridiculous home winning streak 440 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:35,240 Speaker 1: in primetime games when it's nighttime down in the Big 441 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,040 Speaker 1: Easy and they fill that place with I mean, it's 442 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: it's like a playoff game. Anytime they play at night 443 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 1: down there, it is crazy noisy, the Packers of Packers 444 00:20:44,280 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: only two trips to New Orleans in my thirteen seasons 445 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: covering the team have been night games, and they've been nightmares, 446 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:53,080 Speaker 1: quite frankly for the Packers. So as much as the 447 00:20:53,080 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: Falcons are struggling and they are desperate for a win, 448 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: it's really hard to see, it's really hard to see 449 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,600 Speaker 1: them being the ones to stop this. New Land's trainer 450 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: the deck is stacked against them, probably as hard as anyone. 451 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:05,960 Speaker 1: What's interesting is you and I will preview these games 452 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:08,280 Speaker 1: every single week, and it always seems like I don't 453 00:21:08,359 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 1: just probably the way it worked out. It always seems 454 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: like Atlanta is facing a really difficult opponent, whether it's 455 00:21:12,760 --> 00:21:14,879 Speaker 1: at home or you know, facing a tough matchup on 456 00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 1: the road. And with New Orleans is at right now, 457 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I think pound for pound, you consider them 458 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:21,400 Speaker 1: the number one power ranking team in the league right now. 459 00:21:21,760 --> 00:21:24,400 Speaker 1: It doesn't get much more difficult than that. Yeah, alright, Well, 460 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,399 Speaker 1: with that, we are going to sign off on this 461 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:29,320 Speaker 1: edition of Packers Unscripted. Be sure to follow all of 462 00:21:29,359 --> 00:21:32,240 Speaker 1: our coverage of the team on Packers dot com on Twitter. 463 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:34,600 Speaker 1: He's at west Hot I'm at Mike Spofford at Packers 464 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,879 Speaker 1: for the team account. Thanks for tuning in, and happy 465 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:39,080 Speaker 1: Thanksgiving everybody. We'll see you next time.