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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from

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Speaker 1: Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spofford, joined by my

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Speaker 1: partner in crime, West Hodkowitz, were coming to you here

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Speaker 1: from our studios at lambeau Field Weston. Week five is here.

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Speaker 1: The Packers are three and one. They are traveling to

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati to face another three and one squad in the Bengals.

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Speaker 1: Your thoughts here on Cincinnati. You look at what that

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Speaker 1: team has accomplished so far this season. The victory over

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Speaker 1: Pittsburgh on the road at Hines Field probably the most notable,

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Speaker 1: but also a couple of down to the wire walk

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Speaker 1: off wins overtime against Minnesota and then last Thursday night

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Speaker 1: against Jacksonville. This is a team that's gotten some things

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Speaker 1: done in crunch time. I love the Cincinnati Bengals. They're

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Speaker 1: one of my favorite teams to watch and and it's

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Speaker 1: been that way for a number of years. Although they've

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Speaker 1: been in kind of a depression for a few years

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Speaker 1: after you know that the latter half of the Marvin

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Speaker 1: they're fun team, you know, and I enjoy that fan

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Speaker 1: base I love everything about them, and Joe Burrow has

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Speaker 1: infused I think a new enthusiasm that was badly needed.

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Speaker 1: I mean, they needed to turn a corner. Things, no

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Speaker 1: the end of the Andy Dalton Lewis era and they

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Speaker 1: suffered a lot of losing for a couple of seasons.

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Speaker 1: But Burrow, even though there was the knee injury last year,

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Speaker 1: there was so much enthusiasm about the way he plays

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Speaker 1: And for him to come back and be off to

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Speaker 1: the start that he is, I've said a time and

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Speaker 1: time again. I mean he has the intangibles, Mike, he

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Speaker 1: has good downfield accuracy, he has the poise in the pocket,

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Speaker 1: he doesn't get jittery, he knows how to create plays.

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Speaker 1: But what I like about him the most is he

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Speaker 1: is a consummate winner. And I thought you saw that

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Speaker 1: but he can will teams to victory. And when you

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Speaker 1: look at this three and one start for the Bengals,

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Speaker 1: I think, in addition to some really create of play

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Speaker 1: of us come down to Joe Burrow just kind of

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Speaker 1: wanting it more in finding ways to get a victory.

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Speaker 1: Hundred and thirteen pass rating completion percentage and still having

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Speaker 1: four interceptions. The kid can play. Yeah, absolutely that. There

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Speaker 1: are certain statistics that jump out. Obviously, one is Joe

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Speaker 1: burrow se completions so far this year. Another one for

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Speaker 1: me is seeing that Jamaar Chase, his star wide receiver

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Speaker 1: already this season. And another thing that sticks out to

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Speaker 1: me about this team third quarter West coming out of halftime.

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Speaker 1: These guys have outscored their opponents thirty four to seven

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Speaker 1: in the third quarter. This is something the Packers are

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Speaker 1: three and one. They're the only team in the a

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Speaker 1: and they were the team that was sort of they

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Speaker 1: have Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens, Baker Mayfield and

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Speaker 1: the Cleveland Browns are a team on the rise. Well,

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati Bengals are saying hello, here we are. We're three

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Speaker 1: coming into Cincinnati. This is the Cincinnati Bengals opportunity to

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Speaker 1: I think the motivation for the Bengals for this game

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Speaker 1: you know, there's strategy involved, no question about it. As

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Speaker 1: I said, I really like the version of Taylor's offense

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Speaker 1: I think Taylor has done a really excellent job of

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Speaker 1: We don't know what is out looks going to be

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Speaker 1: school smash mouth football. This is our running back. We're

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Speaker 1: for what the Bengals have done offensively. Yeah, and you

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Speaker 1: alluded to the Cincinnati defense too. You're not talking about

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Speaker 1: all that. But just look at the numbers. This defense

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Speaker 1: This is a very sound unit. Nobody's had any kind

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Speaker 1: has all the looks of a franchise guy. Uh. Shoutouts

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Speaker 1: On the defensive side for the Packers, no definitive update

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Speaker 1: just yet on Jaire Alexander. The latest word from Matt

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Speaker 1: Lafleur is the Packers are hoping that Alexander does not

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Speaker 1: now about this isn't Eric Stokes versus Kevin King. This

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Speaker 1: a guy like Joy Alexander is not a one player replacement.

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Speaker 1: It was my lead for Insider Inbox. There's a reason

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Speaker 1: That's really it's a long season, but that goal does

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Speaker 1: You've got these a NFC West matchups. Huge opportunity here

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Speaker 1: we'll call it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted.

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Speaker 1: Be sure to follow all of our coverage of the

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Speaker 1: game from Cincinnati. Will have it all for you on

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Speaker 1: Packers dot Com for West, I'm Mike. Thank you for

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Speaker 1: tuning in everybody. We'll see you next time, yeah,