Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford. He is West Hodkuits. We're coming
Speaker 1: to you here from our studios at lambeau Field and West.
Speaker 1: We're on a short week, a condensed week, so we're
Speaker 1: going to uh condense a couple of shows into one here.
Speaker 1: We're gonna move on today to talk about the Seattle Seahawks,
Speaker 1: but I also want to get to a story that
Speaker 1: uh you posted on our website with regards to the
Speaker 1: packers sack total defensively for this year. Some really interesting
Speaker 1: numbers there. But starting with the Seattle Seahawks, they are
Speaker 1: four and five after a loss to the Los Angeles
Speaker 1: Rams this last week, we know the Packers are four
Speaker 1: four and one. These two teams both very very badly
Speaker 1: need this victory. And when you start with the Seattle Seahawks,
Speaker 1: for all the changes in personnel and everything that I've
Speaker 1: gone on there over the last couple of years, it
Speaker 1: still starts with Russell Wilson, it is. And and it's
Speaker 1: interesting to me, Mike, because with the way things have
Speaker 1: gone for the Seahawks, you've seen, you know, some things
Speaker 1: that defense sort of a road here. Some guys got older,
Speaker 1: some guys got a little bit more discontent. Whatever it is,
Speaker 1: you know, it's it isn't the same unit that it
Speaker 1: once was, but it's still a pretty darn good unit
Speaker 1: the way they play, and they still have two of
Speaker 1: the best linebackers in this league offensively though it was
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson, it is Russell Wilson, and it will continue
Speaker 1: to be Russell Wilson's team. In Russell Wilson's unit, Uh,
Speaker 1: they've done a fairly decent job I think of trying
Speaker 1: to renovate his offensive line. There are a lot of
Speaker 1: issues there for a number of seasons. It's still not
Speaker 1: the best old line in the league. But I think
Speaker 1: they're giving him a pocket that he can work with.
Speaker 1: As far as the passing game. Tyler Lockett, they made
Speaker 1: a big investment to him in the off season and
Speaker 1: it seems to be paying off for them to this point.
Speaker 1: He's become their top playmaker and with a kind of
Speaker 1: a carousel of running backs to this point in the season,
Speaker 1: it's really Ben Wilson and Lockett show at this point. Yeah.
Speaker 1: The thing I think that scares me the most, so
Speaker 1: to speak about Russell Wilson is that he's just one
Speaker 1: of these guys that you let him get outside the
Speaker 1: pocket and start to scramble around. You can have everything
Speaker 1: defended perfectly well, and he can still run for ten
Speaker 1: or twelve or fifteen yards on you and just breaks
Speaker 1: you back. Yeah, I was gonna say nine two yards
Speaker 1: rushing last week. Now, Rashad Penny was the new running
Speaker 1: back who stepped in because Chris Carson was injured. He
Speaker 1: suddenly goes for a buck eight on just twelve carries
Speaker 1: against the Rams, and then you add Russell Wilson's two yards.
Speaker 1: That's suddenly two yards rushing from a backup running back
Speaker 1: and you're starting quarterback, and they just about knocked off
Speaker 1: the Rams out in l A. Yeah. I mean, if
Speaker 1: you know anything about Penny's story, they drafted him, and
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people all their expectation was
Speaker 1: that he'd be there starting running back. They've gone through
Speaker 1: a whirlwind here the past few years, in the aftermath
Speaker 1: of Marshawn Lynch. It's been a lot. And then Penny
Speaker 1: had this really strange narrative throughout training camp in the
Speaker 1: offseason about where where his weight was at, was he
Speaker 1: in the shape he needed to be, and it ends
Speaker 1: up being Chris Carson who takes a job with Mike Davis,
Speaker 1: the former San Francisco forty Niner being the backup. Well,
Speaker 1: Penny gets his opportunity. I think when you look at
Speaker 1: an athletics standpoint, it's not a surprise. It's just been
Speaker 1: more about what it's taken to get him to this point.
Speaker 1: Now we have to see how this week is gonna
Speaker 1: work out. If Carson is gonna be back in the plans.
Speaker 1: If he's not, does it end up being Mike Davis again,
Speaker 1: is it Penny? Do they rotate all of them? A
Speaker 1: lot of guys to keep in mind, but the fact
Speaker 1: that they were able to put up a hundred yard
Speaker 1: game after struggling as much as they have with the
Speaker 1: run game and having that kind of work off of
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson. When you go back and think about those
Speaker 1: Super Bowl teams and the teams that really gave the
Speaker 1: NFC problems for a number of years, it was built
Speaker 1: off that one two punch of Wilson and Marshawn Lynch.
Speaker 1: They're trying to find that. I don't wouldn't say that
Speaker 1: they're there yet, but this was at least the promising
Speaker 1: sign for them after last year being such a grind
Speaker 1: going through Eddie Lacy and raw and Rawls and just
Speaker 1: all the different guys that they were rotating at that
Speaker 1: trying to find something that would work for them. When
Speaker 1: you talk about what could be dangerous with a guy
Speaker 1: like Penny stepping in like he is here we are
Speaker 1: in the middle of November. This is a guy with
Speaker 1: some fresh legs. He can be you know, he can
Speaker 1: be tough to handle. We've seen obviously the Packers have
Speaker 1: not overused Aaron Jones, and as we've talked about all
Speaker 1: season long, we're going to continue to see Aaron jones
Speaker 1: workload get ramped up because the Packers were a little
Speaker 1: leery of his injury history from his rookie season. Now
Speaker 1: we're getting into the stretch run here and and Jones
Speaker 1: obviously showed what he can do. But when you have
Speaker 1: a brand new guy like this, like Penny, who jumps
Speaker 1: in in the middle in the middle of the season
Speaker 1: and isn't as beat down as a normal starting running back,
Speaker 1: this can be a tough situation. And for defense, he
Speaker 1: could be tough to handle. Yeah, absolutely, Mike. I was
Speaker 1: just trying to bring up right now some of these
Speaker 1: stats of how this is playing out for them this season.
Speaker 1: The thing that it really impresses me though, about Penny
Speaker 1: coming out of San Diego State, Uh, it seemed like
Speaker 1: he would be the type of back that would sort
Speaker 1: of fit that their style. I mean, he's listed at
Speaker 1: to twenty more of a power type back that has
Speaker 1: some explosive tendencies to him. Uh. And I think it
Speaker 1: was after a number of years of trying to use
Speaker 1: late round picks and trying to find different pieces that
Speaker 1: would fit, they tried to go out and not necessarily
Speaker 1: get Marshawn Lynch, but find a guy that that fit
Speaker 1: with that running style that they had so much success
Speaker 1: with with with so many years. Uh. And and now
Speaker 1: you know, you look at Doug Baldwin, what they have
Speaker 1: and Lockett. There's still weapons that you have to be
Speaker 1: concerned with downfield, but with the moves they made, you know,
Speaker 1: moving forward without Jimmy Graham basically more towards a blocking
Speaker 1: type system with what they're looking for from their tight
Speaker 1: ends and the inside of that. Luke Wilson the other
Speaker 1: type he moved on as well. Yeah, it just seems
Speaker 1: to me that they're trying to get back to their
Speaker 1: base a little bit more. I you know, again, I'm
Speaker 1: not following the Seattle Seahawks every day, but as far
Speaker 1: as the perception, it just comes off like that because
Speaker 1: you know what Russell Wilson can do. You just talked
Speaker 1: about it like he's versaal outside the pocket. He can
Speaker 1: extend plays. Strangely, he is susceptible to sacks. Still he
Speaker 1: can avoid them, but he still does. He still does
Speaker 1: get sacked, well, he does. He does hold the ball
Speaker 1: and try to and try to make plays. But when
Speaker 1: he does get the ball off, he's incredibly accurate. He
Speaker 1: doesn't he doesn't have that whistle of a throw necessarily,
Speaker 1: but his touch and and and his accuracy, his his
Speaker 1: ability to put balls in in tricky spots, maybe dropping
Speaker 1: it in from up above like those kinds. He makes
Speaker 1: different types of throws than a lot of other quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: and he's very very accurate in doing so. And what
Speaker 1: I'm very interested to see is just how he plays
Speaker 1: and performs in this game the Packers. Yes, there's a
Speaker 1: storied history there. You can go back to the fail Mary,
Speaker 1: you can go back to the NFC Championship game in
Speaker 1: two thousand, fourteen. But the Packers have won three straight
Speaker 1: against Russell Wilson and five starts against them. He has
Speaker 1: a ser rating seven touchdowns ten interceptions for a guy,
Speaker 1: and I know one of those games he had like
Speaker 1: five of them or whatever it was. But for a
Speaker 1: guy that protects the ball as well as he does,
Speaker 1: the Packers did have success against him, and I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be very interested to see that next chapter play out
Speaker 1: in this game if they can force the ball away
Speaker 1: from him. Yeah, all right, Well, you had touched on
Speaker 1: the Seahawks defense a moment ago, and I want to
Speaker 1: get back to that in a second. But Packers fans
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Speaker 1: Seahawks Defense West, the Legion of Boom is no longer.
Speaker 1: Richard Sherman is gone, Cam Chancellor is gone. Earl Thomas
Speaker 1: Um no longer there as well. The crux of this defense,
Speaker 1: from what I can tell, because it is still a
Speaker 1: very good unit. You're not just gonna roll over these guys.
Speaker 1: But those two linebackers, Bobby Wagner, kJ wright those guys are.
Speaker 1: Those guys really are kind of the heart and soul,
Speaker 1: not only geographically because they line up in the middle
Speaker 1: of the defense, but they really are the two guys
Speaker 1: that kind of make this defense work. And it's funny
Speaker 1: because now that I'm on this side of things, I'm
Speaker 1: not really trying to work the phones as much anymore
Speaker 1: than get like scout intel. But I remember my last
Speaker 1: year at the Press because that I talked to one
Speaker 1: scout for an NFL or an NFC team, and they
Speaker 1: said to me, Bobby Weaker. The impressive thing about him
Speaker 1: is he's the best linebacker in the league. And he's
Speaker 1: been the best linebacker in the league, and it's very
Speaker 1: difficult at that position. There's a there's a very select
Speaker 1: few that can stay at the top of that position.
Speaker 1: You see guys, and this is not to throw anybody
Speaker 1: under the but you see the Navarro Bowman's of the world.
Speaker 1: You see guys that really are They shine for a
Speaker 1: season or two, but just can't keep up that level play.
Speaker 1: What's impressive of Wagner's He's been doing this now for
Speaker 1: seven eight years, and you're right, he is the face
Speaker 1: of that defense. He is the identity of that defense.
Speaker 1: And he's done it as as long, if not longer
Speaker 1: than even Patrick Willison San Francisco. He's at He's at
Speaker 1: that level in terms of in terms of the longevity
Speaker 1: being at the top of the league. And what impress
Speaker 1: says me too is word a day and age Mike,
Speaker 1: where everybody just wants to change and you know, transition
Speaker 1: safeties hybrid players into linebackers, and they're in to some extent.
Speaker 1: I guess they did do this because they did get
Speaker 1: Shack Griffin in the draft and he's more of a
Speaker 1: twinter player. But right in Wagner are just punch you
Speaker 1: in the mouth. Linebackers, gritty three down, can play coverage
Speaker 1: when they need to lineback their throwback types, no doubt.
Speaker 1: There's just a shortage of them right now in two
Speaker 1: thousen with the way that this league structure. Yeah, upfront,
Speaker 1: obviously Michael Bennett no longer they're on the defensive line.
Speaker 1: The guy who's always intrigued me for them because he
Speaker 1: seems to be a guy who's capable of always having
Speaker 1: that big standout game if you're not careful is Frank Clark.
Speaker 1: Frank Clark is an interesting one because he is a
Speaker 1: little bit more of he could be. You could I
Speaker 1: could see him as a three four outside linebacker. You
Speaker 1: could see him as a hand in the dirt edge rusher.
Speaker 1: But yeah, eight sacks at this point in the season,
Speaker 1: he's sort of Ben the new breed, if you will,
Speaker 1: with that legion of boom and with with that defense,
Speaker 1: I mean ten secs two years ago. Over the last
Speaker 1: three seasons, has become a starter in that scheme. And
Speaker 1: I think it was the right time. I mean, they
Speaker 1: had Cliff Avril and you look at Michael Bennett and
Speaker 1: some of the things they did with their edge rush,
Speaker 1: signing players elsewhere, bringing them in and you know, being
Speaker 1: able to get strong performance out of them at out
Speaker 1: of a modest rate. Yeah, they had Bruce Ivan and
Speaker 1: by the way, and I always say this, I think
Speaker 1: I bring this up every time John Snyder got killed
Speaker 1: for that draft pick back in two thousand and twelve,
Speaker 1: and I always like bruserv and I thought he fit
Speaker 1: exactly what they were trying to do it. And he's
Speaker 1: just a consistent guy. That's gonna get you seven eight
Speaker 1: sacks unless you're in Oakland and you just want to
Speaker 1: ship them out. But yeah, it was considered a reach
Speaker 1: at the time because there were a lot off the
Speaker 1: field concerns with Burvon that everybody was like, boy, you're
Speaker 1: taking a big chance taking him as high as they did. Well,
Speaker 1: you know, Schneider turned out to be to be right.
Speaker 1: He did exactly what he needed to do there, and
Speaker 1: for the most part, you know, I was able to
Speaker 1: keep his nose clean. But now you've got Frank Clark.
Speaker 1: Now you've got a new uh breed. Like I was
Speaker 1: saying of defensive pass rusher there, it's a different face
Speaker 1: in the trenches. But he's been a guy that's certainly
Speaker 1: picked up that baton and and really really ran with it. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: with with regards to this Seahawks defense, that one thing
Speaker 1: I forgot to check before we turn on the cameras
Speaker 1: here West there their turnover situation, because I know it's
Speaker 1: a defense that over the years, when they were at
Speaker 1: their best, they would take the ball away. Obviously the
Speaker 1: legion of Boom, they would get interceptions, but they'd also
Speaker 1: hit quarterbacks get the ball out, that kind of thing.
Speaker 1: Where is this defense in terms of turnover? Well, this
Speaker 1: is the tough part for them right now because Earl
Speaker 1: Thomas is still their leading uh intercepting defensive back. He
Speaker 1: has three picks. They have ten as a team right now. Uh.
Speaker 1: Sequiel Griffin is I think a really solid player. Two
Speaker 1: picks for him on the year. I think he's the
Speaker 1: guy that sort of jumps off the page. To me,
Speaker 1: I'd be lying to you if I told you I
Speaker 1: knew much about their safety situation. Now, yeah, I'm not
Speaker 1: too familiar with it, but it is they've made a
Speaker 1: transition in the set in the back end as well. Uh,
Speaker 1: and it is going to be interesting to see how
Speaker 1: they do. But to this point, yeah, ten picks on
Speaker 1: the year and three of those blong Darryl Thomas. And
Speaker 1: how are they using the two Griffin brothers you mentioned
Speaker 1: obviously they drafted uh, um the I guess you call
Speaker 1: them the one armed Griffin. But yeah, Shack Griffin and
Speaker 1: then and then his his older brother um Is is
Speaker 1: on that defense as well. How are they using those? Well,
Speaker 1: Sequel is the starting boundary cornerback for them. I mean,
Speaker 1: he he is a guy in the two years that
Speaker 1: he's been there has been you know, the dude that
Speaker 1: they're they're developing. Uh, Sack Griffin has been a little
Speaker 1: bit different this year because there were some rumblings come
Speaker 1: out of training camp that Okay, maybe this guy is
Speaker 1: gonna start. And he's mostly been on special teams to
Speaker 1: this point. I think he's played in eight games. I
Speaker 1: can look up. I can actually bring the stats up
Speaker 1: in front of me. It was like eight or nine games,
Speaker 1: has like eight tackles on the year, eight tackles started
Speaker 1: one contest for them, but for the most part has
Speaker 1: been on special teams. Um, so yeah, they're both definitely
Speaker 1: in the fold. It's gonna be interesting too. I don't
Speaker 1: know how much it's gonna come up as a storyline,
Speaker 1: but Marc Uisvelda Scantling has a history with the two brothers.
Speaker 1: Ran on a relay with them in high school, so
Speaker 1: you have that storyline as well. And it would be
Speaker 1: kind of cool too if you see Sequil actually line
Speaker 1: up against MBS as well, Shaquil Shakim. How does one
Speaker 1: guy get the nickname Shack and not the other one? Well,
Speaker 1: for me, it was because until basically the NFL scouting combine,
Speaker 1: I didn't know how to pronounce the chem. I didn't
Speaker 1: know if it's sequam. I wasn't sure right, So yeah,
Speaker 1: it was shack and then everyone sort of called him that,
Speaker 1: So I was like, oh, this is cool. Maybe he
Speaker 1: just won the coin flip. I'm not sure. I've just
Speaker 1: I've wondered about that. But a great story with those uh,
Speaker 1: with those two brothers both playing together in Seattle, but West.
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Speaker 1: to talk about the Packers defense and the sack numbers
Speaker 1: right now. Six sacks last Sunday against the Miami Dolphins
Speaker 1: give the Packers thirty one on the season. That is
Speaker 1: tied for the league lead. But maybe the most interesting
Speaker 1: thing about the Packers being tied with a couple other
Speaker 1: teams for the league lead in sacks right now is
Speaker 1: the Packers don't have any one individual with more than five.
Speaker 1: This is really interesting how this is playing out with
Speaker 1: Mike Petton's defense in terms of the sacks being spread
Speaker 1: out amongst so many players. And you looked up some
Speaker 1: of those numbers. Yeah, Now I don't have a SPA
Speaker 1: Stats and Info department like you do, so I was,
Speaker 1: you know, doing all these things crunching on myself. Uh.
Speaker 1: The three things, there were three things that stood out
Speaker 1: there were very interesting to me. One the fact that
Speaker 1: they do have fifteen individual players who have had a
Speaker 1: sack this season. Going back too when that became an
Speaker 1: official statistic, the Packers have never had a defense have
Speaker 1: more than fifteen players have at least a half sacked
Speaker 1: in a non strike year. They actually did it eight seven,
Speaker 1: but it was sixteen different guys and you had replacement
Speaker 1: player that was the replacement players for a few games
Speaker 1: and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, so there's that
Speaker 1: aspect of it. The fact that they also are tied
Speaker 1: with I believe it's Kansas City, Minnesota, and I want
Speaker 1: to say is that Pitts Pittsburgh. Off the top of
Speaker 1: my head, all three of those teams have have at
Speaker 1: least one pass rusher that has I think seven or
Speaker 1: eight sacks on the year. The Packers top right now
Speaker 1: is Kenny Clark and Kyler Facker with five. Lastly, and
Speaker 1: I think the most interesting is to a certain extent,
Speaker 1: you could expect this if you go back to how
Speaker 1: Mike Petton ran his defense during his time with the Jets.
Speaker 1: He tit him across the board approach. You know, Mohammed
Speaker 1: Wilkerson didn't become a ten sack player until after Petton
Speaker 1: had left. But also what's very interesting, they never had
Speaker 1: more than forty sacks in a season with the Jets
Speaker 1: ten top or four top ten defenses and four years,
Speaker 1: but the sacks always ranged from thirty one to forty.
Speaker 1: The Packers around pace for fifty five. Now, if you
Speaker 1: go to Petton season in Buffalo, they actually had fifty
Speaker 1: seven that year. So it's not like he'd be setting
Speaker 1: a personal best or anything. You know, that was where
Speaker 1: Jerry Hughes really broke out and things of that nature.
Speaker 1: But the fact that the Packers are getting this kind
Speaker 1: of production, trust me. In The defensive players talked about this,
Speaker 1: Mike Petton has talked about it. They want to be
Speaker 1: more consistent in their pressure, but they've been able to
Speaker 1: get home. And I think when you look at they're
Speaker 1: only six sacks right now off of last year. You know,
Speaker 1: with seven games left to play, I think to some
Speaker 1: extent you are seeing that Mike Petton effect in this defense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and I think we're certainly seeing the not only the
Speaker 1: depth in terms of the defense, but the creativity. Because
Speaker 1: if you had said at the beginning of the season, Okay,
Speaker 1: after nine games, the Packers are going to be tied
Speaker 1: for the league lead in sacks and Clay Matthews and
Speaker 1: Nick Perry will have combined for four out of thirty
Speaker 1: plus sex, I would have said, you know, you're crazy.
Speaker 1: But this is a different type of system. It's a
Speaker 1: different type of scheme. And not only is pett And
Speaker 1: bringing guys from different angles. You know, you mug up
Speaker 1: six or seven guys and then maybe only four of
Speaker 1: them come, or maybe five of them come. That's sort
Speaker 1: of what his system has done. But also because the
Speaker 1: Packers have had to tap into their depth, We've seen
Speaker 1: Antonio Morrison have to step in for Blake Martinez and
Speaker 1: then he gets the call as the guy who comes
Speaker 1: and he gets a sack in New England. For example,
Speaker 1: we saw last week Raven Green has to step in
Speaker 1: when kentro o'bryce leaves with an injury, and then on
Speaker 1: a big third down, he gets the call to go
Speaker 1: after the quarterback and he gets a sack of Osweiler.
Speaker 1: So that's partly how this is getting so spread out
Speaker 1: is because the Packers have had to call on so
Speaker 1: many different guys because of injuries and shuffling personnel. But
Speaker 1: yet when every guy is getting that call and getting
Speaker 1: that opportunity, he's doing his best to cash in on it.
Speaker 1: What really stands out to me the most about pet
Speaker 1: and scheme is You're right, there's guys stepping up, and
Speaker 1: that's why it's so diversified on where the sacks are
Speaker 1: coming from. But positionally it's also a part of that.
Speaker 1: I mean, yes, the linebackers are leading them once again,
Speaker 1: but a part of that is the fact that if
Speaker 1: you go back to his time with the Jets too,
Speaker 1: I mean, you know you had David Harrison Bart Scott,
Speaker 1: he would bless those guys, you know, he would send
Speaker 1: them and he's showed a lot of those double a
Speaker 1: gap pressure looks in this defense as well. It's what's
Speaker 1: led to Martinez having four sacks. As you mentioned, Antonio
Speaker 1: Morrison stepping in there as well getting one. But you
Speaker 1: have guys like uh, you know that these defensive backs
Speaker 1: from the inside that are also being able to get
Speaker 1: after the quarterback. They're getting pressure with their defensive lineman
Speaker 1: Dean Lawry getting on the board last week. Previous Adams
Speaker 1: got his first career sacked last week, So that I
Speaker 1: think is a really interesting, you know, aspect of this defense. Also,
Speaker 1: what really stands out to me the most of anything
Speaker 1: is the fact that you had Kenny Clark dropping into
Speaker 1: coverage at one point in that game. Last week, you
Speaker 1: had an eight man rush with three defensive backs all
Speaker 1: in cover zero having to stick with their guy hoping
Speaker 1: that the rush is gonna get to Oswalder before Oswalder
Speaker 1: can get the ball out. It's those type of things,
Speaker 1: being able to show those varied amount of looks at
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage in putting it on film that
Speaker 1: you're not afraid to do just send everybody. You gotta
Speaker 1: have some get some grapefruits to pull that kind of
Speaker 1: stuff off. And in Mike pett And I think has
Speaker 1: showed a lot of confidence in a lot of young
Speaker 1: defensive players who three or four weeks ago might not
Speaker 1: even been playing in this defense. Yeah. Well, that being
Speaker 1: said with regards to where the Packers are with their sacks.
Speaker 1: Quite honestly, West, I would be fine if they don't
Speaker 1: sack Russell Wilson once on Thursday night, because to me,
Speaker 1: I just don't want Russell Wilson to be able to
Speaker 1: run for eight hundred yards and and hurt them that way.
Speaker 1: I would rather and this is no disrespect to Tyler
Speaker 1: Lockett Doug Baldwin, I would rather have Russell Wilson in
Speaker 1: the pocket having to beat you with the throws than
Speaker 1: to have to be worried about him running around. Because
Speaker 1: if you you can beat your guy. And yes, Russell
Speaker 1: Wilson does take his share of sacks, but he can
Speaker 1: also just get away and kill you. Yeah, and the
Speaker 1: Packers felt some of that. They've seen that in the
Speaker 1: past with him. I think of that two thousand fourteen
Speaker 1: opener against Seattle and when they tried to run that
Speaker 1: quad defense against Wilson, and they were able to get
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff working, not just with the read option,
Speaker 1: but being able to pass off the read option. The
Speaker 1: difference I think now for this Packers defense is they're
Speaker 1: much faster, particularly in the secondary. They have a lot
Speaker 1: of guys. It isn't just you know, Josh Jones running
Speaker 1: a four four. They have just guys that can close
Speaker 1: the distance, and you need that type of approach. With
Speaker 1: a guy like Russell Wilson, you have to be disciplined,
Speaker 1: but you have to be athletic too, because he's disciplined
Speaker 1: and athletic. I think it's gonna be a great chess
Speaker 1: match and throwing in that that atmosphere with Century Link,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be challenging. It's gonna challenge your communication on
Speaker 1: both sides of the ball and all three phases. But
Speaker 1: at the same time, I still don't think with the
Speaker 1: stat that you've pointed out to me this week, it's
Speaker 1: as insurmountable to go in there and win, maybe like
Speaker 1: it was four or five years ago. Yeah, I don't
Speaker 1: think it. I don't think it is either. I think
Speaker 1: this is I think this is a Seahawks team that
Speaker 1: is a little bit vulnerable right now, but they're also
Speaker 1: dangerous in the sense that they have their backs up
Speaker 1: against the wall. So our next show, I want to
Speaker 1: get to our keys to victory and all that. So
Speaker 1: we will continue that discussion, but for now we have
Speaker 1: to call it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted,
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