WEBVTT - #350 Packers Unscripted: Planning for the Patriots

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Mike Spofford. He is my trusted colleague West

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<v Speaker 1>hod Koos. We're coming to you here from our studios

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<v Speaker 1>at lambeau Field, and I'm sure you're all tuning in

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to us talk about the Packers trades of

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<v Speaker 1>Ha Ha, Clinton, Dix in Time Montgomery. But you know what, West,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm throwing you a curveball because we haven't heard from

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<v Speaker 1>g M Brian gudacun store head coach Mike McCarthy at

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<v Speaker 1>the time we're taping this episode. We haven't gotten reaction

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<v Speaker 1>from the locker room, which we will get after Wednesday's practice.

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<v Speaker 1>So because I think the discussion of the trades will

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<v Speaker 1>be better after we get all of that, I want

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<v Speaker 1>to postpone that until tomorrow's show. So I want to

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<v Speaker 1>focus today's show on this opponent for the Green Bay

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<v Speaker 1>Packers Sunday Night football in Foxborough. It's the New England Patriots.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'll tell you what. These two teams only face

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<v Speaker 1>each other once every four years. Tom Brady and Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Rodgers have faced each other only once. This is gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be a special game. It really is, and and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Belichick was asked about that matchup, and in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of the best quarterback you know, games he's ever been

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<v Speaker 1>a part of. He wasn't going to play the game

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<v Speaker 1>of like ranking it or saying where it fits. But

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<v Speaker 1>you can tell how much respect he has for Aaron Rodgers,

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<v Speaker 1>how much respect he has for Mike McCarthy, and really

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<v Speaker 1>respecting as a true historian of this game, given his

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<v Speaker 1>father's uh, you know ties to football as well, his

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<v Speaker 1>appreciation for what this ultimately is and how rare it is.

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<v Speaker 1>I made the analogy in inbox this week. It really

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<v Speaker 1>is an eclipse in the NFL of two of the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest forces of this generation of of football meeting and

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<v Speaker 1>they only cross path atsid only they only come into

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<v Speaker 1>each other's orbit every four years guaranteed. So for this

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<v Speaker 1>matchup to go out to Gillette Stadium, I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if you saw the Lebron James and Lebron James with

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<v Speaker 1>the Michael Jordan's Yeah commercial. All that was missing from

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<v Speaker 1>that commercial was Lebron James. But even Hollow James played

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<v Speaker 1>it up to but yeah, they were the same number.

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of people consider them in this

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<v Speaker 1>right now, one A, one B in terms of the

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<v Speaker 1>greatest quarterbacks of this uh, of this current NFL. It's

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<v Speaker 1>gonna be fun to watch. Yeah, Well, I think back

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<v Speaker 1>to that game in at lambeau Field, West. I know

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<v Speaker 1>you were covering the team beat reporter for the Press

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<v Speaker 1>Gazette at that time. I personally felt that was one

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<v Speaker 1>of the best regular season games I've ever seen. It

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<v Speaker 1>was the best I've ever at lambeau Field. Um. When

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<v Speaker 1>you think about you had Durrell Reeves against Jordy Nelson,

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<v Speaker 1>you had Nate Soldier against Clay Matthews. You had obviously

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<v Speaker 1>Brady and Brady and Rogers. Unfortunately, it should have been

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<v Speaker 1>a preview of the Super Bowl that year. Unfortunately that

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<v Speaker 1>didn't happen. You had these two coaches, Mike McCarthy Bill

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<v Speaker 1>Belichick with Super Bowls on their resume. UM, and as

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<v Speaker 1>we all expected, it was a four quarter game, came

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<v Speaker 1>right down in the last couple of minutes. The Packers

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<v Speaker 1>end up pulling out a really, really big victory that

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<v Speaker 1>showed the type of team they had that season. But

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<v Speaker 1>here we are four years later in the New England Patriots.

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<v Speaker 1>About a month ago, we were hearing the usual thing

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<v Speaker 1>we hear about the Patriots once they lose a game

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<v Speaker 1>or two in September, that all Brady and Belichick they're

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<v Speaker 1>on the downside. It's not gonna happen, and the dynasty

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<v Speaker 1>is finally over. Well, since that lost to the Detroit Lions,

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<v Speaker 1>they actually lost two in a row. They lost the

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<v Speaker 1>rematch of the a f C Championship to the Jacksonville

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<v Speaker 1>Jaguars in Week two. Then they lost on the road

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<v Speaker 1>on Sunday Night Football at Ford Field to the Detroit Lions.

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<v Speaker 1>They were one and two. Well, all they've done is

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<v Speaker 1>rip off five wins in a row, one of them

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<v Speaker 1>a shootout forty to forty victory over the Kansas City Chiefs,

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<v Speaker 1>who many are considering the best team in the a

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<v Speaker 1>f C. Right now. The New England pay Chreots are

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<v Speaker 1>six and two right in the middle of all of this,

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<v Speaker 1>including a road win at Soldier Field over a Bears

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<v Speaker 1>team that gave them all they could handle. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>the scary thing is too, is that Tom Brady is

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<v Speaker 1>getting back into his groove again. It looks like I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>there were a couple of turnovers early in the season,

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<v Speaker 1>but for the most part, you look at these last

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<v Speaker 1>three games he's played, um and I know there weren't

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<v Speaker 1>any touchdown passes against Buffalo, but they did what they

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<v Speaker 1>needed to do to win that game in some adverse

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<v Speaker 1>situations and circumstances. The fun thing about where the what

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<v Speaker 1>I really appreciate about the Patriots is I'd say over

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<v Speaker 1>the last ten years there's probably three, maybe four times

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<v Speaker 1>where in September the national media tries to pick up

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<v Speaker 1>on that narrative. I remember there was a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>years ago, what was that, maybe three or four years

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<v Speaker 1>ago they're talking about, Is this that for Brady? Is

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<v Speaker 1>he finally finally going down? The attempts, the attempts to

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<v Speaker 1>bury this dynasty are are starting to pile up here

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<v Speaker 1>because it's it's been it's been attempted, and no one's

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<v Speaker 1>been successful. But then and then at the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the year, they're the FC represents end of it begin

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<v Speaker 1>more times than not in the Super Bowl. Uh, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a great matchup with the Packers for a number of reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>You look at the weapons that they have. I know

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Belichick told the you know New England media this week,

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<v Speaker 1>you know he wants more depth at running back. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>Cordurel Patterson ended up being their running back on Monday Night. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>Sony Michelle missing that game, James White giving them an option.

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<v Speaker 1>But I really do like to this point of the

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<v Speaker 1>season that one to punch, considering they lost Jeremy Hill

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<v Speaker 1>for the year, that Michelle and then with with James White,

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<v Speaker 1>we know what he's done for so long, and then

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<v Speaker 1>the weapons on the boundary. Uh, they went and got

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<v Speaker 1>Josh Gordon. I know there was some issues there this

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<v Speaker 1>week with him and potentially missing meetings reportedly, but there

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<v Speaker 1>are a lot of things that the Packers have to

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<v Speaker 1>take into account. But conversely, when you look at the

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<v Speaker 1>Packers weapons against this defense, there's potentially yards to be

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<v Speaker 1>gained there too. So I think this just has the

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<v Speaker 1>makings of what could be a really classic Aaron Rodgers

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady shoot up. Yeah. I I watched the most

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<v Speaker 1>I've watched the Patriots this year was the Packers around

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<v Speaker 1>the bye week, and that was when the Patriots went

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<v Speaker 1>to Soldier Field in Chicago to play the Bears. I

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<v Speaker 1>watched a good portion of that game, and what I

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<v Speaker 1>saw was a Patriots defense still kind of trying to

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<v Speaker 1>find itself. They really had trouble with Mitr Drobisky. They

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<v Speaker 1>didn't account for his scrambling Mitsch Drobisky running the ball

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<v Speaker 1>was really a key factor for the Bears in that game,

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<v Speaker 1>and quite frankly, West the Bears very well could have

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<v Speaker 1>and maybe should have pulled that game out if not

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<v Speaker 1>for two special teams touchdowns by the Patriots. Cordorrell Patterson.

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<v Speaker 1>He can still do it in the return game, Canny man,

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<v Speaker 1>is he dangerous? He took one to the house against

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<v Speaker 1>Chicago that really started to turn that game around. And

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<v Speaker 1>then they were and then they blocked a punt that

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<v Speaker 1>they returned for a touchdown against the Bears. Chicago ends

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<v Speaker 1>up losing that game by seven. Hail Mary comes up

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<v Speaker 1>one yard short of the goal line. And uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>that was potentially a second NFC North team that that

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<v Speaker 1>could have beaten the New England Patriots. But um, what

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<v Speaker 1>I see is a defense that isn't quite up to

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<v Speaker 1>the standard we've seen of Belichief defenses so far, and uh,

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<v Speaker 1>and an offense that frankly, with the injury to Sony Michelle,

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<v Speaker 1>they're trying to, you know, figure some things out, and

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<v Speaker 1>they've had to deal with Rob Gronkowski missing some time

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<v Speaker 1>and all that. So it's not the it's not the

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<v Speaker 1>Patriots in the in the quote unquote sense of the word.

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<v Speaker 1>But they're still the Patriots. They are and in the

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<v Speaker 1>way that they're structured. I mean, you look at that

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<v Speaker 1>game against Kansas City, which for my money to this

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<v Speaker 1>point now eight weeks into the season, is still the

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<v Speaker 1>best game that was probably played this year. I watched

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<v Speaker 1>basically in an its entirety with Patrick Mahomes and the

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<v Speaker 1>shootout that they found themselves in against Brady. But the

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<v Speaker 1>thing that's interesting about Brady a lot like with Aaron Rodgers.

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<v Speaker 1>If you give him the ball with a minute, two

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<v Speaker 1>minutes on the clock and you're down six, you're you're tied,

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<v Speaker 1>He's going to give you a chance to win that game.

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<v Speaker 1>He just does. He's seen it, he's been a part

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<v Speaker 1>of all of it. And the nice thing for them

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<v Speaker 1>too is now they do you know, there's we know

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<v Speaker 1>the classic thing with Belichick and how he shuffles the roster,

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<v Speaker 1>but there is the core. There's in nucleus. There's Rob Gronkowski,

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<v Speaker 1>Julian Edelman, the guys that have been in the trenches

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<v Speaker 1>with him for so long. Their offensive line knowing the

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<v Speaker 1>way that Brady runs that offense and what they expect

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<v Speaker 1>out of it. The biggest question for me is the defense,

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<v Speaker 1>because although Matt Patricia did get the job with the

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<v Speaker 1>with the Lions, and deservedly so, he was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the hot coaching candidates after last season. I mean, they did,

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<v Speaker 1>I think have the twenty ninth rank defense last year

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFL. There were some things that they were

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<v Speaker 1>working through. To me, they still don't have that Chandler

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<v Speaker 1>Jones type difference maker as a pass rusher. I like

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<v Speaker 1>the pieces that they have in the secondary, but I

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<v Speaker 1>think they're just there're a couple of playmakers short right now,

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<v Speaker 1>trying to find some guys that you can consistently rely

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<v Speaker 1>on to generate pressure. So that's gonna be the biggest adjustment.

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<v Speaker 1>But to to the original point that you made, there's

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<v Speaker 1>still the Patriots and it's still Tom Brady. You have

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<v Speaker 1>to put up points and you have to be aware

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<v Speaker 1>of that in the last final stretch of the game.

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<v Speaker 1>With Brady and Belichick and the way that they can

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<v Speaker 1>play those situations, it's it's tough to counter. Sometimes. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>if there's a if there's a statistic that kind of

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<v Speaker 1>jumps out at me that that's hard to really figure out.

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<v Speaker 1>It's what you mentioned about the pass rush. Because the

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<v Speaker 1>Patriots have played eight games, their defense has only twelve

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<v Speaker 1>sacks in eight games. That's not a lot. That's on

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<v Speaker 1>pace for only twenty four for an entire season, which

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<v Speaker 1>is a pretty low number. The flip side of it is, though,

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<v Speaker 1>they have a forty plus year old quarterback who's only

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<v Speaker 1>been sacked eleven times in eight games, which tells you

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<v Speaker 1>obviously Tom Brady wouldn't be playing into his forties if

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<v Speaker 1>he had been taking tons and tons of hits over

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<v Speaker 1>the years. So he knows how to shift in the pocket.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not a scrambler, but he knows how to how

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<v Speaker 1>to maneuver in the pocket, get rid of the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>and protect himself and still make plays at the same time.

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<v Speaker 1>This is it's interesting because so much is predicated in

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<v Speaker 1>games these days west on pass rush and on disrupting

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<v Speaker 1>quarterbacks and everything like that. You look at the you

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<v Speaker 1>look at the statistics with the Patriots and their their

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<v Speaker 1>games have been you know about quarterbacks on both sides

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<v Speaker 1>not necessarily being that disrupted. So um, if the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>can change that narrative a little bit. Maybe that's maybe

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<v Speaker 1>that's where you find an edge. I think it is,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's just the thing that stands out to me. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to paint this picture that the Patriots

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<v Speaker 1>can't affect Rogers and they can't do things to play

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<v Speaker 1>winning football. Certainly they can. They wouldn't be at this

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<v Speaker 1>point in the season if they couldn't. But it's just

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<v Speaker 1>that they don't have an Aaron Donald and the Dominican

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<v Speaker 1>Sue type interior rusher. You don't really have the outside rushers.

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<v Speaker 1>To me, the best embodiment of that was when Chandler

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<v Speaker 1>Jones was there, and certainly they ended up trading him

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<v Speaker 1>to Arizona and he's gone on to have a really

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<v Speaker 1>successful career there. But that's the one thing that, like,

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we gotta remember that James Harrison started in

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<v Speaker 1>the Super Bowl for them last year as an edge rusher.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm just really interested to see what this defense

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<v Speaker 1>looks like when you put it up against Aaron Rodgers,

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<v Speaker 1>because you wrote about it with One Last Look and

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<v Speaker 1>some of these things that we've talked about the ways

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<v Speaker 1>you have to defend him, the things that teams do, certainly,

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Belichick is going to be aware of that and

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<v Speaker 1>how they need to, you know, contain him. But at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time he always has that counter move to

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<v Speaker 1>that as well. So that's the thing I'm excited about.

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<v Speaker 1>Bill Belichick was effusive in his praise of McCarthy and

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<v Speaker 1>Rogers and seeing that chess match playoff, considering it's only

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<v Speaker 1>the second time we're getting it due to his I

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<v Speaker 1>believe it was the concussion in two. Yeah, Rogers had

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<v Speaker 1>the concussion in Detroit the week before, and then it

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<v Speaker 1>was Matt Flynn on Sunday Night Football as a matter

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<v Speaker 1>of fact, against against Tom Brady. It's a great storyline

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<v Speaker 1>to watch. Um quickly though West here at Homer, here

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<v Speaker 1>of the Green Bay Packers. Okay, you mentioned the chess

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<v Speaker 1>match to me. When you talk about the matchups in

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<v Speaker 1>this game. What really intrigues me in terms of what

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Petton is going to do, and I honestly don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what his decision is going to be. But we

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<v Speaker 1>saw last week in Los Angeles that with the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>having their full compliment of cornerbacks healthy, they can cover

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<v Speaker 1>pretty well on the back end against a pretty explosive offense.

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<v Speaker 1>But here's the thing to me, the difficult matchups with

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<v Speaker 1>the New England Patriots. And I'm taking nothing away from

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Hogan Julian Edelman, top quality wide receivers, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>James White and Rob Gronkowski that become the really intriguing

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<v Speaker 1>matchups soon because you can't just take a cover guy,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, a cover corner at least not for the

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<v Speaker 1>bulk of the game, and put a corner on those

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<v Speaker 1>types of guys, because then not only are there some

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<v Speaker 1>certain matchup problems just within that itself, but then you're

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<v Speaker 1>way too vulnerable to the run because you're just you're

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<v Speaker 1>just too light up front to be able to stop

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<v Speaker 1>the run if you flood the market with cornerbacks, so

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<v Speaker 1>to speak. So how Mike Petton decides to defend Rob

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<v Speaker 1>Gronkowski and James White. I think is is the crux

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<v Speaker 1>of this whole chess match. I agree with specifically to White,

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<v Speaker 1>because you know, Gronkowski has had to work through some injuries,

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<v Speaker 1>he's been quiet in certain strap just but White has

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<v Speaker 1>been really the constant for them since the first month

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<v Speaker 1>of the season. And I know, like I got, like

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned early on with Belichick, they want to have options.

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<v Speaker 1>He loves to play matchup football. We've seen how they've

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<v Speaker 1>used those running backs in the past. He doesn't want

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<v Speaker 1>the opposing defensive coordinator to know who the weapons are

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<v Speaker 1>going to be, outside of what maybe Corey Dillon, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, ten twelve years ago when they had him

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<v Speaker 1>and he was a yard rusher. Otherwise, it's very largely

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<v Speaker 1>based on whoever the hot hand is and who they

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<v Speaker 1>feel is gonna be the best matchup. That being said,

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<v Speaker 1>White is sort of evergreen and towards him how you

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<v Speaker 1>can use him, especially now in the NFL, So I

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<v Speaker 1>actually think it's been somewhat a positive for them that

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, you don't want to lose Jeremy Hill for

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<v Speaker 1>the year. You don't want to be in a situation

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<v Speaker 1>where guys are going down. But it has allowed White

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<v Speaker 1>to get more consistent playing time to have him become

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<v Speaker 1>more part of the offense. The guy's the leading receiver, Michael.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he's what fifty five catches. Gronk is next

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<v Speaker 1>with twenty nine. He is the guy that helps move

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<v Speaker 1>the chains for them consistently. And when you look at

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady in you know, you mentioned the offensive line

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<v Speaker 1>and a huge credit to them and the way they've

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<v Speaker 1>adjusted over the last few years to be you know,

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<v Speaker 1>developing a new front for him. It ultimately is on

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<v Speaker 1>Tom Brady to get the ball all quickly when he's

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<v Speaker 1>forty one years old, to keep himself upright, and James

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<v Speaker 1>White is often the safety valve towards accomplishing that and

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<v Speaker 1>also dynamic once he gets the ball in his hands. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and from the Packers side, I want to bring up

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<v Speaker 1>that game again because that one at lambeau Field. We

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<v Speaker 1>saw Mike McCarthy get very creative in that game with

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<v Speaker 1>Randall Cobb and the way that he was used. That

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<v Speaker 1>game was a coming out party of sorts for a

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<v Speaker 1>rookie receiver named Davante Adams. Um what happened? So okay, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm really curious offensively, what the Packers are going

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<v Speaker 1>to do here because we've seen, you know, there is

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<v Speaker 1>a rookie receiver Marquez Veldez Scantling who's really starting to

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<v Speaker 1>come on here for the Packers. Does Mike McCarthy look

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<v Speaker 1>for a matchup with mvs against somebody in that New

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<v Speaker 1>England secondary like he did with Davante Adams, to try

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<v Speaker 1>to take advantage of to to to high light, so

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<v Speaker 1>to speak. Um So, a lot of a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>different things going on here. Obviously, the Packers, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Davante Adams is going to be in that Jordy Nelson role,

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<v Speaker 1>but they don't have Darrell Rivas on the other side.

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson may obviously made a huge play against Darrell Revas

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<v Speaker 1>right at the end of the first half there. So

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<v Speaker 1>Adams is still going to have to do his thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But but it it is, it's it's it's the chess match.

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<v Speaker 1>It's finding those matchups, it's scheming things to get certain

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<v Speaker 1>guys one on one against certain guys. And that's what

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<v Speaker 1>both of these coaches are really really good. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you're going to beat the New England Patriots, you need

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<v Speaker 1>secondary players to emerge. Davantae Adams was that guy in

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<v Speaker 1>that two thousand four team matchup. I believe that was

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<v Speaker 1>his first career hundred yard game six catches for yards. Belichick,

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<v Speaker 1>when he was talking to the media or with the

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<v Speaker 1>Green Bay media on the conference call, said simply, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he killed us, and it was because they locked in

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<v Speaker 1>on Jordy Nelson and that allowed, you know, Randall cob

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<v Speaker 1>to have some opportunities to have Davantae Adams have a

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<v Speaker 1>breakthrough game. The Packers are going to need that again

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<v Speaker 1>in the matchup because now Davante Adams is the Jordy

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson threat in this offense. You're gonna need your Marquez

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<v Speaker 1>Valdes Scantlings to step up. You're gonna need to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to be creative with Randall cop with Jimmy Graham. Packers,

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<v Speaker 1>with getting healthier on the offensive side of the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>have their weapons wide open now, and that's where Mike

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<v Speaker 1>McCarthy can really get to work and making sure that

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<v Speaker 1>they maximize those and keeping the defense on its heels. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Well, you and I have some press conferences

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<v Speaker 1>to get to, so I think we're gonna sign off,

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<v Speaker 1>and I promise folks we will get to those trades

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<v Speaker 1>and all of that discussion on tomorrow's show, I will

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<v Speaker 1>mention this to give somebody to to what the palet

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit um and and certainly we'll talk about

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<v Speaker 1>the ramifications of the trades. If you go back to

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand and fourteen game, though, it was a heavy

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<v Speaker 1>dose of Eddie Lacy in that backfield. I'm not saying

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<v Speaker 1>that that's what it's gonna be with Aaron Jones, but

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<v Speaker 1>I do think if you're able to get in a

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<v Speaker 1>groove with a guy, especially now with just being Jones

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<v Speaker 1>and Jamal Williams in that backfield, could really help them

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<v Speaker 1>in terms of establishing the offense and allowing Aaron Rodgers

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<v Speaker 1>to really go to work. Yeah, you get them to

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<v Speaker 1>focus on the run. That's where the creativity with some

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<v Speaker 1>of the other perimeter players comes into play. Eddie Lacy

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<v Speaker 1>was so important in that game. I know he didn't

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<v Speaker 1>have a fifty sixty yard run, but he just he

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<v Speaker 1>was the guy that kept moving the chains for them.

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<v Speaker 1>They fed him in that game, and I think that

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<v Speaker 1>could be an opportunity for Aaron Jones and Jamal Williams

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<v Speaker 1>really shining this matchup. All right, Well, we will sign

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