Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford and he is the one and
Speaker 1: only Wes Hodkowitz. We're coming to hear from our studios
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field and West As. We have to continue
Speaker 1: to wait, unfortunately, until the Packers coaching hires are official
Speaker 1: to talk about what is going on, particularly with the
Speaker 1: defensive coaching staff. I know the fans are very interested
Speaker 1: to find out exactly how this is going to take shape.
Speaker 1: But in the meantime, let's talk about defense. Because the
Speaker 1: NFL playoffs are down to the final eight, uh, the
Speaker 1: last eight standing. And when you look at the teams
Speaker 1: that are involved and you look at defensive rankings, you've
Speaker 1: got five of these eight teams are ranked in the
Speaker 1: top ten in the league in defense. That says something
Speaker 1: certainly about how to get this far, particularly for some
Speaker 1: teams that are in this position and they don't necessarily
Speaker 1: have that franchise Hall of Fame quarterback running the show
Speaker 1: on the other side. Minnesota first and total defense, Jacksonville
Speaker 1: second in total defense, the Philadelphi Eagles fourth in total defense.
Speaker 1: Of those eight teams, the top three defenses left in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, all have questions at quarterback, and with all
Speaker 1: due respect the case Keenum has had a magnificent run.
Speaker 1: I don't know how many defensive coordinators out there right
Speaker 1: now are worried about case Keenum. I think he's shown
Speaker 1: that he can manage, he can make plays. But ultimately
Speaker 1: it's been that Minnesota defense that has put them in
Speaker 1: positions that even if he has an interception or two
Speaker 1: in a game, or even if the the percentage, you know,
Speaker 1: completion percentage isn't where you needed to be, they can
Speaker 1: still find ways to win because that opposing passer rating
Speaker 1: is just so gosh darn lowe. Um. This is I
Speaker 1: think told you kind of a blueprint. Though. At the
Speaker 1: same time, Mike more and more with these had coaching
Speaker 1: hires that are being made. For a while, it was
Speaker 1: kind of InVogue to go after the quarterback guru, and
Speaker 1: it still is. I mean, you look at um Naggy
Speaker 1: now in Chicago, they're looking for him to develop Mitchell Trubisky.
Speaker 1: But there's been some of these guys that have kind
Speaker 1: of gone against the grain, the Mike Zimmers of the world. Um,
Speaker 1: you look at what uh now, the way things have
Speaker 1: developed in Atlanta UM and what they've put together over
Speaker 1: the last number of years. I think it says a
Speaker 1: lot about the direction of the league right now that, yeah,
Speaker 1: you have these quarterback reeves, you have the Doug Peterson's
Speaker 1: of the world now that are leading the charge. But conversely,
Speaker 1: you also have teams that are trying to find the
Speaker 1: nice defensive coordinator to be able to offset that. It's
Speaker 1: I think it's really an interesting cat and mosk and
Speaker 1: that's played out over the last three or four years. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think the most interesting one, uh, to me when
Speaker 1: I look at, as you say, over the last few years,
Speaker 1: is what's going on with the Atlanta Falcons. Because you
Speaker 1: had Matt Ryan Uh, He's been developed into that franchise quarterback,
Speaker 1: had some playoff appearances. All of that. Dan Quinn comes
Speaker 1: in as the head coach and revamps that defense and
Speaker 1: then builds the builds the defense to go with the
Speaker 1: franchise quarterback. You know, Mike Smith had a lot of
Speaker 1: success as the head coach in Atlanta, but he didn't
Speaker 1: He never got them to a Super Bowl, and you know,
Speaker 1: they felt it was time to make a change and
Speaker 1: they went from from um a guy like Smith to
Speaker 1: to Quinn brought in a lot of those Seattle defensive principles,
Speaker 1: all of that kind of stuff. And now we're seeing
Speaker 1: the Falcons obviously get to the super Bowl last year,
Speaker 1: should have won it. They're in position now, you know,
Speaker 1: they're they're going to Philadelphia to play what would arguably
Speaker 1: arguably be maybe the most vulnerable number one seed in
Speaker 1: the NFC playoffs in recent years, because Nick Foles is
Speaker 1: at quarterback instead of Carson wentz Um. The Atlanta Falcons,
Speaker 1: they they've they've got a legitimate shot here to make
Speaker 1: this even though they're a six seed, to make this
Speaker 1: two super Bowl trips in a row. Yeah, and and
Speaker 1: that's an opportunity that you can't take lightly. And I
Speaker 1: just think you see, you know, there's some teams with
Speaker 1: the counter balance, the New the New Orleans, New Orleans
Speaker 1: PAGEOT New Orleans Saints haven't been one of the top
Speaker 1: ten defense in the league, but they're substantially significantly better
Speaker 1: than what they have. They have climbed, no doubt in
Speaker 1: that regard. New England has the top ranked offense, which
Speaker 1: allows them to survive. They ranked defense. So seeing how
Speaker 1: all these things line up, there's been years I always
Speaker 1: use the example of the two thousand six Colts, where
Speaker 1: you know, Peyton Manning was at the peak of his
Speaker 1: powers and they were able to offset having the league's
Speaker 1: worst ranked run defense that season despite you know, you know,
Speaker 1: all the things working against them. Then you look at
Speaker 1: the two thousand fifteen Denver Broncos. How many teams in
Speaker 1: the NFL would be able to win the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: with the way that Peyton Manning played that season? Not many?
Speaker 1: So uh, that's ultimately for me. Now that Julius Peppers
Speaker 1: is out of this thing, some of the storylines I
Speaker 1: was looking for in the first week are gone. After
Speaker 1: the wild card round, I'm really interesting who prevails here
Speaker 1: because I think I see this field as very even
Speaker 1: across the board. So is it a defensive mindset, is
Speaker 1: it an offensive mindset like what the Patriots have, or
Speaker 1: is it somewhere in between? Right? And I think the
Speaker 1: conclusion to me out of this discussion is it makes
Speaker 1: me wonder as far as on paper, and we know
Speaker 1: the games are not played on paper, But does it
Speaker 1: mean the Pittsburgh Steelers are maybe the favorites to win
Speaker 1: it all? They've got Roethlisberger, Brown and Bell on offense,
Speaker 1: and they have the fifth ranked defense. Now that defense
Speaker 1: is missing Ryan Shazier from that unfortunate injury. That is
Speaker 1: a huge loss for a defense that is ranked in
Speaker 1: the top five in the league. So maybe you look
Speaker 1: at that and say, well, their defense isn't going to
Speaker 1: be able to perform the way it has for the
Speaker 1: bulk of the regular season, So it's hard to peg
Speaker 1: them as the the on paper favorites. Just really interesting
Speaker 1: to see how this plays out, especially I think in
Speaker 1: the NFC, you've got these four teams that you can
Speaker 1: have any one of several different NFC Championship game matches,
Speaker 1: and I think I think any one of them is
Speaker 1: is is certainly possible. This is why this particular year,
Speaker 1: I'm so interested to see his Steelers Patriots AFC Championship
Speaker 1: game because this year New England's had a lot of
Speaker 1: problems on defense getting they haven't been able to get
Speaker 1: home with their pass rush. I think some of the
Speaker 1: things they were hoping for at the cornerback position haven't
Speaker 1: really come to pass. They've been saved in a lot
Speaker 1: of ways by the fact that they can basically outgun
Speaker 1: everybody offensively. The Steelers. While it's incredibly tragic and you
Speaker 1: hope that Ryan Cheezier is gonna be able to walk again,
Speaker 1: live comfortably beyond what happens with football. But Pittsburgh, you know,
Speaker 1: he had some injury issues in the past, so Pittsburgh's
Speaker 1: had to learn how to play without him. You know,
Speaker 1: you have, I believe it it's Vince Williams inside. They
Speaker 1: have options at that position. They're just so deep at
Speaker 1: that on defense that I'm very interested to see if
Speaker 1: they can have that unit come together. Be the compliment
Speaker 1: that Ben Roethlisberg needs to go and get that third
Speaker 1: Super Bowl title. Yeah. Well, well, we've got these these
Speaker 1: playoff games coming up. We'll talk about them more as
Speaker 1: the week continues, but for now, we're gonna go to
Speaker 1: a break back with more and Packers Unscripted, Red Eye
Speaker 1: to this Welcome back to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford in
Speaker 1: this chair, Wes Hodkowitz in that one, and west Um
Speaker 1: shifting gears here a little bit to go back to
Speaker 1: the Packers of GM front office situation. We've seen a
Speaker 1: lot of changes, obviously, and a lot of things to
Speaker 1: be excited about as we see Brian Goodakunst have to
Speaker 1: try to fill the very big shoes of Ted Thompson.
Speaker 1: But in the meantime, the Packers have also lost um
Speaker 1: highly ranked personnel executives in Elliott wolf and Alonso Highsmith.
Speaker 1: They've gone to the Cleveland Browns to work with with
Speaker 1: former Packers personnel executive John Dorsey to uh to rebuild
Speaker 1: the Browns the own sixteen team here from there are
Speaker 1: some big shoes to fill just under new GM Brian
Speaker 1: goodacun stren't there. Yeah, there are, And I mean you
Speaker 1: look at the combined years that Elliott um wolf In
Speaker 1: Alonzo Highsmith had here. I mean high Smith again is
Speaker 1: another one of those proteges for Ron Wolfe that got
Speaker 1: an opportunity in the late nineties and and really made
Speaker 1: the most of it. You know, we we talked so
Speaker 1: often about the Donald Driver's story his first couple of
Speaker 1: years and being able to to scout and you know,
Speaker 1: see the talent in him when they sent him down
Speaker 1: to Elkhorn State. I mean, some of these remote places
Speaker 1: when you hear Brian Gooduns talk about, you know, they
Speaker 1: want to leave no stone unturned. That's why, because you
Speaker 1: never know when you're gonna find a Donald Driver in
Speaker 1: the seventh round. You never know where you're gonna get
Speaker 1: that next diamond that can make a Super Bowl championship
Speaker 1: team at a playoff contending team. From Ellie Wolf's perspective,
Speaker 1: I mean the word wonder kind has been thrown out
Speaker 1: there a lot in terms of you hear the stories
Speaker 1: of him at fourteen years old, you know, going through
Speaker 1: cut ups with his dad. Uh. And the one thing
Speaker 1: I think Ron has always talked about since day one
Speaker 1: is that Ellie didn't do this on the back of
Speaker 1: Ron Wolfe. It may have helped him get a foot
Speaker 1: in the door, but everything he did since two thousand four,
Speaker 1: since he guy came on board as a as a
Speaker 1: scout and personality assistant, he's worked his way up the
Speaker 1: ladder ever since then. Two guys that had a lot
Speaker 1: to do with what the Packers were able to do,
Speaker 1: not only in building that Super Bowl forty five team,
Speaker 1: but every year when a draft and developed system being
Speaker 1: able to find that next gem that the Packers are
Speaker 1: going to be able to develop it is it's a
Speaker 1: big hole for green Bay to to fill now. And
Speaker 1: Brian Goodkin said when he was meeting with the media
Speaker 1: on Monday, he hoped to have Elliott back as his
Speaker 1: right hand man, but wasn't going to hold him back
Speaker 1: from any other opportunity. You look at where they're at
Speaker 1: right now. He has confidence, he said right from that
Speaker 1: moment that if Elliott does move on, if they do
Speaker 1: need to make changes there, he likes the Rolodex. He
Speaker 1: has a list of scouts that he's already looking at
Speaker 1: and feels like they'll still be able to keep this
Speaker 1: train moving. Yeah. And let's just say too that that
Speaker 1: opportunity in Cleveland, as I said on on our website
Speaker 1: this week, that's a talent evaluator's dream what Dorsey and
Speaker 1: high Smith and Wolf are are walking into there. You've
Speaker 1: got a young roster already, you have a ton of
Speaker 1: cap space to be able to uh, to be able
Speaker 1: to build around. And in this upcoming draft, they have
Speaker 1: five picks in the first two rounds. I mean, what
Speaker 1: more could you ask for? I mean, yes, it's an
Speaker 1: own sixteen team, we get that, But this is this
Speaker 1: is a franchise that is that is set up for
Speaker 1: a quick turnaround. In my opinion, you hit on some
Speaker 1: draft picks, you have cap money to spend on free agents,
Speaker 1: and you find a quarterback. Now, those are all big tasks,
Speaker 1: but the Cleveland Browns are not as far away as
Speaker 1: an Owen sixteen team you would think. Yeah, And I
Speaker 1: was talking to a talent of value in the league
Speaker 1: earlier this week and the phrase that they used to
Speaker 1: describe it as it's a sleeping giant in Cleveland because
Speaker 1: they did. They had a top ten, top twelve defense
Speaker 1: this year. They really were hurting at the quarterback position.
Speaker 1: That's nothing against de Shaun Kaiser. Tough situation for him
Speaker 1: to be thrown into, but a lot of people think
Speaker 1: if you can get a quarterback there, and John Dorsey
Speaker 1: is one of the best when it comes to seeking
Speaker 1: out quarterback help in finding a way to get a
Speaker 1: team really in fourth year in terms of a turnaround.
Speaker 1: He did exactly that in Kansas City that particular year
Speaker 1: draft when he went there, there wasn't a bona fide
Speaker 1: number one overall quarterback trades the second round pick to
Speaker 1: get Alex Smith and then this last year trading for
Speaker 1: Patrick Mahomes, who very well may end up being their
Speaker 1: quarterback of the future. They're gonna look to do the
Speaker 1: same thing and he's gonna have two really good talent
Speaker 1: evaluators and Alonso high Smith and Elliott Wolf to help
Speaker 1: him find that next guy. Two picks in the first four,
Speaker 1: they'll have options. Yeah, absolutely, And with regards to the
Speaker 1: Packers and trying to fill those shoes, the fans are asking, well,
Speaker 1: you know, who are the next guys coming up the pipeline.
Speaker 1: We'll see what Brian Gudacunts decides. As you said, you know,
Speaker 1: he's got that rolodex, all kinds of contacts around the
Speaker 1: league people he might look at bringing in people in house.
Speaker 1: Right now, you have John Eric Sullivan who's the director
Speaker 1: of college Scouting. He's been with the Packers since two
Speaker 1: thousand three or four right around it doesn't for and
Speaker 1: then uh um, and then you also have John Wojahowski
Speaker 1: if I'm saying that name correctly. He's only been with
Speaker 1: the Packers for about five or six years now, but
Speaker 1: he is a he's a longtime scout who began his
Speaker 1: scouting career around the same time that good Kins did.
Speaker 1: So um a lot of experience there in the next
Speaker 1: two lieutenants so to speak, who are who are in
Speaker 1: the pipeline and we'll just see what We'll see what
Speaker 1: the new GM decides to do in terms of how
Speaker 1: he wants to uh to structure. What's going to be
Speaker 1: his personnel department? Yeah, and I mean you look even
Speaker 1: further down that list to Matt Malispina has a lot
Speaker 1: of experience in the NFL. He's now a college scout,
Speaker 1: joined the Packers last year. Alonzo Dotson has been with
Speaker 1: them now for the past five season. The scouting up
Speaker 1: here in the Midwest, and uh, you know Sam cel
Speaker 1: we talked about every year in the draft. Their their
Speaker 1: West Coast regent scout does a tremendous job. Definitely options
Speaker 1: from that regard. I think the other thing that he
Speaker 1: consider too, in sort of that Mike Spofford, let's be
Speaker 1: real moment of the week, these are scenarios, Brian goodiuntz
Speaker 1: was going to have to talk out with Mark Murphy
Speaker 1: because you knew what the domino effect might be of
Speaker 1: him becoming GM Elliot Wolf might leave. You didn't know
Speaker 1: what was going to happen with some of those personnel people.
Speaker 1: So I have a feeling, while I do not know this,
Speaker 1: I have a feeling that there is a plan laid out.
Speaker 1: There is an agenda, much like when a college head
Speaker 1: coach moves in kind of letting people know, you know
Speaker 1: who I might be looking at to join me. I
Speaker 1: feel pretty comfortable if I'm a Packers fan right now.
Speaker 1: And what Brian Goodocus is going to be able to
Speaker 1: do to rearrange that up front office. Yeah, you know,
Speaker 1: he's been thinking through these scenarios because the bottom line
Speaker 1: is the Packers went into this with four people perfectly
Speaker 1: highly qualified to be general managers in this league. Alonzo Highsmith,
Speaker 1: Elliott Wolf, Brian goodacunstant Russ Ball you knew. I mean,
Speaker 1: when you're in a situation like that and you have
Speaker 1: that many qualified people, they are not all going to
Speaker 1: stay if they don't get the job. And the Packers
Speaker 1: managed to keep two of them and the other two
Speaker 1: left and moved on to another opportunity. So, um, lots
Speaker 1: of lots of change going on, but lots to be
Speaker 1: excited about it. Yeah, absolute, definitely. With that, we'll toss
Speaker 1: to a break back with more on Packers Unscripted right
Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford here,
Speaker 1: Wes Hodkowitz over there, and West Packers new GM. Brian
Speaker 1: Goodkins wasted uh no time, I guess with uh with
Speaker 1: inking his first player, his first official transaction as general manager,
Speaker 1: occurs on Wednesday, he signs a young running back Northern
Speaker 1: Illinois product, and I'll try to pronounce the name correctly.
Speaker 1: It's Joel Juan yo and UH, an undrafted player from
Speaker 1: a year ago who tried to make it with the
Speaker 1: Chicago Bears but then was injured and placed on i R.
Speaker 1: Packers are going to give him a shot. And if
Speaker 1: you haven't seen the picture of of Gouda Kunst and
Speaker 1: his UH and his first signing, it's on packers dot com.
Speaker 1: It's also on the Packers Twitter account. One of those
Speaker 1: historical things, you know, moments in time you just never know, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: And it was funny. I had the same reaction. I
Speaker 1: saw it on Twitter quite a bit too. And Packers
Speaker 1: announced a transaction. They always say okay, the Packers have
Speaker 1: signed so and so the transaction was announced by who
Speaker 1: the GM was. So it was very interesting that first
Speaker 1: time seeing Brian Brian Gooda Kun's name there and not
Speaker 1: Ted Thompson. First time in thirteen years that that happened. Um. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's interesting. For the young man, a great opportunity and
Speaker 1: for for Gooda kun'st this shows you that he's thinking.
Speaker 1: You know that that they're they're always considering those u
Speaker 1: f A s and we'll see what this young man
Speaker 1: can do. He'll have an opportunity to come in this offseason.
Speaker 1: You know probably you know, something can always happen, but
Speaker 1: I mean otherwise he'll be back in April and a
Speaker 1: chance to compete and make this roster. I think the
Speaker 1: thing that stands out to me the most. And sometimes
Speaker 1: people ask this question, well, why why do these transactions matter? Who?
Speaker 1: Who cares? You know? Who they signed a futures contracts. Well,
Speaker 1: the end of March last year, nobody was talking about
Speaker 1: Justin McCrae. I even somewhat wrote that off. Other than
Speaker 1: the fact that his brother had been here before. Justin
Speaker 1: McCrae ends up starting at games. You don't know where
Speaker 1: you're gonna get contributions. And that's why when you have
Speaker 1: a ninety man roster, you'll see these teams really maximize
Speaker 1: that they'll sign guys from their practice squad, but they'll
Speaker 1: also go and find other guys that maybe they brought
Speaker 1: in for a pre draft visit. Bueno was one of
Speaker 1: those guys last year the Packers had in for a
Speaker 1: pre draft visit. So there is a history there It's
Speaker 1: not that they just are like throwing a dart at
Speaker 1: the board and being like, yeah, let's bring that young
Speaker 1: who who's my first signing. Let's just sign somebody. That's
Speaker 1: not how it works. So it's it's a thought process
Speaker 1: that they're constantly going through. Obviously, the Bears thought enough
Speaker 1: of them to bring him into camp, give him that chance.
Speaker 1: Injury happens, he's out. But I think this shows you
Speaker 1: again that that problem. We're two months away from free agency,
Speaker 1: we're a month and a half away from basically the
Speaker 1: you know, NFL scouting combine. But if you're a GM
Speaker 1: in the league, you're always thinking, You're always trying to
Speaker 1: find that next guy. Yeah, and it is about building
Speaker 1: that most competitive ninety man roster that you can. I'm
Speaker 1: curious that you know that this first transaction happens at
Speaker 1: running back because obviously the Packers have a young stable
Speaker 1: of backs and uh and let's let's talk about that
Speaker 1: a little bit more. But we'll go to a break
Speaker 1: for now back with more on Packers Unscripted. Right up
Speaker 1: to this, Welcome back to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford here,
Speaker 1: Wes Hodku. It's all the way over there and west.
Speaker 1: With regards to the running back situation, as I said,
Speaker 1: it's kind of curious that that new GM Brian Gudin's
Speaker 1: first signing is a running back because if there's one area,
Speaker 1: that one position that you think Um may not get
Speaker 1: a whole lot of attention from the Packers in this
Speaker 1: upcoming draft, it's running back. Because of what green Bay
Speaker 1: did last year drafting three Um fourth round, fifth round,
Speaker 1: seventh round. You also have Time Montgomery in the mix there.
Speaker 1: Um Packers really like what they have at the position,
Speaker 1: and certainly the young young man from northern Illinois will
Speaker 1: will add to the competition amongst a bunch of young prospects.
Speaker 1: But Green Bay ends up this season with two rookie
Speaker 1: running backs who both surpassed four hundred rushing yards in
Speaker 1: a season. That's the first time in franchise history that's
Speaker 1: ever happened with two rookies. UM a lot of promise
Speaker 1: at the position. And if all these guys stay healthy,
Speaker 1: you almost get the feeling that they're not all going
Speaker 1: to be happy, but that will be a good thing
Speaker 1: in a sense. One thing I just want to point
Speaker 1: out two carries one thousand six yards, eight touchdowns. If
Speaker 1: that would have been one player we would have been
Speaker 1: talking about a potential offensive Rookie of the Year candidate. Yep,
Speaker 1: but that is what Jamal Williams and Aaron Jones gave
Speaker 1: the Packers in combination this year, thunder and lightning. Unfortunately,
Speaker 1: due to injury situation really weren't able to see them
Speaker 1: work in tandem very often, but they both came up
Speaker 1: for the team at very important times. You're right if
Speaker 1: you're probably a fantasy football owner in this isn't your
Speaker 1: favorite situation. But I think the thing I really like
Speaker 1: about what the Packers are doing at this position, I
Speaker 1: said an insider in box very recently. I actually I
Speaker 1: was always very critical of what the Patriots did and
Speaker 1: the fact that they never really settled other than maybe
Speaker 1: when Corey Dillon was there. They've never really settled on
Speaker 1: a running back. They always used three four different guys.
Speaker 1: But you start to see, as I cover the league
Speaker 1: more the method to their madness in New England and
Speaker 1: why I think it benefits the group. I'm really interested
Speaker 1: if the Packers can keep these guys healthy, if they
Speaker 1: could take a similar approach because Jamal Williams, Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: time Montgomery and then obviously Davante may still in that
Speaker 1: equation as well. They all give you something different. And
Speaker 1: if you can get a healthy Montgomery with the kind
Speaker 1: of playmaker he is, and the way that Jamal Williams,
Speaker 1: how well rounded he is, the explosiveness of Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: I think the possibilities are really endless for that position.
Speaker 1: The fact that the Packers did set that record this
Speaker 1: year with two running backs over four hundred yards rushing individually,
Speaker 1: first time ever, I think that actually speaks to what
Speaker 1: they've built coming out of that two thousand seventeen NFL draft. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think. I think the thing that I like the
Speaker 1: most about the stable of running backs, and particularly the
Speaker 1: two rookies and Jones and Williams that produced so well
Speaker 1: for Green Bay when they were called upon. You hear
Speaker 1: a lot of times about running backs that that they
Speaker 1: need to get into a rhythm, get into a flow,
Speaker 1: get lathered up, what however you want to say it.
Speaker 1: In a game. These guys were able to produce without
Speaker 1: necessarily needing that constant attention, that constant feeding. They go
Speaker 1: in the game, they get their they get their number called,
Speaker 1: and they produce for the offense. They helped provide the balance.
Speaker 1: Whether it was for Aaron Rodgers at quarterback or Brett Hunley,
Speaker 1: there was some balance there and it wasn't about necessarily
Speaker 1: having to feed the same guy, you know, six or
Speaker 1: seven times on one ten play drive or something to
Speaker 1: get him going, to get him in the flow. These
Speaker 1: guys just took what they were given and they got
Speaker 1: some results. Yeah. And the thing that's oppressive about it
Speaker 1: too is that when there were instances in which they
Speaker 1: had to be the every down back basically out of
Speaker 1: attrition at the position, both of those guys stepped up too.
Speaker 1: So that's that says a lot about them in terms
Speaker 1: of what their future is going to be in this league.
Speaker 1: Because you have to have that dual mindset. You have
Speaker 1: to be ready to handle the ball eight percent of
Speaker 1: the time if that's what ends up happening due to
Speaker 1: the game situation, but you also need to be able
Speaker 1: to be a fast starter if you're only getting that
Speaker 1: third offensive possession, to make the most out of that. Uh.
Speaker 1: That is a critical critical part of being an NFL
Speaker 1: running back. First dound, second on third down. Whenever you're
Speaker 1: sent in there, you're able to actually, you know, make
Speaker 1: the most event produced. Yeah, when you look at these
Speaker 1: guys heading into their second year, Jimal Williams, I think
Speaker 1: would like to get you know, maybe more explosive, be
Speaker 1: able to to to take some of those eight yard
Speaker 1: runs and make them more explosive plays. Whereas Aaron Jones,
Speaker 1: he knows if he can work on his past protection,
Speaker 1: he'll get on the field more and be more reliable
Speaker 1: in an every down sense. But with that, we've got
Speaker 1: to call it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted.
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