Speaker 1: M Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford sitting next to my trusted colleague
Speaker 1: wes hodkuwits were coming to you here from our studios
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field and West. We've reached that point where
Speaker 1: we're going to start focusing some shows on reviewing the season,
Speaker 1: kind of reviewing it a quarter at a time, four
Speaker 1: games at a time, so to speak, through all sixteen games.
Speaker 1: And it starts with a series that we have on
Speaker 1: our website on packers dot Com that we call peak Performances,
Speaker 1: where in each quarter of the season, a handful of
Speaker 1: top individual performances excuse me, from different games are highlighted.
Speaker 1: So let's start this show with the first round of
Speaker 1: peak performances from the first quarter of the season. We've
Speaker 1: got five of them to talk about, and then at
Speaker 1: the end of the show will vote for which one
Speaker 1: is our favorite, because the fans on Packers dot Com
Speaker 1: can vote for their favorite. So you see how we're
Speaker 1: trying to match all this up here, all right, So
Speaker 1: stay with me anyway. Two peak performances from the season
Speaker 1: opening victory over the Seattle Seahawks, one on each side
Speaker 1: of the ball. You have defensive tackle Mike Daniels and
Speaker 1: wide receiver Jordy Nelson. I'll let you start where you
Speaker 1: want to in terms of what you remember about these
Speaker 1: performances against the Seahawks as the Packers got off to
Speaker 1: a one and o start. I'm gonna start with Mike
Speaker 1: Daniels because I felt, and I said this on a
Speaker 1: very recent episode of On the Script, I felt this
Speaker 1: was the best game of his NFL career and he
Speaker 1: had seven tackles, one and a half sacks, four quarterback hits,
Speaker 1: and a forced fumble in this one. Mike Daniels was dominant.
Speaker 1: And I think the one thing when you look back
Speaker 1: at the two thousand seventeen season statistically didn't work out
Speaker 1: the way the Packers defense wanted it to. But how
Speaker 1: many times have we heard both from Dom Capers was
Speaker 1: still here and obviously when Mike McCarthy took the podium
Speaker 1: at the end of the season, this was the game
Speaker 1: where the Packers defense that's how they wanted to play
Speaker 1: the whole year. That was the vision, that was the vision.
Speaker 1: They were healthy, they were able to mix and match
Speaker 1: and do what they wanted to do with Morgan Burnett
Speaker 1: as that hybrid nickel linebacker and Mike Daniels was such
Speaker 1: a catalyst in this game. And Seattle Seahawks offensive line
Speaker 1: as this season unfolded, had a very difficult year. It
Speaker 1: ended up leading to the firing of Tom Cable as
Speaker 1: their old line coach. But the Packers the way they
Speaker 1: were able to man handle that front in what Mike
Speaker 1: Daniels was able to do in terms of generating that
Speaker 1: inside pressure. Russell Wilson never was comfortable and Russell Wilson
Speaker 1: put together an m v P type season. Mike, but
Speaker 1: in that particular game, what Mike Daniels was able to
Speaker 1: do had a lot to do with the fact that offensively,
Speaker 1: Seattle just wasn't able to get anything going. Yeah. Statistically,
Speaker 1: Daniels was credited with one and a half sack in
Speaker 1: this game. He teamed with Nick Perry for a ten
Speaker 1: yard sack of Wilson and then later on was the
Speaker 1: biggest play a sack fumble. He punched the ball out
Speaker 1: of Russell Wilson's hand deep in Seattle territory. Packers recovered
Speaker 1: ended up leading to a green Bay touchdown, and I
Speaker 1: believe the final score was seventeen to nine if I'm
Speaker 1: not mistaken. So you know what ends up being an
Speaker 1: eight point game. You get a sack fumble back, you know,
Speaker 1: essentially inside the ten yard line, the Packers punch it
Speaker 1: in a huge play. I'm with you on this being
Speaker 1: the best game of Daniel's career. And and I'll say
Speaker 1: this as well, it's not always easy to necessarily pick
Speaker 1: it out every NFL week, But I remember, I think
Speaker 1: you remember as well when you think of the game
Speaker 1: when Aaron Rodgers got hurt in Minneapolis, I said, hands down,
Speaker 1: Harrison Smith, the Vikings safety, was the best player on
Speaker 1: the football field that day. We saw it from the
Speaker 1: press box. I'm sure everybody saw it on TV. Mike
Speaker 1: Daniels was the best player on the football field in
Speaker 1: Week one at lambeau Field. And that's saying something. When
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson and Bobby Wagner and you
Speaker 1: Cam Chancell Learn all these other guys who are out there, Um,
Speaker 1: he was the best player on the field. And uh
Speaker 1: and it really was. It really was a stunning performance.
Speaker 1: The other one from that game wide receiver Jordy Nelson.
Speaker 1: The reason I picked this one to h to include
Speaker 1: in the set here is not because it was a big,
Speaker 1: huge statistical game, but it was again just showing that
Speaker 1: chemistry between Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson, particularly on the
Speaker 1: free play touchdown. Aaron Rodgers catches the Seahawks with twelve
Speaker 1: men on the field, they don't get their twelfth guy off,
Speaker 1: and Jordy Nelson just runs right down the seam and
Speaker 1: Seattle's defense just didn't even really react to what was
Speaker 1: going on. It becomes a thirty two yard touchdown, a
Speaker 1: big play in a in a close game, just like
Speaker 1: with with the Daniels Um defensive play, and I just
Speaker 1: thought it was it was just that classic example of
Speaker 1: what Aaron Rodgers and Jordy Nelson do together, kind of
Speaker 1: like what happened with the defense. I know Jordy Nelson
Speaker 1: didn't have the type of season I'm sure he wanted,
Speaker 1: but I think sometimes with us talking about what happened
Speaker 1: the last three orders of seasons, we forget how good
Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson was that first month with Aaron Rodgers was
Speaker 1: leading the NFL at one point touchdown receptions. I think
Speaker 1: he had six through five games. Uh, this game was
Speaker 1: a good example of you know their chemistry, what they
Speaker 1: were able to do to to maximize those free play chances,
Speaker 1: and it really make a difference. I mean, the twelvemen
Speaker 1: on the field called what Aaron Rodgers, the history of
Speaker 1: him and that play in the way that those two
Speaker 1: are on that same wavelength, you know, says a lot.
Speaker 1: I'll also say this too, if you go back in
Speaker 1: the history books, and I know there were some tough
Speaker 1: losses when you think of two thousand twelve with the
Speaker 1: failed married game, you look at two thousand fourteen with
Speaker 1: the NFC Championship game. Other than that, Aaron Rodgers and
Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson really have had the Seattle Seahawks number. And
Speaker 1: that's not an easy thing to do with how good
Speaker 1: that defense is and how you know solid they've been
Speaker 1: for a number of years. But whatever it is with
Speaker 1: that that second lane of communication that they have that
Speaker 1: just is instinctual, it's allowed them to be very effective.
Speaker 1: And Jordy Nelson Randall cop both started this season really fast,
Speaker 1: and it started against that game against the Yeah, and
Speaker 1: just to illustrate the efficiency and that being on the
Speaker 1: same page, Nelson had seven catches for seventy nine yards
Speaker 1: and a touchdown. But he was targeted eight times, so
Speaker 1: seven catches out of eight targets. That just illustrates what
Speaker 1: was going on there. But we've got more peak performances
Speaker 1: from the first quarter of the season to recap. Back
Speaker 1: with those on Packers Unscripted right after this. Welcome back
Speaker 1: to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford in this chair, Wes Hodkowits
Speaker 1: in that one in West. Continuing our discussion of the
Speaker 1: peak performances from the first quarter of the two thousand
Speaker 1: seventeen season for the Packers. A couple more from the
Speaker 1: victory over Cincinnati in Week three that was here at
Speaker 1: lambeau Field. Wide receiver Geronimo Allison and safety Josh Jones,
Speaker 1: A couple of young guys here. I'll let you start
Speaker 1: where you want to. Well, I want to say Geronimo
Speaker 1: Allison is the place to start, just because he came
Speaker 1: out of nowhere in this one. Packers needed a solid
Speaker 1: performance in this game against the Cincinnati Bengals. It end
Speaker 1: up being way too close I think for their liking
Speaker 1: within obviously getting pressed into overtime, but coming off that
Speaker 1: loss against the Atlanta Falcons, they needed a response. They
Speaker 1: wanted to start the season fast, and yeah, you knew
Speaker 1: you were gonna have you know, Jordy Nelson, you knew
Speaker 1: you were gonna have Davante Adams, but it was imperative
Speaker 1: in this game for dont Willison to have a big game,
Speaker 1: particularly down the stretch, and for him to end up
Speaker 1: with six catches for twenty two yards that end up
Speaker 1: being half of his receiving yards for the entire season.
Speaker 1: You saw him really take a step this year, still
Speaker 1: looking to have a more consistent role in the offense.
Speaker 1: But this was a great illustration of exactly the type
Speaker 1: of talent he has and how if Aaron Rodgers need
Speaker 1: to turn to him, he was ready to step up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Randall Cobb was sidelined in this game, so, as you said,
Speaker 1: the Packers needed some production out of Allison just to
Speaker 1: go over some of the plays. He actually caught a
Speaker 1: tipped pass for for a nie yard game that helped
Speaker 1: lead to a field goal early in the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: as the Packers are trying to come back, and then
Speaker 1: on that game tying touchdown drive which ended with a
Speaker 1: great diving catch by Jordy Nelson by the pylon that
Speaker 1: tied the game and sent it to overtime. Allison had
Speaker 1: catches of seventeen and eleven yards early on that drive
Speaker 1: to get the Packers across midfield and really put them
Speaker 1: in position to try to get that score. And then,
Speaker 1: of course, the big play the third snap, the third
Speaker 1: offensive snap of overtime for the Packers, Rogers again with
Speaker 1: a free play, going back to what we were talking
Speaker 1: about in the last segment, the Cincinnati Bengals jump off sides.
Speaker 1: It's a free play. Allison slips behind the defense, Rogers
Speaker 1: hits him down the left sideline. He weaves his way,
Speaker 1: you know, dodges some tacklers, ends up going seventy two
Speaker 1: yards out of those hundred and twenty two. And that
Speaker 1: play was on third and ten on this as well,
Speaker 1: the Packers needed to convert there. They were going to
Speaker 1: pump the ball back to the Bengals. It sets up
Speaker 1: the game winning field goal by Mason Crosby and the
Speaker 1: Packers get another home victory. The longest reception of the
Speaker 1: two thousand seventeen season for the Green Bay Packers on
Speaker 1: that play for Geronimo Allison. And as you said, I
Speaker 1: as much, and that that play obviously won the Packers
Speaker 1: the game. It's set up that that game winning field
Speaker 1: goal for Mason Crosby. But there were those small plays
Speaker 1: along the way. I thought it was a good job
Speaker 1: of you, but by pointing those out to be able
Speaker 1: to continue moving the ball, to get themselves in a
Speaker 1: situation for Aaron Rodgers to you know, put it in
Speaker 1: his hands and find a way to win that game.
Speaker 1: Very tough and at that point of the year you
Speaker 1: didn't really know what you were getting in the Cincinnati
Speaker 1: Bengals either. The Bengals had extremely high hopes going into
Speaker 1: Week three, so for the Packers to be able to
Speaker 1: win that game was a big catalyst for them going forward.
Speaker 1: An exceptional performance by Allison and making those big plays
Speaker 1: when they counted, I think said a lot about a
Speaker 1: former undrafted free agent that really it still has not
Speaker 1: played a lot of football in these first two seasons.
Speaker 1: And the other one that stood out in that game
Speaker 1: as a peak performance was rookie safety Josh Jones, the
Speaker 1: second round draft pick out of North Carolina State. We
Speaker 1: saw Josh Jones playing his best when he was able
Speaker 1: basically just settled in at one position to play that
Speaker 1: and not necessarily get moved around and play all these
Speaker 1: different roles he was playing that Nitro Nickel linebacker spot
Speaker 1: in this game, and he really showed up. He double
Speaker 1: digits and tackles I believe it was eleven. He ended
Speaker 1: up with two sacks, both of them were on third downs.
Speaker 1: Um actually first rookie defensive back in team history with
Speaker 1: a two sack game. Actually, one of those sacks that
Speaker 1: uh it pushed the Bengals back eight yards and made
Speaker 1: a field goal attempt much longer that then was missed,
Speaker 1: which was a field goal that that you know, would
Speaker 1: have stretched the Bengals lead at the time. And then
Speaker 1: uh in overtime, he has a really solid open field
Speaker 1: tackle of Cincinnati tight end Tyler Croft on third and six.
Speaker 1: Um stops him short of the first down marker, well
Speaker 1: short of the marker actually, and then the Bengals punt
Speaker 1: in overtime to the Packers, which then leads to the
Speaker 1: big play to Allison and and the victory. So a
Speaker 1: really really strong game from a young player. I know
Speaker 1: he had his ups and ups and downs throughout the year,
Speaker 1: but this was the type of performance that Packers were
Speaker 1: hoping for when they drafted Josh Jones. And hopefully there's
Speaker 1: more to come for him down the road. Yeah, between
Speaker 1: this and obviously him coming up as big as he
Speaker 1: did in that Cleveland games, two biggest moments of the year.
Speaker 1: But as you said, from us consistency standpoint, this is
Speaker 1: the best game he played start to finish. I mean,
Speaker 1: he played basically the entire game at that hybrid spot
Speaker 1: and made the most of it. The thing about that
Speaker 1: I think is so interesting about Josh Jones. I'm with
Speaker 1: on that he had an up and down season, a
Speaker 1: lot of things he has to learn from from an
Speaker 1: assignment standpoint, but in some ways with with a new
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator coming in now in two thousand and eighteen,
Speaker 1: he's He's younger than Nick Collins was, unquestionably, but I
Speaker 1: think he's similar to what when Dom Capers was coming
Speaker 1: in two thousand or two thousand nine, I should say,
Speaker 1: where it's a young prospect and you don't really know
Speaker 1: exactly how he's gonna fit, but you know he's talented,
Speaker 1: and I think that's really what when Brian Guduins was
Speaker 1: talking about, you know, the talent on this defense, He's
Speaker 1: one of the guys that factors into that. I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be really interested in two thousand and eighteen,
Speaker 1: A lot of things for the Packers to figure out
Speaker 1: with free agency and Morgan Burnett. But wherever Josh Jones
Speaker 1: is playing now, going in that second season, the experiences
Speaker 1: he had in year one are really going to help him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: definitely a guy we will definitely be watching closely in
Speaker 1: his second season. With that, we'll toss it to a
Speaker 1: breakback with moren Packers Unscripted right after this. Welcome back
Speaker 1: to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford here Wes Hodkuhit's over there
Speaker 1: and west are fifth and final peak performance from the
Speaker 1: opening quarter of the season. It goes to outside linebacker
Speaker 1: Clay Matthews against the Chicago Bears that Thursday night game
Speaker 1: in Week four and um again not necessarily a huge
Speaker 1: blow up statistically, but he gets a sack fumble on
Speaker 1: chicago first offensive play of the game. The Packers already
Speaker 1: leads seven nothing. Then they take the field. Mike Glennon
Speaker 1: is that quarterback. They hadn't gone to Mr Robinsky yet
Speaker 1: and the Bears are backed up deep in their own territory.
Speaker 1: Matthews bust in there on the very first play, knocks
Speaker 1: the ball out of Glennon's hand for the sack. Fumble,
Speaker 1: Jake Ryan recovers on the three yard line. The Packers
Speaker 1: take it in and you can't start a game any
Speaker 1: better really than being up fourteen nothing when the other
Speaker 1: team has only had one offensive snap and and Clay
Speaker 1: Matthews was was a big factor in making that happen.
Speaker 1: And not only that, that sack was the one that
Speaker 1: broke KGBS franchise record of seventy four and a half.
Speaker 1: It was matthews seventy five career sack and it put
Speaker 1: him number one on the Packers all time list. This game,
Speaker 1: Michael wound up being the Packers I would say their
Speaker 1: most dominant victory of this season. They had a lot
Speaker 1: of nail biters along the way, but this is one.
Speaker 1: I thought they really punched the Bears in the face
Speaker 1: right off the bat, and they maintained that momentum. I
Speaker 1: also thought it was probably the best illustration of the
Speaker 1: season that Clay Matthews had because he did finally break
Speaker 1: that sack record, something he'd been chasing down for the
Speaker 1: last number of years. We were kind of waiting for
Speaker 1: him to get there, and with the moved inside backer,
Speaker 1: with some injuries a kind of prohibit him from probably
Speaker 1: making that climb as fast as he wanted to. Well,
Speaker 1: now he's there. But on top of that, he also
Speaker 1: had three quarterback hits in this game. Packers only had four,
Speaker 1: were only credited with four for the game. Morgan Burnett
Speaker 1: had another one. They had a tough time getting home
Speaker 1: on Mike Glennon. But I thought Matthews was really impactful
Speaker 1: when the Packers needed him to be. He ended up
Speaker 1: leading them with eight and a half sacks in the season.
Speaker 1: Defended the run very well, I would I would argue,
Speaker 1: while I'm not a scout, I would argue that this
Speaker 1: is probably his best year defending the run overall. He
Speaker 1: was consistent in that way, and the Packers were able
Speaker 1: to hold down Jordan Howard in this contest. I think
Speaker 1: he only averaged like two point three yards per carry.
Speaker 1: That was a big, big thing here because at this
Speaker 1: point of the season, and pretty much as it was
Speaker 1: the entire entire year for the Bears, they were trying
Speaker 1: to build everything around their running game, and by doing that,
Speaker 1: in addition to getting the sack early on the momentum
Speaker 1: changing play to stake the Packers to a two score lead,
Speaker 1: all of that contributed to a big victory the Packers
Speaker 1: are riding high after this one if you remember it,
Speaker 1: I mean they were at this point three and one,
Speaker 1: got through that first quarter pole of the season, and
Speaker 1: Clay Matthews was looking like a guy that that was
Speaker 1: really ready to get on a tear before some of
Speaker 1: those injuries happened. Yeah, I agree with you that that.
Speaker 1: I you know, I think the most underrated part of
Speaker 1: Clay matthews game is the way he defends the run.
Speaker 1: I know everybody wants him and and he certainly wants
Speaker 1: to get to double digit sacks every year, and and
Speaker 1: he did lead the team in sacks this year, but
Speaker 1: he didn't didn't reach the double digit threshold that that
Speaker 1: he was gunning for. But he's really really a disruptive
Speaker 1: player against the run, and a credit to him through
Speaker 1: two thousand, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen seventeen, whether he's lined up
Speaker 1: on the edge, whether he's off the ball in the middle,
Speaker 1: he's always a factor in the run game. And it's
Speaker 1: and it's why even with the injuries that he has
Speaker 1: to deal with, you know, you like to have him
Speaker 1: on the field for as many snaps as possible because
Speaker 1: whether the offense is gonna run or pass, you know
Speaker 1: he's got a chance to make the play. That's just
Speaker 1: the high level impact he makes, even if the statistics
Speaker 1: don't look like they did back in two thousand ten,
Speaker 1: two thousand eleven when he was going to all the
Speaker 1: Pro Bowls and stuff. And the thing that's funny about that, too,
Speaker 1: is in two thousand eleven and even into two thousand
Speaker 1: and twelve, I actually Um, when I was still working
Speaker 1: for the newspaper, I ridiculed him a lot for how
Speaker 1: he defended the run. I thought he sold out too much.
Speaker 1: I thought his rush lanes he got too far upfield
Speaker 1: and allow things to leak out. I don't know. I've
Speaker 1: never had a chance to ask him. I don't know
Speaker 1: if the moved inside backer improved his vision against the run,
Speaker 1: because he certainly always had the athletic ability to to
Speaker 1: break up lanes and to be able to cause some
Speaker 1: disruption there for a running back trying to to put
Speaker 1: his foot into the ground and get up field. But
Speaker 1: the thing was, since he went back to outside backer
Speaker 1: then full time in two thousand and sixteen, I just
Speaker 1: had been really impressed with how he's held his own
Speaker 1: in terms of defending the edge. UM, And it's something
Speaker 1: I thought Nick Perry has done a tremendous job of.
Speaker 1: I still to this day argue that's the best thing
Speaker 1: that Nick Perry does in his game. I sure he
Speaker 1: doesn't want to hear that. I'm sure he wants to
Speaker 1: be a pass rusher first, but since day one, I've
Speaker 1: always thought he's been exceptional at setting the edge. Matthews
Speaker 1: has improved in that area, and even though two ten
Speaker 1: eleven he gets a lot of acclaim he had the
Speaker 1: multi sax seasons and and the double digit sax seasons.
Speaker 1: I just think what you're seeing now as he gets
Speaker 1: older is a more better well rounded player, and I
Speaker 1: think he's gotten better in that way and he's found
Speaker 1: ways to impact games that isn't just you know, predicated
Speaker 1: on him having thirteen sacks this season. Yeah. Well, those
Speaker 1: are the five peak performances for the first quarter of
Speaker 1: the season, and when we come back for our final segment,
Speaker 1: we will cast our vote for our favorite back with
Speaker 1: that on Packers Unscripted right after this Welcome back to
Speaker 1: Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford alongside Wes Hodkouwitz so West, We've
Speaker 1: recapped the five peak performances from the first quarter of
Speaker 1: the season for the Packers, Mike Daniels and Jordy Nelson
Speaker 1: against the Seahawks, Geronimo Allison and Josh Jones against the Bengals,
Speaker 1: and Clay Matthews against the Bears. Fans can go online
Speaker 1: Packers dot Com check out the story, click on the
Speaker 1: highlights if you'd like, and vote for your favorite in
Speaker 1: the poll. So it's your turn to vote what you got? Well,
Speaker 1: first off, if we should talk to our production staff
Speaker 1: of we'll maybe getting a little box up here that
Speaker 1: could put my piece of paper because I'm you know,
Speaker 1: casting did a lever pull? Yeah, that'd be cool, something
Speaker 1: old school, Alright, No hanging chads here. I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with Mike Daniels, Okay. And the reason I say that
Speaker 1: is because Mike Daniels on that day against the Seattle
Speaker 1: Seahawks made the other ten defensive players on the field
Speaker 1: better some amazing performances as you saw, and most of
Speaker 1: them contributing to a Packers victory. But Daniels what he
Speaker 1: did that day defending the run, they had no success
Speaker 1: whatsoever being able to run the ball. Another underrated aspect
Speaker 1: of that game the fact the Packers were able to
Speaker 1: apply consistent pressure to Russell Wilson, which isn't easy to
Speaker 1: do with how he's able to scramble, get out of
Speaker 1: the pocket and hurt you with some great option concepts.
Speaker 1: Daniels was relentless in that ball game. He actually reminded
Speaker 1: me kind of what b J. Raji had done a
Speaker 1: couple of years earlier in a game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 1: Just really pushed the pocket from the inside. And for
Speaker 1: that reason, I think that that was my first quarter
Speaker 1: of the season peak performance. Yeah, I I like what
Speaker 1: you said there in terms of Daniels made the other
Speaker 1: ten players on defense better. Because you always talk about
Speaker 1: a quarterback on the offensive side of the ball doing that,
Speaker 1: you don't always necessarily equate that on the on the
Speaker 1: defensive side. But I agree with you that was that
Speaker 1: that was the type of performance he had that day.
Speaker 1: As you can see, you kind of maybe stole what
Speaker 1: was gonna be my vote. But um, but so not
Speaker 1: to repeat things, I'm gonna pick Geronimo Allison against the Bengals.
Speaker 1: And here's why we saw many times this past season
Speaker 1: when injury struck and young guys had to fill in,
Speaker 1: there was a gap in the performance and it was
Speaker 1: a big reason, and not just because of quarterback Brett
Speaker 1: Hunley having to start as many games as he did,
Speaker 1: but it was a big reason the Packers finished seven
Speaker 1: and nine this year. The gap between those younger players
Speaker 1: who had to step in and those that they were
Speaker 1: replacing when injuries hit um was was too large, and
Speaker 1: it's something the Packers need to work on going forward.
Speaker 1: This is a game where that did not happen. Randall
Speaker 1: Cobb was out, Geronimo Allison stepped in. There were some
Speaker 1: shifting around as far as who was lining up where
Speaker 1: at wide receiver because of Cobb's absence, But for Allison
Speaker 1: to step in when Cobb couldn't play and to go
Speaker 1: six for a buck twenty two and make that seventy
Speaker 1: two yard catch and run and overtime to win the game,
Speaker 1: I'll just say, Wes, if if more young players who
Speaker 1: are not starters had been injury fill ins to this capacity,
Speaker 1: the Packers probably would have kept their playoff hopes alive
Speaker 1: I think longer, and maybe even snuck into this thing.
Speaker 1: Because the Packers just didn't get enough performances like this
Speaker 1: from young guys. I think that's fair and I think
Speaker 1: it's also fair when you look at Geronomoy, Alison knew
Speaker 1: he was the number four receiver at that time. It
Speaker 1: was pretty clear coming out of training camp he was
Speaker 1: ahead of Trevor Davis and Jeff Jannis as the next
Speaker 1: man up. It's one thing to be the next man up,
Speaker 1: it's another thing to be ready when your numbers called.
Speaker 1: And Packers actually to be an incredibly healthy at receiver
Speaker 1: for most of the season, which played into the fact
Speaker 1: that he didn't end up getting a lot of opportunities
Speaker 1: the rest of the way. But in that particular game,
Speaker 1: without Randall Cobb, they needed somebody else to step up
Speaker 1: other than Jordy Nelson Davante Adams. He gave him that
Speaker 1: performance in in a big key instant, sometimes a situation
Speaker 1: that's too big for young players, an undrafted player, he
Speaker 1: really stepped up and gave the Packers exactly what they
Speaker 1: needed and it resulted in the second win of the season. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all right, Well that is the peak performances show for
Speaker 1: the first quarter of SEEN. We will have the future
Speaker 1: ones UH the other quarters of the season coming up
Speaker 1: on UH shows coming up very soon. But for now,
Speaker 1: that's a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted. Be
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