Speaker 1: Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford and he is my trusted colleague,
Speaker 1: West Hodkowitz. We're coming to you here from our studios
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field and West. Super Bowl weekend is come
Speaker 1: and gone, and we are definitely going to talk Eagles
Speaker 1: Patriots here coming up later in the show, but we
Speaker 1: have to start with the Packer news of Super Bowl weekend,
Speaker 1: and that is Jerry Kramer is a Hall of Famer.
Speaker 1: It sounds pretty cool to say, and I'm happy to
Speaker 1: say that we can say it. Yeah, absolutely, Mike. And
Speaker 1: you know I spoke very passionately and fervently last week
Speaker 1: about his credentials. Rightly so, though, rightly so. I'm glad
Speaker 1: we're having this conversation though, and I think you summed
Speaker 1: it up best an insider in box last week, it
Speaker 1: was like, if Jerry Kramer wasn't going to get in,
Speaker 1: just how cruel this would be to do to him,
Speaker 1: and to to and put that carrot out in front
Speaker 1: of him one last time and then not get it.
Speaker 1: But lo and behold the voting committee that obviously how
Speaker 1: this process goes. A senior finalists happened first in the day.
Speaker 1: It's an upper down vote. It's it's separate from the
Speaker 1: modern day finalists, and you have to get so. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's a it's a pretty it's a pretty high threshold.
Speaker 1: It's not just past fail. And I thought that was
Speaker 1: interesting too. I think Kramer talked about this a little
Speaker 1: bit afterwards. You know, when you're eighty two years old
Speaker 1: and it's spent fifty years since you've played in the league,
Speaker 1: he mentioned, I mean, there's half half the people maybe
Speaker 1: more didn't see him place. I might not even know
Speaker 1: who he is. Um So, in some ways, I think
Speaker 1: though the ground swell of support that he's received over
Speaker 1: the years, it just seemed like it all reached a
Speaker 1: crescendo this week, and and for him to finally get
Speaker 1: that call, seeing him walk across that stage for the
Speaker 1: first time after such a long, tireless battle, I think, um,
Speaker 1: as you said to this is they righted the wrong
Speaker 1: and uh, for him, this is the culmination of an
Speaker 1: entire career of not only football, but you know something
Speaker 1: that has meant so much to him personally. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I like what you said last week when we were
Speaker 1: talking about it, that this really This wasn't a vote
Speaker 1: for Jerry Kramer. This was a referendum on the Hall
Speaker 1: of Fame. And I thought, I thought you put that
Speaker 1: very well, and I agree with you, because this was
Speaker 1: an injustice as far as the Hall of Fame is concerned.
Speaker 1: That needed to be corrected, and fortunately it's been corrected.
Speaker 1: Even more fortunately, Jerry Kramer is still with us in
Speaker 1: order to enjoy that, because he is the thirteenth I believe,
Speaker 1: including Vince Lombardi, he's the thirteenth Lombardi packer to go
Speaker 1: into the Hall of Fame. Many of them are no
Speaker 1: longer with us, but he is able to enjoy this.
Speaker 1: And uh, and boy, the party that that the Kramers
Speaker 1: are gonna throw in Canton, Ohio in August, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be something. I think it's funny. Kramer mentioned again. He
Speaker 1: mentioned it to me on the phone when I talked
Speaker 1: to him last summer when it came out that the
Speaker 1: Senior Committee was putting him forth as a finalist again,
Speaker 1: and he reiterated it on Saturday night in Minneapolis. He's
Speaker 1: never been to Canton. He's always driven by that. He
Speaker 1: didn't want it, he didn't want to stop by until
Speaker 1: he's invited, and he says, well, now I'm invited, and uh,
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a pretty a pretty
Speaker 1: special summer ceremony at the Hall of Fame. Well and Mike,
Speaker 1: and if you check out our content packers dot com,
Speaker 1: Mike Spofford absolutely killed it this weekend coverage wise, but
Speaker 1: including that coverage was talking with Aaron Rodgers in Sterling
Speaker 1: Sharp and I thought both of them they had different comments,
Speaker 1: but I thought, really it came back together, which is
Speaker 1: why is Jerry Kramer not in the Hall of Fame right?
Speaker 1: And and now he finally has that. I saw as
Speaker 1: a Monday morning, he's getting fitted for his his gold jacket. Um.
Speaker 1: His daughter Alicia has been has really you know, banying
Speaker 1: the drum and kept that momentum going. And I know
Speaker 1: how difficult it was every August when the senior finalists
Speaker 1: would come out and Kramer wouldn't be a them. But
Speaker 1: to finally have the opportunity he even said it in
Speaker 1: his post, his post interview with everyone, you know, to
Speaker 1: be able to share that with her, be able to
Speaker 1: share that with his family, how much that means to him.
Speaker 1: And I saw his son Daniel, who I'm friends with
Speaker 1: on Facebook. Uh, he just posted this little photo. I
Speaker 1: thought it was such a cool thing. It was Kramer
Speaker 1: putting his helmet on his son back in the sixties
Speaker 1: when he was still playing, and all it's said on
Speaker 1: the top was my daddy's a Hall of Famer. I
Speaker 1: just just it's such an emotional thing to to see
Speaker 1: him finally get this recognition. And and the other thing too,
Speaker 1: is you said, I think this is one more feather
Speaker 1: in the cap for the Lombardi era. I know a
Speaker 1: lot of people say, well, there's thirteen of the men already,
Speaker 1: but it was one of the most formidable teams dynasties
Speaker 1: in NFL history, five championships in seven years. Nobody's matched that.
Speaker 1: It just doesn't happen. So I mean, I don't want
Speaker 1: to see and be like, well, put in Gail Gillingham
Speaker 1: now and putting Bob Scronsky and putting all these other people.
Speaker 1: Whatever happens happens. But I just I've never understood the
Speaker 1: argument that you have to have a limit if you
Speaker 1: have Super Bowl, if you have you know, hall of
Speaker 1: famers on a team, whatever era it is, I think
Speaker 1: he can't deny them. Unfortunately for Jerry Kramer. He's in now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's it's it's for the best players in the game,
Speaker 1: and Jerry Kramer was one of the best players in
Speaker 1: the game in his era. That's really what it came
Speaker 1: back to. And as I said last week, there were
Speaker 1: sixteen guys fifteen sixteen guys or whatever it was, who
Speaker 1: were voted to that fiftieth Anniversary NFL team, the top
Speaker 1: guys at individual positions. Jerry Kramer was one of them,
Speaker 1: and it just it just didn't make any sense that
Speaker 1: that he wasn't in the Hall of Fame. It's, uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a fun time in uh in Canton,
Speaker 1: Ohio this summer for him, and uh, you know, really
Speaker 1: quite a Hall of Fame class. We can talk about
Speaker 1: it more, probably in some future episodes, but but you
Speaker 1: know Ray Lewis, Brian or Lacker, Randy Moss, Brian Dawkins,
Speaker 1: you know, Robert Brazil, Bobby Bethred as a general manager
Speaker 1: going in contributor category. It's a pretty special class that
Speaker 1: he's going in the Hall with. Yeah, and Brazil former
Speaker 1: teammate of Ted Thompson for a number with the Oilers,
Speaker 1: with the Houston Oilers, and getting back to one other
Speaker 1: point you made, I think that makes us even more
Speaker 1: The cherry on top is the fact that Kramer was
Speaker 1: able to enjoy this with not only that class, but
Speaker 1: but really be able to go through this after you know,
Speaker 1: so many years of being denied and you know, you
Speaker 1: do look at you know, Henry Jordan unfortunately passed in
Speaker 1: the seventies from a heart attack, but he you know,
Speaker 1: posthumously gets inducted as a senior finalist, you know, even recently,
Speaker 1: Ken Stabler. I mean the fact that Kramer was able
Speaker 1: to be a part of this whole celebration of football.
Speaker 1: I I just I looked at that class when they
Speaker 1: went up on the stadium and went up on the
Speaker 1: stage together on Saturday night at the NFL Honors, I'm like, wow,
Speaker 1: that is that's really special. And then ray Lewis inviting
Speaker 1: everybody up on the stage. It was it was really
Speaker 1: cool to watch, very very fun. Yeah, and Terrell Owens
Speaker 1: in the class too. I know he wasn't there on
Speaker 1: Saturday night, but wanted to make sure to mention. Didn't
Speaker 1: want to leave him out. But we've got to get
Speaker 1: to a break back with more on Packers unscripted. Right
Speaker 1: after this Welcome back to Packers unscripted, Mike Spofford in
Speaker 1: this chair, Wes Hodkowits in that one, and Wes, you
Speaker 1: mentioned the uh uh interviews on the Red Carpet that
Speaker 1: that we were able to secure their tyler and I
Speaker 1: representing Packers dot com, and uh, a really fun little conversation.
Speaker 1: You don't get much time to talk to people on
Speaker 1: the red carpet. You kind of pull them over, get
Speaker 1: a few questions in, you know, let him get on
Speaker 1: with their with their evening. But a fun conversation with
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Um, certainly. Uh, I kind of threw it
Speaker 1: out there. Hey, you know you you you won the
Speaker 1: m v P the last time you came back from
Speaker 1: a broken colarmony, says well, I plan on doing it again,
Speaker 1: just exactly, but classic air and classic air, I mean,
Speaker 1: and I know that he expressed him disappointment last week
Speaker 1: about losing his position coach Alex van Pell and hey,
Speaker 1: he's allowed to be disappointed. It's okay, we're all human.
Speaker 1: But he sounded pretty fired up to me on Saturday
Speaker 1: night about his own prospects, about this team's prospects. He's
Speaker 1: excited to have Joe Philbin back his offensive coordinator. You
Speaker 1: know that he was the the o C during that
Speaker 1: record setting year of eleven when Aaron Rodgers won his
Speaker 1: first m v P set the single season NFL record
Speaker 1: for passer rating. Aaron Rodgers is pretty excited about this
Speaker 1: upcoming year. Yeah, there were three things I took away
Speaker 1: from that interview, and it's phenomenal. If you haven't checked
Speaker 1: it out yet, checked that out on packers dot com
Speaker 1: along with spot story. The first thing, first and foremost,
Speaker 1: him mentioning the off season and the fact that not
Speaker 1: only does he plan to be ready for April, everyone
Speaker 1: I think has kind of been knowing about that, but
Speaker 1: the fact that the college one is not affecting his
Speaker 1: off season program. If you know anything about Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: in his history, that is such a fundamental part of
Speaker 1: him and wanting to play deep into his thirties, into
Speaker 1: his forties is his offseason preparation. The fact that this
Speaker 1: will not really you know, sidetrack that at all. I
Speaker 1: think that's key. Uh. The second thing he pointed out
Speaker 1: that I thought was interesting was Joe Philbin and the
Speaker 1: fact that he did mention in two thousand eleven, the
Speaker 1: last time he was here at the Packers having the
Speaker 1: season that they did. Personally, I'd said this from the beginning.
Speaker 1: I think that Joe Philbin is the Robin to Mike
Speaker 1: McCarthy's batman. I just think together they they know each
Speaker 1: other's strengths. Philbin knows what he needs to do to
Speaker 1: best serve McCarthy as the play caller. I think that
Speaker 1: is so important when you're going through a game planning
Speaker 1: because this is a very unique offensive coordinator position in
Speaker 1: Green Bay since you aren't calling plays like maybe a
Speaker 1: Pat Schirmer was in Minnesota. And then and then lastly, Uh,
Speaker 1: the confidence. Uh. I've always said this. I think Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers and Davante Adams are the two most confident players
Speaker 1: I've covered in the NFL. And it's not a false bravado.
Speaker 1: It's just internal confidence that they believe that no matter
Speaker 1: what happens, they will overcome. And Rogers saying that with
Speaker 1: a straight face, he wasn't just trying to put on
Speaker 1: a face for nothing. He is fully confident that he's
Speaker 1: gonna be the MVP. Wouldn't guarantee it, you know, but
Speaker 1: I mean he feels like he's gonna have that kind
Speaker 1: of season. And as he said, to you afterwards, his
Speaker 1: little his little speech to Packer fans, his little his
Speaker 1: line saying, don't get used to not play it being
Speaker 1: in playoff games in January, this is an aberration. And
Speaker 1: I think there was a triple negative and there too,
Speaker 1: and that that line, which you know sometimes can be
Speaker 1: really hard to line up to and you're you know,
Speaker 1: speaking um so quickly. But it was a great interview,
Speaker 1: really interesting stuff. Yeah, he was. He was very gracious
Speaker 1: with his time. We certainly appreciate him stopping by. And uh,
Speaker 1: it was for me, it was the first time being
Speaker 1: involved in a red carpet type of situation as a reporter.
Speaker 1: You almost feel like you're you know, more like a
Speaker 1: reporter for entertainment the Packers dot Com. But it's but
Speaker 1: it's really something, you know, I was trying to, you know,
Speaker 1: snap some pictures here and there when you know, I
Speaker 1: saw Jim Kelly, you know, walking by, and and you know,
Speaker 1: tons of Hall of Fame players and obviously lots of
Speaker 1: current stars, you know, J. J. Watt, T J. Watt,
Speaker 1: you know, all these guys who who were there to
Speaker 1: either potentially receive awards or present awards that they were
Speaker 1: nominated for. Awards all this kind of stuff. It really
Speaker 1: it really is a who's who evening of of the NFL.
Speaker 1: And then you know you have TV stars walking by
Speaker 1: occasionally because like the cast members from This Is Us,
Speaker 1: you know, the show that air right after the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: And so i did a couple of double takes because
Speaker 1: I'm thinking, oh, that guy looks familiar, but you know
Speaker 1: he's not a football players, like, oh yeah, he's on
Speaker 1: that TV show. So you're trying to piece it all
Speaker 1: together as as it's all as it's all happening really quickly,
Speaker 1: but but a fun night. We got some good interviews
Speaker 1: that talked to Charles Woodson as well, who's and and
Speaker 1: Sterling Sharp both former Packers obviously both very gracious with
Speaker 1: their time and uhum a couple of guys. They had
Speaker 1: some interesting thoughts on the changes going on in Green
Speaker 1: Bay and uh and speaking about the defense, I thought
Speaker 1: Woodson had an interesting, interesting point, you know, when he
Speaker 1: looks at the defense as a whole, he said, well,
Speaker 1: first off, you've gotta stay healthy. From his position as
Speaker 1: an analyst with the ESPN, he continues, every time he
Speaker 1: says he's watching the Packers, it's like there's guys hurt.
Speaker 1: You know, the regular players aren't out there. But he
Speaker 1: also said, and this is classic dB talk, it comes
Speaker 1: down to the past rush. And he was joking like, hey,
Speaker 1: when I was a player, we're always saying, hey, we
Speaker 1: gotta get to the quarterback. You gotta help us out
Speaker 1: here in the back end. And he was a blitz
Speaker 1: or something. You know, he is sometimes the guy going
Speaker 1: after the quarterback. But uh um, but really that the
Speaker 1: past rushes where it's going to start. I think for
Speaker 1: Mike Patton as the new defensive coordinator here in Green Bay,
Speaker 1: and and uh I think Charles Woodson, among many others,
Speaker 1: very interested to see just what this defense looks like.
Speaker 1: I do find it interesting that Woodson was talking about
Speaker 1: you have to stay healthy. This is a guy who
Speaker 1: basically didn't practice during I think the year that he
Speaker 1: was NFL Defensive Player of the Year because you know
Speaker 1: the injuries he was playing through and basically just suited
Speaker 1: up on Sundays and suited up on Sunday and he
Speaker 1: was the best defensive player in the league. So go figure.
Speaker 1: So maybe there's a little bit of middle ground there,
Speaker 1: but I think, you know, he brings up a great
Speaker 1: point and you have to have the pass rush in
Speaker 1: in coverage, working concert with each other. I think that
Speaker 1: was the biggest thing. When you look at the defense
Speaker 1: last year. Communication wasn't there, and it just didn't seem
Speaker 1: like they were able to get those two phases on
Speaker 1: the same page at the same time. They both excelled
Speaker 1: at different times, but it was tough to get him
Speaker 1: there at the same time. This is the biggest question, Mike,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be a big question going into training
Speaker 1: camp seeing what that defense looks like with those new pieces.
Speaker 1: I think there is some really good building blocks now
Speaker 1: seeing where Brian Goodkins takes it from there, it's gonna
Speaker 1: be probably one of the most telling points because in
Speaker 1: two thousand and eight didn't have a great year. Two
Speaker 1: thousand nine, Woodson became Defensive Player of the Year. Don
Speaker 1: Capers turned it around. Now pett will try to do
Speaker 1: the same. Yeah, the Packers turned it around very quickly.
Speaker 1: Back then, we'll see if they can do it again.
Speaker 1: Back with more and Packers Unscripted right after this, Welcome
Speaker 1: back to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford here, West, Hodkuwit's over
Speaker 1: there and West. Super Bowl fifty two was played over
Speaker 1: the weekends, we might as well get to it. And um,
Speaker 1: the Philadelphia Eagles, one of the top defenses in the
Speaker 1: league and a Bill Belichick defense with two weeks to
Speaker 1: prepare for the Philadelphia offense, and you end up with
Speaker 1: the most total yards not only in a Super Bowl
Speaker 1: or in a playoff game, but in any game in
Speaker 1: NFL history. It's just the way we figured this game
Speaker 1: was gonna go. Right. Yeah, you know, Jim Schwartz and
Speaker 1: that defense that they had, how stifling it was all
Speaker 1: your ste total yards allowed. Hey, it was great, man,
Speaker 1: it was a great game. There's no question about it.
Speaker 1: I don't want to turn this into every single year
Speaker 1: is the best Super Bowl that's ever played with you know,
Speaker 1: not counting the Broncos Seattle game for a few years ago.
Speaker 1: But this was great from the very beginning till the
Speaker 1: very end. The drama, uh and just neither offense really
Speaker 1: giving an inch. And I think you have to tip
Speaker 1: your cap to Nick Foles an unbelievable job, you know,
Speaker 1: basically resurrecting his entire career. Was kind of forgotten about.
Speaker 1: Ends up in Kansas City last year and was backing
Speaker 1: up Alex Smith and give it to Howie Roseman. He
Speaker 1: realized that they wanted an experienced guy behind Carson Wentz,
Speaker 1: their second year quarterback, and falls ends up fitting the bill.
Speaker 1: And what what a remarkable job late in that game,
Speaker 1: even though they did give up six yards Brandon Graham
Speaker 1: getting the forest fumble. I don't know how the heck
Speaker 1: Derek Barnett was able to corral that football basically one
Speaker 1: hopped off his foot and was able to recover it.
Speaker 1: That could have been that could have been a major scrum.
Speaker 1: If he doesn't grab, that would have been like a
Speaker 1: rugby thing which just been bouncing away and he ends
Speaker 1: up catching it on the first bounce. That's why you
Speaker 1: practice fumble drills. But from I was glued to my
Speaker 1: television from beginning to end too. It was something to watch. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think where I give the Eagles the most credit,
Speaker 1: not only for obviously the one they really made one
Speaker 1: play on defense the entire second half, because the first
Speaker 1: three times the Patriots had the ball in the second
Speaker 1: half they marched right down the field and scored three touchdowns.
Speaker 1: They made the one big defensive play when they had
Speaker 1: to have it with a couple of minutes to go.
Speaker 1: But overall, where I give the Eagles the most credit
Speaker 1: is that they had blown the lead and fallen behind
Speaker 1: and they still were able to pull it together enough
Speaker 1: to put together another drive, get the lead back, and
Speaker 1: send that defense back out on the field to stop
Speaker 1: Tom Brady and win the Super Bowl. I the way
Speaker 1: the momentum and everything was going, because the Eagles had
Speaker 1: basically been ahead, you know, throughout the game, and then
Speaker 1: Tom Brady and the Patriots complete that come back and
Speaker 1: take the lead in the fourth quarter. A lot of
Speaker 1: times you can't get the momentum back after something like that,
Speaker 1: and the Eagles did it and that's why they won. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Two things that stood out to me the most in
Speaker 1: this Doug Peterson's play calling. Obviously, the former Packers quarterback
Speaker 1: nine years ago was a high school football coach. Uh
Speaker 1: just completely gutsy, put incredible faith in his backup quarterback
Speaker 1: and the guys around him to come through. And Also,
Speaker 1: I mean it's not really been a big storyline, but
Speaker 1: a tip of the captain Jake Elliott, he misses that
Speaker 1: extra point early on. I don't care. I could be
Speaker 1: the most talented, I could have the best leg I
Speaker 1: could be the most accurate kicker in NFL history. You
Speaker 1: put me in the situation he was in with I
Speaker 1: believe that yard I'm missing that nine times out of nine.
Speaker 1: But he comes up clutch. And that was such a
Speaker 1: big thing too, because if he doesn't make that kick, well,
Speaker 1: then Tom Brady gets the ball back at what the
Speaker 1: the yard lines something like that. Yeah, it would have
Speaker 1: been pretty good field and would have had a great
Speaker 1: chance to come down. I still don't know exactly what
Speaker 1: the Patriots were doing on that kickoff return. I mean,
Speaker 1: they're trying to make something happen, But I think at
Speaker 1: that point, you have Tom terrific as your quarterback, even
Speaker 1: though you don't have time outs, you need to go
Speaker 1: all the way down the field. I still think you'd
Speaker 1: put the ball in his hands. Um, they wasted some
Speaker 1: time there, but yeah, regardless of it came down to
Speaker 1: the very end um and again it was just it
Speaker 1: was a type of football game that I think when
Speaker 1: you look back, it's going to be remembered as one
Speaker 1: of the most entertaining start to finish. Yeah, well, let's
Speaker 1: let's talk a little bit more about this one after
Speaker 1: the breakback with More and Packers unscripted. Right after this,
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Packers unscripted Mike Spofford alongside West, Hodkowitz
Speaker 1: and West, continuing our discussion of the Super Bowl. I
Speaker 1: wanted to point out I think an area another area
Speaker 1: where I give the Eagles a heck of a lot
Speaker 1: of credit is uh the fact that they were still
Speaker 1: able to keep things going on offense after the Patriots
Speaker 1: made that adjustment to take Alshon Jeffrey away, because the
Speaker 1: way the first half was going, Jeffrey was making some
Speaker 1: big time plays. That touchdown catch was phenomenal, and I
Speaker 1: thought if he had come down with that deep ball
Speaker 1: that ended up being the deflected interception for New England,
Speaker 1: if he had come down with that, I thought we
Speaker 1: were looking at the Super Bowl m v P right there.
Speaker 1: Alshon Jeffrey was going to get it. The Patriots made
Speaker 1: the adjustment they put Stephon Gilmour on Alshon Jeffrey really
Speaker 1: kind of took him out of the game. But yet
Speaker 1: the Eagles still moving the ball, scoring points, putting drives
Speaker 1: together and stuff. I you know, you mentioned Doug Peterson,
Speaker 1: the game plan, the play calling and everything. Obviously, the
Speaker 1: performance of Nick Foles just really really impressive to do that.
Speaker 1: I know this wasn't Bill Belichick's best defense by a
Speaker 1: long shot in New England. But for a Bill Belichick
Speaker 1: defense to have two weeks to prepare for an offense
Speaker 1: and really not have any answers for four quarters, that
Speaker 1: surprised me. Yeah, it did. And I thought both offensive
Speaker 1: game plans were incredibly creative. Obviously we saw some trickeration
Speaker 1: a little bit with some quarterbacks. Um. The biggest thing
Speaker 1: that stood out to me when you mentioned the adjustments
Speaker 1: that that the Eagles had to make Nelson Aghilar who
Speaker 1: if you remember from last year when the Packers played
Speaker 1: the Eagles, that was the week leading up to that
Speaker 1: game that he had gotten benched and there were some
Speaker 1: questions that whether or not the Eagles might just even
Speaker 1: release him at that point. It's really been working on
Speaker 1: Fir his two first two seasons. He ends up stepping up,
Speaker 1: leads them and receiving in this game with nine receptions. Uh,
Speaker 1: and really what has been a breakthrough year for him.
Speaker 1: But also zach Ertz him catching that pass I believe
Speaker 1: on the fourth thin one was it uh? When they
Speaker 1: were a midfield he was able to snag that one
Speaker 1: comes back. I don't know why we had to waste
Speaker 1: twelve minutes about whether or not that was a touchdown catch.
Speaker 1: It was a touchdown catch cross word. That was pretty
Speaker 1: obvious in my opinion, common sense wise. But he made
Speaker 1: some phenomenal plays at critical times for them as well.
Speaker 1: And then give el Sean Jeffrey credit man. He had
Speaker 1: some great catches throughout that ballgame. Howie Roseman, again, you
Speaker 1: tipped your cap to him. They knew they needed a
Speaker 1: marquee receiver to go with Carson Wentz. They went and
Speaker 1: got him. It worked out. Now they've extended him. Uh.
Speaker 1: Just it really was a team effort. Corey Clement had
Speaker 1: a big game as well for them, undrafted free agent
Speaker 1: out of Wisconsin. So great touchdown catch by him as well.
Speaker 1: Absolutely so when you pair all that stuff together offensively,
Speaker 1: I don't think this was a team that it's like, Okay,
Speaker 1: that's the superstar. They were all across the board and
Speaker 1: they made it happen, and they they won their first
Speaker 1: Super Bowl championship because of it. Yeah, and I tip
Speaker 1: my cap to Zach Ertz, especially because it's long forgotten now.
Speaker 1: But back on the opening drive of the game, the
Speaker 1: Eagles are at the two yard line. He gets called
Speaker 1: for the false start that cost them four points. They
Speaker 1: end up kicking a field goal there. They were going
Speaker 1: to just pound it in on the ground from the
Speaker 1: two yard line. They had second and goal of the
Speaker 1: two that cost him four points. You knew right then
Speaker 1: when that happened, when they had to settle for that
Speaker 1: field goal early on, you know that's going to you know,
Speaker 1: come back into play. And Arts was the guy who
Speaker 1: was called for the fall, for the false start. He
Speaker 1: ends up making the big plays down the stretch that
Speaker 1: get him the victory. He really did. And I think
Speaker 1: you look at this offense and the way it's structure,
Speaker 1: they need to be multiple. They need to do different things,
Speaker 1: and they need to count on different players at different times.
Speaker 1: It's not like Kelvin Johnson where it's just Year zoned
Speaker 1: in on that guy that has to be who this
Speaker 1: offense runs through. It can be different guys stepping up
Speaker 1: at different times. I think that's the number one thing
Speaker 1: I learned about Doug Peterson this year getting a chance
Speaker 1: to watch his team a little bit more. How willing
Speaker 1: he is to put that confidence in his players. I
Speaker 1: think a lot of coaches would have a hard time
Speaker 1: doing what he did, making the calls that he did,
Speaker 1: but after he said, even you know, we're here to
Speaker 1: win the super Bowl. And they were either gonna win
Speaker 1: the super Bowl or they were gonna lose the super Bowl,
Speaker 1: but they chose that they were gonna do what they
Speaker 1: need to do to win it. Congratulations to the Eagles,
Speaker 1: they get their first super Bowl title and first NFL
Speaker 1: title since nineteen sixty. But with that, it's a rap
Speaker 1: on this edition of Packers Unscripted. Be sure to fill
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