Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted, or should I say
Speaker 1: welcome back to Packers Unscripted. We are back Mike Spofford
Speaker 1: Wes Hodkowitz from Packers dot Com coming to you here
Speaker 1: from our studios at lambeau Field West. The last time
Speaker 1: we addressed the audience in this setting was actually before
Speaker 1: we went to the NFL Scouting Combine. We did some
Speaker 1: shows from Indianapolis as well. But in a nutshell, free
Speaker 1: agents have arrived, players have departed, others have retired. There
Speaker 1: has been a whole bunch of Packers related news here
Speaker 1: since the last time we sat at this desk. Where
Speaker 1: do you want to start? Well, I mean you could
Speaker 1: start in a million different places, right, I mean the
Speaker 1: fact that it's so funny no matter what the offense,
Speaker 1: the off season and moved so fast, so many things happen,
Speaker 1: and I think for my money, it's those first forty
Speaker 1: eight hours of the negotiating period. The fact that the
Speaker 1: Packers did come to agreements with four different free agents
Speaker 1: sign them right at the start of free agency. The
Speaker 1: outside linebacker situation is going to look a hundred different
Speaker 1: for the Green Bay Packers this year. Overall, it's just
Speaker 1: been a lot of change, But I think at the
Speaker 1: same time, with Mike Petton coming back, you bring an
Speaker 1: agent and Amos now is sort of the commander there.
Speaker 1: On the defense, you have, you know, the two Smiths
Speaker 1: coming in to help anchor the pass rush, a lot
Speaker 1: of optimism about the defense and potentially how they can
Speaker 1: move forward now and offensively. The big thing is Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur and building that foundation now for the offense.
Speaker 1: And I think because we start to get into this
Speaker 1: offseason program they've already started up. We have guys coming
Speaker 1: in for the strength and conditioning program. Seeing where these
Speaker 1: teams go, where this team goes, where these players go
Speaker 1: with thee the puzzle pieces in place is going to
Speaker 1: be one of the more intriguing things now as we
Speaker 1: get going into O t A s and mini camps
Speaker 1: and things of that nature. Yeah, well, what to call it?
Speaker 1: A flurry of activity in the first couple of days
Speaker 1: of free agent. He might be the understatement of the
Speaker 1: off season here in Green Bay. Four players are signed.
Speaker 1: You mentioned the two outside linebackers, the pass rushers, and
Speaker 1: Darius Smith from Baltimore and Preston Smith from Washington. Then
Speaker 1: you had Adrian Amos from division rival Chicago at safety,
Speaker 1: and then offensive lineman Billy Turner, a guy who I
Speaker 1: at least I look at all four of these guys
Speaker 1: as starters for the Packers in twenty nineteen. The Packers
Speaker 1: aren't necessarily saying exactly where Billy Turner is gonna play,
Speaker 1: but all signs would indicate he's gonna be your guy
Speaker 1: at right guard when you have that spot essentially wide
Speaker 1: open here and you sign a guy that early in
Speaker 1: free agency. And as you said, now the players are
Speaker 1: getting rolling with offseason workouts, they're in the building, they're
Speaker 1: getting to know Matt Lafleur and the new coaches that
Speaker 1: are here. Nathaniel Hackety, you mentioned Mike Patton obviously has
Speaker 1: returned for year two as defensive coordinator. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of energy in this building. There's a lot going on
Speaker 1: for April, there's a lot. There's a lot going on
Speaker 1: around here. And as you said, some certainly some some
Speaker 1: optimism here, especially on the defensive side of the ball,
Speaker 1: with the combination of pett and coming back and then
Speaker 1: some young up and coming players that the Packers have
Speaker 1: signed as free agents with the idea that their best
Speaker 1: years are ahead of them, right, And I mean you
Speaker 1: wrote about it about a month ago already, the fact
Speaker 1: that the Packers signed a bunch of guys all in
Speaker 1: that twenty six year old Range Goodkins had such a
Speaker 1: great comment going back to the owners meetings about how,
Speaker 1: you know, he's not really looking for one or two
Speaker 1: year rental players. He wants guys that are coming into
Speaker 1: their formative years in the NFL. And I think when
Speaker 1: you look, you know, Zadarius Smith, Preston Smith, both of
Speaker 1: those guys have been remarkably durable throughout their career and
Speaker 1: have kind of been on the incline. Specifically in Zadarius
Speaker 1: case eight and a half sacks last year for the
Speaker 1: best defense in the league, lead them in sacks, and
Speaker 1: I think he's one of those guys that always had
Speaker 1: that type of potential. You know, Brian Goodicuins mentioned they've
Speaker 1: been looking at him back in the two thousand fifteen
Speaker 1: draft Milt Hendrickson and the Ray Evans ended up getting
Speaker 1: them in Baltimore, and he's been on this steady rise.
Speaker 1: So the biggest thing, I think when you look back
Speaker 1: to two thousand and eighteen, the Packers were missing something
Speaker 1: with their pass rush. Now it got home quite a bit.
Speaker 1: You know, they ended up putting up a lot of sacks,
Speaker 1: but it was about the consistency side of it and
Speaker 1: also trying to weather through some of those injuries. Clay
Speaker 1: Matthews moves on to l A, the Packers move on
Speaker 1: from Nick Perry, and now you have Kyler Facker on.
Speaker 1: These two young pass rushers that I think really are
Speaker 1: going to bring a new energy to that side of
Speaker 1: the game. And then Amos, I think is a spot
Speaker 1: on I think could really under the radar, be the
Speaker 1: best signing for them this offseason because he brings stability
Speaker 1: to you know, arguably the most unstable position for them
Speaker 1: last year with all the difference safeties they had to
Speaker 1: go through. So I think it's a really good first step. Again,
Speaker 1: it's all on paper. You have to do it in
Speaker 1: on the field, but the potential certainly there. Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: really interested to see Amos, certainly, as you mentioned in
Speaker 1: the back end here with the Packers, because you look
Speaker 1: at his track records so far with the Bears coming
Speaker 1: out of Penn Stay it as a draft choice a
Speaker 1: handful of years ago. Not a lot of the big,
Speaker 1: flashy splash plays and whatnot. Um. The Packers signed him
Speaker 1: not only because he's a reliable guy and they feel
Speaker 1: like they know exactly what they're getting, but because but
Speaker 1: also because they feel like the interceptions and the splash
Speaker 1: plays maybe are gonna start to come for him as
Speaker 1: he continues to get more and more comfortable in his
Speaker 1: pro career. All of these free agent signings really were
Speaker 1: projection signings for the Packers. They're they're looking at, Hey,
Speaker 1: it's not about what these not just about what these
Speaker 1: guys have done, but about what we think they're going
Speaker 1: to do here in the very near future. The Packers
Speaker 1: are hoping to capitalize on players who they believe their
Speaker 1: arrows are pointing up as they say, yeah exactly. And
Speaker 1: I think when you look at all these guys being
Speaker 1: twenty six age range, it worked out perfectly for them.
Speaker 1: And the two thousand fifteen draft class for the Packers,
Speaker 1: it it didn't work out the way they wanted it to.
Speaker 1: But now you've been able to go and get some guys,
Speaker 1: some really successful players out of that draft class. I
Speaker 1: think to kind of augment at those positions. I think
Speaker 1: a guy like Billy Turner too, brings a lot to
Speaker 1: the offensive line in terms of his versatility. You know,
Speaker 1: when you pay a player that much money, you would
Speaker 1: expect he will start right guard. Appears to be the
Speaker 1: starting opening right now, but it's understandable the Packers don't
Speaker 1: want to pay him in a box at this case.
Speaker 1: And then not to mention you also were able to
Speaker 1: get Cole Madison back, returning for the start of the
Speaker 1: offseason program after being away from the team last year.
Speaker 1: So you know a lot of people in insider inbox
Speaker 1: have talked about that being almost like an extra draft
Speaker 1: pick this year as well. So I think as you
Speaker 1: go into the draft now in a couple of weeks, Michael,
Speaker 1: the Packers have been able to address enough of their
Speaker 1: quote unquote needs that It just when you look at twelve,
Speaker 1: when you look at thirty, when you look at forty four,
Speaker 1: it doesn't appear to me that it's like, Okay, you
Speaker 1: have to get player X, you have to get position X.
Speaker 1: Here Brian Goodacunts is going to have all of his
Speaker 1: options on the table. Yeah. I think that's the biggest
Speaker 1: thing that this splurge and free agency did for the Packers,
Speaker 1: and Goodacut's mentioned it immediately when he addressed the media.
Speaker 1: You make these kinds of moves in free agency, and
Speaker 1: it gives you all kinds of flexibility heading into the draft.
Speaker 1: He was going to have some measure of flexibility anyway,
Speaker 1: because he's going in with ten picks. He has the
Speaker 1: extra first round pick um at the end of the
Speaker 1: first round from the trade last year. Ten picks total.
Speaker 1: But now, as you said, from a position standpoint, we
Speaker 1: all know you you want to take the best player available.
Speaker 1: You don't want to leave better players for your competition
Speaker 1: to draft. You got to take the best guy who's
Speaker 1: there at that time. But we also know that roster
Speaker 1: needs can sometimes start to you know, push the equations
Speaker 1: or or throw things a little bit out of balance.
Speaker 1: Goodakos doesn't have to look at it that way. With
Speaker 1: the moves that he made in free agency, all the
Speaker 1: flexibility for what he wants to do, take a best
Speaker 1: player here, trade up, or trade back. He's got everything
Speaker 1: as at his disposal now heading into the draft. And
Speaker 1: I think that's one of the biggest things that these
Speaker 1: early days of free agency accomplished for the Packers. YEA,
Speaker 1: and and you want to be able to if you're
Speaker 1: going to spend money, you want to spend it early.
Speaker 1: You want to get the top end, guys, I think
Speaker 1: you can make a case the Packers got the two
Speaker 1: most coveted pass rushers there. I think Adrian Amos was
Speaker 1: right up there as far as safety's and Billy Turner,
Speaker 1: I think is a lot of potential in front of him,
Speaker 1: even though he only has about one one and a
Speaker 1: half two years of starting experience, a lot of versatility,
Speaker 1: a lot of options, and as as you mentioned with
Speaker 1: Brian Goodikins going into now his second draft is GM
Speaker 1: ten picks to work with. The draft is his oyster
Speaker 1: so to speak at this point in time. Yeah. Well,
Speaker 1: in our upcoming couple of episodes, we're gonna take a
Speaker 1: little bit closer look at the draft and where the
Speaker 1: Packers stand at some different positions. But before I get
Speaker 1: too far out of practice, here west the Green Bay
Speaker 1: Packers get ready for game day with the powerful noise
Speaker 1: canceling technology of Bo's Quiet Comfort thirty five headphones. To
Speaker 1: learn more at www dot bows dot com, slash Packers
Speaker 1: Bows the official headphones of the Green Bay Packers, and
Speaker 1: at Homer Here in the stands, we all know that
Speaker 1: Green Bay fans give it, they're all and that takes
Speaker 1: a lot of energy, So grab a warm bowl of
Speaker 1: Campbell's Chunky Soup. It's meaty goodness fuels the greatness of
Speaker 1: Packers fans everywhere. Try the delicious classic chicken noodle soup.
Speaker 1: Just visit your local supermarket and asked for Campbell's Chunky
Speaker 1: sup Official sup partner of the Green Bay Packers. Okay,
Speaker 1: we mentioned players came back a week ago Monday on
Speaker 1: April eight, if I'm getting my date correct. For the
Speaker 1: start of offseason workouts, Packers get one extra week of
Speaker 1: offseason workouts this year because of having a new head coach,
Speaker 1: so they started a little bit earlier than a lot
Speaker 1: of the other teams. But in sticking with things on
Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball, I think if there
Speaker 1: was one thing that I heard from the two defensive
Speaker 1: players who addressed the media on that that first week
Speaker 1: of offseason workouts, Blake Martinez and Kenny Clark answered some questions,
Speaker 1: I really sensed a lot of enthusiasm and a lot
Speaker 1: of excitement for the fact that Mike Patton is back
Speaker 1: to continue what he started with this Packers defense. And
Speaker 1: those were a couple of really key veterans, I thought,
Speaker 1: expressing that very clearly and very open. Yeah. Absolutely, And
Speaker 1: I mean you and I talked about it countless times
Speaker 1: last season, and I'm not gonna sit here and go,
Speaker 1: you know, on a diet tribe about you know, last
Speaker 1: year was one of the top ten seasons for a
Speaker 1: Packers defense. It wasn't there was a lot to be
Speaker 1: desired there yet. But when you look at what Petton
Speaker 1: was up against, the fact that Truman Williams finished the
Speaker 1: year at safety, even though that wasn't the plan at
Speaker 1: all when they brought him back. The fact that they
Speaker 1: had guys like Eddie Pleasant and I mean you look
Speaker 1: at all these roster moves Abraham Campbell that come in
Speaker 1: off the street and are in the starting lineup after
Speaker 1: a week or two due to injuries. The fact, well
Speaker 1: your defensive line that you wanted to start the year
Speaker 1: with Mike Daniels, Kenny Clark and Mohammed Wilkerson. By December,
Speaker 1: all three of those guys were an injured reserve. And
Speaker 1: you're turning to Dean Lowry and Tyler Lancaster and guys
Speaker 1: like that who really stepped up their games and are
Speaker 1: showing a lot of promise here for nineteen. As as
Speaker 1: the Packers get those injured guys back, and nobody was
Speaker 1: a better example I guess of what the Packers that
Speaker 1: the course the Packers defense took last year than Dan Lowery.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a guy through the first month
Speaker 1: of the season barely played. At the end of the season,
Speaker 1: they couldn't get him off the field. It's just the
Speaker 1: way the cookie crumbled for the Packers. But I think
Speaker 1: now and again, you always have to knock on wood
Speaker 1: in these cases. You never know exactly what's going to happen.
Speaker 1: But I just think the team is better position to
Speaker 1: stay healthy to have success. When you look at the
Speaker 1: signings of a Preston Smith, he started every game, played
Speaker 1: in every game that he's been in the league. Couldn't
Speaker 1: even remember the last time he was down due to injury,
Speaker 1: probably went back to high school, if not even before that.
Speaker 1: You look at Zadarius Smith and being able to play
Speaker 1: as often as he did. Adrian amsmiss what three games
Speaker 1: and four seasons with the Bears, So you you never know.
Speaker 1: You can't protict the future, but you know the past
Speaker 1: is going to lead you to you know where where
Speaker 1: you're going to be in the in the presence, So
Speaker 1: by those guys not having injury history, I think is positive.
Speaker 1: I think when you look at the areas of which
Speaker 1: the Packers are building their defense around with Kenny Clark,
Speaker 1: with with Blake Martinez, with the cornerbacks which you're Alexander,
Speaker 1: they have studs in place. They have guys that can
Speaker 1: be playmakers and difference makers and leaders in place. But
Speaker 1: they needed to find a way to expedite that process.
Speaker 1: I think these free agent additions have done that. Yeah.
Speaker 1: And on the offensive side of the ball, the two
Speaker 1: players we heard from when offseason workouts began, quarterback Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: wide receiver Davante Adams. No real surprises there. Rogers certainly
Speaker 1: addressed as he had done on the radio, all the
Speaker 1: stuff about the Bleacher Report article. I don't know about you.
Speaker 1: I don't really want to get into it. I think
Speaker 1: it's been rehashed and redone plenty. The key message being
Speaker 1: the Packers leaders on offense, whether you're talking Rogers or
Speaker 1: Adams or David Baktiari, Brian Bulaga, whoever you want to pick,
Speaker 1: this offense is all about moving forward now. It's about
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur, it's about Nathaniel Hackett, It's about where the
Speaker 1: future is and the immediate future as these guys start
Speaker 1: to sink their teeth into the teeth into the playbook. Um,
Speaker 1: we know they're not going to be doing any on
Speaker 1: field stuff quite yet, but that's that's certainly coming up.
Speaker 1: They're having meetings going for you know, some of the
Speaker 1: some of the x's and os on the big screen,
Speaker 1: all that kind of stuff, and um, again I sense it.
Speaker 1: It's an excitement thing. There's there there's a newness. There's
Speaker 1: a freshness to everything that's going on here. And when
Speaker 1: your veteran players are are voicing that, I think that
Speaker 1: speaks volumes to how things have gotten started. The There
Speaker 1: was a line I made an inbox about two or
Speaker 1: three weeks ago. And I'm not usually onet just to
Speaker 1: toute my writing, but there was there was a point
Speaker 1: I was trying to make with it, and that's if
Speaker 1: you fix the fox fauce at the leaks stop right,
Speaker 1: if you win football games, the outside noise quiet people.
Speaker 1: I'd ask, you know, are these things that Rogers needs
Speaker 1: to address that Matt Lafourns are addressed. In my thought
Speaker 1: the entire time has been you need to concentrate on
Speaker 1: what's in the locker room. Now, if that's something that
Speaker 1: La Fleur and Rogers want to talk about in a
Speaker 1: private setting, that's up to them. But in terms of
Speaker 1: that locker room, what's happened in the past, what happened
Speaker 1: in two thousand eighteen doesn't dictate what happens in two
Speaker 1: thousand nineteen. And I thought the amount of people that
Speaker 1: stepped up, uh, not not just about the bleacher report thing.
Speaker 1: I'm talking about, you know, just Rodgers leadership, about this
Speaker 1: team being six nine and one last year, about you know,
Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy era ending, La Fleur era starting It's been
Speaker 1: pretty important. I think if you talk to Matt la
Speaker 1: Flour to start a new you know, you look at
Speaker 1: the things he's done around the building, the new murals
Speaker 1: that he's put up, the lighting has changed near the
Speaker 1: locker room. They are trying to put their own imprint
Speaker 1: on this thing. And for Matt Lafleur, it's about building
Speaker 1: that relationship with Aaron Rodgers and getting them back on track.
Speaker 1: There was a great question that was asked her in
Speaker 1: the news conference with dot Davante Adams basically saying, Hey,
Speaker 1: do you think Aaron Rodgers just wants to go out
Speaker 1: there and you know, shove it up. Everybody's you know what,
Speaker 1: you don't play well, and Adams said his first response was, well,
Speaker 1: I know, I do. So there are guys on this
Speaker 1: football team that are dedicated to Rogers that they want
Speaker 1: to be successful again. That two thousand sixteen draft class
Speaker 1: we were just talking about. Those guys went to an
Speaker 1: NFC championship game and haven't been to the playoffs the
Speaker 1: past two years. Aaron Jones has not been to a
Speaker 1: playoff game played at Utah where they didn't have a
Speaker 1: whole heck of a lot of success. There is a
Speaker 1: hunger to be able to turn this thing around. And
Speaker 1: as Aaron Rodgers said his most poignant statement in his
Speaker 1: time addressing the media for eighteen minutes, he looks at
Speaker 1: it from the fact that there is no grace period.
Speaker 1: You are the Green Bay Packers. He's a two time
Speaker 1: m v P quarterback, they have a veteran line, they
Speaker 1: have a veteran corps. You gotta go out win some ballgames. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And I think, as as I had mentioned when we
Speaker 1: did a three Things video with Larry McCarron and in
Speaker 1: in box other discussions that we've had that line about
Speaker 1: no grace period, I I really took that one to heart,
Speaker 1: because I don't think that was that was Rogers just
Speaker 1: saying that. UM put it this way. I think he
Speaker 1: was saying it for multiple reasons. Number One, whatever pressure
Speaker 1: is going to be on him to perform and to
Speaker 1: return to his m v P level, he's saying, bring
Speaker 1: it on. I'm he's not. He's not gonna and there
Speaker 1: at his locker every week and give excuses about, you know,
Speaker 1: trying to learn the new offense and this, and that.
Speaker 1: He's already drawn the line in the sand in that respect.
Speaker 1: But I think he was also sending a message to
Speaker 1: his teammates, to the rest of those guys in that
Speaker 1: locker room that hey, there's no grace period for me.
Speaker 1: There's none for you either whether you're in the second
Speaker 1: year of Mike Patton's defense or the first year of
Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur's offense. However you want to look at it,
Speaker 1: this team is the goal is to win. The goal
Speaker 1: is to get back to the playoffs and get back
Speaker 1: to where this team has been. And and this isn't
Speaker 1: about you know, being able to take a red shirt year,
Speaker 1: so to speak, and just say, well, nobody's going to
Speaker 1: expect anything of the Packers with the first year head coach,
Speaker 1: and you know we'll worry about that's uh, your leader
Speaker 1: number twelve there, the quarterback is saying, that's not the approach.
Speaker 1: And everybody in there is a professional athlete at this point.
Speaker 1: They're making good money to do what they do. Uh,
Speaker 1: they are the cream of the crop. They are guys
Speaker 1: who have gone through the scouting process with the Packers.
Speaker 1: They felt that these are players that can become contributors
Speaker 1: and become Pro Bowlers and All pros and be able
Speaker 1: to win championships. And as Rogers said, that's what we
Speaker 1: have to get back to, competing for championships. He even
Speaker 1: made a little bit of a joke about the success
Speaker 1: that the Brewers and the Bucks are having, Well, maybe
Speaker 1: it's time for the Green Bay Packers to pick it
Speaker 1: up too. That's what it ultimately comes down to, because
Speaker 1: there is a culture that's been established and when you
Speaker 1: go back to back seasons without making the playoffs, whatever
Speaker 1: reasons played into that, the fact that you didn't do
Speaker 1: that was the first time in what twenty eight years
Speaker 1: that that's happened. You have to find a way to
Speaker 1: get some answers. I just think people want change, they
Speaker 1: want adjustments, they want something new. The Packers certainly did
Speaker 1: that from the top down this offseason. Something you gotta
Speaker 1: roll the dice and see how it comes out. But
Speaker 1: I mean the fact that they're at this point in
Speaker 1: time now and at least there is that new energy
Speaker 1: that you're talking about. I think in terms of just
Speaker 1: the off season, it's mission accomplished. Yeah. One other thing
Speaker 1: I want to touch on here before we sign off
Speaker 1: on our first show back West. Four Packers players in
Speaker 1: recent weeks have announced their hirenment John Kuhn, Jordy Nelson,
Speaker 1: Josh Sitting, and t J. Lang. It's quite a list.
Speaker 1: I didn't think about it. I'm just gonna throw to
Speaker 1: you all four of those guys Packers Hall of Famers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and equivocally, I think it's gonna be tough to get
Speaker 1: them all in the same year. Yeah. That might. We
Speaker 1: We'll have to see how they how it gets spaced
Speaker 1: and parsed out here once they become eligible for the
Speaker 1: Packers Hall of Fame. But I'm with you. I think
Speaker 1: they all belong. I just think, and you know, and
Speaker 1: I know everybody had a varying contribution to the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl forty five team, Sitting was young and his career
Speaker 1: as a starter. T J was still a backup. Jordy
Speaker 1: came on late that season. John Kuhn was John kun
Speaker 1: But the culture that they built, the cornerstones that they were,
Speaker 1: and I think to you, man, the toughness that each
Speaker 1: of them showed throughout their career. Yeah, you can't say
Speaker 1: enough about it. It is weird, though, I will admit this,
Speaker 1: and you've gone through this a little bit now having
Speaker 1: covered the team since two thousand and six. It is
Speaker 1: strange for me a little bit to see this start
Speaker 1: happening because I remember, like it yesterday of writing a
Speaker 1: story in the Packers locker room about how t J.
Speaker 1: Lang and Josh Sitton were the youngest veterans on a
Speaker 1: offensive line in the NFL. They were both like twenty
Speaker 1: six or twenty seven years old, and it wasn't close.
Speaker 1: A lot of teams had thirty year olds. They were
Speaker 1: the two youngest, the two youngest guys to be leading
Speaker 1: a room in the NFL. And that was like two
Speaker 1: thousand twelve, and now they're retired. I mean, the NFL
Speaker 1: moves quickly. It's why you have to make every game
Speaker 1: count but to each of them, I think Packer fans
Speaker 1: certainly owe a debt of gratitude for their contributions in
Speaker 1: Green Bay. Yeah, I think you said it best. If
Speaker 1: there's one characteristic I would apply to all four of
Speaker 1: those guys across the board and everything they did for
Speaker 1: Green Bay, it was toughness. It was it was getting
Speaker 1: out there, giving everything they had, no matter what injuries
Speaker 1: they were dealing with and what not, to get out
Speaker 1: there and play. And uh, that's that's a group that
Speaker 1: won a lot of football games. Yeah. And I think
Speaker 1: Mark Murphy has talked about this a little bit too.
Speaker 1: At some point it sounds like the Packers will hold
Speaker 1: the retirement ceremony for Jordy Nelson. That's going to be emotional. Yeah, because,
Speaker 1: as I wrote an inbox, I think shortly after the announcement,
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's ever been a player, Honestly, goodness, Michael,
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's been a player in my
Speaker 1: lifetime that's connected as well with the fan base as
Speaker 1: Jordy Nelson did. He could have walked into any living
Speaker 1: room in Green Bay, Wisconsin and fit in just like
Speaker 1: another member of the family. I mean, that's just the
Speaker 1: kind of guy he was, and certainly for him to
Speaker 1: to step away the game at this point when I
Speaker 1: think he could probably still play if he wants to,
Speaker 1: probably says a lot about his outlook on life as well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: certainly up there in adoration with another guy at his
Speaker 1: position and Donald Driver in terms of the way the
Speaker 1: fan base feels about him. So a couple of house
Speaker 1: cleaning things, so to speak. I want to alert the
Speaker 1: fans to keep an eye out on our website for
Speaker 1: our pre draft position by position series that will be
Speaker 1: launching this week. It'll go through this week and next
Speaker 1: week taking a look at just where the Packers roster
Speaker 1: stands at various positions heading into the draft. As I mentioned,
Speaker 1: we'll be talking a little bit more about the draft
Speaker 1: and our upcoming shows. And then also the word is
Speaker 1: the NFL schedule for twenty nineteen is coming out this week,
Speaker 1: so we will have that coverage on our website as
Speaker 1: well as hopefully some time on a show to talk
Speaker 1: about that when it happens. Absolutely, and one other thing
Speaker 1: I want to throw out there too. We get so
Speaker 1: caught up, Michael, and you're in my video presence here
Speaker 1: on Packers dot Com. And the Packers Mobile app. A reminder,
Speaker 1: you can also find us on iTunes the Packers app
Speaker 1: on there as well. Big shout out to our podcast listeners.
Speaker 1: We we love the audience absolutely subscribe like it if
Speaker 1: you don't want to look at us always, or if
Speaker 1: you just want the comfort of listening to us through
Speaker 1: your earbuds, that's also an option as well. We appreciate
Speaker 1: it as always, all right, And with that, we will
Speaker 1: sign off on Packers Unscripted for now, but we'll be
Speaker 1: back with more shows, trying to do roughly maybe two
Speaker 1: shows a week here for the next couple of months.
Speaker 1: We'll see how that goes. Don't hold us to it exactly.
Speaker 1: With that, you can follow him on Twitter at west
Speaker 1: Hot I am at Mike Spofford at Packers for the
Speaker 1: team account, Thank you for tuning, and everybody, we'll see
Speaker 1: you next time. A