WEBVTT - #334 Packers Unscripted: Blank slate 0:00:00.720 --> 0:00:20.479 Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:24.480 I am Mike Spofford, joined alongside as always by Wes Hodkowitz. 0:00:24.520 --> 0:00:26.800 Were coming to you here from our studios at lambeau 0:00:26.840 --> 0:00:29.640 Field and West. We're here to review a twenty two 0:00:29.640 --> 0:00:32.239 to nothing victory for the Green Bay Packers over the 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.760 Buffalo Bills in Week four Sunday at lambeau Field. Proves 0:00:35.760 --> 0:00:38.920 the Packers to to one and one at the quarter pole. 0:00:39.000 --> 0:00:41.000 But with this one, you might as well start with 0:00:41.000 --> 0:00:44.000 the defense because anytime there's a zero on the scoreboard 0:00:44.159 --> 0:00:46.040 at the end of the game, that's a pretty good day. 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:48.800 First time at lambou Field since two thousand nine, first 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:52.839 time period since two thousand ten Halloween at the New 0:00:52.920 --> 0:00:54.959 York Jets, and nine to zero victory for the Green 0:00:55.000 --> 0:00:57.480 Bay Packers. Yeah, that was a shutout without a touchdown 0:00:57.480 --> 0:00:59.680 by the offense as a matter of fact, and it 0:00:59.720 --> 0:01:01.880 was very interesting. Mike. Obviously you wrote about it for 0:01:01.920 --> 0:01:04.640 your game story. I wrote about it for our locker 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:07.720 room report. A lot of guys mentioned afterwards. Actually, Kyle 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:09.520 Fraker was the first one to bring this up after 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:12.759 his three sack game this past week. I should say 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:14.880 even I think it was actually on Saturday, Mike Petton 0:01:14.959 --> 0:01:17.680 sat down all of his defensive players and he put 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.240 up a slide for them, showing them the breakdowns of 0:01:20.240 --> 0:01:23.880 their production and points allowed per quarter and just the 0:01:24.000 --> 0:01:26.480 drastic difference between where they were in the first and 0:01:26.520 --> 0:01:29.280 where they've been in the third, and kind of reiterating 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.880 to the guys with the main point being, you can 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.119 do this. You can play a full sixty minute game 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:36.640 without mistakes. You've done it in quarters, why not do 0:01:36.680 --> 0:01:40.360 it for sixty full minutes. Certainly, playing against Josh Allen 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.959 helped the young rookie quarterback for the Bills. Things did 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:46.640 not go well for him on the day and the 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:48.520 Packers were able to take advantage of it. Though, And 0:01:48.560 --> 0:01:52.440 I know I got a lot of comments people saying, well, 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:54.160 I mean, this is what you expected the Bills. This 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:55.960 is the team they were other than that that game 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.400 against the Vikings. But the thing is, Mike, is so 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:00.800 often we want to throw teams, we want to throw 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:03.480 coordinators under the bus after a rough performance. When you 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.360 play well against an opponent you're supposed to beat, that 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:09.680 comes with the territory. That's a part of the process. 0:02:09.760 --> 0:02:12.040 So when you look at the weight of a season 0:02:12.040 --> 0:02:14.200 in sixteen games, there's going to be those instances. And 0:02:14.280 --> 0:02:16.600 for the Packers, and credit to Mike Petton and his guys, 0:02:17.120 --> 0:02:19.160 they were able to take advantage of that, and you know, 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.640 really were the number one reason why the Packers were 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:23.040 able to get out of there with a win because 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:26.320 the Bills did not score any points. And when you 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:29.160 look at you mentioned Josh Allen. Obviously, what I saw 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.800 out there and as I as I always remind everyone, 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:35.040 I am no XS and OS expert when it comes 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:37.679 to this stuff. But what I saw out there was 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.960 a quarterback to me who was dropping back in the 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.720 pocket and he wasn't sure what he was seeing, and 0:02:43.280 --> 0:02:46.359 whether it was the the guys up at the line 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:49.079 of scrimmage dropping into coverage, whether it was the back 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.919 end covered switching to different coverage patterns man versus zone 0:02:53.040 --> 0:02:55.480 after the snap, whatever it was that was going on, 0:02:55.600 --> 0:02:58.840 I don't think Alan could quite decipher. He wasn't entirely 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.520 sure what was out there. And when he's not sure, 0:03:01.760 --> 0:03:06.079 then the passes aren't accurate because because the confidence, the um, 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.760 the belief that everything is the way it should be, 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.280 it's not there. And so then so then you have 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:15.919 some wild inaccuracy. He ended up less than fifty completions, 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:19.399 turn the ball over three times, two interceptions, also got 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:23.560 stripped by Kenny Clark was sacked seven times. His passerating 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:27.560 ends up thirty six point three total yards for the Bills, 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.240 mostly thanks to losing sixty plus yards and sacks. Total 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:33.560 yards for the Bills a hundred and forty five yards. 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:35.920 That's the fewest total yards the Packers have given up 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:39.240 in a game since down in Tampa Bay when they 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:41.560 held the Buccaneers to just a hundred and nine. So 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:45.280 a really solid all around defensive performance. This isn't one 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.800 of those Factral had a great game with three sacks. 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:49.760 But even with that, with a couple of those coming 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:51.320 at the end, this isn't one of those where you're 0:03:51.320 --> 0:03:53.520 saying this one guy for the Packers just went off 0:03:53.560 --> 0:03:56.120 and had this amazing day. I thought as a unit, 0:03:56.200 --> 0:03:59.200 as as a group, these guys played solidly. We talked 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:01.200 about it last week. It was time to put together 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:03.720 a four quarter game, and they did that. Yeah, and Jr. 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.960 Alexander comes up with a big interception there. Uh and 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:09.400 and certainly it was a bad to throw by Josh 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.720 Allen there at the twenty. He gets pushed out of 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:15.080 the pocket by Reggie Gilbert. He has Blake Martinez kind 0:04:15.080 --> 0:04:16.600 of breathing down his neck and he throws this in 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:19.520 advised ball into the end zone. Alexander makes the play, 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:21.559 but you have to make that play. That took points 0:04:21.560 --> 0:04:23.320 off the board. He returns it out. Yeah. That that 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:26.240 that's just a terrible decision by Alan. It clearly falls 0:04:26.279 --> 0:04:28.400 in the category of a rookie mistake. I mean, I 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.000 know things weren't going well, but it's thirteen to nothing. 0:04:31.040 --> 0:04:32.520 If you get a field goal there, if you just 0:04:32.560 --> 0:04:35.200 throw the ball away, kick the field goal, it's thirteen 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.359 to three. Year down by ten on the road, you 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:39.960 know the game is not over. He throws that interception, 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:41.920 the Packers get another field goal the other and it's 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.400 sixteen nothing at halftime. You're in a much bigger hole. 0:04:44.520 --> 0:04:46.480 And as Mason I asked Mason Crosby about this the 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.520 game after the game too, not only being able to 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:51.600 turn the tide there and get them off the board 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:54.560 in the last minute of halftime, being able to march 0:04:54.640 --> 0:04:56.680 down the field and set up a fifty two yard 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:58.760 field goal for Mason Crosby. When you're getting the ball 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.720 going into the second half, that's really demoralizing for a 0:05:01.800 --> 0:05:03.560 team to to be able to have to weather that. 0:05:04.000 --> 0:05:06.160 But then ha ha, Clinton Dix also makes his third 0:05:06.200 --> 0:05:09.159 straight interception in three straight games. You look at the 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:12.000 past rushing packages claim Matthews got to the quarterback, there 0:05:12.040 --> 0:05:15.800 were no flags thrown, which actually I say that facetiously, 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.080 but some of the guys even said Matthews even mentioned 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.920 to a couple of hits on Matthews or on Aaron Rodgers, 0:05:21.160 --> 0:05:23.279 not that he wants to see his quarterback get hit, 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.120 but he said he agreed with it. It was good 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:27.960 to not see the laundry flying. And I think as 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:31.040 the Packers the game war on, they got more comfortable 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:34.039 in their assignments. The pressure packages were where they needed 0:05:34.120 --> 0:05:37.240 to be. They started getting contributions from Jermaine Whitehead as 0:05:37.240 --> 0:05:40.640 a blitzer, Blake Martinez got a sack, the it was 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:42.520 all across the board for the Packers. And as to 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:45.960 original point, when you get that many different people contributing, 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:48.360 Kenny Clark had a force fumble and recovery late in 0:05:48.400 --> 0:05:50.880 the game, it's it's gonna lead to good things. And 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:53.280 the Packers they've been waiting for a performance like this 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:55.800 were from beginning to end, they stitched together a complete 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:58.919 showing six three and outs. I believe it was seven 0:05:58.920 --> 0:06:00.840 if you count them just giving up at the end 0:06:00.839 --> 0:06:04.240 of the game after factors last sack. It was. It 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.640 was a type of performance I think that group needed. Yeah, 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:09.080 and you mentioned the no laundry on the field, and 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:12.080 it wasn't just not getting the roughing the pastor calls, 0:06:12.120 --> 0:06:14.919 but with the past interference and defensive holding and the 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:18.279 stuff that the Packers were troubled without in Washington, it 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.960 was really good to see that those penalties weren't happening 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.039 even happening either. And I'll say this with regarding the 0:06:24.120 --> 0:06:27.200 roughing the pastor stuff. We saw what Antonio Morrison did 0:06:27.560 --> 0:06:29.680 when he got a free rush up the mill and 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:32.040 I saw the same thing when we were kind of 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:35.640 finishing up our website coverage late in the day towards 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:38.719 the end of the Oakland Cleveland game. Hit on Oakland 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:43.400 quarterback Derek Carr. What you're seeing rushers doing now they're dropped. 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.120 They're just gonna drop the shoulder and drill the quarterback 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:47.880 in the mid section and they're not going to wrap 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:49.880 him up. They're just gonna use their shoulder to knock 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.680 him down because then you can't get the falling on 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.440 top of him and this and that or lift and 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.600 scoop and all these other calls we've been seeing. So 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.800 these quarterbacks are gonna take I think they're gonna potentially 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:03.040 take some harder hits because defenders don't want to wrap up. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:07.560 So another thing that falls under unintended consequences potentially of 0:07:07.600 --> 0:07:09.920 this rule. Will see how that develops. But for the 0:07:09.920 --> 0:07:13.200 Packers to get seven sacks, I actually went into the 0:07:13.200 --> 0:07:14.800 week saying this is not a week you have to 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.480 sack the quarterback a whole lot, keep Josh Allen in 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:20.040 the pocket, don't let him run. They ended up doing both. 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:22.600 He didn't get away to run and they also sacked 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.920 him a bunch. Yeah, Kyler Factrol. Another question I asked 0:07:24.960 --> 0:07:27.120 after the game to him is how much of an 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:29.520 emphasis was that for them? And that really sounded like 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:32.600 it was their biggest primary objective after seeing what Alan 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.160 had did with his feet, and ultimately I think that 0:07:35.200 --> 0:07:37.800 game against the Vikings we've talked about a numerous times now. 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:41.480 They got a couple of turnovers they capitalize on those turnovers. Offensively, 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.720 Buffalo had a really good drive to start the game, 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.040 and from there Josh Allen just kept moving the chains 0:07:46.040 --> 0:07:47.520 with his feet and doing what he had to do 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:50.000 to keep the ball in the Bill's hands. The Packers 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.000 didn't allow them to do that in this game. He 0:07:52.000 --> 0:07:55.320 had five carries, I think, for nineteen yards all told, 0:07:55.600 --> 0:07:59.000 and Shady McCoy didn't become a big you know, part 0:07:59.000 --> 0:08:01.720 of this thing. They were able to keep uh, Chris 0:08:01.760 --> 0:08:03.840 Ivory and check out he went off for whatever it 0:08:03.880 --> 0:08:06.880 was the eighty or ninety receiving yards last week. All 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:09.280 in all, the Packers did exactly what they needed to 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:12.600 do to win this game. And I think if nothing 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.520 tells you more about the week to week nature of 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:17.080 this thing. The Packers entered the game twenty three in 0:08:17.080 --> 0:08:20.080 total defense. They were six by the end of the night. 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.760 I mean, it's just it's not just Green Bay either. 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:25.000 That shows you across the league how much things can 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:27.480 flip this early in the season. Mike McCarthy said it 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.320 last week. You don't really know what you are until 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.079 you get through that first quarter, until you get through 0:08:32.120 --> 0:08:35.000 maybe those first five or six games. I'm not saying, 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:37.360 you know, the Packers gotta put together another strong performance 0:08:37.400 --> 0:08:39.959 next week against Detroit, but at the very least, it 0:08:40.120 --> 0:08:44.200 showed these guys what they're capable of when everything comes together. Yeah, alright, Well, 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:47.400 before we switch gears to talk about the offensive side, 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.040 excuse me a little sponsored business here west at home 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:51.720 or here in the stands. We all know that Green 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:53.600 Bay fans give it their all and that takes a 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.360 lot of energy. So grab a warm bowl of Campbell's 0:08:56.440 --> 0:08:59.120 Chunky Soup. 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Mike McCarthy 0:09:28.480 --> 0:09:30.839 trying to stay a little bit more upbeat and saying Hey, 0:09:30.840 --> 0:09:32.719 of course, we know we have things to work on. 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:35.480 You know, there, there's there, There always are, and it's 0:09:35.480 --> 0:09:37.480 always great to work on things after a victory as 0:09:37.520 --> 0:09:41.160 opposed to after a loss. But Packers had to play 0:09:41.200 --> 0:09:43.880 without Randall Cobb. If there's one thing that stood out 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.040 to me in this game, it's what we talked about 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.280 last week. You wrote about it as well with regards 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.800 to the running backs. This three headed backfield a hundred 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.880 and eighty three yards from scrimmage. If you combine the 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:58.680 rushing and receiving yardage of all three guys, boy, you 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:00.360 take that any day of the week. Yeah, And I 0:10:00.360 --> 0:10:02.440 think time Montgomery was a big part of this thing too, 0:10:02.440 --> 0:10:05.559 because you don't have Randall Cobb available in the slot. 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.600 So the Packers actually, I thought ransom concepts that helped 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.320 not only get the ball in Montgomery's hands, but allow 0:10:11.400 --> 0:10:13.800 him to make plays in the open field. I go 0:10:13.880 --> 0:10:15.920 back to that forty three rd catch, which ended up 0:10:15.960 --> 0:10:18.520 being the longest play from scrimmage of the day. He 0:10:18.760 --> 0:10:22.040 motions out lines up in the slot, finds a soft 0:10:22.080 --> 0:10:25.439 spot in that secondary of Buffalo catches, it brings it 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:29.320 up field forty three yards. Explosive play, Packers get moving. 0:10:29.800 --> 0:10:32.240 You look at Aaron Jones his first play, checking in 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.880 right away, same exact game plan is last week, right 0:10:35.080 --> 0:10:37.480 where you had Jamal Williams start, you had Time Montgomery 0:10:37.520 --> 0:10:40.800 come in. Third series, goes to Jones. Jones gets the ball, 0:10:41.360 --> 0:10:43.840 h back. Gotta give a lot of credit to to lane. 0:10:44.080 --> 0:10:47.120 Lance Kendricks opens the lane there with being able to 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:50.120 seal off the linebacker, and once you give Aaron Jones 0:10:50.160 --> 0:10:52.559 two free steps, he's off to the races. Gets thirty 0:10:52.600 --> 0:10:56.480 yards on that another seventeen office screen Jamal Williams. Although 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.400 if you look statistically, I don't think it's gonna jump 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:00.080 out to you. I thought, especially in the first off, 0:11:00.240 --> 0:11:03.480 was very important for moving the chains. I get it. 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:05.480 You want to feature guys, you want guys to get 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.880 twenty touches a game, but that isn't the way the 0:11:07.960 --> 0:11:09.880 league has gone right now. You need to have multiple 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.160 options to be able to keep guys on their heels, 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.920 keep defenders not knowing what your next move is gonna be. 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:17.640 I thought the Packers executed that brilliantly. Yeah, and the 0:11:17.679 --> 0:11:20.320 fans continue to ask when you see the explosiveness of 0:11:20.320 --> 0:11:22.720 a player like Aaron Jones, they continue to ask why 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.400 is he not getting the ball more? Why is he 0:11:24.440 --> 0:11:27.720 not getting the ball more? Okay, against Washington, his first 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.920 game after the two games suspension, he touched the ball 0:11:29.960 --> 0:11:33.520 seven times. Yesterday he touched at twelve times, eleven rushes, 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:37.760 one reception. I can see his workload continuing to increase here. 0:11:38.120 --> 0:11:40.400 But as we continue to say, this is about the 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:44.319 long game. This is about still seeing on explosive dynamic 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:49.440 Aaron Jones at Thanksgiving and beyond, hopefully setting yourself up 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.280 for a playoff run, not just Okay, we're going to 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.400 hand in the ball twenty to twenty two or twenty 0:11:54.440 --> 0:11:56.520 five times a game and then hope he holds up 0:11:56.520 --> 0:11:59.000 for the next three months, when let's be honest, as 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:01.760 a rookie his he didn't hold up. So all of 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.280 this is part of the equation here, not to mention 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:07.240 the production you did get from Time Montgomery and the 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:11.200 reliability you get between the tackles from Jamal Williams, whose 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:13.080 numbers I think would have looked better if not for 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.079 those carries at the very end of the game when 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:17.160 the Packers were just trying to run the clock totally. 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:20.160 And the other thing too might to remember think about 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:22.800 the last two times the Packers truly featured a running back. 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:25.160 It was Eddie Lacy in two thousand, thirteen and fourteen. 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.880 Eddie Lacey ran like a bowl those two seasons, but 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:31.320 he also ran hurt, basically down the stretch of both 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:32.760 of the thirteen I think was the year we end 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:35.000 up having the high ankle sprain, and he just pushed 0:12:35.000 --> 0:12:37.280 through it because of his running stone, his ability to 0:12:37.360 --> 0:12:40.440 absorb that contact. You want to have those guys right, 0:12:40.480 --> 0:12:42.080 you want to have them healthy for late in the season. 0:12:42.120 --> 0:12:44.600 The Packers did not get that benefit last year. Just 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:46.800 seemed like when one guy was up, another guy happened 0:12:46.800 --> 0:12:49.280 to be down. They're trying to extend this thing. They're 0:12:49.280 --> 0:12:51.439 trying to make sure that they have those matchup problems 0:12:51.440 --> 0:12:53.840 for defenses to really have to hone in on in 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:56.320 the second half of the season. Aaron Jones off to 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:58.559 a great start seventeen carries for I believe a hundred 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:00.959 and seventeen yards or some thing like that on the season. 0:13:01.000 --> 0:13:03.280 They want more of that, but they also want more 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.680 of that through the next twelve games of the year. Yeah, 0:13:05.720 --> 0:13:08.920 also a lot of questions about Aaron Rodgers postgame comments. 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.520 Fans are wondering what was he being critical the head coach. 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.360 He didn't sound like he was happy with the game 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:15.959 plan or the play calling or something like that. There 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.360 was definitely some frustration in his voice with some of 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.839 those issues. I want to hear what Mike McCarthy has 0:13:20.880 --> 0:13:23.440 to say later today after which will be after the 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.679 taping of this episode, and perhaps we'll get into that 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:29.080 discussion more later in the week. But I will say 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.040 this about the message that Rogers was sending. I think 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:36.360 in some ways he's a little tired of the narrative 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:40.080 of how inspiring he's being by playing on the knee. 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:42.520 It's a month into the season now. I think Aaron 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:44.880 Rodgers is sending a message that things need to switch 0:13:44.920 --> 0:13:48.520 a little from inspiration to execution, and this offense needs 0:13:48.520 --> 0:13:52.760 to execute more consistently and and find the rhythm that 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.559 it needs for Aaron Rodgers, even with a bad knee, 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.679 to still be at his best. Yeah, because I think 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:00.000 you've seen him be able to move the football yesterday. 0:14:00.000 --> 0:14:04.120 They had for nothing to sneeze that in an NFL game, 0:14:04.240 --> 0:14:07.120 Absolutely very important to have that aspect of it. But 0:14:07.320 --> 0:14:09.680 you also want to turn those points into touchdowns. You 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:13.400 want to turn that production into touchdowns points on the scoreboard, 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:15.520 and I think that was probably the biggest takeaway. Although 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.840 they did move the ball, they again had to settle 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:20.040 for some field goals. They again, you know, had some 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.720 opportunities where they just didn't quite hone in on everything 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.600 when they got into gotten into the scoring territory. To 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:28.280 be honest with you, I actually thought the offense responded 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:31.840 pretty well considering they lost. They didn't have Randall Cobb 0:14:31.920 --> 0:14:34.640 for this game, and as I mentioned in our pregame periscope, 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.840 there's just nobody that replaces him. They actually they did 0:14:37.880 --> 0:14:40.160 some stuff that they do with Cobb, with Davante Adams 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:41.960 work in the slot a little bit, but for the 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:43.760 most part, you just don't have another player like that 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.720 on your roster. And then you also lose Geronimo Allison 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.560 late in the game and he's off to a really 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:51.880 good start ends up being diagnosed with a concussion. So yeah, 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.280 for the Packers, depending on what happens here with Allison 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:56.320 and Cobb, you have to feed Adams, you have to 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:59.000 feed Jimmy Graham, who did get his first touchdown with 0:14:59.040 --> 0:15:02.440 the Packers. Those are your primary playmakers. I think that's 0:15:02.440 --> 0:15:04.240 gonna be a big focus for them here, trying to 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:06.800 make sure that they feed those mouths, because give Davante 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:08.720 Adams a lot of credit. Eight catches for eighty one 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:12.920 yards going up against Tradavious White, a very talented young cornerback, 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.600 and Adams still found ways to get separation on fourteen targets. Yeah, 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.800 and hats off to the guys in the trenches here 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:21.840 for the Packers too, because going into this game, we're 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:26.240 talking about Mohammed Wilkerson and Justin McCrae as two significant 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.480 injuries in the trenches here for the Packers. On the 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.920 offensive line Byrone Bell filled in just find no issue. 0:15:32.000 --> 0:15:34.040 Nobody was even talking about it. And the same thing 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.960 on the defensive line with Dean Lowry his snaps going 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:40.760 up when the Packers were in those three defensive line packages. Obviously, 0:15:41.000 --> 0:15:43.040 you know, over the long term, it's hard to replace 0:15:43.080 --> 0:15:45.840 a guy like Mohammed Wilkerson who is on injured reserve, 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.200 and it doesn't sound like we'll be seeing him again 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:51.160 this season. But at least the early returns, the Packers 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:55.000 didn't look any different upfront in terms of defending the run. Yeah, 0:15:55.080 --> 0:15:57.160 they didn't. They actually defended really well, I think it 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:00.480 was fifty six total yards, and that's including the nineteen 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:03.880 scrambling that they got from Josh Allen as well. Yet, 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:06.120 Kenny Clark, I'm curious to see how they handle this 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:07.720 because I think I don't know the exact stats in 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:09.200 front of me. Actually, you know what, I can look 0:16:09.200 --> 0:16:12.000 it up. He played a lot again, and that's sort 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.000 of been the path for him so far this season. 0:16:14.080 --> 0:16:19.080 Yet snaps out of the eighty one. All told, he's 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.000 been a bell cow for them in the middle, certainly 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.920 Dean Lowry jumping in there. But on the offensive line, Mike, 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:25.800 I thought they had a whale of a ball game 0:16:26.200 --> 0:16:29.240 Byron Bell moving in there. Brian Bloggett got a little 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:31.120 nicked up for a second, but stayed in the game. 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.680 I thought played well at that right tackle position. And 0:16:33.720 --> 0:16:36.000 for my money, and I'm not Larry mccare and he 0:16:36.040 --> 0:16:37.840 knows the stuff a lot better than I do. I 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.880 thought David Backyard was exceptional in this game. Obviously, we 0:16:41.920 --> 0:16:43.600 know what he does as a pass blocker and all 0:16:43.600 --> 0:16:46.040 pro in that regard, but he's getting down the field 0:16:46.040 --> 0:16:50.160 with his athleticism, taking on you know, linebackers and defensive backs, 0:16:50.160 --> 0:16:51.320 you know, being able to make sure you get a 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:55.000 hat on a body. And Jerry Hughes the Buffalo defensive end. 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:57.400 He was the guy who changed that game in Minnesota. 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:00.160 The previous week. We didn't even hear about Jerry was 0:17:00.320 --> 0:17:03.320 yesterday and that that's that's a huge credit to David 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:05.600 bat He's playing like the all pro that he is. 0:17:05.680 --> 0:17:07.800 Two sacks and obviously you know you can go and 0:17:07.840 --> 0:17:09.720 diagnose those and make of it what you will, but 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:11.640 a hundred forty one yards on the ground, and that's 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.320 exactly the target that you're looking for. Tip your captain 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:17.040 Byron Bell, as you said, he's a veteran. He's been 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.359 through the wars there in the trenches. I think he 0:17:19.400 --> 0:17:21.439 looks great as a guard. I've always liked him as 0:17:21.440 --> 0:17:23.840 a guard. Certainly he gives you the flexibility at tackle, 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.320 but I think that guard position really suits him well. 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.320 He was getting downfield on some screen opportunities. Looked like 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:31.320 the guy had been playing in that scheme all this summer. 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:33.600 He looked like he was a guy that could be 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:35.560 counted on in that spot. Yeah, I agree with you. Well, 0:17:35.600 --> 0:17:37.960 before we go today, West, a quick look at where 0:17:38.000 --> 0:17:41.320 things stand in the NFC North at the quarter pole here. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:44.520 Everybody has four games in. The Chicago Bears on top 0:17:44.560 --> 0:17:47.040 at three and one. They're on a three game winning 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.160 streak after the Week one loss here at lambeau Field. 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:53.800 Packers next at two, one and one, the Minnesota Vikings 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:56.879 at one, two and one, and the Detroit Lions lose 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:59.400 on a walk off field goal by the Dallas Cowboys. 0:17:59.400 --> 0:18:02.320 So the Lion are one and three, the Packers opponent 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:06.480 next Sunday in Detroit. I'll say this about the Bears. 0:18:06.560 --> 0:18:09.560 I said it after the Week one game here when 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:13.400 we saw Matt Naggie and that offense with Mr Drabinsky, 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.720 I said, if they start attacking and throwing the ball 0:18:16.760 --> 0:18:19.400 down the field and True Whisky starts getting that part 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.320 of the game figured out, watch out for this offense. 0:18:22.359 --> 0:18:25.600 And boy, they really attacked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:28.560 I'll say this, looking at the highlights, those guys were 0:18:28.640 --> 0:18:30.800