Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting next to my trusted colleague
Speaker 1: West Hodkuwitz. Were coming to you here from our studios
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field. We are back from New Jersey, a
Speaker 1: snowy and rainy New Jersey. About that fresh off at
Speaker 1: victory for the Packers over the Giants, one of those
Speaker 1: December football games that was fun to watch. I'm sure
Speaker 1: it was a little bit fun to play in, but
Speaker 1: also somewhat difficult to play and it was a challenging
Speaker 1: weather day in East brother first, so this was really interesting. Afterwards,
Speaker 1: Tremont Williams was talking with the media and he mentioned
Speaker 1: for him, you know, thirty six years old, however long
Speaker 1: he's playing this league now, he'd never been a part
Speaker 1: of a game quite like that. In terms of you
Speaker 1: and I were doing the periscope before the game. It's
Speaker 1: sort of like hailing on us. It was rain, to hail,
Speaker 1: back to rain, to snow, and then it ended in rain.
Speaker 1: As we were leaving the stadium, it was like, yeah,
Speaker 1: it was pouring in Jersey as week as we were
Speaker 1: getting on the buses to go to the airport. But
Speaker 1: it was also you know, it's a unique playing surface
Speaker 1: though too right, because it's a turf field that it's
Speaker 1: an outdoor turf field, so unlike Lambeau Field, if there's
Speaker 1: snow that falls, it just stays there. They have to
Speaker 1: shovel it off. And I mean, I actually got to
Speaker 1: be thankful that they didn't get more snow because then
Speaker 1: they would have really had problems. Um, but yeah, take
Speaker 1: that all away. A very fun game to watch in
Speaker 1: terms of adding an additional element to it to kind
Speaker 1: of ramp up some of the excitement. Well, it wasn't
Speaker 1: the prettiest victory by any means for the Packers, and
Speaker 1: it was tight for a while. It was seventeen to
Speaker 1: thirteen late into the third quarter, but the Packers got
Speaker 1: the drive that they needed and uh, as I wrote
Speaker 1: about in my postgame editorial on the plane coming back,
Speaker 1: it's a little bit of Aaron Rodgers magic that the
Speaker 1: Packers needed to get that touched on drive seventeen to thirteen,
Speaker 1: you need a fourth and ten conversion to Geronimo Allison
Speaker 1: with Marcus Golden bearing down on Aaron Rodgers, he gets
Speaker 1: to pass away for the completion and the first down
Speaker 1: and then a first and goal at the one turns
Speaker 1: into third and goal from the seventeen after a couple
Speaker 1: of tackles for loss and a penalty in there, and
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers catches the Giants with twelve men on the field,
Speaker 1: catches him in a substitution, gets the free play. Davante
Speaker 1: Adams is open in the end zone, touchdown, and the
Speaker 1: Packers are back up by two scores, and they were
Speaker 1: in control the rest of the way. So this is
Speaker 1: what you know. Sometimes we'll sit here and we'll talk
Speaker 1: about an incredible throw. Aaron Rodgers made you think of
Speaker 1: the Aaron Jones one earlier this season. You think of
Speaker 1: Jake Kumero along the sideline, You think of all these
Speaker 1: different moments that he's had. The reason that Geronimo Allison
Speaker 1: place stands out to me, though it's not like he
Speaker 1: made the world's greatest throw, but his vision and his
Speaker 1: ability to see Allison come open in the middle of
Speaker 1: the field a critical fourth and tent situation. The Packers
Speaker 1: they actually were pretty good on third downs, and it
Speaker 1: was because, you know, in some cases they did have
Speaker 1: favorable down and distance. In other cases, Aaron Rodgers just
Speaker 1: made it work. Uh. I think one of the DeVante
Speaker 1: catches was in that they converted on a couple of
Speaker 1: defensive pass interference penalties. But with the running game kind
Speaker 1: of being held in check against the Giants, and the Giants,
Speaker 1: if you watched the way those inside linebackers are playing,
Speaker 1: they were selling out to stop the run, especially up
Speaker 1: the middle. Yeah, that defensive front came as advertised against
Speaker 1: the run. They shut down the run, but they didn't
Speaker 1: get a whole lot of pressure on Rogers, and Rogers
Speaker 1: was very well protected. The offensive line had a really
Speaker 1: good day in past protection, but they did struggle to
Speaker 1: generate some things up front and the running game. So
Speaker 1: if you don't if the running game isn't consistently moving,
Speaker 1: the pylon isn't consistently moving the sticks for you, you
Speaker 1: have to be able to throw the ball. And although
Speaker 1: it was not advantageous conditions for that, Rogers made at work.
Speaker 1: Al Lazard comes out forty three yard catch right off
Speaker 1: the beginning of the game. In Lazard had two of
Speaker 1: those catches in this game, like both in the first quarter,
Speaker 1: the ones where I say I always I call those
Speaker 1: the you verse you catches where there he's completely wide
Speaker 1: open It's like the Randall Cobb catch against the Bears
Speaker 1: back in thirteen. Yeah, nobody's defending you. There is no
Speaker 1: threat of imminent danger from a safety. You just have
Speaker 1: to make the play in Lazard did that on the
Speaker 1: forty three yarder. He also did on the thirty seven
Speaker 1: yard touchdown, ends up resulting in his first hundred yard game.
Speaker 1: I am so thankful. If there was anything that I
Speaker 1: was so pleased about with this game, Davante Adams had
Speaker 1: two touchdowns, So we can throw out this terrible narrative about, oh,
Speaker 1: he doesn't have any touchdowns at all. Okay, Davante Adams has.
Speaker 1: He has thirty se in his career. Now at this point,
Speaker 1: I mean, he's gonna score touchdowns. Just fill your columns
Speaker 1: the way you need to fill them. But the time's
Speaker 1: gonna end there that that that that's gonna go away.
Speaker 1: Adams played well, Alison made. It was just those two catches,
Speaker 1: but they were credible important the one on fourth and ten,
Speaker 1: the one on third and five. The receiver stepped up
Speaker 1: and then, certainly, as Roger said after the game, a
Speaker 1: meaningful touchdown, a special touchdown, being able to get his
Speaker 1: first connection with with Mercedes Lewis and the end zone
Speaker 1: his thirty eight different receiver now to catch a touchdown
Speaker 1: from Rogers. They lifted him when they needed to be lifted. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, the reason I keep going back to that
Speaker 1: drive that spanned the end of the third beginning of
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter is you know, if you don't convert
Speaker 1: the fourth and ten to Allison, the Giants are getting
Speaker 1: the ball back at seventeen. If you don't get the
Speaker 1: touchdown on third and goal from the seventeen and you
Speaker 1: tack on three, it's still a one score game. It's
Speaker 1: twenty to thirteen and the Giants are getting the ball
Speaker 1: back only down by seven. That drive, that drive was
Speaker 1: so critical. And then after that the Packers came back defensively.
Speaker 1: On the next two possessions back to back, they get
Speaker 1: interceptions of rookie quarterback Daniel Jones the second and third
Speaker 1: picks of the game. Kevin King had one in the
Speaker 1: first half. Then Darnell Savage and Tremont Williams get the
Speaker 1: airs in the second half. And I had talked about
Speaker 1: this last week West and I don't remember if it
Speaker 1: was on this show or on Final Thoughts or which
Speaker 1: one of our video productions it was, but now we're
Speaker 1: up to four times this season that the Packers defense
Speaker 1: has not generated a turnover in a game. San Francisco
Speaker 1: was the fourth time that had happened, and now all
Speaker 1: four times the next game when the Packers have not
Speaker 1: had a turnover, they've had multiple takeaways. Defensively, this defense
Speaker 1: has its issues. Again. They gave up a few too
Speaker 1: many big plays, especially to a rookie quarterback. In my opinion,
Speaker 1: they did hold see Kwan Barkley pretty well in check
Speaker 1: given those conditions. But this defense, it's it's there. They're
Speaker 1: a takeaway defense. West, I think, I think you know
Speaker 1: they are what they are at this point. And when
Speaker 1: they can make those kinds of plays when they can
Speaker 1: force a bad throw from a quarterback with pressure. Packers
Speaker 1: didn't get any sacks, but the pressure led to at
Speaker 1: least a couple of those three interceptions. Sure, when they
Speaker 1: can make plays like that, the Packers become a complimentary team.
Speaker 1: You know, the defense does it's part, The offense does
Speaker 1: its part when the defense doesn't make those plays, because
Speaker 1: they're going to give up plays. They've shown the pattern
Speaker 1: now for a long time. They're going to give up
Speaker 1: plays and and some things like that are going to happen.
Speaker 1: But if they don't make those plays going the other way,
Speaker 1: then it just all sort of falls on Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: and then the Packers are in trouble, right And there's
Speaker 1: a couple of key points to this. The first one
Speaker 1: is there have been times in recent weeks where the
Speaker 1: Packers could stop drives with an interception. They haven't been
Speaker 1: able to catch those balls where they were inches away
Speaker 1: from making a play. Kyler Facral had an opportunity at
Speaker 1: a strip sack late in That ball would take like
Speaker 1: ninety total yards off of the Giants total if he's
Speaker 1: able to make it, But be that as it may,
Speaker 1: missed it by an eyelash. Kevin King and Darnell Savage
Speaker 1: had again give me interceptions where the ball is thrown
Speaker 1: directly to you. The pressure was in Neil Jones face.
Speaker 1: It forces the rookie quarterback into making a mistake, and
Speaker 1: they made him. Tremon Williams I tweeted this during the game,
Speaker 1: that interception he made. That is is close to those
Speaker 1: defensive back pass catching drills that they run during training camp.
Speaker 1: You have the two defensive backs going against each other
Speaker 1: and the guy just has to go up and high
Speaker 1: point the ball down the sign like Truman Williams did
Speaker 1: that to exactly the point that he should have. The
Speaker 1: remark was made afterwards about his leaping ability, his vertical
Speaker 1: all of that is still relatively intact for a veteran
Speaker 1: defensive back, but Trumon Williams absolutely high pointed it where
Speaker 1: he needed to be to get that ball. The three takeaways,
Speaker 1: as you said, that is the bread and butter of
Speaker 1: Green Bay. You and I. One of our big emphasis
Speaker 1: going into this game was being able to take the
Speaker 1: ball away against an offense that has given it away
Speaker 1: as much as they have this season, a rookie quarterback
Speaker 1: who's had trouble protecting the ball. That's been Daniel Jones's
Speaker 1: biggest problem as a rookie, and he fumbled again one
Speaker 1: after they boarded play. And here's the deal, Mike, you
Speaker 1: can flash it back if Marvin wants to bring it
Speaker 1: up by all means go ahead. From final thoughts when
Speaker 1: we talked about this on Friday, the Packers need to stop,
Speaker 1: say Kwon Barkley. They mostly did. He did not have
Speaker 1: an explosive gain on the on the ground. He only
Speaker 1: averaged four point four carry you'll take that against q
Speaker 1: qu especially on a day on a day like that,
Speaker 1: and if you're going to give up yards, okay, be
Speaker 1: that as it may, but that makes the common denominator
Speaker 1: in all this takeaways and Aaron Rodgers is not going
Speaker 1: to give the ball away. The Packers protected the football
Speaker 1: and those elements and the Giants had three of them,
Speaker 1: and if you look at the final score and the
Speaker 1: way that the passer ratings worked out, that was the difference. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was the difference in the game. I don't want
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Speaker 1: go back to Alan Lazard for a second because you
Speaker 1: had mentioned it his first hundred yard game of his career.
Speaker 1: He did it on three catches forty three yards thirty
Speaker 1: seven yards and what was three of my sports math, Yeah,
Speaker 1: three explosive plays. He gets his first career hundred yard game.
Speaker 1: Turns out, I guess I was a week early on
Speaker 1: Alan Lazard because coming out of the bye week, if
Speaker 1: you recall, I wrote about him on the website, I
Speaker 1: talked about him on this show, I talked about him
Speaker 1: on Final Thoughts. I called him my player to watch.
Speaker 1: I really felt heading into the bye week that Alan
Speaker 1: Lazard was showing that he he is evolving into the
Speaker 1: number two receiver in this offense. And yesterday against the Giants,
Speaker 1: it didn't happen for him in San Francisco. I was
Speaker 1: a week early in all of my hype for him,
Speaker 1: but he came up with his second really really big
Speaker 1: performance of the season. Um and uh against the Giants.
Speaker 1: He was the guy really that that got the Packers
Speaker 1: going early and uh. I have to believe after a
Speaker 1: performance like that that he the snaps the opportunities he
Speaker 1: really is going to merge. I think as as the
Speaker 1: number two option behind Davante Adams, as far as the
Speaker 1: wide receivers are considered. Yeah, I agree with you. I'm
Speaker 1: just trying to look quickly to see how he played
Speaker 1: thirty seven of the sixty seven snaps forty two for Toronto,
Speaker 1: Allison and obviously DeVante leading that group with fifty two.
Speaker 1: So yeah, he's playing more and more and you want
Speaker 1: to see that just because of what he offers and
Speaker 1: what he brings to the table. The thing that I
Speaker 1: continue to be completely awe struck by is that this
Speaker 1: guy went undrafted. I mean, Iowa State is not the
Speaker 1: Iowa State of ten years ago. Remind you he did
Speaker 1: go through some losing years, but he was a part
Speaker 1: of the uptick over there. And you know, there were
Speaker 1: so many people that got fixated on his speed and
Speaker 1: as I mentioned to you last week, even in San
Speaker 1: Francisco on the end a round, he had the second
Speaker 1: fastest next gen speed that was timed. Now he's made
Speaker 1: a series of changes with his diet. I think that's
Speaker 1: enabled him to be able to pull that out of himself.
Speaker 1: But six ft five, this is a prototype receiver in
Speaker 1: terms of what you want to have in what he
Speaker 1: offers to an offense. And Aaron Rodgers picked up on
Speaker 1: that really early in camp uh when we're all the
Speaker 1: discussion was still on the three rookies from last year
Speaker 1: and in Coumero and everybody else, and rightfully so, they
Speaker 1: all had their moments. Alan Lazard was the most consistent
Speaker 1: throughout that entire summer and it enabled him to. I mean,
Speaker 1: you gotta remember this guy was cut on final cuts,
Speaker 1: but he came right back much like Geran wo Allison
Speaker 1: did in sixteen and has just been, uh, you know,
Speaker 1: a godsend for this offense and and what he's been
Speaker 1: asked to do. So I just the thing that stands
Speaker 1: out to me from the very beginning with him is,
Speaker 1: and Roger spoke on this two weeks ago, there isn't
Speaker 1: a deer in the headlights thing with him. He doesn't
Speaker 1: care that he was undrafted. He doesn't care that he
Speaker 1: spent last year on a practice squad, he doesn't care
Speaker 1: that he started this year on a practice squad. He
Speaker 1: just wants to play football. And if you put him
Speaker 1: in that predicament, if he gets himself open downfield, he's
Speaker 1: not going to drop the ball. He is going to
Speaker 1: be up for it. And the amount of big plays
Speaker 1: that he's made this year averaging fifteen yards of catch.
Speaker 1: Right now, Alan Lazard is a problem man, and offenses
Speaker 1: are gonna have to start scheming for him because it
Speaker 1: isn't just Davante Adams. And Adams said he said this
Speaker 1: to guys in the huddle, you know, and I wrote
Speaker 1: about this in the game notes. So many years it
Speaker 1: was Jordy Nelson, Cobb and then Adams or and or
Speaker 1: James Jones. Pick your your poison. That the last year,
Speaker 1: it's showing that this when this offense is at its maximum,
Speaker 1: there are multiple guys that you have to account for
Speaker 1: because any of them can step up at a given time. Now,
Speaker 1: are you gonna put any of them right now in
Speaker 1: the category of Nelson and Cobb. No, But when you
Speaker 1: have that many different guys that after that many different skills,
Speaker 1: it is what enables you in any given week for
Speaker 1: it to be Al Lazard's day. You picked last week.
Speaker 1: The main reason you picked last week is because you
Speaker 1: can't just dictate and predict that he's gonna play sixty
Speaker 1: snaps and have ten targets. This was Alan Lazard's game.
Speaker 1: It was his chance to make an impact early. He did.
Speaker 1: The Packers got the fast start they needed, they got
Speaker 1: a three and out on defense, and while it was
Speaker 1: tight there for a time, the momentum in this entire
Speaker 1: contest was in Green Bay's favor. Yeah, well, Aaron Rodgers
Speaker 1: ends up with four touchdown passes. You do that, you
Speaker 1: up pass rating in those kind of conditions that that
Speaker 1: that's a heck of a day. The fourth touchdown pass
Speaker 1: goes to Marcedes Lewis, the big dog at tight end.
Speaker 1: He gets his first touchdown as a member of the Packers.
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers gets to add another player to his list
Speaker 1: of guys on the receiving end of his touchdown passes,
Speaker 1: and it sounds like Rogers might have to come up
Speaker 1: with another nickname for him, at least at the line
Speaker 1: of scrimmage, because he he called his shot apparently, UM.
Speaker 1: The TV mikes picking up the big dog, big dog
Speaker 1: call right before the one yard touchdown pass to Marcedes Lewis,
Speaker 1: UM a fun one. Rogers enjoyed it, celebrating it. Heck
Speaker 1: of a play by Rogers to actually get that throw
Speaker 1: off and make it accurately with with that pass rusher
Speaker 1: draped on his shoulder at the time, but it becomes
Speaker 1: the one that caps the scoring for green Bay, puts
Speaker 1: him up by three scores and put this one to bed.
Speaker 1: You know what's great about that play and really this
Speaker 1: entire season from Marcedes Lewis, and this speaks a lot
Speaker 1: to Lewis and his character. Mercedes Lewis thirteen years ago
Speaker 1: as a first round pick, and he was a pro
Speaker 1: bowler in two thousand and ten. He's been to the
Speaker 1: highs and for guys, it's not always easy. In years eleven, twelve,
Speaker 1: and thirteen, you see a lot of guys just retired
Speaker 1: because they don't want to accept a secondary role. And
Speaker 1: he was close to retire, and he was close, but
Speaker 1: it wasn't because of a lack of production. It was
Speaker 1: just a question in his mind, like, hey, do I
Speaker 1: still want to do this? And he did because of
Speaker 1: the idea of team and the fact that he enjoyed
Speaker 1: the relationship he has with Jimmy Graham and Rodgers in
Speaker 1: this offense, for Louis to be willing to accept the
Speaker 1: role that he's been in the last two years, and
Speaker 1: you heard Rogers talk about it al Lazard. I was
Speaker 1: asking him about it after the game. It is incredible
Speaker 1: to see the selflessness that's involved with that because he
Speaker 1: knows he's mostly there for blocking. He knows he's mostly
Speaker 1: there for type packages. And then there's the external threat
Speaker 1: this year that he can still catch the ball. They've
Speaker 1: used that more and I think that's helped make him
Speaker 1: a little bit less predictable when he's on the field.
Speaker 1: The best part about looking back at that play was
Speaker 1: just how adamant Rogers was. And you can talk about
Speaker 1: the words and you're right, big dog, big dog, big dog,
Speaker 1: that's a giveaway. But once that ball was was was
Speaker 1: you know, snapped. Does that not remind you of like
Speaker 1: the kid in school that's like, I gotta get the
Speaker 1: ball to my buddy over the the hop and the
Speaker 1: skip and everything else. In Rogers that was just I mean,
Speaker 1: he's dipping his shoulder trying to stay elude the rush.
Speaker 1: He was getting that ball to Mercedes Lewis. They're able
Speaker 1: to connect on it. And as Rogers talked about it
Speaker 1: and Lewis talked about it too, this goes beyond football
Speaker 1: for those two. You don't see a lot of the
Speaker 1: impact that Mercedes Lewis has had on this locker room.
Speaker 1: A lot of it is within those doors. But this
Speaker 1: is a beloved player. He's an emotional he's a verbal leader,
Speaker 1: a vocal leader. And there's a reason why Lewis plays
Speaker 1: as much as he does, the accountability that he has
Speaker 1: and just being able to make the impact that he's
Speaker 1: had in a very short time here in Green Bay. Yeah, Well,
Speaker 1: with the wind, the Packers get to nine and three,
Speaker 1: they temporarily move into sole possession of first place in
Speaker 1: the NFC North the Minnesota Vikings at eight and three.
Speaker 1: They're playing Monday night football in Seattle. So we'll talk
Speaker 1: about the whole picture and where things stand and all
Speaker 1: the other results from week thirteen in the NFL on
Speaker 1: tomorrow's show, because then the Seahawks Vikings game will be
Speaker 1: in the bank and we'll we'll really have a sense
Speaker 1: of where everything is. So we'll delay that discussion for tomorrow,
Speaker 1: but before we go today, we definitely do need to
Speaker 1: talk about Packers kicker Mason Crosby and the game that
Speaker 1: he had. Finding out on Friday morning, I believe it
Speaker 1: was that his sister in law, Brittany, his brother Reese's wife,
Speaker 1: passed away after a battle with ovarian cancer. And um,
Speaker 1: you wrote a story on this, a great story on
Speaker 1: our website a while back west as Um, the Crosby's
Speaker 1: were going through this and Mason Crosby's wife, Molly also
Speaker 1: had a medical situation UM this past summer as well. UM,
Speaker 1: this is this has been this has been some year
Speaker 1: in the Crosby family and uh boy, for for Mason
Speaker 1: to go out and do what he did on Sunday afternoon,
Speaker 1: making making all of his kicks, including a big forty
Speaker 1: seven yard or when actually the snow was at its
Speaker 1: worst at that point, and he drills that forty seven
Speaker 1: yard field goal when uh, to give the Packers three
Speaker 1: points there in the first half. Just a just a
Speaker 1: tremendous effort by a veteran kicker, the franchises all time
Speaker 1: leading score and one of the most respected and beloved
Speaker 1: players in that locker room. Yeah. First off, I mean,
Speaker 1: you gotta hit your captain, Mason. So they find out
Speaker 1: about this on Friday morning, him and Molly and his family.
Speaker 1: They fly down to Austin, Texas, get to Georgetown where
Speaker 1: you know recent and they're all from where Brittany was. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's uh, that's Mason Crosby's hometown for those who
Speaker 1: don't know, Georgetown, Texas. So he goes down there, he
Speaker 1: spends the day with them, He flies in on Saturday
Speaker 1: to New York, does his whole pregame preparation and then, um,
Speaker 1: I mean it's incredible you look at it for him
Speaker 1: to step up the way he has and he's done
Speaker 1: it before. But you know, he said he's having a
Speaker 1: career year in spite of everything that happened with Molly
Speaker 1: during training camp. He's in a battle with Sam Ficken
Speaker 1: for the kicking job. She undergoes surgery. At the end
Speaker 1: of August. When she has a surgery, Reese and Brittany
Speaker 1: come up to spend the week with her, while Mason
Speaker 1: is getting ready for the first, you know, game of
Speaker 1: the year and finding out if he still has his
Speaker 1: job with the Packers, and for him to do what
Speaker 1: he's done. I think it speaks volumes about Mason. I
Speaker 1: think it speaks volumees about their family. And you know,
Speaker 1: if you were introduced to brittany story at all, and
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter if you read my story, if you
Speaker 1: read Matt Sneidman's, Rob Amowsky's, Tom Silverstein, a number of
Speaker 1: people have covered this topic, you are being welcomed into
Speaker 1: the world of a truly amazing person. And I wrote
Speaker 1: that story back in um late two thousand seventeen, and
Speaker 1: I knew Reese a little bit, and I knew of
Speaker 1: Brittney's story because Brittney she wasn't able to be there
Speaker 1: when Mason made those big kicks at at and T Stadium,
Speaker 1: and she was nine days out from her first surgery
Speaker 1: after being diagnosed at seven years old with ovarian cancer,
Speaker 1: and it if it's tough, it's it's one of these
Speaker 1: deals where she was so strong through this entire thing.
Speaker 1: And if you followed her on Instagram, you followed her
Speaker 1: on Facebook, her mentality throughout all of this and the
Speaker 1: positivity that she put out there. I can only hope
Speaker 1: if I ever encounter something like this, I can be
Speaker 1: as strong she was. Because there are people that win
Speaker 1: the lottery in this life, and there are people that
Speaker 1: get stricken with something like she was stricken with and
Speaker 1: it is not fair, but she came back. She was there.
Speaker 1: Later that year, Mason makes the two biggest kicks of
Speaker 1: his life. He's wearing that teal brist band for her.
Speaker 1: She makes it. She climbs those stairs at a T
Speaker 1: and T stadium to watch him play eight nine months later,
Speaker 1: whatever that was. And I asked Mason for permission to
Speaker 1: write that story on her on their battle, and I
Speaker 1: talked to Reese about it, and the thing that if
Speaker 1: you watch Britney's videos, if you watch her speak, she
Speaker 1: is so eloquent. She is an amazing just aura about
Speaker 1: her energy, about her. She wasn't always comfortable with that though.
Speaker 1: She wasn't always for sure that she wanted to do it,
Speaker 1: but she felt compelled to because if early detection is
Speaker 1: so critical with cancer, especially something like she was dealing with.
Speaker 1: There was no scans that we're going to tell her
Speaker 1: that she had to listen to her body, and if
Speaker 1: she would have caught it sooner from stage three see
Speaker 1: for you know, she might have had a better shot
Speaker 1: with this thing. But she wanted to get that message
Speaker 1: out to people it doesn't matter male female, to to
Speaker 1: stay up on that stuff. And getting to know her
Speaker 1: and getting to know Reese over the last two years,
Speaker 1: it has been an incredible journey. I cannot say enough
Speaker 1: about either of them and what they've been through, in
Speaker 1: the impact that they've made on people. And for Mason
Speaker 1: to be able to compartmentalize everything that he's dealt with
Speaker 1: with Molly, with with Brittany, with everything they've dealt with
Speaker 1: as a family, the jet leg that comes with that moment,
Speaker 1: and being able to keep your emotions out of it
Speaker 1: in that moment, it says a tremendous amount about his character.
Speaker 1: And I just got to say, I mean, I love
Speaker 1: you Reese, your family loves you. The impact that Brittany
Speaker 1: had is going to go so much further than what
Speaker 1: her thirty years on this earth is going to be
Speaker 1: able to encapsulate. So I uh that that story I
Speaker 1: tweeted this last week, that story changed me. Had changed
Speaker 1: the way I look at life. Uh, the way you
Speaker 1: see your everyday life. Um in the positivity she attacked
Speaker 1: that thing. They went on vacations. I remember the week
Speaker 1: after my story ran. In between the time in which
Speaker 1: I talked to them and when the story ran back
Speaker 1: in seventeen, she was in remission. Then she's out of remission.
Speaker 1: They still went to Disney World because they had to
Speaker 1: plan a trip planned for Disney World in December of seventeen.
Speaker 1: The the adventures that her and Reese went on, it
Speaker 1: was inspiring. And I apologize for rambling. I apologize for
Speaker 1: going on and on about this, but it is a
Speaker 1: it is an emotional roller coaster for someone that is
Speaker 1: just an onlooker for Mason and everything their family deal with.
Speaker 1: I my heart goes out to them, my thoughts and
Speaker 1: prayers go out to them, and I just hope for
Speaker 1: the very best because at the end of this, when
Speaker 1: it's all said and done. We only have the time
Speaker 1: we got Mike, you know, And I really hope if
Speaker 1: if anyone's been touched by her story and read about it,
Speaker 1: heard about it. I don't want just to make sure
Speaker 1: you appreciate it, because it doesn't last forever. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: for sure. Well, with that, we will call it a
Speaker 1: wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted. Be sure to
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