WEBVTT - #531 Packers Unscripted: Sizing up the schedule

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted Social

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<v Speaker 1>Distancing Style from Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spofford,

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<v Speaker 1>joined as always by my trusted colleague West hod Kuwitz,

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<v Speaker 1>coming to you from our home office is nowhere near

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<v Speaker 1>the banks of the Fox River, but West the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>schedule for is out, and so we will spend this

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<v Speaker 1>episode pontificating about said schedule. When you saw it, what

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<v Speaker 1>was your first impression? Very interesting and it's it's funny.

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<v Speaker 1>I mentioned this during our three Things videos and I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to just keep, you know, parroting myself here,

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<v Speaker 1>but that's the thing that always strikes me. You can

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<v Speaker 1>do these things a hundred times, you can do all

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<v Speaker 1>these different types of schedules, there always ends up being

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of weird thing that happens that's never happened

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<v Speaker 1>before that you didn't realize until you look at this schedule.

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<v Speaker 1>I think fact I think it was what Jacksonville in sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>that was the first time the Packers had like back

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<v Speaker 1>to back road games to start a season in like

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<v Speaker 1>nine seven years. Crazy this one. It's a very small

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<v Speaker 1>little factoid in it. Obviously a lot of questions still

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<v Speaker 1>out there about what's going to happen. But the creep

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<v Speaker 1>Ba Packers have never opened the season at Minnesota before,

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<v Speaker 1>lo and behold, here we are in two thousand twenty

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<v Speaker 1>first time, and what for fifty nine years for the

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<v Speaker 1>Minnesota vikings openers. They're gonna host the Green Bay Packers

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<v Speaker 1>and an opener at least scheduled too. So that's part

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<v Speaker 1>of it. I love about the you know, you get

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<v Speaker 1>you look at the schedule and you try to figure

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<v Speaker 1>out different little things and factoids and weird stuff that happens.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's your one, because I tell you right now, Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>if you it all started when I was looking through it, like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>when was the last time the Packers started the season Minnesota. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>it hasn't happened before. Well, and the Packers certainly this

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<v Speaker 1>was to be expected. The Packers have the maximum five

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<v Speaker 1>prime time games at least at this point in terms

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<v Speaker 1>of how this schedule lays out, and you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>flex scheduling late in the year, you know, things can

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<v Speaker 1>change and all that. But a couple of things about

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<v Speaker 1>that that struck me. One is that, of course, the

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<v Speaker 1>Packers trip to New Orleans is once again in prime

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<v Speaker 1>time Aaron Rodgers has played against Drew Brees at the

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<v Speaker 1>Superdome in New Orleans twice two thousand eight, two thousand

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<v Speaker 1>and fourteen, both times in prime time, so of course

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<v Speaker 1>this one's in prime time again. But the one that's

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<v Speaker 1>not in prime time is Aaron Rodgers against Tom Brady

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<v Speaker 1>down in Tampa. I don't know what deal with the

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<v Speaker 1>devil Fox Sports made here West, but I am telling

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<v Speaker 1>you I was absolutely convinced that game would be in

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<v Speaker 1>prime time Rodgers against Brady, but Fox somehow managed to

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<v Speaker 1>prevent that game from going to either NBC or ESPN

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<v Speaker 1>for a prime time slot. It's a late afternoon, it'll

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<v Speaker 1>obviously be the National Sunday doubleheader down in Tampa. And hey,

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<v Speaker 1>from a work stand point, I'm not complaining because road

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<v Speaker 1>games in prime time are the hardest for us. Flying

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<v Speaker 1>back in the middle of the night, trying to write

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<v Speaker 1>our stories and update the website on the plane at

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<v Speaker 1>you know, to three in the morning. It's not fun, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm not complaining from a work standpoint that this

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<v Speaker 1>game is not in prime time. I'm just stunned that

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<v Speaker 1>it's not in prime time. Well, and like Mike, look

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<v Speaker 1>at it. This way to right New Orleans in Green Bay,

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<v Speaker 1>you expect that to be in prime time Atlanta and

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<v Speaker 1>Green Bay. Okay, the history there with Matt Ryan, potentially

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<v Speaker 1>in prime time San Francisco, that's been a big rivalry

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<v Speaker 1>here as of late Chicago Tennessee. If you would have

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<v Speaker 1>laid out all five of those primetime games and then

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<v Speaker 1>also through the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in there, I would

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<v Speaker 1>have said, whatever combination that those five are gonna be,

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<v Speaker 1>the Buccaneers are gonna be at one of those permutations.

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<v Speaker 1>And they weren't to see a three Central start time

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<v Speaker 1>for that matchup. It blew me away because in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand and eighteen we were raw. You know, you don't

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<v Speaker 1>get these opportunities to to see Rogers and in in

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<v Speaker 1>Brady very often, and here's one that just falls into

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's lap. And unfortunately for the Green Bay Packers and

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<v Speaker 1>I think a lot of national people fans, they're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to get that in primetime. My guests would be

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<v Speaker 1>is you know, I'm the Fox would end up throwing

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<v Speaker 1>that into a national spotlight. Yet even if it is

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<v Speaker 1>at three, yeah, I think it absolutely will be there.

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<v Speaker 1>But the other the other thing that really struck me

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<v Speaker 1>when I first saw the schedule. West the Packers by

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<v Speaker 1>is scheduled for Week five, so sort of your first

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<v Speaker 1>quarter of the season weeks one through four. But then

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<v Speaker 1>the game at Tampa Bay Rodgers versus Brady starts the

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<v Speaker 1>post by stretch, and that actually becomes sort of a

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<v Speaker 1>gauntlet here for the Packers through the middle portion of

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<v Speaker 1>the schedule because after the game at Tampa Bay, the

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<v Speaker 1>Packers are going to play three teams that were playoff

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<v Speaker 1>teams in twenty nineteen consecutively in a span of just

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<v Speaker 1>twelve days. You go on the road to he Houston,

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<v Speaker 1>you come home to play Minnesota. The second game with

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<v Speaker 1>the Vikings is done by November one, which is another

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<v Speaker 1>thing to me that's weird about the schedule that by

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<v Speaker 1>the midway point, essentially the Packers and Vikings are done playing.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's odd. But at Houston, then Minnesota, and then

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<v Speaker 1>at San Francisco on a Thursday night, So in a

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<v Speaker 1>span of twelve days, including a four hour West coast

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<v Speaker 1>trip on a short week, you're playing three teams that

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<v Speaker 1>made the playoffs in nineteen. That's going to be I

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<v Speaker 1>don't like to call things make or break because that

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<v Speaker 1>early in the season. Nothing's necessarily make or break, but

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<v Speaker 1>we're gonna find out a lot about the green Bay

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<v Speaker 1>Packers as they navigate that portion of the schedule. In

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion, Yeah, and it's very interesting and you laid

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<v Speaker 1>it out there perfectly in terms of what the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>are potentially going to be up against. The other thing

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<v Speaker 1>I keep going back to is, yeah, you have that

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<v Speaker 1>Thursday night game against San Francisco, a lot of bad

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<v Speaker 1>memories there for green Bay. You do come home and

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<v Speaker 1>you get Gardner Minshew likely in the Jacksonville Jaguars, but

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<v Speaker 1>then you're going to Indianapolis, and then who is waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for you there. It's Philip Rivers, one of the big

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<v Speaker 1>thorns in the Packers side here over the last ten years.

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<v Speaker 1>So uh, there are It's gonna be a big challenge.

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<v Speaker 1>And I think when you look at the true story

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<v Speaker 1>of the schedule and the way it lays out, it

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<v Speaker 1>goes back to what I was saying before. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>last year they kind of hit a gauntlet too there

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of the season. This is where you

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<v Speaker 1>get challenged, this is where you're grit and determination really

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<v Speaker 1>gets stressed. And it's going to be a make or

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<v Speaker 1>break moment, I think for the Packers at times working

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<v Speaker 1>through that. The other thing that is interesting because I

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<v Speaker 1>know there were some reports out there about Okay, they're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna put all the division games and in the last

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<v Speaker 1>month of the season, and they're gonna load things up

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<v Speaker 1>depending on all this. The fact that both of the

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<v Speaker 1>Minnesota games ended up getting you know, put into the

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<v Speaker 1>first eight weeks of the season, that's very interesting because

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<v Speaker 1>the last few years, there's been a lot of mark

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<v Speaker 1>key matchups between those two teams late in the year,

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<v Speaker 1>and now here they are two teams that have been

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<v Speaker 1>i would say the most consistent performers in the NFC

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<v Speaker 1>North and really the conference in general over the last

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<v Speaker 1>five ten years, and now you're gonna knock both of

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<v Speaker 1>these out in the first two months of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>That's very interesting to seek that play out the way

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<v Speaker 1>it fits. Yeah, and I don't want to sound like

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who's complaining here, but the Packers, and the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>are not the only team to have this happen to them.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, you know, this Thursday night game at San Francisco,

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<v Speaker 1>having teams having to travel across multiple time zones on

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<v Speaker 1>a short week to play a Thursday night game. That

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<v Speaker 1>to me, that is such a disadvantage for the road team.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, the Packers did it a couple of years ago,

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<v Speaker 1>having to go to Seattle to play a Thursday night game,

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<v Speaker 1>and the Packers were actually winning that game, if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not mistaken, at the end of the third quarter, and

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<v Speaker 1>then in the fourth quarter, you know, Seattle took over

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<v Speaker 1>and ended up pulling that out in front of their

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<v Speaker 1>home fans. I this travel, the travel type of thing

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<v Speaker 1>on a short week, you would just think that more

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<v Speaker 1>of those would be either a division game or something

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<v Speaker 1>that's just you know, a sixty minute, ninety minute flights

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<v Speaker 1>something like that, a four hour flight on a short week.

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<v Speaker 1>The Packers are gonna come off that second game against

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<v Speaker 1>Minnesota on November first, on a Sunday afternoon, and then

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<v Speaker 1>on Wednesday afternoon they're taking a four hour flight to

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<v Speaker 1>the West Coast to get ready to play the San

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<v Speaker 1>Francisco forty Niners in an NFC Championship rematch. From the

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<v Speaker 1>logistical part of it all, to me, that that's the

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<v Speaker 1>one thing that I look at is like, wow, that

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be something incredibly difficult for the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>to overcome. Outside of later season Thanksgiving games, Packers have

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<v Speaker 1>played a lot of meaningful ones in my time on

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<v Speaker 1>the beat. But conversely, in my years of covering the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL and covering the Green Bay Packers on a day

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<v Speaker 1>to day basis, I don't think I've ever learned anything

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<v Speaker 1>about them in a Thursday night game in this structure.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's one of the reasons why I know you

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<v Speaker 1>were a big pro wrestling fan when you were a kid,

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<v Speaker 1>as was I. Uh here, here's the thing. You have

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<v Speaker 1>your flagship shows, right if you're a pro wrestling company.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are the ones that you get the ratings on.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are the ones that everybody's eyeballs are glued on.

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<v Speaker 1>But then you also have the smaller shows where it's

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<v Speaker 1>maybe an hour and it's a lot of the you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the lower card wrestlers on there. For whatever reason, the

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<v Speaker 1>NFL a few years ago decided, you know what, We're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna not only start taking these Thursday night games the

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<v Speaker 1>lower you know show, We're gonna start putting prime time

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<v Speaker 1>matchups in there. And I think that's robbing the league

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<v Speaker 1>and it's robbing teams of seeing really good, high caliber football.

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<v Speaker 1>I've taken issue with that, I go back to what

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<v Speaker 1>you were saying. I think that these should be games

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<v Speaker 1>where there isn't as much spotlight on the talent there

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<v Speaker 1>there isn't you know, gonna be the Packers versus the

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<v Speaker 1>forty nine Ers, a rematch of the NFC championship for

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers versus Seattle, their biggest rival out of the

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<v Speaker 1>division over the last ten years. Let's get back to

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<v Speaker 1>like getting you know, some matchups between the Packers and

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<v Speaker 1>the Lions, or or you know some of these teams

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<v Speaker 1>that Jacksonville j boars. I don't understand. It's Thursday night football.

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<v Speaker 1>There's no other game in town other than trying to

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<v Speaker 1>showcase superstars. I don't understand they need to have those

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<v Speaker 1>teams always facing off against other. You have that on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday night football, you have that Monday Night football. I

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<v Speaker 1>get there television contracts going to that, but I also

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<v Speaker 1>think that's a real shame because the Packers very easily

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<v Speaker 1>could win that game. You don't know how these Thursday

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<v Speaker 1>night games go. A lot of weird stuff can happen,

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<v Speaker 1>but I never really felt like after one of those games,

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<v Speaker 1>I've learned really that much about either team because of

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<v Speaker 1>just how strange the circumstances are in which they have

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<v Speaker 1>to play that game. Yeah, and when you look at

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<v Speaker 1>the way the schedule finishes up for the Packers, it's interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>and of course you know who knows what's going to

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<v Speaker 1>happen with the dates and how this actually falls. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you look at Thanksgiving, once you get past Thanksgiving,

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers are playing four of their last six games

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<v Speaker 1>at home at lambeau Field, and then one of the

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<v Speaker 1>two road games is the finale at Chicago. So that

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<v Speaker 1>sets up, if everything falls into place, that sets up

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<v Speaker 1>as a lot of cold weather football for the Green

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Packers, down the down the stretch and hey Wes,

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<v Speaker 1>for the first time, and however many years, the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>are not playing the Lions in Week seventeen, the NFC

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<v Speaker 1>North finale is against somebody else, and it's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be at Soldier Field this time. With all due respect

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<v Speaker 1>to the Lions. And there's been some memorable games over

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<v Speaker 1>the last four years. I am so second tired of

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<v Speaker 1>that regular season finale. We went for a while there, Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>where it was like every year it was a different

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<v Speaker 1>NFC North team that they were facing. Yeah, they were.

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<v Speaker 1>They would rotate it and that they got into this

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<v Speaker 1>stretch because not only, of course then has it been

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<v Speaker 1>Packers Lions for you know, a handful of years in

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<v Speaker 1>a row, but that means it's also been Vikings Bears

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<v Speaker 1>for the last however many years in a row. So

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<v Speaker 1>there it. You know, it eliminates the variety, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>not just for a couple of teams, but for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of others as well. So it's just been strange.

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<v Speaker 1>But yes, the Packers Week seventeen will not be against Detroit.

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<v Speaker 1>It will be at Chicago against the Bears. Yeah, and

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<v Speaker 1>before they got into this run of facing the Lions

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<v Speaker 1>every year. It also those were really meaningful games. How

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<v Speaker 1>many of those games might reflects from the Packers versity

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<v Speaker 1>NFC North into prime time. When you think of two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand thirteen, the last time they played the Bears at

0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:01.360
<v Speaker 1>Soldier Field, the pro is out the regular season, it's

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most memorable games that I've ever covered,

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<v Speaker 1>and how that one ended. Certainly the matchups that they

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<v Speaker 1>had with my Minnesota Vikings as well, so at least

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<v Speaker 1>to see some fresh blood thrown in there, a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit different type of matchup, type of narrative. I'm all

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<v Speaker 1>for it. It would be great to get some of

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<v Speaker 1>these at lambeau Field. It seems like they're traveling quite

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<v Speaker 1>a bit here to close up the regular season. But

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<v Speaker 1>be that as it may, it is it's an interesting

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<v Speaker 1>final stretch. A lot of cold weather games, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of you know, tough and dirty Black and Blue division

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<v Speaker 1>type of matchups, so that that part of its Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>one other thing to throw at you, Just to backtrack

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit, what do you think the player's opinion,

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<v Speaker 1>Because they don't care about our opinion, but what do

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<v Speaker 1>you think the player's opinion would be of the week

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<v Speaker 1>five by It strikes me as the players would say, boy,

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<v Speaker 1>that's early. We wish it were, you know, maybe about

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<v Speaker 1>a month later or so. Too early? Uh yeah, And

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<v Speaker 1>in week four is the earliest I think that it

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<v Speaker 1>can go right, And that's only three teams or four teams,

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<v Speaker 1>So to have it a week five, Packers did get

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<v Speaker 1>kind of lucky for a few years. It was in

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<v Speaker 1>that middle. Last year was very late part of the season.

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<v Speaker 1>That's typically more towards where you wanted to be at.

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<v Speaker 1>But I remember talking to t J. Lang and some

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<v Speaker 1>other guys about this past and you know how they

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<v Speaker 1>had mentioned when the schedule release came out, the only

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<v Speaker 1>thing that they really cared about. The only thing they

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<v Speaker 1>looked at was where that week, that bye week was

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<v Speaker 1>for them and where they're beginning their rest. Um, you

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<v Speaker 1>never know. I go back to two thousand thirteen, the

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<v Speaker 1>Packers had a week four bye and they weren't beat

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<v Speaker 1>up going into that that week four bye already. So

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<v Speaker 1>you never can be too heure how this season is

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<v Speaker 1>gonna lay out. But being in week five, that is

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<v Speaker 1>a little bit early. The closer it is to that September,

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<v Speaker 1>first week of October, that's typically not the way they

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<v Speaker 1>want us to get line up. I'm sure one way

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<v Speaker 1>the players will look at it is, you know, they

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<v Speaker 1>play their first four games, you get a buy, then

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<v Speaker 1>that second set of four ends on a Thursday night,

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<v Speaker 1>so then you kind of get a weekend off, the

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<v Speaker 1>little mini by like they like to talk about, and

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<v Speaker 1>then you head into the back half the you know,

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<v Speaker 1>games nine through sixteen without a break, and you know,

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<v Speaker 1>heading through that stress through November and December, as we said,

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<v Speaker 1>with a lot of cold weather on tap. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a weird thing too. And I didn't put this

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<v Speaker 1>in the story that we're running on our website, and

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<v Speaker 1>I don't think you mentioned it in your column, but

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<v Speaker 1>the Green Bay Packers, like the whole thing on Thanksgiving

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<v Speaker 1>against the Lions. That's just gone by the wayside. It's delied. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that the Packers will play the Lions in week two

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<v Speaker 1>at Lambeau and then they play in Detroit, uh in

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<v Speaker 1>in December, December thirteenth. I believe it is. So there

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<v Speaker 1>was a time there where every other year was Green

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Packers traveling to Detroit for those Thanksgiving matchups. Unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>for me it being my favorite holiday, I've been able

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<v Speaker 1>to keep my role at home here in the last

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<v Speaker 1>five years. There you go, there, you go. Well, one

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<v Speaker 1>other thing. Okay, So the Packers have the maximum as

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<v Speaker 1>in the original schedule, the maximum five primetime games. How

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<v Speaker 1>many primetime games do you think the Packers end up

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<v Speaker 1>playing on this schedule? Do you think anything gets flexed

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<v Speaker 1>or change? You think it ends up being six? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what are your thoughts? It'll end up being six? It

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<v Speaker 1>always does. I've covered this long enough. I think I'm

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<v Speaker 1>the line and insider inbox at four and a half,

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<v Speaker 1>and realistically it ended up being north of that. For

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<v Speaker 1>how many would be on the schedule. You and I

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<v Speaker 1>could penciled this in the Packers. They're one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most iconic franchises in the league. I know that people

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes can think that's a cliche, but you can look

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<v Speaker 1>at the ratings and Aaron Rodgers era, going back to

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<v Speaker 1>the Brett Farve era, those two guys put butts and

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<v Speaker 1>couches to watch these matchups. So for that reason, I

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<v Speaker 1>think they'll have five and I think somewhere along the line,

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<v Speaker 1>wherever it might be, that they'll throw in that sixth

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<v Speaker 1>one because the back to the matter is that maybe

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<v Speaker 1>one of them as one of the season games and

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<v Speaker 1>it's struggling, but there were so many other things happening

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<v Speaker 1>at that time that you understood it. If Aaron Rodgers

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<v Speaker 1>as healthy, if the Packers are in contention, they're going

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<v Speaker 1>to have the bright lights shining. Yeah, I absolutely agree

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<v Speaker 1>with you. Well, with that, we will sign off on

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<v Speaker 1>this edition of Packers Unscript and be sure to follow

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<v Speaker 1>of the schedule, videos, stories, everything is on the website

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<v Speaker 1>Packers dot com. Have a good weekend everybody for West

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<v Speaker 1>I am Mike. Take care. We will see you next

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<v Speaker 1>time m HM.