Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I'm Mike Spofford alongside Wes Hodkowitz here at our studios
Speaker 1: inside lambeau Field and West. It's that time of year,
Speaker 1: within the last couple of weeks before training camp begins,
Speaker 1: you start to think about who are some of the
Speaker 1: young players, the guys who aren't really the household names
Speaker 1: yet amongst the fan base who might start to emerge
Speaker 1: might start to make a name for themselves as we
Speaker 1: get into training camp in the preseason, maybe grab a
Speaker 1: little bit larger role on offense or defense. Let's start
Speaker 1: with the offense. Is there a guy that stands out
Speaker 1: to you as maybe one you're going to keep your
Speaker 1: eye on as training camp begins? You got a risk.
Speaker 1: He has the name, he has the look, and more importantly,
Speaker 1: I thought he showed a lot of bright spots during
Speaker 1: that rookie season. Now we didn't get to see him
Speaker 1: a whole lot on offense, you know, he had John
Speaker 1: Kuhen there, but the times that we did see him,
Speaker 1: I think I go back to Carolina and seeing him
Speaker 1: in that nineteen yard reception he had completely bowling over
Speaker 1: one of the defensive backs help to forget that play
Speaker 1: from Carolina. Yeah, and it's those type of plays I
Speaker 1: think can really show you the power that he has,
Speaker 1: what he brings um, you know, as a potential run
Speaker 1: blocker and and even in a situation like that. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's what for so many years made John Kuon so
Speaker 1: versatile and important, was what he could bring in so
Speaker 1: many different areas of the offense. Now he's not currently
Speaker 1: on the roster, Rakowski is the only established fullback that
Speaker 1: the Packers have UM and you tie in his contributions
Speaker 1: on special teams, I thought he did a lot of
Speaker 1: good things there last year. Basically when you look at
Speaker 1: a six round pick, it was think it was the
Speaker 1: first time since maybe five or six years of the
Speaker 1: Packers that drafted a fullback. It seemed like he did
Speaker 1: everything you look for in year one. Yeah, I would
Speaker 1: I would say so. And looking at some of his
Speaker 1: film on special teams from last season, not only in
Speaker 1: coverage does he get down the field, you know, get
Speaker 1: in there on tackles and and things like that, but
Speaker 1: in the return game he's a good blocker. He threw
Speaker 1: a lot of key blocks for some of these returns
Speaker 1: that you know, Jeff Janis and Micah Hyde and guys
Speaker 1: like that had for the Packers. And you know, you
Speaker 1: really like the the buy in that he's had on
Speaker 1: special teams. And I think a lot of that comes from,
Speaker 1: you know, playing a position like fullback. He comes from Oklahoma. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: I had to earn everything, everything that he got in
Speaker 1: college there for the Sooners. And when you talk about
Speaker 1: a position like fullback, it almost lends itself to a
Speaker 1: cult following. In Green Bay, you had William Henderson for
Speaker 1: those ys. You know, then John Coon. We'll see if
Speaker 1: there's any kind of a chant the fans can come
Speaker 1: up with for for Aaron Ripkowski. But uh um, But yeah,
Speaker 1: a sixth round pick, you know, developmental guy who I
Speaker 1: think could very well take on a bigger role this year. Absolutely,
Speaker 1: And as you said to when you have a guy
Speaker 1: that's a eight round pick or maybe not, as you know,
Speaker 1: he's gonna have to really get what he earns, you're
Speaker 1: gonna need to play on special teams. And I thought
Speaker 1: one of the things too about him that that really
Speaker 1: stood out was just how eager he was to take
Speaker 1: on that role. Another guy that I think that was
Speaker 1: eager to do that was time Montgomery, and I know
Speaker 1: that's that's something that you've kind of pointed out is
Speaker 1: someone that could potentially be maybe moving into that household
Speaker 1: role this season. Yeah, provided he comes back from you know,
Speaker 1: the ankle surgery. We didn't see him at all during
Speaker 1: O t A S and mini camp. He was still
Speaker 1: sidelined from the injury that cut his rookie season short
Speaker 1: after six games. But you know, Montgomery stepped right in
Speaker 1: last year as the kickoff return guy. Had a couple
Speaker 1: of big returns in Chicago in Week one. He was
Speaker 1: off to a great start as a rookie fifteen catches,
Speaker 1: two touchdowns in the first six games before he got hurt.
Speaker 1: And I think I kind of felt like as the
Speaker 1: season went along last year without Jordy Nelson in the
Speaker 1: offense started to struggle. Fans were talking about all the
Speaker 1: Packers need to rebuild that receiver, they need to draft
Speaker 1: some new receivers. It's almost like they forgot that time Montgomery.
Speaker 1: You a third round draft pick out of Stanford, is
Speaker 1: a guy who presumably will be back this year, and
Speaker 1: I think he can make a big difference in this offense. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And how many times have we talked about I know
Speaker 1: I've I've mentioned this quite a bit that that sort
Speaker 1: of backfield dual role that we saw with Randall Cobb
Speaker 1: time Montgomery was doing that, I thought pretty well in
Speaker 1: terms of it gave them another option for if they
Speaker 1: wanted to bring somebody back to to kind of look
Speaker 1: for a mismatch of the defense. Um, if you can
Speaker 1: get both of those guys going now, they really didn't
Speaker 1: have both healthy at the same time, and they did
Speaker 1: test drive it a little bit, I'll be very interesting
Speaker 1: if he can come back and play at a high
Speaker 1: level this year and obviously put all that behind him,
Speaker 1: what he could potentially add to the offense in that
Speaker 1: sort of dual threat hybrid role. Yeah, there will be
Speaker 1: the question with as much time as Montgomery has missed
Speaker 1: with the injury, when he does get cleared, you know,
Speaker 1: how soon will he reacclimate himself to the offense to
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. But you go back to the start of
Speaker 1: training camp last year, there aren't a whole lot of rookies,
Speaker 1: especially at receiver in this offense, who look like they
Speaker 1: belong right away and look like they know what they're doing.
Speaker 1: When I saw Time Montgomery the first few training camp
Speaker 1: practices last summer. I was like, Wow, this kid gets it.
Speaker 1: You know, obviously comes from Stanford. He's smart. The playbook
Speaker 1: is not a problem for him. But he reminded me
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways in terms of that that
Speaker 1: quick early impression. He reminded me of Greg Jennings when
Speaker 1: Jennings showed up on the scene in two thousand and
Speaker 1: six and just looked like he belonged right away, and
Speaker 1: that can be rare in an offense this complex. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and keep in mind too time Montgomery missed a large
Speaker 1: majority of the off season program as a rookie because
Speaker 1: I think he was still finishing up at Stanford's right.
Speaker 1: So for him, I believe this is I think it
Speaker 1: was just mini camps he was here for last year
Speaker 1: and to be able to sort of hit the ground
Speaker 1: running like that move. I think he was pretty much
Speaker 1: cemented in that number four role within the first week
Speaker 1: or week and a half a camp. That that boat
Speaker 1: as well, I think for what he can bring the
Speaker 1: table both now and what he has to build off
Speaker 1: now moving forward, Yeah, definitely. Well, a couple of two
Speaker 1: thousand fifteen draft picks Ripkowski in Montgomery to keep our
Speaker 1: eyes on and we'll switch gears to the defense. After
Speaker 1: the break. We'll be back with more on Packers Unscripted
Speaker 1: right after this. Welcome back to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford
Speaker 1: alongside Wes Hodkowitz. Let's shift gears and talk about some
Speaker 1: players to emerge potentially on the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 1: A lot of young guys, a lot of young prospects
Speaker 1: of the Packers always have in training camp. Who's the
Speaker 1: one that jumps out at you. Darius Gunter is the
Speaker 1: one for me. And here's the thing. There's a lot
Speaker 1: of cornerbacks for the Packers right now. They have a
Speaker 1: lot of depth at position. So it's not a given
Speaker 1: that he's gonna be able to get on the field,
Speaker 1: even if he has a great training camp. Again, it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a lot of factors that will play into that.
Speaker 1: But the thing I liked about what Gunter did last year.
Speaker 1: In my time covering the Packers so far, I don't
Speaker 1: know if I've had anybody that has been I don't
Speaker 1: want to say is is highly touted, But I mean,
Speaker 1: I think the Packers felt pretty good about this guy
Speaker 1: coming in. They thought there was some unfinished business he
Speaker 1: had there from Miami and maybe hadn't reached his full potential.
Speaker 1: Now a lot of people locked onto that forty time,
Speaker 1: but the reality was is that he's a pretty good
Speaker 1: cover cornerback and fitting into the Packer system, the press coverage,
Speaker 1: you know, kind of tendencies that they have. He's a
Speaker 1: strong guy, he's a lengthy guy, and I think he's
Speaker 1: somebody that the Packers field fits pretty well into the secondary. Yeah,
Speaker 1: undrafted cornerback from Miami. That's uh, that's worked. That's worked
Speaker 1: here before with number thirty seven Sam Shields. But before
Speaker 1: we we were not putting Gunter in that category just
Speaker 1: yet obviously. But I remember last year in training camp
Speaker 1: when he was making an early impression as an undrafted rookie.
Speaker 1: You know, we start wondering, Hey, is this an undrafted
Speaker 1: guy who could make the roster, And you know, we
Speaker 1: start going around and asking the wide receivers like, hey,
Speaker 1: you know, can this kid covers? He legit? And the
Speaker 1: wide receivers on this team said, hey, in press cover
Speaker 1: or a jaman to man, He's physical the line of scrimmage,
Speaker 1: he's got long arms, you know, strong guy. Um, he
Speaker 1: has he has the tools to make it in this league,
Speaker 1: he does, and and the Packers kind of expanded his
Speaker 1: repertoire a little bit this offseason. He learned that inside
Speaker 1: cornerback position, which he's picked up really well, which could
Speaker 1: really help him, I think, get on the field more
Speaker 1: because typically when he was only playing on the boundary,
Speaker 1: that's a tough spot to get on the field because
Speaker 1: you usually have your top two cornerbacks in those positions.
Speaker 1: So for him, learning that inside spot, I think will
Speaker 1: increase those opportunities, give him a chance to compete for more,
Speaker 1: you know, a bigger role in this defense. But as
Speaker 1: Joe went talked about too, and when I mentioned it
Speaker 1: with him, Yeah, there were concerns about his speed and
Speaker 1: if he could stand up to like high you know,
Speaker 1: top receivers in the league. Really doesn't have a concern
Speaker 1: with that right now. That there might be a few
Speaker 1: exceptions that I think everybody struggles within this league, But
Speaker 1: for the most part, he believes he's smart enough that
Speaker 1: will put himself in positions to really be able to
Speaker 1: hang in there with the best of the best. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and Joe Wit has certainly proven himself as a coach
Speaker 1: in terms of developing young cornerbacks and guys coming in
Speaker 1: with maybe not a whole lot of pedigree, you might say.
Speaker 1: I remember in the playoff game, I believe it was
Speaker 1: at Washington in the wild card round last year, Gunter
Speaker 1: got thrown in there, uh, thrown into the mix, and
Speaker 1: to his credit, it was almost unnoticed. And you know,
Speaker 1: it's almost like an offensive lineman. You know, if you
Speaker 1: don't hear their name, that's probably a good thing. And
Speaker 1: that was the way it was in a sense with
Speaker 1: Gunter against the Redskins. I believe he was matched up
Speaker 1: a few times with Pierre Garsona. Yeah, yeah, and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, really held his own pretty well. Another defensive
Speaker 1: guy that I'm going to watch as as training camp
Speaker 1: unfolds as j Rhne Elliott, now not quite as young
Speaker 1: third year guy um but was undrafted out of Toledo,
Speaker 1: made the roster with a big preseason two years ago.
Speaker 1: We saw him last year early in the season against
Speaker 1: Seattle in Week two, has the interception in the fourth
Speaker 1: quarter when the Packers are protecting the lead, gets a
Speaker 1: forced fumble that creates another turnover on the very next
Speaker 1: Seahawks possession to seal the game. Then he has back
Speaker 1: to back sacks in consecutive games, against the Chiefs and
Speaker 1: the forty nine is the next two weeks and then
Speaker 1: you know, kind of fell off the radar a little bit.
Speaker 1: Do you think jay Ron Elliott is a guy who
Speaker 1: maybe can build on those things he did last year,
Speaker 1: even though they were early in the season. I certainly do.
Speaker 1: I Mean, there's that old adage that if you contribute
Speaker 1: on special teams you've become a you know, a factor
Speaker 1: on special teams. That usually is a good precursor you're
Speaker 1: having a bigger roll down the line and defense defensively.
Speaker 1: I mean, you look at Desmond Bishops and the other
Speaker 1: guys have done that in the past in Green Day,
Speaker 1: although it wasn't at j R. Owen's position. But the
Speaker 1: thing I like about him is he's been a natural leader.
Speaker 1: He's been a guy that stepped up and fit well
Speaker 1: into ron Zooks units. And you can see that playmaking ability.
Speaker 1: We saw it his first year. You know, the five
Speaker 1: sacks in the preseason that got him onto the roster.
Speaker 1: This past season, three sacks the game against Seattle where
Speaker 1: he made such a big impact. What kind of hampered
Speaker 1: him and I know you talked about it was that
Speaker 1: quad injury, and you know that was something that sort
Speaker 1: of lingered down a stretch and sort of inhibited him
Speaker 1: a little bit. Yeah, he never never quite came all
Speaker 1: the way back from that, I don't think, at least
Speaker 1: not until at the very end. But he also talked
Speaker 1: in the offseason not only about trying to stay healthy,
Speaker 1: keep keep his body healthier, but two on the defensive side,
Speaker 1: not to chase plays. He almost he almost confessed that
Speaker 1: when he made those big plays early in the season,
Speaker 1: then he started to chase those big plays instead of
Speaker 1: just staying within the scheme and doing his job. And
Speaker 1: if you chase plays and get out of position, that's
Speaker 1: a quick ticket to the bench because because a good
Speaker 1: offense is going to exploit that. And I think he
Speaker 1: learned something last season. And depending on how much the
Speaker 1: Packers use Clay Matthews an outside linebacker, you can make
Speaker 1: a case at that position, the edge rusher, elephant, whatever
Speaker 1: you want to call it, is the most deep spot
Speaker 1: they have right now. So it's gonna be something where
Speaker 1: j is going to have to obviously earn those reps
Speaker 1: and when he does get them, make the most of
Speaker 1: them because you're dealing with, you know, Matthews and Peppers
Speaker 1: and Nick Perry and all these other guys at that
Speaker 1: position as well. Yeah, but it's I think it's a
Speaker 1: nice luxury, you might say, for Dom Caper's to have
Speaker 1: a guy like that who hasn't necessarily reached his full potential,
Speaker 1: but he already knows the system because he's been here
Speaker 1: a couple of years, and so maybe there is that
Speaker 1: greater opportunity for him to jump in and do something. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: with that, we'll throw it to a break and we'll
Speaker 1: be back with more to talk about a couple of
Speaker 1: other young guys on defense here on Packers Unscripted. Right
Speaker 1: after this, Welcome back to Packers Unscripted Mike Spofford alongside
Speaker 1: Wes Hodkwitz and Wes. You mentioned Ladarius Gunter in the
Speaker 1: last segment. I want to go back to the cornerback
Speaker 1: position and the top two draft picks from last season,
Speaker 1: Damarius Randall Quentin Rollins in the first and second rounds.
Speaker 1: And they were brought along very quickly by Joe Witt,
Speaker 1: but brought along quickly because they showed right away that
Speaker 1: they belonged in the NFL. And the thing that really
Speaker 1: stood out to me the most about both Rollins and
Speaker 1: Randall is the fact that you have two guys that
Speaker 1: were pretty raw to the NFL cornerback position. You know,
Speaker 1: Rollins only played quarterback one year at Miami of Ohio,
Speaker 1: four year starter otherwise in basketball, and then you had Randall, who,
Speaker 1: in addition to playing baseball at one point in his
Speaker 1: college career, played safety the past two years at Arizona State.
Speaker 1: How quickly both of those guys jumped in and contributed
Speaker 1: to this defense, I thought went a long way to
Speaker 1: what the Packers were able to do. Considering you lose
Speaker 1: Hermont Williams, you lose Devon House, there's a lot of
Speaker 1: questions in that secondary. In those two guys, especially Randall,
Speaker 1: being able to contribute almost from day one, I think
Speaker 1: they went a long way to what the Packers were
Speaker 1: able to accomplish. What was I think the NFL six
Speaker 1: ranked past defense, Yeah, no doubt about it. And they
Speaker 1: both had their really big playmaking moments. Rollins was the
Speaker 1: first one. He had the pick six against St. Louis.
Speaker 1: Then Randall matched him with a pick six later in
Speaker 1: the season against Oakland. The Packers had not had a
Speaker 1: rookie return an interception for a touchdown since two thousand
Speaker 1: and two. Safety Marcus Anderson, and then suddenly they have
Speaker 1: two rookies who do it in the same season. Pretty remarkable.
Speaker 1: Then Randall against the Chargers in Week six, breaks up
Speaker 1: the fourth down pass to save a seven point victory
Speaker 1: down there on the goal line. And and uh, what
Speaker 1: those guys did. And the fact that really you talked
Speaker 1: to Joe Wit about them, they're just scratching the surface
Speaker 1: perhaps as to what they can do and and their
Speaker 1: ability to perhaps move around play inside and outside in
Speaker 1: the defense. A lot of possibilities here. Yeah, and and wait,
Speaker 1: evens mentioned you know Randall actually talked to him last
Speaker 1: year about wanting to play inside a little bit. I
Speaker 1: mean that traditionally has been a big playmaking position. When
Speaker 1: you look at what Charles Woodson's did their Casey Hayward
Speaker 1: in his rookie season the six interceptions, that's been a
Speaker 1: spot for young guys to make a pretty big impact
Speaker 1: right away in this defense. The thing for the Packers
Speaker 1: is they didn't have anybody established outside when they lost Williams,
Speaker 1: so Randall kind of ended up falling in that spot,
Speaker 1: right Heyward's best position being the nickel as well. So
Speaker 1: this offseason has allowed them to sort of expand his horizons.
Speaker 1: Now we saw Rollins play both inside and outside last year.
Speaker 1: Um so working under Joe Wit and really taking in
Speaker 1: all of those positions, that's something that I think is
Speaker 1: really exciting for the secondary as far as where they
Speaker 1: could all fall in two thousand six. Yeah, and talking
Speaker 1: to Randall and I think this goes along with that
Speaker 1: potential playmaking opportunity in the slot that you're talking about.
Speaker 1: Talking to him during the off season, he said what
Speaker 1: he wants to do in year two is get to
Speaker 1: the point where he knows the defense so well that
Speaker 1: he can start to show the quarterback one thing when
Speaker 1: he's doing another, you know, disguising what he's doing. And
Speaker 1: that's what creates those potential opportunities for big places. And
Speaker 1: you saw last year that's what ha ha Clinton Dicks.
Speaker 1: He started moving more into that realm. And he mentioned
Speaker 1: this offseason plays where maybe you know, somebody else is
Speaker 1: supposed to blitz out of the slot. I think he said,
Speaker 1: Mike go was it against Minnesota and he ended up
Speaker 1: switching the call because Bridgewater could see that was coming.
Speaker 1: Those are the things that when you can start to
Speaker 1: play the game within the game, can really help a
Speaker 1: cornerback or defensive back in general take their game to
Speaker 1: another level. Yeah. Now, we didn't see Rollins really during
Speaker 1: the off season through O t S and minicamp. Had
Speaker 1: a nasty little dislocated finger injury that kept him sideline,
Speaker 1: nothing that I guess has been ruled as anything serious. Well,
Speaker 1: we expect him back for training camp. But aside from
Speaker 1: maybe that, you know, disguising and playing tricks on the quarterback,
Speaker 1: what do you see as maybe the next step for
Speaker 1: these two in their games? Yeah, it probably is going
Speaker 1: to come down to maybe the more regular playing time
Speaker 1: because you lose Casey Hayward, who actually led the secondary
Speaker 1: and snaps at the cornerbacks and snaps last season. That's
Speaker 1: defensive plays that they're gonna have to find guys for.
Speaker 1: And more and more we're seeing defense has moved to
Speaker 1: these spread offenses. They're playing nickel and dime packages of
Speaker 1: the time. At least you need to be able to
Speaker 1: expand that. You need to have to be able to
Speaker 1: go pretty deep into that depth chart. How will Rowlins
Speaker 1: respond when he's actually a week to week contributor, You know,
Speaker 1: he even you go to the Washington game and in
Speaker 1: the playoffs, he really wasn't still uh consistent guy. I
Speaker 1: mean he there were opportunities for him, but you know
Speaker 1: there was also Micah Hyde and and Casey Hayward. Well
Speaker 1: where did those guys fit now when you take away
Speaker 1: Heyward snaps and how will they respond to that extra
Speaker 1: playing time? I know Randall even talked about working on
Speaker 1: his conditioning to to put himself in a better spot. Yeah,
Speaker 1: and it's really interesting with these two as well. They're
Speaker 1: good friends, and not just because they were drafted one
Speaker 1: two by the Packers. They actually met at the Senior
Speaker 1: Bowl in Mobile, Alabama. They were roommates at the Senior
Speaker 1: Bowl and Randall actually joked at the time, you know,
Speaker 1: telling Rollins, Hey, we're gonna end up on the same team,
Speaker 1: and Rollins was like, Oh, you're crazy, that will never happen.
Speaker 1: And then sure enough it happens. The Packers take them
Speaker 1: in the first and second rounds and a lot of promise,
Speaker 1: a lot to watch in the future from those two guys.
Speaker 1: So with that, we'll throw it to a break and
Speaker 1: we'll be back with more on Packers Unscripted right after this.
Speaker 1: Welcome back to Packers Unscripted. Mike Spofford alongside Wes hod
Speaker 1: Kowitz and Wes. Let's wrap up the show with a
Speaker 1: quick look back at a big moment from the Rogers
Speaker 1: to Rogers Hail Mary in Detroit. It wins the sp
Speaker 1: for Play of the Year. You and I were both
Speaker 1: in the press box at Ford Field when this happened.
Speaker 1: So what do you remember most about that moment? Well,
Speaker 1: I remember my laptop just completely, you know, incinerated in
Speaker 1: front of me. It's on fire. We were doing a
Speaker 1: running games story that night, so I had to send
Speaker 1: as soon as the game ended, and obviously with how
Speaker 1: things turned out, there was even an overtime, it was
Speaker 1: like the game was over. I had to reconstruct my
Speaker 1: entire at least the first two words of my game story.
Speaker 1: And I went and took a picture down at the
Speaker 1: spot that Richard Rogers caught the ball afterwards, with the
Speaker 1: photo that said, this is where my game story died.
Speaker 1: Just an iconic moment, one that I'll never forget. And
Speaker 1: I know everybody associated with the Packers. For everything to
Speaker 1: fall the way it did in the game, to end
Speaker 1: in that fashion, it's gonna be one for the history
Speaker 1: books for sure. Yeah, and I remember processing everything that
Speaker 1: had happened because you talk about deadlines and getting your
Speaker 1: work done and getting your story written right away. As
Speaker 1: I'm flying back on the plane from Detroit late that night,
Speaker 1: I started thinking about all the things that had to
Speaker 1: happen in order for the play to even take place.
Speaker 1: I go back to when the Packers are down one,
Speaker 1: after Rogers had scrambled and scored the touchdown by the
Speaker 1: pylon there. Detroit had third and twelve on their own
Speaker 1: eighteen yard line with about three minutes left to go,
Speaker 1: and I'm thinking, Packers stop him here and make them
Speaker 1: punt from inside the twenty. Rogers is going to drive
Speaker 1: the Packers down. Crosby's gonna kick a field goal, and
Speaker 1: the Packers are gonna and come back from this twenty
Speaker 1: to nothing deficit. Matthew Stafford threads an absolutely perfect throw
Speaker 1: against great coverage by Quentin Rollins over the It'll for
Speaker 1: a big game. That picks up a first down, and
Speaker 1: you're thinking, that's it. The game is over. Detroit's Detroit's
Speaker 1: got it now, and the Packers fortunately got the ball back.
Speaker 1: But then even when they got it back, it takes
Speaker 1: a face mask call on a whole botched lateral goofy
Speaker 1: play for the Packers to get the untimed down for
Speaker 1: Rogers to even be able to make the throw. It's incredible.
Speaker 1: And the throw I've never seen anything like. It's sixty yards.
Speaker 1: I mean, however high it went in the air. You know,
Speaker 1: it almost took out a rafter light up there. What
Speaker 1: you would have thought. So few human beings on this
Speaker 1: planet can throw a football like that. And afterwards, if
Speaker 1: there's any question about how much that game meant to
Speaker 1: the Packers, how important it was that turning the season,
Speaker 1: just remember all the players converging on Richard Rodgers on
Speaker 1: the field, who ended a career day eight catches, five yards.
Speaker 1: It was just one of the most joyous moments I
Speaker 1: think you're ever going to see on a football field. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was That was really you know, as you say,
Speaker 1: unbridled joy, just spontaneous celebration. You know, Mike McCarthy even
Speaker 1: talked about he was is wrapped up in the moment,
Speaker 1: but he's also looking around the field to make sure
Speaker 1: there are no flags down and make sure that it
Speaker 1: to make sure that it counted, you know, because because
Speaker 1: if it didn't, the Packers weren't going to get another
Speaker 1: chance with with no time on the clock, so just
Speaker 1: just a remarkable moment to remember. So that's a wrap
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