WEBVTT - #358 Packers Unscripted: Victory Monday 0:00:00.800 --> 0:00:20.160 Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 0:00:20.239 --> 0:00:23.640 I am Mike Spofford, joined alongside by my trust to 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:26.160 colleague West Hodkuwitz. We're coming to you here from our 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:29.240 studios at lambeau Field on a victory Monday. West. The 0:00:29.280 --> 0:00:33.199 Packers beat the Miami Dolphins one to twelve on Sunday 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.680 afternoon at lambeau Field. A lot of things to touch 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:38.519 on with regards to this game, but we might as 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:42.000 well start with running back Aaron Jones. Boy what a day. 0:00:42.120 --> 0:00:45.680 Hundred forty five rushing yards, two touchdowns, career highs for 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:49.800 him and both of those categories. He was the playmaker 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.600 for the Packers offense on Sunday afternoon. He was Mike, 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:54.640 and I go back to something that you and I 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:58.200 talked about last week. He stepped out right in front 0:00:58.240 --> 0:01:00.440 of that fumble against the Patriots. He's said, you know what, 0:01:00.480 --> 0:01:02.279 I'm gonna learn from this. I'm gonna correct it, I'm 0:01:02.320 --> 0:01:04.800 gonna be better. I am happy to be here. The 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.320 Packers showed a lot of confidence in him, feeding them 0:01:07.400 --> 0:01:08.760 him the ball the way he did. He got the 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.200 ball back to back series. I gotta be honest with you, Mike, 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.160 maybe you can correct me here. I can't remember another 0:01:13.200 --> 0:01:16.200 time in which the Packers have gone with Jones two 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:18.800 straight series to start off a ball game. That first, 0:01:18.840 --> 0:01:20.720 when he comes out right out of the gate, he 0:01:20.840 --> 0:01:23.000 does drop a pass on the first play. Yeah, what 0:01:23.040 --> 0:01:25.280 a way to start your career day, right, you dropped 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.280 dropped the quick pass in the flat and but didn't 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:30.600 slow him down. Two carries for twenty seven yards to 0:01:30.760 --> 0:01:34.319 catches for twenty seven yards fifty four total on that series, 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.800 ends up producing a touchdown, and then comes back on 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:40.800 the second series a sixty seven yard run down the field, 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.039 a career long for him. Two plays later gets into 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:46.200 the end zone and just like that, Aaron Jones was 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:48.440 often running. It was funny getting a chance to talk 0:01:48.480 --> 0:01:51.960 to him afterwards. He is the Salute to Service nominee 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:55.160 for the Green Bay Packers. His parents, both Army veterans, 0:01:55.480 --> 0:01:59.280 had fifty six combined years of service between them. They 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.600 have since retire They've been going to every single one 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:03.920 of his games home in a way this season did 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:05.960 the same thing last year, regardless of whether or not 0:02:06.000 --> 0:02:09.320 he was injured, they still went. They were in attendance 0:02:09.320 --> 0:02:12.680 in lambeau Field for his first two touchdown game, and 0:02:12.760 --> 0:02:14.919 he gave those two balls to his parents. A pretty 0:02:15.000 --> 0:02:18.840 special day for Aaron Jones. Yeah, hundred and seventy two 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:21.320 yards from scrimmage, I believe if I did the math 0:02:21.440 --> 0:02:24.400 right on adding the rushing and the receiving yards. What 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:28.400 I like the most about his game west. Obviously the 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:30.960 sixty seven yard run jumps out, But you take away 0:02:31.040 --> 0:02:34.120 the sixty seven yard run, he still averaged over six 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:38.360 yards a carry on his other fourteen carries because um 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.840 six carries total out of his fifteen for ten yards 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.440 or more. He was gashing the Miami Dolphins. We talked 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.359 about it last week going into the game. The Dolphins 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:50.080 were not very good against the run and the Packers 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.520 were going to have to take advantage of that. And 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:56.080 they did because Aaron Jones set the tone, as you said, 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.720 right from the first couple of possessions, that the Packers 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:02.320 were going to control the Linus Grimmage offensively. Give credit 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:06.200 to Green based offensive line because as explosive as Jones 0:03:06.320 --> 0:03:09.120 is and as elusive as he is, he also had 0:03:09.160 --> 0:03:11.600 some awfully nice holes to run through. He really did. 0:03:11.639 --> 0:03:13.920 And this is what it was interesting about this matchup 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:15.840 for me. Byron Bell was talking about this in the 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:19.200 locker room afterwards. Bell felt like he needed to play better. 0:03:19.560 --> 0:03:21.600 I know the members that offensive line felt like they 0:03:21.639 --> 0:03:23.600 need to play better. Coming out of the Patriots game, 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.200 Aaron Jones felt like he needed to play better, and 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:29.760 it seemed like everything was in sync and everybody stepped 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:33.200 up when they needed to. Jones was every time he 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.640 got a compliment in his post game media scrum, he 0:03:36.760 --> 0:03:40.880 kept deflecting all the praise to the offensive line for 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.240 the holes that were open for him. But here's the 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:46.160 thing that makes this kid special. He had some great 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.600 holes to work with, but his ability once he gets 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:52.160 into space at the second level is on parallel. In 0:03:52.200 --> 0:03:54.960 the third quarter, Mike, of that game, right after he 0:03:55.160 --> 0:03:56.440 came back, and I believe it was the back to 0:03:56.520 --> 0:03:59.240 back runs for twenty two yards and he had the 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:02.040 touchdown twelve yards and ten yards for for the to 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.800 finish off that touchdown drive. Honest to God, question, Mike, 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:06.720 I want to answer. If you can give an answer, 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:08.720 give it to me. If not, throw it back at me. 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:12.360 But I was sitting there thinking, when was the last 0:04:12.360 --> 0:04:15.680 time the Packers drafted a player a running back that 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.600 was that explosive Eddie Lacey was a great back, James 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:21.000 Starks was a great back. I'm on Green was a 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:23.719 good back but was traded for I was trying to 0:04:23.800 --> 0:04:28.279 think of somebody like him. It's and I'm not big 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.240 on hyperbole, you know, I bring that up every once 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:33.120 in a a while, but like, they haven't had anybody like 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:36.400 him that they've drafted, specifically in the fifth round that 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.520 has this been this kind of spark plug for this offense. Yeah, 0:04:39.560 --> 0:04:42.040 I was thinking as I was watching the game yesterday, 0:04:42.080 --> 0:04:43.880 the thought that went through my mind is the last 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:47.000 time I can remember seeing a Packers running back who 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:52.240 was this combination of explosive and shifty and elusive with 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.640 the ball in his hands. Aman Green was who came 0:04:54.680 --> 0:04:57.440 to mind. Obviously, the Packers traded for Green, they didn't 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.440 draft him. So to your question, when was the last 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:02.719 time the pack was drafted a running back with this 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:05.440 type of skill set and and to be able to 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:08.080 show it the way he has. Boy, Yeah, You've You've 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:11.200 kind of got me stumped, quite frankly, because because human 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.359 Green obviously the all time leading rushier in in the 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:18.560 history of this franchise, but he reminds me of him 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.560 in a lot of ways. He's smaller than green not 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:25.320 as powerful necessarily, but just the just the shiftiness and elusiveness, 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:28.919 but also that first step to hit the hole so quickly. 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.280 I've never seen running back in my time in Green 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:35.839 Bay have the quickness with his first two steps in 0:05:35.920 --> 0:05:38.600 the power that Aaron Jones could run with. Rob Dmowski 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:41.240 from ESPN dot Com had a stat that he brought 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:43.520 up to Jones in the locker room afterwards, the next 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:47.240 gen stat that ESPN does, Uh, And he said to him, 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.600 I believe it was somewhere around twenty one miles per 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:52.440 hour is what he the force that he got through 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.400 the hole on with that sixty seven yard run that 0:05:55.440 --> 0:05:57.520 he had. Now, mind you, he didn't keep that up 0:05:57.560 --> 0:05:59.320 the entire time. He ended up getting taken down at 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:04.039 the four. But his short area quickness is incredible. And 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.440 for this offense. You also look at this game, Mike, 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:09.400 they had Davante Adams have two more touchdowns. He has 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.240 twelve now over the last eleven games that he's played in. 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.440 Aaron Rodgers made the throws when he needed to make them. Uh. 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.880 This offense still I don't. Corey Linsley talked about it afterwards. 0:06:19.880 --> 0:06:21.840 They aren't still where they want to be in terms 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.960 of the overall consistency. They got off to a fast start. 0:06:24.960 --> 0:06:27.560 They want to maintain that more. But what impressed me 0:06:27.600 --> 0:06:30.640 about this performances they started fast and they finished fast. 0:06:31.080 --> 0:06:33.320 They did the two things that this offense had been 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.520 struggling to do, get out of the gates and close it. Yeah, 0:06:36.560 --> 0:06:39.000 there was some stuff in the middle, but they did 0:06:39.040 --> 0:06:41.000 the three things that you and I discussed last week. 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.760 They protected the football, they took it away, and Aaron 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:46.839 Jones had a career day. If they can keep that going, 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.000 much like Eddie Lacey in two thousand thirteen and in 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:52.480 different intervals where they've gotten those type of performances out 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.560 of running backs, that's how you build a foundation, and 0:06:55.640 --> 0:06:57.800 that ultimately is how you find your consistent one to 0:06:57.960 --> 0:07:01.279 punch with the offense run and past. Yeah, this game 0:07:01.440 --> 0:07:05.080 was a story of the value of the explosive play, 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:07.440 because you mentioned the Packers went through a bit of 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:09.520 a lull in the middle of the game. They were 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.520 in some short yardage situations offensively in the second quarter, 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.360 some second and two is third and ones, weren't able 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.720 to convert even a fourth and two. They went for 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:20.920 it near midfield didn't get it. Some short yardage failures 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.760 were bogging down the offense. But I tell you what 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:27.760 that in the third quarter, third and short, the play 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:31.640 action passed to Marcedes Lewis, nobody's covering him. Thirty yard, 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.720 big explosive play, thirty yards down the field, a third 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:37.680 down conversion, and an explosive play on top of it. 0:07:37.680 --> 0:07:41.480 It's like it totally jump started the offense again. Then 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:44.920 Aaron Jones finishes that drive with a touchdown. Bashot Brelan 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:48.679 gets the interception, the Packers get another touchdown. I really 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:51.880 thought the thirty yard catch and run by Marcedes Lewis, 0:07:51.920 --> 0:07:54.440 when the Dolphins quite frankly, just forgot about him and 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.320 left him all alone. I thought that was really the 0:07:57.320 --> 0:08:00.560 the turning point of the game because because the Dolphins 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:02.440 had worked their way back into it with their field goal. 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.360 I tweeted this during the game too, and Marcedes Lewis 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:08.520 talked about it throughout the summer about don't sleep on him. Yes, 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:10.880 I'm a blocking tight end, but if you go back 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.040 and look at some of his explosive plays the last 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:16.360 few years, last two years with Jacksonville, they were basically 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.400 off of defense. Is just not quite taken in him 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.240 into account and he slides out. That was sort of 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:25.240 the look, sort of the rope adope you keep them, 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:29.040 you know, Okay, it's a running play. They're gonna run 0:08:29.040 --> 0:08:31.080 the ball. They're gonna run the ball. He leaks out, 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.199 and I swear, Mike, we're taping this now on Monday morning. 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:37.400 Marcedes Lewis might still be open on that play. I mean, 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:40.440 it was incredible how much green space there was. And 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:42.760 then right after that they feed Aaron Jones twice they 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:44.480 get back in the end zone. Right from that point 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:47.840 it was pretty much afford on conclusion. The the underlying 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:51.400 storyline to this game to me was that it wasn't 0:08:51.960 --> 0:08:55.280 Davante Adams had a great game. Again, Aaron Rodgers made plays, 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.480 but it was really the young sung heroes in the 0:08:58.559 --> 0:09:02.160 depth offense defense into some extent special teams with Raven 0:09:02.200 --> 0:09:04.800 Green having the twenty six yard gain off the direct 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.400 snap on the fake punt. Yeah, it was the guys 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:11.880 that aren't necessarily on the marquee that made the difference 0:09:11.880 --> 0:09:13.640 for the Packers in this game. Getting those type of 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.360 performances across the board, that's how you win, that's how 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.040 you're able to keep defenses and offenses, you know, on 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.240 their heels a little bit because you can't cue, you know, 0:09:21.320 --> 0:09:24.160 kind of just zoom in on one guy. Packers did 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:25.800 it in this game against the Dolphins. They finally picked 0:09:25.840 --> 0:09:28.000 up a win they desperately needed. Yeah. Well, and we're 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.520 gonna be following the story of some of these unsung 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:33.319 heroes that you talked about, because on the short week here, 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.960 the Packers have some injuries they're dealing with. And we'll 0:09:36.000 --> 0:09:40.200 find out later today tomorrow as this short week goes along, 0:09:40.640 --> 0:09:43.680 just where the Packers are healthwise, but quickly, what's the 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.080 Green Bay Packers get ready for game day with the 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:51.480 powerful noise canceling technology of Bo's Quiet Comfort thirty five headphones. 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:56.040 To learn more at www dot bos dot com. Slash 0:09:56.040 --> 0:10:01.000 Packers Bows the official headphones of the Green Bay Packers. Okay, 0:10:01.280 --> 0:10:03.719 if you want to look at one statistic aside from 0:10:03.720 --> 0:10:06.040 Aaron Jones numbers as the star of the game, if 0:10:06.040 --> 0:10:08.240 you want to look at one statistic that decided this 0:10:08.280 --> 0:10:11.280 game west, it is the red zone. Packers were four 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:14.400 for four, the Dolphins were oh for three. That really, 0:10:14.480 --> 0:10:17.360 in essence was the ballgame. The Packers were finishing drives. 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:21.600 The Dolphins were not it started, Dolphins were taking it 0:10:21.720 --> 0:10:23.920 right down the field. Packers catch a break on that 0:10:24.040 --> 0:10:26.760 opening drive. Dolphins have first down in the red zone 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:29.880 at the fourteen yard line. The shotgun snap flies right 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:33.400 past brock Oswiler's shoulder. He can't recover it. Reggie Gilbert 0:10:33.400 --> 0:10:36.000 falls on a Packers get a big turnover, just a 0:10:36.000 --> 0:10:39.800 gift wrap one there. But after that, give credit to 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:44.120 the Packers defense because three times they were put in 0:10:44.240 --> 0:10:48.520 some really really difficult field position situations. There was the 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.200 fumble by Trumon Williams on the punk return. There was 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:53.880 the failed fourth down at midfield. There was the block 0:10:53.960 --> 0:10:57.280 punt early in the third quarter. Dolphins had great field 0:10:57.320 --> 0:11:01.360 position after all three of those, and all three times 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.880 the Packers defense rose up, got the stop and made 0:11:03.960 --> 0:11:06.520 them kick a field goal. And the Dolphins didn't find 0:11:06.559 --> 0:11:08.920 the end zone all day long. So here's the thing. 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.720 We're not going to talk to Mike Petton, uh with 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.480 the way the schedule lines out in a short week 0:11:13.559 --> 0:11:15.840 before the Seattle game. So I mean, in terms of 0:11:15.880 --> 0:11:18.679 what the overall plan was left to wait and see. 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:22.280 But for my money, Mike, this might Mike Petton the 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.959 stretch that he's been on here with these defensive game 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:29.160 plans is pretty impressive. The Packers went into this game 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.880 without Kevin King, So what does that mean. That means 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.360 that you have Josh Jackson starting in the boundary or 0:11:34.400 --> 0:11:36.120 so you thought, Well, then it ends up being Jaire 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.600 Alexander and you have Bishod bril in work in the 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:41.240 slot a little bit. You have Josh Jackson moving all 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:44.080 those guys around. Well, then you have Kentroll, Bryce goes out, 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:46.880 Raven Green comes into the ball game, and then you 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.160 had Bishod Brilan go out with a groin injury. Tony 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.199 Brown comes in the ball game, Truman Williams is suddenly 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.960 playing the slot. They had to do so much mixing 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:58.720 and mashing, and yet they finished really strong. They we 0:11:58.760 --> 0:12:00.440 look at the sacks down the stretch uch that they 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.120 had to put this game away. You look at the 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.120 opportunities that they were able to execute on early on. 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.320 What was the last thing I said on our pregame periscope. 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:10.880 They needed to take the football away. That was what 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:12.640 was missing in New England and what was missing in 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:16.319 Los Angeles. Yes, they got a gift wrap with Gilbert, 0:12:16.640 --> 0:12:18.680 but those are the plays that make the difference in 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:20.800 ball games. And you could just see the momentum turn 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:23.760 in that instant. And it also took the Miami Dolphins 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.000 out of their no huddle for a bit. They stopped 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.240 going up tempo. After that, they started to slow things down. 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:31.960 The Packers controlled it from there. But what considering they 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:33.960 were basically out of their dime package at the end 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:36.040 of the game because of the injuries the secondary. What 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:39.240 Mike Penton was able to do in pressuring Oswilers, getting 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.800 six sacks nine quarterback hits, I mean, you got to 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:43.560 tip your cap to them because they did it without 0:12:43.640 --> 0:12:46.160 a lot of the main people that in week one. 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:48.120 I think you and I were thinking, we're going to 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:50.760 be the real hallmarks of this defense. Yeah, and we 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:54.120 saw unfortunately Nick Perry go down with a knee injury. 0:12:54.480 --> 0:12:56.920 We haven't received an update on him just yet, but 0:12:57.240 --> 0:12:59.679 some of these injuries now the Packers trying to sort 0:12:59.720 --> 0:13:02.679 through to see who might be available. Thursday night in Seattle, Breland, 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.080 who had the big interception, he left the game in 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.440 the second half with a groin injury. Jayear Alexander was 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.160 being evaluated for a concussion, though he did speak to 0:13:12.200 --> 0:13:15.080 reporters after the game, so hopefully that's a good sign 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.319 that he's actually not in the protocol. Normally, if you're 0:13:18.320 --> 0:13:20.920 in the protocol, you're off limits to the media, So 0:13:21.040 --> 0:13:23.720 we'll take that as a positive sign for now. Um, 0:13:23.760 --> 0:13:26.000 you mentioned Ken Troll Bryce going down with the ankle 0:13:26.040 --> 0:13:28.720 injury looks like the same ankle that he had the 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:30.839 surgery on in the off season and that he had 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.200 re injured in training camp but came back in a 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.040 couple of weeks from that. But but again, we're on 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:38.320 a real short week here with the with the trip 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:42.040 to Seattle, so you said it, West, Raven Green, Tony Brown, whoever, 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.959 Tremont Williams moving around, playing different spots. Whatever it takes here, 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:48.040 the Packers and Mike Petton have to put it together 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.560 and they have to do it quickly because because, let's 0:13:51.600 --> 0:13:54.920 face it, the Seattle Seahawks, they lost to the Rams yesterday, 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.600 they are four and five. This game is just as 0:13:57.600 --> 0:13:59.719 important for them as it is for the Packers. To 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:03.120 teams in the NFC on the fringes of the playoff 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:06.760 race trying to you know, kind of one one team 0:14:06.760 --> 0:14:09.360 trying to knock the other one out in a sense, absolutely, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.600 and the one, uh like underrated aspect too. I think 0:14:12.600 --> 0:14:16.520 of that game with with Um you know on Sunday 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.120 against the Dolphins, was the fact that I think you 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:20.280 got to tip your cap two to Josh Jones. And 0:14:20.320 --> 0:14:22.120 at the time I we were talking, I haven't had 0:14:22.160 --> 0:14:24.560 a chance to rewatch the game, but to my naked eye, 0:14:24.640 --> 0:14:27.080 it was pretty impressive what Josh Jones did because they 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.920 still did run a lot of that dime look where 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.920 you had him in the box with Blake Martinez, he 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:36.160 had to play back safety. When Raven Green comes into 0:14:36.160 --> 0:14:38.520 the game, well then suddenly it's Green and then ends 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:40.800 up being Jones in some instances when Tremon has to 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.880 go back down to the slot. They've needed those secondary 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.440 guys that haven't played at all really until the last 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.240 two weeks to step up. Jones did that. Raven Green 0:14:49.320 --> 0:14:52.800 did that getting the sack to on a cover zero 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.840 look in which Petton teased eight guys at the line 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:57.960 of scrimmage and he said, you know what, sent the house. 0:14:58.120 --> 0:15:00.520 Let's send them all. Let's see what happens in all 0:15:00.560 --> 0:15:02.560 three of the cornerbacks that was on a third down 0:15:02.840 --> 0:15:05.040 got got the got the stop and knocked them out 0:15:05.040 --> 0:15:07.320 of field position. Out of field goal position as well. So, 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:09.320 I mean, it's just it's those type of things that 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.880 Peton showed a lot of confidence and guys that have 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.520 not really been on the field much, and you have 0:15:14.600 --> 0:15:16.160 to do that over the course of season. That's how 0:15:16.160 --> 0:15:17.800 you get to where you want to be. To your 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:19.720 other point, though, we're gonna have to see what this 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.000 injury situation looks like for the Packers. You know, if 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:24.080 if Perry's down, they're gonna need more sacks out of 0:15:24.160 --> 0:15:27.040 Kyler Facral now tied with Kenny Clark for the team 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:30.200 lead with five. It appears like Blake Martinez got out 0:15:30.240 --> 0:15:32.200 okay with the the ankle issue that he had from 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.800 last week. Antonio Morrison ended up having to play a 0:15:34.800 --> 0:15:37.520 lot down the stretch again due to the injuries at secondary. 0:15:37.840 --> 0:15:39.520 Those are the type of things that are going to 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:41.520 happen when you get into Week eleven now and on 0:15:41.600 --> 0:15:43.960 a short week, and they're gonna need to be able 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:46.200 to keep that up in a real hostile environment now 0:15:46.200 --> 0:15:49.080 in Seattle on Thursday. All right, Well, before I forget 0:15:49.080 --> 0:15:51.320 here west at Homer, here in the stands, we all 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.360 know that Green Bay fans give it their all and 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.800 that takes a lot of energy, So grab a warm 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.520 bowl of Campbell's Chunky Soup. It's meaty goodness fuels the 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:01.040 greatness of Packers fans every where. I tried the delicious 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:04.880 classic chicken noodle soup. Just visit your local supermarket and 0:16:04.920 --> 0:16:08.280 ask for Campbell's Chunky Sup Official SUP partner of the 0:16:08.280 --> 0:16:10.680 Green Bay Packers. A couple of other stats I wanted 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:13.200 to hit on. You mentioned one of them, Kyler Facral 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:15.400 and Kenny Clark now leading the team tied for the 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.960 team lead with five sacks at piece. They each get 0:16:18.240 --> 0:16:22.000 a sack on what was a six sack day. We 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:26.400 also saw Raven Green Montravius Adams both get their first 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:31.320 NFL sacks in this game. And Davante Adams not a 0:16:31.440 --> 0:16:33.840 huge game in terms of the catchers in the yards, 0:16:33.880 --> 0:16:36.920 but two touchdowns He's got nine on the season. Here 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:40.160 was he's He's leading the Packers one of the league leaders. 0:16:40.200 --> 0:16:45.160 I didn't see exactly with what happened yesterday where Antonio 0:16:45.240 --> 0:16:48.080 Brown is still ahead of him, but but Davante Adams 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.880 here on the verge of his third consecutive double digit 0:16:52.120 --> 0:16:57.640 touchdown season. If I'm not mistaken, right, um so I 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:02.960 tell you what the the way the way some things 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.199 came together for the Packers yesterday. I know there's some 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:10.760 health issues, there were some miscuse on special teams that 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:13.679 obviously are concerning, But the Packers played the kind of 0:17:13.760 --> 0:17:18.120 game they needed to play. They started out fast, they 0:17:18.160 --> 0:17:22.200 finished it strong. Now it's it's just hey, it's onto 0:17:22.240 --> 0:17:24.359 Seattle and you roll the dice in a place that 0:17:24.400 --> 0:17:27.600 hasn't been kind to you. But but the Seattle Seahawks 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:32.439 they lost their last home game there too, to the Chargers. Packers. This, 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:34.800 this is the opportunity they've needed. They need to go 0:17:34.840 --> 0:17:36.960 to Seattle and get this. I hate throwing out the 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:40.000 eye word identity. I think it's an overused term and 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.080 media and I've been guilty of myself over the years, 0:17:43.520 --> 0:17:44.960 and I'm gonna be guilty of it right now because 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.399 I'm gonna say this. I feel like on both sides 0:17:47.400 --> 0:17:50.080 of the ball, they not that they found identities, but 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.760 I think it was really well established what the identity was. 0:17:53.440 --> 0:17:56.400 Corey Lindsley and Environ Bell talking to them after the game, 0:17:56.440 --> 0:18:00.560 they both mentioned what that our first see he's did 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.960 establishing Aaron Jones out of the backfield and not allowing 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:06.720 the Dolphins have pin their ears back. How that made 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:09.880 things easier on the past game. That's something to build on. 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:13.600 You look defensively, Mike, I know, it's really fun when 0:18:13.600 --> 0:18:15.800 you have a guy that has twenty sacks in a 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:18.920 season or fifteen sacks in the season. It doesn't look 0:18:18.960 --> 0:18:20.880 like that's what this defense is going to be though 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:23.880 they're gonna end up getting. You know, however, many sacks 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:26.280 are gonna get out of Kenny Clark, which is somewhat 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:29.760 peculiar for his position. They're gonna get a number of 0:18:29.760 --> 0:18:31.600 different guys at edge rusher. You're gonna have a guy 0:18:31.680 --> 0:18:33.840 like Blake Martinez with four plus now at this point 0:18:33.880 --> 0:18:36.680 of the year, Mike Penton is making those pieces work, 0:18:36.880 --> 0:18:39.399 whatever those pieces are, on a weekly basis. They're a 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:41.920 top ten defense again right now after that game, moving 0:18:41.960 --> 0:18:44.760 up six spots. This is what they need to do 0:18:44.800 --> 0:18:47.560 again on Sunday night. I said to you last week, 0:18:47.600 --> 0:18:50.119 and you wrote about it in your editorial. This is 0:18:50.160 --> 0:18:52.480 a huge opportunity. You can look at everything that happened 0:18:52.480 --> 0:18:54.919 against New England in l A and you can be 0:18:55.040 --> 0:18:57.520 labor it and you can talk about what went wrong whatever, 0:18:57.920 --> 0:18:59.520 But the fact of The matter is, you have two 0:18:59.520 --> 0:19:02.359 games in a span of five days that is a 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:06.639 season defining stretch. You pick up those two wins, things 0:19:06.680 --> 0:19:09.000 starting suddenly start to look a little different for you 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:11.680 now going into this final stretch and seeing what December 0:19:11.720 --> 0:19:13.879 is gonna look like. Right now, for the Packers, this 0:19:13.960 --> 0:19:16.040 is a big opportunity. Now in Seattle, you took care 0:19:16.080 --> 0:19:18.640 of the first half of business. Now it's a second Yeah, 0:19:18.720 --> 0:19:21.600 Packers have a chance to get back above five for 0:19:21.640 --> 0:19:24.760 the first time since the victory over San Francisco right 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.600 before the bye. Packers four four in one. Right now, 0:19:27.920 --> 0:19:30.479 you get this one against Seattle. I know what easier 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:32.560 said than done, but you get this one against Seattle, 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.800