Speaker 1: You feel like you're in a playoff game in the
Speaker 1: divisional round, but yet also a long time ago at
Speaker 1: the same time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, it's been a pretty quick year. It feels
Speaker 2: like we were just in the playoffs and like we
Speaker 2: were just in Philly and all that. So it's gone fast.
Speaker 3: Have you ever met Jordan Love?
Speaker 4: How familiar are you with his game?
Speaker 2: I haven't met him. I know guys that have, and
Speaker 2: everyone respects him. I respect him obviously for what he's
Speaker 2: done and just the situation that he's been in, you know,
Speaker 2: playing behind Aaron for a number of years and and
Speaker 2: then coming in and you know, sort of proven to
Speaker 2: himself and everybody like who he is. So definitely respect
Speaker 2: his story and his game and everything and how he's
Speaker 2: handled himself.
Speaker 4: So yeah, do you feel different this.
Speaker 5: Year just having had playoff experience last year, having gone
Speaker 5: through it, and now having that under your belt going into.
Speaker 4: Your second time around.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I feel like it's a little different, you know,
Speaker 2: just last year, you know, still trying to find my
Speaker 2: way in a sense, you know, I got thrown towards
Speaker 2: the end of the year, and and so every single
Speaker 2: week I was, you know, still trying to play good
Speaker 2: and learn, you know, who I was as a quarterback
Speaker 2: and and obviously get more familiar with playing within the system.
Speaker 2: So those are all things that were sort of on
Speaker 2: my plate last year, and then obviously trying to win
Speaker 2: every single week and get this team to the to
Speaker 2: the end. And so now I guess this year just
Speaker 2: being more familiar with the offense, who I am and
Speaker 2: all that. It's it's a little different, but it's good
Speaker 2: to sort of, you know, watch the games from last
Speaker 2: year and sort of remember, you know, just the feeling
Speaker 2: and the emotions of you know, playing in a playoff game.
Speaker 4: It's it's good. It's you know, huge.
Speaker 2: For me as a quarterback to you know, go back
Speaker 2: to those moments and sort of remember what it feels like.
Speaker 2: So those are things that I'm sort of banking on. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I feel like, you know, the first game was a
Speaker 2: little bit tense, you know, just in terms of you know,
Speaker 2: every play mattered, you know, not trying to turn the
Speaker 2: ball over and but at the same time, you know,
Speaker 2: making plays still and winning and doing what it takes
Speaker 2: to win.
Speaker 4: So those were things I.
Speaker 2: Sort of had to learn, you know, and watching the
Speaker 2: film it's sort of, you know, you get back into
Speaker 2: that that feeling of last year and the first time
Speaker 2: in a playoff game, and so it's sort of good
Speaker 2: to remember those kinds of things moving forward, you know,
Speaker 2: sort of under understanding what to expect, you know, for
Speaker 2: the first playoff game this year.
Speaker 1: For me, at what point in the game on Sunday,
Speaker 1: did you kind of feel like, okay, we are going
Speaker 1: to be playing the Packers and.
Speaker 3: Start to wrap around that.
Speaker 4: I mean, you never know.
Speaker 2: You know, at the end, the Cowboys were making a
Speaker 2: push and so you never really know, but you know,
Speaker 2: after they got up and then the third quarter they
Speaker 2: were up pretty big, I was like, Okay, I think
Speaker 2: this is gonna probably be be the team. But like
Speaker 2: I said, you never know. When the Cowboys started to
Speaker 2: come back and I was all right, and so you're
Speaker 2: just watching and then you know, obviously the minute the
Speaker 2: clock said zero, it's like, all right, let's go.
Speaker 4: It's gonna be the Packers.
Speaker 2: So it was a it was a great game to watch,
Speaker 2: and you know, they came out ready to play against
Speaker 2: the Cowboys, and manned they they.
Speaker 4: Played really well.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I guess third quarter I started thinking we're
Speaker 2: gonna play the Packers.
Speaker 3: I watched tape of when the fort Nitors played in
Speaker 3: Lambeau a couple of years ago in the playoffs, And
Speaker 3: do you remember maybe watching it live?
Speaker 2: I guess when you're h Yeah, all I remember in
Speaker 2: that game in college was the end, like the block
Speaker 2: punt and all that kind of stuff. It was crazy,
Speaker 2: but and it just being really cold. But we've watched
Speaker 2: a couple of plays and stuff from that game and
Speaker 2: sort of just seeing the environment playoff football in Lambeau
Speaker 2: with the snow and all that. I mean, what a
Speaker 2: what a crazy game. So but yeah, just the history
Speaker 2: of these two organizations and the playoff games and stuff,
Speaker 2: it's pretty cool to to, you know, say that I
Speaker 2: get to play in the in that game now, So
Speaker 2: I'm excited for it.
Speaker 3: Kyle worked you pretty hard during the bye week. What
Speaker 3: was the process? What kinds of things did you guys
Speaker 3: work on. Did you feel like it was a productive.
Speaker 4: Use of your time? Yeah, it was a It was
Speaker 4: a great off week. Obviously.
Speaker 2: It wasn't like, you know, you're gonna have a bunch
Speaker 2: of days off to just go do whatever you want.
Speaker 4: Like it was.
Speaker 2: You know, we got we came in every day, got
Speaker 2: good work in so obviously getting after it with the
Speaker 2: playbook and and little fundamentals you know for myself that
Speaker 2: I need to get better at, you know that that
Speaker 2: have popped up on film and stuff throughout the year.
Speaker 2: So we just want to keep hammering away at those things.
Speaker 2: And then just getting in that you know, competitive nature
Speaker 2: with our defense. Obviously Fred across on the other side
Speaker 2: of the ball, and and competing and so we definitely
Speaker 2: got some good working and you know, Kyle and and
Speaker 2: Greasy and all those guys pushed us on offense, you know,
Speaker 2: throughout the week.
Speaker 4: So I thought it was a really productive week.
Speaker 1: Well discount to your no, discount to your scout team.
Speaker 1: But how much more do you get out of going
Speaker 1: up against the ones?
Speaker 4: Yeah, it's huge.
Speaker 2: Obviously they fly around, they're really disciplined with their drops
Speaker 2: and stuff. You got the crazy defensive line that we have,
Speaker 2: and and they're push in the pocket. So you put
Speaker 2: all those things together, man, it's it's really good work
Speaker 2: that you can get out of it. So and then
Speaker 2: obviously just the like I said, the competitive nature. You know,
Speaker 2: you feel your blood starts to pump a little bit
Speaker 2: when you're going against Dre and Fred and and both
Speaker 2: off the edge and the secondary that we have.
Speaker 4: So it's, uh, it's always fun.
Speaker 5: Like some of the you know, hype around that, you say,
Speaker 5: like specifically, does it affect your effect in the game
Speaker 5: and does that experience help you go into.
Speaker 2: This Yeah, I mean yeah, just it being a primetime game,
Speaker 2: Christmas Day and all that kind of stuff, and then
Speaker 2: you know, we sort of had two really good plays
Speaker 2: in the beginning of the game, and the stadium's feeling it,
Speaker 2: everybody's feeling good, and then boom, you make a mistake.
Speaker 2: So it gets something for me. It's huge to be
Speaker 2: able to get in that kind of moment and remember
Speaker 2: those kinds of things for as tough as they were
Speaker 2: and how bad as I felt after.
Speaker 4: Man's that kind of stuff.
Speaker 2: You know, it can help you if you're allowed to
Speaker 2: to go back, I can watch it on film and
Speaker 2: be real with yourself about those moments and what it
Speaker 2: takes to play quarterback at this level and be successful
Speaker 2: and play consistently and make the right decisions consistently. So
Speaker 2: those are all things that I took account from that
Speaker 2: game that I think I got better at. And honestly,
Speaker 2: we're gonna find out, you know, the playoffs coming up
Speaker 2: and in this game. So yeah, I thought I took
Speaker 2: some stuff away from it. But at the end the day,
Speaker 2: we're gonna find out on Sunday or Saturday touchdowns and.
Speaker 3: A way higher percentage on your first possession than any
Speaker 3: other percentage any other possession in the game.
Speaker 4: Kyle says he doesn't care one way or the other.
Speaker 4: He thinks they're all important.
Speaker 3: But do you feel any different in the first possession?
Speaker 3: I mean, why, how do you account for the fact that.
Speaker 1: You guys have been so good at scoring touchdowns for
Speaker 1: the first.
Speaker 3: Time you get the ball.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's a lot of things that go
Speaker 2: into that, but I mean I think at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, it's football.
Speaker 4: You know, it's a physical sport.
Speaker 2: So I mean we're all juiced up and ready to
Speaker 2: go for the first drive. And just our mindset with
Speaker 2: getting on a team, you know, pretty quickly and doing
Speaker 2: the little things right from the jump. That's a big
Speaker 2: emphasis that we have here. So that's something I think
Speaker 2: we've done well. And then obviously our scheme and stuff,
Speaker 2: the plays that we we know we're gonna call for
Speaker 2: the first drive, those are all things that you can
Speaker 2: prepare for and it helps you out as a player.
Speaker 2: So I think all those things added up together. That's
Speaker 2: why you've seen us, I think, have success early on.
Speaker 2: So we gotta I mean honestly, every drive matters, just
Speaker 2: like Kyle said, Man, so is that something that we
Speaker 2: got to go into the game. So we have to
Speaker 2: like every game is different. Obviously we won't score every
Speaker 2: time we touch the ball.
Speaker 4: But yeah, take.
Speaker 3: Away from your sit down with Steve Young and did
Speaker 3: you consider that informative or useful in any way?
Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought it was awesome.
Speaker 2: Obviously he was sort of you know, asking me some
Speaker 2: questions and stuff about you know, my process, how I
Speaker 2: think and all that. But you know, he had some
Speaker 2: really good just ideas and things that he said, and
Speaker 2: and good perspectives on just the game in general. And
Speaker 2: so you can tell obviously he was successful just by
Speaker 2: the way he thinks and and uh, how he views
Speaker 2: life and stuff. I think all of that put into
Speaker 2: one man. That's the reason why he is the way
Speaker 2: he is. And so to be able to sit down
Speaker 2: with him was very honored. And yeah, I thought it
Speaker 2: was pretty cool that he was asking some really good questions,
Speaker 2: not just the generic stuff.
Speaker 4: So and then after getting.
Speaker 2: To be able to talk to him and and uh
Speaker 2: just talk about ball and everything, and the fact that
Speaker 2: he has my back and supports me and what I'm
Speaker 2: doing is pretty cool too.
Speaker 4: So sweet.
Speaker 2: How much taller are am I taller? I don't even know.
Speaker 2: Maybe an inch, I hope.
Speaker 3: So, I don't know, what are your thoughts on your
Speaker 3: younger brother as he's still coming.
Speaker 2: To Yeah, I mean, obviously there was a lot of
Speaker 2: the whole coaching turnover thing that just happened with you know,
Speaker 2: the head coach going to Arizona. So he's gonna, you know,
Speaker 2: sort of just I don't know, he's feeling it out
Speaker 2: still and he's got some decisions to make and I'm
Speaker 2: really excited for him and happy for him either way.
Speaker 2: So but yeah, if you can be in the Bay,
Speaker 2: that'd be pretty sweet, am my brother here.
Speaker 5: Green Bay's deepense had a couple of interceptions against Dallas.
Speaker 4: They didn't really have too many in the regular season.
Speaker 3: Did they show anything differently and how they played Dallas
Speaker 3: or maybe more aggressively? What did you see in that department?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think there were just some really
Speaker 2: good plays made by their dbs, you know, Jy R.
Speaker 2: Alexander with his ball and steaks on on his one interception,
Speaker 2: and then number twenty six Savage coming down and making
Speaker 2: a good read on Dak and jumping a slant. I think,
Speaker 2: you know, I don't, I don't want to, you know,
Speaker 2: say anything on their behalf, but I mean it looks
Speaker 2: like it's playoff football.
Speaker 5: Man.
Speaker 2: They're they're aggressive in what they're doing, and when they
Speaker 2: see an opportunity, they're willing to, like I said, be
Speaker 2: aggressive and take it. So those are all things I
Speaker 2: think we have to take account and for myself, you know,
Speaker 2: obviously with the ball in my hands every play. So
Speaker 2: they're guys that can make plays and I have to
Speaker 2: understand that. So it's gonna be a really good challenge
Speaker 2: getting out eighteen.
Speaker 1: How excited or how much are you pitching to just
Speaker 1: actually get back out.
Speaker 2: There and to get in Actually yeah, I mean it
Speaker 2: was weird, you know, seeing the whole team and all
Speaker 2: my guys, you know, just out warming up for the
Speaker 2: game and stuff, and I was like, man, I wish,
Speaker 2: you know, I was able to do it with them
Speaker 2: and stuff. So I'm glad honestly that we were able
Speaker 2: to get through that and and I was able to
Speaker 2: practice with them this week and I'm playing this week,
Speaker 2: so I'm really excited about that. But definitely was an
Speaker 2: itch for sure, but at the same time, being able
Speaker 2: to see the other guys get opportunities go in and
Speaker 2: play it was huge and and watched them play it.
Speaker 4: Was it was sweet.
Speaker 2: So but definitely ready for for this one.
Speaker 5: We will have animated sideline conversations. I mean, not like
Speaker 5: screaming at each other or anything, but you know, it
Speaker 5: gets tense and tight. Figure out what do they get
Speaker 5: I don't know, heated word, but exchanges like during the.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean at the end of the day, we
Speaker 2: want to win and we're competitors at heart. He played
Speaker 2: this position, he played it well, and so he gets it.
Speaker 2: And you know, we're obviously very hard on ourselves at
Speaker 2: the quarterback position, and we have a standard that we
Speaker 2: have here and whenever I'm not playing at a level
Speaker 2: that I should be, he's the first to tell me,
Speaker 2: which I love. And uh, you know, as a quarterback,
Speaker 2: I want a coach who's real and and holds a
Speaker 2: standard and doesn't allow any you know, room for air
Speaker 2: and doesn't have any slack on us. Like if that
Speaker 2: were the case, man, I don't think i'd be playing
Speaker 2: good football, you know, I wouldn't be able to play
Speaker 2: at my full potential. And he helps me get to
Speaker 2: that and and centers me back on the mindset that
Speaker 2: we need to have. And honestly, he lights a fire
Speaker 2: you know in me throughout the game too, and reminds
Speaker 2: me of you know, the competitive uh nature that we
Speaker 2: need to have even though we're quarterbacks and stuff, like,
Speaker 2: we're the guys that can bring the juice to the offense.
Speaker 2: And so he's, uh, he's done that a lot throughout
Speaker 2: the year, and I respect that a lot from him.
Speaker 2: So anytime there's some animation on the sideline between us,
Speaker 2: it's I think a good thing too.
Speaker 1: So did you and Christian lean on each other? It
Speaker 1: seemed like you both had that mentality of like really
Speaker 1: really wanting to play, but you knew that you couldn't.
Speaker 2: I mean, did you guys leave on each other during
Speaker 2: that from a week eighteen or some up?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I mean we yeah, yeah, I mean I think you know,
Speaker 2: we we had talked about it throughout the week and stuff,
Speaker 2: and obviously we understand what our end what the end
Speaker 2: goal is and the big picture of things, and so
Speaker 2: for him, obviously getting his body healthy and right, and
Speaker 2: then obviously keeping me healthy.
Speaker 4: Going into playoffs as well was huge.
Speaker 2: So those are things we both understood, and we both
Speaker 2: hammered away at, you know, the little things throughout the week.
Speaker 2: Obviously he came back looking great, you know, at practice
Speaker 2: and stuff. So but that's that's a professional right there.
Speaker 2: You know, you understand what we're trying to do. Obviously,
Speaker 2: we understood we had the first seed locked up, and
Speaker 2: and to go out and play for our team was
Speaker 2: awesome every every opportunity we get. But at the same time,
Speaker 2: we both understand that we have to be healthy, you know,
Speaker 2: going into playoffs, and so having his advice and help
Speaker 2: throughout that time was he and but we're both excited
Speaker 2: to obviously get through that and be healthy for this game.
Speaker 4: So we're excited for the opportunity. Thanks guys,