1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:10,399 Speaker 1: Hi everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers unscripted from 2 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: packers DOT COM. I am Mike Spofford. Heat is the 3 00:00:13,480 --> 00:00:16,040 Speaker 1: one and only wes Hodkowitz. Were coming to hear from 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: our studios at lambeo Field West on Sunday night, the 5 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: packers evened up their record at one on one with 6 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 1: a twenty seven to ten triumph in prime time over 7 00:00:26,560 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: the Chicago bears at Lambeau field. We'll try to parse 8 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: this one out. Offense, defense, special teams, but I'll let 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:34,279 Speaker 1: you choose. Like where do you where do you want 10 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 1: to start? What do you think was the was the 11 00:00:36,360 --> 00:00:38,919 Speaker 1: key to victory here for Green Bay, doing exactly what 12 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,240 Speaker 1: they needed to do against a team that, I think, 13 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 1: on paper, everybody agreed they were superior to. A little 14 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: bit of a rough start coming out of the gate, 15 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: no question about that, on both sides of the ball, 16 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,400 Speaker 1: trying to find their early rhythm, but man oh man, 17 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:53,880 Speaker 1: once you've got Aaron Jones and a j dillon going 18 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: in the Backfield, that the constant emphasis of that all 19 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,280 Speaker 1: week long. The bears, knowing that they're going to see 20 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: a lot of those low and they couldn't do a 21 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,960 Speaker 1: gosh darn thing about it. Aaron Jones ran open free 22 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: and was just overly dominant. When you look at you know, 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,679 Speaker 1: eight point eight yards per carry, hundred and thirty two 24 00:01:13,720 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: rushing yards and just fifteen carries. I mean he was 25 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,240 Speaker 1: the guy that powered this thing, that gave them that 26 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 1: jolt that they were looking for and for the defense 27 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: to come back after giving up a touchdown on the 28 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: first series, to force four consecutive three three and oes. 29 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: I just felt like, in terms of the whole gamut 30 00:01:32,640 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 1: of things, Aaron Rodgers talked about need to play better, 31 00:01:34,680 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur talked about need to play better. That second quarter, though, 32 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: was as good as it gets. I mean that's exactly 33 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:42,840 Speaker 1: was what the packers are looking for and it's the 34 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: reason why they won this football game. Yeah, it was 35 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: absolutely dominant football for a pretty extended stretch of this 36 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:52,040 Speaker 1: football game on the part of the packers. The final 37 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: numbers with regard to the two running backs, Jones and dillon, 38 00:01:55,360 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: thirty seven touches combining UH carries and receptions. Two hundred 39 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: and thirty seven yards between the rushing and the receiving yards. 40 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 1: And we were talking about it in the press box 41 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 1: west you know, we for those who don't know, West 42 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,960 Speaker 1: and I actually sit next to each other much like 43 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: this in the press box, games even closer than this. Yeah, 44 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 1: and Um Jones ability to make tacklers miss was on 45 00:02:24,040 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 1: full display. I've seen the numbers anywhere from like twelve 46 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,359 Speaker 1: miss tackles to fourteen miss tackles on the part of 47 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,480 Speaker 1: the bears just against Aaron Jones in this game. The 48 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 1: the quickness of his feet, the elusiveness, and yet he's 49 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,560 Speaker 1: got he's not just a scat back right. I mean 50 00:02:43,600 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 1: he's he's got power, he's not easy to bring down 51 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: and and I just think what you saw on Sunday 52 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:55,560 Speaker 1: night was what makes Aaron Jones a special offensive weapon. 53 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:57,480 Speaker 1: However you want to get him the ball, whether you 54 00:02:57,480 --> 00:02:59,079 Speaker 1: want to hand it to him, pitch it to him, 55 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,840 Speaker 1: push path, sit to him on jet motion, he's a 56 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: special player and it's why he got the contract that 57 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: he got from the Green Bay packers and if they 58 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 1: can continue to utilize him this way, he's potentially going 59 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,360 Speaker 1: to have a special season and what is getting to 60 00:03:15,400 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 1: be really interesting about him is that he's having a 61 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:21,960 Speaker 1: special career. And so many times in the National Football League, Mike, 62 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: you look at these guys will pop up one year, 63 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: they'll become a fantasy football darling, will be a thousand 64 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:30,359 Speaker 1: yard Russia, they'll have ten touchdowns and and then they 65 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:33,280 Speaker 1: kind of go away. They shift back. You know, another 66 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:35,440 Speaker 1: running back emerges and people go and they say, Oh, 67 00:03:35,480 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: it's a diamond dozen position. Aaron Jones is not a 68 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: Dimond a dozen running back. He is the one percent 69 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: and he stayed on a steady incline throughout his entire career. 70 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:48,160 Speaker 1: I feel like this, this Aaron Jones at twenty seven 71 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: years old, is the best version we've seen yet and 72 00:03:51,920 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: my biggest impression these first two weeks, that that really 73 00:03:54,880 --> 00:03:57,280 Speaker 1: hit home for me was this is what Aaron Jones 74 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: looks like when he's healthy, and it looks like what 75 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: he looks like when he's fresh. He's just explosive. And 76 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,320 Speaker 1: you talked about the Miss Tackles. You know how you 77 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: know a back is having a special game? It's just 78 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: one of those type of games when you don't even 79 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:12,360 Speaker 1: care about the miss tackles anymore because you know the 80 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: first defender he's gonna make a miss. And the thing 81 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: that makes Jones dangerous is that there's so many different 82 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,839 Speaker 1: ways Aaron Rodgers after the game was explaining it that 83 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,760 Speaker 1: you know, whether it's his stiff arms, whether it's his 84 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: his one cut ability, all these different things that he 85 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: do that he does that makes him difficult to bring 86 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 1: down to the turf. And, as I joked about an 87 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: insider inbox this week. Okay, and then you finally get 88 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 1: him out, he's gonna come off the field. Then you 89 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:38,479 Speaker 1: get a two fifty pound man running north and south 90 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: directly at you. I I know Aaron or a J 91 00:04:41,720 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: Dillon's stats aren't gonna wal you the same way Aaron 92 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,760 Speaker 1: Jones Wild You, but his eight team carries that that 93 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,039 Speaker 1: is going to wear down a defense just as much. 94 00:04:49,360 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: The packers need to run the football. They needed to 95 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:53,840 Speaker 1: get the ball in the hands of their backfield. They 96 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:55,680 Speaker 1: did it and they control the game because of it. 97 00:04:55,960 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: One last thought on Jones. He is already fourth on 98 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:03,839 Speaker 1: the packers all time rushing list. This is the franchise 99 00:05:03,880 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: has been in existence over a hundred years, folks, and 100 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,320 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones. Yeah, Aaron Jones is already fourth on the 101 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: all time rushing list and he is just I want 102 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: to say the number is right around six hundred and 103 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:18,000 Speaker 1: fifty yards rushing yards at this point from climbing all 104 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: the way to third and if and when he gets there, 105 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: the only two guys in franchise history with more rushing 106 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: yards than Aaron Jones will be Jim Taylor and I'm 107 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 1: on Green. So that tells you something about Um, about 108 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: where Aaron Jones is. A couple of other things to 109 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:36,280 Speaker 1: touch on with regard to the offense, though. Elton Jenkins 110 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:40,400 Speaker 1: was back from his a C L slightly, just a 111 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:44,719 Speaker 1: couple of days, less than ten months from the injury, 112 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,479 Speaker 1: he's back and he was starting at right tackle. Actually 113 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 1: only his for all of his versatility and whatnot, is 114 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: only his second career start at right tackle, but that's 115 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 1: where Jenkins was on Sunday night. Also, Al Lazard was 116 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,320 Speaker 1: back from his ankle injury. Um only had a couple 117 00:06:00,320 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 1: of catches, but one was for a touchdown. Certainly saw 118 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 1: his blocking on the outside. The work of the Goon, 119 00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 1: as Matt La Floors to say, was on display and 120 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,800 Speaker 1: we saw a pretty significant impact from Sammy Watkins in 121 00:06:13,839 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: the passing game and in particular the play action passing game, 122 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: whether you want to call it play action or the 123 00:06:20,200 --> 00:06:22,839 Speaker 1: R P O action. Sometimes it's a little bit of 124 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: both with this offense, but Sammy Watkins was was making 125 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: something's happen and and really the Um, the final knockout blow, 126 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: if you if you will, right after the goal line 127 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:36,840 Speaker 1: stand by the defense, was the fifty five yard or 128 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 1: over the top off play action with the packers deep 129 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 1: in their own territory. That was Watkins. He ended up 130 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: with ninety three receiving yards on the night and a 131 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,480 Speaker 1: taste of of what he can bring to the table 132 00:06:46,560 --> 00:06:48,719 Speaker 1: here for Aaron Rodgers. Yeah, the the buy in is 133 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,040 Speaker 1: probably what impresses me the most, and it's a story 134 00:06:51,040 --> 00:06:54,120 Speaker 1: I'm actually working on as we speak for Wednesday on 135 00:06:54,240 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: packers dot com. Be sure to check that out, is 136 00:06:57,320 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: that this is a guy that was a five star 137 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 1: recruit clemson. It's a guy that was the number four 138 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:04,880 Speaker 1: overall pick in two thousand fourteen, a guy that has 139 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: won a super bowl. He's had a thousand yards season 140 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: and it hits me different when someone like that comes 141 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,440 Speaker 1: to a team, and certainly you wrote about it, did 142 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: a great job over the offseason of writing about everything 143 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:20,880 Speaker 1: that Watkins feels. He still has to prove his back 144 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: being against the wall this year, but he's not pressing 145 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:29,040 Speaker 1: for touches. He's not pressing for touchdowns. He just wants 146 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:30,880 Speaker 1: to play and he wants to be part of a 147 00:07:30,960 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: winning process and if you follow the course of his career, 148 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 1: the guy basically has won everywhere he's played and and 149 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: now you know whether it is the fifty five yard 150 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: play action pass, and that's awesome, helped put the game away, 151 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: kind of showed the explosivity in Watkins, still at twenty 152 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 1: nine years old, but it's also what he was willing 153 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: to do as a blocker and, as he even mentioned 154 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 1: in the postgame locker room, he loves the run game 155 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 1: and he loves getting his hands dirty in that because 156 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,160 Speaker 1: not only does help his teammates, but he can also 157 00:08:02,240 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: see how that is gonna end up leading to more 158 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: play action opportunities. He's gonna understand how that's going to 159 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:11,560 Speaker 1: challenge a defense more. Sammy Watkins is not a rock guy. 160 00:08:11,840 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 1: He's not going to be the one in the locker 161 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: room pointing all the attention to himself. Nine days out 162 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: of ten he's usually just sitting down pretty quiet in 163 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: his little space, just kind of keeping to himself, maybe 164 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 1: talking to a couple of teammates, but he's not. He's 165 00:08:23,400 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: not a boisterous individual but, as Matt Lafleur said, he 166 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: has that kind of infectious smile and enthusiasm that I 167 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 1: think people gravitate towards, and Rogers talked about it after 168 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,880 Speaker 1: the game. They feel like they got a special person 169 00:08:34,960 --> 00:08:38,760 Speaker 1: here now. That also I think, for even though he's 170 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 1: been in the League for eight years, still has a 171 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: certain amount of untapped potential to his game. Yeah, and 172 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,680 Speaker 1: just seeing him, he's as we talked about. He's worked 173 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 1: with big time quarterbacks in the past. This is a 174 00:08:50,280 --> 00:08:53,400 Speaker 1: guy you know. He's played with Patrick Mahomes. Now he's 175 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: here with with Aaron Rodgers. Everywhere Sammy Watkins has has been, 176 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,320 Speaker 1: he has been a factor. He has brought something to table. 177 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: It's always been a health issue. Knock on wood, Sammy 178 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,080 Speaker 1: Watkins can stay healthy and uh and do what the 179 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,800 Speaker 1: packers need him to do and and expect him to 180 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 1: do in accounting on him to do throughout the course 181 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,199 Speaker 1: of the season. On the defensive side, West you said it, 182 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,679 Speaker 1: four straight three and outs. Um, I think the bears 183 00:09:18,760 --> 00:09:23,959 Speaker 1: total yards over those four possessions was something like thirteen yards. Um, 184 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,000 Speaker 1: bears took the you know, took the ball right away Um, 185 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: the first possession, drove all the way down and got 186 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:35,880 Speaker 1: a touchdown. But after that the packers defense stood tall 187 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,320 Speaker 1: and took command of this game, and it was for 188 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: the most part, I think it was the two edge rushers, 189 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: Rashawn Gary and Preston Smith, that that grabbed ahold of 190 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: this of this bears offense and and didn't let him 191 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: get going in the first half. Yeah, and and every 192 00:09:51,720 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 1: week we sit down and you know Wednesday and Thursday especially, well, 193 00:09:55,480 --> 00:09:57,480 Speaker 1: you know the questions I'll get asked if an upcoming 194 00:09:57,480 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: opponent to players in the locker room or and coming matchup. 195 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: I don't know if I remember one being as transparent 196 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,000 Speaker 1: as what the packers knew they had to do for 197 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: Justin fields, and they executed it. Uh, they knew they 198 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 1: were going to have to be careful rushing him, but 199 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,360 Speaker 1: they also knew they needed to be a collapse the pocket. 200 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 1: They knew they had to be aggressive against him in 201 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: order because he's going to want to extend plays. They 202 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: can't allow him to force their secondary to plaster as much. 203 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:28,520 Speaker 1: And I thought, starting off with Preston Smith, one of 204 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,440 Speaker 1: his best games in the packers uniform, because the thing 205 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: that's interesting about pressing that I think just he doesn't 206 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: get enough respect for is that he is a quintessential 207 00:10:37,240 --> 00:10:41,680 Speaker 1: three four outside linebacker. He is an all around difference 208 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: maker when he's playing his edge, because he's not going 209 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: to sell out every single time. He's going to stay home, 210 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: he's going to make sure that he seals off his 211 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: gaps if the run gets presented, but then, when the 212 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,400 Speaker 1: opportunity presented itself to get after fields. In this game 213 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:59,400 Speaker 1: he made two very impactful sacks. Came one tackle shy 214 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 1: of his career yere high, finishing with seven, and then 215 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,800 Speaker 1: on the other side of things you saw Rashawn Gary. 216 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: He got another sack and his stats will say too, 217 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: and everybody will talk about can rashawn geary get seventeen 218 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:13,560 Speaker 1: sacks this season? But he also had that TFl for 219 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 1: four yards. And, Mike, I don't know where you come from, 220 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: but whether it's a sack or a four yard loss 221 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,320 Speaker 1: off a tackle from a run on David Montgomery, they 222 00:11:23,400 --> 00:11:25,920 Speaker 1: both represent a loss of down and they both represent 223 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: negative yardage. I've really been impressed by what I've seen 224 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: Rashawn Gary early in this season, because it's not just 225 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: about what he's doing against the quarterback, it's how he's 226 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 1: affecting everything around him. Yeah, I can't, I can't say 227 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: enough about about that performance by Preston Smith, and you 228 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 1: said it. I think that might have been and he's 229 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,679 Speaker 1: he's had some good games. I believe that was Preston's 230 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,199 Speaker 1: fifth multi sack game as a member of the packers 231 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: since he signed here in two thousand nineteen, which is 232 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:55,559 Speaker 1: no small feat. But I think it might have been 233 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:59,680 Speaker 1: his best performance overall because of the discipline that he 234 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,600 Speaker 1: owed on a couple a couple of key moments. When 235 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: you're talking about a running quarterback, a read option quarterback 236 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:11,920 Speaker 1: like fields, and Preston did his not only did his 237 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:15,199 Speaker 1: job on certain plays but then made the play when 238 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: it came to him and was in position to make 239 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 1: that play because of the discipline he showed. Really, really 240 00:12:20,960 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: like that. The packers, the packers run defense, had had 241 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: its issues, mostly in the fourth quarter. I mean for 242 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: the most part it was on one drive the bears 243 00:12:33,040 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 1: were down twenty four to ten, took over deep in 244 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:40,719 Speaker 1: their own territory and in a span of six plays 245 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:46,440 Speaker 1: they ripped off four runs that I believe covered eighty yards, 246 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,680 Speaker 1: if I'm not mistaken. I think it was fourteen yards, 247 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:53,280 Speaker 1: eleven yards and seven. So eighty yards on four runs 248 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:56,679 Speaker 1: within it within a span of six snaps, and it 249 00:12:56,720 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 1: wasn't a good look for the packers defense. That was that. 250 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: That was not good to see. I think it was 251 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:07,960 Speaker 1: a combination of a guy maybe being out of position here, 252 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: they're not taking on a block properly, but then also 253 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:14,160 Speaker 1: a lot of MIS tackles and and that was something 254 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:16,880 Speaker 1: where I thought the packers for week one in Minnesota 255 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 1: actually tackled pretty well defensively. But Um, but the miss 256 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: tackles were definitely an issue. Um in week two against Chicago, 257 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:29,959 Speaker 1: when it came right down to it, though, after those 258 00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: eighty yards rushing, the bears had first and goal in 259 00:13:32,840 --> 00:13:36,319 Speaker 1: the ten yard line and they tried four runs. Well, 260 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:38,920 Speaker 1: actually the third third down was a pass and fields 261 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,400 Speaker 1: ended up scrambling. But four plays on the ground. Two yards, 262 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:47,319 Speaker 1: two yards, five yards to the one, the touchdown reversed 263 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: on the on the replay, and then fourth and goal 264 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 1: from the one. The bears go for it and the 265 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 1: packers get the stop. The run defense boat up when 266 00:13:57,320 --> 00:13:59,719 Speaker 1: it needed to there to keep the packers ahead by 267 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 1: two scores. And Uh, and allow the offense. To salt 268 00:14:02,480 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: it away. We'll let me start with the positives. That's 269 00:14:06,559 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 1: an Ode de Dom Capers uh the that stand was 270 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: incredible for a number of reasons. One, I felt like 271 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,679 Speaker 1: some of the things now you're defending less of the field, 272 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:18,720 Speaker 1: so it's always going to be a little bit favored 273 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:21,360 Speaker 1: towards the defense. But I liked how they played together 274 00:14:21,400 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: as a unit, whether it was the defensive line filling 275 00:14:23,400 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: their gaps or even a guy like, you know, Jayr Alexander, 276 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,240 Speaker 1: coming in and making sure to give that final push 277 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:31,320 Speaker 1: so fields doesn't give in. But then you also look 278 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,479 Speaker 1: at Quay Walker, you know, and quay had some mistackles 279 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: in this game. It's gonna be a learning process for him. 280 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 1: But then you see him come over from the right 281 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,800 Speaker 1: side of the defense and close all the way over 282 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:45,200 Speaker 1: at the left side at the sideline, preventing Justin Fields 283 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: from scoring that touch Mike, I'm telling you, with his 284 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:51,040 Speaker 1: with his forty time, the way he plays that position 285 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: in years past, in a lot of years past, maybe 286 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: not last year with the Vandre Campbell, that that's probably 287 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: a walk in touchdown for the quarterback. Walker changes that 288 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: acid of it. I thought the way they closed out 289 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: this game. That jaire Alexander Interception was phenomenal. The fact 290 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:09,720 Speaker 1: that they finished with forty eight net passing yards, the 291 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:14,520 Speaker 1: bears did incredible, twenty two negative yards on sacks, and 292 00:15:14,560 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 1: also the fact that the bears only played forty one 293 00:15:17,240 --> 00:15:21,040 Speaker 1: snaps of offense in this game. That's sick. That's really crazy. Yeah, 294 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,200 Speaker 1: four straight, four straight, three and ounce. That's going to 295 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:25,720 Speaker 1: keep the play count down, there's no doubt about that. Now, 296 00:15:25,760 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: as I wrote about again an insider in box, which 297 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:32,240 Speaker 1: you can find packers dot com, this week is going 298 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: to be about Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers. Every national headline, 299 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: every video package, everybody is gonna be doing that. Say Hey, 300 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 1: could this be the last time they're gonna play each other? Yada, Yada, Yada, Yadyada. 301 00:15:41,720 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 1: To me this is gonna come down to Leonard for net. 302 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 1: If you watch the bucks the last two weeks, it's 303 00:15:47,320 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 1: kind of the Leonard for net show. there. I look 304 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 1: at this for the packers is a good test against 305 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 1: David Montgomery and Ji Herbert. Now you need are Khalil Herbert. 306 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,240 Speaker 1: Excuse me, Jackber, it's a UFC fighter. You like that. 307 00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: But I look at this as a big test because 308 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: the run defensive issues there could not be placed on 309 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,680 Speaker 1: one single player, could not be placed on one single 310 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 1: position group. It was the gaps getting too too far 311 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: open at the line of scrimmage, it was guys not 312 00:16:17,720 --> 00:16:21,080 Speaker 1: collapsing enough on second contact and it was Montgomery forcing 313 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: miss tackles of guys at the second and third level. 314 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: They got to clean that up because if you give 315 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 1: for net those four or five yard gains, that's where 316 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,600 Speaker 1: the Tom Brady forty five year old quarterbacks show starts, 317 00:16:33,160 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: because he still has the chance to beat you deep. 318 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: We'll see what his weapons look like in this game, 319 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 1: but that's where everything is operational for the bucks. The packers, 320 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: great performance, Goodwin. You needed to get it, but now 321 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,400 Speaker 1: you've got to learn some of those lessons now going 322 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 1: up against for net. Yeah, well, the what I liked 323 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: about what I like the best about the goal line 324 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: stand and for those for those of you who like 325 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,520 Speaker 1: my what you might have ist piece on the website. 326 00:17:01,680 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 1: I've got the the entire four downs Um. All the 327 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: clips are there, along with some some clips on offense, 328 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 1: with with the blocking on some of the big plays 329 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,840 Speaker 1: with Aaron Jones, but with the goal line standard was 330 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,679 Speaker 1: interesting West because every single one of those plays, the 331 00:17:16,760 --> 00:17:20,159 Speaker 1: four plays from the ten yard lineing in, involved a 332 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,800 Speaker 1: different member of the defensive front doing, you know, making 333 00:17:23,800 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: the play. First down it was Kenny Clark. Second down 334 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 1: it was Rashaan Garry and Dean lowry. Third Down, you 335 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: mentioned kway Walker. When when fields is scrambling the video 336 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: to look at the clip of that play, it really 337 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:40,000 Speaker 1: puts because you know Justin fields can run. And then 338 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,280 Speaker 1: when you actually look at the clip of that that 339 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 1: play from the end zone, you can see that that 340 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:49,560 Speaker 1: kway walker is just as fast as Justin Fields Um. 341 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:52,240 Speaker 1: And then on fourth down, what actually hasn't been talked 342 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: about enough because, and I take nothing away from devandre 343 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 1: Campbell getting that getting that hit at the goal line, 344 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: Preston Smith was there with arms in there as well, 345 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:04,680 Speaker 1: and you mentioned Alexander kind of with that final push. 346 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:07,000 Speaker 1: The Guy who's not getting enough credit for the fourth 347 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,000 Speaker 1: down play is jarn Reid because when you look at that, 348 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,080 Speaker 1: when you when you look at the details of that 349 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: fourth and goal play, Jaren Reid takes bears tight end 350 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:20,720 Speaker 1: Cole commit and gets the leverage on him to shove 351 00:18:20,800 --> 00:18:23,480 Speaker 1: him into the backfield right at the point of attack. 352 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,320 Speaker 1: Lucas Patrick, the right guard, is trying to pull over 353 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:30,720 Speaker 1: to the left side of the bears offense to lead 354 00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:35,439 Speaker 1: Justin fields through the hole. Read shoves commit into the 355 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: Backfield and Patrick runs into his tight end and it 356 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 1: messed up the whole thing that the bears were trying 357 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:46,199 Speaker 1: to do there because read one at the line of 358 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:48,959 Speaker 1: scrimmage against the tight end and uh, and then Lucas 359 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 1: Patrick had nobody to block because he ran into his 360 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:54,920 Speaker 1: own guy. So Um it's really good stuff to take 361 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 1: to take a look at those kinds of things on film. 362 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: It really gives you a sense of of where things 363 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:02,119 Speaker 1: where things are in the trenches. A couple a couple 364 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:09,000 Speaker 1: thoughts quickly on special teams. Um. Packers continuing to make 365 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,199 Speaker 1: strides in that area. I thought two guys we we 366 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: talked last week about about Pat O'donnell and what he did, 367 00:19:16,119 --> 00:19:18,399 Speaker 1: even with some leaky punt protection in front of him. 368 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,760 Speaker 1: He only had two punts in this game, but I 369 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: thought once again Pat O'Donnell showed he's going to be 370 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:29,040 Speaker 1: a very reliable, consistent, steady weapon Um for for this 371 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,480 Speaker 1: packers special teams. And the other guy that really jumped 372 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:34,200 Speaker 1: out to me, of course, was Dalon Levitt Um two 373 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,560 Speaker 1: tackles on kickoff coverage. One of those was at the 374 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: fifteen yard line. Yes, unfortunately he had a penalty on 375 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:44,359 Speaker 1: punt return, on the punt return that Amari Rodgers muffed. 376 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: So not a perfect performance by the packers special teams. 377 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 1: Still plenty of things to work on, but we're seeing 378 00:19:50,080 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 1: progress in that area west and there's absolutely no question 379 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,080 Speaker 1: about it that the packers won the field position battle 380 00:19:56,119 --> 00:19:59,919 Speaker 1: in this game against the bears and as much as 381 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: the packers getting the three an ounce on defense certainly 382 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 1: factored into that, you have to give credit to the 383 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:10,639 Speaker 1: special teams for winning the field position battle. Rich BASSAC 384 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,760 Speaker 1: has had some comments this year Mike Uh and I 385 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:15,880 Speaker 1: feel like this is why he was a good interim coach. 386 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:17,040 Speaker 1: I think it's probably why he could have been a 387 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: pretty good head coach or the game the opportunity, because 388 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:23,040 Speaker 1: he has some memorable lines that stick with you and 389 00:20:23,080 --> 00:20:27,399 Speaker 1: if I'm just some dumb sportswriter and they stick with me, 390 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,720 Speaker 1: I can't imagine what it does for his players. It 391 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,359 Speaker 1: was about a month ago where they were talking about 392 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 1: the accountability on special teams and he mentioned. You know 393 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 1: when you go in a huddle with Aaron Rodgers, you 394 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: know the hair on your back, your neck stands up 395 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,000 Speaker 1: a little bit. You understand the sense of urgency and 396 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:45,000 Speaker 1: he equated that to how down and Levitt approaches special 397 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:49,480 Speaker 1: teams wefense. Same type of leader, same type of guy 398 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: that is demanding. You know of guys too understand their assignments, 399 00:20:55,080 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: be disciplined and fulfill it. And watching that Sky Cam 400 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: did e O. I know you got to see the 401 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:04,119 Speaker 1: l twenty two, but that skycamp video of him crashing 402 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 1: down on one of those coverage tackles just a will 403 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 1: not be denied attitude. And I've tweeted this during the 404 00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:18,040 Speaker 1: game and I really mean it. I don't know what 405 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: it meant. Maybe it only meant something of the special teams. 406 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:25,560 Speaker 1: I don't know, but down leavitt holds up his blocker. 407 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:28,840 Speaker 1: This is right after the packers get I believe it 408 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 1: was after their field goal, and trying to remember or 409 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: whatever it was, but Levitt pushes his blocker in. It 410 00:21:35,040 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 1: forces the returner to come inside and Isaiah mcduffie makes 411 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:42,640 Speaker 1: the tackle. Bears Start The ball at the twenty yard line. 412 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 1: Mcdon I should say Levitt starts getting a little bit 413 00:21:46,080 --> 00:21:50,440 Speaker 1: of a post, you know, play shoving match and it 414 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 1: wasn't in a way that was malicious or you know 415 00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: it was going to result in a flag, but I 416 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,119 Speaker 1: just thought it showed the grittiness in the toughness. It 417 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 1: almost reminded me the old Lucas Patrick plays. Lucas wasn't 418 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: gonna stand for everybody's crap. Right after the play he's 419 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:06,400 Speaker 1: gonna and it was right after that, where they start 420 00:22:06,400 --> 00:22:08,280 Speaker 1: at the twenty yard line, that Preston Smith gets the 421 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: sack and everything starts to turn a little bit for 422 00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,639 Speaker 1: the packers defense. Special teams can be a tone setter 423 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 1: and it can be something that when you back up 424 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: a team inside their twenty, twenty one was the average 425 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:23,040 Speaker 1: starting fuel position for the bears in this game. The 426 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 1: defense response to that. Yeah, and I just felt like you, 427 00:22:26,640 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 1: there was, as you wrote about this week, as rich 428 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:32,240 Speaker 1: Matt La Floor talked about, there is a mentality brewing 429 00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:34,679 Speaker 1: on special teams and I think it's catching on. Yeah, 430 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,920 Speaker 1: you mentioned how it's sort of carried over to the 431 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:41,760 Speaker 1: sack by Preston Smith early in the game and then 432 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 1: I believe it was the play right after the sack 433 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 1: when Russell Douglas gets the tackle for loss on the 434 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:50,879 Speaker 1: wide receiver screen. That that was where the momentum, the 435 00:22:50,960 --> 00:22:53,800 Speaker 1: momentum for the defense, really really started to pick and 436 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,520 Speaker 1: it was the packers were in control of the game 437 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 1: at the line of scrimmage for quite a while. Yes, 438 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:59,200 Speaker 1: they were, just to correct myself there it was after 439 00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,920 Speaker 1: Aaron Jones touchdowns for the packers just gone up ten 440 00:23:01,960 --> 00:23:04,040 Speaker 1: to seven, and then that's where the wind started really 441 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:06,600 Speaker 1: getting in their sales in the second quarter. A couple 442 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 1: of bits of sponsored business here. 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The lions got their first win. 452 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 1: The Vikings fell on the road at Philadelphia against the Eagles. 453 00:23:49,119 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: So the entire NFC north is back to uh, back 454 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:54,679 Speaker 1: to square one, everybody, one on one with fifteen games 455 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,440 Speaker 1: to go. Here's the stat of the week for you, though. 456 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,160 Speaker 1: West you me for this and I know we we're 457 00:24:00,160 --> 00:24:01,840 Speaker 1: gonna run out of time here and I'd love to 458 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:05,600 Speaker 1: actually spend more time talking about those comebacks by the 459 00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,440 Speaker 1: dolphins and and by Um, the cardinals against the raiders. 460 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 1: I mean just a crazy, wild Sunday of NFL today. 461 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,400 Speaker 1: That's okay, I've I've been a little long winded today myself. 462 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:22,320 Speaker 1: Here's your stat of the week, though. After two weeks 463 00:24:22,359 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: of NFL football, there six teams that are two and Oh. 464 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: Five of the six are on the packers upcoming schedule 465 00:24:32,280 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: and none of the five games is at Lambeau field. So, 466 00:24:36,720 --> 00:24:40,639 Speaker 1: as I say in UH insider inbox for Wednesday morning, 467 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: which I was working on before we came in here 468 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: and turned the cameras on, buckle up, my friend, because 469 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 1: five of the six two and old teams are on 470 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,199 Speaker 1: the packers schedule, not a one of them is at 471 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: Lambau field. The only one that's not a true road 472 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:54,840 Speaker 1: game is London, where the two and old giants will 473 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 1: will face the packers at at Tottenham Hotspur in in 474 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: a few week here. But uh, but yeah, and the 475 00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: first of these two and O Games is this week 476 00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,800 Speaker 1: against the Tampa Bay buccaneers down at Raymond James. Yeah, 477 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:09,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a tough stretch for Green Bay, and 478 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: I mean certainly we talked about it from the beginning 479 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:14,679 Speaker 1: of the season. They didn't all have to get out 480 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,879 Speaker 1: to two and O to know this. But a stretch 481 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:20,040 Speaker 1: where you have Tampa Bay, where you have, you know, 482 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: the New England Patriots at home, knowing what Bill Belichick 483 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,800 Speaker 1: is like and how his teams are coached, and then 484 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: playing both the New York teams within seven days of 485 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: each other, and one of those is abroad. Uh, this 486 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: was gonna be a gauntlet for them. That's why I 487 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,119 Speaker 1: felt like this game was so important, and it was. 488 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,320 Speaker 1: That must not you have to have it, but it 489 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 1: helps to have it because I think it does give 490 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 1: you a certain amount of momentum. Tampa Bay it was not. 491 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: I mean, in some regards neither of these wins have 492 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:51,240 Speaker 1: been really beautiful in the traditional sense. Jamis Winston did 493 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 1: them a lot of favors in this matchup and at 494 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,560 Speaker 1: this time in which we're taking this. We don't know 495 00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:56,360 Speaker 1: what Mike Evans status is going to be as he's 496 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,840 Speaker 1: going through the appeals process with his suspension. But you know, 497 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:06,119 Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins look legit Ta looks confident. Um, you 498 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:10,399 Speaker 1: know the buffalo bills were dominant against you know, the 499 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 1: Tennessee Titans. Not that anybody, nobody, can win the Super 500 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:19,000 Speaker 1: Bowl in September, but I think there's no question that 501 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: the best looking team through two weeks of NFL football 502 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: is the buffalo bills. They look they look fantastic. Yeah, 503 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,159 Speaker 1: and and certainly look at what Jalen hurts did against 504 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:32,160 Speaker 1: the Vikings. And this is the reason why, Mike, Everybody 505 00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,800 Speaker 1: talks about it being a week to week league, because 506 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:39,320 Speaker 1: things can change so quickly. Absolutely, for as dominance at 507 00:26:39,400 --> 00:26:41,840 Speaker 1: times as the vikings looked in that matchup against Green 508 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,399 Speaker 1: Bay in their own house, they looked completely out of 509 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 1: sorts at Lincoln financial field. And Jill See, and I 510 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: know it's I know it's not, I know it's not 511 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,080 Speaker 1: Mike Zimmer anymore, but honestly, to see a Minnesota Vikings 512 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:57,600 Speaker 1: defense give up almost three hundred and fifty yards and 513 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:02,000 Speaker 1: two quarters of football, I that just blew me away. 514 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 1: I mean the fact that in some respects, the fact 515 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,080 Speaker 1: that that the Eagles only had twenty four points was 516 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 1: was kind of a minor miracle, and that the fact 517 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:14,240 Speaker 1: that the Vikings had as many chances as they had 518 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:16,280 Speaker 1: in the second half to get back into that game. 519 00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,680 Speaker 1: Um But. But philly's defense was up to the task 520 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: every time Minnesota challenged down there in the red zone. And, 521 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: Bro I'll be honest with you, after they made the 522 00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: field goal before halftime, I called it a night. I 523 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,800 Speaker 1: was like, all right, well, this is done. And then 524 00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 1: I wake up and it's the same exact score as 525 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:35,480 Speaker 1: it was when I stopped watching. So and and and Minnesota. 526 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: The Vikings had their vikings had their chances. There's no 527 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:43,000 Speaker 1: uh but, but you're right. I mean, Um and we'll see, 528 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 1: because the packers aren't going to play the dolphins, of course, 529 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: until Christmas. Buffalo is not until UH close to Halloween. Philadelphia. 530 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: The trip to Philadelphia is in between there. So, Um, 531 00:27:55,080 --> 00:27:57,639 Speaker 1: it all comes down to, you know, how everybody's playing 532 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: at that moment right and and who's healthy and who's not, 533 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,680 Speaker 1: and you know the whole when you play him thing 534 00:28:02,800 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: is is definitely a factor but this week. This week 535 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: it's the Tampa Bay buccaneers, and this is a Tampa 536 00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:10,120 Speaker 1: Bay team that is two and o riding its defense 537 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,560 Speaker 1: right now. Um, a defense that's only allowed thirteen points 538 00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:19,119 Speaker 1: through two games. Ten sacks, six takeaways, Um, on the 539 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:22,760 Speaker 1: defensive side. And Uh, and yeah, Tampa Bay buccaneers are 540 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 1: two and Oh. And Tom Brady in that offense. Um, 541 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: they haven't really found their footing yet, which is which 542 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:30,959 Speaker 1: is kind of a scary thought. Yeah, and certainly Brady. 543 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:32,920 Speaker 1: You know it's been difficult for him. I mean when 544 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:35,360 Speaker 1: you look at, you know, not being able to have 545 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 1: your consistent weapons, the Godwin injury and then now this 546 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:40,320 Speaker 1: thing with Evans, I mean there's been a lot they've 547 00:28:40,360 --> 00:28:42,640 Speaker 1: had to overcome, but I guess my biggest takeaway has 548 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,640 Speaker 1: been one. I mean, Lavonte David is just the agelist wonder. 549 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 1: I mean what they've done there. I mean Carlton Davis, 550 00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,479 Speaker 1: I think, is a is a cornerback that doesn't get 551 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,080 Speaker 1: enough respect. Antoine Winfield, the weapons that they have are 552 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:56,840 Speaker 1: legitimate and I feel like the bucks are going to 553 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,680 Speaker 1: be in this thing until the very bitter end because 554 00:28:58,720 --> 00:29:02,360 Speaker 1: of it. But Leonard for Netman again like I said, 555 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 1: that offense is different when he's rolling. Yeah, absolutely well, 556 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: we'll talk more about the buccaneers on our next episode, 557 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 1: but for now we'll call it a rap on this 558 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,320 Speaker 1: edition of packers on scripted. Be Sure to follow all 559 00:29:13,360 --> 00:29:15,920 Speaker 1: of our coverage of the team on packers DOT com. 560 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 1: For West, I'm Mike. Thank you for tuning in, everybody. 561 00:29:18,760 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: We'll see you next time.