WEBVTT - #381 Packers Unscripted: Pro Bowl picks

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.

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<v Speaker 1>I am Mike Spofford. He is my partner in crime

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<v Speaker 1>West Hodko. It's We're coming to you here from our

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<v Speaker 1>studios at lambeau Field West. It's our midweek show. Normally

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<v Speaker 1>we dedicate this show to taking a look at the opponent.

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<v Speaker 1>But I want to get to that later in the

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<v Speaker 1>show because first off, on Tuesday evening, the NFL announced

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<v Speaker 1>the Pro Bowl selections, the original Pro Bowl selections for nineteen.

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<v Speaker 1>There will be a lot of changes to these Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl rosters between now and when the game is played.

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<v Speaker 1>Two Packers make it. Aaron Rodgers Davante Adams, certainly, congratulations

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<v Speaker 1>in order there. I believe it's the seventh Pro Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>selection for Aaron Rodgers, which he second in Packer's history

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<v Speaker 1>behind Brett Farve. I think you had nine Pro Bowl selections,

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<v Speaker 1>but the first original Pro Bowl selection for wide receiver

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<v Speaker 1>Davante Adams. We talked about it all season long. Very

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<v Speaker 1>well deserving, and we're very curious to see just how

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<v Speaker 1>his season finishes up here with two games to go,

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<v Speaker 1>probably is well deserved of an original balloting Pro Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>selection of anybody. I can think of in recent memory

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<v Speaker 1>for the Green Bay Packers. Here's what I love about

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<v Speaker 1>Davante Adams and his selection to the Pro Bowl. I

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<v Speaker 1>believe I was talking to our one of our social

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<v Speaker 1>media gurus here, Ryan Hartwig. I believe Adams was I

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<v Speaker 1>want to say ninth on the Pro Bowl voting is

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<v Speaker 1>in the fans in that final week leading up to

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<v Speaker 1>the balloting, and that's good enough. It's a third fans,

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<v Speaker 1>third coaches, third players. But I think the fact that

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<v Speaker 1>he got in and on the initial ballot speaks to

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<v Speaker 1>what the league thought of him. It's not like there

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<v Speaker 1>was the ballot was just stuffed in his favor by,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the the outside Packer fans. Everything the league

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<v Speaker 1>has caught up to the Davante Adams phenomenon and for him,

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<v Speaker 1>a hundred catches, hundred and fifteen yards I believe it is.

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<v Speaker 1>And then obviously the twelve touchdowns as impressive as a

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<v Speaker 1>season as I can remember, honestly, truly, when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at the amount of contested catches he's had on a

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<v Speaker 1>big plays he's had for Davante Adams, first time since

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<v Speaker 1>two thousand, ten and eleven, a Packers receiver gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>making back to back Pro Bowl appearances, but also the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that he was getting that respect now obviously well deserved. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and when it comes to those statistics, and we've talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it a lot already, you said he's got the

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<v Speaker 1>hundred catches thirteen more in these last two games, he

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<v Speaker 1>will break Sterling Sharp's franchise record for a single season

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<v Speaker 1>of a hundred and twelve and with hundred and fifteen yards,

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<v Speaker 1>he needs two hundred and five yards to surpass Jordy

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<v Speaker 1>Nelson's single season Packers record of fifteen nineteen. So be

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<v Speaker 1>interesting to see if he can get those. And hats

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<v Speaker 1>off to Adams, as you said, his uh, second straight.

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<v Speaker 1>It'll be a second straight Pro Bowl appearance, but he

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<v Speaker 1>was an injury replacement last year, so he goes in

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<v Speaker 1>right away this time. But of course, as always with

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<v Speaker 1>Pro Bowl selections, you have to talk about the snubs

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<v Speaker 1>and um for the Green Bay Packers, it's really hard

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<v Speaker 1>for me to swallow that David baktr E is not

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<v Speaker 1>an original Pro Bowl selection here this year. And I'll

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<v Speaker 1>say this West, I know there are only three offensive

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<v Speaker 1>tackles selected in the NFC. That's how it goes. No

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<v Speaker 1>problem with Tyrone Smith from the Cowboys. No problem with

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<v Speaker 1>Ron Armstead from the New Orleans Saints. But to see

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<v Speaker 1>David bak Try not make it above Trent Williams from

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<v Speaker 1>the Washington Redskins. I just think bok Tr is a

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<v Speaker 1>better player. I think if you asked the vast majority

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<v Speaker 1>of gms and scouts around the league if they would

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<v Speaker 1>want David Baktieri at left tackle or Trent Williams, I

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<v Speaker 1>think they'd say David bok Tr And I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>unfortunate that that box tr didn't get it this year.

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<v Speaker 1>So here's the thing, Michael, and it's gonna be very

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<v Speaker 1>interesting what's gonna happen here in a couple of weeks

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<v Speaker 1>because the AP will be announcing it's All Pro team,

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<v Speaker 1>which picks two players at every position as it relates

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<v Speaker 1>to the offensive line. So you got a left tackle

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<v Speaker 1>that will be first team, a left tackle that will

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<v Speaker 1>be second team. David Bakti in the eyes of fifty

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<v Speaker 1>voters in the AP, guys that are following the league,

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<v Speaker 1>and ladies that are following the league every single week. Dave,

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<v Speaker 1>the last two years, I've considered him among the best

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<v Speaker 1>two left tackles that he's been second team All Pro

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<v Speaker 1>two years in a row. The fact that he cannot

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<v Speaker 1>be among the top three tackles in the NFC, it's

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<v Speaker 1>just it's incredible to me, and especially this year. I

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<v Speaker 1>wrote about him last Friday First Store on our website.

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<v Speaker 1>When you factor in what he's played through to make

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<v Speaker 1>four teen starts, what he's done, and how he's diversified

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<v Speaker 1>his game not just the best pass blocker in the

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<v Speaker 1>league anymore, has become a really effective run blocker, especially

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<v Speaker 1>in space, not easy for a three twenty pound guy

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<v Speaker 1>to do. And now for him in this season with

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Rodgers dealing with with what he dealt with with

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<v Speaker 1>the knee injury, having to, you know, raise his game

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<v Speaker 1>even more. One of the biggest travesties I think I've

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<v Speaker 1>seen during my time on the beat. And it took

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<v Speaker 1>a while for Josh Sitton to get there, it took

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<v Speaker 1>a while for t J. Lang to get there. But

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<v Speaker 1>the fact, Michael, that we now in my eighth season

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<v Speaker 1>covering the team here, the fact that the only I

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't say only because Sitton eventually got in, but the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that you have you have bok tr In, Corey

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<v Speaker 1>Lindsley have yet to be voted into a Pro Bowl,

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<v Speaker 1>but Jeff Saturday was in two thousand and twelve, of

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<v Speaker 1>the same week in which he was bench for Evan Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying that tells you everything you need to

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<v Speaker 1>know about the Pro Bowl, but it's just it's tough

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<v Speaker 1>because it's written to contracts with language, with bonuses and

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<v Speaker 1>things of that nature. It's unfortunate that box Are again

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<v Speaker 1>is on the outside looking in, and Lindsley for that

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<v Speaker 1>matter as well. Yeah, and I don't want to over

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<v Speaker 1>analyze it here too much, but you mentioned it guys

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<v Speaker 1>like sitting and laying how they eventually in time got

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<v Speaker 1>the Pro Bowl recognition, and it's almost, you know, with

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<v Speaker 1>botr getting his initial second team All Pro selection in ten,

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<v Speaker 1>then you think, okay, the Pro Bowl stuff is definitely

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<v Speaker 1>going to start to come after that. Well, now, the

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<v Speaker 1>last two years the Packers have been out of the playoffs,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, and I'm sure that that factors. Whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>whether right or wrong, I don't know, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know all the machinations that go into all this Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl voting, but you just wonder in some respects if

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<v Speaker 1>if that has hurt him that when he kind of

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<v Speaker 1>became his time. Now the Packers suddenly are not a

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<v Speaker 1>postseason team, whereas Ron Smith from the Dallas Cowboys they're

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<v Speaker 1>headed to the playoffs this year. The UM, as I said,

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<v Speaker 1>Toron Armstead from the New Orleans Saints, they're headed to

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs. That's where to me when I yeah, that's

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<v Speaker 1>that's why when I look at it, I'm like, how

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<v Speaker 1>does David Fiery not make it ahead of Trent Williams.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry, I just I don't get that. Now on

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<v Speaker 1>the defensive side, and you mentioned Corey Lindsley as well,

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<v Speaker 1>Now there are only two centers. Lindley played better than

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<v Speaker 1>Alex Mack this year, though unequivocally Alex Mack is a

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<v Speaker 1>is a really good center in this league. Well, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a perennial Pro Bowl type player. But I think if

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<v Speaker 1>you look at the some of the issues that the

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<v Speaker 1>Falcons have had over the course of this season, the

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<v Speaker 1>fact that the run games had the issues they've had,

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<v Speaker 1>I thought that to me was kind of a travesty,

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<v Speaker 1>but it is what it is. Yeah, So Lindsley unfortunately

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't make it. UM he is an alternate or astern yet,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's going to take a couple of substitutions for

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<v Speaker 1>them to get to get the phone call. But so

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<v Speaker 1>Lindsley and bok tr are alternates. Another alternate is Kenny

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<v Speaker 1>Clark on the defensive side. Now Here as much respect

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<v Speaker 1>as I have for Clark and the season that he

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<v Speaker 1>has had three interior defensive linemen selected for the NFC,

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Donald from the Rams, let Your Cox from the Eagles,

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<v Speaker 1>and a Chem Hicks from the Bears. I have a

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<v Speaker 1>heck of a lot of respect for the year that

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<v Speaker 1>Kenny Clark has put together, but it be pretty hard

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<v Speaker 1>to make an argument to leave off one of those

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<v Speaker 1>three that did get picked. This one made sense. The

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<v Speaker 1>offensive line I thought was, you know, a travesty of justice.

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<v Speaker 1>But Kenny Clark is twenty three years old. You look

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<v Speaker 1>at this season, basically, I think it comes down to

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<v Speaker 1>him or Hicks. They both played really well, but Hicks.

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<v Speaker 1>You when you look at it, their numbers are almost identical.

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<v Speaker 1>Hicks has a couple more forced fumbles. So I mean

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<v Speaker 1>I understand that you look, you know, Fletcher Cox and

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, Aaron Donald, They're they're in another tier right now. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there are people talking about Aaron Donald being in the

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<v Speaker 1>league m v P conversation, although now that the Rams

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<v Speaker 1>have lost a couple of games, that's calmed down a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit. But it's incredible the fact that he has

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen sacks at that position, that's insane. But but yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Kenny Clark is a young guy though, and it's a

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<v Speaker 1>position that I think, you know, also with the offensive line,

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<v Speaker 1>when you get more towards your mid to late twenties,

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<v Speaker 1>that's where you're really coming into your prime at those physical,

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<v Speaker 1>powerful position. So Kenny Clark, there's a lot of upside

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<v Speaker 1>there for him. The one thing that's unfortunate, we'll have

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<v Speaker 1>to see how everything shuffles out with the elbow injury.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very possible some of those defensive linemen are going

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<v Speaker 1>to drop off here if one of them makes the playoffs.

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<v Speaker 1>Everyone who makes the Super Bowl, uh, you know, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>with all those different possibilities, But you know, then it

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a question of whether or not Clark can actually

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<v Speaker 1>play in the game with the elbow. All things will

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<v Speaker 1>have to figure out. But it was at least nice

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<v Speaker 1>to see his name added to the alternates, to see

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<v Speaker 1>him finally starting to maybe break that that glass ceiling.

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<v Speaker 1>actually running a little short on time, but we do

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<v Speaker 1>need to talk about the New York Jets here and

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<v Speaker 1>it starts with quarterback Sam Donald, number one first round

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<v Speaker 1>draft pick for the Jets this year. I guess you'd

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<v Speaker 1>say having a typical rookie season for a high draft

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<v Speaker 1>pick who's thrown into the fire some games where he's

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<v Speaker 1>shown a lot of promise. And yes, this is the

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<v Speaker 1>guy in the future, and then some games where you go, boy,

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<v Speaker 1>he is still a rookie. And it's kind of just

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<v Speaker 1>what the Jets have been dealing with. It sounds like

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to be moving on from their head coach

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<v Speaker 1>in the off season. Some the New York media throwing

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<v Speaker 1>Mike McCarthy's name into the mix that the Jets should

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<v Speaker 1>be giving him a call to see what he could

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<v Speaker 1>do with Sam Donald and developing him for the future there.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's a story for another day. Right now, it

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<v Speaker 1>is going to be Donald against the Packers on Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>in New Jersey. Yeah, Donald's numbers are not going to

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<v Speaker 1>impress when you look at them on the surface. He

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<v Speaker 1>obviously had an injury as well there that he missed

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<v Speaker 1>some time with. But he's kind of coming off one

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<v Speaker 1>of his better games of the season against Houston last

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<v Speaker 1>week twenty four or thirty eight, no interceptions, two fifty

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<v Speaker 1>three yards, two touchdowns, and there is some scrambling ability

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<v Speaker 1>there with him as well, though not as uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>prevalent as you see with maybe at Josh Allen. It's

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<v Speaker 1>very strange schedule for the Packers this season that they

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<v Speaker 1>ended up matching up with all these rookie quarterbacks, um,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, three of the top four that were taken

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<v Speaker 1>in this draft minus Baker Mayfield. So the big thing

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<v Speaker 1>for me with this matchup, Mike, I mean, when you're

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<v Speaker 1>looking at Keys the victory, things will will cone in

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<v Speaker 1>on later this week. Sam Donald has found Robbie Anderson

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<v Speaker 1>in this offense. Last year, Robby Anderson became the best

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<v Speaker 1>friend of Josh McCown and what ended up being a

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<v Speaker 1>pretty surprising season for the Jets, and he almost tipped

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<v Speaker 1>the thousand yards. Receiving had really been quiet most of

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<v Speaker 1>the year, but these last two games, specifically, Donald's been

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<v Speaker 1>connecting with him. So that's a matchup the Packers are

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<v Speaker 1>and have to make sure they're aware of because Anderson's

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<v Speaker 1>an explosive threat. I think you look at him, but

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<v Speaker 1>he has the potential to be a perennial receiver just

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<v Speaker 1>with how much he can take a top off a defense.

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<v Speaker 1>So for me, it starts there. They've had some issues

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<v Speaker 1>with their backfield. Isaiah Crowwell has been placed on injured reserve.

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<v Speaker 1>They still have Blah Powell um, but it's been more

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<v Speaker 1>of a work you know, work in progress for them offensively,

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<v Speaker 1>Big thing for me, like a lot of these matchups

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<v Speaker 1>with these rookie quarterbacks, you have to get after Donald,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to pressure him, you have to make them uncomfortable. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think when you bring up Robby Anderson, he

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<v Speaker 1>is the one guy that adds some explosiveness to this Jett.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's the one that's the biggest thing that

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<v Speaker 1>this Jet's offense is lacking, and Anderson is the one

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<v Speaker 1>guy who brings that to the table. Now, if the Packers,

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<v Speaker 1>obviously they're not in the playoff funt. If they were

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<v Speaker 1>still in the playoff funt, obviously everybody was looking at

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<v Speaker 1>if the Packers google to Chicago and beat the Bears,

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<v Speaker 1>You've got the Jets and the Lions the last two games.

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<v Speaker 1>The Packers could win those games and maybe sneak into

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<v Speaker 1>the playoffs. But regardless of the Packers situation here, you

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<v Speaker 1>look at that game last week, the Jets against the Texans.

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<v Speaker 1>This game was not going to be a gimme for

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers by any stretch of imagination because Houston, one

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<v Speaker 1>of the hottest, one of the best teams in the

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<v Speaker 1>a f C, had a two score lead, multi score

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<v Speaker 1>lead on the Jets. Donald brought the Jets back, got

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<v Speaker 1>him into the lead in the fourth quarter, and then

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<v Speaker 1>the Texans had to rally at the end for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of scores in order to win that game. I

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<v Speaker 1>think that one surprised a lot of people, but again,

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<v Speaker 1>it was another one of those performances where you look

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<v Speaker 1>at Sam Donald and go, that's why they drafted him

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<v Speaker 1>where they did. That's why this guy is the quarterback

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<v Speaker 1>of the future, and he's certainly capable of that on

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<v Speaker 1>any given day. And the Packers defense is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be have to be on its p's and ques as

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<v Speaker 1>they say, because this kid's got talent. Yeah, And I

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<v Speaker 1>think if you know, Matt Arvin up in the control

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<v Speaker 1>room went back to our some of our pre draft,

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<v Speaker 1>uh you know, discussions on unscripted. I actually had Donald

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time as my top quarter back in

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<v Speaker 1>that draft. I thought he would fit well there with

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<v Speaker 1>Cleveland in the direction they wanted to, and there were

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<v Speaker 1>other draft analysts that did think he might go number one.

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<v Speaker 1>But certainly John Dorsey knows a lot more than I do.

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<v Speaker 1>Baker Mayfields turned out just fine there in Cleveland, but

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<v Speaker 1>they still feel really good about this kid and what

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<v Speaker 1>he's going to be able to do in the long term. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just it's been a challenging year on a number

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<v Speaker 1>of fronts for them. I mean, they they've had to

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<v Speaker 1>go through a number of different maschinations of this roster. Again,

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<v Speaker 1>like McGuire now has been their leading rusher. He carried

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<v Speaker 1>the ball eighteen times last week. You lose Darren Lee

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<v Speaker 1>to the suspension. Um, you know, you have Jamal Adams,

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<v Speaker 1>There's some talent there on the defensive side of the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>But overall, I think it's just been kind of a

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<v Speaker 1>dearth of playmakers for them, and the result has been

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<v Speaker 1>what it's been. Yeah, it seems like I didn't take

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<v Speaker 1>too close a look at their defensive statistics, but a

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<v Speaker 1>defense that seems to have struggled, particularly later in the seasons.

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<v Speaker 1>On average. Uh, this second half of the year, they've

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<v Speaker 1>been giving up you know, in that twenty seven twenty

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<v Speaker 1>eight points per game range, which certainly makes it tough

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<v Speaker 1>on a rookie quarterback. What stands out to you about

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<v Speaker 1>their Teachermaine Johnson. Uh, they you know, they ponied up

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<v Speaker 1>the cash to get him this offseason. A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people he became a very popular Uh. You know guy

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<v Speaker 1>in this league and in terms of free agents and considered,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, of a pretty deep class of cornerbacks. Was

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<v Speaker 1>considered one of the top ones there with the Rams

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<v Speaker 1>for a long time right before going Yeah, for six years.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh three interceptions in the last three games, two of

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<v Speaker 1>which came against Buffalo in that victory that they had

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<v Speaker 1>over the Bills. So a guy that I think will

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<v Speaker 1>be interesting to see him match up probably a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit with uh Davante Adams, but I mean Jamal Adams.

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<v Speaker 1>They finally looks like they you know, after a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of swings at the plate and missing, they did finally

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<v Speaker 1>get their safety the future. Ninety four tackles on the year,

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<v Speaker 1>three and a half sacks, one interception, twelve passes defense

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<v Speaker 1>in three fource fumbles. So a guy is is from

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<v Speaker 1>that strong safety position that can make plays all over

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<v Speaker 1>the field, and you're gonna see him probably make an

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<v Speaker 1>impact against the run as well. So another guy that

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<v Speaker 1>the Packers are gonna have to account for. Yeah, Adams,

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<v Speaker 1>a high draft pick out of l s U which

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<v Speaker 1>they as they like to say in the SEC D

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<v Speaker 1>b U uh the the Louisiana State Tigers crank out

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of defensive backs. But we'll get to more

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<v Speaker 1>on the Jets with our last couple of shows this week.

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<v Speaker 1>But we do have to go for right now, so

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<v Speaker 1>we'll call it a wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted.

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