WEBVTT - #610 Packers Unscripted: Sluggish start 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:10.920 Hi, everybody, Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.280 Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spofford, joined as always 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:16.639 by my trusted colleague West hod Kuwitz. Were coming to 0:00:16.760 --> 0:00:19.760 you here from our studios at lambeau Field and West. 0:00:19.760 --> 0:00:21.960 Week one is in the books for the Green Bay Packers, 0:00:22.160 --> 0:00:25.360 and it was not pretty. Thirty eight to three a 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:28.480 loss to the New Orleans Saints down in Jacksonville, Florida, 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:32.960 and uh, ye had not what anybody expected. And uh 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:37.120 essentially the Packers are in bounce back mode right away 0:00:37.520 --> 0:00:41.839 here in Week two, right out of the gate. Definitely 0:00:41.840 --> 0:00:44.199 not the game I expected in any level. I mean, 0:00:44.200 --> 0:00:46.880 obviously you don't into spake green Bay coming out league's 0:00:46.920 --> 0:00:50.160 highest scoring offensive two thousand twenty, putting up three points, 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:52.199 struggling with turnovers the way they did. I mean, your 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.480 big line all last week I thought was right on point. 0:00:54.880 --> 0:00:57.160 The Packers need to probably be plus two somewhere in 0:00:57.200 --> 0:00:59.639 that category with the turnover margin, and I think they 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.960 win the football game. But the bigger thing that I 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:05.759 think surprised me was just exactly how the Saints played. 0:01:06.200 --> 0:01:08.840 And you know, we talked all week about Jamis Winston 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:10.760 and the last time he was a starting quarterback and 0:01:10.800 --> 0:01:13.440 the turnovers. One of the things I was touching on 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:15.479 this week that doesn't get talked about enough is when 0:01:15.520 --> 0:01:18.240 he had the thirty interceptions, which by no means is good, 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:21.840 he threw six passes. So what do they do in 0:01:21.920 --> 0:01:24.760 this game? They really minimize the mounting passes that he 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.720 was throwing. It was more of a game management type style, 0:01:28.319 --> 0:01:30.680 relying on his feet when the play broke down instead 0:01:30.680 --> 0:01:33.160 of trying to make things happen. And when you have 0:01:33.200 --> 0:01:37.199 a guy like Alvin Kamara, that's you. You ride that guy. 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.920 And a year ago I talked about it at nauseum. 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:43.319 Thirteen catches on fourteen targets this year, twenty carries for 0:01:43.319 --> 0:01:46.319 eighty six yards productive yards, didn't have a big gainer 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:49.320 had their longest carry was fifteen yards and agreement Packers 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:52.320 just couldn't stop it. Yeah, it felt to me this game. 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:55.800 And don't get me wrong here, I'm not saying in 0:01:55.920 --> 0:01:58.120 pointing out these two plays that the Packers would have 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:01.400 won the game, but this game, to me, two plays 0:02:01.760 --> 0:02:04.720 turned this from being a competitive game into being a blowout. 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:08.680 And one was the fourth and seven for the New 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:12.440 Orleans Saints. The scores tend to nothing. New Orleans crosses midfield. 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:14.600 They have a fourth and seven on I believe it 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.279 was the forty one yard line in Green Bay territory. 0:02:18.560 --> 0:02:20.560 Too far to kick a field goal. Didn't want to 0:02:20.600 --> 0:02:23.359 punt from there, so Sean Payton decides to go for it. 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:25.120 If the Packers get a stop there, you get the 0:02:25.120 --> 0:02:28.399 ball back in good field position. You're downten to nothing. Uh, 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.400 you know, nobody's nobody's losing any sleep at this point. 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.919 But they convert that. They end up finishing the drive. 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.920 There's a busted coverage on the tight end screen there 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:41.280 on fourth and seven, and they convert that very very easily, 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.160 and they you know, a few plays later there in 0:02:43.160 --> 0:02:45.600 the end zone at seventeen to nothing. Then the other play, 0:02:45.639 --> 0:02:48.480 of course, is the interception early in the third quarter. 0:02:48.520 --> 0:02:51.079 The Packers get a field goal before halftime at seventeen 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:53.440 to three. They get the ball coming out started the 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.760 third quarter, march it right down the field, get into 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.000 the red zone inside the ten yard line in fact, 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:01.280 and you're looking at it. Okay, get a touchdown there. 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:03.720 It's seventeen to ten. The defense has had some rest 0:03:03.720 --> 0:03:06.000 to see if they settled down still a lot of 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:07.880 ball game to play, more than a quarter and a 0:03:07.880 --> 0:03:11.239 half left to go, but instead of getting into seventeen 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:13.920 to ten, there's a pressure breakdown on both sides of 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:16.960 the offensive line. Aaron Rodgers tries to force it on 0:03:17.080 --> 0:03:19.880 second down as Adams is crossing the throws behind him, 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:22.560 it's picked off. You all know the rest. Those two 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.960 plays really turned this from being what I think everybody 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:29.120 expected to be a competitive game into being a blowout. 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.679 And the Packers just never recovered from from that. Yeah, 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:33.720 and it's just it's too much yarn coming off the ball. 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:35.880 You can't get it back together at that point. And 0:03:36.400 --> 0:03:38.800 you know, I'll turn I'll start with this then we'll 0:03:38.840 --> 0:03:41.800 we'll talk about the turnovers and the interception everything. But 0:03:41.840 --> 0:03:44.200 that second quarter series is the one that stands out 0:03:44.240 --> 0:03:45.680 to me the most because I remember you and I 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:49.240 are watching this game back at lambeau Field on television, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:51.520 and they decided to run it there, I believe. Yeah 0:03:51.520 --> 0:03:53.960 it was the six yard run by Tomorrow, Yeah it was. 0:03:54.040 --> 0:03:57.080 It was third. It was third and long from Green 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:00.720 base and I kind of figured what they were doing there. 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:03.560 It made sense because it was a situation which you 0:04:03.600 --> 0:04:06.000 get stopped well then you just punt it. Right. If 0:04:06.000 --> 0:04:08.000 you get some yards out of it and it's manageable, 0:04:08.240 --> 0:04:10.680 well then you have the option to either age still 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:12.320 punt it, you know and try to you know, pin 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.200 them back, or you know, go for it. In that case, 0:04:15.720 --> 0:04:18.400 green Bay just couldn't get off the field defensively. I 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.320 mean when you look at the third downs, five of 0:04:20.400 --> 0:04:23.719 ten the Saints were on conversions, and then five of 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:25.960 those that they didn't convert on third down they got 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.320 on fourth down. Then they get inside the red zone 0:04:28.360 --> 0:04:31.080 four or four. Those type of numbers, you're just not 0:04:31.120 --> 0:04:33.640 going to be able to overcome that kind of that deficit, 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.520 regardless of what everything else is. And because of the 0:04:36.520 --> 0:04:39.440 way the Saints played that first half twenty two minutes 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:42.120 to eight minutes basically in time of possession, rounding out 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:44.800 some numbers, green Bay led the league I think last 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:48.440 year in time of possession. Again, stacking the deck against yourself. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:51.359 All that being said, Matt Floor even talked about it 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.200 on Monday, or it was after the game, I forget, 0:04:53.240 --> 0:04:56.080 but you know, they still kind of counted themselves lucky 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:57.560 that they were able to go in a halftime only 0:04:57.600 --> 0:04:59.919 down two scores. After there was a two score at 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:02.000 for everything that had gone wrong, it was a two 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.080 score game. And you're getting the ball coming out start 0:05:04.080 --> 0:05:06.080 of the third quarter, and they did exactly what they 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:08.479 wanted to do, except they didn't get the ball in 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:09.960 the end zone and they turned it over in the 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.839 red zone instead. Yeah, and they made their biggest offensive 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:16.000 play of the day, a beautiful throw, a beautiful catch 0:05:16.160 --> 0:05:19.599 by Davante Adams gets Mason Crosby and scoring range. He 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.800 ends up making the thirty nine yard or you come 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:24.200 out a halftime feeling good about yourselves. That was the 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:28.080 most momentum, most rhythm we saw with the offense coming 0:05:28.120 --> 0:05:30.520 out of the break. But when you get into the 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:33.040 red area, Mike, we talked so much about Rogers and 0:05:33.080 --> 0:05:35.640 he doesn't throw pick six? Is he really is not 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:39.240 a guy that throws the interceptions deep inside the opposing teams, 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.880 you know, scoring territory. It happened there in From that 0:05:42.920 --> 0:05:45.280 point on, it just seemed like the air, too much 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.400 air had been let out of the balloon at that point. Yeah, 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.200 the as you said in Insider Inbox, the Packers will 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:53.680 have plenty of opportunities here to prove that this game 0:05:53.760 --> 0:05:59.000 was was an anomaly the to just see how out 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:02.520 of character it is. Two key statistics. We talked about 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:04.960 it on our on our show last week with the 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:07.320 Keys to Victory. The Packers were second in the league 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:09.960 last year in third down efficiency. They were the best 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:12.200 in the league and historically one of the best teams 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:15.760 ever in the red zone. And what happens. Aaron Rodgers 0:06:15.839 --> 0:06:18.680 doesn't get a single third down conversion the entire game 0:06:18.760 --> 0:06:21.600 that he's in at quarterback, and the first time on 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:23.880 the season that they're in the red zone, they not 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.640 only don't get a touchdown, they turned the ball over. 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:30.160 You know, that's just not the way the Packers played 0:06:30.360 --> 0:06:35.600 football in at all. So on the defensive side of things, 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:39.200 you mentioned it, the third down efficiency, the fourth down efficiency, 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:43.279 the red zone. The Saints got two touchdowns off of 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.520 very very short fields, one off of the long interception returned, 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:49.600 the other one of failed fourth down, so basically two 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:52.719 red zone possessions to start and and they converted those 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:57.160 into touchdowns. But early in the game, especially on those 0:06:57.320 --> 0:07:01.640 two long touchdown drives, the Packers defense had opportunities to 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.640 get off the field. There were third downs, there were 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:08.440 fourth downs, and they just they they did not take 0:07:08.480 --> 0:07:13.520 advantage of those opportunities. Jamis Winston scrambled away on you know, 0:07:13.800 --> 0:07:15.960 on a I talked about that last week as well, 0:07:16.000 --> 0:07:18.440 that you have to you have to be careful how 0:07:18.480 --> 0:07:21.320 you rush these guys, you know, these guys with the legs, 0:07:21.360 --> 0:07:24.600 that that can hurt you. He had thirty six yards rushing, 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:27.840 you know it within the first couple of drives of 0:07:27.840 --> 0:07:31.200 the football game. And you know, I felt that completely 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:34.000 put the Packers defense on their heels the rest of 0:07:34.000 --> 0:07:36.640 the time. And then and then we saw other times 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.120 he's going back there and sitting back there in the 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:42.000 pocket because the Packers weren't coming after him because he 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.360 had burned him with with with the legs and all that. 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:47.600 So it just it was it was a snowball that 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.760 started going downhill the Packers. The Packers couldn't stop it, 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:53.760 and uh and unfortunately the game just got completely out 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:55.160 of hand. Yeah, we talked about it. I mean, it 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:57.600 was gonna be a different type of challenge, as difficult 0:07:57.640 --> 0:08:00.000 as it was playing Drew Brees for the past twelve 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:02.240 of years or whatever it came out to be. Um, 0:08:02.360 --> 0:08:07.520 Actually it was more like this going up against Jamis Winston. 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:09.720 Everything gets basically put on its head a little bit. 0:08:09.760 --> 0:08:11.560 This guy has a big home run type arm. You 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:14.640 saw them that Deonte Harris fifty five yard touchdown when 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:17.080 they finally did go for the ball down field at 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:19.160 the same exact moment that I think I even mentioned 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:20.840 you as we're watching the game, man, he only has 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:22.600 ninety three passing yards so far, and it was like 0:08:22.640 --> 0:08:27.600 literally the next play. But but realistically, Mike, the two 0:08:27.640 --> 0:08:30.120 areas other than those statistics I reeled off because those 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.440 are really the most telling, it's the most important of all. 0:08:34.440 --> 0:08:36.200 But the two areas where I thought green Bay lost 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:39.200 this game was New Orleans dominated him in the run game, 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.960 offensive and defense of being able to stop green Bays run, 0:08:43.040 --> 0:08:46.120 knocking him out of that rhythm. You mentioned how uncharacteristic 0:08:46.200 --> 0:08:48.199 some of the mental mistakes were that Green Bay had. 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:50.520 It was also on characteristic. They just couldn't get any 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:53.560 of their typical offense going in that early going. And 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:57.319 then conversely, I talked about Chima, but I mean talk 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.880 about Tony Jones Jr. Being a guy that was a 0:09:00.040 --> 0:09:02.480 really steady, complimentary presence to him, and the fact that 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:04.400 they were able to get a hundred forty rushing yards 0:09:04.400 --> 0:09:06.400 in the first half, thanks in part also to Winston 0:09:06.760 --> 0:09:09.360 in a hundred and seventy yards for the game. I 0:09:09.480 --> 0:09:11.800 keep saying this over and over again, but they dictated 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:13.960 the terms in which this game was going to be played. 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:17.800 They used the Jacksonville It was a different type of environment, 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:21.400 but they wore green Bay down and ultimately I just 0:09:21.440 --> 0:09:24.560 think kind of, you know, demoralize them in some ways. 0:09:24.600 --> 0:09:26.959 So the big key for green Bay this week is 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.320 Matt Floor discussed and I really appreciate Aaron Rodgers comments 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.600 afterwards as well. I mean he said we played bad. 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:36.320 I played bad. It really is that simple. The goal now, 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:40.040 as Davante Adams tweeted with flush it and respond, you 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:43.680 got Detroit coming in here next week. Now you gotta 0:09:43.720 --> 0:09:45.679 figure out what happened in these first two days of 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.720 the week, make those corrections, and then reset, because the 0:09:48.720 --> 0:09:50.839 Packers got a huge gift in the fact the NFC 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.400 North all ended up coming up empty this weekend. But 0:09:53.440 --> 0:09:55.520 now you've got a divisional opponent coming into your house 0:09:55.520 --> 0:09:58.480 and you have to hold serve. Yeah. Absolutely, um. Some 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.280 shout out to our sponsors. 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One is 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:28.280 that tight end Josiah Deguar is in the concussion protocol. 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:30.120 He was down on the field for quite a while. 0:10:31.600 --> 0:10:34.199 Everyone thankful that he was able to get up and 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.680 walk off the field, Matt Lafleur saying on Monday that 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:40.640 he's definitely in a better place than he was on Sunday, 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:42.400 so that is very good to hear. But he is 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:44.320 in the concussion protocol and we will just have to 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:47.400 see what happens. Darnell Savage left the game in the 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:51.120 second half with a shoulder injury. Matt Lafleur does not 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:54.280 believe it is a long term issue at all, and 0:10:54.320 --> 0:10:57.240 even suggested that with the extra day with the Packers 0:10:57.240 --> 0:10:59.680 not playing until Monday night, that that might be enough 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.320 time for Darnell Savage to even get back on the 0:11:02.360 --> 0:11:05.560 field here in week two, and then Zadarius Smith. He 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:09.120 went into the game questionable. He only practiced once during 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:13.400 training camp, ended up playing eighteen snaps. Apparently came out 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:16.960 of it no worse for where um health wise. I'm 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:18.760 sure he has a little bit of an objection to 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:22.160 that flag, that flag that was thrown on the roughing 0:11:22.160 --> 0:11:24.520 the passer. I don't want to go off on a 0:11:24.520 --> 0:11:26.720 big tangent here West, but I just have to say, Look, 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:29.800 I've been saying it for years. The NFL puts in 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:33.000 all these safety rules, and I get it, I understand it. 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:35.520 I'm not saying there's a problem with the safety rules. 0:11:35.800 --> 0:11:37.800 But if you're gonna put all the safety rules in, 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.680 why aren't you going to use replay to make sure 0:11:40.720 --> 0:11:44.640 you get the calls right? Because he didn't hit him high, 0:11:44.800 --> 0:11:47.120 he didn't hit him low, he didn't land with his 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:50.960 body weight on him, he didn't hit him late. He 0:11:51.040 --> 0:11:53.400 hit him hard. Yes, he hit him hard, and it 0:11:53.480 --> 0:11:56.880 looked bad. So they throw a flag because it looked bad. 0:11:56.920 --> 0:11:58.840 And when you look at it on the replay, he 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:02.320 didn't break a rule. The safety rules are in place, 0:12:02.559 --> 0:12:05.240 he didn't break a rule. So you can't just throw 0:12:05.280 --> 0:12:08.880 a flag because it looked bad. I just I get it. 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:11.240 It was twenty four to three. I still don't think 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:13.520 the game is over at that point. Necessarily, the Packers 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.680 probably are not going to win the game. But what 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:19.679 if that call happens when it's one and you wipe 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:21.800 out an interception by a defense in the end zone 0:12:21.800 --> 0:12:24.800 on a call like that, I mean, come on, NFL, 0:12:26.080 --> 0:12:31.120 make the safety rules reviewable on replay. It's simple, it's simple. 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:33.880 Just if the rules are that important, then make sure 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:35.880 you get the calls right. Alright? That all right, I'm done, 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:39.080 go ahead, you're right. The thing I'm actually most grateful 0:12:39.160 --> 0:12:41.320 for on that play was that Jamis Winston threw the 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:44.079 ball because I still feel like that flag is probably 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:47.520 getting thrown even if he sacks him. I really believe that. No, 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:50.760 you no, you're you're absolutely The referee was looking at 0:12:50.840 --> 0:12:53.160 one thing and one thing only. Well, and that is 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.439 his job. He's he that referee is back there to 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.080 protect the quarterback Monday night, raw is what he was 0:12:58.120 --> 0:13:00.760 looking at. He was looking at how that quarterback is 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:04.040 going back. I give Jamis a lot of credit. His 0:13:04.120 --> 0:13:06.240 head whipped back like he just got into a car. 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:10.800 Accident and that there was no contact to the head 0:13:10.840 --> 0:13:13.320 at all. Right, that's the thing. His head whipped back 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.160 because of the power of the hit. But Zadarius Smith 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:19.080 did not break a rule. And then because it because 0:13:19.120 --> 0:13:22.520 it looked bad, because it looked bad, he throws the flag. 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.720 And that's why. And I don't I don't blame the 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.360 official that that's what That's what I want people to understand. 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:30.040 I don't blame the official for throwing the flag because 0:13:30.040 --> 0:13:33.680 it looked like roughing the past, but it wasn't. Look 0:13:33.679 --> 0:13:36.280 at the replay, make sure you get the call right. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:39.000 And the NFL refuses to do that, I don't understand. 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.079 And and the fact of the matter is I actually 0:13:42.120 --> 0:13:44.640 got really fired up watching the game too, because everybody 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:47.400 will always say, well, then the games get too long, 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:49.640 you know, if you're doing all these reviews. And my only, 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.240 my only counter to that then is okay, if that's 0:13:52.240 --> 0:13:54.319 the emphasis then, because we're all about emphasis is in 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:57.199 the NFL. You know, God forbid that I celebrate while 0:13:57.240 --> 0:14:00.800 I'm directly you know, across from where as opposed to 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:03.480 my body being turned this way. That's an issue, that's 0:14:03.480 --> 0:14:07.200 a penalty that could get me ejected. Right, but God forbid, 0:14:07.960 --> 0:14:10.839 you know, if that's the emphasis and that's where hey, 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.079 we're not going to be able to review these things. 0:14:13.600 --> 0:14:15.640 Then it is on the referees to get this right. 0:14:15.880 --> 0:14:17.559 It is their job to get it right, whether they're 0:14:17.559 --> 0:14:20.600 in the position, whether that means adding another guy somewhere 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:23.040 in the stadium that is looking from a different perspective, 0:14:23.280 --> 0:14:26.520 only focused on that quarterback. That's something the NFL has 0:14:26.560 --> 0:14:29.280 to figure out because my biggest issue. Let's say the 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.520 game doesn't turn around. Let's say the Packers do still 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:36.480 loset to ten or whatever. We saw this happen with 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:40.040 JayR Alexander two years three years ago. It cost him 0:14:40.080 --> 0:14:43.560 an interception. In this day and age, it's not easy 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:46.600 to play defense, and it's not easy to generate turnovers. 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:50.080 If a guy gets a takeaway, he should be rewarded 0:14:50.120 --> 0:14:56.080 for it if the play was clean, unacceptable. All right, 0:14:56.320 --> 0:14:58.520 thank you for indulge you, but I apologize. I will. 0:14:58.720 --> 0:15:01.120 I will say this. Good to see Darius Smith. From 0:15:01.120 --> 0:15:04.240 a health perspective, it sounds like, no question, that's a 0:15:04.320 --> 0:15:06.200 huge thing for this defense because they're gonna need them, 0:15:06.200 --> 0:15:09.880 no question about it. Absolutely. You mentioned it before the 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:15.720 NFC North took a goose again. Week one, the the 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:20.920 Minnesota Vikings go into Cincinnati and lose in overtime. Actually 0:15:21.680 --> 0:15:23.920 they were in my opinion, they were lucky to get 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.160 it to overtime in the first place. I think Cincinnati 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:29.960 made made some really questionable decisions when they had a 0:15:30.000 --> 0:15:33.720 two score lead there in the second half. But that aside, 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:37.400 Minnesota was then in position maybe five six seven yards 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.200 away from being able to kick a field goal win 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:43.400 that game, and overtime Dalvin Cook fumbles the ball, Cincinnati recovers, 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:46.480 they get in position and kick a walk off as 0:15:46.560 --> 0:15:50.640 the overtime clock expires. So Minnesota is oh and one. 0:15:50.960 --> 0:15:54.200 That the Chicago Bears hang with the l A Rams 0:15:54.280 --> 0:15:56.640 for a while there on Sunday Night. I believe it 0:15:56.680 --> 0:16:00.240 was a fourteen game there in the second half. Then 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:03.560 the Rams pull away at the end win by twenty. 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:05.560 So the Bears are oh on one. And then the 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:09.160 Packers opponent here coming up in Week two, Monday Night Football, 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:11.600 the Detroit Lions. They fall behind big time. They're down 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:15.080 with I don't know, four or five minutes left in 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:17.600 the game, and suddenly they get this big rally going. 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:20.080 They score and get a two. They recover an onside kick, 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.120 they score again, get another two point conversion. Suddenly a 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:25.840 twenty four point deficit is an eight point deficit. It's 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:29.160 forty one to thirty three. And then the Niners have 0:16:29.360 --> 0:16:32.080 the game put away on a completed pass on a 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:35.520 third down conversion and they fumble the ball. Detroit gets 0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:37.880 it back and they actually get within twenty five yards 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.840 of that potential game tying touchdown, but they fall to 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:45.280 the forty ninerst to thirty three. But we saw that's 0:16:45.280 --> 0:16:48.320 the Detroit Lions team that showed a lot of fight 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.400 in a game that they were getting. They were getting 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:52.880 it handed to him for three and a half quarters. 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:56.320 And that's the Detroit. The fighting Detroit Lions are gonna 0:16:56.360 --> 0:16:59.040 be here at lambeau Field come Monday night. Yeah. We 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:01.880 always talk about teams taking on the mantra and the 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:04.199 mentality of their coach, and I thought you saw that 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:06.119 this game with the Lions, because I was one of 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:08.040 those people that left them for dead. In this game, 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:10.760 Jared Goff gets off to a slow start. You're not 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:12.879 really sure what the running game is. Jamal Williams had 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.520 a great game, but DeAndre Swift is sort of their ace. 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.960 That's the guy they've been working on being the lead back, 0:17:18.000 --> 0:17:20.160 and and here's you know, Jamal kind of coming out 0:17:20.160 --> 0:17:23.280 of nowhere. All that being said, I really don't know 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:25.120 how to make heads or tails out of that first 0:17:25.160 --> 0:17:27.880 week for the NFC North, whether it's the Packers, whether 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:30.680 it's the Vikings and the Lions, the Bears. I think 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:33.280 you saw that they're they're kind of far away from 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:34.680 where I think where they need to be and where 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:36.400 they want to be. I think they have to figure 0:17:36.400 --> 0:17:38.879 out that quarterback situation first and then start to let 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.040 the dominance. And there, and and and they were. They 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.320 were behind the eight ball in some respects to that. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:45.680 You know, the new stadium out there in l A, 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.440 which did not have any fans last year, Suddenly it's 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:51.040 the first game where those l A fans get to 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:53.600 fill the place and it's Sunday night football in primetime. 0:17:53.640 --> 0:17:55.760 I mean, that's a tough way to open your season. 0:17:55.840 --> 0:17:58.080 And as I said, they did hang with them into 0:17:58.119 --> 0:17:59.959 the second half there. It was a one score game 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.679 him for a while, but ultimately the Rams took control 0:18:02.720 --> 0:18:04.800 down the stretching for him away. I just have a 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:06.359 harder time figuring out I mean, I think a lot 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:08.000 of it's gonna come down to us trying to figure 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:11.119 out how good the Cincinnati Bengals are. And you know, 0:18:11.160 --> 0:18:13.520 I think everybody in the NFC North has to play him. 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:15.080 The Vikings were the first one to play him, and 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:16.800 everybody else is going to get a shot at him. 0:18:16.800 --> 0:18:19.200 To Joe Burrow's legit. If he can stay healthy, I 0:18:19.240 --> 0:18:20.840 think he's gonna give a lot of teams problems. I 0:18:20.840 --> 0:18:23.320 think there's some questions with their defense there, but you know, 0:18:23.359 --> 0:18:26.320 the Vikings, that's been the way this thing's gone for them. 0:18:26.400 --> 0:18:28.520 It's been a lot of ups and downs, and when 0:18:28.520 --> 0:18:30.199 you're up and down too much, you end up at 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:32.719 that seven and nine, eight and eight level. So some 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.359 questions that Mike Zimmers group has to answer. But getting 0:18:35.359 --> 0:18:37.560 bringing it back to Detroit to close this thing up, 0:18:37.960 --> 0:18:39.760 they showed a lot of heart, they showed a lot 0:18:39.760 --> 0:18:42.440 of desire and I still you know, they lost Jeff 0:18:42.440 --> 0:18:44.480 Acuda this week, so that's gonna be a big loss 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.479 for them for the season. Young cornerback that had a 0:18:47.520 --> 0:18:50.080 fantastic camp and looked like he was making the strides 0:18:50.119 --> 0:18:52.960 they wanted to after a rough rookie year. So they're 0:18:53.000 --> 0:18:55.639 gonna have to rally the troops, but they present a 0:18:55.680 --> 0:18:57.840 lot of issues, Mike, you know, with t J Hockenson 0:18:57.960 --> 0:19:01.199 kind of coming on. Certainly the two headed Ackfield um 0:19:01.240 --> 0:19:03.400 and Jared Goff has been there, done that, so they're 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:05.280 gonna come in wanting to be you know, find a 0:19:05.320 --> 0:19:08.080 way to come in and upend the Green Bay. So 0:19:08.119 --> 0:19:09.720 that's something that Matt Floor is gonna have to have 0:19:09.720 --> 0:19:12.680