Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted Social
Speaker 1: Distancing Style from Packers dot Com. I am Mike spoffor
Speaker 1: joint as always by my trusted colleague Wes Hodkuits, coming
Speaker 1: to you from across the hall from one another actually
Speaker 1: here at lambeau Field West, the Packers. I would say,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure what number to put on. It feels
Speaker 1: like we're roughly halfway through training camp at this point,
Speaker 1: as far as the padded practices go. And I know,
Speaker 1: usually we spend training camp shows talking about younger players
Speaker 1: and you know who's climbing the depth chart, etcetera, etcetera.
Speaker 1: But I wanted to start this show talking about three
Speaker 1: veterans in particular, because they can get overlooked sometimes in
Speaker 1: training camp. But I tell you what, Aaron Rodgers looks
Speaker 1: as sharp as ever, Mason Crosby looks as locked in
Speaker 1: as ever. Mercedes Lewis, he's still going west, and he's
Speaker 1: a He's an important leader on this team, not only
Speaker 1: for the tight end group, but in this locker room
Speaker 1: as a whole. And Mike, you know me, I want
Speaker 1: to talk about Mercedes Lewis until next Tuesday. But I
Speaker 1: got a touch on something first, Mason Crosby in practice
Speaker 1: so far, he's been exceptional. He did have some kicks
Speaker 1: during practice. I believe it would have been on Sunday
Speaker 1: where Pete Doherty and I over in the fans section
Speaker 1: there the stands. We weren't sure whether or not they
Speaker 1: went in or not. Okay, Pete and I asked you.
Speaker 1: I was like, spot, did they go in? He's like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: they went in. He went nine for nine and Pete.
Speaker 1: Pete still went and asked Mason during his media availability
Speaker 1: on Monday, what did we learn, Mike? What are the
Speaker 1: lesson we learned? Never doubt Mike Spofford, don't do it, um,
Speaker 1: So I have to tell that little story. No, Mason
Speaker 1: has been great. He's been off to a really strong start.
Speaker 1: As you said, it's really interesting that you point this out, Mike.
Speaker 1: It's the three guys in the thirty five plus club
Speaker 1: for the Packers that you that you mentioned there, Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: Mercedes Lewis and obviously Crosby. And this is a very
Speaker 1: young football team. I know someone in insider inbox asked
Speaker 1: me a couple of days ago. Okay, so like, what
Speaker 1: are how do they rank against other teams, and it's
Speaker 1: so difficult to tell that until we get to fifty
Speaker 1: three players. But when they finally do, I think it's
Speaker 1: going to be one of the younger teams that I
Speaker 1: think I've covered here in Green Bay. Now that being said,
Speaker 1: it comes down to your leadership, and the Packers have
Speaker 1: a lot of it. When you look at Rogers, Lewis
Speaker 1: and Crosby. You asked me about Mercedes Lewis, I'll give
Speaker 1: you an answer to that. You have three really talented
Speaker 1: young tight ends in that room. And then no disrespect
Speaker 1: Evan Bayliss also coming off the practice squad last year,
Speaker 1: guys they want to develop, guys they see as the
Speaker 1: future of this offense. Mercedes Lewis is a big part
Speaker 1: in helping bring those guys along, along with Justin out
Speaker 1: In the tight ends coach. And you can just tell
Speaker 1: Mike from his twenty minute conference call with us this weekend,
Speaker 1: how excited Mercedes Lewis is about this opportunity, how much
Speaker 1: he's still driven to compete going into year fifteen. And
Speaker 1: I'll be honest with you, Mike, You're going into your
Speaker 1: fifteen of your occupation here at the Green Bay Packers
Speaker 1: in ten more years. I hope to be as excited
Speaker 1: about it as Mercedes Lewis. I mean, this is a
Speaker 1: guy that, despite all of his interests out of off
Speaker 1: the field, uh, still has a lot to give on it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: certainly the guy a veteran player who's you know, searching
Speaker 1: for that elusive championship as they say. But that's not
Speaker 1: the only thing driving him. The other thing driving him
Speaker 1: is he really does still love the game. He loves
Speaker 1: to play. I think he embraces whatever leadership role is
Speaker 1: thrust upon him. And Aaron Rodgers talked about that, how
Speaker 1: Marcedes Lewis as as a leader, even though this is
Speaker 1: only his third year in this locker room, as a
Speaker 1: leader for this team, he has the timing of when
Speaker 1: to say something, how to say it um And you know,
Speaker 1: Roger sort of drew the parallel to some of the
Speaker 1: other leaders in the locker room in the past, like
Speaker 1: a Charles Woodson or like a Julius Peppers, who they
Speaker 1: just they just understand the right timing and the right
Speaker 1: tone in order to lead the squad as a whole.
Speaker 1: And that being said, Aaron Rodgers is certainly is certainly
Speaker 1: showing his leadership on the field as as much as
Speaker 1: off the field, because I know Monday's practice was kind of,
Speaker 1: you know, a half speed jog through type of thing.
Speaker 1: Nothing really to uh document as far as reporting on
Speaker 1: the practice goes. But those practices on Saturday and Sunday, boy,
Speaker 1: I tell you, the accuracy of his throws where he
Speaker 1: was putting the football, it was really impressive to watch.
Speaker 1: And then he capt off that practice on Sunday with
Speaker 1: an absolutely picture perfect execution of the two minute drill.
Speaker 1: I wrote about that on packers dot Com. I think
Speaker 1: the most impressive thing about him pulling off that two
Speaker 1: minute drill is there wasn't a single big explosive play
Speaker 1: that made it really easy, like suddenly, oh, they're all
Speaker 1: the way down at the other end of the field,
Speaker 1: they're going to finish this off. It was it was
Speaker 1: a matter of just being very methodical, very precise, managing
Speaker 1: the clock. He spiked the ball three different times along
Speaker 1: the way, he used the time out at the proper time,
Speaker 1: just completely in command out there. And I thought the
Speaker 1: way that ended Sunday's practice, after the way he had
Speaker 1: thrown the ball all through Saturday and Sunday to full
Speaker 1: speed full pads practices, I thought Rogers really showedy he's
Speaker 1: on top of his game right now. Yeah, And unfortunately,
Speaker 1: obviously fans can't see it right now because of you know,
Speaker 1: the restrictions in place with COVID and not being able
Speaker 1: to attend training camp practice and that is a non
Speaker 1: shooting period. But I wish people could actually be able
Speaker 1: to put their eyes on it, because it really, I thought,
Speaker 1: encapsulated everything Aaron Rodgers is, especially at this juncture of
Speaker 1: his career. He made a critical third down pass on
Speaker 1: that play right down the middle, down the seam to
Speaker 1: Robert Toany, and Tany did a good job bringing the
Speaker 1: ball in. That's what extended the drive and from there
Speaker 1: a lot of outroutes, a lot of stuff underneath, just
Speaker 1: being as you said, methodical to get into range for
Speaker 1: Mason Crosby to make that forty seven yard or but
Speaker 1: beyond that, Mike, the way he's challenged the middle of
Speaker 1: the field so far during camp, I thought has been
Speaker 1: really good. And excuse me, his deep ball stuff right
Speaker 1: now divine to Adams. I mean he opened up the
Speaker 1: team period. I believe that was on Sunday, had a
Speaker 1: deep ball off play action to Davante Adams would have
Speaker 1: been a touchdown. He did it again later in practice
Speaker 1: again to Adams. There are so many different ways that
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers can beat you, and I found this very interesting. Mike.
Speaker 1: He met with the media on Monday, and he talked
Speaker 1: about when he was asked by Bill Hubert about just
Speaker 1: the start he's off to and why he's feeling so good,
Speaker 1: and Rogers, you can tell it wasn't just a talking point.
Speaker 1: He legitimately feels like he's in a groove right now.
Speaker 1: And one thing that he pointed out was he went
Speaker 1: back and they were doing the installs, and with those installs,
Speaker 1: they bring in cut ups of some of his old
Speaker 1: work and there was a clip from ten years ago
Speaker 1: and he found something in it. He wouldn't go into
Speaker 1: exactly what it was, but there was something that he
Speaker 1: saw in that that he brought to practice the next day.
Speaker 1: And then, as he put it, the next the you know,
Speaker 1: the last few days had happened. So Aaron Rodgers is
Speaker 1: in a groove. And you know, we always talked about
Speaker 1: preseason games and all it does. He need the reps
Speaker 1: and everything. What you need is practice and you need
Speaker 1: to find yourself as a quarterback. And I think going
Speaker 1: into two thousand twenties, fight all the obstacles that have
Speaker 1: been put in his way, in this team's way. Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers is doing that. Yeah, I'm really curious what that
Speaker 1: thing is. I know everybody is curious just what that is.
Speaker 1: From the two thousand and ten I think he was
Speaker 1: talking about practice film. Sounded like that he saw and
Speaker 1: you wonder, okay, is it's Was it something with his mechanics,
Speaker 1: was it something with the timing, was it something with footwork?
Speaker 1: Was it something that he saw with his eyes as
Speaker 1: far as how he's looking at I mean, we don't
Speaker 1: really know, and he wasn't going to tell us, which
Speaker 1: is which is typical of Aaron Rodgers. But it really
Speaker 1: was fascinating. I mean, something from ten years ago, and
Speaker 1: he says he notices it, he took it out to
Speaker 1: the practice field, and then suddenly on Saturday and Sunday
Speaker 1: like boom, boom boom, like every throw is right on target,
Speaker 1: right where it needs to be. And you know, Rogers,
Speaker 1: Rogers seems to really be enjoying himself in this training camp.
Speaker 1: As much as there are limitations and the players can't do.
Speaker 1: You know, a lot of those off the field activities
Speaker 1: and other things that you know that they might normally
Speaker 1: do during a training camp. Some of those team bonding,
Speaker 1: team chemistry type things, those are off the table at
Speaker 1: least for the time being. But um, these uh, these guys, this,
Speaker 1: this number one offense looks like it's having some fun
Speaker 1: out there. He really does. And and the other thing too.
Speaker 1: And I wrote about this an Insider inbox. Whether or
Speaker 1: not it's it's the film clip, or it's the second
Speaker 1: year in Matt Lafleur's offense, or it's like some of
Speaker 1: his teammates have even said how much Rogers appears to
Speaker 1: be enjoying himself this summer. There's just something about him
Speaker 1: that has really allowed him to find that groove here early.
Speaker 1: And I think there is something to be said for
Speaker 1: the fact that that second year offense, the installs have
Speaker 1: been in, they ran through them mentally before they finally
Speaker 1: hit the practice field. Once they did, Matt laflor has
Speaker 1: felt very confident about the run that they've been able
Speaker 1: to get on. And here's the thing that I think
Speaker 1: is most intriguing in terms of the pieces around Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: I've said this a couple of times, but Jordy Nelson, Davante,
Speaker 1: Adams Randall, Cob James Jones. All those years, it was
Speaker 1: always the same essential components of that offense and where
Speaker 1: the ball was going to go. Who your primary skill
Speaker 1: position players are, the way they've built the backfield, the
Speaker 1: number of options they have at tight end. Uh, you know,
Speaker 1: Josiah Deguara be able to play a hybrid role, and
Speaker 1: then certainly a guy like Mark Quizvelde Scantlin coming back
Speaker 1: with what he offers in terms of not only his
Speaker 1: top end speed but also some of the underneath stuff
Speaker 1: he's been showing early in camp. This isn't going to
Speaker 1: be the offense whereas just the same three receivers for
Speaker 1: sixty snaps. They're gonna be really multiple. But you can
Speaker 1: tell that Rogers is game to rapport with a lot
Speaker 1: of these guys already. In being able to establish that
Speaker 1: this early, despite you know, everything they went through with
Speaker 1: the offseason program, that could be something that really helps
Speaker 1: put the Packers ahead when they get into these games
Speaker 1: here in September. Yeah, and one other thought on Crosby too,
Speaker 1: before we move on from these veterans we've been talking about.
Speaker 1: He actually did miss the first few practices ever since
Speaker 1: he came back. He's been absolutely locked in as far
Speaker 1: as I'm concerned. But he did miss the first few
Speaker 1: practices he was on the COVID reserve list. He actually
Speaker 1: test did test positive for the coronavirus the second day
Speaker 1: that the players were back in the and the testing
Speaker 1: had begun. Fortunately for him, very mild symptoms, wasn't anything
Speaker 1: that that required a major recovery. But then he did
Speaker 1: have a lot of conversations with with his wife, Molly
Speaker 1: and his family. Molly had a cancer issue a year ago.
Speaker 1: She's been given a clean bill of health, which is
Speaker 1: great news, but he had to think about, you know, well,
Speaker 1: should I play, Should I take this risk, you know,
Speaker 1: exposing myself with obviously what his wife went through last year.
Speaker 1: And uh, fortunately for the Packers, Molly's Molly's doctors have
Speaker 1: said everything's good to go. They gave him the thumbs
Speaker 1: up and uh, and Mason Crosby looks, uh, he looks
Speaker 1: as good as ever as as he is going to
Speaker 1: continue to put all those scoring records he owns just
Speaker 1: further out of reach. And yeah, this has been this
Speaker 1: has been a wild twelve months for the Crosby family.
Speaker 1: You know, Molly got diagnosed with her nero endocrine tumor
Speaker 1: that she had on her lung right before the start
Speaker 1: of training camp. She had the surgery to remove that
Speaker 1: the day before. The Packers ended up playing the Kansas
Speaker 1: City Chiefs in that preseason finale. So Mason's flip flopping
Speaker 1: between Green Bay and the Mayo Clinic in Minneapolis. He's
Speaker 1: trying to get all this stuff going on. Oh and then,
Speaker 1: by the way, he also has the kicking competition at
Speaker 1: that time with Sam Ficken, and through all that he
Speaker 1: ended up having a career year ninety one point seven percent,
Speaker 1: tied Yon Standards record for single season accuracy, and then
Speaker 1: also got rewarded with the extension, being able to come
Speaker 1: back now for a fourteen season with Green Bay the
Speaker 1: second longest tenured player on this roster now to Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 1: So it's just it. I'm not saying the same apropos,
Speaker 1: but it's just I mean, when you talk about all
Speaker 1: the adversity they faced. Of course, when he comes back
Speaker 1: to Green Bay, he ends up being surprised by a
Speaker 1: COVID test, but he was able, as he said, he
Speaker 1: was able to do a lot of his strength and
Speaker 1: conditioning stuff away from the team, he had his ten
Speaker 1: day quarantine. Once he came back, he felt good, he
Speaker 1: felt strong. It was bizarre. I mean, he did have
Speaker 1: a negative test that first day. The second day is
Speaker 1: where he had the positive one, as you pointed out.
Speaker 1: So whatever it is, they made the decision him and
Speaker 1: Molly her doctors. They felt like it was safe for
Speaker 1: him to proceed onto into this two thousand twenty season.
Speaker 1: Might have been a different story if she would have
Speaker 1: been in a different spot in this would have happened
Speaker 1: last year. But all that being said, I mean, when
Speaker 1: you have a kicker like Mason Crosby, the confidence, the
Speaker 1: wherewithal and just being able to be, you know, sure
Speaker 1: about who that guy is going to be, that is
Speaker 1: such a value right now in today's NFL. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: all three of these veterans we're talking about, Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: Mason Crosby, Marcedes Lewis, all members of the Packers what
Speaker 1: they call the leadership Council as far as a group
Speaker 1: of veteran players that meets on a regular basis with
Speaker 1: Heath coach Matt Lafleur. They actually had an impromptu meeting
Speaker 1: after Monday's practice to talk about the police shooting situation
Speaker 1: in Kenosha, and I think we'll be hearing some more
Speaker 1: as time goes on, as far as as far as
Speaker 1: some plans that the players have things that they want
Speaker 1: to talk about, things they want to bring awareness to
Speaker 1: as the season goes along. So we'll certainly stay tuned
Speaker 1: for any news we hear along those lines. But Wes,
Speaker 1: it would not be a training camp unscripted episode without
Speaker 1: talking about some younger players who are getting noticed. And
Speaker 1: I think the one guy we definitely have to talk
Speaker 1: about here who is certain the U is getting noticed
Speaker 1: by the coaches, by the reporters. Everybody who's out there
Speaker 1: at practice is fifth round draft pick rookie linebacker Kamal Martin.
Speaker 1: And uh, I tell you what, a lot of the rookies,
Speaker 1: I think they're all in a really, really tough spot
Speaker 1: in terms of trying to do something in a in
Speaker 1: a regular role on offensive side, offense or defense, aside
Speaker 1: from just special teams, because of not having any o
Speaker 1: t a S, no mini camp, no rookie orientation as
Speaker 1: far as any on field snaps until training camp rolled around.
Speaker 1: But Camal Martin doesn't really look like that kind of
Speaker 1: rookie right now. He looks like he's making a bid
Speaker 1: to uh, to find a role somehow, some way in
Speaker 1: Mike Patton's defense, and uh, it's it's been interesting to watch. Yeah,
Speaker 1: And if you don't believe Mike, well you can't watch it.
Speaker 1: But I'll just tell you about it. The hit that
Speaker 1: he laid on De Marier. Crockett asked Maria Crockett about
Speaker 1: what this guy can do at the inside linebacker position.
Speaker 1: The Packers did their live tackling drill. At the end
Speaker 1: of I believe it was Saturday's practice. Correct me if
Speaker 1: I'm wrong on that. Mike was Actually it was Sundays.
Speaker 1: All the days go together. If you asked me, I
Speaker 1: would have said today was Sunday. But at the end
Speaker 1: of it they did a ten minute period. It was
Speaker 1: just Jordan's love running the offense and it was the
Speaker 1: young guys in the offense versus the young guys on
Speaker 1: the defense. Kamal Martin sniffs out this this play he
Speaker 1: blitz is to kind of does this a gap blitz deal,
Speaker 1: gets past one two guards somewhere in there and just
Speaker 1: ends up in the backfield and just puts a nice
Speaker 1: thud on on crock A good clean hit and it
Speaker 1: really he was. He was jacked about and the defense
Speaker 1: was pretty excited about it too. I was talking I
Speaker 1: wrote about this an Insider inbox, but I was talking
Speaker 1: with Zach Helpern, who covers the Badgers. He's a friend
Speaker 1: of ours, and uh, you know it works down in Madison,
Speaker 1: and you know, he was saying and it was really
Speaker 1: eye opening to me. I mean, I wrote, I read
Speaker 1: your story in the offseason. I obviously did my research
Speaker 1: on Martin, but when Zach kind of mentioned, He's like,
Speaker 1: you know, that guy would have been a much higher
Speaker 1: draft pick had it not been for the injury. What
Speaker 1: he would have been able to not what he had
Speaker 1: already put on film largely got him a fifth round
Speaker 1: draft choice, if he would have had a chance to
Speaker 1: build upon that last year in a more meaningful way.
Speaker 1: He Zach really felt like this would have been a
Speaker 1: guy that that could have really opened some eyes on
Speaker 1: people and for the packers to find him where they did.
Speaker 1: I mean, when he stepped on the practice field the
Speaker 1: first day, I was like, this guy is a little different.
Speaker 1: I mean he's tall, he's lengthy, he's got good size,
Speaker 1: he carries his weight well, and he he has some
Speaker 1: real nice athleticism for the position. So for a fifth
Speaker 1: round pick, it's very interesting. They can go either way.
Speaker 1: You can have a guy come in like Corey Lindsley
Speaker 1: who just looks like he belongs from day one, and
Speaker 1: then you get some of these guys that don't even
Speaker 1: look like they necessarily can play at this level. I'm
Speaker 1: not saying Martin is in Lindley's category. There's a long
Speaker 1: way to go yet, but you just see a maturity
Speaker 1: with him in the way the confidence that he has
Speaker 1: and the way he plays the position, and certainly an
Speaker 1: opportunity there if he continues to make the most of
Speaker 1: those opportunities here in practice. Yeah, well, certainly what what
Speaker 1: what Zach Helprin said is exactly what I heard from
Speaker 1: Minnesota's defensive coordinator when I talked to him about Martin's career.
Speaker 1: He actually put probably his a lot of his best
Speaker 1: tape on film uh in the season and in the
Speaker 1: first half of twenty nineteen. But then he started to
Speaker 1: try to battle through this knee injury. It was slowing
Speaker 1: him down a little bit. Eventually, the Gophers just shut
Speaker 1: him down and they didn't even have him, you know,
Speaker 1: prep or play in the bowl game at all at
Speaker 1: the end of the season because they knew he was
Speaker 1: headed to the NFL Draft. They didn't want to jeopardize that.
Speaker 1: He you know, needed to uh to get that knee
Speaker 1: taken care of, and and it's a it's worked out.
Speaker 1: It certainly worked out for him. He's a really interesting
Speaker 1: prospect at linebacker, as you mentioned, was because of the
Speaker 1: size and the body type. This he looks like a
Speaker 1: guy who can thump a little bit against the run,
Speaker 1: but he's got he's got the length, you know, the arms,
Speaker 1: the height and everything, and apparently the athleticism in in
Speaker 1: coverage against against tight ends, potentially some tough matchups there
Speaker 1: are running backs trying to sneak out of the backfield,
Speaker 1: that kind of thing. So it really, it really is
Speaker 1: interesting to to watch him because I'll admit, you know,
Speaker 1: the fifth round pick. Now, this was the first pick
Speaker 1: out of six that the Packers made on the third
Speaker 1: day of the draft because they did not have a
Speaker 1: fourth round pick. He was the first guy they took
Speaker 1: on Day three in the fifth round, So that says
Speaker 1: something in and of itself. But with the way everything
Speaker 1: went in the offseason, I just figured, Okay, this guy
Speaker 1: is probably going to you know, be a regular on
Speaker 1: special teams right away, and then you see what happens
Speaker 1: on defense, and uh, he's you know, like I said,
Speaker 1: he's he's making a push to have a role on
Speaker 1: defense right away, right away as a rookie, which I
Speaker 1: think is pretty impressive all things consider. Yeah, I mean,
Speaker 1: just a quick shout out too for this rookie class
Speaker 1: you're talking about having just not really sure what you're
Speaker 1: gonna expect with these guys, I've been impressed by a
Speaker 1: lot of them, Mike. To be quite honest with you,
Speaker 1: I mean A J. Dillon got a lot of attention
Speaker 1: for his legs, but I think you and I can
Speaker 1: both agree when you watch him hit the whole, especially
Speaker 1: once the pads come on. The guy has a real
Speaker 1: nice knack to him. I mean he isn't just all
Speaker 1: size and no substance. I mean he brings it. And
Speaker 1: I even tweeted it. Someone asked about, you know, is
Speaker 1: he elusive and all these things? Guys. I mean, if
Speaker 1: he gets to the second he is elusive. But if
Speaker 1: he gets to the second level, it is problems. It's
Speaker 1: problems for linebackers, is pop problems for defensive backs. He's
Speaker 1: not a guy you want to tackle. Um. You talked
Speaker 1: about Martin, you talked about John Runyon. I thought has
Speaker 1: come in and looked really good in the one on
Speaker 1: one stuff so far. I was really impressed by the
Speaker 1: way he carries himself. I mean, you know, talking with
Speaker 1: his dad in the offseason, he his dad reminded John Jr. Hey,
Speaker 1: I didn't come in as a first round draft pick either.
Speaker 1: He was a fourth round pick. He ended up becoming
Speaker 1: a pro bowler because he just had a grittiness and
Speaker 1: a toughness and this kind of mean thing to him
Speaker 1: that allowed him to succeed. Now, John Jr. Isn't that guy,
Speaker 1: but I think you've seen the grittiness in his play
Speaker 1: and his willingness to work for it. Vernon Scott, I mean,
Speaker 1: all these guys. I think there's been a lot of
Speaker 1: big days for these guys early on here and to
Speaker 1: their credit. As Kirk Olvidadi said when he was talking
Speaker 1: about Martin, the fact that he was able to take
Speaker 1: it from the computer screen to the field, that's a
Speaker 1: challenge that not a lot of guys have had. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's just did not have any of that offseason program
Speaker 1: to not be able to really, you know, communicate with
Speaker 1: your teammates at a position that demands communication. It's not easy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all these rookies have certainly had their good moments, and
Speaker 1: they're bad moments, as any rookies do. But I will
Speaker 1: say something about John Runyon's toughness, because you were talking
Speaker 1: about that live tackling period at the end of the
Speaker 1: weekend practice. He actually limped off the field and was
Speaker 1: kind of being looked at by a trainer, took himself
Speaker 1: out of that drill while he was right back in
Speaker 1: practice on Monday ready to go again. So so certainly
Speaker 1: something to be said for that. But as our good
Speaker 1: friend Larry mccaren likes to say, west anything else for
Speaker 1: the good of the whole, I don't think so, Mike.
Speaker 1: We have a big week ahead of us here. The
Speaker 1: packer is gonna they're gonna hit the practice field I
Speaker 1: think four or five more times some practices inside Lambeau Field.
Speaker 1: It's been an absolute marathon for a guy like me
Speaker 1: who is not an athlete uh and is not being
Speaker 1: asked to do things mentally that strenuous on a daily basis.
Speaker 1: So I wrote about it going into the weekend. I
Speaker 1: think it was unsad heard. I mean, this was the
Speaker 1: biggest grind of camp right now, and it's gonna in
Speaker 1: some ways separate the wolves from the sheep. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's it's a very difficult time to be able to
Speaker 1: push through this, and we'll see who comes out on
Speaker 1: the other side. And at the time, we are taping
Speaker 1: this on Tuesday and then again on Sunday too with
Speaker 1: the players have a day off on Wednesday, but two
Speaker 1: of the packers next five practices will be inside lambeau Field.
Speaker 1: I think those will have some some good atmosphere to them,
Speaker 1: and will certainly talk about them here on Unscripted as
Speaker 1: training camp and continues. But for now we will sign
Speaker 1: off and be sure to follow all of our coverage
Speaker 1: of training camp on Packers dot com, stories, videos, everything else.
Speaker 1: For West, I am Mike, thank you for tuning in everybody.
Speaker 1: We will see a nice time