WEBVTT - #732 Packers Unscripted: Sizing up the Saints 0:00:07.160 --> 0:00:10.920 Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from 0:00:10.920 --> 0:00:14.520 Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spofford, joined as always 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:16.800 by my trust in colleague West hodkow it'z. We're coming 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:19.680 to you hear from our studios at Lambeufield here to 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:23.079 talk about the home opener coming up here. West is 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:27.720 a Sunday noon kickoff at Lambeau Packers versus Saints, and 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:31.560 the Saints are coming in with a two or zero record, 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:36.960 built largely on the strength of their defense, allowing only 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:40.000 one touchdown through the first two games of the season, 0:00:40.080 --> 0:00:42.840 and that touchdown occurred with like just over a minute 0:00:42.840 --> 0:00:47.559 to go in game number two. This Saints defense is 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:51.120 I've been saying it's probably the toughest test for Jordan 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.520 Love and this Packers offense for at least the first 0:00:53.600 --> 0:00:56.560 half of the season, maybe for the maybe on the 0:00:56.720 --> 0:00:57.480 entire schedule. 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:01.080 I would agree. And just what Dennis Allen has done 0:01:01.120 --> 0:01:03.360 with that unit. I mean, you forget ten years ago, 0:01:04.040 --> 0:01:06.560 just the roller coaster that those Saints teams went through 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:09.280 because Drew Brees would be thrown for five thousand yards 0:01:09.600 --> 0:01:12.600 and then they couldn't stop anybody either. And you know, 0:01:12.640 --> 0:01:15.000 it's been a steady progression for them. But you know, 0:01:15.040 --> 0:01:17.319 Dennis Allen has sort of been the exception to the rule. 0:01:17.480 --> 0:01:21.199 This is a league where defensive coordinators one don't tend 0:01:21.200 --> 0:01:24.160 to last very long for one reason or another, positive 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:29.600 or negative in two in having success that has slowly 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:32.720 built up. I think when you look at these Saints defenses, 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:36.440 they've gotten better every single year. Dennis Allen has been there. 0:01:36.920 --> 0:01:40.040 The training camp practice we had here last year super 0:01:40.080 --> 0:01:43.559 impressive unit. But I think they've even taken yet another step. 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.120 And the probably the most impressive thing of all to 0:01:46.160 --> 0:01:48.960 me is that Larry mccaerron said this when we were 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.200 doing three things on Wednesday. And it's true they have 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.760 name brand talent at a number of positions, but even 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.920 more than that, they have ageless wonders at those spots. 0:01:57.360 --> 0:01:59.480 I mean, Cameron Jordan, if you've ever looked at it, 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:03.240 has one of them satisfying box score career stat lines 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:06.280 I think I've ever seen. I mean, he went years 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.239 by playing in every single game, and although he did 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.720 miss one last year and the year before, it actually 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:14.240 has allowed him to continue the streak of sixteen starts 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:16.799 a season. Yeah, and he continues to be a top 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:20.880 playmaker the honey Badger. I mean, you see Marshawn Lattimore 0:02:20.919 --> 0:02:23.799 coming back kind of a scary incident last year, and 0:02:23.880 --> 0:02:25.440 you know, return at the end of last season and 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:28.960 he's built back as good as he's ever been. It's 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:31.760 a very dangerous unit for Jordan Love and this Packers 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:35.160 offense to tackle, but also an incredible opportunity to show 0:02:35.160 --> 0:02:37.000 how far this offense has come in a short period 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:37.320 of time. 0:02:37.400 --> 0:02:40.440 Yeah, yesterday when I was putting together a story on 0:02:40.480 --> 0:02:42.720 the Saints defense and I was looking up, you know, 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:47.120 with regard to Cam Jordan de Mario Davis at middle linebacker, 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:50.760 Lattimore and Tyron Matthew. Like you said, in the secondary, 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.160 you start adding up to the the All Pros and 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:55.480 the Pro Bowls and stuff, and you lose track. Because 0:02:55.520 --> 0:03:00.760 these these are extremely veteran, extremely accomplished play in this league. 0:03:00.760 --> 0:03:03.519 They will have to make one significant adjustment in the 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.919 secondary because starting safety Marcus May, who has an interception 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:10.239 this season, has been suspended by the NFL for a 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:13.040 violation of the substance Abuse policy, so he will not 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.919 be on the field at Lambeau. But this defense, it 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.840 started to hit its stride in the second half of 0:03:21.919 --> 0:03:25.920 last season. You look at how twenty twenty two went 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:30.120 for the Saints. Seven of their first nine games I 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:34.600 believe on the season they allowed twenty four plus points 0:03:34.720 --> 0:03:37.640 or something like that, seven out of nine. But then 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:43.080 in the final eight games last season they did not 0:03:43.200 --> 0:03:46.400 allow any team to score more than twenty and that 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:49.040 streak has now continued into twenty twenty three. They're at 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:52.840 ten consecutive games not allowing more than twenty points, which 0:03:52.880 --> 0:03:57.200 is one off of the longest such streak by a 0:03:57.240 --> 0:03:59.640 defense in the NFL basically in the last twenty five 0:03:59.760 --> 0:04:05.480 three years. So a major test for the Green Bay 0:04:05.520 --> 0:04:08.560 Packers for Jordan Love, and we'll see what happens with 0:04:08.640 --> 0:04:12.480 regard to where things are on offense. Christian Watson is 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:16.960 back at practice, Aaron Jones is not. Elton Jenkins is 0:04:17.240 --> 0:04:19.120 out kind of on He's on a week to week 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:22.680 basis right now. David Bakhtiari essentially is week to week 0:04:22.720 --> 0:04:26.440 as well from what we know at this point, So 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.760 we'll see just who all is out there comes Sunday. 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.440 The one that we know for sure won't be I 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:36.040 think is Jenkins. Everybody else will have to see what happens. 0:04:37.360 --> 0:04:40.080 But as we talked about on our last show, the 0:04:40.120 --> 0:04:43.760 Packers were putting together a pretty good offensive performance despite 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:47.039 being extremely shorthanded in terms of some of your major 0:04:47.080 --> 0:04:50.960 players against Atlanta. You've got to you've got to be 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.880 able to, you know, bounce back from that rough fourth quarter, 0:04:53.960 --> 0:04:56.000 pick up where you left off in that second and 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:59.760 third quarters in Atlanta and try to try to capitalize 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:02.440 on the opportunities you do get against a tough unit. 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.480 Yeah. One of the big points I've been stressing this week, 0:05:04.520 --> 0:05:07.160 and a lot of my writing has been remembering what 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:09.040 you did well in the third quarter, but learning from 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:12.000 what happened in the fourth. Yeah, and you know, Packers 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:14.520 got up One thing not enough people really talk about, 0:05:14.560 --> 0:05:16.160 and it's a story that I'm writing this week. It's 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:17.800 something you and I have discussed as the fact that 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.960 Jordan Love for all of these games that he's played, 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:23.880 so few of them have actually come at lambeau Field. 0:05:23.960 --> 0:05:26.240 I mean the times in which he's gotten in and 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.920 gotten some experience. Now he finally gets that home field advantage. 0:05:29.960 --> 0:05:33.000 The Packers have to make that count and we'll see 0:05:33.000 --> 0:05:36.080 what tools and weapons are going to be around him 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:38.720 in this one. Certainly it was a positive sign to 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.239 see Christian Watson being able to practice again on Wednesday 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.039 after returning last Friday. That's a big, big check mark 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:46.719 there to make sure there were no setbacks in his rehab. 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:50.400 But David Bactieri, Elton Jenkins, and Aaron Jones, that's that's 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:52.120 three of the best at their position, not on this 0:05:52.120 --> 0:05:54.880 football team, but in the National Football League, and they're 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:57.200 going to have to overcome that. At the same token, 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.680 the New Orleans Saints are dealing with their own business 0:06:00.720 --> 0:06:03.679 right now. As you mentioned, may get suspended. Elvin Kamar 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:06.200 is still on the suspension, and now Jamal Williams has 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:09.080 this hamstring injury that likely is going to sideline him 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.640 on Sunday. So now they're looking at a young backfield 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:15.479 that's going up with Derek Carr. The most intriguing thing 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:17.159 to me, and I don't want to end up sounding 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:20.360 like a broken record here, Mike, but watching these turnover 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.840 margins and differentials in the coming weeks is going to 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:25.400 be really critical because, yes, the Packers have done a 0:06:25.400 --> 0:06:28.000 great job of protecting the football. They need to extend 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.800 that into this game against the Saints because they're going 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:33.080 up against the New Orleans offense that has been a 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.120 little inconsistent in recent years. And while they have made 0:06:36.120 --> 0:06:39.919 the transition now to Derek Carr. Carr has one touchdown, 0:06:40.120 --> 0:06:43.320 he has two interceptions, He's been sacked eight times. There 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:46.680 is opportunity out there, but you have to make sure 0:06:46.720 --> 0:06:49.080 that if this game is going to be seventeen to fourteen, 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:51.440 you get the points to win those type of games. 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:53.320 Yeah, and that's what I was going to say about 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:55.760 Carr with him taking over now in New Orleans. You 0:06:55.800 --> 0:06:58.279 look at and it is only just two games thus far, 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.200 but you look at the stats, you see sixty four 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.800 percent completion rate seems to be pretty efficient. But the 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:08.080 two interceptions in the eight sacks definitely jump off the page. 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:12.480 After two games, there is the potential to disrupt things, 0:07:12.520 --> 0:07:15.200 to make things difficult on this Saints offense. They won't 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:18.520 have Kamara in the backfield. It sounds like they won't 0:07:18.560 --> 0:07:21.920 have Jamal Williams. That's certainly going to put an even 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:26.360 bigger spotlight than normal on Taysom Hill and how the 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:29.520 Saints are going to use him, whether it be as 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:34.920 a straight tailback or as a wildcat quarterback or whatever 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:37.920 they want to do. There in their receiving corps. They 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:40.400 have right now, they have kind of the one to 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:42.920 two the combination of the old pro with the young 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:45.840 rising star. You've got Michael Thomas, you got Chris Olave, 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:50.520 those guys, and Derek Carr's a veteran quarterback. You figure 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.760 it's not going to take that long for all of 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:56.280 those guys to get on the same page. But I 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:59.280 think the big question with this game, based on how 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:02.560 well the Fat Falcons ran the ball and ultimately used 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:04.600 that to come back and defeat the Packers in the 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:07.120 fourth quarter last week. What are the Saints going to 0:08:07.200 --> 0:08:10.600 do to run the ball, because you know they're going 0:08:10.640 --> 0:08:14.360 to want to attack the Packers and their run defense 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.120 that did not perform well last week. But by the 0:08:17.120 --> 0:08:20.720 same token, you can't just you can't just ignore what 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.760 you do well, which right now they're not the greatest 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.800 rushing offense because they've had so many moving parts in 0:08:26.840 --> 0:08:27.360 the backfield. 0:08:27.440 --> 0:08:29.640 It's one hundred percent correct, Mike, But there also is 0:08:29.680 --> 0:08:32.160 a young man down there in Tony Jones Junior, who's 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:35.600 best game in the National Football League came right out 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:37.680 of the gate against the Packers in twenty twenty one. 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.800 Eleven carries fifty yards. That was a tough day for 0:08:40.840 --> 0:08:43.160 the Packers trying to defend the run. Jones was the 0:08:43.200 --> 0:08:46.160 complimentary back in that scenario, and he ran the ball 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.920 really well. He's never run for fifty yards again. I 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.680 don't even know that rookie that twenty twenty one season 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:54.200 if he ended up running for another fifty the entire year. 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.600 But he has that confidence in his back pocket if 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:00.360 they have to turn to him in this game. For me, though, 0:09:00.480 --> 0:09:02.680 it does go back to the tricks. It comes back 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:04.800 to Taysom Hill. The Packers have actually done a pretty 0:09:04.800 --> 0:09:07.400 good job defending Taysom Hill in the past few years. 0:09:07.480 --> 0:09:09.800 Alvin Kamara a little bit of a different story, but 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.440 Taysom Hill, they've been able to keep him somewhat under wraps. 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.240 You have to imagine though, they are going to be 0:09:15.440 --> 0:09:18.600 cooking up and coming up with some interesting plans for him. Obviously, 0:09:18.679 --> 0:09:20.520 last week we saw what he can do with the 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.760 ball in his hand. Get him in space. He's still quick. 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:24.840 Even though everyone wants to talk about the age number, 0:09:25.120 --> 0:09:28.040 he kind of plays beyond that. And then, as we 0:09:28.080 --> 0:09:29.960 were talking about before we went on air, you know, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:32.600 Rashid Shaheed is a guy that has really impressed me 0:09:33.000 --> 0:09:36.240 as a former college free agent that again has made 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.000 some critical plays for them both last year and now 0:09:39.000 --> 0:09:40.760 going into this year. And he gives you a special 0:09:40.800 --> 0:09:45.120 team's aspect of that you know game as well. The 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.240 New Orleans Saints went and got Derek Carr for a 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:50.200 very specific reason. It's almost kind of like the New 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.200 York Jets light. They had a team they felt could 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:55.160 compete to win a division title. They had a team 0:09:55.200 --> 0:09:57.439 they felt could compete to actually get to the playoffs, 0:09:57.800 --> 0:10:00.240 but they just made either too many mistakes when as 0:10:00.280 --> 0:10:02.600 Winston was in there, or they just got a little 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:06.200 bit too blase when it was Andy Dalton. Derek Carr 0:10:06.240 --> 0:10:08.560 gives them a little bit more of both worlds there, 0:10:08.600 --> 0:10:11.600 the playmaking and also the protection. And that's what they're 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.400 hoping to build this thing off of. They were hoping 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:15.719 with that signing and that acquisition that they were that 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:18.199 player away from being able to make this thing happen. Yeah. 0:10:18.240 --> 0:10:20.920 Absolutely, I want to get to our keys to victory 0:10:20.960 --> 0:10:22.880 here for Green Bay. 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We've already dropped a few suggestions here and there, 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:53.320 but if you were to put something at the top 0:10:53.360 --> 0:10:56.600 of the list, Wes, what is the a number one 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.959 priority that we'll get the Packers a victory on Sunday. 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:02.240 This is not gonna sound great, okay, because it's the 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.760 home opener at lambeau Field, and there's seventy eight thousand 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:06.760 people there that are reven and rare in to go, 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.320 and you want them to have as entertaining of a 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:11.920 football game as possible. But for me, it's that if 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:15.000 the game gets kind of boring, if there isn't a 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:18.440 whole lot of sparkle happening, don't be the ones that 0:11:18.559 --> 0:11:21.480 make the sparkle for the Saints. The Packers have to 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:24.480 be smart. I think where you've seen these two victories 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:27.160 that New Orleans has had, it has been predicated on 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:30.439 the opponent making a mistake in the Saints taking advantage 0:11:30.440 --> 0:11:33.199 of it and ultimately using that to win. Green Bay 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:35.560 has played really clean football. I don't know what the 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:38.400 percentage possibilities are of going three straight games to start 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.679 a season without a turnover. This would be appreciated though, 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:45.040 if that can happen in this game. And defensively, it's 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:48.040 getting back to what they did well against the Bears, 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:52.640 getting in rotations with that defensive front. I sat here 0:11:52.640 --> 0:11:55.560 and I pontificated about, you know, Kenny Clark and Preston 0:11:55.640 --> 0:11:57.679 Smith and being able to kind of keep some reps 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.800 off of these guys. They need young guys to step 0:11:59.920 --> 0:12:02.560 up up once again against the Saints. It's easy for 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:04.439 me to sit here and say, yeah, stop the run, 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.240 but that has to happen because the Packers need to 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:09.120 keep an eye on Chris A. Lave on the back end. 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:10.679 They need to keep an eye on some of those 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:13.640 big plays downfield. If the Packers can win this game 0:12:13.760 --> 0:12:16.439 in the trenches up front, in force maybe a turnover 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:18.680 two along the way, that's going to help out Jordan 0:12:18.760 --> 0:12:21.080 Love's cause and hopefully getting his first win at lambeau Field. 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:24.160 It sounds like the way you started things. Is what 0:12:24.200 --> 0:12:28.280 you're saying is don't force it. Don't force it. You can't. 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:31.720 You can't try to take something that's that's not there. 0:12:31.760 --> 0:12:33.839 Even if it gets boring, even if it. 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.640 Yeah, and and and the urgent that there's good, there's 0:12:36.679 --> 0:12:40.360 gonna be some urgency there. And here's here's the way 0:12:40.400 --> 0:12:42.440 I see this game. When I look at and I 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.720 understand two weeks as a small sample size. We're just 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:48.240 in week three here, But when I look at the 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:51.360 Saints first two games and everything about this defense and 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:55.640 and how well they're playing. The Tennessee Titans kicked five 0:12:55.720 --> 0:13:00.840 field goals. The Carolina Panthers kicked three field goals before 0:13:00.840 --> 0:13:06.800 they scored a touchdown. The scoring opportunities are there. Teams 0:13:06.800 --> 0:13:09.000 have not saying they've gone up and down the field, 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:12.240 but teams have moved the ball well enough at certain 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:16.040 points in the games to give themselves scoring opportunities. Against 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.240 the Saints. In that Tennessee Titans game, I looked back 0:13:19.240 --> 0:13:21.920 at the numbers. Three of the five field goals that 0:13:21.960 --> 0:13:25.880 Tennessee kicked were thirty one yards or shorter. That means 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.840 those possessions were deep in the red zone, but they 0:13:28.920 --> 0:13:32.400 couldn't finish the drives. If the Packers are only going 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:35.280 to get say they're going to follow the same pattern 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.760 as the Panthers or the Titans, and they're going to 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:43.200 get four or five scoring opportunities in this game, it 0:13:43.240 --> 0:13:46.400 comes down to are you going to score touchdowns? Are 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.520 you going to kick field goals? Because if not, to 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.760 say you're going to score a touchdown every single time, 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:55.439 but if you get enough touchdowns and you're scoring opportunities 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:58.000 as opposed to only kicking field goals or as the 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:00.520 Panthers did, kicking field goals until the last two minutes 0:14:00.559 --> 0:14:03.120 of the game, that's going to be the difference between 0:14:03.160 --> 0:14:06.200 whether you have sixteen seventeen points on the board or 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:08.360 you're up there in the twenty four to twenty seven 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:12.040 range and breaking this streak of New Orleans holding opponents 0:14:12.080 --> 0:14:17.040 to twenty or less for ten consecutive games. I believe 0:14:17.040 --> 0:14:19.280 the Packers are going to have chances to score points. 0:14:19.280 --> 0:14:22.720 It's going to be a matter of whether they whether 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:28.080 they cash in, and that's ultimately going to decide this game. 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:31.120 I do think the Packers defense is going to bounce 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.960 back from its performance last week. I know I talked 0:14:34.040 --> 0:14:37.240 all off season about how the Packers defense has to stop, 0:14:37.320 --> 0:14:40.160 you know, this roller coaster thing, which was the story 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:42.080 all of last season where they play really well and 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:45.040 they don't play well and they go through these ups 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.400 and downs. Well, they just had a down. They just 0:14:47.440 --> 0:14:50.360 had a down game, certainly a down fourth quarter in Atlanta, 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.560 so they have to bring it back up again. But 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:56.000 then but then try to stay there as best they can. 0:14:56.120 --> 0:14:58.960 I think it comes down to what are the Packers 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.200 going to do with the score chances when they get them? 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:05.560 Yeah, and honestly play like a team that plays outdoors. 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:07.480 It's not going to be cold, but I mean a 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:10.920 team that is built for this type of environment. I think, 0:15:11.080 --> 0:15:14.280 historically speaking, you can't take one season and just translate 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:16.800 it to another. But the New Orleans Saints are typically 0:15:16.840 --> 0:15:19.000 a much different team when they're on grass, as opposed 0:15:19.000 --> 0:15:20.480 to win there in the super Dome, as opposed to 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:23.240 win there in those climate controlled environments. I think the 0:15:23.280 --> 0:15:25.360 Packers it's been a long wait to get back to 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:29.200 lambeau Field for meaningful football, not just preseason. Yeah, making 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:31.320 sure that you can actually capitalize on that is going 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:34.480 to be imperative because there are so many things. I 0:15:34.560 --> 0:15:36.800 just think about this. I've been kind of manifesting in 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:38.880 my mind a little bit on while this game could start, 0:15:38.920 --> 0:15:41.320 And I mean, just imagine with Jordan Love being able 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:42.680 to get off to some of these quicker starts that 0:15:42.720 --> 0:15:44.240 they have, being able to put points on the board 0:15:44.240 --> 0:15:47.200 in the first quarter, for a Green Bay Packers crowd 0:15:47.280 --> 0:15:49.160 that is just ready to come on glued for this 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.240 young guy. There's no better way that you could start 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.320 a football game. And I think one of the big 0:15:53.360 --> 0:15:55.440 things we never talk enough about, because you're absolutely right 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.520 about the points margins and everything like that, but the 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.680 emotional upliftingness of a touchdown, of putting twenty five thirty 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:03.880 points on the board is all the momentum that comes 0:16:03.920 --> 0:16:05.640 with that. The Packers have to be able to take 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:06.080 care of that. 0:16:06.560 --> 0:16:12.720 Yeah. Absolutely, And with regard I lost my train of 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:13.240 thought there for. 0:16:13.240 --> 0:16:15.120 A second, I could say one more thing, go ahead, 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.800 if you want the Green Bay Packers, we are going 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:24.080 to have a big transition with iPhones with your Packers app. Yes, 0:16:24.320 --> 0:16:26.320 So if you are coming to the game, there's some 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.760 great little tidbits on Packers dot Com that you could 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:32.640 find that is actually going to give you some information 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:35.760 to update your app so you can access your tickets. Yes, 0:16:35.840 --> 0:16:37.520 you're going to want to do that before you come 0:16:37.560 --> 0:16:39.960 to Lambeufield and then cheer for Jordan Love. 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:43.880 Yes, that's a great reminder, the update, update your app 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.760 so you don't have any issues with your tickets. We're 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:49.520 in this whole all electronic ticket world, right, you got 0:16:49.560 --> 0:16:51.520 to have everything with your phone working right or you're 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:53.240 going to be standing out in the parking lot going 0:16:53.240 --> 0:16:55.320 how do I get in? But I don't want to 0:16:55.360 --> 0:16:56.120 be in that situation. 0:16:56.200 --> 0:16:59.040 As I said an insider inbox, my dad has already 0:16:59.040 --> 0:17:02.120 done it, and if my God bless him, my sixty 0:17:02.120 --> 0:17:05.000 two year old father can do it, Gosh darn it, 0:17:05.040 --> 0:17:05.600 you can do it. 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:08.119 Too, all right. The other thing I was going to 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:12.400 point out is that you know you have to make 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:15.640 and it's it sounds funny to say it this way, 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.320 you have to make the fourth quarter failure last week 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.320 in Atlanta count for something, which means that you've you've 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:23.600 got to you've got to learn from it. You've got 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:27.440 to understand, you've got to understand why it happened. And 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.800 on both sides of the ball, defensively and offensively, you 0:17:30.840 --> 0:17:33.119 have to understand why it happened, what led to it, 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:38.439 and but by the same token, while while learning from it, 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:40.960 you can't dwell on it. You can't let you can't 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:43.280 let the one bad quarter beat you again. And then 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:45.560 you have another game coming up, you know, four days 0:17:45.560 --> 0:17:48.800 after on Sunday. Don't don't let one bad quarter of 0:17:48.800 --> 0:17:52.159 football suddenly turn the whole first quarter of your season 0:17:52.280 --> 0:17:56.560 upside down. I think Matt Lafleur has always had, has 0:17:56.600 --> 0:17:58.960 always had a really good mentality and a really good 0:17:59.000 --> 0:18:02.240 approach to how to deal with coming up short, how 0:18:02.240 --> 0:18:04.679 to deal with failure. And this was and on the 0:18:04.680 --> 0:18:08.600 offensive side, this was Jordan Love's first first time, you know, 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:12.320 stepping into that crucible of crunch time in an NFL 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:17.960 regular season game, and you have to make the failure count, 0:18:18.000 --> 0:18:20.840 make it worth something so that you're better the next time. 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:23.920 And I'll close with this, Matt Lafleur has not been 0:18:23.920 --> 0:18:25.760 in a joking mood this week, nor would I try 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:28.520 to be a comedian. But you know, when you look 0:18:28.560 --> 0:18:31.520 at what happened in the fourth quarter, I really am 0:18:31.560 --> 0:18:34.080 reminded of that story he always likes to tell about 0:18:34.080 --> 0:18:36.240 his time with the Houston Texans. 0:18:36.320 --> 0:18:39.000 Yeah, his first year in the NFL as a lowly 0:18:39.240 --> 0:18:42.840 offensive assistant for the Houston Texans going up against Peyton 0:18:42.880 --> 0:18:44.560 Manning and the Indianapolis Colt. 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:46.680 And the Packers weren't facing Peyton Manning in this game, 0:18:46.680 --> 0:18:49.959 but it does again remind you of you know, twelve thirteen, 0:18:50.040 --> 0:18:53.400 fourteen point leads. Yeah, if you feel really good about it, 0:18:53.640 --> 0:18:56.320 you have that confidence in that swagger. But they really 0:18:56.359 --> 0:19:00.359 can go quickly, and I think for a young football 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:03.399 team that's the biggest benefit right now. Yeah, Matt Lafleur 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:05.200 and the coaching staff, they've experienced it. A couple of 0:19:05.240 --> 0:19:07.600 these veterans on this team have experienced it, Guys like 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:11.320 Dontavian Wicks and Jaden Reed and this young roster they 0:19:11.359 --> 0:19:13.000 might have gotten a taste of it in college, but 0:19:13.440 --> 0:19:16.159 realistically those are the eye openers that kind of remind 0:19:16.160 --> 0:19:19.000 you that league. No lead is safe in this league. Yeah, 0:19:19.040 --> 0:19:20.960 you have to make those opportunities count. You have to 0:19:21.000 --> 0:19:23.720 really put your your stamp on these games when you 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:24.959 have the opportunity to do so. 0:19:25.080 --> 0:19:28.200 Yeah, absolutely quickly before we go a couple of other 0:19:28.320 --> 0:19:30.480 games in the NFC North to pay attention to that. 0:19:30.520 --> 0:19:34.240 Let's go Falcons. The Atlanta Falcons, who just beat the 0:19:34.280 --> 0:19:39.240 Green Bay Packers, now go to Ford Field in Detroit 0:19:39.320 --> 0:19:42.719 to take on the Lions. So the Falcons playing the 0:19:42.720 --> 0:19:44.840 Packers and Lions in back to back weeks, and then 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:46.840 the Packers and Lions are going to play one another 0:19:47.200 --> 0:19:49.760 on Thursday Night football here coming up. And then we 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:53.560