WEBVTT - #600 Packers Unscripted: Bright Lights

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, everybody. Welcome to another edition of Packers Unscripted from

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<v Speaker 1>Packers dot Com. I am Mike Spoffer, joint as always

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<v Speaker 1>by my trusted colleague Weston Hodkuitz. We're coming to you

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<v Speaker 1>here from our studios at lambeau Field, West. A few

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<v Speaker 1>things to get to from over the past weekend. We

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<v Speaker 1>might as well start with Family Night. Um. The annual

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<v Speaker 1>tradition was back after the one year hiatus from Family

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<v Speaker 1>a Night a year ago, and the traditional rain on

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<v Speaker 1>Family Night was also back. You can't have Family Night

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<v Speaker 1>at lambeau Field without a thunderstorm, right. You think you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna have a nice night. You want some fireworks, you

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<v Speaker 1>want all that stuff Mother Natures like, hold my umbrella.

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<v Speaker 1>It was incredible. And then the thing that was great

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<v Speaker 1>about it is there's been years where you see the radar,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what's coming, and it's trying to get the

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<v Speaker 1>thing in this particular one beginning to end rain the

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<v Speaker 1>entire time. But you know, I enjoyed it, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was down on the field because there was a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of a mix up and figuring out when practice

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<v Speaker 1>was gonna end. Win. Media need to be in the

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<v Speaker 1>auditorium if they were going to do fireworks or not.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was actually on the field for like a

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<v Speaker 1>good forty minutes at the end of the game, and

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<v Speaker 1>that I decided to stay dry. But go ahead, you've

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<v Speaker 1>you've you ended up being a lot better off than

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<v Speaker 1>I was. But that was the first time I've been

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<v Speaker 1>on the field during a live action lambeau Field activity

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<v Speaker 1>since bart Star returned for Brett Farves Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 1>or his number retirement in two thousand fifteen. I believe

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<v Speaker 1>it was. So it was a cool festivity to be

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<v Speaker 1>a part of and just feeling the energy from the crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes they were wet, Yes it was a little humid,

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<v Speaker 1>but you could just tell how excited people were to

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<v Speaker 1>have to be back in lambeau Field and also the

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<v Speaker 1>players being able to kind of feed off that energy. Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>how many times last season when you and I were

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<v Speaker 1>sitting in our quarantine suite because we were in the

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<v Speaker 1>tier group that was tested every day, did you and

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<v Speaker 1>I say to each other like, this just doesn't feel

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<v Speaker 1>the same as an empty stadium, and that that feeling

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<v Speaker 1>was back to normal with thirty four thousand people or

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<v Speaker 1>whatever it was in in the bowl. Yeah, just shy

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<v Speaker 1>of thirty five thousand braved that weather, and I give

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<v Speaker 1>him a lot of credit for for sticking it out.

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<v Speaker 1>And we'll be looking forward to an even larger crowd

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<v Speaker 1>here as things ramp up for the first preseason game

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<v Speaker 1>this weekend, and then of course not too far down

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<v Speaker 1>the road will be an absolutely packed house when the

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<v Speaker 1>regular season arrives. But what were your observations from Family night.

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<v Speaker 1>Obviously it wasn't the cleanest practice in the world because

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<v Speaker 1>of the conditions. Um, you know, guys had to fight

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<v Speaker 1>through some things there. I thought, on balance, the defense

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<v Speaker 1>probably got the better of things overall, both with the

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<v Speaker 1>with regard to the first and the second units. But

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<v Speaker 1>what stood out to you, and as they should when

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<v Speaker 1>it was raining the way it was raining from beginning end,

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<v Speaker 1>and especially that last thirty minutes where it was almost

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<v Speaker 1>kind of monsoon type conditions, Maybe not necessarily from the

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<v Speaker 1>Downpourt perspective, but just how wet the field was. I

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<v Speaker 1>felt like there were three things that stood out to me. One,

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<v Speaker 1>Aaron Rodgers is just on a different planet when it

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<v Speaker 1>terms of throwing a football. We saw him in practice.

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<v Speaker 1>I tweeted out, I got like likes out of it,

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<v Speaker 1>really improving my social credibility. Uh with him throwing making

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<v Speaker 1>the bucket shot in practice on Thursday, Well, there they

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<v Speaker 1>go out. I think it was from the forty line,

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<v Speaker 1>forty yard line wherever. That was, same exact deal and

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<v Speaker 1>Rogers drains two of them. Yeah, back to back, no

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<v Speaker 1>less back. I mean, the guy is whatever you want

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<v Speaker 1>to say. And I think the question was asked. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>forgetting if it was to Al Lazar or who talked

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<v Speaker 1>about it. But you know, if there was ever a

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<v Speaker 1>guy that doesn't need an offseason program, it's Aaron Rodgers.

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<v Speaker 1>He jumped right back on the pony and he's been

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<v Speaker 1>doing great. The other two things, just to quickly touch on,

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<v Speaker 1>I think kabion Ento has added himself into this cornerback equation.

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<v Speaker 1>He was being able to get some reps. They're seeing

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<v Speaker 1>some first team reps in the dime, got a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of past deflections and then you know, I'd be this

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<v Speaker 1>if we didn't talk about the fact that, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you look at how this offense is structured right now,

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<v Speaker 1>the litany of different packages that Green Bay was able

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<v Speaker 1>to roll with now that the scheme was vanilla, and

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<v Speaker 1>you know they're not they're not showing any big secrets

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<v Speaker 1>out to thirty four thousand people, But you gotta feel

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<v Speaker 1>for how deep they could go at receiver, tight end

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<v Speaker 1>running back, depending on what personnel groupings they want to

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<v Speaker 1>go with on the field. Yeah, I share your enthusiasm

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<v Speaker 1>for Rogers and watching him in that net what it

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<v Speaker 1>was called the bucket drill, the raised hoop with the

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<v Speaker 1>net thing, he kind of got warmed up. He dropped

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<v Speaker 1>in a couple from like ten fifteen yards out and

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<v Speaker 1>then when they moved back to more of the full distance,

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<v Speaker 1>tossing to the to the back corner of the end zone,

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<v Speaker 1>he drops in back to back once. But also hats

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<v Speaker 1>off to Kurt Banker, number three quarterback, he dropped one

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<v Speaker 1>in from that long distance as well, which is the

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<v Speaker 1>first guy we've seen. I guess I can't say for

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<v Speaker 1>sure going back, you know, it's been it felt like

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<v Speaker 1>it had been a while since we've seen a backup

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<v Speaker 1>quarterback from that distance drop one in. Maybe Brett Hunley

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<v Speaker 1>did at once, but but but I'm not But I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not even a couple of times during camp. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>like they do it every day. So yeah, I just

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to give a shout out to Banker there because

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<v Speaker 1>that was pretty impressive with all the fans and they

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<v Speaker 1>got a kick out of it as well. Um and yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely kaban Ento took a step forward in you know,

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<v Speaker 1>a very crowded defensive backfield in terms of how this

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<v Speaker 1>is going to shake out for roster spots, practice, squad

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<v Speaker 1>spots and whatnot. I thought he could have he really

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<v Speaker 1>could have made a big statement because they at the

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<v Speaker 1>end of practice they did they did a live tackling

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<v Speaker 1>period for the first time in camp with all the

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<v Speaker 1>younger guys and on an end around too wide receiver

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<v Speaker 1>DeAndre Tompkins, if I'm getting that name correctly, Ento had

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<v Speaker 1>a clear shot to make the tackle. Would have been

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<v Speaker 1>a very minimal game. He missed the tackle and it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of ruptured into a big play, and after the

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<v Speaker 1>night he had had a couple of past breakups. I

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<v Speaker 1>thought he really could have made a statement making that

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<v Speaker 1>tackle there. Now, first live tackling period of practice. Not

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<v Speaker 1>going to indict a guy for for when that happens,

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<v Speaker 1>especially once wet, you know, all that kind of stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>There was there were some things working against him there,

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<v Speaker 1>but but he's definitely a guy to watch moving forward

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<v Speaker 1>here as we. As we head towards preseason game number one,

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<v Speaker 1>Matt la Fleur said that there are going to be

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<v Speaker 1>there's there will be a group of select veterans who

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<v Speaker 1>are not going to suit up on Saturday night in

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<v Speaker 1>the preseason opener. This is very much what's including you.

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<v Speaker 1>I think you get a veteran nights off too. Oh well,

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<v Speaker 1>that that's that's nice. You're gonna you're gonna handle all

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<v Speaker 1>the coverage of the game. I get to prove yourself,

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<v Speaker 1>all right. I appreciate the sentiment there, but um, it's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be a night Saturday Night for the young

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<v Speaker 1>guys and for these competitions for the roster spots whatever

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<v Speaker 1>you want to call it, the last ten twelve spots

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<v Speaker 1>on the fifty three man roster, and with regard to

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<v Speaker 1>the the expanded practice squad, that stuff's gonna start to

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<v Speaker 1>sort itself fout on Saturday night. In these preseason games,

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<v Speaker 1>when the action is live, the tackling is real. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>you're going against somebody, going against another team where you

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<v Speaker 1>don't know exactly what they're going to do. The plays

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<v Speaker 1>aren't all scripted in advance like they are a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of times in practice. So um, there'll be a lot

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<v Speaker 1>to watch her coming up on Saturday. Absolutely, And and

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<v Speaker 1>I'll be honest with you, there's so many storylines that

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<v Speaker 1>we've into that the fact that this will be the

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<v Speaker 1>first time Jordan's love is playing in a game. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean what I know, it doesn't count wins and losses,

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<v Speaker 1>but neither did the Senior Bowl and that's the last

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<v Speaker 1>game he played in and that was twenty months ago.

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<v Speaker 1>Now at this point, like some of these guys, you

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<v Speaker 1>think about those running backs, Mike Kylan Hill, what could

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<v Speaker 1>Kylan Hill do for his you know, candidacy for that

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<v Speaker 1>number three job if he takes a kickoff return back

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<v Speaker 1>for a touchdown? What could Patrick Taylor do for you know,

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<v Speaker 1>getting himself back on the map if he breaks one

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<v Speaker 1>in the team, you know, in out of the backfield

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<v Speaker 1>and in one of those periods. There are so many

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<v Speaker 1>guys in so much competition at these different spots that

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like this preseason especially, are only being three games,

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<v Speaker 1>steaks are at all time high for a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>these guys trying to make an impression on this coaching

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<v Speaker 1>staff and personnel department. Yeah. Absolutely, Well, on our next

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<v Speaker 1>show later this week, we'll get into more of the

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<v Speaker 1>specifics of what to watch in that first preseason game.

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<v Speaker 1>something like that. I'm getting the chocolate shake this time.

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<v Speaker 1>And it was delightful. So he hopped into Cousins. You

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<v Speaker 1>nice chocolate shake. And wonder who Hod was. Now I'm

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<v Speaker 1>now I'm even hungrier. But um, but I do another

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<v Speaker 1>thing from the weekend. I do want to get to though.

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<v Speaker 1>The Pro Football Hall of Fame inductions in Canton, Ohio.

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<v Speaker 1>First off, congratulations, it was overdue and unfortunately a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of years after he passed away, but congratulations to Bobby

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<v Speaker 1>Dill and his family. UM star defensive back for the

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<v Speaker 1>Green Bay Packers in the nineteen fifties. Played from nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>fifty two to fifty nine. His final season was Vince

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<v Speaker 1>Lombardies for first. He still holds the Packers all time

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<v Speaker 1>record for career interceptions with fifty two. UM a big

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<v Speaker 1>time player in an otherwise rather forgettable decade of Green

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<v Speaker 1>Bay Packers football. And he was part of the centennial

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<v Speaker 1>class of for the Hall of Fame. But then the

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<v Speaker 1>official induction ceremonies were postponed a year because of the pandemic.

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<v Speaker 1>But congratulations to Bobby Dylan and his family. I was

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<v Speaker 1>so happy to see that. You saw the photos of

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<v Speaker 1>his family down in cant and you can tell how

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<v Speaker 1>much this meant to him. I'm sure they would have

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<v Speaker 1>loved it happened, you know, when Bobby was still with us.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know, the thing about Bobby Dylan that I

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<v Speaker 1>love about his story so much is one obviously we

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<v Speaker 1>hear that you know only you know, having cited one eye. Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>had a had a glass eye due to an accident

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<v Speaker 1>from I think when he was ten years old or

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<v Speaker 1>something like that. And uh and yeah, played played his

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<v Speaker 1>entire entire football career with a glass eye. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Pete Orty will tell me there's no such thing as irony,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think that's a really interesting dynamic. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>a guy that had one line of vision there was

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<v Speaker 1>able to intercept as many passes as he do as

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<v Speaker 1>being a ball hawk on that side of things, and

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<v Speaker 1>then the other thing I liked to about his story

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<v Speaker 1>is that this was the very end of the era

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<v Speaker 1>where he almost had to recruit guys to play. You

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<v Speaker 1>had to convince them to want to play football because

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<v Speaker 1>the money wasn't great at that time. And I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>so thrilled for Bobby Dylan in addition obviously be in

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<v Speaker 1>the Hall of Fame, but the fact that he decided

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<v Speaker 1>to come back for that last season, if you know

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<v Speaker 1>anything about his story, Vince Lombardi had to do some

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<v Speaker 1>real recruiting to be able to get him back for

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<v Speaker 1>that last season he did. He got to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>taste the beginning of the turnaround there in Green Bay.

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<v Speaker 1>It was the only winning team. The only team he

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<v Speaker 1>played on with a winning record was Vince Lombardi's first season,

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<v Speaker 1>which turned out to be his last. And and Bobby

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<v Speaker 1>Dilon three times during the nineteen fifties had nine interceptions

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<v Speaker 1>in a season, and that's in a twelve game season, folks,

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<v Speaker 1>nine picks in a twelve games season. He did it

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<v Speaker 1>three times for the Green Bay pack and unfortunately, Packers

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<v Speaker 1>ended up giving the ball back quite a few times

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<v Speaker 1>during the fifties. But be Dylan a much deserved honor,

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<v Speaker 1>and we talked about it a lot. We don't have

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<v Speaker 1>to get into it. We want to talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>next guy. But the centennial class. That's the reason why

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<v Speaker 1>it was brought back. Not not this thing about bringing

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<v Speaker 1>in like everybody else that didn't get in over the

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<v Speaker 1>last twenty five years. It should have been about those

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<v Speaker 1>guys in the pre sixty the pre Hall of Fame

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<v Speaker 1>era that didn't get their due. Bobby Dylan was definitely

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<v Speaker 1>one of those gentlemen. Yeah, absolutely, Well, the headliner from

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<v Speaker 1>this past weekend was none under than Charles Woodson. And interestingly,

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<v Speaker 1>when you go in as one of three first ballot

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<v Speaker 1>Hall of Famers along with Peyton Manning and Calvin Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>the guy giving the final speech closing the show on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday night from Canton, Ohio, the only one who wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>on a time limit and he went ten minutes where

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<v Speaker 1>everybody else was limited to six minutes, was Charles Woodson.

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<v Speaker 1>If you haven't seen the speech, it's posted in its

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<v Speaker 1>entirety on packers dot Com. Also wrote a story kind

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<v Speaker 1>of recapping it. Just um. Obviously we all know about

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<v Speaker 1>his career and everything, but you saw a little bit

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<v Speaker 1>of Charles Woodson, the man up there in front of

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<v Speaker 1>that large crowd at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

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<v Speaker 1>Within just you know, a minute or two of him

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<v Speaker 1>starting to talk about his mother, Georgia, who was his

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<v Speaker 1>presenter for for the Hall of Fame induction, he started

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<v Speaker 1>to get emotional and his speech was emotional from from

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<v Speaker 1>start to finish. The way I summed it up was

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<v Speaker 1>this was there the two things that meant the most

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<v Speaker 1>and that means the most in Charles Woodson's life, football

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<v Speaker 1>and family converged in that speech in Canton, Ohio on

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday night. Um. The night was a tribute to him

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<v Speaker 1>and his first ballot induction, but he made that speech

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<v Speaker 1>attribute to his to his family, to his mother, to

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<v Speaker 1>his brother, to his sister, another close friend that he

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<v Speaker 1>calls a brother by another mother, and then his own

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<v Speaker 1>wife and two sons who were who were in the

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<v Speaker 1>stands there. Um just um, really really moving moment to

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<v Speaker 1>uh to see and hear what he had to say,

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<v Speaker 1>and UH and you know, I couldn't be couldn't feel

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<v Speaker 1>more privileged to have covered his seven years as a

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<v Speaker 1>Green Bay packer. You got all seven years. I only

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<v Speaker 1>got two thousand twelve full time and then also you know,

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<v Speaker 1>smattering of interviews during his time in Oakland. What I

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<v Speaker 1>love the most about Charles Woodson is from a pure

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<v Speaker 1>biological genetic standpoint, probably one of the most gifted guys

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<v Speaker 1>to ever play the game of football. Just really is

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<v Speaker 1>and means has arguably the most decorated career of anybody,

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<v Speaker 1>with the Super Bowl victory, any athlete when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at high school, college, pros, everything, he did it all. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>mr mr Ohio coming out of Fremont, Ohio, Mr Football

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<v Speaker 1>in Ohio. Won a Heisman Trophy at Michigan, first primarily

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<v Speaker 1>defensive player to ever win the Heisman Trophy, and then

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<v Speaker 1>wins a National Championship at Michigan, and then wins a

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<v Speaker 1>Super Bowl and as a first ballot Hall of Famer

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<v Speaker 1>a defensive player is a year of All Pro Pro Bowls.

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<v Speaker 1>All that I mean, the accolades from this man's life

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<v Speaker 1>as a teenager up until now just off the charts.

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<v Speaker 1>But what I love the most about Charles Woodson and

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<v Speaker 1>why I enjoyed covering him for that one season, the

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<v Speaker 1>only seven games I got to cover him full time

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<v Speaker 1>other than being in the locker room in ten and

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<v Speaker 1>eleven to get quotes. He and I wrote about the

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<v Speaker 1>inbox he put the professional and professional football. The way

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<v Speaker 1>he carried himself, the way he spoke, the way he dressed.

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<v Speaker 1>There was, like I like to say it. I was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to kind of find a way to say this

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<v Speaker 1>the right way. But he sort of reminds me of

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<v Speaker 1>like Rick Flair with pro wrestling, where Flair was a

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<v Speaker 1>pro wrestler, but he also was a showman. He also

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<v Speaker 1>would go and you know, promote the brand. He would be.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a good speaker. He could go on television shows.

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<v Speaker 1>That was Charles Woodson the National Football League at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>Charles Woodson finally hung it up after thirty seven seasons

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<v Speaker 1>or whatever it was. He enhanced the shield he and

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<v Speaker 1>has those three letters, and this is exactly the Pro

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<v Speaker 1>Football Hall of Fame was built for men like Charles Woodson. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing, the thing that I'll remember the most. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I've I've been This is my sixteen season now with

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<v Speaker 1>Packers dot Com. I also covered some of the Packers

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<v Speaker 1>glory seasons in the nineties um on a on a

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<v Speaker 1>backup secondary basis during my newspaper days. I have never

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<v Speaker 1>seen in person or covered a defensive player with the

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<v Speaker 1>instincts and anticipation of Charles Woodson. And yes, he started

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<v Speaker 1>his career as athletically gifted beyond all get out, but

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<v Speaker 1>he'd already been in the NFL for eight years by

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<v Speaker 1>the time he came to Green Bay, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>by then, you know, yeah, you start to lose a

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<v Speaker 1>half a step or whatever by the time you get

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<v Speaker 1>to fifteen sixteen years, he end up having an eighteen

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<v Speaker 1>year career. You've lost a whole step. But why were

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<v Speaker 1>why did those why were those thinks always on display?

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<v Speaker 1>It's because he studied film like nobody else, and he

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<v Speaker 1>he knew from his film study what the other team

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<v Speaker 1>was going to be doing. It was like he just

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<v Speaker 1>he always he always had that knowledge before he walked

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<v Speaker 1>out onto the field and the plays that he was

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<v Speaker 1>able to make. The way the way he just anticipated

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<v Speaker 1>and jumped plays and jumped routes and everything, I've never

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<v Speaker 1>I've never seen I've just never seen anything like it.

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<v Speaker 1>He was such a he he was such a joy

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<v Speaker 1>to watch and as you said, a true professional in

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<v Speaker 1>the way, in the way he dealt with the media,

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<v Speaker 1>in the way he was a leader in the locker room.

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<v Speaker 1>We all know about the speech after the NFC Championship game,

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<v Speaker 1>and then the speech at halftime of the Super Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>when he when he broke his college boy. Now that

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<v Speaker 1>one's not on video anywhere, but you know, he was

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<v Speaker 1>so overcome with emotion and not being able to finish

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<v Speaker 1>that game and to try to win that championship that

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<v Speaker 1>he couldn't even finish talking um. But the message got

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<v Speaker 1>across to his teammates and and there was sort of

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<v Speaker 1>just no way they were going to lose that game

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<v Speaker 1>down in Dallas at night. And the reason his message

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<v Speaker 1>really resonated balance he was the same guy. He didn't

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<v Speaker 1>deviate high or low either way, every single time he

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<v Speaker 1>was in the locker room, every single time he dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with the media, every single interview you watch at Charles Woodson,

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<v Speaker 1>same exact human being. And I think that's why people

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<v Speaker 1>respected him, on top of the fact of his athletic gifts. Yeah, well,

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<v Speaker 1>hats off to hats off to Charles. I'm sure it

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<v Speaker 1>was a great weekend for UH, for him and his

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<v Speaker 1>UH and his family and and UH. And he closed

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<v Speaker 1>the show with a great ten minutes there up on

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<v Speaker 1>stage at Tom Benson Stadium. But with that, we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to call it a wrap on this edition of Packers

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<v Speaker 1>on Script. If you should have, follow all of our

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<v Speaker 1>coverage with the Packers and training camp as it continues

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<v Speaker 1>here on Packers dot com for West, I'm Mike. Thank

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<v Speaker 1>you for tuning in, everybody, See you next time.