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Speaker 1: Hi, everybody, Welcome to Packers Unscripted on location from the

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Speaker 1: NFL Scouting Combine in downtown Indianapolis from Packers dot Com.

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Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, joined by my colleague West hot

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Speaker 1: Quits and once again special guest Larry McCarron and guys.

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Speaker 1: One of the positions that the Packers certainly are looking

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Speaker 1: at here at the Combine for the upcoming NFL Draft

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Speaker 1: and free agency for that matter, is the tight end position.

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Speaker 1: West the Packers have only Lance Kendricks under contract at

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Speaker 1: the moment. Richard Rogers is a pending free agent. Will

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Speaker 1: see what happens there. What are your thoughts on maybe

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Speaker 1: where this is headed for Green Bay? Well, I thought

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Speaker 1: it was really telling. Mike McCarthy when he was meeting

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Speaker 1: they need to increase the competition at that position. Obviously

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Speaker 1: when when you go through the amunt of injuries that

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Speaker 1: they did last season. Uh, give all the credit in

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Speaker 1: the world Emmanuel Birds stepping up against the Detroit Lions,

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Speaker 1: but that wasn't the way you drew it up when

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Speaker 1: you were at this thing at the beginning of Week one.

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Speaker 1: So the best Packer teams historically have had four or

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Speaker 1: five options at tight end because with that body type,

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Speaker 1: it lends itself to special teams even if they aren't

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Speaker 1: getting the reps on offense. I think they got to

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Speaker 1: get back to that. Richard Rodgers is a guy that

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Speaker 1: we have to make a determination on in free agency.

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Speaker 1: But I've been saying all along here, regardless of his situation,

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Speaker 1: And I know one guy that jumped off the pages,

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Speaker 1: I know Packer fans, Badger fans would love to see

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Speaker 1: him stay in Wisconsin. But a lot of good prospects

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Speaker 1: overall for the Packers have possibly consider. Yeah, Larry, what

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Speaker 1: the tight end position for Green Bay. You know what

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Speaker 1: I've stood out to me most of this off season

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Speaker 1: is when I read comments an expert opinions on Lance Kendricks,

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Speaker 1: I get the sense of people I think he is

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Speaker 1: I know this may be boring to people. That's a

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Speaker 1: is willing, but he's also very technically sound. Now he's

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Speaker 1: He's not a mask. He can't can't lay that kind

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Speaker 1: just show you some outstanding blocking both against down people

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Speaker 1: you don't care, but I care. It's a good point,

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Speaker 1: it really is, because I think sometimes people just look

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Speaker 1: But it doesn't really tell you the whole tale of things.

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Speaker 1: And I think you look at some of the guys

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Speaker 1: more well rounded, that they can do those multiple things.

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Speaker 1: And we've talked about a time and time again, Mike,

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Speaker 1: with the way that this college game has played now,

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Speaker 1: the spread offense. Richard Rodgers talked about it with what

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Speaker 1: isn't as much inline stuff anymore. So little things like

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Speaker 1: with more from the NFL Scouting Combine right after this

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Speaker 1: Welcome Back to Packers unscripted from the NFL Scouting Combine.

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Speaker 1: Larry and Mike and West here with you and uh West. Inevitably,

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Speaker 1: when we come here every year. There are connections between

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Speaker 1: really pretty interesting. For those out there who really know

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Speaker 1: here's what's interesting about this whole story. These two guys

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Speaker 1: So he places a text message to Lytton saying, Hey,

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Speaker 1: ever seen anything like this? Well, the thing of it

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Speaker 1: says a couple of things. Number One, Michael Clark, a

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Speaker 1: Compensatory picks can be traded, gives you a lot of flexibility,

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Speaker 1: a lot of ammunition, and with that we're going to

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Speaker 1: call it a rap on Packers unscripted and from her

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Speaker 1: on location coverage from the Scouting Combine. Thanks to Larry

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Speaker 1: and West. I'm Mike. We'll see you next time.