WEBVTT - #586 Packers Unscripted: Back at it 0:00:00.360 --> 0:00:11.840 Hi, everybody, Welcome back to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 0:00:11.880 --> 0:00:14.960 I am Mike Spofford, joined as always by my trusted 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:19.240 colleague Weston Hodkowitz. We are you, your fully vaccinated host, 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:21.680 and that is what allows us to be back here 0:00:21.720 --> 0:00:25.400 in the studio without wearing masks. Weston. It's really good 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.840 to see you right across the table here, my friend, 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.680 for well one, all the Skype episodes that you and 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:35.639 I did, all the recordings of this the socially distanced season. Uh, 0:00:35.840 --> 0:00:38.440 coming in here with Larry to do three things and 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.000 wearing the masks even when we do final thoughts, wearing 0:00:41.000 --> 0:00:45.080 the mask. What a relief this has been. And I 0:00:45.200 --> 0:00:50.040 gotta give credit to the wonderful nurses everybody here from 0:00:50.040 --> 0:00:52.640 Bellin that that took care of me, took care of 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:56.240 my family over the past month, and just blessed and 0:00:56.360 --> 0:00:59.680 fortunate as we prepare for an NFL draft this year, 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:03.760 my because we recap free agency today, Just what a 0:01:04.240 --> 0:01:07.560 quantum leap we've made from last year when I was 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:09.480 trying to make sure I had enough bandwidth to be 0:01:09.480 --> 0:01:13.039 able to stream video on my home WiFi so we 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:15.640 could do our jobs appropriately. That's right, well, we really 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:18.360 are turning over a new leaf here. In one we 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:22.199 had new intro music here for Packers unscripted, first time 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:26.759 we've we've changed that in in quite sometime. But as 0:01:26.840 --> 0:01:30.280 you mentioned, we do have a lot of off season 0:01:30.360 --> 0:01:32.679 to recap here for the Packers, so we're going to 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.680 start there and later this week early next week we 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:38.920 will also get into previewing the NFL Draft, which as 0:01:38.920 --> 0:01:42.600 of now is nine days away for the the first round. 0:01:43.200 --> 0:01:46.440 But as far as the off season goes, a handful 0:01:46.480 --> 0:01:48.920 of guys back with the Green Bay Packers West and 0:01:48.920 --> 0:01:51.920 I'll just rattle off their names here. Aaron Jones, Kevin King, 0:01:52.440 --> 0:01:56.600 Marcedes Lewis, Tyler Lancaster, Will Redman all resigned with the 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:59.960 Green Bay Packers. The biggest headline there, though, of those 0:02:00.040 --> 0:02:02.920 five guys, has to be running back Aaron Jones, because 0:02:02.960 --> 0:02:05.920 this is a guy he wasn't just going to be 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.959 the top running back available in free agency. He was 0:02:09.000 --> 0:02:11.919 going to be one of the top free agents across 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:15.400 the board in the league available if the Packers had 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.480 let it get to that point. They did not Aaron Jones. 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:21.359 A huge part of this Matt Lafleur offense is back 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:23.880 in the fold long term now for Green Bay. So 0:02:23.919 --> 0:02:26.600 all these years in which we've had free agency, I've 0:02:26.600 --> 0:02:28.680 always kind of looked at the board, how it was 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:32.720 laying out, and and very very infrequently is there a 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:34.760 moment where it's like, Okay, there's a player that you 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:36.960 think the Packers will bring back that they just can't 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.960 get back. For me, it was Aaron Jones this year. 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:42.320 Now certainly went right up until the eleventh hour, right 0:02:42.400 --> 0:02:44.800 until the verge of free agency before he agreed to terms. 0:02:44.840 --> 0:02:48.000 But when you sit back, Mike, you look at what 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:50.200 he has added to this Packers offense and how he 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.919 has every single year been in the National Football League, 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:57.400 increased his rushing totals, increased his flexibility as a running back. 0:02:57.840 --> 0:03:00.200 This guy is more than what his position said. He 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.160 is a playmaker, and he's the second biggest playmaker in 0:03:03.200 --> 0:03:05.639 this offense, second only to four time Pro bowler now 0:03:05.720 --> 0:03:08.840 finally an All Pro receiver in Davante Adams. So to 0:03:08.919 --> 0:03:12.480 have him back in the multitude of ways that Matt 0:03:12.560 --> 0:03:15.160 Lafleur utilized him over the past two years, it just 0:03:15.240 --> 0:03:17.600 made too much sense. Now, I think what the exciting 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:19.560 thing is going to be now for the Packers is 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:22.960 how do you expand on what this guy does because 0:03:22.960 --> 0:03:26.040 he's in the prime now, twenty six years young. This 0:03:26.080 --> 0:03:28.040 is that where you really expect him to be in 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.320 the peak of his years. I just think there's a 0:03:30.360 --> 0:03:32.679 massive opportunity there. He'll have a new running mate in 0:03:32.720 --> 0:03:35.520 a J. Dillon. But as far as the face of 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:38.280 that Packers backfield, Mike, this is the most stability they've 0:03:38.360 --> 0:03:41.760 had their going back to really the Almond Green days. Yeah, 0:03:41.800 --> 0:03:47.760 it's interesting because Aaron Jones was here when Matt Lafleur arrived, obviously, right, 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:50.160 and they're there are all kinds of ways in which 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:54.080 coaches adjust their scheme and their systems to fit the 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:58.960 personnel they have. But that being said, you almost can't 0:04:00.120 --> 0:04:03.760 raw up a running back who fits Matt Lafleur's offense 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.160 better than Aaron Jones. And that's what I was saying 0:04:06.240 --> 0:04:09.080 all through last season when everybody was wondering, are the 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.080 Packer is going to be able to bring back Aaron Jones? 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.800 What are the free agent priorities? And we'll talk about 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.080 some of the guys who are not back in a 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:20.760 moment here, and for me, Aaron Jones was the number 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:24.720 one priority in terms of resigning your own free agents 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:27.800 because of how he fits La Fleur's offense and what 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.640 he brings to the table in in all those different 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:34.000 skills he he just he brings more than any other 0:04:34.080 --> 0:04:37.040 running back you could ask for, and to lose him 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.360 would have been to lose not just a running back, 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.960 but but such a big, such a big part of 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:44.560 the offense. Now, as you said, he is in his prime. 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:47.200 He is hitting full stride here. So what are the 0:04:47.240 --> 0:04:51.960 Packers going to do to expand the ways that they 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.560 use him? We could see him, We've already seen him 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.599 line up in a lot of different ways, but maybe 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.679 that starts to expand with a j. Dillon now coming 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.320 into his own a little bit more as the second 0:05:02.360 --> 0:05:05.200 year and the number two running back um based on 0:05:05.240 --> 0:05:08.320 the way the roster currently sits. So I'm really curious 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:12.840 to see now exactly you know what the plan is 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.680 for Aaron Jones moving forward, because I think there are 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:19.200 some things that maybe we haven't seen yet. Absolutely, And 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:21.360 I mean this has been a guy that's been defying 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.240 the definition that everybody's put on him in his game 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:26.520 since he entered the league back in two thousand seventeen. 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:29.400 Is a fifth round draft pick. But here's the other 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:32.000 thing I love about him. And you know, there's a 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.800 million moments with Aaron Jones you can say, Okay, nobody 0:05:34.800 --> 0:05:37.520 else can do that. This is a guy, this is special. 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:41.039 But if I was ever on the fence about as 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:42.560 he gonna be back or they canna be able to 0:05:42.560 --> 0:05:44.640 pay him, you know, do you pay a running back? 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:47.240 It was that first play, I believe it was the 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:50.000 first play coming out a halftime against the Rams where 0:05:50.000 --> 0:05:52.960 he bust the sixty yard in the playoff game, And 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:54.960 you and I were sitting there watching that, and I 0:05:55.000 --> 0:05:57.799 just said to myself, I'm like, there are so few 0:05:57.880 --> 0:06:01.240 human beings that can just change the complexion of a 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:03.839 football game the way that he just did that. It 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:06.320 wasn't I don't think Wayne was shouting that's your dagger 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:09.039 or anything like that up in the radio booth, but 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.800 it really felt like, Yeah, this is the Packers day, 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:14.400 They're gonna take this one. And that's that's what he brings, 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.919 that game breaking aspect. And then just a quick shout 0:06:16.920 --> 0:06:18.479 out to A J. Dillon. I mean, these are huge 0:06:18.480 --> 0:06:21.039 shoes for him to fill. With Jamal Williams moving on 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:23.479 to Detroit, This is a guy that never fumbled during 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.800 his four years in Green Bay, was a consummate pro 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.760 in the locker room, was a fantastic pass protector and 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:31.880 ball catcher out of the backfield. But A J. Dillon, 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.159 when you saw he did against the Titans last year, 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.880 it just really opened my eyes to the possible thunder 0:06:38.080 --> 0:06:41.080 enlightening combination that him and Aaron Jones can be. I 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:44.160 know that's an overplayed cliche, but if you look at 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:48.039 that six ft five ft nine two oh eight or 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:51.600 whatever Aaron Jones comes in at, those are two drastically 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:53.960 different running backs that the Packers could use in tandem. 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.360 They can alternate if you add in a number three 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:59.080 back through this draft or undraft free agency. There are 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:01.560 so many options here that Green Bay could explore. Yeah. 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:06.000 Absolutely well. Maybe an unexpected move in free agency was 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:08.560 the resigning of Kevin King. I think when the Packers 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.720 did sign Aaron Jones, there was a lot of thought 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.320 that Kevin King was not a guy the Packers were 0:07:13.360 --> 0:07:15.960 going to be able to afford. Turns out they did 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:18.360 bring him back on a one year deal, So the 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.920 Packers will have essentially their top three corners from last 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.760 year are back. Intact that, you know, the nickel package 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.200 that they used last year, j R. Alexander, Kevin King, 0:07:27.720 --> 0:07:31.280 Channon Sullivan, will I'll be back. And then the other 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.400 real headline as far as the guys coming back, is 0:07:34.480 --> 0:07:39.040 the big Dog Marcedes Lewis sixteen. This will be his 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:43.200 sixteenth season now in the NFL. And this is really 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:46.200 quite a story West because his first year here two 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.680 thousand and eighteen, the last year of the Mike McCarthy era, 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:54.040 and after it looked like Marcedes Lewis was heading off 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:56.320 into the sunset, It's like, all right, it's time for 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:59.080 the next chapter in life. And not only did he 0:07:59.160 --> 0:08:02.400 decide to come back play for Matt Lafleur. You know, 0:08:02.520 --> 0:08:05.440 they've found this role for him both in the offense. 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.360 He has a tremendous role in the locker room. And 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:10.640 now here we are three years later and he just 0:08:10.720 --> 0:08:14.720 got another contract and he's still going. And you know, 0:08:15.040 --> 0:08:18.000 this coaching staff, all these guys on this roster are 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:20.680 thrilled that the Big Dog is back for another goal. 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:23.240 You know what he reminds me of who he reminds 0:08:23.280 --> 0:08:25.880 me of. You remember Juwan Howard during his final years 0:08:25.880 --> 0:08:28.560 of the NBA. He went to Miami Heat and he 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.320 was a big part of what they did there. He 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:32.760 wasn't a guy that was playing thirty minutes at night anymore, 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.920 but he was a great locker room presence, a great leader. 0:08:35.960 --> 0:08:39.000 Obviously he's turned into a phenomenal college coach, but he 0:08:39.080 --> 0:08:41.480 also gave them important minutes when he needed them. It 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.080 wasn't like, Okay, I'm not gonna have you give you 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.080 thirty anymore, but I'm gonna give you eleven good minutes 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.400 here and there when when I'm needed. And that's what 0:08:47.640 --> 0:08:49.800 Lewis reminds me of. If you want to talk about 0:08:49.840 --> 0:08:52.559 any profession, doesn't have to be the National Football League, 0:08:52.600 --> 0:08:55.720 could be your even your normal job. How do you last? 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.120 How do you find ways to be able to get 0:08:58.200 --> 0:08:59.959 up in the morning and still enjoy what you're doing. 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.720 You have to evolve, you have to reinvent yourself. You 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:05.439 have to set new goals. That's what I love about 0:09:05.480 --> 0:09:08.920 Mercedes Lewis. What is the one thread? Since he was 0:09:09.000 --> 0:09:10.880 drafted in the first round in two thousand and six. 0:09:11.280 --> 0:09:14.600 He is a huge human being that is a willing blocker. 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.280 If he ate a couple too many Big Max on 0:09:17.320 --> 0:09:19.560 a certain week, this guy could be a tackle in 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:22.199 this league. I mean, he's that big of a guy. 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:26.280 But he was also an incredibly athletic and gifted individual 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:27.680 in his prime. It's why he was able to go 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:29.200 to a Pro Bowl in two thousand and ten and 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:34.400 caught seven receiving yards passes. But now he's older, thirty 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:37.200 six range. You have to adapt your game, and he 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:40.040 has done that. In the best part about it, he 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:42.920 isn't he's playing a position other than quarterback or kicker 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:46.160 where they're just trump constantly trying to replace tight ends 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:50.240 in this league. Guys, come, guys, go, there's no replacing 0:09:50.240 --> 0:09:53.200 Mercedes Lewis. Whenever he decides to move on, You're not 0:09:53.280 --> 0:09:54.920 just gonna be able to say, Okay, well this six 0:09:54.960 --> 0:09:57.920 ft six, two seventy pound guy, he's going to be 0:09:57.920 --> 0:10:00.360 the next guy. You have to have a certain skill 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.560 set that matches up with his physical attributes. Lewis brings that. 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:06.000 And by the way, much like some of these guys 0:10:06.000 --> 0:10:07.800 that you've seen over there, is he's still chasing that 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.240 Super Bowl ring. He's still chasing that Super Bowl appearance, 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:11.880 and he feels like this is the place to get 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.679 that done. Yeah, no question about it. Well, as far 0:10:14.760 --> 0:10:17.600 as the Packers players who are not back who have 0:10:17.760 --> 0:10:23.200 signed elsewhere, Corey Lindsley, Jamal Williams, Tim Boyle, Lane Taylor, 0:10:23.280 --> 0:10:27.040 and Montravius Adams, And we talked a little bit already. 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:28.959 I think I want to start here with regard to 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:32.160 the offensive line. Corey Lindsley and Lane Taylor both gone. 0:10:32.720 --> 0:10:36.160 We know David Bakti is working on the rehab from 0:10:36.240 --> 0:10:39.040 the a c L injury. Everybody's trying to figure out 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:41.680 what what's the Packers offensive line gonna look like in 0:10:41.760 --> 0:10:44.280 Week one? You know, does Elton Jenkins play center and 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:48.000 take over for Lindsley? Does Jenkins play left tackle? Does 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:51.400 Billy Turner play left tackle? And Jenkins, you know, stay 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.880 where he is and you put somebody else at right tackle. 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:57.640 The most important thing I think moving forward here for 0:10:57.679 --> 0:11:02.000 the Packers is they have options because you have versatile players, 0:11:02.400 --> 0:11:05.320 and you also have a draft coming up where there's 0:11:05.360 --> 0:11:07.720 a lot of depth that offensive tackle in this draft, 0:11:07.720 --> 0:11:10.040 based on what the analysts are saying, you would think 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:14.160 the Packers are going to potentially make a significant draft 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:17.160 investment there at that position. So we're a long way 0:11:17.200 --> 0:11:19.520 from knowing what the Packers offensive line is going to 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:21.920 look like in Week one, but it is gonna look 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.640 a little bit different in yeah, because for the first 0:11:24.679 --> 0:11:28.040 time really since J. C. Trader was drafted, the Packers 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:32.000 don't have like a center prospect of a bona fide 0:11:32.000 --> 0:11:34.560 guy that's like, okay, that's who we want snapping Aaron Rodgers. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:37.440 Now the coaches might know that behind the scenes, but 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.120 as far as how we're approaching this season, we we 0:11:40.160 --> 0:11:42.920 don't know which direction that's gonna go. I made my 0:11:43.080 --> 0:11:45.720 two cents felt an inbox. You know, I would think 0:11:45.720 --> 0:11:48.040 even if David bat is ready, the Packers are gonna 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:49.599 want to be cautious with them. They're gonna want to 0:11:49.720 --> 0:11:51.800 er on the side of caution. Is I continually said, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.000 because you know the way that Bats built cut from 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:57.240 that same cloth as Brian Bulaga. He's gonna want to 0:11:57.280 --> 0:11:59.080 be out there as soon as possible. But there is 0:11:59.120 --> 0:12:01.640 again you have to see the forest for the trees here. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.040 Let's say they just take the cautious approach there with Box. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:08.440 Tr To me, after seeing what he did last year, 0:12:08.600 --> 0:12:11.080 I think Elton Jenkins is a perfect fit to be 0:12:11.160 --> 0:12:13.720 able to buy you time there at left tackle. I 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:17.040 really truly believe this, Mike. I think if Billy Turner 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.720 is just playing right tackle, I honestly believe he could 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.000 be an All Pro player in this league. I saw 0:12:22.040 --> 0:12:24.000 that last year. I had some questions when he came 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:26.880 in at right guard, didn't quite look like his natural position. 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.480 But when they left him at right tackle, once he 0:12:29.520 --> 0:12:32.640 settled into that job last year, you'd be hard pressed 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:34.680 to find anyone who did their job better. I believe. 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:38.000 I think he has the athleticisms, letticism for it, the footwork, 0:12:38.160 --> 0:12:41.880 and he's intelligent from there. I think that lines up 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:43.880 Lucas Patrick to be at center. I think you have, 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:46.560 you know, John Runyon as a guard prospect and the 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:49.640 other guy not to forget about in this equation, stimonds 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:52.920 Simon Stepanek. Now, he missed all last year because of 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:54.880 that coming off the a c L injury at Indiana. 0:12:55.080 --> 0:12:58.160 You gotta remember, this kid put up thirty seven bench 0:12:58.200 --> 0:13:02.200 reps at the combine that with with a bumne. That 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.920 is the most of anyone in the modern era that 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.360 the Packers have drafted. That was more than Corey Linsley. 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.440 That was more than although it wasn't at the combine 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:13.360 Tyler Lancaster. This guy is a strong dude. So that's 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:16.720 a great starting point for where you're at, and then 0:13:16.800 --> 0:13:19.600 you factor in The Packers have had a really good 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:23.559 track record of drafting offensive lineman early, drafting them high, 0:13:23.800 --> 0:13:26.560 and having them make an incidant impact. So I've said 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:28.440 this over and over again. I mentioned it during our 0:13:28.440 --> 0:13:30.959 offseason recap show. It Larry to me, I don't know 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.800 if it's the first round, second Whenever you pick the 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:37.520 best offensive lineman possible, you let him compete for a 0:13:37.640 --> 0:13:40.640 job at a specific position and let the rest of 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.040 the dominoes fall from there because the versatility of that 0:13:43.080 --> 0:13:45.680 group can be a real strength. Yeah, And what I 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:48.040 said an insider inbox the other day, what I think 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:50.920 really ultimately is going to be the question that the 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:55.240 Packers coaches face. Assuming David Batr is not lining up 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:57.120 at left tackle in Week one and he needs some 0:13:57.160 --> 0:14:01.319 more time to be ready, the question that's going to 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:04.840 be facing the Packers coaching staff is for week one, 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:08.160 do you focus on getting your five best offensive linemen 0:14:08.240 --> 0:14:14.360 out there or how much do you consider the whole 0:14:14.520 --> 0:14:17.920 continuity aspect of things? Because if Elton Jenkins start this 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.480 starts the season at left tackle, presumably he's not going 0:14:21.520 --> 0:14:24.240 to play left tackle all season. When bok Tr is ready, 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:26.480 he goes there, and then Jenkins shifts, and then you're 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.520 moving things around at some point after the season starts. 0:14:29.560 --> 0:14:32.000 So is is it about the five best or is 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:36.240 it about the least disruption when Bostr comes back. I 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.960 think that's the question that the Packers coaches have to answer. 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:41.440 I'm not sure what their answer is going to be. 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:45.560 Necessarily based on what we saw last year, the versatility 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:50.000 players moving guys around, it seemed the overwhelming philosophy was 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:52.360 with what we've got to deal with, We're putting our 0:14:52.400 --> 0:14:54.720 best five guys out there in front of Aaron Rodgers. 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.280 I think that's the way they're going to go. But 0:14:57.640 --> 0:14:59.920 I just throw it out there that the continuity part 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:02.640 things over the course of now a seventeen game season. 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.600 It's something that I think you at least have to consider. Yeah, 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:07.760 and behind the scenes, I mean, the Packers are gonna 0:15:07.760 --> 0:15:11.200 get David Botr back at some point early middle whenever 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:12.960 he's gonna be back, and you're gonna have the best 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.880 left tackle in football to playoff of the question, the 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.960 first thing that the coaches are gonna have to answer again, 0:15:17.960 --> 0:15:19.360 and the meetings that you and I will not be 0:15:19.400 --> 0:15:21.560 privy to assume, meetings that we will not have a 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.000 log in for, is gonna be what do you do 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.720 with Elton Jenkins Because the reason I mentioned him at 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.880 left tackles because the one thing that Elton proved to 0:15:28.920 --> 0:15:31.600 me last year, it doesn't matter where you play him. 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:34.440 It doesn't matter how many snaps he gets. He's gonna 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.000 perform well in that duty. And it doesn't matter what 0:15:37.040 --> 0:15:39.320 the competition is. It's the guy that started the season 0:15:39.360 --> 0:15:41.840 at right tackle. Because of the injury questions there, he 0:15:41.920 --> 0:15:44.840 stepped in at center for three weeks. Mike Aaron Rodgers 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:47.160 has basically had the same two centers for the past 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.560 eight years. When you look at bulk of that being 0:15:49.600 --> 0:15:51.840 Corey Lensley and a little bit of it being j. C. Treader, 0:15:52.240 --> 0:15:54.200 Elton Jenkins went in there and it was like not 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.640 a step was missed. And this is, by the way, 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:01.120 subbing in for an All Pro or who is deemed 0:16:01.120 --> 0:16:02.760 by the Associated Press to be the best center in 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:06.600 football last year. So that's why I just feel like 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.800 it's such a luxury that Green Bay has right now 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.640 and then and then again to Lucas Patrick's Lucas Patrick's 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:14.720 credit can play all three the interior positions. Billy Turner 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:17.840 can play everywhere as well. A lot of different potential 0:16:17.960 --> 0:16:21.280 domino combinations here for Green Bay. Yeah, and quickly before 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:25.000 we move on to some other offseason news, Jamal Williams 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:27.920 Tim Boyle both going to the division rival Detroit Lyons. 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.760 Essentially what that does? We already talked about Aaron Jones 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.600 a J. Dillon as the one to at running back 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.920 to Packers obviously have Aaron Rodgers Jordan's Love as the 0:16:36.960 --> 0:16:39.720 one two at quarterback, but now the number three spot 0:16:40.360 --> 0:16:43.360 at both of those positions is essentially wide open for 0:16:43.400 --> 0:16:46.440 the Packers. They need a number three quarterback. Will they 0:16:46.560 --> 0:16:48.840 use a late round draft pick on one? Will they 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.240 go the undrafted route as they did with when they 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:54.040 brought Tim Boyle in a few years ago. As far 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:56.600 as running back, you have a handful of candidates on 0:16:56.640 --> 0:17:00.000 the roster for the number three running back, but maybe 0:17:00.000 --> 0:17:02.200 you also draft one at some point here in a 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.960 week and a half to add to that competition to 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:08.520 see who's going to be that number three behind Jones 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.199 and Dylan. So some interesting things to watch here at 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:15.440 those two positions. As as a couple of very reliable 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:18.880 guys end up going to a division rival in free agency. 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.360 First and foremost, to tip my cap to the Lions, 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:23.679 I thought those are two of the best signings that 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:25.960 have been made of the NFC, not just the division, 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.080 this office and kind of signings that went under the radar, 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:32.040 frankly under the rains of the national in terms of 0:17:32.040 --> 0:17:34.560 the national media. But but yeah, I I agree with you. 0:17:34.600 --> 0:17:36.920 I think those I think those are really really good 0:17:36.960 --> 0:17:40.040 pickups for the Detroit Lions with what they're trying to do. Yeah, 0:17:40.080 --> 0:17:43.440 and in the contract that Jamal Williams got reportedly, I mean, 0:17:43.480 --> 0:17:46.600 just what an incredible deal in savings that is for Detroit. 0:17:46.680 --> 0:17:48.159 And I've said this time and time again and I'll 0:17:48.200 --> 0:17:50.680 say it once more. I know DeAndre Swifts there, I 0:17:50.720 --> 0:17:53.159 know all these other things. My advice to Detroit Lions 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:57.280 is make Jamal Williams. Give him a good opportunity to 0:17:57.320 --> 0:18:00.000 be your lead back next year. You won't be disappointed. 0:18:00.200 --> 0:18:02.760 And as far as Tim Boyle, everyone knows my feelings 0:18:02.800 --> 0:18:05.280 about Tim Boyle, what an amazing story he's been. But 0:18:05.359 --> 0:18:07.919 I saw that one blogger, one one fan site for 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.760 the lines of saying as Jared Goff the best quarterback 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.800 now in the NFC North, and obviously they're just you know, 0:18:14.920 --> 0:18:17.359 it's all tongue in cheek. I get that, But the 0:18:17.480 --> 0:18:19.760 Lion is better make sure that he's their best quarterback 0:18:19.760 --> 0:18:22.160 on the roster because I still I've said it time 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:24.280 and time again, I think Tim Boyle is going to 0:18:24.359 --> 0:18:26.600 open some eyes. He has the arm, he has a size, 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:29.240 he has everything you look for in an NFL quarterback. Yeah, 0:18:29.280 --> 0:18:32.680 no question about it. Quickly here West some sponsored business. 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:36.800 Serious x M NFL Radio delivers hard hitting analysis and 0:18:37.040 --> 0:18:40.359 up to the minute NFL news that true football fanatics 0:18:40.400 --> 0:18:45.280 need seven three six. All right, before we go, I 0:18:45.359 --> 0:18:48.000 do want to talk about the two big changes on 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:51.360 the coaching staff here for the Packers. Two new coordinators 0:18:51.440 --> 0:18:55.719 Joe Berry brought in as defensive coordinator to replace Mike Patton, 0:18:55.800 --> 0:19:00.000 and Moe Drayton promoted from special teams assistant to spell 0:19:00.280 --> 0:19:05.000 teams coordinator to replace Sean Meninga. Just your initial impressions 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.360 here of these moves and uh and when they were 0:19:07.400 --> 0:19:10.240 introduced to the Green Bay media. Yeah, and I was funny. 0:19:10.320 --> 0:19:14.760 I was driving through like northern Wisconsin, like like north 0:19:14.800 --> 0:19:16.720 of Rhinelander. I was that the day you went up 0:19:16.760 --> 0:19:19.800 to Superior. Yeah. I was in the middle of road trip. Yeah, 0:19:19.880 --> 0:19:22.040 so I but I made it a point. Mike was 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:24.040 being very nice. The age of zoom, you have to 0:19:24.080 --> 0:19:25.719 take advantage of the fact that we can do all 0:19:25.720 --> 0:19:28.320 this stuff remotely. Mike handled all the coverage of the 0:19:28.359 --> 0:19:30.800 coaches that day, but I still listened. I stopped over 0:19:30.840 --> 0:19:33.240 at the Culver's in Rhine Landers so I could start 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:38.600 listening to Joe Barry Country. Yeah, and I was so impressed, 0:19:39.040 --> 0:19:41.360 not only by him and how he spoke and all 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:43.879 those things, but when you take a step back and 0:19:43.920 --> 0:19:45.720 you look at his resume, don't look at just the 0:19:45.760 --> 0:19:49.560