1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 2 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford. He is my trusted colleague West Hodkuits. 3 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 1: We're coming to you here from our studios at lambeau 4 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: Field West. Packers Bears Sunday Night Football is almost here. 5 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 1: It's our Friday show, our last show of the week, 6 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: which customarily we begin by focusing on the keys to 7 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: the game for the Green Bay Packers. So let's start 8 00:00:40,840 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 1: on the offensive side here. Chicago Bears bringing that defense 9 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: in with Khalil Mack is the new addition. What are 10 00:00:47,560 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: the keys for the Packers offensively to come out on 11 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:52,640 Speaker 1: top here? Well, from what I saw from some nation 12 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,160 Speaker 1: national sources, it's to block Khalil Mack, and the Packers 13 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,120 Speaker 1: plan on doing that, so uh yeah. I mean this 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: is one of those con tests where, I mean, every 15 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 1: single week, it's about the pass rush. It's about winning 16 00:01:03,960 --> 00:01:06,280 Speaker 1: that battle. Mike Petton talked about it earlier this week, 17 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 1: And it doesn't matter if you're dealing with the second 18 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 1: year quarterback like Mr Drabinsky, or you're dealing with someone 19 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: like Aaron Rodgers that's been doing it at a high 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: level for over a decade now, you need to be 21 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: able to pressure the quarterback. So from that perspective, the 22 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: counter balance of that is the offensive line in your tackles. 23 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: The Green Bay Packers are going to have, by all accounts, 24 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,000 Speaker 1: will have their starting five for the first time this 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:31,319 Speaker 1: summer in this game. I know Mike McCarthy said it, 26 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 1: James Camp and touched on it. You wish you could 27 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: have gotten those guys more reps together, but they're also 28 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: not rookies anymore. Uh. Corey Lindsay has been in this 29 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:41,720 Speaker 1: league for five years, is on his second contract. You know, 30 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: Lane Taylor has been in this league for five six 31 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 1: years on his second contract. In David baktr and Brian 32 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: Blag are Pro Bowl type caliber tackles. Blaga probably has 33 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 1: the toughest assignment in this game, because if you base 34 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 1: it on recent history, he'll be seeing a lot of 35 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 1: Khalil mac. But at the same time, you can just hear, 36 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, talking to these guys this week and listening 37 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: to their quotes, they're really embracing this challenge too. So 38 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: I think it's been a really good chess match, especially 39 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: to be able to do it in in the hundredth season. 40 00:02:07,240 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: The first game at lambeau Field Sunday Night football. The 41 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: energy is going to be electric, and I think seeing 42 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: that how that's gonna work on both sides of the 43 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: ball with the pass rush is gonna be really fun 44 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 1: to watch. Yeah, I'm not sure how much Khalil Mack 45 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:19,960 Speaker 1: is going to play, but when that is on the field, 46 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,919 Speaker 1: I think if if the Packers neutralize him in any way, 47 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: I think it takes a little bit of the wind 48 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: out of the sales of the Bears. I mean, they've 49 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: been really energized by this acquisition. I think a lot 50 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: of people would have been looking at this game, frankly 51 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,040 Speaker 1: as a potentially a Packer's runaway in some respects as 52 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: far as the national perspectively, if Khalil Mack hadn't suddenly 53 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 1: jumped up and joined the Bears defense and now he's 54 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:47,960 Speaker 1: the key piece potentially to slowing down Aaron Rodgers. So 55 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,920 Speaker 1: I think that's a big part of this game. The 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,760 Speaker 1: other part, I'll say, for the Packers offensively, you'd like 57 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: to see them get Jimmy Graham involved early and get 58 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: him going that connection with Aaron Rodgers. Let's see it. 59 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 1: Let's see what impact it has on this offense. And 60 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,120 Speaker 1: on any given ball game. And the flip side of that, 61 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,080 Speaker 1: I'm not going to profess to know everything about the 62 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 1: xs and ohs and the personnel of the Bears, but 63 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: I don't see anybody on that Bears defense that they 64 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: can line up one on one with Jimmy Graham and 65 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:21,639 Speaker 1: feel comfortable necessarily. So that tells me that they're going 66 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: to have to keep safety help in the middle of 67 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 1: the field. And if that happens, then it's Adams and 68 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,119 Speaker 1: Allison and or Allison on the outside who are going 69 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: to have some one on ones. And if you've got 70 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: those one on ones on the outside, because that safety 71 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 1: help is in the middle of the field against Jimmy Graham, 72 00:03:39,760 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: you have to win those one on one And you 73 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:43,880 Speaker 1: and I saw it during the training camp, Mike. In 74 00:03:43,960 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: the preseason. Again, everything's very vanilla. Teams aren't scheming up 75 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: a lot of stuff. But we did notice the Packers 76 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: go to a lot of empty looks, and they can 77 00:03:52,240 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: do that when you have Time Montgomery as a running back, 78 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,200 Speaker 1: when you have Jamal Williams and his background and has 79 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 1: proven that he can be a solid pass catcher in 80 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: this league at any given time, being able to potentially 81 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:04,320 Speaker 1: go empty, and we'll see exactly what their plan is 82 00:04:04,360 --> 00:04:07,840 Speaker 1: for that in this game and have Jimmy Graham, Randall 83 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:10,200 Speaker 1: Cobb and then one of those running backs also involved 84 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 1: in addition to Davante Adams and gern Willison. There's a 85 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 1: lot of matchup problems there that that presents. We saw 86 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: a lot of two tight end packages as well during 87 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: the preseason. I believe the only drive that Aaron Rodgers 88 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: lad in that game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, all but 89 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:28,560 Speaker 1: one of those plays was mostly operating out of a 90 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:31,159 Speaker 1: two tight end set. So, yeah, getting back to your 91 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,720 Speaker 1: original point, there's so many different array of weapons and 92 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,640 Speaker 1: they're all so different. Uh, They're they're all incredibly skilled. 93 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 1: When you look at what Adams can do on the boundary, 94 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: when you look at what Alison does, and then having 95 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:48,120 Speaker 1: that kind of contrast of of Graham and Randall Cob 96 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: in the middle of the field, it does it stretches 97 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: out a defense and Vic Fanjo is gonna have to 98 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 1: take that into account. Yeah, alright, Well, switching gears to 99 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:56,840 Speaker 1: the defensive side of the ball for the Packers, what 100 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:00,720 Speaker 1: do you see as the key thing to folk Ghassan here? 101 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,840 Speaker 1: For the Packers to do what they need to do well. 102 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:04,640 Speaker 1: The The thing I'm most intrigued by is just to 103 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: see what the secondary is gonna look like and where 104 00:05:07,120 --> 00:05:08,720 Speaker 1: all those pieces are gonna fit, because we saw a 105 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: lot of guys really play well throughout the camp and 106 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,120 Speaker 1: in preseason. But as far as the biggest factor in 107 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: this game, I think it comes back to the past rush. 108 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,920 Speaker 1: You do not want to let Mitchell Robinsky get comfortable 109 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: in the pocket. Last year it was kind of an 110 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 1: uneven year for him, and you always kind of chalked 111 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:26,599 Speaker 1: it up to is that the rookie sort of exposure 112 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: and trying to get your feet wet like Jared Goff 113 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: maybe did two years ago before he kind of broke out, 114 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: Or are you just gonna have the Carson Wentz hit 115 00:05:33,960 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 1: the ground running thing. Traubinsky seems to be more of 116 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: the golf route, just based on the whatever it was 117 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: nine games that he started, but they got him Allan Robinson. 118 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: Now he has Taylor Gabriel and certainly the options that 119 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:47,200 Speaker 1: he has in that backfield. What can he do with 120 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:49,520 Speaker 1: that now is going to be a big issue. But 121 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:52,160 Speaker 1: I think for the Packers, you have Clay Matthews and 122 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:54,680 Speaker 1: Nick Perry healthy. Now, what kind of pressure can you 123 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: generate against those tackles? What can potentially Mike Daniels and 124 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: Mohammed Wilkerson Kenny Calr do against that interior offensive line. 125 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: It looks like Eric Kush will probably be starting at guard. 126 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 1: He did not play in the NFL last year. He 127 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:09,520 Speaker 1: was on injured reserve. So there seems to be opportunities 128 00:06:09,520 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: as well. As much as the storyline has shifted towards 129 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: Khalil Mack, the Green Bay Packers have an opportunity, especially 130 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:16,800 Speaker 1: with it being Mike Patton's first game with this scheme 131 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,760 Speaker 1: in Green Bay, to potentially do likewise in terms of 132 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,880 Speaker 1: trying to generate pressure against Mitchell Roe Bisky. Well, I 133 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 1: may be way off base here, which wouldn't be the 134 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: first time. But when I look at this and I 135 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: know the Bears want to get True Whisky going, and 136 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 1: they want to get him going with those new receivers, 137 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: that whole new receiving corps. You mentioned Robinson Gabriel, We 138 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:39,000 Speaker 1: talked about Anthony Miller, the new draft pick. He's in 139 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:41,680 Speaker 1: that mix as well. But honestly, was I think the 140 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: Bears are going to come in here and try to 141 00:06:43,320 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: run the ball down the Packers throats. I think Jordan Howard, frankly, 142 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 1: Jordan Howard is the most accomplished running back, number one 143 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: running back right now in this division. I think there's 144 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: no question about that. Now, Dalvin Cook in Minnesota, he's 145 00:06:56,760 --> 00:06:59,600 Speaker 1: potentially coming back, you know, coming back from that from 146 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: that Ace Yell, dalvln Dalvin Cook maybe the running back 147 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:05,000 Speaker 1: that everybody's talking about by the end of the season. 148 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:07,800 Speaker 1: But Jordan Howard is the most accomplished running back in 149 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:10,040 Speaker 1: this division. And he's a pounder, he is a he 150 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: is a big, strong guy. And then you have the 151 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: change up with Tart Cohen, the fast, speedy guy who 152 00:07:15,840 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 1: can get involved in the short passing game and on 153 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 1: you know, some outside runs trying to get to the edge. 154 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 1: I think the running game is is going to be 155 00:07:23,200 --> 00:07:26,120 Speaker 1: Mitchell Trubisky's best friend here in his second year, as 156 00:07:26,160 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: he starts a season as the starting quarterback for the 157 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: first time. I think the Bears have got the excuse me, 158 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: the Packers have got to take the Bears running game 159 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: out of this and put the game in Trubisky's hands. 160 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: And there are a lot of issues that obviously surface 161 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: last year for the Packers on defense. But the one 162 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: thing that they did pretty well in these division matchups 163 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:46,200 Speaker 1: was stopping Howard and both of the games when you 164 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: look back to September, the Packers have done a good 165 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: job on him over the of the years. Eighteen carries 166 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: for fifty three yards and then obviously in November fifteen 167 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 1: carries fort and that on one play, So they did 168 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 1: do a good job of bottling him up. And I'm 169 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 1: really glad made that point because it's a valid argument 170 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: to make. We talked so much about the interior line 171 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: and being able to generate pressure, and they have that capability. 172 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:10,800 Speaker 1: Wilkerson has two ten plus sax seasons. You know, Mike 173 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: Daniels in five consecutive years has had at least four 174 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 1: and a half or five. And then you also have 175 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: Kenny Clark coming off the best year of his career 176 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: in a breakthrough season. But at the core of this, 177 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: it is about the run defense. And Blake Martinez made 178 00:08:24,240 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 1: that comment during the off season. You know, he wants 179 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: to break the the NFL record for tackles, but he 180 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 1: also mentioned I believe it was in one of the 181 00:08:30,800 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 1: Packers TV networks, UH, one of those simulcasts when he 182 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 1: was doing in a sidelineterview saying, well, if Kenny Clark 183 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,320 Speaker 1: and and Mike Daniels keep making those tackles at the 184 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 1: front line, I'm not going to be able to have 185 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: that opportunity, which I think he's okay with. If these 186 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,040 Speaker 1: guys are bottling people up. It is. It's so true, Mike. 187 00:08:47,040 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: It is about pass rush, it's about pressure, but the 188 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,040 Speaker 1: starting point is the run defense, and that's something the 189 00:08:52,040 --> 00:08:55,120 Speaker 1: Packers are hoping to carry over from from some of 190 00:08:55,120 --> 00:08:57,000 Speaker 1: the success they've had the past few seasons. Yeah, I 191 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: always just feel like, especially with a young quarterback on 192 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,560 Speaker 1: offensive coordinator Matt Naggie, the new head coach, he's gonna 193 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: want to get that running game going, and that's what's 194 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: gonna get Trubisky comfortable, especially playing on the road in 195 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: the season opener. All that kind of stuff. But getting 196 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,560 Speaker 1: back to Naggie for a second, I'm gonna give you 197 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,440 Speaker 1: a little bit of an audio outline of my first 198 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 1: One Last Look column for this season, which is my 199 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: weekly column during the regular season that gets posted on Saturday's, 200 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,120 Speaker 1: the day before the game. Matt Naggy new head coach. 201 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: This will be his first Packers Bears game in this 202 00:09:27,480 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 1: long storied rivalry Packers over the last twenty years, not 203 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:35,720 Speaker 1: a lot of success. Actually, when a new Bears head 204 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:38,040 Speaker 1: coach has his first game against the Packers, I'm gonna 205 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 1: give you the rundown. Here Dick Geron's first game as 206 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 1: head coach against the Packers. The Bears win fourteen to 207 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 1: thirteen at lambeau Field on a blocked chip shot field goal. 208 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,920 Speaker 1: Brian Robinson blocks Ryan Longwell. It was six days after 209 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: Walter Payton had passed away, and it was the hand 210 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:58,600 Speaker 1: of Walter was sort of the line out of Chicago 211 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: that reached up to block that field goal. Okay, fast 212 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:07,200 Speaker 1: forward five years, two thousand and four, Lovey Smith's first game. Now, 213 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:10,160 Speaker 1: he made the famous proclamation that the number one priority 214 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 1: for Chicago was to beat Green Bay when he was hired, 215 00:10:12,800 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: because the Packers were dominating the series with Farve at 216 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,559 Speaker 1: that point. The Lovey Smith wins his first game against 217 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,120 Speaker 1: the Packers to ten, gets a ninety five yard fumble 218 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,079 Speaker 1: return for a touchdown by safety Mike Brown. Another kind 219 00:10:26,080 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: of crazy happening, right. Okay, Now go forward another nine years, 220 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:34,920 Speaker 1: Mark Tressman's first game as head coach. I don't need 221 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 1: to remind anybody what happened in that game at lambeau 222 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,160 Speaker 1: Field and Packers Bears Shay McClelland sacks Aaron Rodgers the 223 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,240 Speaker 1: broken collar bone. The Bears win that game. Okay, so 224 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 1: a lot of crazy happenings that allowed the Bears to 225 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,920 Speaker 1: win those head coaching debuts. But then the Packers flipped 226 00:10:51,960 --> 00:10:56,000 Speaker 1: the script in John Fox. He takes over for the Bears. 227 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 1: His first game against the Packers happens to be Week one, 228 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: just like it is this time with Naggie, and the 229 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:05,320 Speaker 1: Packers pulled that one out down in Chicago. James Jones 230 00:11:05,360 --> 00:11:07,959 Speaker 1: comes back after an absence from Green Bay, catches a 231 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 1: couple of touchdown passes. Clay Matthews has a big interception 232 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,240 Speaker 1: of Jay Cutler in the fourth quarter that helps to 233 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,960 Speaker 1: salt the game away. So I think you know where 234 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: I'm going with this. You look at an absence of 235 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 1: a player for the Packers who's come back and an 236 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 1: interception playing a big role this game points to Termont 237 00:11:24,920 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: Williams doing something special here for the Packers to do 238 00:11:27,920 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: what they did against John Fox and get away from 239 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 1: what happened in these other Bears head coaching debuts. Against 240 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,319 Speaker 1: Green Bay. Here's what I love about Trumon Williams two. 241 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,320 Speaker 1: And that's a really good analogy in terms of getting 242 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 1: from point to point b with what I'm sure is 243 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:42,400 Speaker 1: going to be a great column on Saturday. But the 244 00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:45,360 Speaker 1: one thing I love about Williams is that, and then 245 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: so many guys said it, and it sometimes can get 246 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,920 Speaker 1: click cliche, but you know, he looks like he's twenty five. 247 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:52,120 Speaker 1: He looks like he's twenty four. I think maybe it 248 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: was Demetri Goodson who said he looks like he's twenty six, 249 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,160 Speaker 1: you know, a little higher on that schedule, all right, 250 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,560 Speaker 1: the spectrum, but he looks like he can still play 251 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,800 Speaker 1: football and at thirty five years old, and we'll see 252 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: what Mike Petton's plans are for him. But I still, 253 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,960 Speaker 1: I've said this time and time again, if he's starting 254 00:12:07,960 --> 00:12:11,080 Speaker 1: on the boundary on Sunday night at thirty five years old, 255 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: Trumon Williams has accomplished a lot in the NFL that 256 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:17,440 Speaker 1: might be right up there with one of the really 257 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,160 Speaker 1: special things. You don't see that a lot you see cornerbacks. 258 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: Terrence Newman just retired thirty nine years old, forty years old, 259 00:12:23,480 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: but you don't see a lot of cornerbacks do that 260 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:27,080 Speaker 1: playing the boundary at that age, and it looks like 261 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: he still has a springing nous and his lower body 262 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,200 Speaker 1: to do it. But getting back to my original point, Mike, 263 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,320 Speaker 1: you have Williams, you have Devon House coming back. You know, 264 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:36,839 Speaker 1: Kevin King looks like the shoulders gonna be okay, He's 265 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: gonna be able to play through. And Jaire Alexander and 266 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 1: Josh Jackson what they put on film during the training camp, 267 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: five really talented cornerbacks the Packers have to choose from. 268 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 1: Mike Petton has to choose from. In addition to that 269 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: deep safety group that that has five guys on the roster, 270 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 1: It's really going to be interesting to see how those 271 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 1: chess pieces moved because so many of those guys can 272 00:12:56,240 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 1: play the slot, a few of them can even play 273 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 1: back on deep safety, a couple of them can play 274 00:13:00,640 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: inside linebacker. Seeing how Petton moves those pieces, because we 275 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:08,120 Speaker 1: saw a ton of different combinations during camp, is going 276 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:09,720 Speaker 1: to be to me, as I said earlier, the most 277 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:12,199 Speaker 1: intriguing aspect of this game in this first month of 278 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 1: the regular season. Yeah, Well, one other thing I want 279 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,360 Speaker 1: to hit on for sure, as we are here in 280 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 1: week one before the first regular season game is played. 281 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 1: If you haven't checked it out, folks, go to Packers 282 00:13:22,000 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: dot com and check out West is really really nicely 283 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: put together story on Robert Tonyan, the number four tight end, 284 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 1: join the Packers practice squad late last season, did absolutely 285 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: everything he was asked to do and made the team 286 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: this year. Aaron Rodgers said he deserved to make this 287 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 1: team as the fourth tight end. You talked with Tanyan 288 00:13:45,360 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 1: with both his mother and his father. A real uh 289 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:52,120 Speaker 1: family affair here in terms of his athletic career going 290 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: all the way along. You laid it out really nicely. 291 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: It's it's really a good story. And these are the 292 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:58,920 Speaker 1: stories that we love, these underdog stories of these guys 293 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 1: who who work so hard and kind of come out 294 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:03,320 Speaker 1: of nowhere to make it in the NFL. He comes 295 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: from Indiana State. Just tell us about the story because 296 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 1: Roster cut Down Day was his mother's birthday. It was, Yeah, 297 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,839 Speaker 1: it was, And she said I was joking with her 298 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: about this that it was, you know, one of the 299 00:14:13,400 --> 00:14:15,440 Speaker 1: longest days of her life, one of the longest birthdays 300 00:14:15,440 --> 00:14:18,920 Speaker 1: she's ever had. You know, she vacuumed the house, she dusted, 301 00:14:18,960 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: she was cleaning, and at times, as I wrote in 302 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: the story, when she just gave up, she just paced 303 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:26,200 Speaker 1: around the house with her phone in her hand, waiting 304 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,360 Speaker 1: to hear from him. Um. The thing the impetus for 305 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: the story actually stemmed from a conversation I had. I've 306 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: talked to him throughout the training camp, but it was 307 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: a conversation I had with him in the locker room 308 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 1: in Kansas City when both of his parents had gone 309 00:14:37,200 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: to Arrowhead Stadium to watch him, and both of them, 310 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 1: for the most part, got to all of his college games. 311 00:14:42,320 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 1: His older sister sometimes she played at Bowling Green for volleyball, 312 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: so sometimes they had to split up a little bit, 313 00:14:47,560 --> 00:14:50,440 Speaker 1: but for the most part, they've always tracked him at 314 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 1: every level, going back to when he started playing in 315 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,240 Speaker 1: middle school. The thing that was most interesting to me 316 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: about Tanyan story is that he was at a position 317 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:00,640 Speaker 1: that I think a lot of But when you're just 318 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,880 Speaker 1: filling out a fifty three man roster in June, you 319 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,000 Speaker 1: just think, okay, you have those three tight ends, the 320 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 1: three veterans, you move on. And Tanian earned a spot 321 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 1: on that roster, and I mentioned to his mortain Tammy 322 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:17,680 Speaker 1: the quote that Aaron Rodgers said about how he earned this, 323 00:15:18,280 --> 00:15:21,960 Speaker 1: and it made her emotional because if you understand tanyan story, 324 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,360 Speaker 1: he was a high school quarterback that really didn't get 325 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: looked at very much. The high school team didn't have 326 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: a ton of success. He goes to Indiana State, doesn't 327 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,040 Speaker 1: have a ton of success there, and he eventually moves 328 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: over to receiver, and she said that was the lowest 329 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: point for him because all he ever did is he 330 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: wanted to be a quarterback. When he was three years old, 331 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: he had a birthday party wearing a Brett Farve jersey 332 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 1: in Illinois because like the quarterback, and when he had 333 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,000 Speaker 1: to move to to receiver, he understood it, but it 334 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 1: was tough. And he's went to that school in Indiana 335 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: State head and had a guy make the opening roster 336 00:15:56,160 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: in the NFL and eighteen years there's been one guy 337 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:01,800 Speaker 1: that's played aid in for the Green Bay Packers for 338 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 1: out of Indiana State in the franchise's history. And he 339 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: makes the decision not only to convert to receiver, we 340 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,120 Speaker 1: ended up being the second all tailand leading receiver in 341 00:16:10,120 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 1: Indiana State history, but then he understands that he has 342 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 1: to move to tight end to play that at the 343 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,040 Speaker 1: next level. And and you'll get it if you get 344 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 1: a chance to read the story. I just kind of 345 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 1: go through the different levels of what that journey entailed. 346 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: But I think the most important thing for him is 347 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 1: last year he got cut by Detroit, really didn't get 348 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: much of a chance during training camp to prove himself. 349 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: Took ten visits throughout the course of the regular season 350 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 1: up until the Packers finally bringing him in in December 351 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,480 Speaker 1: for a workout, and then was told by one of 352 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: the scouts after it to call your parents and tell 353 00:16:39,120 --> 00:16:42,360 Speaker 1: him you're not coming home. And you know, he took that. 354 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: He did everything he could do. He put on the weight, 355 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: put on good clean weight, came back for training camp 356 00:16:47,960 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 1: as a tight end, And to be honest with you, Mike, 357 00:16:50,120 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 1: other than the fact that he was a former practice 358 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: squad player and an undrafted free agent in this league, 359 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: they're really he really wasn't that dramatic. I mean, it 360 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: just he just seemed like after that game in Kansas 361 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:03,000 Speaker 1: City where he had four catches and thirty yards and 362 00:17:03,040 --> 00:17:06,040 Speaker 1: a touchdown, it just sort of seemed like it was there. 363 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:07,480 Speaker 1: He was going to be on the roster. Yeah, the 364 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,560 Speaker 1: writing was on the wall that he had that he 365 00:17:09,600 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 1: had done what it took. And I think as a 366 00:17:12,280 --> 00:17:15,320 Speaker 1: as amazing a happy birthday phone call as I'm sure 367 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 1: that was on on Saturday. The thing he could really 368 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: take the most pride in, I think, is that he 369 00:17:21,480 --> 00:17:24,520 Speaker 1: didn't make this roster, as you said, because the packers 370 00:17:24,560 --> 00:17:27,159 Speaker 1: needed a tight end. He made this roster because the 371 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:30,359 Speaker 1: packers didn't want his talent to go somewhere else. Because 372 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,879 Speaker 1: you can certainly have three tight ends on a fifty 373 00:17:32,920 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 1: three and be just fine. So that's definitely an element 374 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,280 Speaker 1: to to how he made it here and got as 375 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 1: far as he did. The cool part of the story too, 376 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:44,639 Speaker 1: once he does. Once his parents Bob sr And Tammy 377 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 1: got the call, uh, they were celebrating. She actually bought 378 00:17:47,920 --> 00:17:50,720 Speaker 1: three bottles of Green Bay Packers champagne, but she didn't 379 00:17:50,760 --> 00:17:53,040 Speaker 1: tell anybody about it. She had completely hidden in a 380 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:56,280 Speaker 1: in a cupboard, but then quietly on Saturday morning moved 381 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,560 Speaker 1: them into the refrigerator just in case, you know, things 382 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 1: turned out okay. He calls her she's just like Robert, 383 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:07,480 Speaker 1: and he goes Happy Birthday, and he mentioned the locker 384 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:08,840 Speaker 1: room this week that he was going to buy her 385 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:13,000 Speaker 1: an item. He's a pretty notorious gift giver. I guess 386 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,720 Speaker 1: he's phenomenal with his mom and his sister. But as 387 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 1: she said, I put it near the end of the story, 388 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:19,360 Speaker 1: all she wants is that number eighty five jersey and 389 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 1: just to look at where he's come from in the 390 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,160 Speaker 1: last twenty four years, the man he's become, and now 391 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,760 Speaker 1: this opportunity. She admitted, she understands how the game works. 392 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,200 Speaker 1: People have told her the NFL is not for long, 393 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: but they're enjoying this moment. They're gonna be here on 394 00:18:32,359 --> 00:18:34,840 Speaker 1: Sunday night, and whenever he does step onto the field 395 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: for the Packers, they're going to be cheering them on. Yeah, 396 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: well we see, uh we still see some eighty five 397 00:18:39,080 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 1: jerseys at lambeau Field. A lot of people still have 398 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:43,600 Speaker 1: their Greg Jennings jerseys. But if anybody's at the game 399 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: Sunday night and they see an eighty five with Tanya 400 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,160 Speaker 1: on the back, it's probably uh Tammy Tony. And there's 401 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:50,879 Speaker 1: quite a few of them too. I was told that 402 00:18:51,040 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: basically the whole city, their whole town of mckenry. Uh there, 403 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,760 Speaker 1: They've had requests to the Packers Pro shop all week 404 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: for Jerseys. They haven't can them out. Yeah, they haven't 405 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:03,639 Speaker 1: produced a lot of NFL players, haven't really produced a 406 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:06,439 Speaker 1: ton of high Division one players, So this is a 407 00:19:06,440 --> 00:19:09,320 Speaker 1: really special moment for them. And it's also the understanding 408 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 1: the maturity that that I think Tonyan demonstrated during this 409 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:14,480 Speaker 1: He never got too high, never got too low. When 410 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 1: he felt like he needed to be a little happier, 411 00:19:16,359 --> 00:19:19,119 Speaker 1: he went out to California for a month in October 412 00:19:19,240 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 1: and in the early November to get away from some 413 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,440 Speaker 1: of the gloominess and and things that a company the 414 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:27,879 Speaker 1: fall in the Midwest. But um for him to be 415 00:19:27,920 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 1: able to make that roster behind Jimmy Graham, Marcedes Lewis 416 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:33,520 Speaker 1: and Lance Kendricks, that's not lost on him. It means 417 00:19:33,520 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 1: the world. Yeah. Alright, Well, one other thing I want 418 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,359 Speaker 1: to touch on before we go. As we usually do 419 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 1: on our Friday show, we take a look at what's 420 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: going what else is going on around the league, particularly 421 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: in the NFC, and things that may affect the Packers. 422 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,119 Speaker 1: Thursday Night Football, we had the kickoff opener for the 423 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: NFL season. The Eagles hang on and beat the Atlanta Falcons. 424 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 1: Any impressions of that opening game. It was a really 425 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 1: it was a strange game to watch because it was 426 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:02,560 Speaker 1: actually kind of dramatic, but it was slow at points 427 00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: to Yeah, the biggest thing I took away from it 428 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,680 Speaker 1: is that, as you and I've talked about, there's gonna 429 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 1: be some bumps to go through with these with these 430 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,760 Speaker 1: rules and officiating. But uh, my biggest takeaway, this might 431 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: not even be the thing that rises to the top 432 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 1: of your mind, is Darren Sprowls still has it and 433 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: he's still a speedy, explosive football player thirty five years old, 434 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:23,199 Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna be a big weapon for 435 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:25,680 Speaker 1: them this season. Yeah, if you're the Atlanta Falcons, don't 436 00:20:25,720 --> 00:20:27,919 Speaker 1: you just feel like you went through deja vu? I 437 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:31,120 Speaker 1: mean driving down? I mean it was even the same 438 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,359 Speaker 1: end zone, the same end of the field. You've got 439 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:36,080 Speaker 1: the chance in the final men of the game, multiple chances, 440 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 1: you know, first in goal, got all these shots at 441 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: the end zone to win the ball game. You can't 442 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,280 Speaker 1: get the completion that you need. And uh and you 443 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: walk out of Lincoln Financial Field with another tough laws 444 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: and they got just like the divisional round the last January, 445 00:20:48,800 --> 00:20:51,240 Speaker 1: and they basically got five downs with the illegal contact 446 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,159 Speaker 1: in the end zone. That's right that they got. They 447 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: got the extra shot at it, still couldn't do it. 448 00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: So yeah, I mean for the Eagles, you gotta feel 449 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,440 Speaker 1: good about it. I know everybody was thrown up that. 450 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: I think it's what days since they've lost a game now, 451 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: So it's a good way to start. But yeah, after 452 00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: the Falcons, that's a that's a tough one to swallow. Yeah, 453 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 1: we're looking at the NFC North here in Week one. 454 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,480 Speaker 1: The Lions play on Monday night actually, so we may 455 00:21:10,520 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: hit on that game in a little while. But the 456 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,280 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings opened the season at home against the San 457 00:21:15,320 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: Francisco forty Niners. Jimmy Garoppolo undefeated as a starter in 458 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,480 Speaker 1: the NFL was he won two games with New England 459 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,320 Speaker 1: as a starter and then went five and with the 460 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,000 Speaker 1: San Francisco forty Niners when he took over a one 461 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 1: and ten team last year for the final five games. 462 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: So this is an intriguing matchup here. You know, week one, 463 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,080 Speaker 1: you always never know what you're gonna get it. Maybe 464 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 1: the most unpredictable week in all of football in a 465 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:43,000 Speaker 1: very unpredictable league in general. But the forty Niners going 466 00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,240 Speaker 1: into Minneapolis. What do you think Jimmy Garoppolo and US 467 00:21:46,280 --> 00:21:48,119 Speaker 1: Bank Stadium is going to be interesting to watch. I 468 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:49,480 Speaker 1: don't know how much you and I'll actually be able 469 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: to see it, but uh, that's gonna be probably the 470 00:21:52,040 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: biggest challenge he's faced so far in his young career. Yeah, 471 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:57,040 Speaker 1: showed a lot of moxie last year. Obviously has an arm, 472 00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 1: he can run an offense. He threw for a lot 473 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:01,080 Speaker 1: of yards in a short on a time last season. 474 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: But I'm most interested to see if the forty nine 475 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,679 Speaker 1: can start finishing some of those drives. You know, he 476 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: had a lot of passing yards last year, but not 477 00:22:07,240 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: a lot of touchdowns. H And the Minnesota is not 478 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: a team with Mike Zimmer's defense that gives up a 479 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,360 Speaker 1: lot of them either, So seeing that contrast is gonna 480 00:22:14,359 --> 00:22:16,800 Speaker 1: be interesting. And then obviously Kirk Cousins the you know, 481 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:19,479 Speaker 1: with everything that he was paid this offseason, the Vikings 482 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 1: really hitching their way into him, seeing if he can 483 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:23,719 Speaker 1: take that offense to the next level. Yeah, it feels 484 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:26,480 Speaker 1: like from everything we hear, it's like a super Bowl 485 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: or bust mentality. And Annapolis amongst amongst their fan base 486 00:22:30,040 --> 00:22:32,800 Speaker 1: and everything, so They certainly want to get things started 487 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:36,000 Speaker 1: out right at home against against a team from the 488 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,280 Speaker 1: West Coast that some people are thinking maybe is a 489 00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:40,879 Speaker 1: is a playoff sleeper with Garoppolo, so an interesting MATCHO. 490 00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 1: Absolutely the NFC West, There's been a lot of movement 491 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: there the last few years, that the bottom's risen and 492 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:46,520 Speaker 1: see if they can take it from there. All right, 493 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,639 Speaker 1: with that, we will call it a wrap on this 494 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,119 Speaker 1: edition of Packers Unscripted. Be sure to follow all of 495 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 1: our coverage of the team and of sunday Nights big 496 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:56,680 Speaker 1: Week one game on Packers dot com on Twitter. He's 497 00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 1: at West Hot, I'm at Mike Spofford at Packers for 498 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 1: the team. Mccau. Thanks for tuning in, everybody, See you 499 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: next time, m HM.