WEBVTT - #440 Packers Unscripted: Three straight 0:00:00.600 --> 0:00:21.400 Yeah, Hi, everybody. Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 0:00:21.440 --> 0:00:24.639 I am Mike Spofford sitting alongside my partner in crime, 0:00:24.680 --> 0:00:27.800 Wes hodkuwits were coming to you here from our studios 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:31.400 at lambeau Field and West. The Green Bay Packers are 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:35.960 three and oh it's a pretty impressive start, it is, 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:38.760 uh And you know, I was sitting around with some 0:00:38.840 --> 0:00:41.360 of our interns after the game last night, on a 0:00:41.400 --> 0:00:44.839 Hoosier among them, and talking with some people and on 0:00:45.000 --> 0:00:47.280 a Whosier who's actually a Buckeye because she went to 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:49.159 a house state. Just to clarify, but we won't get 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:53.040 into all that college affiliation, but there was we're all 0:00:53.120 --> 0:00:56.000 kind of congregated around that area, and the question was 0:00:56.120 --> 0:00:58.200 you know, kind of came up, like, you know, there's 0:00:58.240 --> 0:00:59.880 only a few of these teams that are left on 0:01:00.000 --> 0:01:03.200 defeated at this point. And you can also throw out 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:04.680 the stats. I know you brought it up about a 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.640 week or two ago. Matt Lafleur three and O as 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.319 a head coach the rest of the first year. The 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:12.959 first time head coaches in the league right now something 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:15.760 like to eighteen and one, there's only two, only two 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.640 other victories from first time head coaches so far through 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.399 the first three weeks of the season. So what does 0:01:20.400 --> 0:01:22.280 that tell you? It tells you it's difficult to win 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:25.920 in this league. So regardless of the ups and the downs, 0:01:25.959 --> 0:01:30.600 the highs and the lows, consistency and setbacks, the only 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.360 thing that ultimately matters in the grand scheme of things 0:01:33.400 --> 0:01:34.919 is whether or not you won the game. The Packers 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.440 have had some learning moments, they've had some dominant moments, 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:39.560 and they're three and o to show for it. Yeah, well, 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:43.360 then to sixteen victory over the Denver Broncos Sunday at 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:46.320 lambeau Field is what got the Packers to three and oh. 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:48.800 And when you look at this game West, it is 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:54.160 absolutely the classic, a number one grade, a example of 0:01:54.600 --> 0:02:02.400 what timely impact plays on defense due because defensively, the 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:05.760 Packers gave up some long drives, some clock consuming drives. 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.800 They couldn't get off the field on third down in 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:11.480 some instances. But at the end of the day, the 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:15.040 three turnovers, two of which led to touchdowns for the offense, 0:02:15.080 --> 0:02:18.640 the six sacks a few of those that stopped drives 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.799 in their tracks. Timely impact plays on defense is the 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.280 name of the game, and that's exactly what this Packers 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.680 defense did to the Broncos. So you're right, they did 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:30.880 give up too many yards. The running game through Denver 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.320 was very impactful throughout the day. I mean, they didn't 0:02:34.360 --> 0:02:36.200 have that big break, but they were able to move 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:39.359 the ball and they won short yard situations. But two 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.079 things stood out to me with this one. They gave 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:44.280 up green Bay did They gave up two explosive plays 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:46.600 in this game. So what does that mean. It means 0:02:46.639 --> 0:02:49.799 that in the other cases, you mostly were making Denver 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.639 work for their yards. So what happens when they work 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:55.399 for the yards, it's more plays, which creates more opportunities 0:02:55.400 --> 0:02:59.520 for a takeaway. And when the defense got those opportunities, 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:01.799 as have through the first two weeks of the season, 0:03:01.800 --> 0:03:06.200 they capitalized on them. That was the biggest telltale sign 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.760 of this victory is they won three to nothing in 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:13.160 the turnover battle. Offensively, they were able to again shut 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:15.839 out Vaughan Miller Bradley Chubb in that pass rush. Third 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:18.040 straight game without a sack, not an easy thing to do. 0:03:18.880 --> 0:03:22.519 Not a turnover Broncos defense either for the third straight game. 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:26.360 So defensively, it allowed Green Bay to control the tempo 0:03:26.400 --> 0:03:29.720 from that, and so many guys stepped up. Preston Smith 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:33.440 his second three sack game of his career, um tying 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.240 a career highs and Darius Smith had two sacks, including 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:39.040 the final one of the game, which is Smith was 0:03:39.040 --> 0:03:40.520 saying the locker room, I mean that could have basically 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.760 been anybody, Kyler, Fakral, Kenny Clark. There are so many 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.360 different guys that were involved in that play. And that's 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:49.320 the exciting thing about this defense is there's just so 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:51.920 many guys around the ball that are trying to get 0:03:51.960 --> 0:03:55.840 after this thing. Takeaways Galore Jr. Alexander strips the ball 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.760 away from Noah Fan to tight end. Uh. You know, 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:01.480 never tell Jaire alex Inder that he's undersized. He'll prove 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.720 you wrong every time. Darniell Savage gets his first career 0:04:04.760 --> 0:04:08.280 pick upon review, Rashawn Gary gets his first career sack. 0:04:09.320 --> 0:04:12.400 I just think when you're talking about total defensive performances, 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:14.880 and in Preston Smith discussed this in the locker room, 0:04:15.320 --> 0:04:17.960 you're not talking about, okay, that the secondary stepped up, 0:04:17.960 --> 0:04:19.839 but the defensive line didn't play that well, or the 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.520 linebackers were good, but the secondary wasn't where they need 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:25.600 to be. They're playing complete eleven man football and it's 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:29.320 along to win games like this. Yeah, for me, the 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:33.000 timing of some of these plays was absolutely perfect for 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.960 Packers in the game situation. And what was happening You 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:42.200 mentioned Alexander's great strip um almost simultaneous strip and recovery 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:44.880 of the ball from Noah Fan That's a completion to 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.320 the rookie tight end from Iowa on a third down 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:49.960 that is for a first down. He's across the marker, 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:53.159 he has it. Alexander rips the ball away from him. 0:04:53.400 --> 0:04:56.880 You rewind the clock a little bit, the score is 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.520 ten to ten. You're late in the second quarter. The 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.680 Broncos have the ball. They've put together a couple of 0:05:03.720 --> 0:05:06.839 long clock consuming drives in the first half already, and 0:05:06.839 --> 0:05:09.200 Green Bay just had a three and out offensively right, 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:11.280 and the Broncos at the end of the first half 0:05:11.320 --> 0:05:14.239 are looking to potentially take the lead, and they're getting 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:17.479 the ball coming out of halftime. So it's a crucial 0:05:17.520 --> 0:05:20.360 point in the game. And what happens, strip sack of 0:05:20.480 --> 0:05:24.799 Joe Flacco in the pocket. Rashaan Gary falls on the ball. Actually, 0:05:24.800 --> 0:05:27.640 a Broncos offensive lineman had a great chance to recover 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:29.960 that and save that for Denver, he wasn't able to. 0:05:30.080 --> 0:05:33.200 Preston Smith not only knocked the ball out of Flacco's hands, 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.719 but kind of prevented that lineman from covering, and the 0:05:35.760 --> 0:05:38.520 ball still squirted out. Rashan Gary falls on on the 0:05:38.560 --> 0:05:41.279 five yard line. The Packers get a touchdown there before half, 0:05:41.839 --> 0:05:46.200 and then that possession coming out after halftime is when 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:50.240 Alexander gets the strip and recovery the turnover there and 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:53.040 the Packers end up getting another touchdown. So from that 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.640 ten to ten point when you're looking at the Broncos 0:05:55.800 --> 0:05:59.799 maybe having the back to back possessions to establish something 0:05:59.839 --> 0:06:02.839 in and take the lead in the game, those possessions 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:06.239 turned into a to ten lead for the Packers because 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:08.920 of the two turnovers in the offense capitalizing. The timing 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:10.919 of it, to me was astounded. Yeah, and just you 0:06:10.920 --> 0:06:13.560 know Green Bay gets that takeaway. The offense starts at 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:16.480 the Denver five yard line. I mean, just an incredible 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:20.400 situation to be asked. The Gyro Alexander play he runs, 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:23.200 he ends up being brought called down. But then the 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.360 next play right after that, Danny vidally twenty seven yards 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.239 of the one yard line. Two plays later, Aaron Jones 0:06:29.279 --> 0:06:32.159 goes in for the touchdown fourteen points off turnovers in 0:06:32.200 --> 0:06:35.560 a eleven point victory. I mean that shows you how 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.200 important those key moments are. And just to touch on 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:41.240 really quickly with Preston Smith, because we lump him and 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:45.040 Zadarius Smith together, and rightfully so. Their lockers are close together, 0:06:45.080 --> 0:06:47.520 they play the same position, they signed the same offseason, 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:50.359 they have a history together, and certainly they're very friendly. 0:06:50.400 --> 0:06:53.760 Buddy buddy, But Preston Smith, I've been saying this, you 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:55.880 can I'm not trying to pat myself on the back, 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:58.800 but I've been saying this since the summer that so 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:01.479 many eyeballs were on Zadarius Smith after the season he 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:03.479 had in Baltimore and where the defense that he was 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:07.200 coming from. Preston Smith was kind of the somewhat understated 0:07:07.240 --> 0:07:10.720 player that the Packers had signed. But I felt from 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:14.040 the beginning this guy fit exactly what Mike Petton wanted 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:16.480 to do defensively, and he talked a little bit about that. 0:07:17.040 --> 0:07:19.320 I also appreciate that it was very refreshing to hear 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.640 him say when he's asked why he came to Green Bay, 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.600 it was the best offer on the table. That's the 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:26.400 starting point, right. It's like that for anybody in any 0:07:26.440 --> 0:07:28.960 walk of life. I don't care for a professional writers 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:32.680 something else here. Yeah, but then he said, you know 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.440 the way I was going to be used the conversations 0:07:35.480 --> 0:07:38.600 we had here, and he just feels like this defense 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.680 is bringing out the best in his capabilities. Mike, he 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.040 has four and a half sacks and three games. He 0:07:43.120 --> 0:07:46.560 had four sacks last year his career high as eight. 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:49.120 And it isn't just the sacks. It's the fact that 0:07:49.160 --> 0:07:51.080 he has an interception. It's the fact that he has 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:55.440 forced that fumble. He is finding ways to get after 0:07:55.480 --> 0:07:58.680 the quarterback and make plays whenever he's around the football. 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:01.680 And for the Green Bay Ackers outside linebackers here to 0:08:01.720 --> 0:08:04.160 have seven and a half sacks from those two guys 0:08:04.200 --> 0:08:06.960 specifically at this point, yeah, oh my gosh, what a 0:08:07.000 --> 0:08:09.240 way to pace a defense. Yeah, no question about it. 0:08:09.280 --> 0:08:12.440 And I'll go back even to the timeliness factor. Even 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:15.480 earlier in the game, the Packers start out with a 0:08:15.480 --> 0:08:19.560 touchdown on a free play. Marquis Valde scantling sprints down 0:08:19.560 --> 0:08:22.200 the field. Um von Miller, I believe it was jumped 0:08:22.200 --> 0:08:25.280 off sides for the Broncos forty yard touchdown, Packers around 0:08:25.280 --> 0:08:28.720 the board seven nothing. Broncos immediately sixty yard kickoff returned 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.080 the other way. They are across midfield there in position 0:08:31.120 --> 0:08:34.760 to answer right away. Defense not only gets a three 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.160 and out, but on the third down, Preston Smith gets 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:41.560 the sack to thwart that drive and suddenly that sixty 0:08:41.600 --> 0:08:44.719 yard kickoff return is rendered null and void immediately by 0:08:44.720 --> 0:08:47.079 the defense never started at the green bay forty three 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:49.480 on that series. I mean, they need ten yards to 0:08:49.520 --> 0:08:51.760 get in range for Brandon mcmennis for a field for 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:53.960 a field goal, and they're there on the board. And 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:57.880 then later in the first half, the Broncos put together 0:08:57.920 --> 0:08:59.880 a drive. The Packers maybe catch a little bit of 0:08:59.880 --> 0:09:03.960 a break when a holding penalty downfield on Emmanuel Sanders 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:07.199 wipes out a touchdown run. Now Jr. Alexander was pretty 0:09:07.240 --> 0:09:10.120 animated on the field. That's something had happened there that 0:09:10.160 --> 0:09:14.080 he had gotten grabbed. So whether Alexander really was held 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.840 that badly or just sold it to the officials, the 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:19.880 Broncos had to work a little extra hard to get 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:21.680 into the end zone. And then what happens on a 0:09:21.760 --> 0:09:24.040 third and short in the red zones and Darius Smith 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:28.440 gets the sack and forces the field goal. So the timing, 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:31.240 the timing of these plays, I mean, you know how 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.319 it is West you get a sack on third down, 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:35.960 it ends a series. You get a sack on first down, 0:09:36.400 --> 0:09:38.679 the defense still or the offense still has a chance 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:41.040 to convert there. I mean, the timing of these plays 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:44.760 is is um is really what's making the difference because 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:48.280 there were some lapses on defense um in this game. 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.000 I think, maybe even more lapses than we then we 0:09:51.080 --> 0:09:54.720 had seen, just in terms of the Broncos being able 0:09:54.760 --> 0:09:58.360 to basically convert about down. They were. They were efficient 0:09:58.360 --> 0:09:59.720 on third down, they had a ton of third and 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:04.680 short because they're running game was working so well. But 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:08.040 when you can make plays on defense at the right time, boy, 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.600 it it not only makes a difference in the game, 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:14.040 but it just it energizes the team. It fires up 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:16.800 the sideline, it fires up everybody else. And uh, and 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:18.679 that that was the difference in this ball game. Yea. 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.280 And I want to just touch on as you were 0:10:20.360 --> 0:10:24.400 illustrating with Jaire Alexander a little bit. I don't I 0:10:24.440 --> 0:10:27.360 don't like being hyperbolic. I don't know how many times 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.439 I've said that in this show, but I really truly don't. 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:31.960 But to me, I think that this is one of 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.360 his best games, if not his best game in the uniform. 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.080 The reason I say that is one, obviously, Emmanuel Sanders 0:10:37.080 --> 0:10:40.080 had two catches for ten yards. That's you know, the 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:42.600 null and void point you start with with them across 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:46.720 the field. But too, Packers had some problems tackling at 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:49.160 various intervals in this game, and it bit them. I mean, 0:10:49.160 --> 0:10:50.560 there was some a lot of the big plays that 0:10:50.559 --> 0:10:53.800 came off of miss tackles. J Alexander had seven tackles. 0:10:53.840 --> 0:10:56.520 I think six of them were solo for a little guy, 0:10:56.920 --> 0:10:59.280 I'm sorry I shouldn't say little, but for a defensive 0:10:59.320 --> 0:11:03.440 back he does back for a guy that is not 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:06.719 Sadarius Smith. For him to be able to make the 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:09.599 open field tackles he did was impressive. His two p 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:13.200 bus were impressive. And he's just a menace man that 0:11:13.200 --> 0:11:16.640 That's just he is a menace out there. So even 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:18.960 when Fant gets that catch, he comes back and he 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:20.800 rips the ball away from this is a guy that 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.480 probably has what eighty pounds fifty you know, seventy pounds 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:28.400 on jire Alexander, he should care and I just think 0:11:28.440 --> 0:11:31.160 that mindset so regardless if you're Kenny Clark, there's a 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:35.199 Darius Smith or Preston Smith having that type of mindset. 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.640 That's why two years old, we keep saying, jaire, Alexander 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.040 is gonna be a player in this league because he 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:42.800 hasn't even scratched the surface yet of what his true 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.920 ability is. Yeah, Well, before we shift gears to talk 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.800 about the offense a little bit, Wess select Cousin Subs 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:52.960 locations are now offering delivery. 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It was just to kill clock in this game. 0:12:33.360 --> 0:12:36.000 It's a one score game that I believe the Packers 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.280 took over with thirteen and a half minutes on the 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.640 correct in the fourth quarter, and they drained more than 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:45.800 half the quarter. Seven minutes, forty one seconds come off 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:49.360 the clock. Very methodical drive, eleven plays fifty one yards 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:53.040 overcame a delay of game penalty along the way, and 0:12:53.120 --> 0:12:56.400 got into a pretty reasonable range for Mason Crosby to 0:12:56.480 --> 0:12:58.320 kick a forty one yard field goal and make this 0:12:58.360 --> 0:13:01.800 a two score game. When the offense had to do 0:13:01.920 --> 0:13:05.960 something when they when the unit had to produce, it produced, 0:13:05.960 --> 0:13:08.880 and Aaron Rodgers is I don't want to stay frustrated 0:13:08.920 --> 0:13:11.200 because he's not. He's looking for more out there. Matt 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:14.800 Lafleur is looking for more. Everybody knows this offense is 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:18.360 capable of more. But when you can put together drives 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:20.679 in the fourth quarter when you absolutely have to have them, 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.160 that's at least as you're trying to work out some 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.480 of this other stuff, that's at least something you can 0:13:25.520 --> 0:13:28.320 hang your hat on unequivocally, because I don't did you 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:33.160 ever see that thirty on winning time, Reggie Miller, That's 0:13:33.200 --> 0:13:36.040 what these moments are about it's winning time. It's time 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:39.800 for you to kind of get yourself together, even if 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:41.240 you might have a couple of punts in a row, 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:44.920 and find something to build upon. And the other thing 0:13:44.960 --> 0:13:47.520 I loved about that drive was how many times have 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:50.000 you and I seen an inbox or heard from fans like, well, 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.120 why don't they just give Aaron Jones the balls thirty 0:13:52.120 --> 0:13:54.840 five times a game and just keep running him. Jamal 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.400 Williams is a top of the end running back in 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.720 this league. And what I mean by at especially as 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.760 the fact that he's a well rounded football player. And 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.400 there's a reason why you hear matt Le talked about 0:14:06.440 --> 0:14:08.640 he wants to balance off the reps because while Williams 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:11.760 and Jones have different strengths, you saw in this game 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:13.760 why Jamal Williams is going to play in the NFL 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:16.400 for a long time. In addition to the fact that 0:14:16.400 --> 0:14:20.040 he's sort of that Reggie almost Reggie the Edgar Bennett mutter, 0:14:20.360 --> 0:14:22.640 just seems like whenever the conditions kind of get Junkie out, 0:14:22.720 --> 0:14:25.360 he he always seems to step up in that situation. 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:28.080 I think he had nine touches for fifty six yards 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.440 in the second half, But it was that ten yard 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.040 catch he had on third and five when that was 0:14:33.080 --> 0:14:35.680 a gotta have at moment for this offense to convert 0:14:35.720 --> 0:14:37.600 there when they had been having some problems in that 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:40.480 capacity that you see it. He's just he's a he's 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:44.640 a sure, confident pass catcher, he's a good pass protector. 0:14:44.960 --> 0:14:47.760 He just gives you every dimension that you want out 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.960 of a running back that you can play on any down. 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:52.440 And in this game, when it maybe it wasn't coming 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:54.880 together for Aaron Jones like it did last week, the 0:14:54.920 --> 0:14:57.960 offense turned to Jamal Williams and he stepped up. They 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:01.440 turned Danny Vitally and he stepped up. You need to 0:15:01.480 --> 0:15:05.480 have options to have a sustainable offense throughout the season. 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:08.080 I think that's the one positive I've gleaned from these 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:11.440 first three weeks overarching with the offense is that when 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:15.360 somebody needs to rise to the occasion, somebody usually does. Yeah, 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.800 and you alluded to it earlier. Not only did the 0:15:18.840 --> 0:15:21.880 Packers shut out Von Miller and Bradley Chubb that match 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:23.920 up on the edges that we were talking about all week, 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:28.080 but Aaron Rodgers made a big point to mention in 0:15:28.160 --> 0:15:32.080 his postgame press conference that he basically wasn't touched all day, 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.120 said he only got hit once and it was on 0:15:34.480 --> 0:15:37.200 the wheel route to Danny Vitality that got the offense 0:15:37.240 --> 0:15:40.200 down to the one yard line after the Alexander turnover. 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:44.560 Otherwise Rogers was not touched. And I'll be honest, I mean, 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.640 we will talk about this a little bit more going 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:49.240 forward with the Packers on a short week here in Philadelphia, 0:15:49.280 --> 0:15:51.840 coming in for your thirty five year old quarterback to 0:15:51.840 --> 0:15:54.320 go to the podium after a game like that against 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:58.040 a pretty decent Denver Broncos defense and to physically feel 0:15:58.080 --> 0:16:01.520 pretty good because his offensive line did such an exemplary 0:16:01.640 --> 0:16:05.480 job of keeping him, keeping him clean on a rainy day, 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:08.320 and not not just the no sacks, but but the 0:16:08.480 --> 0:16:11.680 limited contact that he had. I think that could really 0:16:11.680 --> 0:16:13.880 be a big factor here on a short week heading 0:16:13.880 --> 0:16:16.480 into this, uh, this Philadelphia game on Thursday night. It's 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:19.200 a huge factor because we're gonna talk about the Eagles 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:20.680 enough here in the next couple of days, but that 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:22.600 is a banged up unit right now, and they lost 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:25.520 some more guys in that game against the line to 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:29.320 deal with. For the Packers not to have at least 0:16:29.320 --> 0:16:30.960 to this point in time in which we're shooting this. 0:16:31.040 --> 0:16:33.640 Any big injuries going into this game now against the 0:16:33.640 --> 0:16:36.000 Eagles is going to be huge. But for Rogers, I mean, 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:37.720 what can you say about the offensive line and the 0:16:37.720 --> 0:16:41.280 protection unit. He drops back thirty times, He's only hit once, 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:43.720 and that one hit was on a completion, a twenty 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:45.960 seven yard completion. I've always found that interesting with cute 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.640 quarterback hits. Yes he was technically hit, but it was 0:16:48.680 --> 0:16:51.160 an explosive place, So I'd never quite understand why they 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.680 credited as such. If it's like, okay, you pressure him 0:16:53.680 --> 0:16:56.360 into an incompletion. I get that, but that's another story 0:16:56.360 --> 0:17:00.280 for another day. But David Box, tr Brian Bulaga, Elton 0:17:00.400 --> 0:17:02.400 Jenkins coming in, he had a false start early but 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:04.159 being able to settle in there at left guard with 0:17:04.240 --> 0:17:06.760 Lane Taylor, and now on I R. They just there 0:17:06.760 --> 0:17:09.720 were so many different guys that just were not baited 0:17:09.760 --> 0:17:12.080 into anything. I saw some of the stunts that Miller 0:17:12.160 --> 0:17:15.520 was running, Billy Turner's picking that up. I just it 0:17:15.640 --> 0:17:17.840 was such an incredible performance in that regard. It was 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:21.680 very understated in this but the fact that Rogers was upright, 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:23.720 the fact that his jersey was clean, as he said 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:26.680 on a muddy night, um that that is absolutely huge, 0:17:26.760 --> 0:17:29.800 especially in a short week. Yeah, well the Packers again 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:32.520 for the third straight week. We're talking about a lot 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:37.160 of issues that the Packers need to work out because it's, 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:39.840 I guess the simplest way to say it is, it's 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:42.560 a lack of consistency on offense. They they just haven't 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:46.960 been able to put together an extended stretch of you 0:17:46.960 --> 0:17:49.800 know where you're talking three or four drives in a 0:17:49.880 --> 0:17:52.920 row where everything is really clicking. I mean, nobody's gonna 0:17:53.160 --> 0:17:56.320 you know, Rogers alluded to wanting to click for sixty minutes. 0:17:56.320 --> 0:17:58.160 I don't know if there's any offense in the league 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:02.640 that really can you know, be in full gear, full 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:05.240 speed ahead for sixty minutes. That's really hard to do. 0:18:05.880 --> 0:18:08.680 But the Packers are there there in this mode right 0:18:08.680 --> 0:18:10.639 now where the offense is kind of is kind of 0:18:10.640 --> 0:18:12.760 in fits and starts. I mean, things will look pretty good, 0:18:12.800 --> 0:18:15.080 you drive down and you get a field goal or 0:18:15.119 --> 0:18:17.760 something like that, but then the next couple of possessions 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:20.359 things aren't going right. Rogers was, you know, throwing some 0:18:20.440 --> 0:18:23.080 balls away when you know plays that they were trying 0:18:23.080 --> 0:18:26.000 to set up. Things just weren't materializing, and so it's like, okay, 0:18:26.040 --> 0:18:27.800 you know, live to live, to play another down. You're 0:18:27.840 --> 0:18:29.320 winning the game. You don't need to be in a 0:18:29.400 --> 0:18:33.080 desperation mode to move the ball there. But there were 0:18:33.119 --> 0:18:35.880 some things that that clearly didn't look good on offense, 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:41.560 and and Rogers, you know, maybe just maybe getting a 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:44.359 tad impatient, and that he wants this to start coming 0:18:44.359 --> 0:18:46.760 around and doing it on a short week now, you know, 0:18:46.800 --> 0:18:49.480 who knows what's going to happen on Thursday night. But 0:18:50.480 --> 0:18:53.760 Rogers feels very confident in the potential of this offense. 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:56.959 But he said after the game that it's getting time 0:18:57.040 --> 0:18:59.720 to where the potential needs to start matching the performance, 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:01.479 and that hasn't happened, sure, right, because I mean you're 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:03.720 almost at the first quarter pole right going through this thing, 0:19:03.760 --> 0:19:05.240 so I mean you need to be able to start 0:19:05.280 --> 0:19:07.679 finding your identity. Truman Williams said it about the defense. 0:19:07.680 --> 0:19:10.040 He wasn't really willing to, you know, make any big, 0:19:10.119 --> 0:19:13.040 high arching, uh you know, proclamations about the defense. He 0:19:13.080 --> 0:19:14.840 wants to see one more game. The offense is on 0:19:14.880 --> 0:19:17.080 the same side of that coin, trying to see what 0:19:17.160 --> 0:19:19.960 they are now going into October. The thing you gotta 0:19:20.000 --> 0:19:22.120 understand about Aaron Rodgers. He's seen a lot of football. 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:24.600 He's gonna have eye expectations. You and I remember two 0:19:24.600 --> 0:19:27.639 thousand eleven and two thousand fourteen intervals where they just 0:19:27.720 --> 0:19:29.239 threw the ball, you know, they rolled the ball out 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:32.240 in the field. The Packers scored seven points. Uh that's 0:19:32.280 --> 0:19:36.679 that's the optimum situation, but it's always not always realistic. 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:40.520 For the NFL, they're trying to find just that galvanizing. 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:43.120 I don't use galvanizing because that got thrown around last 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:45.000 year a lot. But they're just trying to find that 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.479 consistency factor that they're looking for. And I see it. 0:19:47.520 --> 0:19:49.639 I mean you look at you know, some of the plays, 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:51.640 whether it was a drop past here, they're the ball 0:19:51.680 --> 0:19:53.760 slipping onto Roger's hands and kind of sailing over. I 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:57.120 think it was Geronimo Allison in a potential third down situation. 0:19:57.119 --> 0:20:00.359 I mean, there are are opportunities Robert Tany going down 0:20:00.400 --> 0:20:02.439 the sideline, the ball just a couple of yards out 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:04.680 of his reach. You see where those moments are, and 0:20:04.720 --> 0:20:07.600