1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: Hi, everybody, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com. 2 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford, sitting alongside my trusted colleague West 3 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,400 Speaker 1: Hodkowits were coming to you here from our studios at 4 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: lambeau Field and West to continue the review of the 5 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 1: Packers three loss in Detroit on Sunday. We heard from 6 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: Mike McCarthy on Monday at the podium and for all 7 00:00:40,800 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: to talk about slow starts and this and that. Mike 8 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: McCarthy's really focused on, at least this is what I 9 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: took away from his remarks. He's really focused on two 10 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: things with this team. Handling the football, which includes obviously 11 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:57,480 Speaker 1: the turnover ratio, but also dropped passes that kind of thing, 12 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: and then penalties. These are the things that Mike McCarthy 13 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 1: really wants to focus on cleaning up here with his 14 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: football team to get things back on track. Yeah, and 15 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,120 Speaker 1: it makes sense too, because I mean, here's another thing too, Mike. 16 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: We talked so much about Tom Brady and Bill Belichick 17 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:16,360 Speaker 1: and the success the England Patriots have had, but I mean, historically, 18 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: if you look at the Patriots, they're one of the 19 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: least penalized teams in the NFL. As much as it 20 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: is about talent and ability and scheme and and all 21 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: these things, it is it's funny and that it always 22 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 1: goes back to fundamentals. And I know for fans that 23 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:34,440 Speaker 1: isn't as you know, attractive as talking about how do 24 00:01:34,480 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: we dial up more a D R past plays and 25 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: things like that. But the realization is the teams that 26 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 1: make the fewest mistakes across all, you know, all three 27 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: phases are the ones that are gonna win. And you 28 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: and I discussed it yesterday a little bit and that 29 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: the Packers just had too many of those, whether it 30 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: was on the kickoff return of Montgomery, whether it was 31 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: you know, the taunting penalty on defense, the personal fouls, 32 00:01:57,960 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: one of which that end up leading to the Packers 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 1: have and you know, they were able to pooch pun 34 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 1: it and the Packers brought it out and ended up 35 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,160 Speaker 1: only getting to the fifteen yard line. It's small things 36 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: like that that affect the field position battle and field 37 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,000 Speaker 1: position in time of possession. We talked about it over 38 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: and over again, but ultimately, if you want to be 39 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: able to turn the tide in a football game, that's 40 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:17,880 Speaker 1: how you do it. And the lines were able to 41 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 1: accomplish that Sunday. Yeah, I think a very disconcerting thing 42 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: about how some of the things unfolded in that game Sunday. 43 00:02:24,200 --> 00:02:27,440 Speaker 1: And obviously, Aaron Rodgers doesn't fumble the ball twice in 44 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: a game very often. He did not have a good 45 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: day handling the ball. Mason Crosby obviously had the worst 46 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: day of his career. But when you look at some 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: of those personal files like you mentioned West, there's either 48 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 1: a lack of discipline emotionally or a lack of discipline 49 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,359 Speaker 1: with technique that leads to those kinds of penalties. And 50 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 1: fifteen yards is fifteen yards if you if you take 51 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: a touchback on a kickoff and you get the ball 52 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: to twenty five yard line, fifteen yards is twenty five 53 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:57,240 Speaker 1: or excuse me, of the seventy five yards you need 54 00:02:57,280 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: to go for a touchdown. That's just making it way 55 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:02,280 Speaker 1: too easy on the other team. And the Packers had 56 00:03:02,320 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 1: the drive, uh or I should say sorry, the Lions 57 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,519 Speaker 1: had the drive where started out with a pass play. 58 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 1: I believe it was too golden. Tatie gets a first 59 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 1: down to over thirteen yards, but then a fifteen yard 60 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 1: face mask penalty is tacked onto it. That's just that's 61 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 1: technique discipline, because there's no reason to be grabbing a 62 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,000 Speaker 1: face mask when you're trying to tackle an NFL player. 63 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: It just those are the kinds of things that the 64 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: Packers have to clean it up because when you talk 65 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: about self inflicted wounds, they were all over the stat 66 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,760 Speaker 1: sheet in Detroit, Yeah, Mike. And then the other issue 67 00:03:33,800 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: is to you talk thirteen yards and fifteen yards, that's 68 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,200 Speaker 1: twenty eight yards. That's an explosive play, right to put 69 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: that in comparison for you. I mean they only had 70 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,800 Speaker 1: what was it, four plays over twenty yards total? Packers 71 00:03:45,880 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: had six. I believe in this contest, Packers actually we're 72 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: able to beat them in a lot of the categories 73 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: that can determine victory. But the Lions got them in 74 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: the artery of of this football game. They got him 75 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 1: with the turnovers, They got him with the penalties. They 76 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:05,080 Speaker 1: got them with the being able to capitalize on those 77 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: penalties and capitalize on those turnovers. And it's something you 78 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: have to clean up because I think you go back 79 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: to that game against Buffalo, what did the Packers do 80 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:16,160 Speaker 1: really well? They played all four quarters and yeah, they 81 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: made some plays along the way, you have to in 82 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:20,520 Speaker 1: order to win a football game. But they were relatively 83 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: clean in what they were able to do. You can 84 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:24,280 Speaker 1: talk about what you want to do as far as execution, 85 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,840 Speaker 1: but in terms of there weren't those situations where they 86 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 1: were hurting themselves. There's just too many of them. And 87 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:30,960 Speaker 1: you and I stood in that stadium, like we heard 88 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:34,040 Speaker 1: that crowd. When you have that kind of energy in there, 89 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:37,160 Speaker 1: all that does it just feeds even more into it. So, 90 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,240 Speaker 1: as you and I discussed yesterday, the San Francisco forty 91 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:41,840 Speaker 1: niners are going to come in here on Monday night. 92 00:04:41,880 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: You have to put that behind you because this is 93 00:04:43,520 --> 00:04:45,880 Speaker 1: a big game. Now. You have to learn from what 94 00:04:45,920 --> 00:04:48,080 Speaker 1: you did. You have to protect the football. You have 95 00:04:48,160 --> 00:04:51,279 Speaker 1: to be able to minimize those penalties because if you 96 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: don't do that, then you have a bigger issue going 97 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: to the boy. Yeah. Another thing McCarthy pointed out from 98 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 1: a statistical standpoint and it and it certainly is a 99 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: reflection of the penalties, especially on special teams, and then 100 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: also the missed field goals. He calculated the Packers were 101 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,440 Speaker 1: somewhere in the neighborhood of three hundred yards behind in 102 00:05:10,640 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: field position. Total in terms of what they lost to 103 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:16,279 Speaker 1: the Lions. That's a heck of a lot to have 104 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:18,159 Speaker 1: to make up. We talked about it yesterday. We just 105 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: when you just look at the average starting field position 106 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 1: of each team for their number of drives, you multiplied 107 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: by the number of drives. That's how you get a 108 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: statistic like that. And you know, the only time I 109 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,559 Speaker 1: can remember the Packers feeling like they had any field 110 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,480 Speaker 1: position whatsoever was when Prator missed that long field goal 111 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: and the Packers took over on the forty five yard line. 112 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: But the Packers obviously missed multiple field goals which gave 113 00:05:40,360 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: gave the Lions the ball, you know, at plus thirty 114 00:05:43,320 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: or you know, on the plus side of the thirty 115 00:05:45,120 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: yard line, and the two fumbles by Rogers were you know, 116 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:50,240 Speaker 1: both in Green Bay territory, so they take over in 117 00:05:50,720 --> 00:05:55,240 Speaker 1: positive position there and and it's it just creates such 118 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: a huge mountain to have to climb, and then you 119 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,719 Speaker 1: add you add in the fact that you're playing on 120 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: the old and and all of that. It just it 121 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: feels like we're back to, you know, talking about some 122 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: of the same issues that we're going on with the 123 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 1: Washington game, where you're digging yourself a big hole. They 124 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:13,640 Speaker 1: kind of did it in a different way. But um, 125 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: but starting games like this, whatever the reasons are, it's 126 00:06:16,839 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 1: it has to stop where these these road games are 127 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: not going to change, right. And the other thing is too, 128 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: is that when you pass the ball fifty two times, 129 00:06:24,040 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: you run the ball twenty times. When you have offensive plays. 130 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: One of the basic arithmetic of this game is that 131 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 1: every single play you're exposing the football to summer guard. 132 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: And for the Detroit Lions, I mean you look at it. 133 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: They were able to win the field position battle, which 134 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: means they don't need to stitch together as long a drives, 135 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: which means you don't have to expose the football as much. 136 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 1: And that's where that all comes into play. And I 137 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 1: think that's a really good point. When you look at 138 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,680 Speaker 1: three some yards whatever it ended up being, they basically 139 00:06:50,760 --> 00:06:53,280 Speaker 1: got seventeen points given to them in some reguard in 140 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:55,840 Speaker 1: terms of working with short field position. That's where you're 141 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 1: getting the big difference. Yeah, alright, Well, a little bit 142 00:06:58,279 --> 00:07:01,039 Speaker 1: of sponsored business here West because I neglected my duty 143 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: again yesterday. But at home or here in the stands, 144 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: we all know that Green Bay fans give it their 145 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: all and that takes a lot of energy. So grab 146 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,600 Speaker 1: a warm bowl of Campbell's Chunky Soup. It's meaty goodness 147 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:13,520 Speaker 1: fuels the greatness of Packers fans everywhere. Try the delicious 148 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 1: classic chicken noodle soup. Just visit your local supermarket and 149 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:20,000 Speaker 1: asked for Campbell's Chunky Soup. Official sup partner of the 150 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:24,000 Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers. Okay, Another thing that definitely deserves to 151 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: be discussed here that should not be overlooked in terms 152 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: of what's happening with this Packers offense is the start 153 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: through five games that receiver Davante Adams is off to here. 154 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 1: Not only is he yon pace for significant career highs 155 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 1: for himself in terms of receptions and yards. And I 156 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: know five games is not sixteen. It's not simple math 157 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 1: um to to do the projections, and it's a long 158 00:07:48,400 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: projection when they're still eleven games to go. But if 159 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 1: he does keep up this pace, there is a Packers 160 00:07:55,320 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: single season receptions record that has stood for quite a 161 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: while sterling Shark one and twelve. Davante Adams is actually 162 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 1: on pace to break that eighteen right now. And as 163 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: you said, it is a long season. But what I 164 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 1: think is interesting is he had what a lot of 165 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,640 Speaker 1: people would consider to be a breakout year in two 166 00:08:12,680 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: thousand sixteen, and he really doubled up on it again 167 00:08:15,840 --> 00:08:18,960 Speaker 1: before that concussions. At the end of two thousand seventeen, 168 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 1: Davante Adams is just way above both of his starts 169 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,320 Speaker 1: from both of those seasons fourner and twenty five receiving yards. 170 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:28,600 Speaker 1: I believe it was somewhere around. I think he was 171 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 1: two eighty five last year and to fifteen the year 172 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: before that, almost doubling, uh, those amount of plays. And 173 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: and yeah, you and I talked about yesterday. I'm sure 174 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: he wants to have that deep ball back um in 175 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: that game against the Lions. But really, what's what I 176 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 1: thought as I watched that game is that Davantae Adams 177 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:49,439 Speaker 1: made a lot of tough catches, made a lot of 178 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:53,880 Speaker 1: competitive you gotta have them catches where if he doesn't 179 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: come up with it, sure it might have been scored 180 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:57,080 Speaker 1: as a drop, but I don't know if anybody would 181 00:08:57,080 --> 00:08:59,839 Speaker 1: have been sitting there gone, ah, you know, he should 182 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: have caught that. I mean, there was some real difficult 183 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: ones that caught along the course of that game that 184 00:09:03,800 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: he was able to come through with. That that play 185 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: in the third quarter the one that stands out to 186 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:09,840 Speaker 1: me the most, and I forget exactly the down in distance, 187 00:09:09,880 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 1: but it was fourth and ten plus and it was 188 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:14,679 Speaker 1: I believe it was on the opening drive of the 189 00:09:14,679 --> 00:09:17,080 Speaker 1: third quarter of Packers are down twenty four nothing, they've 190 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,319 Speaker 1: got to go for it on fourth down, and quite frankly, 191 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,559 Speaker 1: he wasn't open. Aaron Rodgers put the ball in the 192 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 1: only possible spot that he could have and Davante Adams 193 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: made an absolutely tremendous catch and to me, able to 194 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,840 Speaker 1: make that play on fourth down to move the chains 195 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: and keep your team alive at that point when you're 196 00:09:34,320 --> 00:09:37,200 Speaker 1: down two to zero, otherwise you're turning it over in 197 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: good field position again for the Lions. I thought it 198 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: was just an incredibly clutch play. And I know Rogers said, 199 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: you know, Adams would say he wishes in the fourth 200 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: quarter he had caught that one down by the goal line. 201 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 1: But I tell you, if you want to, if you 202 00:09:50,679 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: want something that's a real treat to watch on film, 203 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:54,680 Speaker 1: because I did this for my What You Might Have 204 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:57,240 Speaker 1: Missed segment, which is on the website for anyone who 205 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:59,439 Speaker 1: wants to check it out, and and Larry McCarron did 206 00:09:59,480 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: some on video as well. Just watch on some of 207 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: these catches of Adams his footwork at the line of scrimmage. 208 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:09,559 Speaker 1: He was going against Darius Slay pretty much the whole game, 209 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: and I think Slave might be the best, certainly the 210 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: most accomplished cornerback. I would say, one of the top 211 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 1: two in the NFC North and maybe in the whole NFC, 212 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:23,640 Speaker 1: along with Xavier Rhodes from Minnesota. This is a this 213 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,760 Speaker 1: is a really really good player. They call him big 214 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 1: play Slave for a reason. The Lions lean on him 215 00:10:29,120 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: a lot and uh and for the number of times 216 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:33,960 Speaker 1: that Adams was able to win that battle and get 217 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,040 Speaker 1: separation with his footwork, it really is something to watch 218 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 1: on film. Yeah, what stands out to me too, Mike, 219 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,320 Speaker 1: And this is not to take anything away from Kenny Golladay. 220 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:42,840 Speaker 1: He had a really fine day, but he had four 221 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,240 Speaker 1: catches for yards. Sixty of those came off that one 222 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: played on the sideline. Davante Adams was absolutely surgical in 223 00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:52,680 Speaker 1: this game. His longest reception was thirty yards and the 224 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,160 Speaker 1: average fifteen point six per catch in this contest. What 225 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: does that tell you? That tells you that when he 226 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,079 Speaker 1: was getting the football in his hands. It wasn't is 227 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:01,959 Speaker 1: these short out roads and he's getting out of bounds 228 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:04,080 Speaker 1: or a stop ro for eight yards. He was getting 229 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:05,760 Speaker 1: the ball and he was running after catch. Now I 230 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: don't know exactly what the final total ended up being, 231 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:10,400 Speaker 1: but one of the adjustments the Packers made, and he 232 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: talked about it after the game. Without having Randall CoV 233 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:15,560 Speaker 1: in this game, without having Druny Ellison, they moved him 234 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: around a lot. He was working a lot of the slot. 235 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: He did a lot of the underneath concepts doing you know, 236 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,839 Speaker 1: being able to work some slants, and he was producing 237 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,200 Speaker 1: off those slants. And certainly the third yard catch that 238 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: was a big one at a big point in the game. 239 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:29,880 Speaker 1: I think it was third and seven. Packers were not 240 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: able to convert into points, I believe, but he really 241 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: was able to keep pushing and powering the offense forward. 242 00:11:35,280 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 1: I think when you look at the second half specifically 243 00:11:38,040 --> 00:11:39,679 Speaker 1: with then being able to get on those drives, a 244 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:41,880 Speaker 1: lot of those started with an early catch and run 245 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:44,840 Speaker 1: from Davante Adams, And yeah, he's he's at the peak 246 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:47,240 Speaker 1: of his powers. He's twenty five years young at this point, 247 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: he's going to be making a difference in this league 248 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,760 Speaker 1: for a long time. And I know for him, he 249 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: probably wasn't gonna be thinking about receptions, records or things 250 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,600 Speaker 1: like that. But if everything stays how it should, I 251 00:11:57,640 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: think you're looking at the guy who not only is 252 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 1: gonna be looking at that for es thousand yard season, 253 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 1: but looking at getting that respect that everybody in Green 254 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,599 Speaker 1: Bay feels like he deserves because he is one of 255 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:07,920 Speaker 1: the top ten receivers in this league. Now, yeah, not that, 256 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: not that we had any questions about it, but certainly 257 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: living up to the new contract that he no no 258 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: issues there whatsoever, showing uh, he's a true professional with 259 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: his arrows still pointing up. Because you said he's at 260 00:12:21,800 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: the peak of his powers and there might be another 261 00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,960 Speaker 1: peak yet for him to reach. And you know, I 262 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:28,680 Speaker 1: was talking to him. We've mentioned this a few times 263 00:12:28,679 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 1: now with the offseason story that I did with that 264 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,680 Speaker 1: was in the Packers yearbook. One of the things he 265 00:12:32,720 --> 00:12:35,240 Speaker 1: said is there's no complacency with him. There's guys that 266 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:38,360 Speaker 1: they get contracts and they want to be on television, 267 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:40,000 Speaker 1: They want to be you know, they want to have 268 00:12:40,080 --> 00:12:43,200 Speaker 1: their brand out there. They want to sell you know, cologne. 269 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,040 Speaker 1: I add that in myself. But I mean, you know 270 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 1: what I mean. They they go and want to become 271 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: their own business. He is all about football. Football is 272 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,560 Speaker 1: his business. This is a thing that he wants to perfect, 273 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: that he wants to show that he can be the 274 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,920 Speaker 1: best at this thing. And I've just been really impressed 275 00:12:57,920 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 1: with the start he's gotten off to and how consistent 276 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 1: he's been because he has four receiving yards. But other 277 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: than this, it's just been one consistent performance after another. 278 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:09,440 Speaker 1: It hasn't had any of those you know valleys yet. 279 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: So speak al right, Well, another bit of sponsor business 280 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:14,560 Speaker 1: here West, because it is time to enter the Cousins 281 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: Subs Best Seats in the House promotion. You and a 282 00:13:17,160 --> 00:13:18,920 Speaker 1: guest could win a chance to kick back on the 283 00:13:18,960 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: fifty yard line in style. 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Now, if you combine forty 294 00:13:57,240 --> 00:14:01,080 Speaker 1: yards with three touchdowns, he is the fastest. He got 295 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:05,719 Speaker 1: to three hundred touchdowns. I believe it was in Yeah, 296 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:09,120 Speaker 1: he got to three hundred touchdowns, way faster than anybody else, 297 00:14:09,160 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: Like it wasn't even close. Um, But it's interesting now 298 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: as we just saw Drew Brees on Monday Night Football 299 00:14:15,840 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: break the all time passing yardage record and he now 300 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: sits at number one. Aaron Rodgers, within the next week 301 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: or two has a chance to pass guys like Johnny 302 00:14:25,960 --> 00:14:29,000 Speaker 1: Unitus and Joe Montana on that list. And I know 303 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: that's not what Aaron Rodgers is thinking about. It's not 304 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,600 Speaker 1: what the packers are thinking about. They're thinking about getting 305 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:36,040 Speaker 1: a victory, trying to get healthy over the by and 306 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,240 Speaker 1: and get things going here into the meat of the schedule. 307 00:14:38,280 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: But if you just step back for a second and 308 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:43,960 Speaker 1: you start talking about names like Uniteds in Montana, and 309 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 1: you look at what Drew Brees has done and the 310 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 1: yardage that he's put up. Um, it's a pretty special 311 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 1: time to be watching what these quarterbacks can do in 312 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 1: the NFL. Yeah, it is Mike because he's still got 313 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: Tom Brady playing at a high level at forty one 314 00:14:56,160 --> 00:15:00,240 Speaker 1: years young. Certainly, Ben Roethlisberger, what he's accomplished in this game, 315 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: the points that he puts up every single week. And 316 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers, to me, still is in the league of 317 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: his own in terms of the total package of the position. 318 00:15:08,240 --> 00:15:10,520 Speaker 1: We have a guy that can scramble, he can extend plays, 319 00:15:10,560 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: he has a bullet for an arm. There's just so 320 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: many things that he does exceptionally well that I don't 321 00:15:16,160 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: think this league has seen before in terms of having 322 00:15:18,160 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 1: them all together as a single attribute. So yeah, I 323 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:24,040 Speaker 1: really do appreciate this time. And I'm sure there's gonna 324 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 1: be the Carson Wentzes and you know, Jared Goffs in 325 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 1: the next generation that will eventually, you know, take that 326 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: torch and and really run with it. But this, in 327 00:15:33,240 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 1: a way, the Breeze, Rodgers, Roethlisberger, Brady, when Manning was 328 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 1: still here, that quarterback club, I think it stood, it 329 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,800 Speaker 1: stood the test of time in what they were asked 330 00:15:43,840 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 1: to do. And this is not taken anything away from 331 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: the Troy Aikman, Steve Young, Brett Farve done Marino era. 332 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: But there's just so many more things that are on 333 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,200 Speaker 1: the quarterback now today than ever before, and for them 334 00:15:55,240 --> 00:15:58,640 Speaker 1: to actually play at that level really impressive. Yeah, it's 335 00:15:58,680 --> 00:16:01,600 Speaker 1: funny when I think about and watching Drew Brees set 336 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 1: the record on Monday Night football. The Saints now four 337 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: straight wins after the week one lost their four and one, 338 00:16:06,680 --> 00:16:08,960 Speaker 1: they're certainly looking like the team that's right up there 339 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: with the Los Angeles Rams in terms of announcing themselves 340 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 1: as a as a team to beat in the NFC. 341 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: But in watching in watching Breezes like I still remember 342 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: my first newspaper job, wassa daily Harold got off work, 343 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: was at a was was at a bar on a 344 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:29,840 Speaker 1: Saturday night watching Wisconsin against Purdue at Camp Randall Stadium. 345 00:16:29,840 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: And that's the game that Drew Brees had eighty one 346 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 1: pass attempts is at the n C a record for 347 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: past attempts in one game. And I remember sitting there thinking, 348 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: what is this guy gonna do in the NFL when 349 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,120 Speaker 1: he gets there? And low and bold, here we are 350 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: twenty years later or whatever it is. And uh, and 351 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 1: he's throwing for more yards than anybody in the history 352 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: of the game. The cradle quarterbacks, right, I mean he 353 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,920 Speaker 1: was the ultimate baby that came out of that program, 354 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: a little boiler baby. Yeah, but no. But that being said, Mike, Uh, 355 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,880 Speaker 1: it is incredible what he's becoming. For my money, I 356 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,840 Speaker 1: think you can go with either him or Reggie White. 357 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: I think they're one or two one A one B 358 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:07,160 Speaker 1: as far as the greatest free agent signings of all 359 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 1: time when you look at not only what he meant 360 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: in terms of winning football and sat in with the 361 00:17:13,920 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: Saints and in New Orleans, but what he meant to 362 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:20,399 Speaker 1: that community after Hurricane Katrina, them winning that Super Bowl, 363 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 1: how he's been really the focal point. And the other 364 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: thing is too. Just from a pure football fan aspect, 365 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,119 Speaker 1: it's great to see him have a resurgence here because 366 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:30,880 Speaker 1: there were some years where they were seven and nine 367 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: and things weren't looking so good. The football league is 368 00:17:33,800 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 1: better when the New Orleans Saints are able to put 369 00:17:35,960 --> 00:17:37,359 Speaker 1: some points on the board and able to throw the 370 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: football around, and it's made for some really compelling football 371 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: here early on. And it's gonna be fun to see 372 00:17:42,560 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 1: where it goes from here. But the nice thing is 373 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:47,479 Speaker 1: to Aaron Rodgers at thirty four. You know, he's certainly 374 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 1: is going to have his sights on a lot of 375 00:17:48,640 --> 00:17:50,639 Speaker 1: those records too. Sometime in the future. It'll be interesting 376 00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,160 Speaker 1: to see where Brees and Brady and some of those 377 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,160 Speaker 1: guys put them. Yeah, and the the officials on Monday 378 00:17:55,200 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 1: Night Football still couldn't help but penalize the Saints for 379 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,960 Speaker 1: excessive celebration after Drew Brees sets the record with a 380 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:04,640 Speaker 1: sixty two yard touchdown pass. But whatever, that's just how 381 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: it goes though, right it is there had to be 382 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,720 Speaker 1: something it probably fitting. That's as fitting as it gets 383 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,119 Speaker 1: in the NFL. But with that, we'll call it a 384 00:18:13,119 --> 00:18:15,360 Speaker 1: wrap on this edition of Packers Unscripted and I will 385 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:18,159 Speaker 1: turn over the sign off today to you. Well, thank you, Michael. 386 00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,560 Speaker 1: You're a true pro and Mike Spofford does this better 387 00:18:20,560 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: than anybody. But I wanted to mention one quick thing. 388 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:25,280 Speaker 1: We've been doing this now for what three and twenty 389 00:18:25,359 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: six episodes? Thing something like that. Um, first one, we're 390 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 1: not having our biggest fan watching us, and that's my grandmother, 391 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: Monica hot Cave. Make sure I get the name right. 392 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 1: I always I always get this, um my number one 393 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:41,520 Speaker 1: supporter through all these years. And it was actually funny 394 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 1: turned over a box to my dad last month that 395 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,880 Speaker 1: I was given yesterday that actually had all my clippings 396 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: from the Press Gazette during my ten years at the 397 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: Press Gazette. She passed away, worked all the way up 398 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,640 Speaker 1: to her her final day on this planet. Google's cheese Shop. 399 00:18:56,720 --> 00:19:01,720 Speaker 1: Lena Wisconsin. UM and an amazing person. Everything that I 400 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: have in this world I think for her and um. 401 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 1: She was also Aaron Rodgers biggest fan too. I gotta 402 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 1: throw that in. I always got the update on Aaron Rodgers. 403 00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: But a phenomenal woman. We're gonna miss her, but fortunately 404 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 1: now she has the best seat for this show going forward. 405 00:19:15,640 --> 00:19:19,360 Speaker 1: Sounds good. With that, we will sign off. Thanks for watching, everybody, 406 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 1: We'll see you next time.