Speaker 1: Hi everyone, Welcome to Packers Unscripted from Packers dot Com.
Speaker 1: I am Mike Spofford. He is the one and only
Speaker 1: West Hodgwitz. Were coming to you here from our studios
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field West. Were another day closer to Packers
Speaker 1: Bears Part two for It'll be Sunday, a noon Central
Speaker 1: Time kickoff at Soldier Field. And I know we mentioned
Speaker 1: earlier this week how the Bears are one victory away
Speaker 1: from clinching their first NFC North title since two thousand
Speaker 1: and ten. One thing I didn't realize at the time
Speaker 1: earlier this week, and now it's come up in some
Speaker 1: different avenues throughout the course of this week, is that
Speaker 1: the Packers visit to the Bears in the regular season.
Speaker 1: In two thousand and ten, two sold Your Field was
Speaker 1: the last time the Packers lost down there. For some
Speaker 1: reason that hadn't even occurred to me until you start
Speaker 1: looking at the stats and hearing what people are talking about,
Speaker 1: and it's like, wow, the Packers have won seven regular
Speaker 1: season games in a row, eight in a row in all,
Speaker 1: including the NFC Championship game. It's really quite the streak
Speaker 1: between these two rivals, and not something I was even
Speaker 1: totally aware of pretty surprising, to be honest with you,
Speaker 1: And I was actually going to open the show if
Speaker 1: you wouldn't have let in that way by asking you,
Speaker 1: as a historian of this thing, if you realize that,
Speaker 1: because usually I pay attention to that kind of stuff,
Speaker 1: and this one went past me. Someone else had mentioned it,
Speaker 1: and then I looked it up and I was like wow.
Speaker 1: So I went and when I was writing the story
Speaker 1: for Packers dot Com, I went through each one of
Speaker 1: those seasons on NFL G S I S. And it's
Speaker 1: funny how I recalled every one, single one of those games,
Speaker 1: maybe besides two thousand eleven, but I remember twelve. Remember well,
Speaker 1: thirteen is pretty unformab and sixteen is pretty unforgettable as well,
Speaker 1: with the deep all the Jordy Nelson to set up
Speaker 1: the walk off field. And what's wild about it is
Speaker 1: I never really stitched them all together to realize that
Speaker 1: this is an eight game winning streak now dating back
Speaker 1: to that NFC Championship game in two thousand eleven, essentially
Speaker 1: that led to the Packers going to Super Bowl forty five.
Speaker 1: It's pretty incredible. And Aaron Rodgers was talking about this
Speaker 1: at his locker on Wednesday, and he said, you know,
Speaker 1: there's some stuff made out of Chicago about a Keem
Speaker 1: Hicks saying, you know, some comments about Roger's comments and
Speaker 1: Rogers like, I wasn't trying to say anything about it
Speaker 1: other than just a statement of fact that they're trying
Speaker 1: to get their ninth straight win at Soldier Fields. So
Speaker 1: it's interesting to me and that there's so many storylines
Speaker 1: that fit into this thing when you look at how
Speaker 1: the Packers have been playing uh in in the run
Speaker 1: that the Bears have got on winning I think six
Speaker 1: of the last seven. Now you have these two teams
Speaker 1: meeting and it just so happens to be stakes for
Speaker 1: each team. The Bears trying to clinch their first NFC
Speaker 1: North Tittles you said, in eight years, and the Packers
Speaker 1: trying to keep their playoff hopes alive in a suddenly
Speaker 1: wide open NFC race. It's very interesting when you break
Speaker 1: it all down and also look at the fact that
Speaker 1: the Packers are carrying in this winning streak of what
Speaker 1: this game truly means, and the fact that it's also
Speaker 1: being played in December only adds to it. Well, it's
Speaker 1: interesting because the Bears, the Bears certainly Matt Nagge and
Speaker 1: his conference called Worth Reporters yesterday said he's not paying
Speaker 1: attention and it wasn't even aware of the Packers winning
Speaker 1: streak in Chicago. I'm not sure I totally believe that,
Speaker 1: but the point being, they're not necessarily getting hung up
Speaker 1: on that kind of history. But you know, those guys
Speaker 1: in the locker room who have been here, have been
Speaker 1: in Chicago for a number of years and have faced
Speaker 1: their rival at home and not been able to come
Speaker 1: out with a victory. You know that this means something
Speaker 1: to them, on top of the fact that they can
Speaker 1: clinch their first division title. And interestingly with Chicago, if
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, I believe the Bears are six and
Speaker 1: one at Soldier Field this year. They're only loss at
Speaker 1: home was to the New England Patriots, and that was
Speaker 1: a game that ended on the one yard line, remember
Speaker 1: with that hail Mary and the Bears caught it, but
Speaker 1: the Patriots held him out of the end zone. So
Speaker 1: that's the only game that the Bears have lost at
Speaker 1: home this year, and quite frankly, all all four of
Speaker 1: the Bears losses this year have been sort of in
Speaker 1: that heartbreaking variety starting with Week one when Rogers brings
Speaker 1: the Packers back from twenty to nothing. I just mentioned
Speaker 1: the New England game ending on the one yard line.
Speaker 1: They lost in overtime to the New York Giants a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago with backup quarterback Chase Daniel, but
Speaker 1: a game that the Bears had rallied at the end
Speaker 1: and had all this momentum and everything, but then couldn't
Speaker 1: pull it out in o t and then I'm trying
Speaker 1: to remember it escapes me now. It was in my head.
Speaker 1: The other Chicago loss this season they are the Giants,
Speaker 1: the Miami game that that that crazy back and forth
Speaker 1: game in Miami that that they ended up losing in
Speaker 1: overtime when they had multiple opportunities to win that one.
Speaker 1: So an interesting season for the Bears and one that
Speaker 1: they want to add another chapter two with with that
Speaker 1: division championship if they can beat the Packers. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: it's funny and that they've just had some absolute mail biers.
Speaker 1: When you go back to that Miami game. I remember
Speaker 1: watching that here at the office and just being in
Speaker 1: awe of everything that happened with the Kenyan Drake fumble
Speaker 1: and and then being able to come back. You know
Speaker 1: that was that was one of the wildest games. Well,
Speaker 1: I mean in Miami just had that game with New England.
Speaker 1: I mean, but that Miami Chicago game was was one
Speaker 1: of the wildest football games of the season, absolutely across
Speaker 1: the board. The thing that really stands out to me
Speaker 1: the most though, is the fact that they are coming
Speaker 1: off of their biggest win of the season. The Bears
Speaker 1: are in that regard and beating the Rams at home
Speaker 1: in a primetime football game. You look before that, Mike,
Speaker 1: I mean, they're like their strength of victories just aren't
Speaker 1: really that strong. I mean, you beat the teams you
Speaker 1: had to beat. That's how you get to be nine
Speaker 1: and four. You have to be able to beat the
Speaker 1: Jets and the Bills and you know, the Cardinals of
Speaker 1: the world. But you know, the Seahawks weren't the Seahawks
Speaker 1: at least the Seahawks were seeing now they played them. So, yeah,
Speaker 1: the Bears got them really early in the season before
Speaker 1: the Seahawks kind of found their footing, and that's that
Speaker 1: that that was a nice win for Chicago certainly looks
Speaker 1: good now in that NFC playoff picture. So from my perspective,
Speaker 1: the way I look at this matchup. I mean, I
Speaker 1: don't know who's gonna win it. I'm not claiming that
Speaker 1: at all, but I think this is going to be
Speaker 1: one of those knockdown, drago type football games. I would
Speaker 1: be very surprised if it ends up being a blowout
Speaker 1: on either side, because you look at the Bears defensively,
Speaker 1: the way that they're built, you know they are there
Speaker 1: to make the game low scoring, to find ways to
Speaker 1: get takeaways, to give opportunities their offense. Their offense. I
Speaker 1: think in the end, what Matt Nagy wants to accomplish
Speaker 1: here is to get a not safe that's the wrong word,
Speaker 1: but protecting the football and being able to establish the
Speaker 1: short area stuff, being able to use some of the trickeration,
Speaker 1: being able to get the running game going, and then
Speaker 1: have some big plays down the field. When they get
Speaker 1: to that point, I think you're going to see the
Speaker 1: Bears really become, you know, solid elite contenders. But from
Speaker 1: the Packers perspective, you're coming off of a game in
Speaker 1: which you scored the most points you've scored all season,
Speaker 1: and now you're taking on a team that you actually
Speaker 1: beat back in Week one. Yes, it was dramatic Aaron
Speaker 1: Rodgers talked about it's going to go down as one
Speaker 1: of the more special moments of his NFL career. It
Speaker 1: would be a little bit more special had the Packers
Speaker 1: been able to have a big winning season, as he
Speaker 1: called it, of course. But at one of the points
Speaker 1: I tried to make in the story that I wrote
Speaker 1: is the fact that if the Packers don't come back
Speaker 1: in that game, this game really has no meaning, It
Speaker 1: has no ramifications. That's why the Packers are where they
Speaker 1: are in the fact that they can go back now
Speaker 1: and they're in a position to potentially be able to
Speaker 1: pick up another one on the road and Soldier Field,
Speaker 1: it adds to just another chapter in this rivalry. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, this is definitely one to to look forward to.
Speaker 1: When a couple of weeks ago we were wondering just
Speaker 1: even what might be at stake when the Packers go
Speaker 1: to Chicago. But um, but this should be a fun one.
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Speaker 1: We believe in Better. Okay, I know tomorrow our final
Speaker 1: show of the week, we're going to get into the
Speaker 1: Keys to Victory and all that. And we've already talked
Speaker 1: about this a little bit during the week, but it
Speaker 1: bears repeating you the way the statistics line up in
Speaker 1: this game. Chicago twenty five interceptions, thirty four total takeaways
Speaker 1: on defense, which far and away leads the NFL. The
Speaker 1: Green Bay Packers with only twelve giveaways on the season,
Speaker 1: only ten of those with Aaron Rodgers at quarterback. I
Speaker 1: might add because of the two that Kaiser had when
Speaker 1: Rogers was dealing with that knee injury in Week one,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers with just one interception. He's the only quarterback
Speaker 1: in the NFL, the only regular starting quarterback in the
Speaker 1: n of Hell this year, with just the one interception,
Speaker 1: Rogers has now the record streak three consecutive pass attempts
Speaker 1: without an interception. You just get the sense that, maybe
Speaker 1: more so in this type of matchup than any other,
Speaker 1: that one or two turnovers are going to decide who
Speaker 1: comes out on top. Here, absolutely, Mike. And it's so
Speaker 1: interesting to me because I was bringing up the stats
Speaker 1: right now. I was trying to see where the Chicago
Speaker 1: Bears are at offensively with passer rating right now. Defensively,
Speaker 1: seventy three point four opposing passer rating so far on
Speaker 1: the season. Yes, there's been twenty one touchdowns, which is
Speaker 1: in the upper echelon in the league, but interceptions is
Speaker 1: what drags down that opposer passer rating. For sure. The
Speaker 1: next closest defense in terms of opposing passer rating is
Speaker 1: eighty three point four that belongs to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Speaker 1: And then if you look at it on the other
Speaker 1: side of things, I was trying to find it stalling, stalling, stalling, stalling.
Speaker 1: I'm not going to find it because like, oh, here
Speaker 1: it is the Chicago Bears ninety two point six offensive.
Speaker 1: That's a twenty point difference. So even though you know
Speaker 1: Mitchell Robinsky has had some turnovers this year and they've
Speaker 1: had some moments where they haven't been maybe offensively explosive,
Speaker 1: that defense is going to keep you in games. The
Speaker 1: part of this I really like, and you kind of
Speaker 1: predicted this a little bit earlier in the week when
Speaker 1: we were looking at Kyle Fuller's seven interceptions on the
Speaker 1: league the year. You look at where his season has gone,
Speaker 1: the fact that this whole two thousand eighteen began for
Speaker 1: him signing a restricted tender with the Packers to potentially
Speaker 1: come to Green Bay. Brian Goods was trying to get
Speaker 1: him to across the border speak and the Bears matched it.
Speaker 1: And as he was saying in his conference call with reporters, yeah,
Speaker 1: what better way right now for him having seven picks
Speaker 1: on the year than to end the streak for Aaron Rodgers. Conversely,
Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers is trying to continue what he did in
Speaker 1: the second half against the Bears seventeen of twenty three
Speaker 1: for two or forty three yards, three touchdowns, whatever it was.
Speaker 1: There is like that juxtaposition of those two forces is
Speaker 1: making this I think one of the musty matchups of
Speaker 1: this week. Yeah. Well, it's interesting because when you look
Speaker 1: at the Bears, it's not just the thirty four turnovers,
Speaker 1: which is six better than any other defense in the
Speaker 1: league to this point. But I took a closer look
Speaker 1: at their statistics. I knew they had a handful, but
Speaker 1: I didn't realize that that defense has scored six touchdowns
Speaker 1: this season. Eddie Jackson, the safety who is second to
Speaker 1: Fuller on the team with five interceptions. He's returned two
Speaker 1: picks for touchdowns and he also has a fumble return
Speaker 1: for a touchdown. And they have three other defensive touchdowns
Speaker 1: on the year, one of those here at Lambo Field
Speaker 1: Khalil mac with the interception return of that ill advised
Speaker 1: screen pass um by Deshaun Kaiser late in the first
Speaker 1: half there in Week one. But man, oh Man, six
Speaker 1: defensive touched ounds in what is it, thirteen games at
Speaker 1: this point, that's that's just remarkable. And and as as
Speaker 1: we talked about on yesterday's show, this is so reminiscent
Speaker 1: of other Bears teams, Bears competitive playoff caliber teams in
Speaker 1: the past, that that they lean on their defense. The
Speaker 1: offense can do just enough. And uh, and as we said,
Speaker 1: with with Mitchell Trubisky just being a second year pro
Speaker 1: at quarterback, with presumably you know, his arrow, his progression
Speaker 1: still heading upward, it's really going to be interesting to
Speaker 1: see what happens with this Bears team in the future.
Speaker 1: But for the right here and now, this is a
Speaker 1: big one Sunday. It is. And and the thing that
Speaker 1: I'm most looking forward to is the fact that, yeah,
Speaker 1: they did see Tom Brady and they actually came out
Speaker 1: on the losing side of things. But other than that,
Speaker 1: they still haven't face a quarterback quite like Aaron Rodgers,
Speaker 1: who was as turnover a verse as he's been throughout
Speaker 1: the course of his career. I was gonna try to
Speaker 1: bring up quickly as I can. And it's funny because Fuller,
Speaker 1: as we mentioned with the seven interception, he knows he
Speaker 1: should have eight, because he should have had the one
Speaker 1: at lambeau Field in Week one, which would have squelched
Speaker 1: the Packers comeback efforts in that game. Rogers through one
Speaker 1: that uh that you know, hit Fuller right in the chest,
Speaker 1: so to speak, and he didn't hang onto it. And
Speaker 1: as they say, sometimes you you drop a pick, you
Speaker 1: give up a game winning touchdown, and that's exactly how
Speaker 1: a Week one ended up unfolding. And if you look
Speaker 1: at the Packers too, it's the same exact situation where
Speaker 1: they had a chance to just to stop what the
Speaker 1: Cardinals were doing and weren't able to bring it in
Speaker 1: two weeks ago. Those turnover plays are so important, especially
Speaker 1: in those critical juncture of games. But history is what
Speaker 1: it is, hindsight is what it is, and the Packers
Speaker 1: now find themselves in a position at five seven and
Speaker 1: one to go in there potentially having a chance to
Speaker 1: really get yourself, you know, some momentum here in this
Speaker 1: final stretch of games. I've said it twice. I've written
Speaker 1: two inboxes this week Mike's I've said it both times.
Speaker 1: The Packers beat the Bears, with the Bears coming off
Speaker 1: of the wind that they had over the Rams. Suddenly
Speaker 1: at six seven and one, nobody wants to play you.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be interesting to see exactly what they're
Speaker 1: able to do in a game like this. I think
Speaker 1: it's gonna be so important again looking at Keys of
Speaker 1: Victory tomorrow, but getting off to a fast start, because
Speaker 1: you know the way things ended in week one, Matt
Speaker 1: Maggie vic Fangio. They're going to have their team mentally ready,
Speaker 1: mentally conditioned to not be in a position once again
Speaker 1: where you get off to an early and you sacrifice it,
Speaker 1: you give it up. That's the one kind of I
Speaker 1: think incentive that they're going to really be able to
Speaker 1: hone in on and wanting to make sure they finish right.
Speaker 1: So if the Packers need to get off to a
Speaker 1: better start in this one. Yeah, And before we move
Speaker 1: on to one last topic for today, I do want
Speaker 1: to bring up a coach McCarthy ism here because I
Speaker 1: think it applies because we heard over thirteen years from
Speaker 1: coach Mike McCarthy about the challenge in this league of
Speaker 1: handling success. And the Chicago Bears are coming off their
Speaker 1: biggest win of the season. All the spotlight is on them.
Speaker 1: How do they handle this level of success now with
Speaker 1: an arch rival, the Packers coming into play them. I
Speaker 1: think that's a factor. You just look at a week
Speaker 1: ago the da As Cowboys, they beat the New Orleans Saints.
Speaker 1: They had everything going for him, all the spotlight was
Speaker 1: on them. They had a division rival, the Philadelphia Eagles,
Speaker 1: coming into their place, and what happens that game goes
Speaker 1: to overtime, could have gone either way several different times
Speaker 1: down the stretch and in overtime for for what way
Speaker 1: that game could have gone. So just something to keep
Speaker 1: in mind, because because handling success in this league is
Speaker 1: not easy. Yeah, and this league has a very interesting
Speaker 1: way of humbling you quickly, just as the Rams just
Speaker 1: has the Saints, and even to some extent while they
Speaker 1: did come on with the victory of the Cowboys. Yeah. Um,
Speaker 1: all right, Well, it is about time to be wrapping
Speaker 1: up online the Pro Bowl voting. I believe the deadline
Speaker 1: is later today, later on Thursday, as we're as we're
Speaker 1: recording this right now. Packers certainly have some Pro Bowl candidates,
Speaker 1: legitimate Pro Bowl candidates despite a sub record at this point.
Speaker 1: I guess the first one that comes to mind for
Speaker 1: me would probably be, well, I guess I'll say to
Speaker 1: Davantae Adams with the season he is having, and then
Speaker 1: David Baktr at left tackle. I know bok Tr has
Speaker 1: been dealing with some injuries off and on, but he's
Speaker 1: out there battling through it and I still think he's
Speaker 1: been He's been one heck of a player up front
Speaker 1: for Green Bay. Yeah, I mean this entire offense. You
Speaker 1: look at the guys that have started every single game
Speaker 1: and you can draw up parallels between them. When you
Speaker 1: look at Adams the season he's had, I mean three
Speaker 1: games to go, he has a chance to have a
Speaker 1: really special season, not only now in franchise history, but
Speaker 1: league history. If he stays up there in receptions, receiving yards,
Speaker 1: and touchdowns, I think he's top three, and all three
Speaker 1: of those right now are top five somewhere in there.
Speaker 1: That's remarkable. David Botry isn't going to have the kind
Speaker 1: of there's no stats there to wow you. But you know,
Speaker 1: I'd asked Aaron Rodgers about him on Wednesday, and Rogers
Speaker 1: didn't bring up Pro Bowl, he didn't bring up all
Speaker 1: Pro He said he had his whole fame potential. I
Speaker 1: mean for Rogers, you know, the thing is he's always
Speaker 1: going to talk up his teammates, He's always going to
Speaker 1: give them credit, but he's always very careful and what
Speaker 1: he says. He's not going to throw something out there
Speaker 1: just for the sake of praising someone. He's he's not
Speaker 1: gonna go overboard and try to pump somebody up with
Speaker 1: some kind of false conference or whatever, not that that's
Speaker 1: even an issue with box No, but I mean the
Speaker 1: fact that you know, those two have been together now, Mike,
Speaker 1: if you look at it now there and there's sixth
Speaker 1: season together. It doesn't work a lot like that in
Speaker 1: the NFL that you can get a left tackle that's
Speaker 1: with someone for that amount time, even Andrew Whitworth eventually
Speaker 1: ended up moving onto the Rams. So for them to
Speaker 1: have that that one to punch together in Rogers in
Speaker 1: this particular season, especially early on with dealing with the
Speaker 1: knee injury in box t are being able to stay
Speaker 1: out there, you know. And I had asked Lucas Patrick
Speaker 1: about him tour this week and what that meant to
Speaker 1: have him on the field and play every snap when
Speaker 1: you're down three other offensive lineman, knowing what he's dealing
Speaker 1: with with his knees, and he said, I mean, he's
Speaker 1: been saying. People are afraid to say it, but the
Speaker 1: guy's legitimately been a snub. He has two All pros
Speaker 1: to his name right now, but still only one Pro Bowl.
Speaker 1: So yeah, hashtag Pro Bowl vote. You can type in
Speaker 1: your favorite Packer player name. You can type in at
Speaker 1: Mike Spofford too. Maybe they that that's okay. I'm not
Speaker 1: I'm not saved the Pro Bowl votes for the players.
Speaker 1: That's perfectly fine. But but there are a lot of
Speaker 1: decent candidates. When you bring up Adams, you bring up
Speaker 1: back t R. I think Kenny Clark that was That
Speaker 1: was the other one. I was going to mention. Kenny
Speaker 1: Clark on the defensive side, I think is the one
Speaker 1: guy for the Packers who has legitimate case. I mean,
Speaker 1: to have six sacks is and into your defensive lineman
Speaker 1: and you know, and the player vote here is going
Speaker 1: to be part of this. The players, I believe it's tomorrow,
Speaker 1: are going to be casting their votes. Um. And that's
Speaker 1: where I think a guy like Kenny Clark start will
Speaker 1: will start to get some attention. Because all these teams
Speaker 1: that have played the Packers, and certainly since Mike Daniels
Speaker 1: has been out with his foot injury and gone on injured,
Speaker 1: reserve anything in the trenches as far as game planning
Speaker 1: against the Packers, you're focused on Kenny Clark. And that's
Speaker 1: the kind of thing that goes a long way in
Speaker 1: terms of the in terms of the attention and the
Speaker 1: things that can garner votes for this. Yeah, and for
Speaker 1: people that don't know it's it's basically thirds is how
Speaker 1: this all goes. The third the coaching vote, third the
Speaker 1: player vote, and third fan vote. I believe it is
Speaker 1: so U Yeah, it's across the board in that regard,
Speaker 1: and certainly, uh, you know, it is in some ways
Speaker 1: a popularity contest. I know, one of the things you
Speaker 1: always used to say about b J. Raji it was
Speaker 1: Rajie probably deserved to go in two thousand or two
Speaker 1: thousand and ten. He ended up going in eleven. A
Speaker 1: lot of times's a year after it almost seems to
Speaker 1: be like, yeah and that, and that was the case
Speaker 1: a handful of years ago, with guys like t J.
Speaker 1: Lang and Josh sitting for the Packers, and the other
Speaker 1: one I'll mention right now who I think is on
Speaker 1: that path is Corey Linsley, the Packers center. He's as
Speaker 1: deserving maybe as anybody right now, but as you say it,
Speaker 1: it sometimes takes a while for that recognition to show up.
Speaker 1: So I think Lindsley is one of those guys who's
Speaker 1: on that Pro Bowl track in terms of being one
Speaker 1: of those you know in the trenches, anonymous type of
Speaker 1: type of Warriors, and uh so if it doesn't come
Speaker 1: for him this year, certainly something that could come for
Speaker 1: him down the road. Strange out of the west Hodkowitz
Speaker 1: Statson Infolt Department, they just they just started it. It's
Speaker 1: not like the Mi Spott for one that's been here
Speaker 1: for several years. I was going through some statistics. It
Speaker 1: was interesting. This game on Sunday will be the two
Speaker 1: year anniversary of the last time Corey Lensley missed a
Speaker 1: snap Week fifteen against the Bears. He had to go
Speaker 1: out because of an equipment injury. Our equipment issue, excuse me.
Speaker 1: He was gone for one play. Don Barkley had to
Speaker 1: come in at center. Since then, he's played, According to
Speaker 1: my math, which I'm not claiming to be great at,
Speaker 1: but as or, it's somewhere around the two thousand fifty
Speaker 1: six consecutive snaps since then two thousand. Yeah, he played
Speaker 1: every snap last year and he's played every snap so
Speaker 1: far this year. So, and especially considering the backers really
Speaker 1: haven't had a traditional center behind him, very important for
Speaker 1: him to begin to that kind of work. Yeah, that's uh,
Speaker 1: that's actually quite the I mean, I know we talked
Speaker 1: last year about Joe Thomas and the Browns, and he
Speaker 1: got to like ten thousand snap, which which is just
Speaker 1: like off the charts ridiculous. But I mean to play
Speaker 1: two thousand consecutive I don't care what position you're playing.
Speaker 1: To play two thousand consecutive snaps in this league, that's
Speaker 1: that's a feather in your cap. And I think, if
Speaker 1: my numbers are right, if it wouldn't have been for
Speaker 1: that equipment issue, I think he's played every snap dating
Speaker 1: back to when he came off of p U P
Speaker 1: midway through two thousand and sixteen, when J. C. Trader
Speaker 1: was starting that he got hurt, and then Lesley came
Speaker 1: back and he's played every snap since then. Wow, that's something.
Speaker 1: Well for now, we gotta go. We'll call it a
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