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Packers Training Camp LIVE - 8/18/26 - Hour 2 · The Huddle

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Speaker 4: As you enjoy Packers football this season, we're enjoying training camp,
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Speaker 4: public practice number eleven. We've enjoyed what Wayne felt like
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Speaker 4: the Matthew Golden Show during the eleven on eleven. Unofficial
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Speaker 4: numbers have him five for five on targets from Jordan
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Speaker 4: Love and working zero a lot so far here today.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it really is.
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Speaker 2: And you know, when you think about the successful the
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Speaker 2: most successful quarterback receiver combination last year was Jordan Loved
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Speaker 2: to Tucker Craft, and matter of fact, that was one
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Speaker 2: of the most successful in terms of passer rating when
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Speaker 2: targeted in the league. But I think Golden they're working
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Speaker 2: on that hard and they're looking to make that an
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Speaker 2: important one as well.
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Speaker 4: They had asked dan Orlowski earlier this week about the
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Speaker 4: importance of Tucker Craft coming back, And you know, we
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Speaker 4: know it so much from watching every snap that Kraft
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Speaker 4: takes with the Packers that sometimes when you wonder nationally
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Speaker 4: if his production a year ago got enough eyes on
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Speaker 4: it or got enough of the glam And the number
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Speaker 4: that you just mentioned was what dan Rolowski had pointed out.
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Speaker 5: Of when he went down.
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Speaker 4: They were the number one duo quarterback to tight end,
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Speaker 4: quarterback to wide receiver in football through that time, and
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Speaker 4: especially in the red zone. You noticed it significantly for
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Speaker 4: that month of November, just really trying to find somebody
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Speaker 4: consistently that you would be able to have make a
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Speaker 4: play when you're.
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Speaker 1: Desperately and it was tough. You know.
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Speaker 2: Watson became a little more prominent in the red zone
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Speaker 2: at that point in time because of his route running
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Speaker 2: ability and his quickness, but the tight end aspect of it,
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Speaker 2: that red zone threat from a tight end really wasn't there,
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Speaker 2: and Matt Lafleur had to remake his offense on the
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Speaker 2: fly a little bit to compensate for that loss of
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Speaker 2: Tucker Kraft.
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Speaker 4: We've talked about, as Matt had pointed out and spoke
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Speaker 4: to a lot of different outlets about it early in camp,
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Speaker 4: of tearing down some of the playbook, building it back up,
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Speaker 4: getting back to some more of their core principles. The
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Speaker 4: last year, it was difficult because of the play of
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Speaker 4: the offensive line, the injuries in and out for Jacobs
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Speaker 4: to consistently get a little bit more of a ground game.
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Speaker 5: He's been a lot.
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Speaker 4: Of their personality offensively, Wayne and feels like their tone
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Speaker 4: setter on offense the last number of years, have you
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Speaker 4: felt like there might be a little bit of a
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Speaker 4: shift though now through camp that it feels like the
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Speaker 4: real engine that's going to drive this team is going
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Speaker 4: to be that right arm of Jordan Love.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe I still think they're going to be committed
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Speaker 2: to the run. But what I'm seeing in camp, and
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Speaker 2: I've said this before, I know they were effective when
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Speaker 2: they ran offense with the quarterback under center. They were
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Speaker 2: one of the more effective teams in that regard. However,
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Speaker 2: if I'm not mistaken, they also didn't run as much
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Speaker 2: of that as you would think they probably should have
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Speaker 2: put the success they had, And so I think we're
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Speaker 2: going to see a little more under center offense. And
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Speaker 2: I think that could be again bring in play action.
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Speaker 2: You can do play action out of a shotgun, but
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Speaker 2: it's not the same, right and so I think that's
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Speaker 2: going to be what there. That might be the subtle
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Speaker 2: adjustment that you notice on offense, a little more under
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Speaker 2: center at the quarterback and you know, hopefully still very
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Speaker 2: successful off of that.
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Speaker 4: And that play action and deceptiveness is what has made
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Speaker 4: this offense basically the offense in the NFL. Yeah, right,
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Speaker 4: Like I was listening to a podcast of Kirk Cousins
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Speaker 4: discussing He's like, you know, people will try to make
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Speaker 4: it bigger than it is. The run game has basically
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Speaker 4: now been everybody wanting to mimic what they did in
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Speaker 4: the nineties in Denver and started with the outside zone
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Speaker 4: and when Alex gives the whole line coach under Mike Shannan.
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Speaker 4: Now it's just metastasize across the NFL. But you break
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Speaker 4: it down to the brass tacks, a lot of it
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Speaker 4: is the same thing they were running back then.
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Speaker 2: It is, And you know, running backs have become more prominent.
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Speaker 2: I mean there was a period of almost ten years
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Speaker 2: recently where people wouldn't pick a running back in the
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Speaker 2: first round. That was foolish. No, not anymore. Now they're
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Speaker 2: picked in the top five the best of those guys.
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Speaker 2: And you're right, Billy, I think the ground game it's
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Speaker 2: always been important in the Shanahan offense, be it Mike
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Speaker 2: or Kyle, And with Matt Lafloor having a lot of
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Speaker 2: his background under those two gentlemen, I think it's still
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Speaker 2: very important to him and the Packers.
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Speaker 1: If I believe I don't have the stat right in
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Speaker 1: front of me.
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Speaker 2: They were sixth in the league twenty eight almost twenty
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Speaker 2: nine rushing attempts per game last year, and that's with
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Speaker 2: an offensive line that was not performing as well as before,
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Speaker 2: with the running back Josh Jacobs who have got banged
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Speaker 2: up late in the season.
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Speaker 4: And one that didn't have a true real change of
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Speaker 4: pace a year ago. To Jacob says, the change of
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Speaker 4: pace back markchh On Lloyd gets it off to the
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Speaker 4: right side here out of the shotgun as we see
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Speaker 4: another team portion as the Packers try to hurry it up.
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Speaker 4: They did also hit Tucker Craft on the first play
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Speaker 4: of this which has been about as chicken soup for
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Speaker 4: the soul as Packer's hands.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, no question, they're going to move the ball. Drill
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Speaker 2: right now, Billy. They're trying to, you know, move this ball,
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Speaker 2: get a first down. They're facing third down and let's
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Speaker 2: call it almost six yards to go right here, and
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Speaker 2: Jordan's in that shotgun. Lloyd to his right and he
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Speaker 2: looks for golden Oh, beautiful play made. Is that Nixon
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Speaker 2: out of there? I mean, classic, folks, He reached in
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Speaker 2: from behind, just knock the ball away.
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Speaker 1: Denied that quick slam and.
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Speaker 4: The first one that we've seen go be not completed
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Speaker 4: to Matthew Golden.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, one of the few here today.
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Speaker 4: Very very well done by Keishaan Nixon. I know there's
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Speaker 4: a lot of people in the chat that you're gonna
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Speaker 4: feel some type of way about that, but he runs
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Speaker 4: here and starts up. This moved the ball team drill
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Speaker 4: opposite Brandon CSA in that cornerback room. We did see
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Speaker 4: at left guard to open that one. Aaron with the
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Speaker 4: starting offensive line. Same with Zach bacobouel A who's still
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Speaker 4: in there alongside Jacob bunk Over at right guard, and
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Speaker 4: Jagger Burton gets the left guard. Look here as the
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Speaker 4: ball goes to Chris Brooks, who's good to see back
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Speaker 4: into full swing of practice. He was one of the
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Speaker 4: most forgotten about players in the midst of their offense
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Speaker 4: a year ago, Wayne, but a steadying force when they
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Speaker 4: desperately needed somebody to be able to stand up in
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Speaker 4: the pocket to help out Jordan Love get.
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Speaker 1: Rid of the football.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, they trust Chris Brooks on third downs. They trust
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Speaker 2: him as a pass protector first and foremost, and secondly
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Speaker 2: is an option as a safety valve in the passing.
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Speaker 4: Game, backers now will be facing what looks like a
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Speaker 4: third and about eight yards here. Two ride receivers off
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Speaker 4: to the right, split off by the numbers. Is in
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Speaker 4: the slot, Jayden Reid, Christian Watson, Matthew Gold and that
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Speaker 4: Triumvivent gonna work out pretty well.
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Speaker 2: Wiley stand up tight end, left side of the line,
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Speaker 2: and the shotgun snapped a love and look at this
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Speaker 2: little look in there's Wiley, the big kid. He had
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Speaker 2: CSA on him for that short gain inside the forty
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Speaker 2: yard line. I believe is how they're woll just to
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Speaker 2: beyond the forty yard lineup. They've got two fields going here, folks.
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Speaker 2: It's a little hard to tell.
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Speaker 4: And we had mentioned it a lot of times early
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Speaker 4: in camp. Seems like we're seeing a little bit more
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Speaker 4: of it as well. The disguising that Jonathan Gannon is
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Speaker 4: doing on the defensive side has given just a tick
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Speaker 4: of indecision for some Packers quarterbacks throughout camp.
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Speaker 2: That was about a three yard gain, so it leaves
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Speaker 2: a third and seven for the offenses again, move the
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Speaker 2: ball drill here, No hurry on this huddle. They're eight
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Speaker 2: seconds ago on the play clock.
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Speaker 4: And a defensive line of Wyatt Sorel van Ness rushing
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Speaker 4: against the guard. Jagger Burton is a nice little push,
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Speaker 4: but they get Tucker Craft across.
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Speaker 1: Rattle uncovers over the middle. Again.
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Speaker 2: Good scheme play there. They ran some coverage deep with
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Speaker 2: Christian Watson, slipped Tucker Craft behind that short and they
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Speaker 2: get a first down.
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Speaker 4: Go back to what we had seen earlier on he
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Speaker 4: checks in with the first team offense. What a great
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Speaker 4: grab by save on Williams earlier on that leaping reception
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Speaker 4: Shades of New York where he kind of saved their
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Speaker 4: bacon on that leave and grabbed down the field.
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Speaker 2: Billy, He's got all the ability in the world. Number
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Speaker 2: eighty three, folks. Save you on Williams. He did some
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Speaker 2: gadget stuff last year. I think his role expands this year.
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Speaker 2: I really do, Billy, and I think you're going to
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Speaker 2: see him not just in that jet sweep type of stuff,
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Speaker 2: but they're going to get the ball to him in
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Speaker 2: the passing lanes. I think he's better equipped, knows the
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Speaker 2: offense better this year to factor downfield a little bit more.
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Speaker 4: I'll be honest, I hadn't thought about it until Chris
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Speaker 4: Long on the green Light podcast breaking down his NFC previews,
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Speaker 4: was like, I wonder if you could see him as
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Speaker 4: a little bit more cord aerial pattersons deep corner route
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Speaker 4: as that ball just barely hits the turf intended for.
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Speaker 5: I believe that's Matthew.
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Speaker 4: Golden on the far so I hope that looks like
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Speaker 4: Jayden reed Jaan Reed the way down there. But I
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Speaker 4: guess I hadn't really thought about it Wayne. Of somebody
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Speaker 4: trying to be that size, that speedy, and I mean
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Speaker 4: you saw his physicality while he ran the football a
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Speaker 4: year ago. That would be an interesting thought, interesting spot
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Speaker 4: that I think that's both.
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Speaker 2: Beau Melton and he was slow to get up and
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Speaker 2: he's kind of walking off with several trainers. Yeah, bow
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Speaker 2: went sprawling for that on that deep throw.
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Speaker 4: Beau Melton a fascinating case study of somebody that is
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Speaker 4: going to make so much of his mark on special
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Speaker 4: teams that you would anticipate his spot on the offenses
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Speaker 4: is pretty locked in. But you always want to be
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Speaker 4: able to try to find the ball into the hands
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Speaker 4: of your playmakers more like.
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Speaker 1: Hauls that in.
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Speaker 2: I don't know what when he threw that. Jordan loved
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Speaker 2: that is from the pocket. From our angle, I'm saying,
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Speaker 2: who's he throwing that to? Because there were two defenders
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Speaker 2: right there, and somehow Tucker Craft reached up with his
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Speaker 2: fingertips to grab it and take it in for a score.
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Speaker 2: I think, you know, folks, I don't think we realized
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Speaker 2: how much of the offense went right down the crapper
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Speaker 2: when Tucker Kraft went out with his injury.
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Speaker 5: I could not agree with you more.
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Speaker 4: He was so so influential on how they played and
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Speaker 4: how teams schemed him, like all week long.
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Speaker 5: You gotta worry about that game.
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Speaker 2: Oh absolutely, He's at least on the first page of
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Speaker 2: your scouting report, you know what I mean.
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Speaker 1: That's a big factor there.
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Speaker 4: So now the Packers will move the ball down the
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Speaker 4: opposite realm or opposite way with looks like mostly a
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Speaker 4: third team group here as Kyle McCord will get the
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Speaker 4: reps with the backups, and you'll see an offensive line
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Speaker 4: that's made of fully second team guys. By Man and
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Speaker 4: John Williams in there.
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Speaker 2: And Tyron your guy yep, rolled up Jersey. But you
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Speaker 2: could tell fifty nine.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you can tell that hair anywhere and that kind
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Speaker 4: of maybe that speed Wayne you saw on the tape
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Speaker 4: in at Maszoo and does feel like he has taken
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Speaker 4: hopefully another step this camp of just confidence wise, and
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Speaker 4: you don't know.
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Speaker 5: What one play can do for you.
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Speaker 4: Hopefully that one play in Chicago catching a batted ball
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Speaker 4: up in your year off Caleb Williams gives him a
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Speaker 4: little launching pack. Yeah.
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Speaker 2: I think you're right, Billy, But I also thought of
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Speaker 2: the preseason last year at Denver.
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Speaker 1: He was one of the.
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Speaker 2: Few Packers who really showed out. He played great that night.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, that's true.
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Speaker 4: There any good performances were very few in part between
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Speaker 4: that night in Denver.
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Speaker 5: Yeah, he was spot on on that one.
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Speaker 4: That's Will Sheppard off the left side with a good
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Speaker 4: swing pass screen look out of the orbit motion, beautiful
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Speaker 4: blocking by the two wideouts to free up Shepherd down.
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Speaker 2: That's a big factor in ground games. People think it's
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Speaker 2: all offensive line opening big holes. No, A lot of
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Speaker 2: times when you break a big run, it's because your
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Speaker 2: receivers made a blockdown field that allowed that running back
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Speaker 2: to get into the clear. So you know, the blocking
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Speaker 2: in this receiving corps means a lot. And you know
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Speaker 2: the top number one receiver, Christian Watson is one of
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Speaker 2: the best blockers at wide receiver in this offense.
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Speaker 4: And one of the blocking wide receivers in football in
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Speaker 4: one of the big reasons why he's a Green Bay Packer.
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Speaker 4: Mike Spofford at Packers dot Com noted in disgusted that
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Speaker 4: play by Tucker Craft and just says, wow, nine and a.
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Speaker 5: Half months away.
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Speaker 4: Really, it is nine and a half months plost surgery
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Speaker 4: for Tucker Craft and looks to be he had said
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Speaker 4: at his locker, and a very football guy answer, if
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Speaker 4: I come back the same player that I was, I'm worse.
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Speaker 5: I gotta come back better.
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Speaker 4: And hopefully you are seeing an even better version of
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Speaker 4: Tucker Craft in a healthy one here in twenty twenty six.
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Speaker 4: And that can be a scary thing for the rest
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Speaker 4: of the National Football League. A couple other guys that
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Speaker 4: are making a spot or trying to make a spot
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Speaker 4: here on this roster. Katano Ladappo has filled in a
14:45
Speaker 4: lot so far throughout this last couple of weeks. For
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Speaker 4: Javon Bullard in the slot, he's getting some looks at
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Speaker 4: free safety right now. Safety and a former fifth round
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Speaker 4: Pickwayne who coming into camp I thought he might have
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Speaker 4: been a question mark. Maybe it's just out of necessity,
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Speaker 4: but I think he's played well. It seems pretty concrete
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Speaker 4: that he's going to be a member of the Green
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Speaker 4: Bay package.
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Speaker 1: Oh. I don't think there's any doubt about it.
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Speaker 2: His you know, physically, Billy, he's versatile, Okay, big safety,
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Speaker 2: even bigger slot covered corner, but he also can slip
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Speaker 2: into the second unit and become one of those, you know,
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Speaker 2: undersized linebackers who can go after people. And that's something
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Speaker 2: I think the versatility he brings to it gets him
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Speaker 2: a spot of this team.
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Speaker 4: Really good catch and run by Pierre Strong, who we
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Speaker 4: were anticipating seeing a lot more of in the first
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Speaker 4: preseason game. I think you'll see a lot of Strong
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Speaker 4: coming up in preseason game number two.
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Speaker 5: As you see Jade Nixon hit the dirt. We got
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Speaker 5: the ill going on here.
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Speaker 1: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: Offensive lineman rightfully so didn't take very well to Jonathan
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Speaker 4: Ford putting the running back onto the turf, had.
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Speaker 5: Some to say about it.
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Speaker 4: Then somebody said something about somebody else's mama, and then
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Speaker 4: it just it's off from there.
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Speaker 1: Win. Yeah, and now it's broken up.
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Speaker 4: That's generally speaking, how quickly they can calm those down
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Speaker 4: we still also have a twenty five minutes.
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Speaker 5: It might be a little too early to fight.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly.
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Speaker 5: That's why you.
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Speaker 4: Start seeing those business decisions, and there will be quite
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Speaker 4: a few of them coming up a week from tomorrow
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Speaker 4: when the Arizona Cardinals get in here for joint practice,
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Speaker 4: and the only joint practice that the Packers will have
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Speaker 4: is Iona's own Christian Welsh with a good thump of
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Speaker 4: Nixon out of bounce to wrap up that play as well.
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Speaker 2: And Jade Nixon's a running back well down on the
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Speaker 2: depth chart, but a guy who's looked pretty good I
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Speaker 2: think in camp, and they've given him ample opportunity both
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Speaker 2: in games and now in practice. Obviously, Yeah, he's a
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Speaker 2: guy they're kind of looking taking a long look at Hey,
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Speaker 2: is this somebody who want to keep on practice squad.
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Speaker 2: That's what a lot of these decisions come down to.
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Speaker 4: And back to the ones, and back to Brandon Cisa
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Speaker 4: and Keishawn Nixon being the two corners, back to Aaron
16:50
Speaker 4: Banks being in with the first team offensive line. Feels
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Speaker 4: like the acceleration may have been hit on his return
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Speaker 4: to practice as soon as the coaches mentioned that. Feels
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Speaker 4: like we're all in competition. Yeah, oh yeah, quickly that
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Speaker 4: can change up. But him alongside Jordan Morgan, who Morgan,
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Speaker 4: I think we've almost stopped talking a little bit about.
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Speaker 4: I think he's at a very very good camp. I
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Speaker 4: thought he followed that up with a nice night on
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Speaker 4: Thursday night. Was he going up against DJ Watt? No,
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Speaker 4: but that's a dang good defensive line in Oh yeah.
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Speaker 4: They are a factory there in Pittsburgh.
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Speaker 2: No, absolutely, no doubt about it. And he's been steady
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Speaker 2: and I think, you know, from steady, he'll get better
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Speaker 2: than that as the season goes along. I really do.
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Speaker 4: Somebody that's had a little bit of a quiet day. Here,
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Speaker 4: Edrin Cooper lines up in the as the two stacked
17:38
Speaker 4: linebackers alongside Ziar Franklin is the ones back on the field.
17:41
Speaker 4: Marshaan Lloyd gets the handoff off.
17:45
Speaker 2: Cut him off at the pass off way outside of
17:49
Speaker 2: the numbers. And that's the thing they want to see
17:52
Speaker 2: in these corners. They want these corners to tackle. There's
17:55
Speaker 2: a great discussion are they big enough to be forces
17:58
Speaker 2: against the run?
17:59
Speaker 1: They want that in their defense. They want that part
18:02
Speaker 1: of it.
18:02
Speaker 2: And of course, when you do that, Billy, as you know,
18:05
Speaker 2: it's risky. I mean, yes, JAYI Alexander's career change when
18:10
Speaker 2: naj Harris and twenty twenty one ran him over in
18:14
Speaker 2: a game against Pittsburgh here at lambeau Field. I'll never
18:17
Speaker 2: forget it, but it changed that all pros game forever
18:21
Speaker 2: and he never was the same well.
18:22
Speaker 4: And one part of why he is here is in
18:24
Speaker 4: the club in his bag a beautiful cutback from Marshall
18:28
Speaker 4: run off the left side. Was the Brandon cs tackle
18:31
Speaker 4: on Thursday night. It's either him or the goal line. Yeah,
18:36
Speaker 4: Lou Nichols and being able to throw your shoulder through
18:40
Speaker 4: a fiboard and get him to the ground, Yep, that's
18:42
Speaker 4: what you're out here for.
18:43
Speaker 2: But understand this, he was Brandon Seesay was one of
18:46
Speaker 2: the best cornerbacks against the run, grated against the run
18:51
Speaker 2: in major college football last year.
18:54
Speaker 4: And as he makes the tackle, that was all I
18:57
Speaker 4: could hear is you mentioning that and calling that back
18:59
Speaker 4: to raft night when we're seeing Brandon csa fall down
19:03
Speaker 4: the board and the.
19:03
Speaker 5: Packers being able to smile.
19:05
Speaker 4: It's probab Kodikitz gets a little bit of a look
19:07
Speaker 4: and probably exactly why he was targeting him. When he did,
19:11
Speaker 4: as Jordan Love changes the play, changes the protection as
19:14
Speaker 4: a good audible as he moved the protection, moved Chris
19:18
Speaker 4: Brooks off to.
19:18
Speaker 5: His right side. Might kind of go unnoticed, and Billy,
19:21
Speaker 5: this is right end of the blizz.
19:22
Speaker 1: This is what we saw again. You're right the blitz.
19:25
Speaker 2: And we saw two receivers on the right here on
19:28
Speaker 2: the bottom toward our sideline. And you know again they
19:32
Speaker 2: had one coverage man and that was Keishawn Nixon on
19:35
Speaker 2: the outside receiver. The inside receiver that was Xavier McKinney
19:39
Speaker 2: who's still in the middle of the.
19:40
Speaker 1: Field at that point.
19:41
Speaker 2: So there are some gaps here when you do some
19:44
Speaker 2: of this stuff up front. But the key is can
19:46
Speaker 2: the rush get to the quarterback before he picks up
19:49
Speaker 2: that because there's an opening. There's going to be an
19:51
Speaker 2: opening downfield when you rush the quarterback with extra people.
19:54
Speaker 4: And Jordan Love making you pay for it with his
19:57
Speaker 4: ability to maneuver the pocket and change things up at
20:01
Speaker 4: the line.
20:01
Speaker 5: That was very very well done.
20:02
Speaker 4: Good run block there by my man Jacob Munk getting
20:05
Speaker 4: up to the second level.
20:06
Speaker 5: And it's so good for Chris Brooks.
20:08
Speaker 2: It's so good to see Brooksy back you know, and
20:10
Speaker 2: getting some touches and getting some carries. You just don't
20:13
Speaker 2: know how the season's gonna go. And and I think
20:16
Speaker 2: they're seeing that he's capable of carrying the football, not
20:20
Speaker 2: just a guy who can come in a third down
20:21
Speaker 2: so maybe catch a pass after he executes a block,
20:24
Speaker 2: that kind of thing. But you know, he's in his
20:28
Speaker 2: own He's a decent runner, no doubt. But Marshawn Lloyd
20:31
Speaker 2: back in there. This is the guy again, didn't see
20:34
Speaker 2: a lot on the game at Pittsburgh, but we'll see
20:38
Speaker 2: more and more of this kid. And he's getting mixed
20:40
Speaker 2: up in here, and they're getting some they're getting some
20:43
Speaker 2: contact on him. And Jordan Love with a nice throw
20:46
Speaker 2: oh boy, a little underthrown to Christian Watson who could
20:50
Speaker 2: not come up with it on the shoestring attempt at
20:53
Speaker 2: the thirteen yard line of the far side.
20:55
Speaker 4: And on that play you had split all the way
20:58
Speaker 4: out to the top of this format. Was Tucker Craft
21:01
Speaker 4: lined up against Brandon Ceesay somebody, you think, Brandon csay
21:04
Speaker 4: and he's gotten baptism by fire a lot with Christian
21:07
Speaker 4: Watson throw out and Outsucker Craft walk enters the fray
21:11
Speaker 4: and gives you an even different look out there on
21:14
Speaker 4: the outside. Jordan Morgan just stuffed up a blitz off
21:17
Speaker 4: to the right side as well, beautifully coming off of
21:20
Speaker 4: his protection, sliding off to the left and being able
21:22
Speaker 4: to pick up the blitzer. We see Zach tom and
21:25
Speaker 4: uh Aaron Banks exit and Jagger Burton and Anthony Belton
21:32
Speaker 4: come in, and Anthony Beltons have been the turf and
21:34
Speaker 4: Adrian Cooper right in the midst there is Tucker Craft
21:36
Speaker 4: does complete the past, but.
21:38
Speaker 5: Would have been a tough minimal gain.
21:41
Speaker 2: In anything right him, but he made that catch in traffic,
21:45
Speaker 2: short gain.
21:46
Speaker 4: Gonna be a quick little what the fourth and one,
21:49
Speaker 4: fourth and two year ball at the fourth and twenty
21:52
Speaker 4: yard line got to get to the eighteen Marshaw Lloyd
21:54
Speaker 4: to the right, tight doubles off to the right side,
21:58
Speaker 4: tight formation with Craft and on Watson working off to
22:01
Speaker 4: the right.
22:02
Speaker 2: Yeah, they've got a stack on the left that's read
22:05
Speaker 2: and Golden.
22:07
Speaker 5: And the number is the.
22:08
Speaker 4: Only reason you know anything different about it because right
22:11
Speaker 4: at the first down marker Matthew Golden on the quickest
22:14
Speaker 4: speed out you've found get picks up the first yart.
22:16
Speaker 2: Yeah for excellent, and that's going to be there, that's
22:18
Speaker 2: going to be open because of the quickness and the
22:21
Speaker 2: speed factor. Defensive backs have got to respect that. With
22:24
Speaker 2: Matthew Golden, and he's running routes Bill as well as
22:28
Speaker 2: I've seen him run routes at his short time in
22:30
Speaker 2: Green Bay, and you know, the crispness of his route
22:33
Speaker 2: running gets him open almost every play we see here
22:37
Speaker 2: in these practices.
22:38
Speaker 4: And pretty impressive body control for a young man that
22:41
Speaker 4: quickly right, being able to change directions and not break stride,
22:45
Speaker 4: not slow down. It's really really impressive stuff that we've
22:48
Speaker 4: seen so far from him. As Jordan Love has five
22:51
Speaker 4: wide now including Saveon Williams and Isaiah Nayer. Now across
22:56
Speaker 4: the middle finds.
22:57
Speaker 1: Drake great da Dadney.
22:58
Speaker 2: Wow, nice touch bow as from Jordan Love, and I'll
23:03
Speaker 2: tell you what forty nine Drake Dabney, Folks. I know
23:05
Speaker 2: most of you have never heard of him. I didn't
23:08
Speaker 2: before this camp or before OTAs. But he's a second
23:11
Speaker 2: year player out of TCU and he's had what looks
23:15
Speaker 2: to me my untrained eye, a nice camp well.
23:19
Speaker 4: And he's also taken advantage Wayne of the opportunity that's
23:22
Speaker 4: in front of him right now. All the injuries in front.
23:25
Speaker 4: It's not how you want to get opportunities in the NFL.
23:28
Speaker 4: But I got bad news for most folks. That's generally
23:30
Speaker 4: how you get opportunities, right, No doubt that a lot
23:33
Speaker 4: of times they care a lot about the ones that
23:35
Speaker 4: go down, and Dabney has definitely taken advantage. Now, the
23:39
Speaker 4: Packers line up first and goal from the two. Got
23:42
Speaker 4: to be able to punch it in with Marshawn Lloyd
23:44
Speaker 4: off to the right side, or is that Pierre Strong
23:45
Speaker 4: off of the right side. I think that's Strong Strong
23:48
Speaker 4: in the backfield, trips up to the top half read
23:52
Speaker 4: Golden Watson moving around trying to escape, finds Wiley right
23:58
Speaker 4: near the goal line, working Cedric Cooper, a long developing
24:01
Speaker 4: play that takes a long time around the goal line. Yeah,
24:04
Speaker 4: but finally Loves able to find something, and that just
24:06
Speaker 4: as that.
24:07
Speaker 2: Was ensuing, I'm wondering, I'm saying to myself, folks, you know,
24:09
Speaker 2: Matt just admonished these defenders from getting too close to
24:12
Speaker 2: the quarterback. They weren't too close to that quarterback, and.
24:15
Speaker 5: No, no, there was nobody too close.
24:18
Speaker 4: Lucas van Ness had one drive by, and I think
24:20
Speaker 4: the first team period where he threw the hand up
24:23
Speaker 4: and then looked at the head coach. You say, you
24:24
Speaker 4: better count that you know where I was and how
24:27
Speaker 4: quickly I had gotten back there. Packers still rolling a
24:30
Speaker 4: ton with the first team unit here, and this is
24:33
Speaker 4: a lot of great work the Packers have gotten. This
24:35
Speaker 4: is the second and old last public practice of the week, Wayne,
24:40
Speaker 4: as you mentioned, all have a smaller practice tomorrow, a
24:42
Speaker 4: little walk through before they get on the plane.
24:44
Speaker 5: This is one.
24:46
Speaker 4: Of the longest days of practice that they've had, and
24:48
Speaker 4: they're getting a ton of good reps in now.
24:50
Speaker 2: The little play action to roll out to the right,
24:52
Speaker 2: quick throw underneath and a diving grab.
24:56
Speaker 1: Wow, that is.
24:58
Speaker 5: Baylor right there, right there inside.
25:00
Speaker 4: Yes, beautiful route looked like look like they wanted to
25:04
Speaker 4: get save on Williams into the corner, but sneaking right
25:06
Speaker 4: behind the defense was was Mayor and finding a little
25:10
Speaker 4: bit of a gaff and a little bit of a cushion.
25:11
Speaker 2: Beautiful throw. I mean, just if it was a golf shout,
25:14
Speaker 2: it'd be a worm burner. But it was just a
25:16
Speaker 2: low throw by Jordan Love to squeeze it in there,
25:19
Speaker 2: and I was just about to say, where's Isaiah and
25:21
Speaker 2: Nayor Ben He's usually making plays of these practices, and
25:24
Speaker 2: there he was, and he's.
25:26
Speaker 4: Getting some runs with this first team offense. He goes
25:28
Speaker 4: the wide receivers are going to go and bounce back
25:30
Speaker 4: and forth. But Nayor as well as J. Michael sturtand
25:34
Speaker 4: but I think more Isaiah Nair was maybe the focus
25:37
Speaker 4: of the question earlier on today of to Brian Goodikins,
25:40
Speaker 4: can you really keep seven wide receivers? Because it does
25:43
Speaker 4: appear him and Sturdivant put a lot of good stuff
25:46
Speaker 4: on tape.
25:46
Speaker 5: Gonna be hard to go.
25:47
Speaker 2: I agree with you, Billy, they put an awful lot
25:49
Speaker 2: of good stuff on tape.
25:52
Speaker 4: Now, you just wonder how many different teams had a
25:54
Speaker 4: lot more J. Michael Sturtans than Isaiah Nayor's. That they
25:56
Speaker 4: also don't want to lose. As Pierre Strong goes and
25:59
Speaker 4: takes that off to the left side.
26:02
Speaker 2: You know again, And whenever I see you know this
26:06
Speaker 2: running back number twenty two and I'm seeing him run
26:09
Speaker 2: the football, I'm thinking so much of Emanuel Wilson last year.
26:13
Speaker 2: Pierre Strong Junior, I think there's a lot of what
26:16
Speaker 2: Wilson did that he can.
26:17
Speaker 1: Get this offense if they go in that direction.
26:20
Speaker 4: His Emmanuel Wilson's production flies very much under the radar
26:24
Speaker 4: for how much football he played.
26:25
Speaker 2: He did, yeah, and very effective football as well. Pierre
26:29
Speaker 2: Strong again started in the middle, bounces to the outside
26:32
Speaker 2: and chased out of bounds there by our guy Tyron Hopper,
26:36
Speaker 2: covering favorite second team inside linebackers.
26:40
Speaker 4: Covering a lot of ground and covering alongside Isaiah McDuffie,
26:43
Speaker 4: who again has been steady eddy throughout camp. McDuffie gets
26:47
Speaker 4: the re up on the contract a little bit of
26:49
Speaker 4: an extension. I think there are a lot of folks
26:50
Speaker 4: myself included that thought when Jeff Hafley exited that Isaiah
26:54
Speaker 4: mcduffey was going to be on the first thing smoking
26:56
Speaker 4: down to the three to zero five. Instead, he stays
26:59
Speaker 4: right here with the packers, and again, glue guys are
27:02
Speaker 4: a difficult one to put a huge price on, but
27:05
Speaker 4: that's definitely where he falls into it. Under center as
27:08
Speaker 4: Tyrod Taylor's he flips it off to Pierre Strong and
27:11
Speaker 4: nice cutback and then meets Tyron Hopper there in the
27:13
Speaker 4: middle and.
27:14
Speaker 2: Again really liked Saint just to get out in front
27:16
Speaker 2: of that play kind of beat the block of sturdiment
27:19
Speaker 2: to force that play back inside of the linebacker coverage.
27:22
Speaker 2: Of course, McDuffie was there quickly on the play. Hey,
27:25
Speaker 2: you know what we're waiting for, and I'm sure we're
27:28
Speaker 2: gonna see something soon. We're going to see Anthony Campbell
27:33
Speaker 2: do something. I would have to think he's overdoing this
27:36
Speaker 2: practice to bat the ball down.
27:38
Speaker 4: I was gonna say this has been the longest we've
27:41
Speaker 4: gone without saying Anthony Campbell's name, because he's had such
27:44
Speaker 4: a good camp and would have been right there in
27:47
Speaker 4: the midst into the backfield.
27:49
Speaker 1: It's sure look like it. Yeah.
27:50
Speaker 4: Now, John Williams has drawn my eye a lot. Seventy
27:54
Speaker 4: He's a seventh round draft choice from a year ago.
27:56
Speaker 4: He played a ton on Thursday night. I think he's
27:59
Speaker 4: gonna play it on Friday night. He's in there right
28:01
Speaker 4: now over at left tackle. He's played every position on
28:05
Speaker 4: the offensive line during this camp.
28:07
Speaker 5: And now today.
28:08
Speaker 4: I don't think I've seen him move from left tackle,
28:10
Speaker 4: and he's looked good as the backup.
28:12
Speaker 1: Over there when yeah, he has no doubt holding his own.
28:14
Speaker 4: Right there in front of Aaron Moseby as Tyrod Taylor
28:17
Speaker 4: extends the playoff the left and hits a.
28:19
Speaker 2: Oh would have hit Isaiah nay Air, but beautiful bounce
28:22
Speaker 2: layer and throw Billy throw it right in the bucket,
28:25
Speaker 2: right between two defenders and Isaiah Nair couldn't handle it.
28:29
Speaker 1: At the ten yard line on the far side.
28:31
Speaker 4: They are rocking the number eighty. Another big, big size,
28:35
Speaker 4: big bodied wide receiver. Definitely have more of a type.
28:38
Speaker 4: They have a lot of smaller body types. With the
28:41
Speaker 4: golden Reed Melton, I'd throw into that same category sky more,
28:46
Speaker 4: but now trying to find a couple more in the
28:48
Speaker 4: in the stature in size of Christian Watson. That's that's
28:51
Speaker 4: a shopping aisle that you want to go down if
28:52
Speaker 4: you're looking for wideouts. As Tyrod Taylor steps up into
28:57
Speaker 4: the pocket, tries.
28:57
Speaker 1: To Johnson come back route actually done.
29:01
Speaker 4: As the Packers take on the Green Bay Packers getting
29:04
Speaker 4: ready to take on the Denver Broncos later on in
29:06
Speaker 4: the week, they'll fly out to the mile get high
29:08
Speaker 4: city and take on those.
29:11
Speaker 1: Where it's legal.
29:11
Speaker 4: By the way, where it is very legal, Wayne, and
29:14
Speaker 4: it's one of the greatest reasons to go out to Denver, Colorado.
29:17
Speaker 4: The Packers went out there for a joint practicing game
29:20
Speaker 4: a couple of years ago. This one will just be
29:22
Speaker 4: the game. But you're battling a football team that is
29:24
Speaker 4: as good as any in football. Sean Payton had mentioned
29:28
Speaker 4: bow Knicks in the first team offense did not go
29:31
Speaker 4: in their first week of training camp.
29:32
Speaker 5: They're expected, I think to go coming up this week.
29:34
Speaker 1: Billy.
29:35
Speaker 2: They played everybody butt bo Knicks in that game, and
29:38
Speaker 2: I was noticing they played their defense all through the
29:41
Speaker 2: second quarter for the most part.
29:43
Speaker 1: I was really surprised to.
29:44
Speaker 2: See that a long stint, and you know, a lot
29:47
Speaker 2: of the first string offense and offensive linemen, that kind
29:51
Speaker 2: of those kinds of people were in there for the
29:53
Speaker 2: extended period of time. Jarrett Stidham started a quarterback, looked
29:56
Speaker 2: really good in that Atlanta game.
29:59
Speaker 1: But no, they're a very good football team. They really are.
30:02
Speaker 2: Pro Football Focus ranks their offensive line number one in
30:06
Speaker 2: all of football. They're just well put together, they really are.
30:11
Speaker 2: You know, George Peyton, their general manager. I knew him
30:14
Speaker 2: when we were in Chicago together. He was in the
30:17
Speaker 2: front office and he does a nice job with the personnel.
30:20
Speaker 2: They've got good depth on that football team, and you know,
30:23
Speaker 2: if they can get the quarterback to be a little
30:25
Speaker 2: more consistent.
30:27
Speaker 1: They can go anywhere they want to go.
30:29
Speaker 5: I'm glad you mentioned Peyton.
30:30
Speaker 4: I think he's the forgotten about guy, George Peyton, George Dad,
30:33
Speaker 4: because Sean Payton gets all the glazing right in there
30:37
Speaker 4: and then understandably selly very very.
30:39
Speaker 5: Good NFL head coach.
30:41
Speaker 4: I think sometimes we put him into the different echelon
30:44
Speaker 4: of coaches. But they've had a lot of good groceries
30:46
Speaker 4: for him to be able to cook meals.
30:47
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, no question.
30:49
Speaker 2: And you know, when you think about Belichick in New England,
30:52
Speaker 2: he had good people in that personnel department. He wasn't
30:55
Speaker 2: making all the decisions. You can't possibly be that way
30:59
Speaker 2: as a head coach, but he set the tone. They
31:02
Speaker 2: brought him the players he felt he could win with.
31:04
Speaker 2: And I think that's what's happening in Denver with Sean Payton.
31:07
Speaker 2: They were you know that quarterback situation in the AFC
31:11
Speaker 2: Championship game, and even if you know that game had continued,
31:15
Speaker 2: there was a blizzard that moved into the second half
31:17
Speaker 2: and basically changed the game. Whoever was leading at halftime,
31:20
Speaker 2: that was the team that's gonna win that game. They
31:22
Speaker 2: could they could have canceled the second half there because
31:25
Speaker 2: it was unfortunately Denver had fallen behind New England. I
31:28
Speaker 2: don't think the better team won that day. I think
31:30
Speaker 2: the Denver Broncos were the better team over the New
31:32
Speaker 2: England Patriots. And depending on whether they had bow Knicks,
31:36
Speaker 2: and probably they wouldn't have for the Super Bowl, but
31:38
Speaker 2: they were missing him in that championship game. Stidham played
31:41
Speaker 2: well early and then you know it got to be
31:45
Speaker 2: a dogfight as you would expect. But I honestly think
31:47
Speaker 2: if they were able to play the second half the
31:49
Speaker 2: way everyone had planned without a blizzard, I think Denver
31:53
Speaker 2: might have prevailed.
31:54
Speaker 4: They were one of the more you said, well, need
31:58
Speaker 4: to get consistent on the.
32:01
Speaker 5: At the quarterback spot.
32:02
Speaker 4: But I thought Nicks's high end was as high end
32:04
Speaker 4: as anybody's in the league last year, right and and
32:07
Speaker 4: I think we see that a lot with Jordan Love
32:08
Speaker 4: as well. I think his high end has been and
32:11
Speaker 4: he's put it on tape Wayne, of being as good
32:14
Speaker 4: as anybody at his best, being able to consistently be
32:17
Speaker 4: your best, that's the that's the test that the National
32:20
Speaker 4: Football League puts in front of you. The NFC North
32:23
Speaker 4: has boasted as the best division in football last couple
32:26
Speaker 4: of years. Man, you look at that AFC West, it's
32:28
Speaker 4: hard to say that that's not going to be the
32:30
Speaker 4: best one Denver. Right now, as the Potawatami Sports Put
32:33
Speaker 4: presents Training Camp Live, they're the third They're the third
32:37
Speaker 4: team in line in odds to win that division behind
32:41
Speaker 4: LA Who I mean, people have been telling me the
32:43
Speaker 4: Chargers are gonna be the best team in football for
32:45
Speaker 4: my entire life. I'm still waiting for it, and I'm
32:48
Speaker 4: still waiting for Justin Herbert and I play his worst
32:50
Speaker 4: game as a pro in a playoff game. I firmly
32:54
Speaker 4: believe that Mahomes and company will be there, but but
32:56
Speaker 4: Denver is going to be right there in the mix.
32:59
Speaker 4: Good test for the Packers depth because I don't know
33:02
Speaker 4: what the Packers starter run will be coming up on
33:06
Speaker 4: Friday night, But it's a good test for your depth.
33:08
Speaker 1: And that's interesting.
33:09
Speaker 2: I think Matt Lafleora in company will start to put
33:11
Speaker 2: that together, what their plan is for the Denver game
33:14
Speaker 2: and how much would the starters play? Do you want
33:16
Speaker 2: to play them this week? Do you want to hold
33:18
Speaker 2: them to the following week? You know you're gonna get
33:20
Speaker 2: a two week break after that, before the opener, A
33:24
Speaker 2: lot of teams will go with, let's play him in
33:26
Speaker 2: this second game. We've got a joint practice coming up
33:29
Speaker 2: against Arizona. Then we'll sit the starters for you know,
33:33
Speaker 2: the last preseason game, get them ready for the start
33:36
Speaker 2: of the season. But I do think, if I'm not mistaken,
33:39
Speaker 2: Matt wants a few more snaps in these guys. And
33:42
Speaker 2: the starting units were saying, folks, offense, defense, special teams.
33:46
Speaker 2: He wants a few more snaps before the preseason is
33:49
Speaker 2: over in those guys, and then you know they'll be ready.
33:52
Speaker 4: And I also think in a world where you're always
33:55
Speaker 4: trying to manufacture something in practice that you're going to
33:59
Speaker 4: see during the season, the team that plays two Thursday
34:02
Speaker 4: nights a Wednesday night, now, I'll be it off a bye,
34:05
Speaker 4: but a Friday for Christmas against the Bears might not
34:08
Speaker 4: be a bad thing to manufacture a short week as
34:12
Speaker 4: they'll come in for you know, probably their premier test
34:14
Speaker 4: of training camp is that joint practice in the Laflor
34:18
Speaker 4: Bowl here a week from tomorrow. But being able to
34:22
Speaker 4: make your guys uncomfortable build that in is a little
34:24
Speaker 4: bit of a trial by fire.
34:26
Speaker 5: And something that otherwise you're not able to have.
34:28
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you're right, Billy, And And you know, again,
34:31
Speaker 2: it depends on how the coaches feel the health of
34:34
Speaker 2: the football team, how they feel about their guys rounding
34:37
Speaker 2: into shape. Are they getting into the kind of kind
34:40
Speaker 2: of work that they need to get. And I'm sure
34:43
Speaker 2: they're banking a lot on that joint practice, no doubt,
34:47
Speaker 2: But one more game. I think if you personally, if
34:50
Speaker 2: you ask me, I don't know how you feel about this,
34:52
Speaker 2: I would probably play my starters in Denver and then
34:56
Speaker 2: the joint practice They're going to get a lot out
34:58
Speaker 2: of that day and then them.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, and then I'm shutting everyone down. Yeah, I'm right
35:03
Speaker 4: there with you. And maybe, as I know they've done
35:06
Speaker 4: in the past, in that last preseason game, maybe everybody
35:09
Speaker 4: gets their pads on, run through warmups, wave to the
35:12
Speaker 4: crowd during warmups. If you have tickets for the Arizona game,
35:15
Speaker 4: the preseason game, get there early. Maybe then you'll get
35:18
Speaker 4: a glimpse of some of the guys and then they'll
35:20
Speaker 4: be in hats and T shirts. I would assume the
35:22
Speaker 4: rest of the way out Wayne, before we cut you
35:25
Speaker 4: loose and send you off to the mile Get High
35:27
Speaker 4: City for preseason game number two. What were your big
35:30
Speaker 4: takeaways of practice here today? I thought the cornerback competition
35:33
Speaker 4: really being Brandon Cisa and then everybody else was kind
35:37
Speaker 4: of the biggest takeaway I had.
35:38
Speaker 2: I can't agree with you more. That's really where it's
35:41
Speaker 2: at right now in this camp. I also was watching,
35:44
Speaker 2: as you were, the offensive line, the machinations of personnel
35:48
Speaker 2: and the offensive line. You know, I still think the
35:52
Speaker 2: guard situation is wide open right now. We saw Anthony
35:56
Speaker 2: Belton spend more time at tackle than he did at guard,
36:00
Speaker 2: and I think maybe that's the way it's going to go.
36:02
Speaker 2: He might become their swing tackle and that would be okay.
36:07
Speaker 2: You know, Jacob Bunk right guard, Jagger Burton left guard,
36:12
Speaker 2: back and forth. You know, I think the other positions
36:15
Speaker 2: are solid.
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Speaker 1: It was to me.
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Speaker 2: The big impression though, is to see Zach Baco Bwell
36:22
Speaker 2: out there in pads and doing things. To see Tucker
36:26
Speaker 2: Craft and you know, we almost forgot, folks how good
36:30
Speaker 2: this guy is and what an impact he has even
36:33
Speaker 2: on the practice field.
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Speaker 4: I could not agree with you more. Him on the
36:37
Speaker 4: field is a different level of confidence that it gives
36:40
Speaker 4: you and you do almost forget what kind of a
36:42
Speaker 4: physical specimen, yeah, number eighty five is, and the kind
36:45
Speaker 4: of red zone target the Packers ultimately lost last year
36:48
Speaker 4: when he went out. Well, you mentioned Aaron Banks and
36:51
Speaker 4: Jagger Burton seemingly battling for one spot there at left guard.
36:55
Speaker 4: They're the two working, the last two working together on
36:59
Speaker 4: the offensive line off to the left. We've got some
37:02
Speaker 4: more offensive lineman to some individual work to the right,
37:05
Speaker 4: and Kyle McCord getting another long, extended look as he
37:09
Speaker 4: gets ready for maybe the most important game of his
37:12
Speaker 4: NFL career coming up on Friday night in preseason game
37:15
Speaker 4: number two.
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Speaker 2: Wayne, the other guy that jumped out, I thought, you know,
37:19
Speaker 2: I think Tyrod Taylor has had a good camp. I
37:22
Speaker 2: think he was okay, he's fine today. It was good today.
37:24
Speaker 2: But I thought overall in camp he's been very solid.
37:28
Speaker 2: I don't think there's any concern in this camp over
37:30
Speaker 2: the number two quarterback. Okay, now, do they want to
37:33
Speaker 2: keep Kyle McCord as the number three? He's shown some
37:36
Speaker 2: promise and he'll get another opportunity this week. I think
37:39
Speaker 2: you're so right. This is a big game for him,
37:42
Speaker 2: and so will the Arizona game Beach.
37:43
Speaker 4: All one hundred percent and Tyrod Taylor looked very confident
37:47
Speaker 4: today and under center in the shotgun. He's seen everything.
37:52
Speaker 4: The under center look is very much here to stay.
37:54
Speaker 4: It would appear in the twenty twenty five Packers offense
37:57
Speaker 4: much different than it was.
37:58
Speaker 5: A year ago.
37:58
Speaker 4: Maybe not just because of how they wanted to design it.
38:01
Speaker 4: You almost forget a year ago the Packers were still
38:03
Speaker 4: working through a thumb injury for Jordan Love after he
38:07
Speaker 4: banged it on a thumb during the preseason. Patam sports
38:10
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38:13
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Speaker 6: I hope you guys are doing well for preseason game two.
38:25
Speaker 7: Speaking a preseason game to oparticularly good competition at defensive tackle,
38:29
Speaker 7: like all those guys if good have to make a
38:31
Speaker 7: roster former. What are you looking for when you comes
38:33
Speaker 7: out Auchtown day among those guys.
38:35
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, Bill, that is a really good group
38:36
Speaker 6: and they've they've been you know, I think the effort
38:39
Speaker 6: level there has been really good and they've been performing,
38:41
Speaker 6: you know, each and every day, so you know, and
38:43
Speaker 6: that's those are those big guys. When you have more
38:46
Speaker 6: more than enough, that's very unusual, and so we're excited
38:49
Speaker 6: about those guys. But yeah, I think it's just you know,
38:51
Speaker 6: with the opportunities they're giving, because they're not all given
38:53
Speaker 6: the same just you know, performing at a high level
38:56
Speaker 6: making plays and then get in that position. Sometimes you
39:00
Speaker 6: know your job isn't to go make the play. Sometimes
39:02
Speaker 6: it's to you know, allow others to make plays and
39:05
Speaker 6: doing what the coaches are asking them to do. So
39:07
Speaker 6: I think it's just that. But they they've they've all
39:09
Speaker 6: done a really nice job.
39:11
Speaker 7: At definsition, you can have a variety of different skill
39:14
Speaker 7: sets with groups. I guess how do you weigh with
39:16
Speaker 7: each player might bring individually versus it overhall.
39:19
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good question.
39:19
Speaker 6: I mean you need, you know, you kind of have.
39:21
Speaker 6: You'd love for guys to be super versatile and be
39:23
Speaker 6: able to do everything, but you know you're gonna need
39:25
Speaker 6: some of those guys that are you know in the
39:27
Speaker 6: three twenty three, twenty five arrange to be able to
39:29
Speaker 6: you know, hunter down at the nose at the same time,
39:32
Speaker 6: you know, get in there and getting up the field
39:34
Speaker 6: and rush in the passer is important as well. So again,
39:37
Speaker 6: if they can do them both, that's great, but that's
39:39
Speaker 6: not always the case. But you're gonna as the season goes,
39:41
Speaker 6: particularly it's it's very hard to find those guys. We
39:45
Speaker 6: seem to have some pretty good depth there right now,
39:47
Speaker 6: including Jordan Riley, who will start with the season on PUP.
39:50
Speaker 6: So you know, but it's at the end of the day,
39:54
Speaker 6: it's just kind of you know, figuring out that making
39:56
Speaker 6: sure you haven't a versatility and balance in that room.
39:59
Speaker 8: Right, did you maybe want to see Tucker back in
40:01
Speaker 8: team drills before talks advanced and do you still expect
40:04
Speaker 8: something done before?
40:06
Speaker 1: Yeah?
40:06
Speaker 6: Man, No, him getting back in the team drills really
40:08
Speaker 6: had no effect on anything. But it's good to see
40:11
Speaker 6: him out there. I mean, you know, he's worked his
40:13
Speaker 6: tail off, you know, congratulations to him. I mean, these
40:17
Speaker 6: are little things that are big things, you know, when
40:18
Speaker 6: you're coming off an injury like he's he's coming coming
40:21
Speaker 6: off and so I know he was really excited to
40:22
Speaker 6: get out there and join his teammates. As far as
40:25
Speaker 6: the contract goes, it doesn't have any really effect on that.
40:28
Speaker 6: But and then no role updates.
40:29
Speaker 8: There, right, is it if he's goal to be able
40:34
Speaker 8: to keep seven wide receivers. It seems like you have
40:36
Speaker 8: a couple of young players who could potentially step up there.
40:38
Speaker 6: But I think it is I mean, I think we've
40:41
Speaker 6: done that in the past, maybe once or twice. I'd
40:43
Speaker 6: have to go back and look, Uh, it may be
40:45
Speaker 6: a little tough to do that throughout throughout the season,
40:47
Speaker 6: you know, as injuries you know mount and you have
40:50
Speaker 6: to account for different positions. But I think coming out
40:52
Speaker 6: of camp we've done that a few times. But uh,
40:55
Speaker 6: I think if if you're going to do that, there's
40:57
Speaker 6: gonna be a couple of those guys are gonna have
40:58
Speaker 6: to be pretty valuable teams guy, and I think we
41:01
Speaker 6: have some of those.
41:04
Speaker 8: You famously released Chris Barnes. Your waved him and you
41:08
Speaker 8: got through waivers and he got back and you started
41:11
Speaker 8: him where they Matt started in week one. When you
41:14
Speaker 8: get to those final decisions, how how do you weigh
41:18
Speaker 8: out is it more important to keep maybe the guy
41:20
Speaker 8: that you like more or is it maybe more important
41:22
Speaker 8: to keep the guy that you feel like maybe can
41:24
Speaker 8: clear waivers, scan to or get.
41:25
Speaker 6: Back in the practice.
41:26
Speaker 1: But that's a good question.
41:27
Speaker 6: I think we've always talked about if you if if
41:32
Speaker 6: you're going to try to get a guy through waivers,
41:34
Speaker 6: if you're going to release him, you have to kind
41:36
Speaker 6: of understand that. You have to accept the fact that
41:38
Speaker 6: you may lose them, you know, and you have to
41:40
Speaker 6: be okay with that.
41:42
Speaker 1: You know.
41:43
Speaker 6: It's always a tough time because you're going to release
41:44
Speaker 6: players you don't you don't want to, but you have
41:46
Speaker 6: to just because of the numbers and the rules. I
41:49
Speaker 6: do think there's a little bit of experience there of
41:51
Speaker 6: kind of understanding the league and then understanding how teams
41:54
Speaker 6: are looking at your players. Certainly we look at them
41:57
Speaker 6: a certain way, but the rest of the league doesn't
41:59
Speaker 6: have the access to the practice tape, to the you know,
42:01
Speaker 6: how they act in meeting rooms, their injury histories, things
42:04
Speaker 6: like that. So we obviously have a different way we're
42:07
Speaker 6: looking at our players sometimes than the league does. We
42:09
Speaker 6: do go through some exercises towards the end just of
42:12
Speaker 6: you know, hey, if this is all you're looking at,
42:14
Speaker 6: is this these three preseason games, this is all they
42:17
Speaker 6: have to look at, and this is what they're making
42:18
Speaker 6: the decision on what is likelihood you're going to pull
42:20
Speaker 6: the trigger on a claim or whatnot. So you do
42:24
Speaker 6: some of that, and obviously having experienced in this and
42:26
Speaker 6: you kind of know there's a lot less claims than
42:29
Speaker 6: you really think that there are year to year. But
42:32
Speaker 6: at the same time, I think whenever you take that risk,
42:34
Speaker 6: you have to be willing to risk that player