00:00I wanted to talk about the Packers, actually, because the Packers went into New England.
00:05You mean the worst team in the division?
00:06The Patriots.
00:07Yeah, the last place Green Bay Packers.
00:09The last place Green Bay Packers?
00:11Let's do it.
00:12They put 45 on the road against a team that hadn't lost at home.
00:15I mean, they were picking apart that Patriots secondary like it was nothing.
00:19Christian Watson went off.
00:20Matthew Golden went off.
00:22Jordan Love is slinging the ball around the field.
00:24And this is without a run game.
00:26I mean, me and Josh were talking about it before we went on the air.
00:30Like, if they add a running back, I mean, my God, this team with Micah Parsons coming back.
00:34And, John, I'll ask you first, like, what do you think of this Packers team?
00:39I mean, early on in the season, it looked like a disaster.
00:41And now, I mean, they're kind of clicking everywhere.
00:46I mean, listen, you can say they struggled, but look at their record.
00:49Did they really?
00:50Like, did they really struggle to start the season?
00:53I think sometimes it takes guys a second to get going.
00:55And Jordan Love might be one of those people.
00:57And you got to remember, they've done this with absolutely little to no run game because
01:01he likes to, you know, be physically abusive towards women.
01:05And that's okay to say because it's wrong.
01:07They just have had no idea on where to go other than Jordan Love.
01:11And I'm not a big Jordan Love fan.
01:13I'm not a big Matt LaFleur fan.
01:14And I've expressed that many times over.
01:17But Jordan Love is playing A1 quarterback right now.
01:20And as much as I hate to see the Packers be on their third generation of excellent quarterback play,
01:24he has answered the bell for that organization.
01:27Because when they had nothing, this guy stepped up and started throwing moon balls for touchdowns.
01:33And I don't know if other people know.
01:35That's what he does.
01:36So if you're a defensive coordinator for the opposing team, looking at you, New England, he throws deep balls.
01:44And Josh, I'll go to you too.
01:46Like, what do you make of this Packers team right now?
01:48I mean, we were talking about it, like I said, before the show came on.
01:51But it's pretty scary if they add Micah Parsons and maybe a running back, right?
01:56It absolutely is.
01:57I mean, you know, I've echoed what John was saying.
02:00I was on this show at the end of last season saying Matt LaFleur should be fired.
02:06Me too.
02:06A lot of people did.
02:07Yeah.
02:08And instead, he got an extension.
02:09And I was like, what the hell are the Packers doing?
02:12But to their credit, this defense has found that hunger that they had a couple years ago and somehow lost
02:21last year when they brought Micah Parsons in.
02:24And then Matthew Golden, for as many drops as he has had this season, unlike Justin Jefferson, he's still getting
02:33plenty of opportunity and making the most of them.
02:35I was about to say he got a case of the Jeffersons.
02:38Well, and I mean, this was the first time in 84 years that a team had two receivers with over
02:48150 receiving yards and a touchdown in the same game.
02:52And on top of that, can you tell me who the Packers' lead in rusher is for this season?
02:58Oh, man.
02:59Is it probably Jordan Love?
03:02Oh, well, I guess I'll rephrase it.
03:04We'll just say running backs.
03:05I think it might actually be Jordan Love, but as far as running backs, that's crazy.
03:09The answer is Caleb Johnson with 172 rushing yards.
03:18You have played nine games, and you do not have a running back with over 200 rushing yards.
03:25Kenneth Walker had that yesterday.
03:27Right.
03:27That's the point.
03:29The Packers are last in the league in rushing yards per game, in total rushing yards, next to last in
03:35yards per carry, and 27th in even rushing attempts.
03:39He goes, why bother trying to run the ball when you don't have anyone to run the ball?
03:41So, the point is, with it, if you had a running back, we've been talking about the Jonathan Taylor sweepstakes.
03:48Yeah, I was about to say that, yeah.
03:49Now, the Packers gave up their first round for 2027 in the Micah Parsons trade.
03:55So, they don't have that.
03:56But they got their second, they got two-thirds, and they still have all their picks in 2020 and 2029.
04:03Listen, y'all better hope Jacksonville don't look in the trunk.
04:05See if they got another first-round pick to give somebody.
04:07Come on, man.
04:08Oh, yeah.
04:09I mean, yeah.
04:10You talk about loathing up for Infinity War.
04:13Mm-hmm.
04:14They about to fight Thanos and whoever else come after that with all these draft picks.
04:18They're giving away to loathe this team up.
04:19I think if you're Minnesota, if you're Green Bay, there are a couple of teams that are going to run
04:25that Jonathan Taylor Price sky high.
04:28This will be the separator.
04:29He's going to be the difference maker.
04:31If he finds himself in Seattle, here comes another Super Bowl run for them.
04:35If he finds himself in Minnesota, that's the perfect blanket for a guy like Kyler Murray.
04:39If he finds himself in Green Bay, they might be the Super Bowl favorite.
04:43That's how well they're playing right now.
04:45And if you add a run game and then you add a play action to what Jordan Love is doing
04:49with these deep balls, man,
04:50the league, that last-place team is going to scare a lot of people.
04:54Tucker Craft is mediocre by numbers this season because they don't need to throw him the ball.
05:01It's not because he's playing poorly.
05:03It's because they're just so good.
05:05Right.
05:06He's within 10 yards and he's got to be at least 30 for Jordan Love to throw to you.
05:09Too close.
05:10I love that we're bringing this version of the quarterback back.
05:13Hey, just throw it out there, man.
05:14Just throw it down there.
05:15Like something will happen.
05:16Even if it's a pass interference, like you'll get a call out there.
05:19Yeah.
05:19It's third down and long.
05:21He is doing what we all love to do when we play Madden.
05:24Exactly.
05:25He's doing it in real life.
05:26Listen, I love this version of the Packers offense.
05:28I don't know why other teams don't just do this with their guys that have shotgun arms.
05:32Let them do it.
05:33You want Geno Smith doing this?
05:35What other option do we have?
05:37I mean, he's not doing anything over the middle or short, so why not?
