the Dallas Cowboys
could be a
turning point for the Green Bay Packers. Yes, right. I say that
just because offense looked as good as it looked all gear,
right? Ran the ball and
had some explosive pass plays in the pass game, which we
haven't seen again. Aaron Rodgers, what was it? 14
completions for 220, something yards. Look, how much more
dangerous. They were as a football team. That's what
really jumped out to me.
Me and maybe they can get onto something here. What? I'd like
to know Chris with the game, Sunday and Thursday. Yeah,
because Aaron Rodgers to the past month and a half has been
practicing on Wednesday. Right. That thumb needs. Time to
recover. I wonder if they deliberately went into this
game, we're not going to throw it as much.
We need to have that thumb recover by Thursday. That's
the next question for them. Will he be ready to go? Thursday night
how close to 100%? Will he be? But they ran the ball
more percentage-wise. Yeah. Than they ever have during a
Rogers time is a starter and their play-action percentage on
passes was the highest since 2001 like it. That Was
I Thinkin Elias Sports know. It was an ESPN stats & information
stat from last night
so hey what a shocker?
You establish the Run,
Aaron Jones 148 yards and it makes it easier to pass. And
they use play action, and Christian Watson, three
touchdowns. My God dif, look, all is this. I like this,
because it reinforces my point, he should have been there for
the offseason program,
he should have I've gotten his guys together, right? Wherever
he has his Mansion or mansions in the offseason, and gotten
these guys comfortable. Because now, they're getting
comfortable
in November, they should have been comfortable in September,
they're getting comfortable in November. I don't disagree with
you there. I totally don't. And maybe hey, we might be onto
something of the Green Bay will see,
you know, again, that was a special running,
you know, performance certainly, I think the one
thing I might do is little bit, crack the code on Dallas
a little bit. Dallas. We've talked about this on the show,
they're not big upfront there about Eden chaos
and Green Bay. Even though I don't think it's like this,
dominant offense. Align their very well coach. It's a good
offensive line. They're well-coached. They understand
how to block all the different looks and they don't mess
things up. I think that's the positive thing about them,
but then
the thing that puts it over, the edge is the aggressive
passing to, you know, Dallas, because of that. Run game to
your point, Mike, right? They had a load, the Box, they
played some man-to-man and that left people one-on-one with
Christian Watson,
who's I think going to be a star and football. I mean, he
was my second favorite quarterback coming out in
the draft and the actually got a comment here from Twitter at
the real Donald.
I hope it's not Donald Trump. All right. So but at
at the real Donald, okay, but
I don't know, I don't think
he's banned. He's banned. I don't picture. Oh yeah, right.
I'm listening to my podcast, honey. Where's but he said,
somewhere at somewhere at Sea Sims, QB is smiling about
Christian Watson. Yes, I was smiling yesterday. I think he's
going to be a star. All right
here. Little Pop Quiz off of that. I know the answer. You do
you want to take the quiz? You know the answer. Okay. No,
I saw it yesterday. Oh, you did. Okay, I don't know. So, hold
on, let me ask Heroes. So Watson is the second rookie
ever with 3. TD catches in a game versus the Cowboys.
Are we talking long time ago? Or is it like somewhere recent
like, can I have a clue there? No,
the clue is that? I would definitely know the answer. So
it's way. It's a, it's a, it's a Vikings. It's Randy Moss on
Thanksgiving. Yeah, right. Yeah.
We go. I retweeted this yesterday. Okay, the moss on
Thanksgiving 1998 got. Yeah, I'm not, like, I haven't caught
up on social media. Like, today is the day where
I'll finally be like, wait, what was going on yesterday?
People Miami that want to talk. Yeah, sure, your still life,
right? I'm sure. All right. So either way, let's let's talk
about this a little bit more. Anything change your mind about
the Dallas. Cowboys Green Bay Packers in this football game.
Do you think Green Bay can legitimately? Yes, be a force
here?
Yes, yes, they can. They can
now they've got this game.
Short week against the Titans on Thursday night and I am
wondering how healthy Aaron Rodgers will be,
and then they've got a little extra time to get ready for
a trip to Philadelphia, which could be one hell of a game.
And then they've got the Bears and then their bye week. So
I think they could pull themselves back into
contention and, hey,
you know, we have assumed Cowboys Giants to the wild-card
spot, right? And an all-out scrum, right for the last one.
Well, now the
Packers hold the tiebreaker. If it comes down to Ooh, them in
the Cowboys for one of those spots. Not that the Cowboys are
going to implode, but you know, it's funny. Last week The
Narrative is
hey, Mike McCarthy is perfectly comfortable. There's no more
talk about him getting fired after this season though. Sean,
Payton talk well games like yesterday if they continue and
if that's your last game of the season,
like if this had been playoff loss
with this performance by McCarthy
Well, I mean that's one of the funny thing about being
shortened time. Mike McCarthy going back to Green Bay and
kind of Miss managing, a situation of the end of
the football game was kind of ironic. It really was
now II, don't know, what was your, what was your thoughts on
the fourth and three and then over time, I don't think it was
egregious,
he was in a tough spot.
Going into the wind would have been a 50-yard feel, right? And
it doesn't end. Probably, yeah, it doesn't end the game, right?
And you miss it you give them the ball, the play. Yeah,
the play didn't like the
Kings had a play.
They went for fourth down play and they didn't even show
a run. Look and it was just kind of like, what are you doing?
Like like
it just sometimes. He's fourth down plays
and this gets back to the whole analytics thing. Analytics say
you should go for it. Okay, fine. But what's my play? Yeah,
I got you and I just didn't, it didn't look like a great play
and McCarthy, slam down the headset. And,
you know, the emotion is
obviously was very real for him yesterday. And
I don't know if I crept into his head a little bit, but
I don't have a problem with going forward in that spot. Not
my problem is I just the play I think
I don't like shotgun on 4th
or 3rd and less than five.
You like shotgun gives away
that you're going to throw it. And if you're going to run it,
you got your tail back starting, flat-footed, which is
kind of equipment and a handgun, horizontal, instead of
vertical and start the Run II, hear you. There's David points
to that there. Definitely is,
you know, Green Bay. Hey, that was a solid start. I got to see
another game to believe it. I guess is what I'm saying to see
if they could actually make explosives. He's in the past
game,
run the ball like that to get man-to-man Cowboys. Hey, one of
my things I've talked about with the Cowboys is maybe
a hair too, aggressive on the defensive side of the ball at
times and then leaving
one-on-one opportunities. I don't understand why Trayvon
digs was never thrown on
to Christian Watson yesterday and coverage. That was
something that bothered me and then I think the other thing
too that we got to take into account here, even though
the Cowboys had a twenty eight to fourteen lead and we're
controlling the game
even at twenty eight to 14,
The
the the Cowboys left points on the board with Dak Prescott bad
interception in the red area after they get the strip sack.
Fumble from Aaron Rodgers down there, backed up right?
Remember that to Marcus Lauren
strip sack them.
He throws a bad eye on T that leaves points on the board
there at least in to get a field goal and then throws
another bad interception.
You know what was that? That was late, second quarter, he
throws the ball, down the middle and Paris forward.
I don't know if CD lamb didn't was supposed to go underneath.
Some he goes over the top of them
batting. Herships interception nonetheless leads to a touchdown
for the Green Bay Packers. So there was some self-inflicted
wounds there. You know? Dallas again, I like the balance of
their football team
but that's one where,
you know, they might have to re-evaluate how they play Green
Bay the next time they go up there or see them in
the playoffs when they're at home. And Chris one, other fact that
contributes to the Mike McCarthy suddenly isn't as safe
as he was a week ago,
first time
in the history of the franchise, they blow up a word.
Table, 14 point lead going, which is pretty amazing, pretty
amazing. Really you think about the Dallas Cowboys as long as
they surround? Yeah, this isn't exactly a team that barely ever
has a 14 point lead. Going into the fourth quarter,
195 and oh they had. That's insane. Heat 195 and one now.
Yep. All right. Great job. That's the kind of s***. That
gets Jerry a little answer, you know, roll out of bed and be
all Gravelly voiced one of these days and he's going to
say yeah, it me, Sean Payton. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
sure. Jackie, right. You're exactly right here are some
interesting things to Here, let me see deal and played great.
We talked about Prescott's interceptions, Michael Parsons
0qb, pressures. And they say pass rushers. This is why he's
amazing first off
that he's in the conversation,
for sack leader in the NFL. He doesn't get the attempts,
but I think this is what the running
for Green Bay did now because no running the ball,
they use Michael Parsons Moore's, the stand-up
linebacker and get a bigger defensive end in there. And now
it doesn't give him the opportunity
to, you know, come off the edge and play that game as much and
that was a huge part of The football and the fact that they
could still run the ball down Twenty Eight to Fourteen
and not let Dallas get into some of their crazy coverages
and we're going to Blitz and all the crazy stuff we do that
to me was the difference in the game. We'll see if Green Bay
can keep that running attack up. Because of they can
they'll get one-on-one
and then I think Rogers
will have some confidence in this kid who's got three
rockets up is out and you mentioned cracking, the code,
the Vikings with
Dalvin, cook and Alexander Madison. I, that's where it's
weighed, exactly, right? They're going to, they're going
to have to adjust, how they're going to. Like how we gonna
play run defense
and still stop? Justin Jefferson and thielen the back
end without just going. We're going to play Bump man to man
in your face. It's just not possible,
right? I mean I think we're at the point now where
you know, the receivers the offenses, they're too good,
just to think. Wait my top tier corner is going to cover this
guy all over the field everywhere he goes and
that's where you got to have,
you know, you hear me during the game sometimes if you have
somebody to help on the Crosser there's got to be another guy.
We're okay. Like Christian Watson
on his Last two touchdown passes, he runs across
the field, it's man-to-man coverage, he runs for to
everybody.
What corner do we think is going to chase him
50 yards across the field and be able to win that match up
all the time and that's closest thing you're going to get to
run in a straight line 40 or exact show that speed if you
get that long diagonal. So you just go exactly as soon as you
get the release and you know the smart defense is
the Tennessee Titans. The New England Patriots
they always have somebody there to protect that corner
because they know he's vulnerable to that. And
that was a little surprising to me.
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