OPPOSITION TERRITORY: Green Bay Packers

On this week’s OPPOSITION TERRITORY pod, we’re diving into the Green Bay Packers and what their coming 2025 season may look like. What kind of steps forward will QB Jordan Love take, and will the defensive pass rush improve from last season? This week, Evan “Tex” Western from SB Nation’s AcmePackingCompany.com joined us for a great discussion about the Packers’ future! 
Topics Tex and Jeff dove into:
The “tush push” and the Packers bringing up its possible ban at the owners meetings this offseason.
What kind of season can we expect to see from Jordan Love as he continues to develop?
How will the Packers look to balance the rushing attack and passing game this season?
What is the biggest concern for the Packers here in 2025?
All of this and much more during this week’s Opposition Territory show!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:24):
Welcome to Opposition Territory here at the Philadelphia Sports Table
podcast show, the longest running weekly Philly sports podcast show
in the world, twelve years strong. We've got a great
discussion coming your way here on Opposition Territory this week
where we dive into the Green Bay Packers what their
off season has looked like. We got a great discussion
and joining us this week coming to us from the

(00:46):
Acnepackingcompany dot com. He's got some cats in the background
as they're going through some home renovations. As you can hear,
We've got our good friend Evan tex Western text buddy,
how you doing, my man?

Speaker 2 (00:58):
Hey doing great? Yeah, Sorry this this old cat here
might showing up in the background of the audio, but yeah,
it's it's going well. Summer's going great. Packers first practice
is underway as we speak. So yeah, it's an exciting
time and looking for looking for this team to build
on some of the things that they put together in

(01:18):
the twenty twenty four season, especially defensively, which we'll get into. Yeah,
it's it's an exciting it's a fun time to be
a Packers fan. And you know, having the draft in
Green Bay this year was just fantastic, got out there
for for the whole time, got to sit in the
in the theater for a little bit right on Saturday,
which was a blast. So, I mean, just such a

(01:39):
cool event, and.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
You guys did a lot of content. You guys did
a lot of content from there. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (01:44):
Yeah, yeah, we tried to do. You know, we were
doing little Instagram videos myself and a couple of other
Active Packing Company colleagues out there together kind of just
trying to give everybody a feel for the event and
the space and how everything was being run. And the
Packers got some really exciting players too, so that's that's
also fun. But yeah, it was a great time and

(02:04):
looking forward to the season coming up.

Speaker 1 (02:05):
Yeah, the Packers are a team that are growing, developing
in various ways. You know, whether whether Eagles Nation likes
it or not, they're a team that that is it's
still continuing, I think, to be on the rise here
in twenty twenty five, and we're going to get into
a lot of it here on this podcast episode. But
before we do, buddy, okay, before we get into any talent,

(02:26):
before we get into what we may see on the field,
we got to get into this one topic right off
the bat, because of course you cover the Packers. I
you know, we cover the Eagles here on this podcast platform,
and I guess it's the elephant in the room here.
And I know you and I are good friends even
outside the realm of this podcast and in the sports world,

(02:46):
and I know our listeners would want me to ask this.
So during the offseason, as we all know, the Packers
proposed a rule to ban the tush push in the NFL,
and it came close to being banned, but it's still
at this point. Eagles Nation obviously just absolutely especially online
on social just killing Packers Nation over this. When the

(03:08):
proposal and the vote was going down, I wanted to
get your take on this, my friend, the rationale for
the Packers team wanting to go ahead with this in
the first place here, and just what your overall rat
reactions have been to this. What are your thoughts here, buddy.

Speaker 2 (03:23):
Yeah, for sure, I think there's a couple of things
that are in play here. Right. Based on the voting,
we saw that there was a lot of support across
the league for banning the toush push. Right, it came
up just two votes short of the twenty four votes
that they needed to make that rule change happen. And
I think there's something with that we need to keep

(03:45):
in mind with the politics of the owners in the NFL.
Right the Packers don't have an owner. They have a
president and CEO who is there representative and owners meetings
and things. And Mark Murphy is retiring on Friday, is
bypackers by laws is at seventy years old. Yeah, he's retiring.
And I think the narrative of the Packers being the

(04:10):
ones to submit the rule was a bit overblown because
there's some reporting out there that Mark Murphy basically offered, up, Hey,
I'll be the sacrificial lamb. I'll be the one to
fall on the sword because I'm retiring anyway and I'm
going to be gone, So what does it matter if
I'm the one who, you know, who suggests this rule change,

(04:31):
and then it kind of takes pressure off all of
the other owners who maybe wanted to see that rule
change it or changing, but didn't want to be the
ones to take the heat. So I do think there's
a lot of that in play here that Murphy, you know,
especially he's he got the draft to Green Bay, He's
done all these great things for the team and some

(04:51):
you know, he's done some really good things I think
in the league and the competition committee as well. But
I thought this was sort of I think that that
reporting makes a lot of sense that he could be
in a position where he could take that sort of
political heat, so to speak, by presenting this this rules
change proposal knowing that you know, he's basically a lame
duck and he's going to be out of you know,

(05:13):
out of that that position and not be representing the
packers and owners meetings and things moving forward. So I
think that plays a lot into it. And as far
as the play itself, like I don't know, I don't
really care like defend and figure it out. The Packers
have actually half way decent job of defending it over
the last couple.

Speaker 1 (05:33):
Them in the Buccaneers.

Speaker 2 (05:34):
Yes, So that's part of why I don't necessarily, like
really fully buy into the idea that the Packers were
scared of this play because they've actually had a halfway
decent job of defending it. So with all that combined,
you know, I don't really it's it's also one of
those things, right, they wanted to They originally had a
very narrow carve out to to make that that play illegal,

(05:58):
and then they expanded it out to be all pushing
the runner, which was I mean illegal until whatever it
was two thousand and five or something anyway, So I
don't really care either, to be perfectly honest, fan like,
if it's legal, figure out how to defend it. If
it's not okay, well then then it's out.

Speaker 1 (06:16):
So it was probably the dirty, dirty Washington Commanders organization.
That's probably who it was. Behind the scenes. We saw
what happened in that NFC Championship game.

Speaker 2 (06:26):
Yeah, and Murphy played for the Commanders, so who knows,
maybe he talked to you know, let's let's go down
the conspiracy theory. He figure out how.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
Well, Buddy, I really wanted to. I'm glad I was
really happy to get you know, your take on that.
It's an interesting take, for sure, it really is. But
I mean, most importantly, as we're moving forward here in
twenty twenty five, the Green Bay Packers, they're going to
be a team to watch in the NFC for sure,
and specifically their quarterback Jordan Love and what he is

(06:59):
going to be doing as the leader of this Packers offense.
Wanted to get your take and you your thoughts on
where he is going to be going, because he's certainly
been developing. As we have been seeing he's one of
the better quarterbacks in this league. But last year, I
mean he did take some step back, or he had
some step back in just about every major statistical category

(07:20):
from what I was actually reading and going through. Look,
he does have fifty seven total touchdown passes in his
first two years as a starter. So end of the day,
I'm wondering, like, what kind of Jordan Love are we
going to be seeing under center on the field this
coming season? Text, what are your thoughts?

Speaker 2 (07:40):
Yeah, I think the first biggest thing to keep in
mind with Love is that in that Week one game
against Philly and Brazil, he messed up his knee pretty
good at the very very end of that game.

Speaker 1 (07:50):
It was an MCL, right, I think, yes, yes.

Speaker 2 (07:53):
Braindo's MCL. He missed the next two games. Packers were
able to win both of those games with Malik Willis
the back ofquarterback coming in and and and playing well,
but it really it clearly affected him throughout the rest
of the season. And then he kind of had a
muscle issue, like a growing issue that flared up again
later on in the season, so he was never fully

(08:13):
healthy at all last season. I think that's part of
why the Packers were such a run heavy team throughout
the entire year. At some points, I think those of
us at act Me Packing Company, you know, who think
that they were too reliant on the run last year,
but they were definitely calling things to keep him protected

(08:34):
and and kind of building around. Certainly finding Josh Jacobs
as a as a bellcow running back helped out with that,
but they made some changes. I think this this offseason,
I think you I don't think you're going to see
as heavy a run script focus uh this coming season
as you did last year, just because as long as
Jordan Love is healthy, I think you've got a quarterback

(08:56):
who who can very well play up to the second
half he had in twenty twenty three when he was
just lighting the world on fire. So I think the
the enter the injury piece of it was really a
big factor for him last year. He wasn't nearly as
mobile as he was when he was healthy, and the
couple of games kind of around mid season between when
he was heeling up from that knee injury and before

(09:19):
the groin kind of flared up. There was a game
against the Texans where, in particular, like the Cardinals and
Texans games like Week six, seven, eight, somewhere in there,
he started riping it again and you started to see
the Jordan Love that you saw in the second half
of twenty twenty three. As long as he's healthy. The
Packers have invested some in the offensive line this offseason.

(09:41):
I think you're going to see a return back to
that early Jordan Love. And I think the other thing
is development to the receiving court. You've got a more
diverse group of receivers I think this year, and if
they can catch the ball better than they did last season,
which was a big problem, yes, you're gonna he's gonna
get some I think he's going to get some more
help from as receivers in ways where I mean, they

(10:03):
were among the league leaders and drops last season. So
he kind of got screwed over a little bit by
some some major drops issues by Jaden Reid and don
Tavian Wicks in particular. So there's a lot of reasons
to think that a big balance back season is coming
this fall.

Speaker 1 (10:18):
It's a great segue into the next topic here because
this Packers' offense overall, techs gonna be interesting to watch
as they're in a division with some very I mean
some high caliber defenses. There's a lot of really great
defensive talent within this division. As you mentioned, you know,
Josh Jacobs being that bell cow running back, really strong

(10:39):
coming out of the backfield last year with three and
twenty nine rushing yards. I feel like the Packers receiving
corps was developing to an extent. You did mention the drops, however,
you know, if you're into fantasy, folks, you gotta be
able to wary. I guess going into this season, but
I'm wondering what that balance is going to be. You
kind of touched on it a little bit, but the

(10:59):
balance between the Packers rushing attack and the receiving and
passing game overall this year, how do you see that
balance really taking shape?

Speaker 2 (11:09):
Yeah, towards towards throughout most of last season, Again, they
were one of the most run heavy teams, especially in
neutral game situations in the NFL. They were not that
in twenty twenty three, and so I think you'll see
them revert a little bit back again. As long as
Love is healthy, they'll be there'll be a more conventionally
balanced team versus run pass ratio relative to the rest

(11:32):
of the league. I don't think they're going to be
out here, you know, coming out and throwing on seventy
percent of their first down plays. But you know, something
more like a normal fifty five forty five split is probably,
you know, probably reasonable. I would expect them to be
middle of the pack rather than so so run heavy
this season. And some of that, again, is is you've
got a big group of diverse wide receivers, diverse talent.

(11:55):
And I think the other factor here is they're they're
also sort of changing the way they they want to
run the ball. They're seeing the success that Philly and
Baltimore are having with the power running game and these
you know, these big road grading offensive lines, and the
Packers have invested in beef this they have. They signed
Aaron Banks, big guard from San Francisco. They moved Elton

(12:19):
Jenkins to center, got rid of Josh Myers in free agency.
They drafted Anthony Belton, who's a massive six six, three
hundred and thirty pound tackle in the second round. Might
end up kicking inside the guard, playing right guard. So
they're they're definitely clearly focusing more on you know, big guys,
big guys who can move, but big guys who can
also move defensive linemen in the run game. You know,

(12:42):
for so long this team has been kind of a
finesse running team. Aaron Jones, is that more of that
type of back Ye did a lot of zone running with,
you know, in the early floor days. I think they
want to be a power running team, but they're going
to be an interesting kind of spread power team the
last couple of years they've used so much of their
bigger receiver is to block as slot players. I think
you might see a little more spread out formations, but

(13:05):
still running power running concepts in the interior with this
big offensive line. So that's that's sort of how I
see the running game maybe evolving this season.

Speaker 1 (13:14):
It's really interesting how you mentioned the power running game
of the Eagles the Ravens. You can even say with
Bijon Robinson down in Atlanta too, just how how we
have a I don't want to call it a change
in offensive philosophy in the NFL overall, but more along
the lines of we have to adapt as we're moving forward.
It's not just about throwing five hundred yards per game

(13:35):
for any NFL team anymore. The balance of the rushing
attack and in the passing game too. I think we're
starting to see that evolution a little bit more. You know,
there's different eras in the NFL from an offensive perspective.
You know, we were it was high flying offense consistently
in those teams we're doing really well in terms of
their playoff chances, what they did in the postseason as

(13:56):
well winning championships too. But we're really seeing that change
and I think we could potentially see that with the
Green Bay Packers this year. They're understanding what's happening here
again with with how the power running attack leads to
success in the league. So I think it's going to
be fascinating.

Speaker 2 (14:14):
Yeah, you always want to be on the cutting edge
of those those transition periods, right, You want to you
don't want to be the last team to figure out, oh,
we need to be going to a power run, power
run game, right And with the trends on defense being
to to play so much nickel and dime and some smaller,
you know, so much smaller personnel groupings, it just kind
of makes sense that that's the next kind of shift offensively,

(14:37):
so you know, things are cyclical, you know, that's that's
how this works in the NFL. I'm glad the Packers,
it feels like, are kind of getting, you know, on
on the early side of this wave and making this
investment in this sort of philosophy change. And again they've
got some some really interesting receivers. They've got some great
offensive weapons in the passing game as well. And and

(14:58):
Matt Laffer really loves this idea of the illusion of
complexity where you give a lot of different looks, you
throw a lot of different looks out there, but then
you also run similar looks a lot, and you do
do a lot of different things out of the same
types of formations, so lots of different ways to to
set up plays and play calls. And you know, their

(15:19):
their play action calls when they when they can get
them going, are are really exciting. And Tucker craft is
has you know, blowing up as one of the most
exciting young tight ends in the NFL too, So there's
lots of reasons I think to be excited about this
Packer's offense.

Speaker 1 (15:34):
It's gonna be fun to watch them. And uh again, folks,
we're talking to Evan Tech's Western from Acmepackingcompany dot com,
great SB Nation site. Know we love our Espnation sites
here at the PSD podcast show, Buddy, tell everybody where
they can find you on the interwebs out there if
they want to connect with you. I know you're on
Blue Sky. Uh, tell everybody where they can find you.

Speaker 2 (15:55):
Yeah, absolutely so, Yeah, Acmepackingcompany dot Com. That's the that's
the primary place. We just finished up a series on
the Packers All quarter Century Team, so we picked the
best Packers players at every position for the last twenty five.

Speaker 1 (16:10):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (16:11):
I did a Yeah, there were several of us that
were contributing on that one and took taking reader votes
and things. We uh, we put together a pretty impressive squad.
I think there's been some good, good players that have
come through Green Bay in the last twenty five years.
So that was a front, a really fun project to
work on during the during the season. Once we get
into the regular season, I'll be recording our our kind

(16:32):
of game repack recap podcast on the Frozen Tunder Frequencies
podcast network. So you look up Frozen tunder Frequencies anywhere
get your podcasts, you'll find myself a couple of our
other our other folks working on different shows throughout the week.
And then yeah, you mentioned a Blue Sky at text Western.
I'm on Instagram at texts text Western as well. And

(16:53):
then you can find Acne Packing Company on Blue Sky
on Instagram. Uh at Acne Packing Co.

Speaker 1 (16:59):
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(17:20):
I'm over on Blue Sky at Jeff Warren. I'm also
on TikTok at mister Jeff Warren. So that being said, folks,
we are gonna take a quick break and when we
come back, we got more packers talk coming your way.
Stick with us. All right, we are back and again
we're with our good friend Evan techs Western from Acmepackingcompany

(17:40):
dot com talking about this Green Bay Packers team the
upcoming season. I want to move over to the defense now,
techs Ub, there's some reasons I think for optimism with
this Packers pass rush heading into the twenty twenty five season.
Kenny Clark is now healthy, Lucas van Ness is poised
to take some major steps I think, I think here

(18:00):
in year three for him and Jeff Hafley. I mean,
he gets real creative when it comes to blitzing packages,
as many of us know who have followed his career
and what his defensive fronts have been able to do.
So I'm wondering what are your thoughts on where the
pass rush goes for the Packers this upcoming season.

Speaker 2 (18:21):
Yeah, it's I think that's one of the biggest questions
for this squad is how do you get consistent production
out of that pass rush? Last season that was that
was a big challenge was was they didn't get a
consistent production out of that group. You know, there were
a couple of games that they had seven eight sacks,
but that happened I think once or twice throughout the
season against bad offensive lines and quarterbacks that take a

(18:43):
lot of sacks. It was Tennessee, it was Seattle. Other
than those couple of games, you know, they were out
there getting maybe one, maybe two sacks a game, and
it was just a very inconsistent group. So you mentioned
a couple of the big ones right off the bat, right,
Kenny Clark healthy coming into this season. He also we
found out this offseason that he also had a toe

(19:04):
injury that hit him in that Brazil game, and that
really kind of sapped his explosiveness and his ability to
collapse the pocket throughout the entire season. I think it
was the only season of his career that he didn't
even have a sack throughout the whole year, So he
definitely seemed to take a step back. Now we know
that that was injury related. Hopefully, looks like he's I
think he's going into either the last or second to

(19:26):
last year of his contract, so he'll be motivated to
put up a good performance this year. He's also moving
back to the nose tackle position, where the Packers had TJ.
Slayton last year who was a solid run stuffer but
gave you basically nothing in pass rush. So you move
Clark over from the three tech to the nose. Now
you put a guy like Devontae Wyatt, who's more of

(19:47):
a pass rusher, more of a penetrator at that three
tech spot, so you got a better mix of pass
rushing talent I think on the interior, you move out
to the edge and you're hoping for Rashan Gary to
take a step in year two in the new Jeff
athlete scheme. He did a better job as a run
defender last year, but you know, still needs to be

(20:07):
that number one pass rusher, that that guy that he's
got all the athletic ability in the world, but he
needs to and he needs to be a little more
consistent with getting to the quarterback. Vanessa's kind of an
open question great athlete, but the production hasn't been there
yet in the first two years, so I think. And
they've added some interesting pieces in the draft, and early
on in Day three they added Baron Sourrell out of Texas,

(20:31):
who was kind of a shock when we realized just
who he was and his whole story that he lasted
all the way to the fourth round, right and if
anybody followed the draft closely, that was the coolest moment
of Day three was the fact that he was there
in Green Bay just because he's a big draft fan,
and let him sit in the green room and walk
out and get to experience the you know, getting drafted

(20:51):
in Green Bay and do a Lambell leap and everything.
That was awesome. But you know, everybody at Texas says
that like he was their favorite teammate last season in
terms of character, motivation, ability and everything. So he'll be
an interesting guy to watch. And then they added Colin Oliver,
a speed rusher out of Oklahoma State, in the fifth
round too. It was probably like just a third down

(21:12):
pass rushing specialist. So there's some players there that they
can build around in some skill sets that if they
put him in the right positions, I think there's a
really good chance that they could put together a good
pass rushing unit. The other guy I got to mention
is Edrian Cooper, the second year linebacker. Yeah, who was
a great, great blitzer both in college and even last
season as a rookie. So he'll be certainly an every

(21:34):
down linebacker this season. Yeah, Packers are expecting big things
out of him. Fans are expecting big things out of him,
and his ability to blitz and get after the quarterback
is one of those things that he really brings from
an off ball linebacker position as well.

Speaker 1 (21:48):
Yeah. I really would like to next get into an
aspect of this Packers defense where I have a lot
of questions and I'm sure there are some folks within
Packers Nation that also have some questions and even folks
that follow the NFC NFL in general too. The Packers secondary,
I you know, there have been ups and downs over
the years with this unit, with this group, How do

(22:09):
you view the Packers secondary, especially in a division where
you have some very high powered offenses who are going
to try to really get the ball down the field? Text,
So what are your thoughts on, you know, your analysis
with regard to the Packers secondary.

Speaker 2 (22:26):
Yeah, you start from the middle and work outwards. You
started that safety position where the team completely revamped the
group last season. Signing Xavier McKinney was a stroke of genius.
Goes out there and has a pick and each of
the first five games gets all pro you know, as
a no doubt, you know, all pro safety. So you've
got a great player back there as your center fielder,

(22:49):
kind of set in the tone a little bit as
a as a deep roving ballhawk out there. But Evan Williams,
the fourth round rookie last season, stepped in and was
a really nice player at strong safety, you know, coming
up and making tackles in the box. And so you've
got a solid core there between those two at safety.
I think the biggest question is going to come at
corner where JayR. Alexander's gone, you know, amid the whole

(23:12):
contract situation and his continued injuries and missing games and things.
But you look back at last season and they managed
to put together a pretty darn good passing defense with
guys like Keishaw Nixon and Carrington Valentine taking most of
the reps at cornerback. So this year you got those
two guys, plus Nate Hobbs coming over from the Raiders

(23:34):
and free agency. He'll probably be your main slot guy.
If they can stay healthy and they can get a consistent,
you know, help from the pass rush. I think there's
a chance that the pass rush and the corner group
can can build off of one another and still end
up functioning pretty well as a as a pass defense.
I think Nixon's play as a boundary corner last year

(23:55):
surprised a lot of people. I think he was a
lot better on the outside than really anybody expected him
to be when he shifted out outside to cover after
Alexander pretty much went down for the season. So he's
he's solid. Valentine's still a young ascending player. I think
there's a lot of potential there with him. He's never
going to be a big, physical tackler, but he's got

(24:16):
really good ball skills, really good speed. So all these
players have traits that you can really build around and
be excited about. Obviously, health is going to be a
big part of that. There's if there's one position on
this team where depth is a big concern, it's probably
a cornerback because outside of those top three, I don't
really know that the Packers know who cornerback four is

(24:37):
yet in that room, and so there's a lot of
questions down the roster of who would step up if
somebody goes down in that cornerback room. And so that's
where I would really have some concern is if there's
an injury, then I really, you know, I start to
score them quite a bit.

Speaker 1 (24:52):
Yeah. Well, before I let you go, buddy, you know
we're going to be getting into this. There are these
questions to out on our future opposition territory podcast talking
about other teams as well, talking about the biggest concern
and what you are least concerned with in terms of
the team, and again on our opposition Territory pods, just

(25:14):
to let our listeners know we're gonna be talking about
this more and more with each interview each week here
on Opposition Territory. So get two part question for you
here to close us out. What is your biggest concern
for this team heading into the season. Then we'll get
into what you're least concerned about. But what's the biggest
team What's the biggest concern for the team heading into
this season? I mean, is it is it the depth

(25:35):
that you were just talking about at the cornerback position, Yeah,
that's that's right up there, or is there something else?
I still think for me.

Speaker 2 (25:45):
It is the pass rush. Okay, it is the consistency, Yeah,
finding a way to consistently get to the quarterback when
you know when when you need to. They they haven't
had the guy that you know, like Zdarius Smith a
couple of years ago, like Claim Matthews in his prime,
where you know, if a play needs to be made,
that's the guy that you can count on to to
get there and and make that play. Rashan Gary hasn't

(26:07):
quite been that guy yet throughout most of his career,
and and this is a season where he really needs
I think to step up and and be that true
game changing pass rusher. They can cobble together again. I
think some some pieces from from other other areas of
the team, but I really would like to see him
take that step. If he doesn't, I'm you know, I

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just wonder a little bit how consistent the group as
a whole can be at affecting the quarterback and then
does that carry over to, you know, to affecting the
secondary if if a quarterback has got a lot of
time to sit there in the pocket and dissecting things.
So that's probably still my biggest issue, if only because
it was an issue all throughout all of last season

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and they didn't really, aside from some mid round picks,
do a lot in terms of player acquisition to to
bolster that pass rush.

Speaker 1 (27:01):
Gerer, Okay, but what about what you're least concerned about?
Is it Jordan Love? Is it the receiving corps? I mean,
what are you least concerned about following this Packers team
heading into this twenty twenty five season.

Speaker 2 (27:14):
I'm going to go with a little more broad concept
and say offensive explosiveness. I think this team is going
to have a very explosive offensive philosophy, and they've got
the players to do it. So we haven't even talked
about first round pick Matthew Golden yet. Oh yeah, who
has four to two speed. You know, had a phenomenal

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season of Texas last year. He's easily going to be
probably the fastest Packers receiver in modern history. And he's
kind of a do it all guy. He's not just
a speed dimon. He's not just a pure like Deshaun Jackson,
deep threat. He can he can run a full route tree,
I think, and he's good on contested catches and things,

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despite you know, being a little smaller guy five to eleven,
one to ninety something like that. So I think you're
going to see them use him a lot of different ways.
I hope that we're going to see Jayden, Reid and
Wix bounce back a little bit from some some difficult
seasons last year with drops and things. You've got Tucker Craft,
who's become a big play machine, you know as a
tight end. You've got Josh Jacobs again with with kind

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of his explosive ability, both both as a receiver and
a rusher. So I think there's lots of weapons, and
I think a healthy Jordan Love is going to have
no trouble distributing the ball of finding receivers and he's
not afraid to chuck it and let his guys go
get it too. So the big plays, even when the
offense was kind of inconsistent last year, there were still
big plays happening on a consistent basis. I see no

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reason that that is is going to change this season.
I think you're going to see them picking up chunksy
yardage pretty consistently throughout the year, and it's going to
be a fun, fun offense to watch. I think with
the way that they use the play action game, the
way they use you know, tight ends and receivers on
league plays and things to get them open for big plays,
it's gonna be aesthetically pleasing to watch as a football fan.

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But I think the explosiveness is going to be, you know,
a big, big function for this this Packers offense again
this season.

Speaker 1 (29:15):
I think it's gonna be interesting to see where the
Packers go and whether or not them and the Eagles
will be facing each other in the postseason. I think
there's a good possibility of that happening for sure. Again, folks,
he is Evan techs Western from ACME Packingcompany dot com. Buddy,
it is always great to talk to you. I always
love our discussions. Our conversations are fantastic, and I'd love

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to have you on the show at some point down
the road, my friend.

Speaker 2 (29:42):
Hey, I appreciate it. It's it's my pleasure. I love
doing this. And hey, I mean we got a week
ten game, yeah, Monday night game, which I think would
be a nice, big measuring stick game probably for both
teams this season.

Speaker 1 (29:52):
Absolutely, i'd love to have you come on our our
pregame show. You know you've done it many times. Let's
get it done. Let's do it on.

Speaker 2 (30:00):
Absolutely, let's do it. So thanks a lot, man, Hey,
and go back go.

Speaker 1 (30:04):
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