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December 10, 2024 • 12 mins
Green Bay Packers radio play-by-play voice Wayne Larrivee joins Dave Softy Mahler and Dick Fain to talk about the history against the Seahawks, this 2024 Packers team and adding Josh Jacobs, Geno Smith, and how many road fans will be at Lumen Field.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Three receivers.

Speaker 2 (00:00):
Right, here's the snap till Wilson extends the play backpedals
to the forty.

Speaker 1 (00:06):
Looking still waiting here? Does he lets it go to
sell the enzone for jump ball?

Speaker 2 (00:11):
And is it cut in the end zone?

Speaker 1 (00:16):
All you gotta be here? They got to look at
it built it was caught.

Speaker 2 (00:23):
Simultaneously the officials motioned touchdown golden tape. MD Jennings was there,
so was Sam Shields. How can they take that away?

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Twelve years ago? Dude?

Speaker 3 (00:38):
That fail Mary, twelve years ago and joining us right
now on the radio show, the voice of the Packers
who was on that call twelve years ago at Loomenfield
back then Century Link, Wayne Larevie with us on the ear, Wayne,
how are you man?

Speaker 4 (00:54):
Good? That was nothing compared to the NFC Championship game
two years later?

Speaker 1 (00:58):
My goodness, Well, you know what, It's funny.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
We actually we had this conversation off the air and
I told my producer Jackson Feltz, I said, look, the
guys agreeing to come on, don't play anything from that
NFC Championship game.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Pail Mary. We can at least debate it whatever.

Speaker 3 (01:15):
I think you guys got screwed by the way, I
can admit that now twelve years later, but honestly, how
much do games like that? The NFC Championship today still
kind of bother Packer Nation and get talked about.

Speaker 4 (01:30):
You know, it's amazing. You know, the success is the
Super Bowls are one thing, but those losses like fourth
and twenty six at Philadelphia, you know, the fail Mary
in Seattle, the the NFC championship game in twenty fourteen,
those are are the things that just resonate like they

(01:51):
happened yesterday, you know, And I think it's kind of
the cursive of the way we all are in sports.

Speaker 5 (01:57):
Well, another way the Packers kind of mirror the Seahawks
is you have a former quarterback that's still playing and
as having various levels of success. We were adamantly rooting
against Russell Wilson when he was in Denver because we
had their draft picks. We wanted him to lose. And
now we're like, hey, this is kind of cool to
see him do well. Are Packer fans kind of liking
what's going on with the Jets and Aaron Rodgers.

Speaker 4 (02:22):
I don't know if they're celebrating it. There's been enough time,
you know, from his departure to now and Jordan Love
is kind of the focus of attention in Packerland, and
so I wouldn't say people are necessarily overjoyed that, you know,
Aaron has struggled and Davante as well, and before that

(02:43):
Randall Cobb with the Jets. I just I don't feel
that way, I know personally, and I don't think fans
necessarily are too concerned about it either. Nobody seems to
talk about it whole lot.

Speaker 1 (02:54):
Well, Wayne Larvie again the voice of the Packers.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
And by the way, just for the record, you mentioned
that game in two thousand and four team and how
much that still sticks with you of the losses, and
I agree with you, but just don't forget pal. Two
weeks later we went to Arizona and got picked off
at the one Yard Life. Okay, so yeah, we we know,
you know, we know it.

Speaker 4 (03:13):
And I mean that that would have been two in
a row for you guys. And you know, here's another one.
Now this is before I got the Green Bay. But
the Packers won the Super Bowl, super Bowl thirty one,
I believe was Super Bowl thirty two. They're like sixteen
point favorites over John Elway and the Denver Broncos and
they lose to the Broncos in Lway's first Super Bowl championship.

(03:35):
I mean, you know, that's the one that for that
era of fans and players sticks with them more than
the Super Bowl they won.

Speaker 3 (03:42):
Yeah, well, Wayne, this Packer team, I know a lot
of people loved him.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
A year ago.

Speaker 3 (03:46):
Greg Rosenthal picked them as kind of a dark horse,
and they came pretty close, almost knocked off the Niners obviously,
and now they're a you know, a nine to four
football team that in any other division would be challenging
for probably the championship. How good is this team that
we're going to see on Sunday night?

Speaker 4 (04:03):
Honestly, you know, they're evolving and I think they're they're
getting better. And they played Detroit tooth and nail in
a you know, heavyweight fight and you know, came up
on the short side. I'm curious to see. You know,
some games take more than a week to get over,
and fortunately they've had more than a week, or will
have had more than a week to get over that

(04:24):
game physically and emotionally. And believe me, those two factors
are huge in determining how well you play on a
given Sunday in the NFL. So you know, I'm hoping
that they'll they'll be able to come forth and play
the way they did against Miami in this game against Seattle.
But Seattle's a much better team than Miami, and you know,
this is a big measuring stick for both. I think

(04:46):
the Seahawks and the Packers or in very much the
same position, except the Seattle, with their eight and five record,
leads their division.

Speaker 5 (04:53):
Wayne The numbers indicate that Jordan Love's got the exact
same passer rating this year as last year. He's got
nearly a identical QBR this year is last year. But
what do your eyes tell you? What's how is Jordan
Love different? And is he better in year two than
he was in year one?

Speaker 4 (05:09):
Not been as explosive yet, but he's getting there, starting
to warm to the task, so to speak. You know,
he struggled with injury this season. He struggled with a
couple of injuries, and then you know it was just
kind of the stop and go. He misses two games,
comes back, plays a game and a half, is still
bothered by an injury. They get a bye week, he
comes back, He's healthy, and that's the thing that I

(05:32):
think now we're starting to see Jordan Love play the
way he did at the end of last year. Is
he as explosive as that run last year? I mean,
he had eighteen touchdown passes in one interception of the
last eight games last year. I don't think he's at
that level right now, but he's getting there. And he's
still probably a little smarter quarterback now based on his experience.

Speaker 1 (05:53):
Hey, Wayne, you've been doing this a long time.

Speaker 3 (05:56):
I'm still trying to figure out how a guy could
be the voice of the Bears one year and the
voice of the Packers the next year. That's like being
the voice of South Korea, North Korea. That doesn't make
any sense to me. But you've been all over the place,
You've done it all. We've heard you do tournament games
obviously as well. But I'm curious to get your thoughts
from a couple thousand miles away on the quarterback that

(06:17):
the Seahawks will throw at your defense on Sunday. What's
the what's the perception you think in Packer landing around
the NFL, and maybe especially from your defens's perspective on
Gino Smith.

Speaker 4 (06:28):
Yeah, Gino Smith Reclamation project, Right, You know he and
Sam Darnold. You know this is hey, listen, in this
day and age now, you get drafted and maybe high
up in the first round, or as Gino did, in
the second round, you get thrown into the fire, probably
before you're ready. You have to fail, move on somewhere else,
learn another way, and then come back and find the

(06:50):
right system and the right coaching staff that believes in you,
that gives you a shot. And that's that's what Gino
Smith's all about. I'm really impressed with him with his
ability to He's a pocket passer, but a guy who
can certainly take advantage of a defense with his legs
as well two hundred twenty six yards rushing. I mean,
I think the guy's outstanding. He reminds me a little bit.

(07:13):
He's a little bit of a gunslinger. The twelve interception
second most behind Kirk Cousins. I get that. But he's
also a guy who can win games for you. And
you know, hey, listen, I think people are happy that
Gino Smith has, you know, found himself and found a
career for himself in Seattle.

Speaker 5 (07:29):
Wayne. Usually when a team says so long to a
veteran running back, they usually replace him with a rookie
or a second year guy. And you guys decided to
swap out Aaron Jones and replace him with the veteran
Josh Jacobs.

Speaker 1 (07:40):
How has that worked out for you?

Speaker 5 (07:42):
Because when you look at the numbers, I mean, what
Aaron Jones is doing is about the same as what
Josh Jacobs is doing in Minnesota and green Bay.

Speaker 4 (07:49):
Yeah, but you know, the whole perception of the Packers,
their whole persona has changed with Josh Jacobs running the football.
Green Bay has always been, you know, a cutting edge
West Coast offense with excellent talent at wide receiver orchestrated
by a Hall of Fame quarterback. That's what they've been

(08:10):
for the last thirty years. Now, this team is starting
to take on a little different persona. They're becoming more
of a physical football team. And the first it starts
with Josh Jacobs. The way he runs the football. It
impacts everybody on that offense and the way they play
the game, and it even impacts the defense and how
they play the game now. And so you know, this
green Bay team, I would say is more physical than

(08:33):
the Barb and Rodgers teams.

Speaker 3 (08:34):
In the passed Hey, Wayne le Revie again, the voice
of the Packers. I know you got to take off
and run here in a second. I'm just curious about
how many Packer fans you think we're going to see
infiltrate Loomenfield. You see these guys every road game, and
tickets to get in at venue Kings are two thirty
six right now. By comparison, the Bears are playing the
Vikings and the next Vikings home game, guys, tickets are

(08:55):
one hundred and sixty. The next home game for Minnesota
is against Green Bay and they go to three hundred
and fifty dollars. That's the packing effect. How many Packer
fans should we expect? And do they still travel like Matti?

Speaker 4 (09:10):
Yeah, they do travel, and they travel well, you know,
like Pittsburgh and Dallas fans. The Packers are right there
with those teams, and there'll be a lot of them there.
I know they've got a pep rally in one of
the local establishments Saturday nights, so it should be a
lot of fun. It'll be a lot of fun in
that stadium. It's a great atmosphere, and you know, the
Pacific Northwest, you can't beat it. It's just wonderful place

(09:31):
and you guys are so lucky to live there.

Speaker 5 (09:33):
Well, finally, Wayne, speaking of Packer fans, how do they
view the Lions right now? Because the Lions have always
been your little brother? I mean they've been in your
little brother for fifty plus years, and yet you know
they are now dominating the division, but they still haven't
beaten the Packers in the playoffs, and they still haven't
done anything really in the playoffs, and you still view

(09:54):
them as the little brother.

Speaker 1 (09:55):
Not you, but Packer fans.

Speaker 4 (09:57):
Yeah, no, I don't think so. I think the Packers
fan as are viewing it now is the Lions' rivalry
is cranked up to a level we haven't seen and
maybe since the fifties, but no, this is it's becoming
a great rivalry. And the Lions this is their year, guys.
This is their last year with San Francisco's year to
win and they didn't quite get it done. This is
Detroit's year, despite all their injuries and everything else, it's

(10:19):
their year and if they don't get it done. I
told him, many friends with the Lions. My former boss
is working with the Lions now. I told him, Hey, listen,
you guys, don't win it all this year. Take a
look at what San Francisco is, because that's probably what
you're going to be next year if you miss this opportunity.

Speaker 3 (10:35):
All right, before you go, you got a call coming
and I know that. Give us thirty seconds. We do
a show every Thursday with a guy named Mike Holmgren
who sits down with us for an hour every Thursday.

Speaker 1 (10:45):
Oh wow, he's a finalist for the Hall of Fame.

Speaker 3 (10:48):
Give us your thoughts on Mike's candidacy for Canton Man.

Speaker 4 (10:53):
I got to tell you something, There is no one
who deserves it more what he did along with Ron
Wolf at the hiring of Bob Harlan and Green Bay.
They took a historic franchise that was totally dormant and
in the age of pro football, the modern age of
Pro football, no one thought they would ever be able
to win again. Bob Harlan didn't was wondered if they'd

(11:15):
ever be able to win again. Those guys turned it around.
Those guys were at the focal point of one of
the greatest turnarounds in the history of the National Football League,
and Mike Homeran was right in the middle of it.
And if you think he was only a one trick
pony going to green Bay. He went to Seattle and
they built a Super Bowl team there. So now he's
well he deserves it. Gosh, that's great. Tell him we

(11:36):
all wish him the best, and they're hoping to see
him in Canton next summer.

Speaker 3 (11:40):
Now we will for sure, all right, Wayne, great stuff,
appreciate this and we'll talk down the rud bide. Thank you,
thank you you, bet Wayne Laravie again the voice of
the Packers. I mean that is I didn't even notice
that until I looked it up, that the Vikings, who
by all accounts, they get good fans in their stadium, right,
they got a good fan base in Minnesota. Bears are
coming to town. They're eleven and two tickets are in

(12:00):
sixty bucks to get in the door. The next home
game is against the Packers, and they jump to three
point fifty because of Green Bay.

Speaker 1 (12:06):
That's crazy.

Speaker 5 (12:07):
Well, it's always been the number one rivalry up there,
though it hasn't been Bears Packers. It's been Packers Vikings
for about twenty platt plus years.

Speaker 3 (12:13):
But the two hundred dollars more to get in the
doors and the Seahawk tickets are two hundred and forty
bucks to get in the door for this game on Sunday.
There's gonna be a lot of Packer fans there, man
for sure. All Right, we're gonna break. Let's talk some dogs, Baby,
you fired up for the Sunball? Yeah?

Speaker 1 (12:29):
Next on ninety three to three KJRFM.
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