Packers Shine: Dominating Win Over Patriots in NFL Week 9

I wanted to talk about the Packers, actually, because the Packers went into New England. You mean the worst team in the division? The Patriots. Yeah, the last place Green Bay Packers. The last place Green Bay Packers? Let's do it. They put 45 on the road against a team that hadn't lost at home. I mean, they were picking apart that Patriots secondary like it was nothing. Christian Watson went off. Matthew Golden went off. Jordan Love is slinging the ball around the field. And this is without a run game. I mean, me and Josh were talking about it. Uh, before we went on the air, like if they add a running back, I mean, my God, this team with Micah Parsons coming back and John, I'll ask you first, like, what do you think of this Packers team? I mean, early on in the season, it looked like a disaster. And now, I mean, they're kind of clicking everywhere. I mean, listen, you can say they struggled, but look at their record. Did they really? Like, did they really struggle to start the season? I think sometimes it takes guys a second to get going and Jordan Love might be one of those people. And you got to remember, they've done this with absolutely little to no run game because he likes to, you know, be physically abusive towards women and that's okay to say because it's wrong. They just have had no idea on where to go other than Jordan Love. And I'm not a big Jordan Love fan. I'm not a big Matt LaFleur fan. And I've expressed that many times over. But Jordan Love is playing A1 quarterback right now. And as much as I hate to see the Packers be on their third generation of excellent quarterback play, he has answered the bell for that organization. Because when they had nothing, this guy stepped up and started throwing moon balls for touchdowns. And I don't know if other people know, that's what he does. So if you're a defensive coordinator for the opposing team, looking at you, New England, he throws deep balls. And Josh, I'll go to you too. What do you make of this Packers team right now? I mean, we were talking about it, like I said, before the show came on, but pretty scary if they add Micah Parsons and maybe a running back, right? It absolutely is. I mean, you know, I echo what John was saying. I was on this show at the end of last season saying Matt LaFleur should be fired. A lot of people did. Yeah, and instead he got an extension, and I was like, what the hell are the Packers doing? But to their credit, this defense has found that hunger that they had a couple years ago and somehow lost last year when they brought Micah Parsons in. And then Matthew Golden, for as many drops as he has had this season, unlike Justin Jefferson, he's still getting plenty of opportunity and making the most of them. I was about to say he got a case of the Jefferson. Well, and, I mean, this was the first time in 84 years that a team had two receivers with over 150 receiving yards and a touchdown in the same game. And on top of that, can you tell me who the Packers' lead rusher is for this season? Oh, man. Probably Jordan Love. I guess I'll rephrase it. We'll just say running backs. I think it might actually be Jordan Love, but as far as running backs. That's crazy. The answer is Caleb Johnson with 172 rushing yards. You have played nine games, and you do not have a running back with over 200 rushing yards. Kenneth Walker had that yesterday. Right. That's the point. The Packers are last in the league in rushing yards per game, in total rushing yards, next to last in yards per carry, and 27th in even rushing attempts. He goes, why bother trying to run the ball when you don't have anyone to run the ball? So the point is, with it, if you had a running back, we've been talking about the Jonathan Taylor sweepstakes. Yeah, I was about to say that, yeah. Now, the Packers gave up their first round for 2027 in the Micah Parsons trade. So they don't have that, but they got their... They're second, they got two-thirds, and they still have all their picks in 2028 and 2029. Listen, y'all better hope Jacksonville don't look in the trunk. See, if they got another first-round pick to give somebody. Oh, come on, man. Oh, yeah. I mean, yeah. You talk about loading up for Infinity War. They're about to fight Thanos and whoever else come after that with all these draft picks. They're giving away to load this team up. I think if you're Minnesota, if you're Green Bay, there are a couple of teams that are going to run that Jonathan Taylor price sky high. This will be the separator. He's going to be the difference maker. If he finds himself in Seattle, here comes another Super Bowl run for them. If he finds himself in Minnesota, that's the perfect blanket for a guy like Kyler Murray. If he finds himself in Green Bay, they might be the Super Bowl favorite. That's how well they're playing right now. And if you add a run game, and then you add a play action to what Jordan Love is doing with these deep balls, man, the league is... That last place team is going to scare a lot of people. Tucker Kraft is mediocre by numbers this season because they don't need to throw him the ball. It's not because he's playing poorly. It's because they're just so good. Right. He's within 10 yards, and he's got to be at least 30 for Jordan Love to throw to you Too close. I love that we're bringing this version of the quarterback back. Hey, just throw it out there, man. Just throw it down there Like, something will happen Even if it's a pass interference, like, you'll get a call out there Yeah. It's third down and long He is doing what we all love to do when we play Madden. Exactly. Exactly, he's doing it real life Listen, I love this version of the Packers offense. I don't know why other teams don't just do this with their guys that have shotgun arms. Let them do it. You want Geno Smith doing this? What other option do we have? I mean, he's not doing anything over the middle or short, so why not?