Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast.

I am your host and resident fanalyst.

As always, Ryan Shlip, check out online, packernet.com, find me on, Twitter, track, what is happening?

What is going on?

What is this?

This is weird.

I had an epiphany. I'm not doing anything. I'm just hanging out.

Playing some games, you know? Got a little cyberpunk doing my third or fourth run through with that.

Great game. And I'm excited to watch the game and I thought, what if we just did a little watch party?

These are usually video watch parties, but we'll do an audio watch party. It's a podcast. If you don't want to listen to it, you don't have to listen to it. But something good is going to happen one way or another. If the bears come out, and it turns out Ben Johnson is a freak and Caleb is a freak and we're doomed because the bears are going to be elite and all this stuff, that sucks.

But it also means the Vikings are going to get curb-stombed.

And that's funny.

So I figure either way, something good is going to happen. Let's do a little watch along. You know what I

mean? See how it goes. We've done this for Packer Games before. So, little bonus pod for you, fine

folks. So game is just about to kick off here. See Caleb's

doing an interview. His earrings look beautiful. He's looking fabulous as always. Also just very

excited. I mean, listen, honestly, I am curious. I'm nervous. I'm excited. J.J. McCarthy has been

an anomaly, you know? The plan, I think, was always to kind of sit him for a year. He ends up getting hurt, so it was a moot point. We saw last year the Vikings take a quarterback that was complete dog crap and make him look amazing. Was that brilliant coaching?

Was that just a good combo between Darnell?

Was it just kind of a fluke thing with Darnold?

Can they do that with McCarthy?

What if it's a genius coach and like an elite quarterback?

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