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Brian Peacock here alongside the scout, Matt Williamson.

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guest, Peter Bukowski, he's the host of Locked-on Packers. We will get into this NFC championship

game, but first some pressing news around the NFL, a little bit

shocking, Matt, the retirement of Luke Keeckley. Yeah, very shocking. And then I kind of let it

settle in a little bit. And part of me was sad because I loved watching this player. And frankly,

I think he's the best second-level defender since Ray Lewis.

Even though his career is cut short, I think he's an easy Hall of Famer, a potential

like all-decade team, certainly like an all-decade team type of guy.

Frankly, an all-time great.

And part of me, though, is also kind of relieved because his play slipped a little this year,

but he wasn't really to blame, but as much as the Panthers down the stretch,

their run defense was so bad.

And it looked like the team had kind of cashed it in a little bit after a rough year.

But more so than that, he's had some very scary injuries, you know, over the last few years.

And I'm glad he's getting out now and be remembered the right way.

And I'm sure he'll be happier when he's 50, 60 years old.

And his body's taking a lot of abuse.

We've talked a lot about the Hall of Fame, and we will continue to talk about

the Hall of Fame later this week, probably tomorrow get deeper into that, but I think

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