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Welcome into Packaday Live featuring the one and only Mike Wall.

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Of course, process to perform.

And he is generous enough to provide us with all this incredible content right here on the Packet A podcast as well. Mike, not the outcome we were expecting

slash hoping for yesterday. Do you have any good news for us? Is there any good news?

No. No, there's no good news. That was, I mean, listen, everybody loses games and doesn't show up.

There just seems to be some, like, themes along the lines of why we lose games, one.

But the biggest news has to be, and I kind of hit on it last night, is Tucker Kraft, the injury.

And when you watch this game, and it's not fair to Luke Musgrave, and it's not fair to

these guys, but the reality is when we start talking about, you know, Matt LaFore's

qualities as a play caller, how this offense is not tough enough, or, you know, all these

characteristics, like, Tucker Kraft really is the linchpin of this offense.

And some of the plays in the run blocking, many, many of the plays and the checkdowns

of the passing game where you assume he's going to make a first down because of his yards

after catch, those are gone.

All those plays that he made, those, you know, the last month of the season that has kind of propelled him into the all pro talk, those plays are gone.

And you start thinking about what does our offense really look like without not only what he contributes from a run blocking standpoint, but maybe most importantly, what he contributes in the passing game, particularly as a checkdown.

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