The Packers’ Secret Weapon: Goldmember
The Lead
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🗓️ 15 December 2020
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
This past weekend, the Green Bay Packers clinched the NFC North title, and their dominant offense came up big in the red zone once again. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Matt Schneidman to look at why Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams and many other Packers players draw motivation from the movie Austin Powers in Goldmember, and just how far this team’s high-powered offense could take them.
Read Matt Schneidman’s story about the Austin Powers-Green Bay Packers connection: https://theathletic.com/2232543/2020/12/03/how-an-austin-powers-character-inspired-the-packers-red-zone-offense/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members, you can listen to the lead ad-free on Amazon Music. Download the app today. |
| 0:07.0 | On Sunday, the Packers clinched the NFC North title, with their offense coming up big in the red zone yet again. |
| 0:19.0 | Rogers, looking right, playing right, it is no one to want to go out by more quesks, felt as skate-like. |
| 0:29.0 | Today, the Athletics match Nightman on why the Packers have been so unstoppable and how a coaches obsession with an Austin Powers villain is giving Green Bay and quarterback Aaron Rogers new life. |
| 0:40.0 | He enjoys people who make him feel younger than he is and I don't say that as an insult. Rogers realizes these moments of success, these moments of bliss are fleeting. |
| 0:51.0 | And he's a big Austin Powers fan too, so it's been easy for him to buy into that. |
| 0:57.0 | From Wattery and the Athletic, I'm Otter Skelto. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. It's Tuesday, December 15th, and this is The Lead. |
| 1:05.0 | I love gold! It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:12.0 | There was just something about the emotion and the heart of the medical staff. |
| 1:17.0 | The failures of the past don't matter because we've got this stuff. |
| 1:20.0 | You can't pay, you can't pay anything like that. |
| 1:23.0 | This isn't a story where you interview the athlete in the home. It stays with you. |
| 1:30.0 | So Matt, the Packers beat the Lions on Sunday for their 10th win of the season. How did they look in that game? |
| 1:39.0 | It's kind of been the story of their season. They look really good on offense, but their defense and special teams cause Ajita around the world for Packer fans. |
| 1:48.0 | And they have been all season. Then as has been the story for this season, Aaron Rogers and his cast of pass catchers mainly Devonte Adams come through. |
| 1:58.0 | Cutting it to the inside. And there he goes for Packers touchdown. |
| 2:02.0 | Number 14 to lead the NFL this year for Devonte Adams. And number 37 for Aaron Rogers to lead the NFL as well. What a duo this is. |
| 2:12.0 | There's no defense that seems to be able to stop Aaron Rogers and Devonte Adams. |
| 2:16.0 | They're still the highest scoring team in the NFL averaging 31 and a half points per game. |
| 2:21.0 | They're one of the top five teams in fourth down conversion rate. |
| 2:24.0 | And those numbers just go to show a how confident they are in this offense and be how successful they are in the red zone in converting those red zone opportunities into touchdowns. |
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