Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast. I am your host and resident fanalyst. As always, Ryan Schlipp. Check us out online, packernet.com. Find me on Twitter pack underscore datab. Well, today is the day we are going to review

the joint practice between the Colts and the Packers. I do think, I mean, obviously these are

becoming much more common all across the NFL. I don't know if any teams are not doing this

at this point. I know it was kind of a rare thing not very long ago. But I do think it's an important step for what I was talking

about yesterday, I think it was, insofar as kind of understanding, okay, so there's the fundamentals part, but then there's also an intensity part.

How hard is football, right?

How fast do guys play? How intense do guys get?

And this is where fights and things happen because guys are hitting you harder.

They're pushing you more.

It's, you're not used to it.

And I know it sounds probably silly because all these guys have been doing this for years.

It's, trust me, it's real.

There's a reason that every year guys have to get back in football shape and all that stuff,

all the hitting and all this stuff,

there's a level of intensity that needs to be ramped up.

And this is a good kind of recalibrating

thing.

As we go through a more slow-paced training camp, even if it's full pads and full-speed

and tackling drills and all that stuff, it's still not 100%.

And these things prove it, because they show up and it's like, the heck was that and so it's a good way to

kind of recalibrate for week one so you got your three preseason games and now two joint practices

as a way to kind of at least understand what's expected of you whether or not you're going to be

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