Damien Woody on Packers vs. Eagles in Brazil: This is a BIG GAME for Philly! | SC with SVP

two teams and their quarterbacks were heading in different directions in the second half of last season as the Packers won six of eight Jordan love leading the NFL in qbr during that span Jaylen Herz in Philadelphia struggled as Herz had eight touchdowns against seven picks in the final two months of the Season been here almost 25 years never knew I would say this but I'm about to now s pal from s poo on the eve of the first NFL game in South America I caught oneon-one with the guy who made it all possible NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and we channeled an old friend of ours to get in the mood Roger I'm going to go Chris Burman on you okay my mentor Roger we're in Brazil can you believe it no but it you know it's it's been so long we've been looking forward to doing this and uh to be here is exciting for all of us to be able to play a Friday night game and start our season in a big big weekend for us a kickoff weekend this is really a great way to do it we've been playing in Mexico for a long time I we see that passion I think the same passion is here in in Brazil and so we're not here just for one year we're here to to really make a difference over a number of years well the lead up to this football game has been exciting there's snap crackle pop in the air the stadium is decked out as you can see the Eagles were out on the field a local flag football team greeted them even the owner of the local football team or soccer as we call it came out for all the festivities but hey I'm here you can't have an NFL game in s pal without s pal D what how about doing what are we doing uh Damen Woody is back these two teams I think they were both playoff teams and I I want Philadelphia fans to hear me I'm not saying y'all were garbage you weren't but if I say that the Packers are heading in One Direction which is it seems progressing and it seems that the Eagles are heading in another Direction which is regressing I don't think that's incorrect but how significant a game is this for Philly to kind of pump the brakes on any idea that they're fading away I think it's a big game I I think you know because sometimes what what happens last season can have carryover into the into The Following season and I think for Philadelphia you know you you've changed the coordinators you got sequ Barkley I think a a a statement type game early on week one would do a lot to dispill the kind of negative energy that that basically followed this team all you know from last season all throughout the offseason and I I found it amazing frankly that that the way it kept getting away from him and we were there for countdown uh on a Monday night in Seattle where just it felt like okay this is not a Get Right game but it be a tough win but it felt like they were going to get it and then Drew lock leads a kind of surprising late game drive and they Jack uh Smith and J makes a catch and you're like I'll be damn they lost again and it just kept happening and it was amazing they couldn't put pump the brakes on that but if you can flush it and and look forward fine but but how difficult is that to to let not let what happened linger well they said you know with the New Year everything's a new okay now if I'm if I'm Green Bay's new defensive coordinator Jeff Halley what are you doing I'm bringing the house I'm lighting up Jaylen hurt right off the top cuz I want to see if if they've learned from what really ailed them last year Jaylen Herz struggled mightily against the blitz now inter in new offensive coordinator Kell Moore let's see if he gives Jaylen Herz the answers to the test when team starts blitzing because guess what the NFL is a copycat League sure okay just because you know we're in a new season doesn't mean that teams aren't going to see if you solve the problems from from the year prior and if you're Philly you're trying to you're trying to flush last year if I'm Green Bay I'm thinking all right we gave we gave our guy his money cuz he earned it and the way he played late you go down to Dallas and whoop their butt in a playoff game and probably should have or certainly you could say could have beaten San Francisco in a in a playoff game and so that's gone too but as they try to build right how significant were those steps in and where they want to ultimately go what they did late last year huge it was huge because Green Bay had the youngest set of skill position players in the National Football League we always talk about yeah from like year one to year two growth I'm not I'm not even talking about Jordan love the quarterback I'm talking about all those young wide receivers that the Green Bay Packers have think how much better they going to be this year the experience that they had in the playoffs last year when they played the Dallas Cowboys on the road the S took it took the San Francisco 49ers to the brink that's why people are so bullish on the Green Bay Packers this year heading to the season and you look at the NFL where there's like there's true wide receiver ones all over the place you look at and you could say maybe love made Reed and Wix and dobs and Watson when he's healthy like any of those guys could hurt you look I think I mean that that's a very very intriguing team you see all the people prognosticating there's a lot of people saying maybe Green Bay might make a Deep Run all right [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music]