Sep 22, 2026 · 46 min · 19 segments
Mike and Wes review the overtime victory over the Jets, including the standout performance by Lukas Van Ness (:45), the big play defensively by Evan Williams (6:30), the spark provided by the special…
Wes HodkiewiczHost
Mike SpoffordHost
As time goes on, we may look back at this as the Lucas Van Ness game because, boy, was he something out there.
Every pass rusher specifically always seems to have one of those performances that when you think back on their career, that was the moment, right? And for Lucas, I think the most impressive thing about this game was the fact that it was all five quarters, right? Yeah.
I thought it was going to be a big day for him right from the get-go, the end of that first quarter.
He gets the three-yard tackle for a loss, which also sort of set the tone for the run defense in this game.
That's the way you draw this thing up, right? When you're talking about being able to not only get off the field in three plays, but also just demoralizing an opponent...
The tackles for a loss, people don't talk about those in the same breath as a sack, but minus three yards for a running back or minus three yards for a quarterback, either way it's a negative yardage play, and it has a domino effect on how you can play defensively.
So one set up the other for Lucas, but to finish with nine tackles, four quarterback hits, three TFLs, and a sack and a half, and then played some of his best ball in overtime to help Green Bay get that football back and put themselves in a position to win the game, I mean, you can't say enough about number 90.
Yeah, his finish to the game was really something because, as you said, he was a factor right from the get-go.
He didn't get credit for a sack, but he chased down Geno Smith outside the pocket, put a pretty good hit on him there along the sideline, but Smith gained a couple of yards, so it didn't go as a sack.
The Packers have rallied from 10 down, gotten the game tied late in the fourth quarter, and the Jets are near midfield.
They have a third and two, and Van Ness, along with Carl Brooks, they get in on stuffing Brees Hall for a one-yard gain.
And with Jonathan Ford clogging up the middle a little bit, Van Ness just beats the block across from the other side and buries Braylon Allen.
And I thought at that moment, I mean, you and I both thought the same thing in the press box.
As time goes on, we may look back at this as the Lucas Van Ness game because, boy, was he something out there.
Every pass rusher specifically always seems to have one of those performances that when you think back on their career, that was the moment, right? And for Lucas, I think the most impressive thing about this game was the fact that it was all five quarters, right? Yeah.
I thought it was going to be a big day for him right from the get-go, the end of that first quarter.
He gets the three-yard tackle for a loss, which also sort of set the tone for the run defense in this game.
That's the way you draw this thing up, right? When you're talking about being able to not only get off the field in three plays, but also just demoralizing an opponent...
The tackles for a loss, people don't talk about those in the same breath as a sack, but minus three yards for a running back or minus three yards for a quarterback, either way it's a negative yardage play, and it has a domino effect on how you can play defensively.
So one set up the other for Lucas, but to finish with nine tackles, four quarterback hits, three TFLs, and a sack and a half, and then played some of his best ball in overtime to help Green Bay get that football back and put themselves in a position to win the game, I mean, you can't say enough about number 90.
Yeah, his finish to the game was really something because, as you said, he was a factor right from the get-go.
He didn't get credit for a sack, but he chased down Geno Smith outside the pocket, put a pretty good hit on him there along the sideline, but Smith gained a couple of yards, so it didn't go as a sack.
The Packers have rallied from 10 down, gotten the game tied late in the fourth quarter, and the Jets are near midfield.
They have a third and two, and Van Ness, along with Carl Brooks, they get in on stuffing Brees Hall for a one-yard gain.
And with Jonathan Ford clogging up the middle a little bit, Van Ness just beats the block across from the other side and buries Braylon Allen.
And I thought at that moment, I mean, you and I both thought the same thing in the press box.
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