Zak Kuhr on the Packers Offense 11/5: "It's probably one of the better collective groups of skill in the league"

Zak Kuhr (0:00)

Okay, sorry, what do we got?

SPEAKER_2 (0:02)

When was your last paper?

Zak Kuhr (0:03)

Fifteen years ago, yeah.

SPEAKER_3 (0:07)

What do the Packers present?

SPEAKER_4 (0:09)

Let me start with the quarterback, who everybody raves about.

Zak Kuhr (0:12)

Yeah, I mean, he's a hell of a player, and you get, here's the cool thing about him, is you still kind of see some, you know, some Aaron Rodgers tricks of the trade that he has, that maybe he learned from him, whether that's just coincidence or he actually did, you kind of see some of that stuff on film. He's got a hell of an arm. He's got athleticism to hurt you when you're not disciplined in your rush lanes, especially like in gotta have it moments. But, you know, he keeps his eyes down field. He's a great job of, you know, taking the quick throw. He's got a pretty fast average time to throw. And he does good against pressure and sees it quick and gets rid of it quick. But also he does a great job of he feels like he's not under duress. He just stays in there, calm feet, delivers. He makes some good off schedule plays.

You know, you see a couple of plays where he does feel pressure and kind of fades away and just puts it right in the bucket. You know, he's he's an oppressive quarterback. And you would see early in his career, maybe some of the mental mistakes that he made, like those are gone. So he's definitely improving week in, week out, year in, year out. And then on top of that, you give him their skill. It's probably one of the better collective group of skill in the league with all the receivers, the tight ends, and the backs. I mean, obviously, Jacobs is back now, too. And it's going to be a tough challenge. And we just got to make sure we're all on the same page. We're seeing things the same way. LaFleur does a great job of getting these guys in good positions to get open. He does a great job in the run game of building some good angles, giving you some eye poison, kind of like last week.

And they do a good job of just knowing what they do and what they do well, and putting different guys in different spots to do that. But you can see the timings there. So we got to be good about just understanding who we are, but also who they are, and just really focus on proving together and try to come out with some good progress this weekend.

When did you know you wanted to be a coach?

SPEAKER_2 (2:14)

This goes back to probably Jacksonville.

Zak Kuhr (2:16)

Oh man. I knew in...

This could be a 30-minute story, but...

I'll say this. I knew I wanted to help people when I was in the fifth grade. And I was at Crown Point Elementary, and there was this program. They always had to have like safety patrols or like guidance helpers and all that stuff. And everybody wanted to be a safety patrol because they got a free field trip to Washington, DC and all that. And I had the opportunity to be a safety patrol, whatever, but I decided to be a guidance counselor, help or whatever. And basically what that was is like you were a tutor. And I remember I went back to one of my old classes. I can't remember what grade it was. And there was a kid in there that was struggling in math. And also he didn't speak English very well. And I think that was like part of the reason why he was struggling. And I would meet with him every day. And I remember he got one of his tests back and like got an A on it. And I remember him like crying and hugging me. And I was like, man, I want to help people. And then obviously I fell in love with the game of football. And then I kind of just put the two together. And there you go.

SPEAKER_4 (3:30)

Did you use AI to help that kid?

Zak Kuhr (3:34)

Not back then, no. All natural.

SPEAKER_4 (3:37)

We're the love of football comes from playing it. Yeah.

Zak Kuhr (3:39)

I would just say really all sports, but I don't know, just the aspect of football, man, just the grittiness, the team, like it's truly, and I'll say this, even now that I'm on the defensive side now, like you fall in love with just the aspect of, it's not like you're on anybody's fantasy team as your own person. It takes all 11, and it's like the most team sport possible. There's so much adversity through it, and it just challenges you, and it changes your life, and it gives you structure in life, like growing up through it. You know, so many kids, even myself, were probably like, you know, too lazy growing up, and you go through this and it builds structure in your life, and you start to fall in love with that structure, and you go through hard times, it knocks you on the ground, literally, you got to get back up and move on to the next play or next day.