Kyle & Brust

The 2PM hour of Kyle & Brust celebrates history as the Brewers clinch their fourth consecutive NL Central championship, becoming the first team ever to win four straight in the division. But Kyle Wallace is already looking toward October and says simply winning another division title isn’t enough anymore. The guys debate whether this season can truly be considered a success without Milwaukee reaching its first World Series since 1982 and whether the Brewers have enough starting pitching to finish the job.

Meanwhile, the Packers’ collapse has apparently broken Kyle. He tells the story of becoming convinced there was a mouse in his basement, paying an exterminator $110 and then learning that his supposed evidence of a rodent might not have been evidence at all. Kyle’s wife now thinks the Packers have driven him crazy, while Ben wonders what happens to his co-host if Green Bay actually loses to the Jets.

Plus, Matt Lepay joins the show to explain why the Badgers’ best football has been encouraging but far too inconsistent, why Wisconsin needs meaningful wins to bring the energy back to Camp Randall and why Brewers fans shouldn’t take this historic run for granted.

The 3PM hour of Kyle & Brust puts numbers behind just how disastrous the Packers’ offensive line was against Minnesota. Jordan Love was hit 18 times, pressured 16 times and faced an unblocked defender on 10 of his 46 dropbacks. Kyle breaks down the staggering metrics that separated Green Bay from literally every other offensive line in football and argues that criticizing Love after what he endured is missing the much bigger problem.

Then Kyle hears Adam Stenavich describe the breakdowns as communication and assignment issues, and that sends him into orbit. He argues those mental mistakes after an entire offseason of preparation put the responsibility directly on Matt LaFleur, while Ben says Brian Gutekunst deserves plenty of blame for constructing the unit in the first place. The guys also question why Anthony Belton was moved away from guard during the offseason only for the Packers to immediately consider moving him back after one game.

Plus, Michelle Smallmon joins the show to defend Jordan Love, explain why she’s still riding with the Packers after leaving the Bears at the altar and admit that a loss to the Jets would make defending LaFleur on ESPN Radio awfully difficult Monday morning.

The 4PM hour of Kyle & Brust celebrates the Brewers becoming the first team in NL Central history to win four consecutive division championships, but a troll attempt from ESPN Chicago’s David Kaplan quickly takes over the show. Kaplan sends 59 burgers to the ESPN Milwaukee office to celebrate the Bears scoring 59 points in Week 1, only for the office to interpret the delivery as another celebration of the Brewers’ four-peat. Cap eventually calls in from Las Vegas to defend himself, talk Bears-Packers trash and promise Chicago’s days of looking up at Green Bay are over.

The guys also return to the Packers’ biggest Week 1 problem after Tucker Kraft calls out Minnesota’s relentless pressure. Kyle and Ben question why Green Bay didn’t have better answers for the blitz, whether Anthony Belton should move back to guard and how the Packers can possibly protect Jordan Love if opponents continue copying Brian Flores’ blueprint.

Plus, Steve “Homer” True storms into the studio with a completely different interpretation of the offensive line. Homer argues Green Bay couldn’t have been historically bad while producing more than 400 yards of offense, sending Kyle and Ben into a full-blown debate over whether Jordan Love succeeded because the line was functional or in spite of it.

The 2PM hour of Kyle & Brust begins with Kyle Wallace wondering whether he went a little too far after the Packers’ Week 1 collapse. While he’s backing off the ledge slightly, Kyle still believes Green Bay’s offensive line is nowhere near championship caliber and questions whether Matt LaFleur can break the mental block that has contributed to six straight losses. Ben isn’t letting him escape the receipts that easily and warns Kyle not to put the Super Bowl goggles back on after a couple wins.

The guys also react to TJ Lang and Bryan Bulaga questioning the toughness and attitude of Green Bay’s offensive line after Jordan Love repeatedly took hits against Minnesota. Is this offense missing an enforcer who will stand up for its quarterback? Mark Tauscher joins the show and pushes back on Lang’s belief that the lack of retaliation is coached, but agrees the Packers need answers for the blitz because every defensive coordinator will copy what worked until Green Bay proves it can stop it. Plus, Tausch explains why he supported taking the points off the board but hated the quarterback sneak on a long fourth-and-one.

The 3PM hour of Kyle & Brust tries something that hasn’t been easy this week: finding positives from the Packers’ loss. Kyle points to Jonathan Gannon’s defense creating pressure, encouraging performances from Edgerrin Cooper and Keyshawn Nixon, improved special teams and Jordan Love making big-time throws despite everything collapsing around him. But Ben wonders whether Green Bay’s repeated late-game failures have become too much of an identity to simply explain away.

Then the guys debate a nightmare scenario: what happens if Green Bay loses to the Jets and Falcons and starts 0-3? Kyle doesn’t believe the organization would fire Matt LaFleur that quickly, but admits the pressure would become enormous if a six-game losing streak suddenly became eight. Somehow, that doesn’t stop him from becoming convinced again that there is absolutely no way the Packers lose to the Jets.

Plus, Matt LaFleur and Adam Stenavich give seemingly different explanations about whether Tucker Kraft’s short-yardage sneak was available against Minnesota. Kyle and Ben question why the head coach and offensive coordinator don’t appear aligned on the explanation and whether it points to a larger communication problem inside a Packers offense already trying to fix its disastrous Week 1 performance.

The 4PM hour of Kyle & Brust asks where the Packers go from here after their offensive line was exposed in Week 1. The guys react to TJ Lang’s message about the pride and toughness that should come with wearing the G and question whether Green Bay has done enough to develop its young linemen. With several inexperienced starters now trying to recover from a disastrous opener, Kyle believes Brian Gutekunst needs to start looking outside the building for help before Jordan Love takes even more punishment.

Plus, the mood finally gets a little brighter as the Brewers have an opportunity to clinch their fourth straight NL Central title. Kyle and Ben discuss Milwaukee’s red-hot offense, why the bats suddenly inspire more confidence than the pitching staff and whether Jacob Misiorowski and Logan Henderson are the only starters they truly trust heading into October.

And Willingly Useless returns before Steve “Homer” True crashes the show to debate whether the offensive line was really bad for the entire Vikings game. Then Bears superfan David Kaplan arrives for an extremely premature victory lap, declaring that Chicago has finally flipped the rivalry before Kyle and Ben remind him that one good Week 1 doesn’t erase years of Packers ownership.

The 2PM hour of Kyle & Brust reacts to an all-too-familiar Packers collapse after Green Bay blew another fourth-quarter lead and lost 39-22 to Minnesota. Kyle Wallace admits he was wrong to believe running it back would produce different results and declares Matt LaFleur the worst coach in the NFC North, while Ben points to the same troubling pattern: when adversity hits, LaFleur’s teams crumble. The guys question his fourth-down decisions, late-game play calling and whether Green Bay made a massive mistake extending both LaFleur and Brian Gutekunst.

Then there’s the offensive line. Jordan Love threw for 387 yards but was under constant pressure as Green Bay struggled to identify and block Minnesota’s blitzes. Kyle and Ben rip the construction of an offensive line the Packers have invested heavily in and wonder how a supposed Super Bowl contender can protect its franchise quarterback this poorly. The K&B Fam joins the therapy session to debate where the blame belongs between LaFleur, Gutekunst and Ed Policy, and whether LaFleur will even make it through the entire season.

The 3PM hour of Kyle & Brust begins with a painful accountability check as the guys revisit their five biggest questions entering Packers-Vikings. Kyle Wallace predicted Green Bay’s offensive line would hold up against Brian Flores. Instead, Minnesota posted a staggering 90% pass-rush win rate as Jordan Love spent the afternoon running for his life. Kyle and Ben debate how an offensive line the Packers have invested so heavily in could possibly look this bad and what Adam Stenavich’s role is in fixing it.

Jason Wilde joins the show and explains why the offensive line’s performance was a perfect storm of injuries, inexperience and Brian Flores’ scheme, but agrees it simply wasn’t good enough. Wilde also questions Matt LaFleur’s decision to take points off the board and go for fourth-and-one, and explains why no Packers lead will feel safe until they finally prove they can finish a game. Plus, the guys wonder whether Green Bay’s repeated collapses are threatening to waste the prime years of Jordan Love.

The 4PM hour of Kyle & Brust continues to process the Packers’ nightmare collapse in Minnesota. Kyle Wallace says his Super Bowl optimism is gone until Green Bay proves it can protect Jordan Love and finish games, while the guys debate whether Matt LaFleur’s biggest problem is that nobody knows what kind of coach he actually wants to be. After an entire offseason built around “finishing,” Green Bay immediately surrendered 29 unanswered points and another fourth-quarter lead.

Then Bryan Bulaga joins the show to diagnose the offensive line disaster. The former Packers right tackle explains why Brian Flores exposed a problem that first appeared against Chicago last postseason, warns that other defensive coordinators will copy Minnesota’s pressure packages and breaks down who deserves blame when rushers come completely free. Bulaga says the young, inexperienced group can improve, but warns there will be major growing pains as Jordan Morgan, Jacob Monk, Sean Rhyan and the rest of the line learn to handle complex NFL pressure schemes.

The 2PM hour of Kyle & Brust is all about the Packers finally getting back on the field. Kyle Wallace is pounding the table for Green Bay to beat Minnesota, while Ben Brust isn’t ready to guarantee anything with questions surrounding the offensive line and the Packers opening the season without Josh Jacobs and Micah Parsons. Plus, Mark Tauscher picks the Vikings, giving Kyle even more fuel heading into Sunday.

How much does Jordan Love need to carry the Packers? The guys debate whether Matt LaFleur will finally “liberate Love,” what a successful Week 1 stat line looks like and why Love may need to play at an MVP level while Parsons is sidelined. Plus, Adam Schefter weighs in on Tucker Kraft’s contract negotiations, and Kyle and Ben explain why Green Bay should get a deal done before Kraft takes the field against Minnesota.