Packernet Podcast: Green Bay Packers

DESCRIPTION: The Packers' pre-draft picture just got a lot more interesting — and a lot more confusing. Ryan breaks down the bizarre Juwan Gaston top-30 visit controversy, where conflicting reports from Tom Silverstein and social media posts have left everyone pointing fingers, and the most cynical explanation might actually be the most plausible one. Key topics in this episode: Garrett Nussmeier spine update — A cyst on his spine may have tanked his 2025 season, but a spinal specialist has cleared him with no short or long-term risk. Could he be the Packers' secret QB visitor, and does this change his draft stock dramatically? Jermaine McCoy's sliding draft value — A top-10 talent with a knee concern that could push him out of the first round entirely. Ryan explores the Gannon connection and whether the Packers should pull the trigger if he falls. Gutekunst press conference breakdown — BG admits positional need is "subconsciously baked" into the board, doubles down on best player available, and reveals the team almost didn't show up for Day 1. What does it all mean? O-line, NIL, wide receiver room, and Van Ness — Ryan covers every major topic from the presser with honest, unfiltered takes on what the Packers actually believe versus what they're saying for the cameras. Subscribe, leave a review, and turn on all notifications — draft week live stream details are coming soon. Pack Nation, we're almost there. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Help keep the show growing and check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/pack_daddy Venmo: @Packernetpodcast CashApp: $packpod Website: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ My Board: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

Brick Lombardi is back behind the mic, and this session hits different. Four original songs. Four moments from a Packers season that refused to be simple. This is the music that lives inside the doubt, the hunger, the argument, and the anticipation. "Out Gained" — Written mid-season when Green Bay kept winning without earning it. Seven games outgained, 25th in yards, and the clock was always ticking. The wins were real. The worry was louder. "The Hunter" — This one isn't technique. It's the psychological war that happens before the snap. A pass rusher who has already decided the outcome before the ball is snapped. "Record Rules" — The NFL's playoff structure has a geography problem, and somebody finally gave it a snare drum. Seven-and-nine teams hosting playoff games while 13-win squads stay home? Brick lays it out and the Lions' proposal gets its flowers. "Draft Night Protocol" — No first round pick. No apologies. Eight selections, Pick 52, and Brian Gutekunst running cold and steady in Pittsburgh. The machine runs tonight. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell Pack Nation what song hit hardest. #TundraFM #GreenBayPackers #PackernetPodcast #NFLDraft2026 #BrickLombardi #DraftNight #RecordRules #PackNation #GoPackGo This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Help keep the show growing and check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/pack_daddy Venmo: @Packernetpodcast CashApp: $packpod Website: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ My Board: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

Big Sal just got off the live stream and he is NOT calming down. Brian Gutekunst stepped to the podium, and in one quiet line — "I'd rather pick thirty-two every year" — he told the entire NFL everything it needs to know about how the Green Bay Packers are built. Sal couldn't come to the mic without hearing every word first. Pack Nation, he's glad he waited. Gutekunst's pre-draft press conference bombshell: why "pick thirty-two" is a values declaration, not just a soundbite The chrome tool set analogy — why top-ten picks look great and fix nothing, while Guts works with a worn belt and five tools that actually pull nails Seventeen years without a top-ten pick, two franchise quarterbacks, and a GM who has never once tried to tank his way into a solution Guts confirms he has the ammunition to move up from 52 — and what that means for every GM sitting between picks 25 and 51 Subscribe, drop that five-star review, and tell the jagoff at work tomorrow what Gutekunst said. Watch their face do the math. #Packers #GoBpack #NFLDraft2026 #LetMeTellYouSomething #BigSal #Gutekunst #PackNation #DraftRoom #Pick52 #GreenBayPackers This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast  Packernet Draft Guide: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

The last truly unhinged call-in show before NFL Draft week takes over — and the boys did NOT disappoint. Pack Daddy holds on for dear life as Uncle Rico, Nico from Idaho, and the rest of the crew deliver one of the most gloriously off-the-rails After Dark episodes in recent memory. Buckle up.

Brick Lombardi is back on Tundra FM — 30 years in radio, still here, still doing this — and tonight he's got four songs and absolutely zero patience left. Two back-to-back second-half collapses. A roster deadline that ends careers with a handshake and a cardboard box. A Cleveland loss that felt like a breakup. And one Chicago quarterback who painted his nails but can't paint rings.

  Big Sal got a letter. From Randy. In Minnesota. And Pack Nation — Randy brought a real argument, and Big Sal is going to give it the respect it deserves before he takes it apart brick by brick.

Jaire Alexander just dropped one of the most honest and vulnerable Instagram posts we've seen from any NFL player, and it's got the entire league showing him love. After battling injuries that kept him off the field for most of his final years in Green Bay, the former All-Pro corner opened up about losing his ultimate confidence, dealing with anxiety and depression, and knowing it was time to walk away from the game he loves. In this episode we break down Jaire's heartfelt message, thank his faith, family, and the Packers brotherhood, and discuss what this means for a franchise that's clearly turning the page. Plus, Brian Gutekunst made some quiet but important roster moves on Friday – waiving three practice-squad guys to get down to 76 players and create room for undrafted free agents after the draft. Cornerback remains the biggest need heading into the 2026 NFL Draft, and we talk about how Green Bay is trying to rebuild that secondary with only eight picks and no first-rounder. We also touch on the exciting new healthcare partnership with UW Health and what it says about the direction of player wellness in Titletown. Jaire Alexander's raw admission about mental health struggles Why the Packers had to move on and how they're reshaping the secondary Latest roster cuts and what it means for draft strategy at corner, TE, and LB Positive steps forward with the new UW Health partnership This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. If Jaire's story hit you the same way it hit me, drop your thoughts in the comments – did this change how you remember his time in Green Bay? Who should the Packers target in the draft to fix the cornerback room? Hit subscribe, leave a review, and let's keep the conversation going. To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast   Draft Guide: NFL Draft Grades - Professional Draft Analysis Tools

Crank it to 11 as Brick Lombardi and the Tundra FM crew turn up the heat on Packernet After Dark. This episode buries the trash talk, defies the cold 13% odds, and delivers raw Packers passion through fire rap verses that capture the soul of Lambeau Field. Digging graves and planting bodies as history repeats against rival blue teams in the frozen tundra Breaking down the grind from 13% playoff odds through five brutal runs to destiny Lil Testy snapping with short fuse big mouth energy keeping callers and takes in check Paying tribute to Charles Woodson – Still 21 – and closing with an emotional "One Last Bootleg" farewell This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. What are your thoughts on these Tundra FM bars? Drop your hottest take in the comments and tell me which verse hit hardest. Subscribe, leave a review, and keep the green and gold burning. To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast   Packernet Draft Guide: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

In a powerful, no-holds-barred debut monologue on Packernet After Dark, Vince Doomberg steps into the studio with zero apologies and one mission: to demand the championship standard this franchise was built on and refuse to let "good enough" become the new normal. He honors Ryan's legendary fire while calling out the comfort that has quietly softened the edge, reminding every listener that true loyalty means never lowering the bar — not for the front office, not for access merchants, and not for the long-suffering who still remember what this team is supposed to be. This is the honest, unfiltered voice Green Bay has been missing. Vince lays out exactly who he is — and who he is not — as the new no-BS voice holding the Packers accountable A direct, respectful challenge to Ryan: somebody has to pick up the rope of excellence again Why "good enough" dishonors the Lombardi covenant and why demanding more is the deepest form of loyalty The promise of daily surgical dissections — one decision, one contract, one moment — delivered with raw honesty every single day This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. Tell me your thoughts on this one — I want to hear from you. Drop your take in the comments, subscribe, leave a review, and stay locked in as we rebuild the conversation Packers Nation actually deserves. To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast   Packernet Draft Guide: NFL Draft Grades - Professional Draft Analysis Tools

Pack Nation, let me tell you somethin' — Jonathan Gannon just rolled into Green Bay with his full Arizona pattern-match press-bail playbook, and the Packers' corner room needs a complete rebuild to match it. In this two-part masterclass, we walk the entire draft board together and break down exactly which college corners have the length, eyes, physicality, and downhill tackling Gannon demands… and which ones are the wrong tool for the job. From the critical pick at 52 all the way down to the final dart throws at 255, this is your complete blueprint for how Green Bay can finally draft corners that actually fit the scheme instead of hoping the wrong bodies magically work. Key Discussion Points Pick 52 Breakdown: Why D'Angelo Ponds might not be the scheme fit despite his twitch and ball skills, the massive intel advantage on Treydan Stukes, and why trading back for Keionte Scott could be the smartest move to add extra picks while landing a perfect length-and-tackle prospect Round 3 Cluster (84): Davison Igbinosun, Malik Muhammad, and Devin Moore — the physical, long-armed options that flash exactly what Gannon wants Value in Round 4 and Beyond: Georgia's Daylen Everette, Texas A&M's Will Lee III, the ice-fishing "keeper" mentality, plus late steals like Ephesians Prysock's insane length and Alabama's Domani Jackson The Big Picture: Why the Packers must come out of this draft with at least two true Gannon-scheme corners to build depth and competition — or risk another mismatched secondary This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. If you want the Packers to finally nail the corner room the right way, hit that subscribe button, leave a five-star review on Apple Podcasts, and tell a friend in a Lambeau parka that Packernet is dropping five times a week. Drop your biggest take in the comments — would you trade back at 52 for Keionte Scott, or are you pounding the table for Stukes? I want to hear from you, Pack Nation! To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast

Pack Nation, the phone lines are open and the draft is one week away! Pack Daddy opens up the late-night hotline for another loaded edition of Packernet After Dark, where the takes fly, the calls run hot, and nothing is off limits.

Big Sal is fired up — and this time it's the good kind AND the yelling-at-the-TV kind. The Packers tailgate tour is rolling through Wisconsin, John Kuhn is going to Pittsburgh to announce day two draft picks, and Adam Schefter is out here doing word problems on live television and calling it reporting. Pack Nation, strap in.

Pack Nation, it's another late night at the After Dark call-in line — and tonight's session goes exactly where you'd expect: straight from the grill to the draft board with every detour in between.

Big Sal from Peshtigo sat down with one number — twenty-seventh — and couldn't get back up. John Frascella's offensive line ranking dropped, and Sal did what Sal does: he picked it apart from every angle trying to find the flaw. He couldn't. And that's exactly the problem.

Brick Lombardi cranks Tundra FM straight from the Giants' graveyard in the Meadowlands to the neon haze of Ford Field, delivering one of the wildest genre-swinging rides in Packers audio history. We slam bodies with the heavy-metal crusher "Dead in the Meadowlands," throw up the rep with full West Coast bounce on "Rep Like a Packer," let Danny Whelan boom one deep with the Irish sea shanty "The Whelan Man," slide into dangerously smooth offseason pillow talk on "Salary Cap Seduction," and finish chasing destiny on the neon-rock showdown "Thanksgiving Night" against the Lions. Heavy metal crushers, Packers pride anthems, Celtic stadium chants, late-night soul seduction, and one big neon-rock banger — frozen tundra energy with zero chill. Slamming "Dead in the Meadowlands" heavy-metal crushers live from the Meadowlands graveyard Full West Coast bounce and Packers pride anthems on "Rep Like a Packer" Danny Whelan booming the Irish sea shanty "The Whelan Man" Dangerously smooth late-night pillow talk and soul seduction on "Salary Cap Seduction" Epic neon-rock chase for destiny on "Thanksgiving Night" vs. the Lions This one gets loud… then gets intimate… then gets loud again. Go Pack Go. Turn it up. This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. Turn it up and tell me your favorite track in the comments — I want to hear from you. Drop your thoughts on which song hits hardest and which one needs to be on repeat all offseason. To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Draft Guide: nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

Big Sal pulls up the floorboards on Brian Gutekunst's entire tenure as Packers GM — exposing the musty basement of missed picks that still sting before climbing straight into the wine rack of franchise-altering steals that prove the man flat-out knows ball. Raw, unfiltered, and loaded with those signature analogies, this one drags you through the generator that never started (Amari Rodgers), the college tape that never translated (Josh Jackson), and the January thaw that turned back into minus twenty-two (Darnell Savage)… then flips the lights on with the elite corner who delivered, the gas-money All-Pro nobody else wanted, the Micah Parsons trade that wrecked quarterbacks, and the hardest call in football that Gutey actually nailed with Jordan Love. The painful truth about Amari Rodgers, Josh Jackson, and Darnell Savage — third-round capital gone, second-round corners without production, and first-round safeties that plateaued The genius behind Jaire Alexander as a shutdown corner, De'Vondre Campbell's bargain-bin All-Pro monster season, and Micah Parsons coming off the edge like a closer Why Jordan Love was the pick that had Big Sal pacing the recliner… and how Gutekunst earned the biggest "I was wrong" in Peshtigo Gutey's complicated legacy: the picks that drive you crazy versus the ones that make you admit he built something real This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. Pack Nation, hit that subscribe button, drop five stars right now, and leave a review while you're fired up. Tell me your thoughts on Gutekunst's basement-to-wine-rack journey — I want to hear from you. To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast   Draft Guide: NFL Draft Grades

Pack Nation, things got real on today's episode. Ryan digs into the Diana Rossini situation — not for the gossip, but for what it reveals about the cozy, closed-loop culture between NFL reporters, coaches, and front offices. When the biggest names in NFL media go silent on a story breaking in their own backyard, that silence tells you everything.

Pack Nation calls in and Pack Daddy delivers — this one has everything. From pompous analysts who wasted their education on vocabulary nobody asked for, to the slow death of fan patience in the age of TikTok brain, tonight's After Dark is a full-throttle conversation about who we are as a fanbase and where this team is headed.

Big Sal from Peshtigo is fired up — and this time, he's not here to bury Gutekunst. He's here to explain why losing Romeo Doubs and Dontayvion Wicks in the same offseason might be the best thing that ever happened to Matthew Golden.

With the 2026 NFL Draft just 10 days away, Ryan and caller Nico dig deep into the running back pool — breaking down Day 2 through Day 7 prospects, separating the highlight tape frauds from the real deal, and figuring out which backs could actually stick on an NFL roster.

Good evening, Green Bay. Brick Lombardi is back behind the mic, and Tundra FM is firing on all cylinders with four original tracks, zero apologies, and exactly the energy the frozen tundra deserves.

Big Sal is fired up — and this time it's not a complaint. It's a celebration. With less than two weeks until the 2026 NFL Draft, Brian Gutekunst has used 23 of his 30 allowed top-30 visits, and Sal has receipts for every single one. This episode? It's all about the five cornerback visits — more than any other position in this entire class — and exactly what that tells us about where this roster stands heading into draft weekend.

With the 2026 NFL Draft just over a week away, Ryan puts a bow on the Jonathan Gannon cornerback scheme fit series before diving into a full seven-round mock draft — and the results might surprise you.

It's another packed night on the Packernet After Dark call-in show, and the crew does NOT disappoint. From a detailed Packers roster breakdown to one of the offseason's juiciest NFL scandals — plus a surprisingly passionate debate about bicycles and BBQ marinades — this episode has something for everyone (or everything for someone).

The Draft Room is diving deep into the 2026 tight end class through the lens of Bob McGinn's scout series — and the scouts could not agree less. Pack Daddy breaks down the top eight prospects with notes from up to five different NFL scouts per player, and the conflict in opinions is both hilarious and genuinely illuminating.

It's an April Sunday. No kickoff. No Lambeau. Just Brick Lombardi in his chair, doing what he does — filling the void between now and training camp with music, storytelling, and the kind of Packers truth that hits harder when there's no game to distract you. This episode of Tundra FM is a full journey through the frozen soul of Pack Nation: Frozen Warfare — A rap battle hymn built on 60-plus years of Packers-Vikings dominance, complete with the receipts (66–58, 13 straight at Lambeau, six straight postseason appearances) Them Bears — A heavy, drop-tuned tribute to Chicago's grief and that 12-and-1 season that ended on a low throw Bullard of Broken Dreams — A Green Day-inspired ode to Javon Bullard: Baldwin High to national champs to second-round Packer patrolling the secondary alone Still Here — The closer. Three first-round exits. Jordan Love carrying weight. The Bears taking the North. And 40,000 people showing up in December anyway — because what this fan base has goes deeper than a scoreboard Subscribe, leave a rating, and find Brick every week on the Packernet Podcast Network. Go Pack Go. #TundraFM #GreenBayPackers #PackNation #NFLDraft #BrickLombardi #GoPackGo #PackernetPodcast #JordanLove #JavonBullard #FrozenWarfare This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Help keep the show growing and check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/pack_daddy Venmo: @Packernetpodcast CashApp: $packpod Website: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ My Board: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02

Big Sal from Peshtigo is in the recliner, staring at his phone like it insulted his mother — because the Packers just shipped Dontayvion Wicks to Philadelphia for two Day 3 picks. Two. Day. Three. Picks. And Sal has feelings about it. Lots of them. The case for the trade: No first-rounder means every pick matters, and if Wicks wasn't going to be a featured piece of this offense, turning him into draft capital is defensible Gutey logic The case against: With Romeo Dobbs already gone, the receiver room behind Jaden Reed is now dangerously thin — and Sal isn't sugarcoating it What has to happen next: Matthew Golden has to take that Year 1 leap, and those Day 3 picks have to produce now, not in three years — Jordan Love deserves a full room come September Big Sal's final verdict: The philosophy is sound, but the execution has to show up in the draft room in two weeks — or we're all going to regret knowing what a good hunting rifle feels like Subscribe, leave a review, and drag a Packer fan into the fold. You're listening to Let Me Tell You Something on the Packernet Podcast Network. #Packers #GreenBayPackers #NFLDraft2026 #DontayvionWicks #PackNation #LetMeTellYouSomething #BigSal #NFL #PackernetPodcast #JordanLove #Gutey #NFLTrade This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY To advertise on this podcast please email: ad-sales@libsyn.com Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Help keep the show growing and check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: Support: Patreon: www.patreon.com/pack_daddy Venmo: @Packernetpodcast CashApp: $packpod Website: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ My Board: https://nfldraftgrades.com/board/83a18c42-7a0b-4590-8d1b-453e49840d02        

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Pack Nation, it's another late night in the lab and the callers are bringing the heat. Ryan opens the lines and things get spicy fast — a clip from a basement podcast crew confidently ranking Brock Purdy above Jordan Love sends Ryan over the edge, and honestly? He's not wrong to be fired up. Then Andy from Kansas drops some real wisdom about fan patience, entitlement, and why we've lost the grace we had back when we were scared of Dallas in the '90s. Andy's multi-part call breaks down why Packer fans' short time horizons are killing their ability to appreciate a legitimately great roster — and Ryan connects it to a marriage analogy that actually lands Garrett from Southern Illinois makes the case that this offense, when healthy, could be the best in the NFL — and Ryan goes on record agreeing, plus makes a bold Matthew Golden prediction Tundra FM love is pouring in from callers, with ideas ranging from Lambeau tailgate promotions to using caller voices in fake AI-generated ads (Nico from Idaho, we're looking at you) Sal's upcoming sit-down interview episode teased — hosts pitching new show concepts, and Pack Nation gets to vote Call in, sound off, and subscribe wherever you get your pods. Go Pack Go!