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From the Packernet vault, originally aired June 3, 2026. Micah Parsons spoke to the media about his recovery, and it lines up almost word for word with what Ryan has been saying all along. Five months into rehab with four to go, Parsons explains that the Packers have a hard nine-month rule after ACL surgery: no doctor talks, no scans, no discussion until the window passes. His surgery (an ACL repair plus a meniscus cleanup) was December 29, 2025, which points to late September. That puts the October 11 Week 5 game against the Bears in play, or Week 6 against the Cowboys, with no guarantees. Parsons is clear that the goal is finishing the season healthy and pushing for a championship, not forcing his way back for the first few games. Ryan's window: somewhere between Weeks 5 and 8, and he'll take 25% of Micah Parsons over zero any day. But the bigger point is that this team needs an identity beyond one superstar. Jordan Love, Christian Watson, Jayden Reed, Matthew Golden and Tucker Kraft should be the scariest offense in football, and a defense with Lucas Van Ness (yes, he's better than you think), Edgerrin Cooper, Xavier McKinney, Javon Bullard, Javon Hargrave and Devonte Wyatt has to win without him. Micah takes the Packers from elite to unstoppable. To advertise on this podcast please email: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Big Sal sent the Vikings a sympathy card. Minnesota scored six points at home on Monday Night Football, threw a backward pass over Justin Jefferson's head, went one for eight in the second half, and lost 23-6 to Buffalo. That's the same score the Packers beat them by at Lambeau last season, and Sal thinks they've got a subscription. Plus a Vikings horns helmet in Sal's garage that finally found a job. Hear the Packernet Podcast, Tundra FM Packers Radio, and Let Me Tell You Something brought to you by Packernet Podcast Stuidos wherever you get podcasts. Support the network: patreon.com/pack_daddy or Venmo @Packernetpodcast More at packernet.com Don't miss a beat of the Packernet Podcast, Let Me Tell You Somethin', or Tundra FM Packers radio. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on your favorite podcast platform to keep up with all the new Packers news, music and insights from the Packernet Podcast Network. 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: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast #Packers #PackersNews #GreenBayPackers #PackersMusic

The Vikings scored six points Monday night. Cal Hutson breaks down Minnesota's 23-6 loss to Buffalo: Carson Wentz starting for an injured Kyler Murray, 81 passing yards, a backward pass over Justin Jefferson's head, and a short week before the trip to Lambeau. Plus rookie Brandon Cisse's rematch with the team that beat him deep in Week 1, and why Jonathan Gannon loves his resilience. And Cal's son Henry has some hard questions about Viking boats. Then the numbers: 3-0 at noon this season, last year's 23-6 win at Lambeau, a rivalry where most games are close, the third-down fix, roster notes, and the FOX crew for Sunday. Hear the Packernet Podcast, Tundra FM Packers Radio, and Let Me Tell You Something brought to you by Packernet Podcast Stuidos wherever you get podcasts. Support the network: patreon.com/pack_daddy or Venmo @Packernetpodcast More at packernet.com Don't miss a beat of the Packernet Podcast, Let Me Tell You Somethin', or Tundra FM Packers radio. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on your favorite podcast platform to keep up with all the new Packers news, music and insights from the Packernet Podcast Network. 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: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast #Packers #PackersNews #GreenBayPackers #PackersMusic  

A Veterans Day night on Tundra FM. Brick Lombardi plays BUILT BY HANDS for the men and women who served, and Breakout's Coming for Matthew Golden's record first quarter in New England, after a foam Cheesehead made the rounds at his grandson Owen's school lunch. Then the debut of Next Man Up, a hard-hitting rap anthem for a Packers team that keeps answering when the next name gets called, with Josh Jacobs out and the Vikings coming to Lambeau. Next Man Up [Intro] (choir stab, crowd noise) Yeah... next man up. Green Bay. Let's work. [Verse 1] Started with a hand that wouldn't close on the rock, Josh went to the sideline, but the clock didn't stop, Number called, Kaleb Johnson, stepped right in the slot, Thirty-four yards later, that's the longest we got, Coach said it plain, when the lanes showed, he hit it, No knock on the door, nah, he kicked it, he split it, Sixty-eight on the day, and he punched one in, That's a backup who's been waitin' on a chance to begin. [Hook] (gang vocals) Next man up! (Up!) Next man up! (Up!) Somebody go down, then somebody show up, Cold on the tundra, but we never let up, Green and gold, baby, next man up! [Verse 2] Hopper went down, two snaps, that's it, Niemann played eighty-four, never asked for a sit, Ball on the two, whole field to go, Twelve plays later, Smack splits it, now it's seventeen to zero, Golden in the first, six catches, a hundred twenty-six, Ain't nobody done that since Freeman, that's history in the mix, We don't hand out excuses, we hand out the play, Whoever's in the huddle, that's the man for today. [Hook] (gang vocals) Next man up! (Up!) Next man up! (Up!) Somebody go down, then somebody show up, Cold on the tundra, but we never let up, Green and gold, baby, next man up! [Bridge] (beat drops to sub bass and claps) September, you got us, in your house, that's true, November in Lambow, now it's different for you, Short week, cold wind, and the blitz comin' fast, We pick it up, we stand in, and we throw it right past. [Verse 3] (beat back in, harder) Sunday at noon, purple on the plane, Eighty thousand strong and they all know your name, Clock hits zero, and the stadium's loud, Vikings headin' home, and the whole town's proud. [Final Hook] (full crowd, louder) Next man up! (Up!) Next man up! (Up!) Somebody go down, then somebody show up, Beat the Vikings at Lambow, and we never let up, Green and gold, baby, next man up! [Outro] (choir fades, crowd chant) Next man up... Go Pack Go. [end] Hear the Packernet Podcast, Tundra FM Packers Radio, and Let Me Tell You Something brought to you by Packernet Podcast Stuidos wherever you get podcasts. Support the network: patreon.com/pack_daddy or Venmo @Packernetpodcast More at packernet.com Don't miss a beat of the Packernet Podcast, Let Me Tell You Somethin', or Tundra FM Packers radio. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on your favorite podcast platform to keep up with all the new Packers news, music and insights from the Packernet Podcast Network. 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: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast #Packers #PackersNews #GreenBayPackers #PackersMusic

From the Packernet After Dark vault, originally aired June 7, 2026. Batman kicks things off fed up with the word "splashy" - signing and paying the players you drafted and developed should count, and it's why the Packers stay consistent. Ryan agrees the offseason splash talk is lazy: Romeo Doubs leaving doesn't mean lost production when Matthew Golden takes those snaps, and the flashy teams are almost always the bad ones, which is why the Bears won every offseason until they actually won the division. Cole from Illinois, now in medical school in Iowa, finds Vikings fans more annoying than Bears fans, and Ryan notes Minnesota has long had the worst in-person reputation. Cole also shut down a buddy who called Christian Watson's deal an overpay, and Ryan backs him up - Watson is getting roughly half of top wide receiver money, and contracts make more sense as a percentage of the cap. Nico from Idaho welcomes Ryan to the old-guy club after his rap rant and vows to call them the Indiana Bears forever once they move - Ryan says he'll happily troll them with it too. Uncle Rico ran into Anthony Belton at the buffet and says Ryan's doubts will fire him up for a Pro Bowl year, and Ryan hopes he's right. Randy from Minnesota wonders if another struggling team could someday move into Chicago, and Ryan says it would be a fun exercise, but finding a team without a fresh new stadium is the hard part. Uncle Rico calls back to blast anyone who says the team didn't support Aaron Rodgers, and Ryan says judging only by results and not process is a simplistic take. Garrett closes out the call-ins comparing a national insider to Michael Scott and Ian Rapoport to Pam Beesly, and predicting the rumor is about to get pushed even harder, which Ryan loves. Don't miss a beat of the Packernet Podcast, Let Me Tell You Somethin', or Tundra FM Packers radio. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on your favorite podcast platform to keep up with all the new Packers news, music and insights from the Packernet Podcast Network. 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: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/ Hear the Packernet Podcast, Tundra FM Packers Radio, and Let Me Tell You Something brought to you by Packernet Podcast Stuidos wherever you get podcasts. Support the network: patreon.com/pack_daddy or Venmo @Packernetpodcast More at packernet.com #Packers #PackersNews #GreenBayPackers #PackersMusic

From the Packernet vault, originally aired June 2, 2026. Ryan is profoundly disappointed in Packers fans. One day after the Myles Garrett trade to the Rams, a good chunk of the fanbase on Twitter and Reddit is pouting that it should have been them. "The Rams got Myles Garrett, but we got Lucas Van Ness." This is one year after Green Bay landed Micah Parsons in one of the biggest blockbuster trades in NFL history. Ryan calls out the entitlement, the goldfish memory, and the gluttonous "more, more, more" mindset that ignores what the Packers actually accomplished. Then he does the math the complainers won't: nobody enters the playoffs with good Super Bowl odds, so would you rather have a 20% shot for two years or a 10% shot for ten? Emphasizing long-term success over short-term splashes is how the Packers maximize their chances at a Lombardi. And as one commenter points out, with this mindset Green Bay never would have drafted Aaron Rodgers or Jordan Love in the first place. To advertise on this podcast please email: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/

Somebody on the radio said the Packers can't run the ball without Josh Jacobs, and Big Sal has a few things to say about that. On Veterans Day, Sal thanks our veterans, then gets into Jacobs' surgery, Kaleb Johnson kicking the door in, Chris Brooks and the blitz pickup nobody buys a jersey for, Nick Niemann's 84 snaps, and the drive from the 2-yard line. Plus the birthday cake that told his daughter Gigi to leave her own party. Then a message for the Vikings, who beat Green Bay in Week 1 and now have to come to Lambeau in November on a short week. Hear the Packernet Podcast, Tundra FM Packers Radio, and Let Me Tell You Something brought to you by Packernet Podcast Stuidos wherever you get podcasts. Support the network: patreon.com/pack_daddy or Venmo @Packernetpodcast More at packernet.com Don't miss a beat of the Packernet Podcast, Let Me Tell You Somethin', or Tundra FM Packers radio. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on your favorite podcast platform to keep up with all the new Packers news, music and insights from the Packernet Podcast Network. 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: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast #Packers #PackersNews #GreenBayPackers #PackersMusic

Josh Jacobs needs surgery on his broken finger, and injured reserve is on the table. On Veterans Day, Cal Hutson thanks the men and women who served, then digs into what comes next: Kaleb Johnson's best running back game of the season, Chris Brooks' possible return from IR to help with Minnesota's blitzes, and Nick Niemann's 84 snaps after Ty'Ron Hopper went down. Plus an eight-foot inflatable Packers helmet Cal definitely did not need. Then Cal's favorite drive from Foxborough, a 12-play, 75-yard march from the Packers' own 2-yard line that ended in a Trey Smack field goal, and a first look at the Vikings coming to Lambeau on a short week. Hear the Packernet Podcast, Tundra FM Packers Radio, and Let Me Tell You Something brought to you by Packernet Podcast Stuidos wherever you get podcasts. Support the network: patreon.com/pack_daddy or Venmo @Packernetpodcast More at packernet.com Don't miss a beat of the Packernet Podcast, Let Me Tell You Somethin', or Tundra FM Packers radio. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on your favorite podcast platform to keep up with all the new Packers news, music and insights from the Packernet Podcast Network. 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: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast #Packers #PackersNews #GreenBayPackers #PackersMusic

A Tuesday night on Tundra FM, still riding Sunday's 45-27 win in New England. Brick Lombardi plays Rep like a Packer for a team that says "we," after his grandson Max's first tumbling class, and Pon di frozen tundra for Jonathan Gannon's blitzes and Isaiah McDuffie's big afternoon. Then the debut of Short Week Blues, a slow Chicago-style blues for a Vikings team coming to Lambeau on a short week, nine weeks after they beat Green Bay in Week 1. Short Week Blues [Intro] (harmonica wail, guitar answers) Mm-hmm... [Verse 1] Well you played on a Monday, under them big bright lights, Now you're icing them knees with only six more nights, You got a plane to catch, and a cold wind blowin' in, Got the short week blues, and the north wind wants you in. [Chorus] Short week blues, short week blues, Comin' up to Green Bay with nothin' left to lose, You beat us in September, yeah, I remember too, Now you're headed for the Tundra with the short week blues. [Verse 2] We went out to Foxborough and we didn't come back slow, McKinney took it twice, McDuffie stole the show, Now the whole town's waitin' with the porch lights burnin' blue, Lord, we been savin' up a little somethin' just for you. [Chorus] Short week blues, short week blues, Comin' up to Green Bay with nothin' left to lose, You beat us in September, yeah, I remember too, Now you're headed for the Tundra with the short week blues. [Guitar Solo] (long stinging solo, harmonica trades licks) [Bridge] (band drops low, just bass and brushes) Noon on a Sunday, the cold gets in your bones, Eighty thousand voices, and you're a long way from home, Ain't no rest for the weary when the blitz comes through, That's the price you pay for the short week blues. [Final Chorus] (full band, harder) Short week blues, short week blues, Headin' home from Green Bay with a loss and a bruise, You beat us in September, but the Pack came through, Now you're flyin' home with them short week blues. [Outro] (slow down, harmonica fade) Mm-hmm... short week blues... Go Pack Go. [end] Hear the Packernet Podcast, Tundra FM Packers Radio, and Let Me Tell You Something brought to you by Packernet Podcast Stuidos wherever you get podcasts. Support the network: patreon.com/pack_daddy or Venmo @Packernetpodcast More at packernet.com Don't miss a beat of the Packernet Podcast, Let Me Tell You Somethin', or Tundra FM Packers radio. Subscribe, rate, and review the show on your favorite podcast platform to keep up with all the new Packers news, music and insights from the Packernet Podcast Network. 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: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast #Packers #PackersNews #GreenBayPackers #PackersMusic  

From the Packernet vault, originally aired June 1, 2026. June 1st brought absolute pandemonium to the NFL. The big one: Myles Garrett traded from Cleveland to the Rams, which means the road to the Super Bowl for the Packers just got a lot more miserable. But Ryan may be the only person on planet Earth who would have turned this deal down if he were the Rams. The package: a 2027 first, a 2028 second, a 2029 third, and Jared Verse, the 25-year-old 2024 Defensive Rookie of the Year. Ryan does the math on Garrett's sacks minus Verse's sacks, and Garrett's remaining years against Verse's, and he wouldn't have given up Verse for Garrett straight up. Also: A.J. Brown traded from the Eagles to the Patriots for a 2028 first and a 2027 fifth, and the Packers see New England on November 8th. Odell Beckham Jr. returns to the Giants. Russell Wilson heads to CBS. And the Illinois legislative session ends with no Bears stadium bill, so see you next fall. On the Packers side: insider Eastern Butler reports Green Bay and Arizona are working on a Josh Sweat trade, while The Athletic's Matt Schneidman says Brian Gutekunst hasn't discussed one with anyone. Ryan would love it either way. Plus, the post-June 1 releases of Nate Hobbs and Brandon McManus push the Packers' cap space from about $17 million to over $26 million, and the annual shareholders meeting is set for Monday, July 27. To advertise on this podcast please email: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast Check out everything I'm building across the Packers and NFL world: NFL Draft Grades: https://nfldraftgrades.com/ Hashmarks: https://hashmarks.io/