Draft Room: From Combine Snubs to Day Three Steals — The Stories That Matter

Pack Nation, it's another wild night in the After Dark bunker — and the callers brought the heat. From Caller Roulette chaos to deep NFL system takes, this one goes all over the map in the best possible way. Uncle Rico takes over the lines — multiple calls covering stadium naming rights, the value of the Combine and pro days, and whether scouts are wasting their time watching stopwatches from the nosebleeds Batman drops a full ref reform manifesto — breaking down why NFL officials making $250K to work Sundays should be full-time employees hired on merit, not seniority, and why technology needs to do more of the heavy lifting The Rooney Rule sparks a fiery debate — a caller from Green Bay brings up the Florida AG's legal threat against the NFL, leading to an unfiltered discussion on race-based hiring policy, Caucasian anthropology (yes, really), and whether the rule is even coherent James from California delivers an elite Jordan Love segment — third-down brilliance, MVP ceiling talk, Matthew Golden's breakout potential, and why this offense is a perfect storm waiting to happen if the O-line can just stay healthy Drop a call, hit the like button, and let us know — is Jordan Love your 2025 MVP pick? #Packers #GreenBayPackers #PackernetAfterDark #JordanLove #NFLDraft #PackNation #GoPackGo #NFL #RooneyRule #NFLRefs #MatthewGolden 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 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

Pack Daddy breaks down five Pro Day workouts in one loaded Draft Room session, covering Texas A&M, Nebraska, TCU, Houston, and Mississippi State. With 32 NFL teams scouting these schools, the talent is deeper than the rankings suggest — and a few names are quietly forcing their way onto Day Three boards right now. Texas A&M leads the group with 13 draftable prospects, headlined by WR Casey Concepcion and a deep distribution of Day 2–3 value. Keep an eye on RB Levy'on Moss as a potential steal if his durability concerns fade — teams are already buying dinner. Nebraska's Emmett Johnson cemented himself as a legitimate fourth-round back with strong Pro Day times, while safety Deshaun Singleton's 39.5" vert and length profile are drawing serious Bengals, Saints, and Titans interest. TCU's linebacker duo of Nnamdi Obiaze and Caleb Bor stole the show in a rare night session, with Bor posting a 4:47/40 and 40-inch vert that had Colts, Broncos, and Cowboys LB coaches buzzing. Mississippi State's ZICO — international tight end Sidhu Triore — ran a 4:57/40 at 244 lbs after packing on 11 pounds since the Shrine Bowl. The Chargers had their tight ends coach courtside. That's not an accident. Don't sleep on this class — the value is everywhere if you know where to look. Call in with your thoughts at 608-561-3243. #GreenBayPackers #NFLDraft2026 #DraftRoom #ProDay #PackernetPodcast #PackNation #NFLDraftGrades #TexasAM #Nebraska #TCU #Houston #MississippiState #NFLScout 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 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

Tundra FM is back on the Packernet Podcast Network, and Brick Lombardi isn't wasting a second of your time. Five original tracks. Five different moods. One show that hits harder than a Javon Bullard open-field tackle. Pacula kicks things off like every great monster movie — you think it's over, then the hand comes out of the dirt. That's this team. That's this song. Bulls on Parade is a full Jevon Bullard breakdown set to music — two national championships, 85 tackles in year one, played in a boot, played with a cast, and still answered every call. #58, remember the name. Desert Hearts is Brick doing something few hosts will — respecting the other fanbase's feelings for real. Cardinals fans felt something that day. This song honors it. Record Rules goes straight at the playoff seeding structure. Brick agrees with the Lions' proposal. Fourteen wins, seven seed. He said what he said. Not Here closes the show cold and honest — 38 men held the line when one walked. This team chose to build past the damage. This song is that choice. If you've got a track idea, a take, or a reason Brick should be fired — text Ryan. He reads them. Subscribe, rate, and share Tundra FM with every Packers fan who still believes in the frozen tundra. #TundraFM #BrickLombardi #GoPackGo #PackerNation #GreenBayPackers #JevonBullard #NFLPlayoffs #PackernetPodcast 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 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 couldn't sleep. It's two-thirty in the morning in Peshtigo, Wisconsin, and one YouTube rabbit hole later — cheetahs, stolen bases, curvilinear sprinting — and the man tweaked his back getting out of a recliner and came away more fired up about the 2026 Packers than he's been in six months. This one's about speed. Real speed. And why almost everyone is measuring it wrong. Track fast vs. football fast — Big Sal breaks down why a 4.21 forty doesn't automatically make you dangerous on a football field, and why Xavier Worthy's sophomore season proves the point Jayden Reed is being slept on — His three-cone drill puts him in the top 10% for receivers at the combine, and Sal is done calling this man a backup generator when he might be the whole power grid Jordan Love + a feel receiver = plays that look like magic — When your QB processes as fast as Love does, pairing him with receivers who find fast isn't a luxury — it's a weapon the league hasn't fully accounted for Matthew Golden walks into the perfect system — Gannon's penny front and Quarters coverage creates seams built for feel, not pure track speed — and Sal is watching training camp like a hawk Subscribe, leave a review, and share this with a Packers fan who thinks they know what fast looks like. They don't. Not anymore. #PackNation #GreenBayPackers #JaydenReed #MatthewGolden #JordanLove #NFLSpeed #PackernetPodcast #LetMeTellYouSomething #BigSal #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: [email protected] 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

The Packers tight end room has a ticking clock on it — Tucker Craft is locked in as the top guy, but Luke Musgrave's injury history and contract situation make finding a developmental complement an urgent priority. Pack Daddy goes round by round through the 2026 NFL Draft class to identify who fits what Green Bay actually needs. Round 2–3 targets: Eli Stowers (Vanderbilt) brings elite receiving upside as a Musgrave upgrade, while Oscar Delp (Georgia) offers the size and 4.49 speed that could be a steal — if he can translate limited production into an NFL role Mid-round value: Eli Raritan (Notre Dame) earns the Round 4 nod with a 9.45 RAS, seam-stretching ability, and the versatility LaFleur's system demands; Daquan Wright (Ole Miss) brings fifth-round receiving production and elite blocking chops Late-round fliers: Matthew Hibner's 3.4% drop rate and fluid athleticism make him the sixth-round standout, while Miles Kitzelman and DJ Rogers round out the seventh-round boom-or-bust options with legit build profiles The core question: How early are the Packers actually willing to go? Pack Daddy makes the case that waiting too long just means wasting a pick on a guy who won't stick If you've watched any of these prospects, call in and let Pack Daddy know — 608-561-3243. Drop your takes, your draft crushes, and your tight end opinions. Offensive line is up next! #GoPackGo #NFLDraft2026 #GreenBayPackers #DraftRoom #PackNation #TightEnd #TuckerCraft #LukeMusgrave #EliStowers #PackDaddy 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 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

Tundra FM is officially on the air — and Rick Lombardi, 30 years behind the mic, two divorces, and one Super Bowl tattoo he's not ready to discuss, is your host. If you thought this network had already done everything, you were wrong. 🎵 The Bears' playoff collapse gets the full Tundra FM treatment — a musical eulogy for Caleb Williams' cape, Cam Curl going horizontal, and Chicago's coronation turning into a closed casket service on the lakefront 🎸 Ryan's legendary two-year-old AI polka calling for the firing of Joe Barry gets its proper historical recognition — patient zero, ahead of its time, and it still goes hard 🤠 The Gunslinger himself gets an anthem worthy of #4 — Brett Favre's reckless, beautiful, Mississippi-to-Lambeau legacy put to music 💚 Noise Eternal closes the show — a tribute to Jordan Love's journey, his father's memory, and 220 million reasons to believe in the quiet man still standing Plus, Beer Cheese Benny makes his Tundra FM debut pitching NASS Holes in the most Benny way possible. You'll subscribe. You'll understand why immediately. Give it a play. Then go tell Ryan: Tundra FM needs to stay on the air. #PackernetPodcast #TundraFM #GreenBayPackers #BearsSuck #BrettFavre #JordanLove #NFCNorth #PackNation #RickLombardi #AIMusic #NFLPodcast 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 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 is back — and this time, he's got mail. Randy in Minnesota heard last episode's dead cap rant and came with a counterargument. And Randy? He's not wrong. That's what makes this so frustrating. Big Sal breaks down Randy's defense of the Gutekunst dead cap situation — acknowledging every point while explaining why "you fixed it" and "you managed it well" are two completely different things The Gary signing, the Clark extension, and the Parsons trade get examined as a full package deal — not in isolation — and the total cost is staggering: two first-rounders, $34 million in dead cap, and no room to maneuver in a contention window Big Sal draws the line clearly: trading Gary was the only logical response to a bad contract. Sweeping up rock salt in the spring doesn't mean you should've left the bag open all winter A genuine acknowledgment that 2027 could look better — and a firm declaration that until it does, the volume stays high Randy gets his respect. Gutekunst does not — not yet. Go Pack Go. #Packers #GreenBayPackers #NFLDraftGrades #PackNation #LetMeTellYouSomething #BigSal #DeadCap #RashanGary #KennyClark #MicahParsons #PackernetPodcast 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 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

The draft fit series rolls on — and this week it's wide receivers. Ryan breaks down what it actually means to play wideout in Matt LaFleur's Shanahan-style West Coast offense: the pre-snap motion, the horizontal stretch, the blocking demands, and why versatility beats raw alpha traits in this system. Then he gets into the film room and scouts round-by-round targets who fit the mold. What the current WR room tells us about LaFleur's receiver profile — Watson, Reed, Golden, Wix, and Savion Williams each fill a specific role, and knowing those roles reveals exactly what's missing The Romeo Doubs void: Green Bay needs a physical, press-beating chain mover who can win in traffic and play the "dirty role" — and Ryan paints a precise picture of that prospect type Round-by-round targets: Jeremy Bernard (Alabama), DeJohn Stribling (Ole Miss), Josh Cameron (Baylor), and Chase Roberts (BYU) all get scouted with PFF grades, RAS scores, and scheme-fit analysis The Bryce Lance and Ted Hurst hype — Ryan weighs in on both fan favorites and explains where they fit (and where they don't) If you enjoy the deep dives, drop a rating and review — it goes a long way. Catch us on social at @Pack_Daddy and @Packernetpodcast. #GreenBayPackers #NFLDraft2026 #PackersDraft #WideReceiver #DraftProspects #PackNation #NFLAnalysis #MattLaFleur #DraftFitSeries #Packernet 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 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

Pack Nation, it's another wild night in the After Dark call-in universe — and this one's got everything. Garrett from Southern Illinois fires up the SAL expansion conversation with a full vision for AI callers, recurring characters, and even a Bears fan co-host to go toe-to-toe with Big Sal. Ryan's pumped but keeping it a slow burn for now. Then 1265 nearly gives Ryan a heart attack with an April Fools Joe Thomas drop before pivoting to a sharp take on Jordan Morgan's offensive line saga — and why LaFleur's "best five" philosophy actually makes a lot more sense now. SAL Universe Brainstorm: AI callers, Gary the neighbor calling in, and a possible Bears fan sparring partner — the ideas are flying and Ryan's taking notes Joe Thomas Clowning: Nico and Ryan light up the former Browns lineman for his "Jordan Love is being held back" takes with zero receipts to back them up Locker Room Cancer Talk: Were the disgruntled Packers players shown the door this offseason? The guys connect the dots and like what they see Jordan Morgan & the O-Line: Why Banks' injury forced Morgan to guard — and why there's real reason for optimism heading into 2025 Rico Can't Hang Up: Exactly what it sounds like, and it's beautiful Hit subscribe, leave a rating, and call in at 608-501-0718 — new callers go straight to the front of the line! #PackernetAfterDark #GreenBayPackers #GoPackGo #JordanMorgan #JordanLove #NFLOffseason #PackNation #PackDaddy 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 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

Drew from Green Bay calls in with a name Pack Nation needs to get familiar with — Brandon Cisse — and the film and PFF numbers back him up more than you'd expect. Ryan digs into the South Carolina corner's three-year trajectory, draws a compelling JC Horn comparison, and wrestles with the real question: is a trade-up worth it when Green Bay barely has a pick inside the top 100? Brandon Cisse breakdown — Three years of consistent coverage grades, elite run defense, dominant tackling at just 20 years old; the JC Horn parallel is more than skin deep UConn Pro Day — Skyler Bell's agility numbers turn heads (6.65 three-cone), and Joe Fagnano quietly earns late-round buzz with pinpoint accuracy in throwing sessions Notre Dame Pro Day — Jeremiah Love confirms everything the combine showed; Malachi Fields looks like a legit Day 2 target for receiver-hungry teams; Billy Shroud's repeated no-test decisions raise red flags Show future discussed — Ryan reflects on audience growth, the 35K Facebook draft group he keeps forgetting to tap, and what the Draft Room schedule looks like post-draft Call in with your prospect takes at 608-561-3243 and submit your community mock draft at nfldraftgrades.com. If you're enjoying the show, drop a rating and review — it helps more than you know. #GreenBayPackers #NFLDraft #DraftRoom #PackerNet #BrandonCSair #NotreDame #UConn #JeremiahLove #MalachiFields #SkylerBell #NFLProDays #PackNation #DraftProspects #NFLDraft2026