Could Javon Hargrave Actually Return to His Elite Form in Green Bay?
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Big Sal's not the only one fired up — Ryan breaks down one of the most exciting Packers signings of the offseason as Javon Hargrave lands in Green Bay, and the fit couldn't be more perfect. After a frustrating year buried in Brian Flores' stunt-heavy system and asked to play nose tackle instead of the three-tech role that made him a terror, Hargrave is coming home to Jonathan Gannon — the defensive coordinator who helped him post back-to-back 90+ PFF pass rush grades and be part of the first team in NFL history with four players reaching double-digit sacks in a single season. His family's reaction video? Pac Nation needs to find it immediately.
- Hargrave film and scheme deep-dive: Why Gannon's pressure-from-the-front-four philosophy unlocks everything Hargrave does best — quick pressure rate, three-tech alignment, and no more eating blocks in a gap control system
- Building the 2022 Eagles blueprint: Ryan maps out how Hargrave, Davante Wyatt, Micah Parsons, Lucas Van Ness, and Brenton Cox mirror the Eagles' historic defensive front — and where the Packers still need a Jordan Davis type
- Edge rush market chaos: The Ravens' Trey Hendrickson signing essentially removed two premier pass rushers from the NFC North's reach in less than 24 hours — and Ryan explains why that's a massive win for Green Bay
- NFC North free agency rundown: Kyler Murray to Minnesota looks inevitable, the Bears' safety room is a downgrade, and the Lions are still searching for a complementary edge to Hutchinson after cutting Josh Paschal
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast. |
| 0:13.6 | I am your host and resident panelist, as always, Ryan Schlipp. Check us out online, |
| 0:18.3 | packernad.com. Find me on Twitter pack underscore datab. Lots of |
| 0:24.2 | goodies to get to today. I tell you what, for the sake of making my life a little easier, |
| 0:30.8 | I want to go in chronological order just so I can kind of, I want to make sure I don't miss things. The news has been coming out so |
| 0:39.6 | fast. So I want to hit through some of the bigger storylines that are not Packers NFC North. |
| 0:46.1 | Then I want to hit on some of the NFC North. And then we'll get to the most recent Packers News. |
| 0:51.2 | There's been some smaller Packers News that I actually, I was going to do |
| 0:54.3 | breaking news stuff on, and I thought, eh. And then a bunch of things happened. And I thought, |
| 0:58.4 | maybe I'll do like a group breaking news. And I thought, no, let's just hit, let's just hit record on |
| 1:03.7 | the Packernet podcast, and we'll just do it there. So let's start here. |
| 1:17.3 | ESPN's Nick Wagner reports the 49ers are expected to release wide receiver Brandon Ayuk on Wednesday. |
| 1:20.5 | By the way, some of these might actually have updates as we go along. |
| 1:21.1 | That's fine. |
| 1:22.3 | I don't freaking care. |
| 1:27.2 | Ayok has been on the outs with the team for at least a year now and was never going to return to San Francisco. So I don't know if you listen to the NFL draft podcast or not, but I was kind of shot. It's one of the benefits of doing the draft podcast. You're kind of forced to look at the team and the roster construction and all that stuff. And I feel like I kind of do that anyways, but some things get through the cracks. I didn't realize how rapidly this team is falling apart. |
| 1:46.2 | I think their GM is an absolute disgrace. |
| 1:48.4 | I've mentioned it several times. |
| 1:51.2 | The 49ers GM gets a massive pass for a lot of reasons, |
| 1:56.9 | and he has had some appalling misses. |
| 1:59.5 | The entire team seems to have been built through those moments |
| 2:02.2 | when they fall apart, usually due to injury, and then have like a top 10 draft pick, and that's |
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