Is Josh Sweat the Next Gannon Effect Superstar — and Should the Packers Go Get Him?
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The offseason drama is heating up in Green Bay — and Ryan is here to break it all down for Pac Nation. From a blockbuster trade request out of Arizona to some eyebrow-raising social media activity surrounding Rashaan Gary's exit, this episode covers the stories that actually matter heading into 2026.
- Josh Sweat trade buzz: The Cardinals edge rusher has requested a trade, and the Packers are reportedly interested. Ryan digs deep into the numbers — Sweat's three best pass rush grades all came under Jonathan Gannon, his win rate and pass rush productivity mirror Lucas Van Ness almost exactly, and his 12 sacks on just 355 attempts in 2025 are flat-out remarkable. The price tag is the question.
- Kyler Murray to Minnesota: The one-year deal with the Vikings is real, but Ryan isn't losing sleep over it. No GM, no cohesive core, no long-term identity — this isn't a team, it's a rental. The Vikings are in cleanup mode, not contention mode.
- Rashaan Gary's exit gets messier: A closer look at Terrence Parsons' social media tells a story — charts, retweets, and pointed commentary all pointing toward effort and attitude issues in Gary's final Green Bay season. Ryan calls it like he sees it.
- Around the NFC North: Emmanuel Wilson lands in Seattle, Jonathan Allen heads to Cincinnati, and Detroit loses Alka'Din Muhammad to Tampa while adding a safety.
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| 0:00.0 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | I am your host and resident panelist, as always, Ryan Schlipp. |
| 0:17.6 | Check us out online, packernet.com. |
| 0:20.0 | Find me on Twitter, pack underscore that |
| 0:22.3 | ha. Hokey-dokey, let's get started with some of the news and notes. It's starting to |
| 0:27.9 | slow down a little bit, so you can get our feet underneath us a tiny bit here. Some NFL news, |
| 0:35.9 | another kind of surprising development here. |
| 0:39.5 | 49ers defense event Bryce Huff is retiring from the NFL at age 27. |
| 0:44.9 | Former UDFA of the Jets played six years in the NFL. |
| 0:50.1 | So I mentioned already how, you know, San Francisco 49ers are absolutely going in the wrong direction, |
| 0:56.8 | and they're losing all their, losing everything. |
| 0:59.1 | They're losing a lot more than they're gaining. |
| 1:00.8 | And now you got 27-year-old pass rusher. |
| 1:04.4 | You know, he had a, what, 46 to 400 pressures, so that's a perfectly fine pass rush rate, |
| 1:13.3 | 73 pass rush grade, five sacks last season. He's gone. That makes me happy, you know? I mean, hopefully Bryce Hoff's doing good, and he's just like, |
| 1:23.3 | you know what, I got enough money. I don't feel like getting hit in the head anymore. Good for you, |
| 1:26.9 | brother. Hopefully that's all it is. But the head anymore. Good for you, brother. |
| 1:29.0 | Hopefully that's all it is. |
| 1:32.6 | But as far as the 49ers, screw them, screw their team, |
| 1:34.6 | screw everybody that wears their helmet, |
| 1:37.2 | including banks who wore their helmet. |
| 1:41.5 | Just saying. |
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