Jersey Numbers, 7th Round Debate, 18-Game Season & Draft Grade Reality Check
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Ryan's back and loaded with takes on this episode of the Packernet Podcast. From new jersey number reveals — including Brandon C'Saye rocking #2 and Javon Bullard's switch to #7 — to the bombshell report that 21 of 32 NFL teams want to eliminate the seventh round of the draft, this one covers a LOT of ground.
- The case for and against cutting the 7th round, including the massive financial gap between late-round picks and UDFAs and what it means for roster-building
- Why the 18-game season panic is overblown — and why comparing the NFL to the NBA's 82-game grind is flat-out wrong
- A passionate deep dive into consensus draft boards vs. actual results: Evan Williams, Jaden Reed, Christian Watson, and other "reaches" that worked out just fine
- A reality check on what a successful draft class actually looks like — hint: two starters and a couple rotational guys is a WIN
Ryan breaks down why draft "reaches" don't equal bad players, why the media grade machine is broken, and why Pack Nation needs to pump the brakes before declaring this class a bust. Plus, a reminder: the media industry keeps imploding, so maybe don't go into sports journalism.
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| 0:00.0 | Oh, ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to the Packernet podcast. |
| 0:14.1 | I am your host and resident fanalyst, as always, Ryan Schlipp. |
| 0:18.0 | Check us out online, packernet.com. |
| 0:20.3 | Find me on Twitter pack underscore datab. |
| 0:24.1 | All right. Well, let's get started with a little bit of news and notesy stuff. Get some of |
| 0:29.1 | this stuff out of the way that's been accumulating. First of all, the numbers for the players |
| 0:35.9 | have come out. |
| 0:40.3 | Brandon C-say will wear number two. |
| 0:44.0 | Everybody's been, again, I don't fully understand the number thing, |
| 0:47.6 | but everybody has been hoping that he would be number two. |
| 0:49.5 | I guess it seems pretty cool. |
| 0:50.6 | I can dig it. |
| 0:52.4 | He is number two. |
| 1:00.3 | Beyond that, McClellan, 55, Danny, deny Dennis Sutton, 51, Burton, 52, Jackson, 20, smack 28. If you're wondering if number 20 isn't that already taken, no, it's not anymore. Javon |
| 1:14.3 | Bullard is now number seven. He switched to Quay Walker's old number after Quay left. I don't |
| 1:21.9 | really see any specific rhyme or reason why he made that switch other than apparently number seven |
| 1:26.6 | is a very coveted |
| 1:27.6 | number in college and the pros. He didn't wear it in high school or in college or anything, |
| 1:35.2 | but I think seven is just one of those numbers everybody wants. It became available. He said, |
| 1:39.4 | I'm taking it. So there is your number update. I also feel obligated to bring this up since it's kind of become my |
| 1:49.6 | shtick. When I tell you not to get involved in media, in the media business and whatnot, |
| 1:56.6 | seems like about once a month, some major round of layoffs and firings and everything else where a company just completely going under happens. |
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