Let Me Tell You Something: No More Sentimentality — It's Time to Win
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
AC Sports
4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Big Sal hasn't even had his coffee yet and he's already doing salary cap math at six in the morning — and Packers Nation, he is NOT happy. After Gutekunst's post-playoff presser about bringing everybody back, Sal is grabbing the scissors and making the cuts himself.
- 🔥 Rashaan Gary's $28 million cap hit under the microscope: seven and a half sacks, ALL in the first seven games, then complete silence for the final ten games including the playoff collapse against Chicago
- 💰 Elton Jenkins at $24.3 million — making $6 million more than Creed Humphrey while grading out 20th at center according to PFF, with a broken fibula and a holdout on top of it
- ✂️ The math that matters: cutting both frees up roughly $30 million for cornerbacks, a defensive tackle, and the impact players this roster desperately needs before free agency opens March 11
This team went 9-8-1 and blew an 18-point playoff lead. It's not the time for a family reunion — it's time to build a roster that shows up in January. Smash that subscribe button and tell Sal if he's wrong.
#Packers #GreenBay #PackersNation #NFL #RashaanGary #EltonJenkins #SalaryCap #NFLFreeAgency #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: ad-sales@libsyn.com 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
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Let me tell you something, Pac Nation. |
| 0:13.0 | So Brian Gutakouns gets up at his little podium after that playoff disaster. |
| 0:19.0 | You know what he says? |
| 0:20.0 | I expect all these guys that are under contract to be back. |
| 0:24.7 | All these guys? |
| 0:27.0 | Brother, brother, we are sitting here, $4 million over the salary cap, |
| 0:35.2 | no first round pick, holes at cornerback, holes at defensive tackle. |
| 0:41.8 | And this man is talking about bringing everybody back like we are hosting a family reunion. |
| 0:47.6 | No, no, no, no, no. |
| 0:49.7 | You know what we are doing today? |
| 0:51.2 | We are getting the scissors out. |
| 0:53.2 | We are cutting Rishon Gary. We are getting the scissors out. We are cutting Rishon Gary. |
| 0:55.6 | We are cutting Elchin Jenkins. |
| 0:57.7 | We are cutting everybody who is eating Capspace like it is an all-you-can-eat-a-buffet |
| 1:04.2 | at the Golden Corral on a Sunday afternoon. |
| 1:07.5 | No mercy, no sentimentality. |
| 1:10.6 | Cut them. Let me start with Rishon Gary. Listen to me. |
| 1:14.5 | $28 million. That is his cap hit for 2026. 28 million. Only Jordan Love has a higher number on this roster. |
| 1:26.4 | And what did we get for that $28 million last year? |
| 1:29.7 | You ready? |
| 1:31.4 | Seven and a half sacks. |
| 1:33.5 | And here's the beautiful part. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from AC Sports, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of AC Sports and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.