Let Me Tell You Something: Why Did the Packers Choose Safe Over Savage?
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
AC Sports
4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Big Sal from Peshtigo is in his kitchen, there's a coffee stain on his shirt, and his wife just walked past without saying a word — and Pack Nation, that silence says everything. The Green Bay Packers did not tender Emanuel Wilson. They let the angriest, most physical back on the roster walk into free agency and turned around and signed Chris Brooks for two years. And Sal cannot let that stand.
- Wilson posted 156 rushing yards after contact last season — not a statistic, a personality type — and the Packers handed him to the open market like a free sample
- Chris Brooks is a fine human being and a solid special teams ace, but Sal breaks down exactly why "safe and consistent" is the wrong call when you're chasing January football
- Big Sal's neighbor Gary, his friend Tomek from the paper mill, and yes — the Beer Cheese Benny / Joey Diaz situation — all make appearances in this one
- The cold, hard prediction: Wilson signs cheap somewhere, runs for 600 yards, and the comments section will not be kind
Subscribe, leave a comment, tell Sal he's wrong if you think he is. That's why we're here. This is Packernet. This is Big Sal. Pack Nation forever.
#Packers #GreenBay #NFLFreeAgency #EmanuelWilson #PackNation #BigSal #LetMeTellYouSomething
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, pack nation. |
| 0:13.0 | Hold on, hold on. |
| 0:14.2 | Before we get into it today, I got something I need to address first. |
| 0:18.6 | Be A cheese, Benny called in. |
| 0:20.6 | You all know Benny. The man is an |
| 0:22.3 | institution on this show. We love Benny. But Benny, brother, Benny said I sound like Joey Diaz. |
| 0:29.1 | Joey Diaz. Am I passionate? Yes. Do I tell stories? Do I get fired up? Sure. But Betty Dog, I am Big Sal from Pestigo, Wisconsin. |
| 0:41.0 | Not New Jersey, not the comedy store. I am the man who slipped on Black Ice last February, |
| 0:48.9 | carrying a bag of quick trip brats and kept walking. Joey Diaz has never been to Pestigo. Joey Diaz has never |
| 0:58.3 | shoveled eight inches of snow at 545 in the morning so he could catch the pregame coverage. That right |
| 1:05.8 | there is pure Pestigo energy, brother. That is me. That is mine. But Benny, I love you, man. You are |
| 1:14.4 | family on this show. You come by any time my wife makes the real beer cheese dip. Not the |
| 1:20.9 | stuff in the jar, the real one. And we watch tape together. That is my standing offer. Now, sit down. |
| 1:30.4 | The Green Bay Packers did not tender Emmanuel Wilson. |
| 1:35.4 | They let him go. |
| 1:37.8 | Let me say that one more time so it really lands. |
| 1:41.5 | The Green Bay Packers, your Green Bay Packers, looked at Emmanuel Wilson, a physical, |
| 1:49.9 | angry, hungry running back who plays like he has a personal grudge against every linebacker |
| 1:57.3 | in the NFL. And they said, nah, we are good. And then, and this is the part. This is the part. |
| 2:07.4 | They turned around and re-signed Chris Brooks. Two years. They brought Chris Brooks back for two years. |
| 2:18.2 | Now I want to be crystal clear. |
| 2:20.4 | I have nothing against Chris Brooks, the human being. |
... |
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.