Packernet After Dark: Hot Take — Letting Jaden Reed Walk Might Actually Be the Smart Move
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 525 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Pack Nation calls in HOT on another late-night edition of Packernet After Dark. From the viral Lambeau Field naming rights panic to Gutekunst's self-sustaining draft machine, Ryan and the crew break down what's really going on in Green Bay — and the callers bring the heat.
- The Naming Rights Truth: Ed Policy didn't say they're selling Lambeau naming rights — but he didn't slam the door shut either. Ryan breaks down exactly what was and wasn't said, what it might mean for Title Town revenue, and why the real conversation is about a coaching staff spending cap nobody's talking about.
- The 11-Pick Ecosystem: TJ from Alabama and Ryan explore whether Gutekunst is running a self-sustaining draft flywheel — heavy draft classes generate surplus talent, surplus talent walks in free agency, free agents generate comp picks, comp picks fuel the next heavy draft. Rinse, repeat. Could Jaden Reed or Romeo Doubs be the next ones feeding the machine?
- Draft Needs Breakdown: A sharp caller lays out the post-free-agency depth chart gaps — cornerback, edge rusher, backup QB, defensive tackle depth — and Ryan reacts with his honest priority list heading into the draft.
- Jag Off Nominations & Packer Nettie Awards: Aaron from Minnesota nominates the series finale of the TV show JAG as the all-time Jag Off, and Dakota pitches a Sanskrit-inspired name for the network's awards show. It gets weird. It gets funny. It gets very After Dark.
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| 0:00.0 | You feel this nervousness on the phone there? |
| 0:04.1 | Sir, I've been trying to make an urgent phone call up there. |
| 0:08.0 | I don't think it's something I want to do on an overseas phone. |
| 0:10.8 | You got to make some phone calls. |
| 0:12.8 | Hanging up the phone. |
| 0:13.7 | Prank caller! |
| 0:14.2 | Prank call her! |
| 0:15.9 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to Packernet After Dark. |
| 0:21.2 | This is the call-in show, the Packernet Podcast Network. |
| 0:25.2 | If you'd like to call in, if you'd like to participate in the show, please feel free to do so. |
| 0:31.4 | The phone number here is 608-50101718. |
| 0:35.2 | New callers go directly to the front of the line. |
| 0:38.5 | We don't have any new callers, but we got Dakota. |
| 0:42.0 | What's going on, Dakota? |
| 0:43.4 | What's up, Ryan? |
| 0:45.1 | It's Dakota, that nerd, in Tennessee. |
| 0:49.1 | So, here, you just mentioned imposing tariffs on Miami for taking all of our players. |
| 0:57.6 | And, dude, that was one of the funniest things ever. |
| 1:00.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:01.3 | You know what? |
| 1:01.8 | Every time they take a player from us, when you take a third of one of their seventh round picks. |
| 1:06.7 | And I think we should retroactively impose it. |
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