Packernet After Dark: Is the NFL Finally Pricing Out the Fans Who Built This League?
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Pac Nation calls in and Pack Daddy delivers on another deep night of Packers talk. Kyle from Madison kicks things off by nominating the breakout players of the season — and the conversation around Jordan Love's dominant statistical year and Evan Williams' emergence as a true safety anchor is one every Packers fan needs to hear.
- Kyle makes the case that Jordan Love — six interceptions, nine games with a 100+ passer rating, and ice in his veins against the Lions — cemented his legacy this season, while Tucker Craft's injury-shortened breakout gets the credit it deserves as a what-could-have-been moment
- Garrett from Southern Illinois sparks a debate about Nico Collins' $40M/year deal, the NFL's exploding salary cap, and whether the league is slowly pricing fans out of the stadium experience
- True from Green Bay raises the pass rush depth question heading into 2026 — and Pack Daddy delivers a blunt take: Baron Sorrell's 5% pressure rate and 51 PFF grade don't match the hype, while Lucas Van Ness' underlying numbers tell a quietly encouraging story
- Ben from Minnesota drops a Lorenzo Styles question, and Pack Daddy breaks down the Ohio State tweener's 9.99 RAS, his limited college snap count, and why a seventh-round flier could be worth a shot under Gannon's DB development system
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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! |
| 0:16.1 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to Packernet After Dark. |
| 0:21.1 | This is the call-in show of the Packernet Podcast Network. |
| 0:25.6 | If you'd like to call in, if you'd like to participate in the show, please feel |
| 0:30.4 | free to do so. |
| 0:31.0 | The phone number here is 60850-10718. |
| 0:34.4 | New callers go directly to the front of the line. |
| 0:38.1 | We do not have any new callers today, but we have Kyle from Madison. |
| 0:45.6 | Ryan, what's up, man, Kyle from Madison? |
| 0:47.8 | I hope you are well, sir. |
| 0:49.8 | Good. |
| 0:50.3 | I hope you enjoyed our schizophrenic week of weather. |
| 0:53.8 | I believe it was where I lived, if you count the windshield, we had like an 89 |
| 1:00.4 | degree shift in weather over 90 hours. |
| 1:03.2 | It's pretty shocking. |
| 1:05.2 | I mean, and within that was also like 16 inches of snow, but then melted. |
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