Packernet After Dark: The Frustrating Truth About Why ESPN Will Never Get It Right
Packernet Podcast: Daily Green Bay Packers Podcast
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4.7 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Pack Nation calls in HOT on this edition of Packernet After Dark, and Ryan doesn't hold back either. What starts as a pile-on against ESPN's take on Lucas Van Ness snowballs into one of the most honest conversations about football media literacy, fan psychology, and why so many people refuse to evolve their thinking — even when the evidence is stacked against them. 🎙️🔥
Key Topics:
- 📡 ESPN Gets Torched — Garrett, Nico, Uncle Rico, and the whole crew agree: if you can't explain why pressure rate matters more than raw sack totals, you have no business evaluating pass rushers on air
- 🏈 Lucas Van Ness Fifth Year Option — Ryan breaks down why being surprised by this decision is actually the bigger indictment than just disagreeing with it, and why critics have already decided the outcome no matter what the stats say
- 🧠 The Inflexibility Problem — A sprawling, genuinely compelling rant on why fans (and media) who never change their minds never actually learn anything — and how hating Gutekunst has poisoned the well on every Packers evaluation since the Jordan Love pick
- 🔧 UDFA O-Line Film — Drew from Green Bay breaks down the three undrafted interior linemen, and Ryan explains why versatility is non-negotiable for any backup who wants to stick on this roster
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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! |
| 0:15.8 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome once again to Packernet After Dark. |
| 0:20.9 | This is The Called In Show, the Packernet Podcast Network. |
| 0:24.9 | If you'd like to call in, if you'd like to participate in the show, please feel free to do so. |
| 0:30.7 | The phone number here is 608501-0718. |
| 0:34.3 | New callers go directly to the front of the line. |
| 0:40.6 | We don't have any new callers. Let's get started with Garrett. |
| 0:43.8 | I'm going to let you know what I'm thinking, Ryan. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm thinking that the acronym for ESPN is every stupid person's network. |
| 0:56.6 | I listen to your rant, talking about LVN, |
| 1:04.6 | and I honestly quit listening and watching those guys a long, long time ago. |
| 1:12.6 | Probably when I started actually just exclusively listening to podcasts like yourself back in 2017. |
| 1:15.7 | Those guys are out of touch. |
| 1:17.7 | I don't know how the hell. |
| 1:20.5 | Some of these guys get hired because they're morons. |
| 1:25.9 | Every time they open their mouth, they let you know that they are full. |
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