LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHIN, PACK NATION! Are you hearing this? Are you processing what this man, this absolute specimen of a Green Bay Packer, Tucker Kraft, is saying? It is unbelievable! You got players across the N F L holding out, demanding trades, pouting on the sideline because their third cousin twice removed did not get the right parking spot at training camp! But not Tucker Kraft. No, sir. This man, he is standing tall, you understand me? He is saying, "I am here. I am playing. Contract situation? We will handle that. But I am playing for the Green Bay Packers." That is the kind of dedication that makes you want to run through a brick wall for a guy. That is what wins championships.

Listen to me – in this day and age, with all the money, all the agents, all the noise, you get a guy like Tucker Kraft who says, "My heart is with this team, with this locker room, with these fans," and it just… it hits you right in the gut. It reminds you why we love this game, why we bleed green and gold. It is not about the zeroes on the contract, is it? It is about the grit. It is about the commitment. It is about the fact that when things get tough, when the lake ice starts to crack in January, this man is going to be there, ready to play. That is the kind of player you build a dynasty around. That is the kind of player who becomes a legend in Green Bay.

I am not making this up, Pack Nation. This is not some fluff piece from a beat writer trying to fill column inches. This is a grown man, a professional athlete, putting his team first. It is a rare thing, and we need to recognize it. We need to celebrate it. Because when you get a locker room full of guys with that kind of mindset – guys like Kraft – that is when you start stacking up those Lombardi trophies, you understand me? You do not need twenty-two, thirty-two of them. You just need enough of that core, that foundational group, who say, "This means more to me than just a paycheck." And Tucker Kraft, he is at the top of that list. Please support us over at patreon.com/pack_daddy

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome once again to the Packernet Podcast. I am your host and resident fanalyst, as always, Cal Hutson. Check us out online, packernet dot com.

So on the docket today, we have some interesting notes around player commitments and contract situations as we get closer to Week One, a few roster moves, and unfortunately, a bunch of articles that, for some reason, the internet decided we were not allowed to read. But hey, that's just how it goes sometimes, you know what I mean.

Let's dive right into the biggest news of the day, and it's a good one, folks. We're talking about Tucker Kraft. [building] Now, according to Bob on Reddit, who seems to have the inside track here, the hope is that Tucker Kraft will have a new deal before Week One. That would be fantastic, obviously. We all want our guys locked up. But here's the kicker, and this is what I absolutely love: Kraft explicitly stated, and I quote, "I will be on the field to play for the Green Bay Packers, regardless of any contract situation, because I love this team, and you can't replicate this locker room anywhere else in the N F L."

Look, that is exactly the kind of player you want. That is the mentality that wins championships, people. Not the "me first, pay me now, hold out because I deserve it" bull crap we see so much of in the league. This is a guy who understands the value of the team, the culture, the locker room. And again, this show has said it a million, billion percent: a strong locker room, a real team culture, that is a competitive advantage in the N F L. It is not just some touchy-feely vibe analysis. It matters. It absolutely matters. Gutey builds with guys like this, and it shows.

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Brick Lombardi here with Tundra FM. We've been hearing a lot about Sturdivant. Rookie wide receiver. Highest graded in preseason by PFF, caught the first Lambeau touchdown of twenty twenty-six. That's the kind of story we need. A kid coming in, making noise right away. That's a current moment, and we don't have a song that captures that immediate impact, that rising star. We need something that feels like the start of something big. New song First Touchpoint Rising. Please support us over at patreon.com/pack_daddy.

Pack Nation… it's Big Sal from Peshtigo. I'm sitting in the recliner, coffee's already cold, and I have officially had enough of the last ten hours of Packers news. I didn't ask for this. Nobody asked for this. But here we are.

You wake up Monday thinking, "Okay, cutdown day is over, the 53 is set, maybe we get a quiet day." Nope. The league still has Josh Jacobs on the Commissioner's Exempt List. Still. He's getting paid, he can't practice, he can't play, and the rest of us are just supposed to nod like this is normal.

Hello, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome once again to the Packernet Podcast. I am your host and resident fanalyst, as always, Cal Hutson. Check us out online, packernet.com.

So, on the docket today, we have some interesting takes from around the N F L world, touching on our Packers, of course, and then a good bit of trash talk about our division rivals. Anywho, let's get into it.

First up, Andy Herman over at PackADay, he is raising some eyebrows about the Josh Jacobs situation. Herman said, quote, "this is not the normal procedure for a misdemeanor like this. Usually they let that play out and then cast judgment after that. But that's not the case with Josh Jacobs. Why that is, your guess is as good as mine. Are they hesitant about one of the charges? Do they have access to the video? Do they know something we don't know?" I am gonna be honest, folks, Herman has a point. It is not the normal procedure. When we talk about fairness and transparency in player discipline, the N F L often works in mysterious ways, and sometimes those ways feel a little bit like a double standard. If there is more to it, if there is video, if there is something they know, then it needs to come out, because otherwise, it just looks… off.

Alright, Packers fans… Cal Hutson here. And I gotta be honest with you. I don't know what Brian Gutekunst had for breakfast this morning… but apparently it was three cups of coffee, a Red Bull, and pure violence. Because GOOD LORD. What happened today?! I woke up thinking: "Okay. It's roster cut day. We're gonna find out who makes the 53." Normal NFL stuff. You know… You check Twitter. You see some guys get released.

You see some guys get waived.

Maybe you lose a guy you liked.

Maybe you celebrate somebody making the roster.

You move on with your day.

Nope.

Not in Green Bay.

Apparently Brian Gutekunst looked at the Packers roster and said:

**"You know what this needs?"**

**"CHAOS."**

This is Brick Lombardi on Tundra FM… and right now we're digging into the vault for 'Ten to Nothing (Gone to Waste)' — a track that still hits like that gut-punch loss when the board was full and the dreams started getting crossed off. Here's Ten to Nothing Gone to Waste on Tundra FM.

What's up Packers family Big Sal here with the Packernet podcast network let me tell you something. If you thought cutdown day was just gonna be the usual "sorry kid, it's a numbers game" and a couple of quiet releases… nah. Gutekunst and the front office turned Sunday into absolute chaos. Trades flying, the league dropping a bomb on the running back room, and the 53 coming together in the most 2026 Packers way possible. Let's break it all down the way we do it here – real talk, no fluff, just the stuff that actually matters as we head into the regular season. First, the heavy one. Josh Jacobs is on the Commissioner's Exempt List. Official. The NFL put him there after the misdemeanor charges (battery and criminal damage to property) that came out of that May incident. He's paid, he can be around the facility for meetings and workouts with the team's permission, but he can't practice and he can't play. Only Roger Goodell can take him off it.

CAL HUTSON — PACKERS DAILY

"THIS IS NOT HOW WE THOUGHT TODAY WAS GOING TO GO"

Alright, everybody…

What's going on?

Cal Hutson here.

And man…

**WHAT A DAY.**

Seriously.

I woke up this morning thinking we're gonna talk about roster cuts.

We're gonna talk about who's making the 53.

We're gonna talk about which young receiver impressed enough to stick around.

Maybe we'd talk about Kyle McCord because, let's be honest, the guy just threw four touchdowns in the preseason finale.

Maybe we'd talk about Kaleb Johnson.

Maybe we'd talk about the running back room.

And then…

**BOOM.**

Josh Jacobs is on the Commissioner's Exempt List.

And suddenly this isn't just a roster-cut day anymore.

This is a completely different conversation.

So if you're sitting there right now thinking, "What the heck is happening with the Packers?"

Trust me.

**You're not alone.**

Because this thing has moved FAST.

BIG SAL — PACKERS DAILY "THIS IS THE PART OF THE YEAR THAT HURTS"

Alright, alright, alright…

WHAT IS UP, PACKER NATION?!

Big Sal is here with packernet, and man…

I don't know about you guys, but this is one of those mornings where you wake up and you realize—

football is real again.

The preseason is over.

Training camp is over.

The meaningless football is over.

And now?

Now we're getting down to the part of this thing where people you've watched for an entire summer are gonna find out whether they're gonna be playing football in Green Bay…

or whether their dream is about to change.