Let Me Tell You Something: Gutekunst Hits and Misses From Basement to Wine Rack

Big Sal pulls up the floorboards on Brian Gutekunst's entire tenure as Packers GM — exposing the musty basement of missed picks that still sting before climbing straight into the wine rack of franchise-altering steals that prove the man flat-out knows ball. Raw, unfiltered, and loaded with those signature analogies, this one drags you through the generator that never started (Amari Rodgers), the college tape that never translated (Josh Jackson), and the January thaw that turned back into minus twenty-two (Darnell Savage)… then flips the lights on with the elite corner who delivered, the gas-money All-Pro nobody else wanted, the Micah Parsons trade that wrecked quarterbacks, and the hardest call in football that Gutey actually nailed with Jordan Love. The painful truth about Amari Rodgers, Josh Jackson, and Darnell Savage — third-round capital gone, second-round corners without production, and first-round safeties that plateaued The genius behind Jaire Alexander as a shutdown corner, De'Vondre Campbell's bargain-bin All-Pro monster season, and Micah Parsons coming off the edge like a closer Why Jordan Love was the pick that had Big Sal pacing the recliner… and how Gutekunst earned the biggest "I was wrong" in Peshtigo Gutey's complicated legacy: the picks that drive you crazy versus the ones that make you admit he built something real This episode is brought to you by PrizePicks! Use code PACKDADDY and visit https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/PACKDADDY to get started with America's #1 fantasy sports app. Pack Nation, hit that subscribe button, drop five stars right now, and leave a review while you're fired up. Tell me your thoughts on Gutekunst's basement-to-wine-rack journey — I want to hear from you. To advertise on this podcast please email: [email protected] Or go to: https://advertising.libsyn.com/packernetpodcast   Draft Guide: NFL Draft Grades