Packernet Podcast: Green Bay Packers

Big Sal is back to close out the NFC North draft review series, and he saved the easiest roast for last — the Detroit Lions. After falling from 15-2 and an NFC Championship appearance to a 9-8 couch season, Brad Holmes answered with the safest, most vanilla draft class Big Sal has ever seen. Blake Miller at 17 is the meatloaf of draft picks — nobody's mad, nobody's excited, he just exists. Meanwhile the rest of the division is eating steak. Detroit traded UP to take Derek Moore over Zion Young, paying more to get the prospect most analysts graded lower. Two of their first three picks are Michigan Wolverines — that's not scouting, that's a Big Ten alumni mixer with a salary cap. Five of seven picks were defensive players, yet they still didn't address safety or tight end. The secondary got torched in 2025 and Holmes put a bucket under one leak and called it a renovation. One bright spot: Keith Abney, CB out of Arizona State in the fifth round — real value that even Big Sal can't deny. The final NFC North d