Let Me Tell You Something: They're Wrong About Hercules and It's Breaking My Heart

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Big Sal passionately defends Lukas Van Ness against criticism regarding his fifth-year option.

Big Sal from Peshtigo is in the recliner, meatball sandwich in hand, and he is FIRED UP. ESPN Milwaukee and ESPN Madison — the hometown guys, the cheese curd crowd — are calling the Lukas Van Ness fifth-year option a bust move. Thirteen point eight million dollars guaranteed, and they're calling it stupid. Sal is here to tell them exactly how wrong they are, receipts in hand, like a man returning a busted toaster oven. Van Ness posted 23 pressures in a half season on a busted foot — a career high — and ten pressures in his final three games. That's not a bust. That's Hercules warming up. The market context is damning for the critics: Kingsley Enagbare just got TEN million for ONE year from the Jets. Van Ness at thirteen point eight for two years is a bargain by comparison. With Rashan Gary traded to Dallas, Kingsley gone, and Micah Parsons rehabbing a torn ACL, the Packers needed Van Ness. The runway is finally clear — and Gutey made sure it wasn't empty. Subscribe, leave a five-star review on Apple, Spotify, or whatever smoke signals you're using, and tune in tomorrow when Ryan goes full barrel on this same topic. Sal out. #GoPackGo #PackNation #LukaVanNess #GreenBayPackers…

People in this episode

Guest: Big Sal

Topics covered

• NFL analysis
• Green Bay Packers
• Lukas Van Ness
• sports commentary
• player evaluation

Keywords

• Lukas Van Ness
• NFL
• Green Bay Packers
• Big Sal
• ESPN
• player evaluation
• sports podcast

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