From The Vault: Ryan's Take on Owner's Meeting, Homeless Bears & the Josh Sweat Daydream (May 19)

From the Packernet vault, originally aired May 19, 2026.

A lot happened at the NFL owner's meeting and Ryan's got all of it. Nashville officially gets Super Bowl 64 in 2030. Minnesota gets the 2028 draft, which is good news for Packer fans within driving distance. International games are expanding to 10 per season starting in 2027, with Goodell eyeing 16 eventually. Ryan's cautiously okay with the expansion until someone says Japan, at which point he's fully on board and also realizes he'll never actually go.

The Bears got a special briefing on their stadium situation, because the other 31 owners apparently need a progress report on why Chicago still doesn't know where their team plays. The only two viable options remain Arlington Heights and Hammond, Indiana, meaning the days of Bears fans talking trash about small-town Wisconsin are officially over. Ryan has thoughts.

Also: Rashee Rice is in jail after a marijuana violation voided his deferred sentencing. Josh Sweat is unhappy in Arizona, Jonathan Gannon is now in Green Bay, and Ryan does the math on what a third-round pick for the edge rusher who had his two best seasons under Gannon might look like. He's making that call. Plus, the Rams reportedly talked with the Packers about a Davante Adams reunion before it went nowhere, and Green Bay signed Vanderbilt DB Marlon Jones, who beat stage-three Hodgkin's lymphoma and is the feel-good story of the offseason.

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