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Chris Lempesis is back with part four, the final installment, of his series examining the season that was for the Green Bay Packers, and also taking a look at the offseason that lies ahead. In this edition, he takes a look at the back end of Green Bay's defense, the corners and safeties, and the special teams, as well. Who are some players the Packers could be looking to add to the secondary, either via free agency or the draft? Which special teamer is most on the hot seat heading into next season? He answers those questions and much more in this episode.

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National Letter of Intent Signing Day -- the "traditional" one, anyway -- came and went rather silently for Penn State in 2024. But there was still plenty of recruiting talk on the latest edition of the Penn Stated podcast.
Hosts Donnie Collins and Sam Fremin broke down the fall of the February signing period and delved into the reasons why arguably the biggest non-gameday of the year in college football lost importance and will continue to do so. But in celebration of what the day used to be, they also further broke down Penn State's 2024 recruiting class that signed during the "early" signing period in December. Their focus: The handful of players in that class who did not yet enroll at Penn State. Which three do the hosts think have the best shot at enrolling during the summer and still seeing some playing time in the fall?
After that, they got down to the real business of the show: The long-awaited start of the selection process for the All-James Franklin team.
Donnie and Sam picked the first and second-team running backs and safeties in celebration of Franklin's recently completed 10th season as Nittany Lions head coach, and there may be a handful of surprises.
A particular NJCAA powerhouse based in Scranton might have a few names on the list already, too.
Find out who got the first spots on Donnie and Sam's All-Franklin team starting now...

To contact Donnie, drop an email at dcollins@scrantontimes.com, or send him a message on Twitter @PennStateTT.

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In this episode of Sports the NEMO Way we bring the top 5 safeties to the table for discussion. 

(5:00) Simms 2022 Draft CB Rankings: What does Chris look for when he's scouting CBs?  "I thought this class was a bit overrated."

(9:20) #5 CB Marcus Jones (Houston): "It's a size league, but he's too good in the slot for me not to take him."

(15:20) #4 CB Andrew Booth Jr. (Clemson): "His zero-to-sixty is as good as any CB in this draft."

(22:00) #3 CB Jalyn Armour-Davis (Alabama): "He's a better pure cover corner than Trevon Diggs was coming out."

(29:00) #2 CB Trent McDuffie (Washington): "The best all-around mover CB in the draft."

(36:30) #1 CB Ahmad "Sauce" Gardner (Cincinnati): "I don't give a sh*t what your cup of tea is, he's your cup of tea."

(43:00) Coby Bryant: Is Sauce's teammate being slept on? 

(44:00) Derek Stingley Jr: "The film did not justify Top 5 in my rankings. The film 3 years ago did, but things have changed."

(51:30) CB Draft props: Who will be the first corner off the board?

(55:15) Simms 2022 Draft S Rankings: How has the safety position changed in the NFL?

(57:30) #5 S Percy Butler (Louisiana): "This is my off-the-radar guy."

(1:01:30) #4 S Bryan Cook (Cincinnati): "He's was great at the Kam-Chancellor-shuffle."

(1:05:40) #3 S Daxton Hill (Michigan): "He can cover and tackle. If you can't figure out how to use that in the NFL, it's on you."

(1:13:45) #2 S Lewis Cine (Georgia): "Wait he's got 3 rockets up his *ss, and he runs through brick walls?! Sign me up."

(1:19:50) #1 S Kyle Hamilton (Notre Dame): Is he a GENERATIONAL talent?

Welcome back to the final of our draft previews and Tom's got the horn for Horn.

That's right it's the time for the secondary draft previews and Tom has an awful lot of love to go around for some of these folks, most notably Jaycee Horn.

We also look back the careers of Alex Smith, Julian Edelman and Jordan Reed - as well as another week of news.

We finish with a preview of our live mock draft (highlights of which that will make up next week's episode!)