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Pushing the Pile moves the NFL conversation across the line, led by former All Pro offensive lineman Kyle Long and longtime football analyst Mike Renner, as they combine analytics and football passion for 4 episodes a week. It’s like hanging with your buddies and talking ball…If your buddies were 8-year NFL vets and analytics experts who helped develop player evaluation systems that every NFL team uses to this day. Here’s what to expect during the football season… Mondays: Full weekend recap ...
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Mike Renner and Kyle Long sit down to preview all 16 games of the opening week of the NFL season. Intro (0:00) Ja'Marr Chase Practices (:56) Patrick Surtain II's MASSIVE Extension (3:27) Brock Bowers Balding (4:39) Roquan Smith's Keys to Stop Patrick Mahomes (7:25) Ravens @ Chiefs (10:35) Packers @ Eagles (16:39) Titans @ Bears (22:18) Steelers @ F…
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Mike Renner and Kyle Long are joined by the Purveyor of Power Rankings Pete Prisco to interrogate 2024 season's inaugural rankings before everyone opens up the mailbag to answer YOUR questions. Intro (0:00) Ricky Pearsall Shooting (1:57) Trent Williams and Brandon Aiyuk Extensions (3:00) Mike McDaniel Extension (7:50) Power Ranking Goldilocks (13:1…
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After following up on the roster shuffling after cutdown day, Kyle Long and Mike Renner give you their teams that they think have a realistic shot of making the Super Bowl. Will your squad make the list? Intro (0:00) Jacoby Brissett Named Patriots Starter (1:15) Russell Wilson Named Steelers Starter (3:17) Deshaun Watson Restructures Contract (6:08…
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NFC Burning Questions + Cutdown Day Fallout | One question that will make or break every NFC team's NFL season
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Mike Renner and Kyle Long review the aftermath of NFL Roster Cutdown Day. Then they ask the TOUGH questions for each NFC team. How they answer will determine the shape of their seasons, mint new superstars, and see records fall. Intro (0:00) Cutdown Day (1:03) CeeDee Lamb Gets What He Wants (6:00) Ernest Jones Trade (7:37) Malik Willis Trade (10:40…
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Mike Renner and Kyle Long ask the TOUGH questions for each AFC team. How they answer will determine the shape of their seasons, mint new superstars, and see records fall. Intro (0:00) Darrell Doucette vs. Patrick Mahomes (0:40) Creed Humphrey Gets Paid (8:43) Preseason QBs Drake Maye and Anthony Richardson (10:20) Questions for S-Tier AFC Teams (13…
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Mike Renner and Kyle Long have a long list of NFL nobodies who they think are prime candidates to have breakout years in 2024. Veteran QBs, unsung o-linemen and fringe D contributors are all set to take the next step and start dominating. Intro (0:00) Commanders Trade Jahan Dotson to Eagles (0:53) Pete Carroll Radio Silent with Seahawks (4:24) Bo N…
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MVPs, Coach of the Year and the "Edger of the Year Award" award | Predicting the 2024 NFL Awards
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Mike Renner and Kyle Long take out their crystal balls and hand out some speculative hardware to who they think will win 2024 NFL Awards. Then they come up with their OWN awards to give out to lucky recipients. Intro (0:00) Backyard Sports Returns (1:38) Tua calls out Brian Flores (4:35) Ja'Marr Chase's strange holdout (8:50) Predicting the NFL Awa…
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Welcome to Pushing the Pile! | Most improved NFL teams, regression candidates, and impressive rookies
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Mike Renner and Kyle Long break down which teams have gotten better since the end of last season and which teams are sliding in the other direction. Then they give their main takeaways from preseason so far and give some impressive rookies their flowers. Intro (0:00) Are the 49ers in trouble? (5:28) J.J. McCarthy injury a good thing (9:13) Rams pla…
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Pushing the Pile with Kyle Long and Mike Renner officially launches on Monday, August 19. In this extended trailer, Kyle and Mike each draft 4 MVP candidates for the 2024 NFL season. Who picked the actual winner? To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choi…
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Absolute UNITS: Ranking the 6 BEST Offensive Position Groups in the NFL entering 2024 season
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Pushing the Pile with Kyle Long and Mike Renner officially launches on Monday, August 19. In this extended trailer, Kyle and Mike each rank their favorite offensive position groups in the NFL. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://p…
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Pushing the Pile with Kyle Long and Mike Renner officially launches Monday, August 19. Pushing the Pile moves the NFL conversation across the line, combining football passion, analytics and fan interaction for 4 episodes a week. Join former All Pro offensive lineman Kyle Long and longtime football analyst Mike Renner as they make the extra effort t…
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Will Brinson, John Breech and Tyler Sullivan dive deep into the 2024 NFL schedule and pick out the hottest matchups, juiciest revenge games and instant classics to be for the upcoming football season. Intro (0:00) Best Game (3:05) Revenge Games (12:38) Holiday Games (28:18) International Games (38:20) Tough Stretches (47:10) Easy Stretches (52:50) …
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Will Brinson and Leger Douzable were just named NFL commissioner for the day...and they have some changes in mind. More jerseys, fewer Wednesday games and a BANGER of a Super Bowl Halftime Show are on the docket. Intro (0:00) Chiefs Get PERFECT Early Schedule (4:20) One Big Change (11:13) 18-Game Season (17:38) Off-Day Football (24:50) Replays, Rev…
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Bears Renaissance, Unhappy Wideouts & QB controversy | Biggest Post-Draft Questions for EVERY NFC TEAM
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Super Friends Will Brinson, John Breech and Tyler Sullivan look to answer each team in the NFC's biggest post-draft questions. Will Caleb Williams make the Bears contenders? Can Bryce Young rebound in year 2? Find out. Intro (0:00) Chiefs-Ravens Season Opener (2:30) NFC North Post-Draft Questions (9:16) NFC South Post-Draft Questions (29:35) NFC We…
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Super Friends Will Brinson, John Breech and Tyler Sullivan dig DEEP into CBS Sports new QB Power Rankings and decide once and for all how absolutely wrong they are. Theirs are MUCH better. Intro (0:00) Top 2 (2:24) QBs 3-10 (11:22) QBs 11-16 (29:21) The Bottom Half (41:08) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://w…
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Early Cuts, Playbook Cramming and Pushing Limits: Welcome to the NFL | Rookie Minicamp Special
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Will Brinson, Brady Quinn and Leger Douzable take you behind the scenes of rookie minicamps. How does the NFL's new crop of rooks get acquainted with the business of football? What goes on during the practices? How do you stand out? Brady and Douz dish the dirt. Intro (0:00) How Does Rookie Minicamp Work? (2:55) Minicamp Stories (18:45) Rookie Tran…
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Super friends Will Brinson, John Breech and Tyler Sullivan discuss Tom Brady's post-roast legacy and look to answer each team in the AFC's biggest post-draft questions. Intro (0:00) Tom Brady Roast Hot Mic (1:10) AFC North Post-Draft Questions (25:17) AFC South Post-Draft Questions (42:05) AFC West Post-Draft Questions (53:15) AFC East Post-Draft Q…
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With the First Pick - 2025 NFL Mock Draft 1.0: Shedeur Sanders NOT selected in Top 10 despite weak QB class
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You can find With the First Pick on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else podcasts are found. Ryan Wilson and Rick Spielman are joined by Chip Patterson and Tom Fornelli from the Cover 3 podcast to make 32 selections in our way-too-early 2025 NFL Mock Draft. Watch With the First Pick on the NFL on CBS YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@N…
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You can find With the First Pick on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else podcasts are found. Ryan Wilson and Rick Spielman break down their favorite and least favorite draft classes from the weekend. (1:30) Commanders (5:30) Steelers (10:30) Eagles (15:30) Chiefs (19:45) Bucs (24:30) Saints (29:00) Falcons (32:00) Patriots (35:30) Titans (37:3…
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Teams about to fall off a cliff, battling hosts and ranking new uniforms | Pick Six Mailbag
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Super friends Will Brinson, John Breech and Tyler Sullivan open up the Pick Six mailbag to answer YOUR burning questions like which former playoff teams are cruisin' for a bruisin'. Then they rank all the new uniforms in the NFL this season and take a little time to brag. Intro (0:00) Teams on the Cliff Edge (2:44) The Harbaugh Effect (17:03) Best …
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The unstoppable Chiefs, the rising Jets, the stagnant Saints and more RANKED | Post Draft Power Rankings
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Will Brinson and John Breech are joined by the Power Ranking Prodigy himself, Pete Prisco to dive into the post-draft power rankings. Can anyone unseat the Chiefs? Does a healthy Joe Burrow equal a top 10 Bengals? Did the Falcons' WILD draft help or hurt them? Intro (0:00) Chiefs on Top (0:54) Biggest Risers (5:10) Biggest Fallers (16:54) Incomplet…
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After a wild draft weekend, Will Brinson, John Breech, and Tyler Sullivan get together and give out superlatives to the best pick, worst draft, most likely to boom or bust and more. Intro (0:00) Best Pick (4:45) Best Overall Draft (17:45) Worst Overall Draft (28:25) Most Likely to Boom Or Bust (38:08) Most Likely to Win DROY (48:35) Class Clown [Fu…
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With the First Pick - 2024 NFL Draft Day 3 Recap + Favorite Pick for EVERY team across all 7 rounds
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You can find With the First Pick on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else podcasts are found. Ryan Wilson and Rick Spielman recap Day 3 of the 2024 NFL Draft and share their favorite pick for every team through 7 rounds. (5:00) Day 3 Takeaways (29:30) NFC North best picks (34:45) NFC East best picks (39:00) NFC West best picks (45:00) NFC South…
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With the First Pick - 2024 NFL Draft Day 2 Winners/Losers Recap: No QBs taken, RB/TE class ignored + Day 3 Best Players Available
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You can find With the First Pick on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else podcasts are found. Ryan Wilson and Rick Spielman break down Day 2 of the NFL Draft. (1:45) Commanders (4:00) Eagles (6:50) Bills (10:10) Steelers (15:00) Michigan (16:30) D-Line/O-Line (23:00) Spencer Rattler (26:30) RBs (29:15) TEs (33:00) Falcons (35:00) Patriots (37:1…
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With the First Pick - 2024 NFL Draft 1st Round Winners/Losers Recap: Historic run of QBs including shocker pick of Michael Penix Jr. #8 to the Atlanta Falcons
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You can find With the First Pick on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else podcasts are found. Draft Day is finally here! Ryan Wilson and Rick Spielman react to everything that happened on Thursday night in Round 1 of the 2024 NFL Draft. (1:30) QB Grades (16:00) Falcons (19:00) Vikings (20:00) Bears (23:30) Giants (25:00) Defense (30:00) Ricky P…
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