2026 NFL Draft Preview with Nate Tice of Yahoo Sports
The Solid Verbal College Football
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🗓️ 21 April 2026
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
It's time for one of our favorite traditions: Our annual NFL Draft preview with Nate Tice of Yahoo Sports. Nate walks us through why the 2026 class should be defined by the word "useful" rather than "generational," how color-coded chips on his big board separate the truly elite from scheme-dependent prospects, and why the lack of consensus near the top could produce a first round full of surprises and trades.
We talked through the most accurate comps and comparisons for Fernando Mendoza, the incredible Ohio State defensive factory, the Ty Simpson versus Garrett Nussmeier conversation, Jeremiyah Love's place among recently drafted running backs, Oregon's Kenyon Sadiq and Dillon Thieneman, a loaded class of offensive linemen and much more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome to the solid verbal. |
| 0:08.1 | The solid verbal. |
| 0:09.1 | Come after me. |
| 0:10.7 | I'm a man. |
| 0:11.8 | I'm 40. |
| 0:12.6 | I've heard so many players say, well, I want to be happy. |
| 0:15.1 | You want to be happy for a day? |
| 0:16.7 | Eat a steak. |
| 0:17.6 | It's that woo-woo. |
| 0:19.2 | And now, down and tie. |
| 0:22.7 | Dan Rubinstein, it is time for an annual tradition here on Solid Verbal, sir. |
| 0:28.0 | Welcome back. |
| 0:28.4 | How are you? |
| 0:29.2 | I'm great. |
| 0:30.1 | It is a great tradition. |
| 0:31.7 | I love this show annually. |
| 0:33.7 | I love the NFL draft annually. |
| 0:35.5 | I always have from all different sorts of perspectives, you know, first as an NFL fan, then as a college fan, and then there's somebody who covers college football, and then somebody just curious and interested about the math and the value and the process of drafting and evaluating. And so that all comes together in a delicious stew of having |
| 0:55.7 | Nate Tice on the show. So I'm always excited. This is like our annual tradition. This is like year |
| 1:00.0 | four or five. Yeah. Oh, it's great. Us doing this with Nate Tice from Yahoo Sports from the |
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