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The Ryen Russillo Podcast

Best CFB Transfers and Arch's Issues With Max Olson. Plus, a Deep Dive on the Chiefs' Struggles With Mitchell Schwartz.

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.813.9K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Russillo is joined by Max Olson to talk about the best transfer acquisitions in college football, preview this weekend’s biggest games, and reveal the teams that have surprised them the most this season. Then, Mitchell Schwartz comes on to break down O-line play leaguewide, discuss the Chiefs' issues, and talk about stories from his playing days. Plus, Life Advice with Ceruti and Kyle! (0:00) Welcome to The Ryen Russillo Podcast! (0:54) Max Olson joins the show (4:20) Where did Jackson Arnold rank as a transfer QB? (8:12) What has gone right for Carson Beck so far? (13:33) Will programs start preferring transfer QBs? (14:59) Texas Tech–Utah preview (19:02) Indiana-Illinois preview (23:23) Oregon has had a fantastic start to the year (24:43) Will LSU’s offense ever click? (27:27) Thoughts on Arch Manning (35:38) Russillo welcomes in Mitchell Schwartz (42:04) Stopping Danielle Hunter (45:27) Why does O-line play across the league look so bad? (48:30) On the play that Ashton Jeanty was just watching (51:49) What did he think about the Super Bowl rematch? (56:28) What is different about Patrick Mahomes now? (59:58) How many AFC teams are currently better than the Chiefs? (1:02:53) Have you ever lost your cool in a game? (1:08:23) Life Advice! (1:17:47) Should I have a fourth kid? (1:29:30) My buddy thinks he’s a player evaluator Check us out on YouTube for exclusive clips, livestreams, and more at https://www.youtube.com/@RyenRussilloPodcast. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Max Olson and Mitchell Schwartz Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, Mike Wargon, and Jonathan Frias Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On today's episode of the pod, we're going to talk to football, which is going to be shocked.

0:14.1

So many of you, but here's what we try to do.

0:16.4

Mitchell Schwartz, former chief's tackle, he's going to hang out with us.

0:20.0

I know he's kind of the chief's whisperer, but I want to talk O-Line play,

0:23.0

even a lot of the stuff that we saw on Monday night.

0:25.9

Some great answers, man.

0:27.3

It was actually incredible insight stuff that I wouldn't be thinking about as much

0:31.1

because I didn't play O'Line.

0:32.5

But he's great on that.

0:33.5

And then some fears, like long-term fears about what to expect out of Kansas City.

0:39.1

Max Olson, college football writer for ESPN all over the transfer portal.

0:42.9

We're going to talk about the biggest impacts almost a month into the season, preview

0:45.9

some of these games, and also the bigger picture stuff with the portal and the quarterback

0:50.3

stuff.

0:53.6

I was reading them all summer on the transfer portal and checking out his latest piece for

0:57.7

ESPN.com on the biggest impact transfers in college football. It's Max Olson, who's been

1:03.3

covering the sport for a while. Good to see you, man. Hey, thanks for having me on, Ryan. Okay, so let's

1:09.6

start with the transfer portal stuff. We'll look at some of the rankings. You know, we don't have to break down all 10 guys here, and then I want to touch on a couple of the games and some bigger picture stuff here. But, I mean, how easy was it to land matriot, number one for Oklahoma considering the start that he's got off to? Yeah, pretty easy. I think the hard thing in December was just when you have him and Carson Beck out there.

1:27.7

And then in the spring, Nico is sort of like who there was, I think, a little bit of industry disagreement on who's the best guy out there.

1:34.4

I think for me with Mateer, like, upside was like he had a chance to be a real like season changer for Oklahoma.

1:41.6

And obviously when you go with your OC, um, that that helps

1:44.3

ease that transition. But I think in terms of like impact to his own team, I, which is maybe a

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