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Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 β’ 2.1K Ratings
ποΈ 20 May 2026
β±οΈ 46 minutes
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Summary
Mike Renner and JP Acosta go through their early NFL leans following last weekβs schedule release. From Week 1 to win totals, division picks, player awards, and much more!
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(00:00) Intro
(00:36) Favorite Week 1 Wager
(6:25) Win Total To Go Over
(12:55) Win Total To Go Under
(17:47) Favorite Division Winner Pick
(22:38) Pick To Win NFC Championship
(27:27) Pick To Win AFC Championship
(32:42) Early Super Bowl Lean
(34:30) Early Super Bowl Sleeper
(38:43) Early MVP Picks
(40:31) Early Offense Rookie of the Year Picks
(42:30) Early Defense Rookie of the Year Picks
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into this Wednesday edition of pushing the pile. |
| 0:13.1 | Mike Renner, J.P. Acosta, coming to you for the next hour. And with the schedule officially |
| 0:19.2 | released last week, we are going to be doing a little betting look ahead. |
| 0:24.8 | We're going to be doing things like week one lines we like, win totals we like, who's going to win each division, who's going to win each conference, who's going to win the Super Bowl, and then some award predictions at the end of the show. |
| 0:35.9 | JP, let's get right into it, though, with week one. Obviously, we had the full schedule release a week ago. Some very interesting games on the |
| 0:43.5 | slate. We got a Wednesday game. We got an Australia game. What's your favorite line, though, |
| 0:48.6 | as we stand right now? It is early, but my favorite line is Texans plus one and a half against the bills. |
| 0:55.7 | I think with all the stuff surrounding the Texans around their offense and what they did |
| 1:00.9 | to revamp their offensive line, I think what gets forgotten is that this is the best defense |
| 1:05.4 | in the NFL, and they took it to Buffalo last season. |
| 1:09.4 | Josh Allen was consistently harassed by that defensive line. |
| 1:12.5 | Will Anderson, Denial Hunter, proved to be too much for Deon Dawkins and Spencer Brown, |
| 1:16.2 | even though Brown was dealing with an injury. |
| 1:18.4 | But if you think about everything that the bills are going through when it comes to changing their defense under Jim Leonard, |
| 1:25.6 | their offensive line, not having Aaron Kromer. |
| 1:27.9 | And I still think the offense is very Josh Allen James Cook centric. |
| 1:33.0 | I'm not as much of a believer in the DJ Moore trade and how it's going to change |
| 1:37.7 | or positively affect the offense. |
| 1:39.8 | I just think Houston's going to be able to turn that game into a rock fight. |
| 1:43.1 | I think the offense is going to create enough plays. |
| 1:45.4 | And if you get just healthy Nico Collins and healthy CJ Stroud, they're going to connect |
| 1:49.9 | on at least one of those big plays. |
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