Favorite 2026 NFL Draft SUPERLATIVES
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Mike Renner and JP Acosta hand out their favorite 2026 NFL Draft superlatives as we sit just 8 days away from Round 1.
-
(00:00) Intro
(00:51) Most Pro Ready
(5:09) Least Pro Ready
(10:03) Player To Draft and Stash
(14:20) Most Worth Injury Risk
(19:03) Cause Most Havoc On Defense
(22:33) Cause Most Havoc On Offense
(25:38) Most Dog In Him On Defense
(30:18) Most Dog In Him On Offense
(34:08) Most Likely To Become Fan Favorite On Defense
(36:02) Most Likely To Become Fan Favorite On Offense
(38:50) Other Rapid-Fire Superlatives
-
Pushing the Pile is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.
Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pushingthepile
Download and Follow Pushing the Pile on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2RFkEgdbFxbPBDU5F5xEjJ?si=1062d40c04e24fd5
Follow our PTP team on Twitter: @mikerenner_, @acosta32_jp, @pushingthepile
Sign up for the Pick Six Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters
For more NFL coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/
To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/
Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos.
You can listen to Pushing the Pile on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Pushing the Pile podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Pushing the Pile podcast."
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | What's up everybody? |
| 0:11.0 | Welcome into this Wednesday edition of pushing the pile. |
| 0:14.2 | I'm Mike Renner. He's J.P. Acosta. |
| 0:16.0 | As always, we're going to be rolling through just over a week now. |
| 0:19.3 | Eight days out from night one of the NFL draft, we're going to hand out some superlatives for this draft class. |
| 0:27.1 | Some of our guys that are the top of the top at something in this draft class. |
| 0:32.6 | We got things like most likely to draft and stash, most likely to cause havoc, player are the most dog in them, |
| 0:39.4 | fan favorites, things of that nature. |
| 0:41.3 | We're going to go through. |
| 0:42.0 | We got five apiece here. |
| 0:44.2 | And so for the next hour, we're going to be giving you hours. |
| 0:47.3 | JPM, a lot to talk about in this year's draft class. |
| 0:49.5 | A lot of fun players to digest. |
| 0:51.6 | We're going to start with this because everyone wants impact right now. |
| 0:56.5 | Who is the guy who is the most pro-ready in this draft class? |
| 1:02.5 | I feel like if it's anybody but Caleb Downs, safety from Ohio State, I feel like we're sort of |
| 1:07.6 | playing. We're sort of just messing around. Caleb Downs is the quintessential football guy in this draft class. |
| 1:16.0 | I think that he is ready to start right away as a safety. |
| 1:19.7 | You can play him as a nickel. |
| 1:20.7 | But the thing that stands out the most for him and why he's able to play right away is this football IQ is among the best that I've seen for any defensive |
| 1:28.7 | player that I've scouted. His ability to take away space without being such an overwhelming |
| 1:34.3 | athlete, I'm not going to sit here and say he's a bad athlete because I think he's a good one, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CBS Sports, Football, NFL, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of CBS Sports, Football, NFL and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.