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The Paul Finebaum Show

Hour 2: Bruce Feldman, The Athletic

The Paul Finebaum Show

ESPN Radio

Sports

3.31.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 38 minutes

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0:31.1

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0:40.0

This is the Paul Finebaum Show, Our 2 podcast.

0:45.6

This might be college football.

0:50.0

And the second hour is live.

0:52.6

We welcome you back to the program. We're here all afternoon and a lot of

0:56.0

conversation about so many different subjects. And Bruce Feldman joins us from the Athletic

1:01.7

one of the truly great reporters and writers on the scene. His latest, watch some NFL coaches

1:09.0

think the transfer portal is killing prospect development. How interesting is that?

1:14.6

We've just seen the second straight transfer portal quarterback go first. Bruce, thanks for the time.

1:22.5

Always good to talk to you. So tell us what you've learned talking to the people that matter most in the NFL.

1:29.5

Yeah, Paul. When I was working on this draft confidential story over the last month,

1:34.9

and so I would talk to various NFL assistant coaches and scouts. And at one point,

1:39.9

I was talking to a defensive line coach who said, you know, this is the worst defensive tackle class in like a decade because it's just horrible.

1:48.4

And I said, well, why do you think that is?

1:50.9

And he proceeded to talk about how it is a position of development.

1:55.6

And because there is so much more movement, you know, players go into two, three, some even go to four schools.

2:03.2

He said, that is really hurting a lot of players, especially in the trenches, because it's like they're not in the same weight program for very long.

2:11.9

They bounce around.

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