Hour 3: Draft Analyst Mike Renner is Optimistic About the Seahawks in the NFC West
Bump and Stacy
Seattle Sports
4.5 • 540 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Bump & Stacy are joined by CBS Sports draft analyst Mike Renner who explains how the Seahawks used the draft to take another step ahead of NFC West division rivals, explore Russell Wilson's future in broadcasting in headline rewrites, listen to Kyle Shanahan defend the 49ers unorthdox draft strategy in NFL Headlines, and run through the most hated sports takes from listeners.
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| 0:00.0 | From the Quantum Fiber Studio. |
| 0:03.2 | This is Bump and Stacey on Seattle Sports. |
| 0:06.8 | Streaming through the Seattle Sports app and at SeattleSports.com. |
| 0:11.3 | Now, here are your hosts, Michael Bumpus and Stacey Ross. |
| 0:16.6 | CBS Sports Draft analyst Mike Renter, joining us now in the Emerald Clean Casino Sportsbook Hotline. Mike, how's it going? Going great. Thanks for having me on. We're happy to have you. We're live from Seahawks Riki Camp, so very fitting that we get to talk to you about this class. I'll start with just kind of your general overview. I know that it's hard to grade a team who makes their first pick at 32 and didn't have a ton in the top 100. |
| 0:40.6 | That being said, how did you feel on the whole about Seattle's approach to the 2026 draft? |
| 0:47.4 | It felt like they were truly plugging the holes they missed in for agency. |
| 0:52.3 | And I don't always advocate |
| 0:54.8 | for a strategy like that, but not only because of this draft being so weak, but also because |
| 1:01.3 | Seahawks just being so good, right? The fact that they had quite obvious needs heading into this |
| 1:05.5 | that needed to be filled. And I thought with, you know, given the hand they were dealt, |
| 1:10.6 | they got great players to fill those roles. |
| 1:13.4 | So that's what it felt like to me. |
| 1:14.8 | It's just a team that knows it's the best team in the NFL and just trying to stay the best team in the NFL for as long as they can. |
| 1:22.3 | And I think they did just that with this draft. |
| 1:25.5 | I was surprised that both Stevens was available in the fifth round. |
| 1:30.1 | Why do you think he was sitting there? |
| 1:33.7 | I had him actually in that about range. |
| 1:37.1 | I think his play strength issues were why I thought he fell at that point in the draft. |
| 1:41.9 | But obviously, we saw a big, you know, |
| 1:45.1 | a lot of teams covered Iowa offensive linemen in this NFL draft because they come in so NFL |
| 1:50.6 | ready. And I think that's why they were willing to move, you know, future fourth rounder to get |
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