MOST IMPORTANT Teams In The 2026 NFL Draft
Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
4.2 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
In today’s episode Mike Renner and JP Acosta give the teams they think are most important in the 2026 NFL Draft.
(00:00) Intro
(00:36) Tennessee Titans
(5:49) Arizona Cardinals
(12:06) Pittsburgh Steelers
(15:38) Kansas City Chiefs
(20:09) New York Jets
(24:14) Miami Dolphins
(28:38) Dallas Cowboys
(32:46) Chicago Bears
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome into today's episode of pushing the pile. We are less than a month out from the |
| 0:20.4 | 26 NFL draft. And we thought on today's |
| 0:23.6 | show we would go through and highlight the teams that are most important for this draft, whether |
| 0:30.8 | they are teams that are big inflection points in the draft in terms of their decisions, making |
| 0:37.0 | the decisions after them more important, |
| 0:40.3 | or teams that are in need of having a big draft, like teams that need to knock this one |
| 0:46.9 | out of the park. So we're going to go back and forth, do four teams apiece. JPM, I'll start |
| 0:51.5 | with you. What's the team that you're looking at that you're just like, this draft has to, this draft has to roll through this team. They have to have a big one this year. Well, the first thing I thought of was the Tennessee Titans because we have seen the year two quarterbacks, like we've seen the jump that quarterbacks make in their second year. We saw Drake May just do it going from |
| 1:11.0 | promising to MVP candidate in his second year quarterback. But we've also seen second year |
| 1:16.4 | quarterback sort of falter under a new coaching system, new offense, and without the requisite |
| 1:22.3 | help from his playmakers that would really sort of help sustain his growth. And because Cam Ward was number one overall pick last season, |
| 1:30.3 | the Titans need to do everything they can to help insulate him |
| 1:33.6 | so we can grow in the best environment possible. |
| 1:36.0 | I think when you're bringing in a new, |
| 1:38.0 | when you have a young quarterback, most important things are play calling, |
| 1:41.6 | playmakers, and protection. |
| 1:43.1 | I think the Titans might have one of those, and neither of them are protection or playmaking. |
| 1:48.7 | So, and even play calling is still a little up in the air, Brian Dayball, being the new |
| 1:54.1 | offensive coordinator. |
| 1:55.3 | So I'm curious what the Titans do it for. |
| 1:58.3 | I feel like that's a spot for them to go, like, best offensive |
| 2:01.7 | player available, but I'm not sure if they want a receiver with the fourth overall pick, |
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