Our final questions before the 2026 NFL Draft
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 23 April 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
The first round of the 2026 NFL Draft may be mere moments away, but we still have time to squeeze in a last few questions before Roger Goodell takes the stage in Pittsburgh. So come join Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen, Dave Helman and Dane Brugler for a few final queries on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen, Dave Helman, Dane Brugler
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:01.8 | I'm Robert Mays. Our last show before the 2026 draft kicks off. It's a four-person podcast, which I don't know if we've ever done on this feed before, but that's what we're doing today. Me, Dane Brugler, Dave Hellman, Derek Klesson, going through their biggest questions that they have on the eve of the draft. We recorded this on Wednesday night. |
| 0:21.9 | It's running Thursday morning. |
| 0:23.1 | If we've gotten answers to any of these questions in the 12 hours between them, I'm very |
| 0:27.1 | sorry. |
| 0:27.8 | But that's what we're doing today. |
| 0:29.1 | The biggest questions we have as we move toward the start of the 2026 draft. |
| 0:34.4 | Quick reminder, 7.30 p.m. Eastern on the athletic football show, YouTube channel is when |
| 0:40.3 | our night one draft stream will begin us four, plus Bruce Feldman breaking down every single |
| 0:47.2 | pick from the first round of the 2026 NFL draft. On the podcast side of it, we will be doing a |
| 0:53.4 | separate show that will be available to you |
| 0:55.8 | in your podcast feeds the morning after round one. |
| 0:59.4 | We'll be doing the exact same thing after rounds two and three. |
| 1:02.5 | So if you're a podcast listener, those separate shows are coming your way in the same way |
| 1:06.6 | they have over the last couple years. |
| 1:08.5 | Night two, Friday, 6.30 p.m. Eastern, we will be doing the same thing we did on night one, breaking down every single pick of rounds two and three. It'll be the four of us. Very much looking forward to the next couple of days. One of my favorite stretches of the entire year. Great to spend time with all these guys. Great to spend time with you. So very much looking forward to it. |
| 1:33.5 | For now, it is me, Dane, Dave, and Derek running through our biggest questions before the 2026 draft kicks off. |
| 1:35.5 | Let's get to it right now. |
| 1:48.8 | Well, gentlemen, we made it. |
| 1:51.9 | It is the day of the 2026 NFL draft. |
| 1:55.6 | While you guys are listening to this, we're recording this on the eve of the 26 NFL draft. |
| 1:57.6 | Dane, I believe we started doing this for the 2022 draft. It's the first time I can remember |
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