The NFL Draft Story Lines That Do and Don't Matter

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Sheil and The Ringer’s own Billy Gil shine a light on the upcoming 2026 NFL draft and talk about some of the biggest draft topics that are currently buzzing around the football media sphere. (00:59) The NFL draft story lines that do and don't matter(03:28) Fernando Mendoza buzz(25:17) Story lines that don’t matter to the average fan(30:10) Is it possible to have predraft fatigue?(33:25) Qualifications for an accurate mock draft(43:44) Overall thoughts on the NFL draft-day presentation The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Host: Sheil KapadiaGuest: Billy GilProducer: Chris SuttonVideo Editor: Stefano SanchezProduction Supervision: Conor Nevins and Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Ringer NFL show.
0:08.4	I'm your host, Shield Capadia.
0:10.0	Today we're zooming out.
0:11.2	We focused in on a bunch of prospects and mock drafts and team needs and all that stuff
0:16.3	in the previous episodes.
0:17.7	Today we're zooming out.
0:18.6	What are the big picture storylines in this draft? And are they interesting? Is this a good draft? Does this draft lack juice? We're going to talk about all that. Get into Fernando Mendoza as the number one overall pick. And of course, the perfect guest for a show like this is our friend at the ringer, Billy Gill, because you know it's going to go in a number of different directions from Mendoza
0:38.1	to whether you should draft
0:39.4	a running back early
0:40.3	to has draft content
0:41.8	gotten out of control.
0:42.8	We're going to get into all of that.
0:44.3	Let's take a break.
0:45.2	We come back
0:45.9	with Billy Gill.
1:05.4	Music All right, we are back here on the Ringer NFL show with our friend, Billy Gill, Billy.
1:08.4	I think you once called yourself, you know, the every man.
1:10.0	And so that's the theme of today's show. What is the every
1:11.5	man interested in with the 2026 NFL? We've done all the deep dives and the prospect, but like,
1:18.6	does this draft have juice? What are the storylines we should be talking about? The every man is
1:24.1	talking about. So I think that's the theme of today's show, but we'll say. Okay. Well, thank you for having me back. I've missed you, Sheila. It's been a little while, you know? Listen, you are, I, to keep track of your whereabouts, really, without social media, without Instagram reels, I would have no idea, but you pop up. I'm like, oh, there he is on Ringer Tailgate. Oh, there he is with Bill. He's talking some baseball here. There he is on this other thing. And then you've got this whole other thing where when you're not doing podcasts, you're doing all this other stuff. So I'm thrilled to have you back, even though you're on the road for Zach Lowe's live show that you're going to be attending. You got your little knapsack and your lights and
2:01.3	your camera and you look great. Thank you. I appreciate that. If it's hard for you to keep track, it's hard for me to keep track too. I told you in confidence earlier today and I told Chris earlier today. When I agreed to do this last week, I was so excited and I was like, oh, wait, no, I'm not going to be in town. I need to figure out how I'm going to make this happen because the last thing
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