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Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast with Kyle Long & Mike Renner

CBS Sports, Football, NFL

Football, Fantasy Sports, Sports

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Mike Renner and Kyle Long are joined by Leger Douzable to pick and preview every game from Week 18 of the NFL season. Intro (0:00) Pro Bowl Rosters Announced (1:13) Week 17 Lock Review (18:50) Browns @ Ravens (19:40) Bengals @ Steelers (24:42) Panthers @ Falcons (36:34) Commanders @ Cowboys (42:33) Bears @ Packers (47:03) Texans @ Titans (55:07) Jaguars @ Colts (56:33) Bills @ Patriots (59:19) Giants @ Eagles (1:01:29) Saints @ Buccaneers (1:06:07) Chiefs @ Broncos (1:08:39) Chargers @ Raiders (1:14:16) Seahawks @ Rams (1:17:49) Dolphins @ Jets (1:22:10) 49ers @ Cardinals (1:26:25) Vikings @ Lions (1:27:24) Week 18 Locks (1:31:38) Pushing the Pile is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NFLonCBS Download and Follow Pushing the Pile on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2RFkEgdbFxbPBDU5F5xEjJ?si=1062d40c04e24fd5 Follow our PTP team on Twitter: @mikerenner_, @Ky1eLong, @pushingthepile Sign up for the Pick Six Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters For more NFL coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos. You can listen to Pushing the Pile on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Pushing the Pile podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Pushing the Pile podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.6	what's up welcome in to this thursday edition of pushing the pile brought to youought to you by Fendell Sportsbook, Make Every Moment More.
0:40.6	Ligeet joins us because what I got wrong on Tuesday was we didn't have a Wednesday show.
0:44.8	Happy New Year's, everybody.
0:46.9	We pumped up the Wednesday show at the end of the Tuesday show.
0:51.0	We got off the show and Harry comes up, Harry, who's in the control room for us remotely,
0:55.7	pops up on the big screen like the wizard from Wizard of Oz and he's like, you have no show on
1:00.3	Wednesday. What are you talking about? We'll take it. So sorry to everyone that maybe sent
1:06.8	to a mailbag question or was postulating them. No mailbag this week, but we'll get back to that next week.
1:12.0	We're previewing all the week 18 games.
1:14.5	Week 18, Jesus, last week of the regular season here on today's show.
1:18.1	But first, the Pro Bowl rosters were announced, which means snubs.
1:24.8	Everyone's favorite.
1:26.1	Back when we were at PFF, when I was at PFF, that was like the article
1:28.9	that got like the most clicks of any article during this time span was who should have made it
1:34.1	that didn't make it. We're going to put the rosters up for you guys on the screen right now to go
1:38.1	through them. I'm not going to go through every position. Some notables, no Pat Mahomes making it
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