Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast

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Bryant McFadden on five teams to make playoffs in 2018 (Football 07/11) Jul 11, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined by Bryant McFadden to break down five teams who will jump up and make the playoffs in 2018, including two choices that might be obvious: the Chargers and the Packers. The guys also break down some sleeper options (Bears?? Giants??) who could make the leap into the postseason after missing out last year.

Ryan Wilson on NFL teams who could miss the postseason in 2018 (Football 07/10) Jul 10, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined by Ryan Wilson of CBS Sports to break down what teams might be due for a regression in 2018 and they pick some surprising candidates, including the Vikings and the Eagles??? Yes, both the NFC Championship Game contestants highlight this list of possible fallback teams, which is a reminder either of how dumb they are or how wild the NFL really is.

Rob Gronkowski, Roquan Smith, Malik Jefferson, Denzel Ward Interviews (Football 07/09) Jul 09, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined by a host of different NFL stars for this edition of the podcast, including Bears rookie linebacker Roquan Smith, Patriots All-World tight end Rob Gronkowski, Bengals rookie linebacker Malik Jefferson and Browns rookie cornerback Denzel Ward.

Willie McGinest Interview, Nike NFL Innovation in Cleats, Uniforms (Football 07/06) Jul 06, 2018

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Will Brinson is briefly joined by Willie McGinest to talk about the Patriots and then chats up Tyler Luckey and Joe Rogers of Nike about the potential changes and innovation coming to the cleats and uniforms NFL players will have moving forward.

Dantonio Burnette on prepping players for NFL, how NC State rookies will fit in (Football 07/05) Jul 05, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined by NC State Assistant Athletic Director and Director of Strength and Conditioning Dantonio Burnette to talk about how he preps guys for the NFL in his program, the different technology they use in order to find an edge in developing players, how a class of 3-star recruits turned into an NFL draft class of seven players and much more.

Bryant McFadden on Kam Chancellor retiring, LeBron James going to the Lakers Jul 03, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined by CBS Sports' Bryant McFadden to break down the decision by Kam Chancellor to walk away from football and compare the 2013 Seahawks to the 2008 Steelers. The guys also discuss LeBron James going to the Lakers and wonder about such examples in the NFL where a single player could attract veterans in free agency.

Frank Schwab on NFL Season Best Bets (Win Totals, Player Props) (Football 07/02) Jul 02, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined by Frank Schwab of Yahoo! Sports, and the guys take a pretend $1000 budget to bet on season-long bets like win totals for various NFL teams and different player props for the full season.

Minkah Fitzpatrick interview, Jameis Winston suspension update (Football 06/29) Jun 29, 2018

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Jameis Winston's suspension was made official by the NFL on Thursday afternoon, so Will Brinson breaks down everything you need to know about the Buccaneers quarterback missing the first three games of the season and why the NFL would only give him that length of a suspension when he essentially admitted to sexual assault. Will also breaks down the news that Jerry Richardson was fined $2.75 million by the NFL. And then he's joined by Minkah Fitzpatrick, Dolphins rookie, who talks about handing out a Gatorade Player of the Year award, what his favorite thing to do on the football field is, and whether he's motivated by Stephen Ross' comments about trading down.

Drew Pearson interview, Matthew Stafford apology, Danielle Hunter contract (Football 06/28) Jun 28, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined on the program by Cowboys legend and recent "The Young and the Restless" star Drew Pearson. Pearson explains what it was like to work on a soap opera, how he got into soaps in the first place, his grade for David Akers announcing the Eagles pick at May's draft, what he thinks about the Cowboys wide receivers this year and more. Will also apologizes for missing out on Matthew Stafford during the QB draft on Wednesday and debates (with himself) whether he would rather have the Vikings or Jaguars defense for the next three years.

Danny Kanell drafts best QBs for 2018 (Football 04/27) Jun 27, 2018

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Will Brinson is joined by CBS Sports Danny Kanell to figure out which quarterbacks are going to perform the best in 2018, but instead of ranking quarterbacks, the guys decide to do a quarterback draft, snake format, with just two people, and see how it ends up shaking out and what storylines it creates. The results were compelling!

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