Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast
CBS Sports, Football, NFL
Pushing the Pile moves the NFL conversation across the line, led by football analyst Mike Renner and writer/thinker JP Acosta. Together, the three bring a mix of player perspective, analytics expertise, and sharp cultural insight across 4 episodes a week. It’s like hanging with your buddies and talking ball…if your buddies were 8-year NFL vets, film junkies who helped build evaluation systems used by NFL teams, and one of the most thoughtful young voices breaking down the game today.
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Jan 23, 2024 • 30min
🚨 Titans hire Bengals OC Brian Callahan to be next head coach in Nashville- INSTANT REACTION
Will Brinson is joined by John Breech to break down the Titans hire of Bengals OC Brian Callahan and even talk a little about the Panthers Hiring Dan Morgan as GM. 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
Jan 22, 2024 • 30min
NFL Conference Championship EARLY Look at the Lines: Odds, Picks, Predictions and Betting Advice
Katie Mox, Will Brinson, Alex "Propstarz" Selelnick, and Emory Hunt preview early Conference Championship odds.Intro (0:00)Betting Macros (4:30)Chiefs @ Ravens (4:55)Lions @ 49ers (13:08)Anticipations Plays (22:53) 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
Jan 22, 2024 • 1h 5min
NFL Divisional Sunday Recap: WIDE RIGHT AGAIN, Lions stay aggressive, Mahomes magic lifts Chiefs
Will Brinson, Ryan Wilson and John Breech react to the Divisional Sunday action in the NFL.Intro (0:00)Mahomes Magic (0:25)WIDE RIGHT REDUX (7:05)What's the Bills ceiling? (16:13)Does Allen have to be Super Man for the Bills to win? (26:03)Be Aggressive! (34:27)Jared Goff VINDICATION (41:29)Mayfield the GUY in TB (52:24)MVPs (56:03) 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
Jan 21, 2024 • 59min
NFL Divisional Saturday Recap: Lamar Jackson quiets the doubters, Stroud stopped, 49ers come back
Will Brinson, Ryan Wilson and John Breech react to the Divisional Saturday action in the NFL.Intro (0:00)49ers FINALLY comeback (0:35)Love comes up short (7:50)Packers the most promising team in NFC? (16:50)Lamar Jackson quiets the doubters (31:09)How did the Ravens' STOP Stroud? (44:10)Texans the most Promising team in AFC (48:45)MVPs (52:35) 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
Jan 19, 2024 • 25min
🚨 Raiders hire Antonio Pierce to be next head coach in Las Vegas - INSTANT REACTION
Will Brinson is joined by John Breech to break down the Raiders hiring Antonio Pierce to be their new head coach. 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
Jan 18, 2024 • 59min
NFL Divisional Weekend Picks Against the Spread, Best Bets, Predictions and Previews
Will Brinson, Alex "Propstarz" Selelnick, and R.J. White share their best bets for the Divisional Playoffs Weekend in the NFL season.Intro (0:00)Wild Card Weekend Recap (0:58)Texans @ Ravens (6:05)Packers @ 49ers (16:14)Buccaneers @ Lions (29:31)Chiefs @ Bills (37:19)Pick Six Parlay (45:08)Best Bets Recap (53:21) 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
Jan 17, 2024 • 42min
QB youth movement, coordinators uphill climb to head coaching, retirement + playoff survivor pool
Will Brinson, Brady Quinn, and Leger Douzable discuss the unusually young crop of playoff QBs, how difficult it is to go from coordinator to head coach, and when it's time to hang 'em up. Plus the guys make their next survivor pool picks.Intro (0:00)Man vs. Zone (0:40)Coordinators tough climb to head coaching (9:17)Eagles inability to handle pressure (13:50)Playoff QB Youth Movement (19:15)When do you hang it up? (26:30)Survivor Pool Picks (34:32) 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
Jan 16, 2024 • 47min
NFL Divisional Weekend Bold Predictions: No.1 Seed UPSET, 2 air raids and a rookie outplaying a star
Will Brinson is joined by, John Breech and Pete Prisco to make BOLD predictions for the Divisional Playoffs in the NFL. Plus, the guys blind rank divisional football games.Intro (0:00)Reviewing Wild Card Weekend predictions (8:44)1st Round QBs in the Divisional round (22:30)Divisional round BOLD PREDICTIONS (27:20)Blind Rankings: Divisional Playoff Games (38:20) 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
Jan 16, 2024 • 1h 5min
NFL Wild Card Monday Recap: Bills injured in win, Baker Mayfield balls, Eagles collapse complete
Will Brinson, Ryan Wilson and John Breech react to the Wild Card Monday action in the NFL.Intro (0:00)Do you trust Josh Allen in the biggest spots? (0:25)Bills move on at a cost (12:36)It's time for Steelers to change QB strategy (19:25)Tomlin on his way out in Pittsburgh (29:36Bucs smack the Eagles (32:57)Is Sirianni on the hot seat? (34:00)Good Baker Mayfield showed up (41:00)How do you fix the Eagles (46:28)MVPs (57:34) 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
Jan 15, 2024 • 1h 8min
NFL Wild Card Sunday Recap: Packers arrive, Lions erase 32 years of pain, Cowboys due for changes
Will Brinson, Ryan Wilson and John Breech react to the Wild Card Sunday action in the NFL.Intro (0:00)Packers, Love rock Cowboys D (0:25)Dak can't win the big game (19:20)McCarthy out in Dallas...? (25:52)Jared Goff shows his quality (36:55)Detroit DOESN’T crumble under pressure (41:50)Rams McVay out coached (44:50)MVPs (55:07) 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
