Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Po...
Pushing the Pile moves the NFL conversation across the line, led by former All Pro offensive lineman Kyle Long and longtime football analyst Mike Renner, as they combine analytics and football passion for 4 episodes a week. It’s like hanging with your buddies and talking ball…If your buddies were 8-year NFL vets and analytics experts who helped develop player evaluation systems that every NFL team uses to this day.
Here’s what to expect during the football season…
Mondays: Full weekend recaps
Tuesdays: Power Rankings
Wednesdays: New, Storylines, Deep Dives & Mailbag
Thursdays: Comprehensive weekend preview
And a whole lot of listener engagement. Sometimes in football you need just a little more for that first down and on Pushing the Pile we’ll give you that extra effort!
2001
Odell Beckham's contract, Falcons Super Bowl pr...
Will Brinson talks about Odell Beckham's record-breaking contract extension, Tom Brady hanging up on a radio interview and Will explains why he has the Falcons winning the Super Bowl in 2018.
39 min
2002
NFL Preseason Week 3 Breakdown (Football 08/27)
Ryan Wilson and Sean Wagner join the show to discuss the 3rd week of the NFL Preseason, including Josh Allen, AFC South QBs, fantasy football sleepers on the Steelers and much more.
55 min
2003
Dave Richard talks NFL Preseason Week 3 Fantasy...
Will Brinson breaks down Browns-Eagles from week 3 of the NFL Preseason and is joined by Dave Richard to talk fantasy football draft preparation.
58 min
2004
Marc Sessler on Browns, Hard Knocks, sleeper te...
Marc Sessler joins Will Brinson to talk about how the Browns look on "Hard Knocks", what to expect from Cleveland this season, and possible breakthrough teams in 2018.
45 min
2005
Pete Prisco on Jaguars, Teddy B trade, sleepers...
Will Brinson breaks down the latest Hard Knocks episode and Pete Prisco joins the show to explain why the Jaguars aren't trading for Teddy Bridgewater and teams that are up and down in training camp.
41 min
2006
Bryant McFadden on rookie QBs, helmet rule prob...
Bryant McFadden joins Will Brinson to discuss how the rookie QBs look early on, possible problems with the helmet rule and roughing the passer and what the Jets should do with Teddy Bridgewater.
46 min
2007
NFL Week 2 Preseason Full Recap (Football 08/20)
John Breech and Sean Wagner join Will Brinson to discuss Week 2 of the NFL Preseason, including the new helmet rule and roughing the passes, rookie QBs making their case to start and much, much more.
57 min
2008
NFL Preseason Week 2 Recap, Fantasy Draft Weeke...
Ryan Wilson joins Will Brinson to discuss NFL Preseason Week 2 action from Thursday night and Heath Cummings joins to look ahead to the upcoming weekend's preseason action from a fantasy perspective.
52 min
2009
Adam Gold on Jalen Ramsey's QB comments (Footba...
Will Brinson breaks down the latest around the NFL and is joined by Adam Gold of 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh to discuss Jalen Ramsey's comments about quarterbacks.
44 min
2010
La Canfora: Jets a sleeper, Redskins breakdown,...
Will Brinson breaks down the second episode of "Hard Knocks" and is joined by Jason La Canfora to discuss the Jets as a possible sleeper team, Derrius Guice's injury, news around the Ravens and more.
40 min
2011
Bryant McFadden on rookie QBs in NFL preseason,...
Bryant McFadden joins Will Brinson to talk about the NFL's new helmet rule, its effects and to discuss performances by rookie quarterbacks in the first week of the preseason.
34 min
2012
NFL Preseason Week 1 Winners, Losers (Football ...
Will Brinson breaks down the latest NFL news and notes and looks at some winners and losers from Week 1 of the 2018 NFL preseason.
31 min
2013
NFL Preseason Week 1 Recap, Weekend Picks (Foot...
Ryan Wilson and John Breech join Will Brinson to break down all the action from Week 1's preseason games on Thursday night, including the Browns QBs, Andrew Luck's return and Derrius Guice's injury.
45 min
2014
Dave Doeren breaks down how NC State rookies wi...
NC State football coach Dave Doeren joins Will Brinson to talk about how the rookies from NC State will fare in the NFL and to discuss current NC State players and how they will fit at the next level,
33 min
2015
Hard Knocks Recap; Live From Vegas, Part 2: NFC...
Will Brinson breaks down the first episode of Hard Knocks with the Browns before the second part of the Vegas podcast episode where the guys talk NFC and discuss Super Bowl picks.
37 min
2016
Live from Vegas with Prisco, Kostos, Brinson, J...
Will Brinson, Nick Kostos and Pete Prisco spent the weekend hanging out in Las Vegas and managed to carve out enough time to break down every single division heading into the NFL season.
28 min
2017
Vegas Future Bets, HOF recap, Coleman traded, B...
A very raspy Will Brinson breaks down the future bets he made in Las Vegas over the weekend.
36 min
2018
Aaron Schatz previews 2018 NFL season, why Jags...
Aaron Schatz joins Will Brinson to talk about the Jaguars possible regression, why the Browns might make the playoffs and what to expect from the Bears this upcoming season.
36 min
2019
Ross Tucker on Mack, Donald holdouts, which NFC...
Ross Tucker joins Will Brinson to look at the holdouts by Khalil Mack and Aaron Donald, the recent money handed out to tackles and the guys each pick five NFC teams who will not make the playoffs.
42 min
2020
Bryant McFadden on rookie contracts, new helmet...
Bryant McFadden joins Will Brinson to break down what's going on with Roquan Smith, the new helmet rule and Will discusses Doug Baldwin's injury.
35 min
2021
Jason La Canfora on Eagles, Steelers, Browns tr...
Jason La Canfora joins Will Brinson on updates from Eagles, Steelers and Browns training camps along with news on Carson Wentz and if we should be buying what Cleveland is selling.
37 min
2022
Tom Fornelli and Joe Fortenbaugh on fantasy sle...
Will Brinson is joined by CBS Sports' Tom Fornelli and Joe Fortenbaugh of 95.7 the Game to break down some potential picks for fantasy breakouts/sleepers in 2018.
50 min
2023
Warren Sharp on analytics, best future bets for...
Warren Sharp joins Will Brinson to break down the upcoming NFL season from an analytical perpsective, including how the Falcons offense stays afloat and how the Cowboys can overcome lack of WR talent.
52 min
2024
Dave Richard reveals five fantasy values, where...
Dave Richard joins Will Brinson to discuss the latest NFL news from a fantasy perspective, including where to draft Josh Gordon, the Browns' interest in Dez Bryant, Andrew Luck's status and much more.
46 min
2025
Todd Gurley gets paid, Jason La Canfora on Rave...
Jason La Canfora joins Will Brinson to discuss the Julio Jones holdout, QBs at Ravens training camp and the story behind the Bills draft and Will breaks down Todd Gurley's new contract.
46 min