{"podcast":{"title":"Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast","slug":"pushing-the-pile-a-cbs-sports-nfl-podcast-632072","podcast_index_feed_id":632072,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/picksix","website_url":"https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/pick-six/","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8382554.jpg","author":"CBS Sports","episode_count":2455,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T08:18:33.924820+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pushing-the-pile-a-cbs-sports-nfl-podcast-632072"},"episode":{"title":"NFL Power Ranking Tiers Following Free Agency","slug":"nfl-power-ranking-tiers-following-free-agency","published_at":"2026-03-18T17:34:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pushing-the-pile-a-cbs-sports-nfl-podcast-632072/nfl-power-ranking-tiers-following-free-agency","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pushing-the-pile-a-cbs-sports-nfl-podcast-632072","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/serve.castfire.com/audio/8174648/8174648_2026-04-12-050248.192.mp3?rssID=6037","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/serve.castfire.com/audio/8174648/8174648_2026-04-12-050248.192.mp3?rssID=6037","summary":"Mike Renner and JP Acosta go through their post-free agency NFL power ranking tiers! (00:00) Intro (1:00) Come Back In 2027 (4:08) Let’s See What The Young QB Has (9:22) Teams With QB Question Marks (14:33) Trendy Turnaround Candidates (19:22) Seats Are Hot (25:15) Outside Looking In (29:28) Elite QB, Retooling Teams (33:22) Playoff Teams (38:34) Hipster Super Bowl Picks (42:10) Super Bowl LXI Favorites 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/@pushingthepile Download and Follow Pushing the Pile on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2RFkEgdbFxbPBDU5F5xEjJ?si=1062d40c04e24fd5 Follow our PTP team on Twitter: @mikerenner_, @acosta32_jp, @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.\"","meta_description":"Mike Renner and JP Acosta go through their post-free agency NFL power ranking tiers! (00:00) Intro (1:00) Come Back In 2027 (4:08) Let’s See What The Youn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2638,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pushing-the-pile-a-cbs-sports-nfl-podcast-632072/episodes/nfl-power-ranking-tiers-following-free-agency/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pushing-the-pile-a-cbs-sports-nfl-podcast-632072/nfl-power-ranking-tiers-following-free-agency.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}