Coolest Players in the 2026 Draft, an Eagles–A.J. Brown Theory, Zachariah Branch Thirst Trap, and Seaman the Dog
3/26/20261 hr 14 min
The guys kick things off with some league chaos—an early kickoff twist, international travel weirdness, and a sneaky “bring your best friend to work” signing that might actually matter. Then it’s time for the Cool Guy Draft. The Dannys run through the most electric prospects, including a do-it-all superstar back and beyond. (00:00) Intro (01:16) NFL season kicks off (04:59) The coolest players in the draft (05:37) RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame (13:02) RB Jonah Coleman, Washington (16:45) WR Zachariah Branch, Georgia/USC (23:15) WR Germie Bernard, Alabama (28:56) WR KC Concepcion, Texas A&M (32:24) OG Vega Ioane, Penn State (34:58) OT Kadyn Proctor, Alabama (37:16) Edge Gabe Jacas, Illinois (40:27) LBs Sonny Styles and Arvell Reese, Ohio State (42:20) LB Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech (45:24) Cornerback Corner (56:52) Emails Discord link: https://discord.gg/Ge8bbYHrau Vote for Tyler Taniguchi: https://nurse.org/articles/mariners-nurse-night/#nom Check out The Ringer’s 2026 NFL Draft Guide: https://theringer.com/nfl-draft/2026/big-board#content Email us! ringerfantasyfootball@gmail.com Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Producers: Austin Gayle, Abou Kamara, Carlos Chiriboga, and Cameron Dinwiddie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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First 90 secondsDanny Heifetz· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Welcome to the Ringer NFL Draft Show. My name is Danny Heidi and I'm joined by Danny Kelly and Craig Rohrbach. And today we're going over the coolest players in the draft, because we can- So cool. Dude, cool.
Craig Horlbeck· Host0:28
Man, these guys are cool.
Danny Heifetz· Host0:30
[laughs] Craig, can you explain the Salty Spitoon? It's like SpongeBob has the Salty Spitoon for toughness, but this is kind of like that for coolness.
Craig Horlbeck· Host0:35
It's the sa- so it's the, it's the Cool Corral. I don't know what it's called.
Danny Heifetz· Host0:40
Oh, that's ... Okay.
Craig Horlbeck· Host0:40
But, um, yeah, on- only the cool guys are in this club, right, DK?
Danny Kelly· Host0:44
[laughs] Totally. I, I, I totally know what you're talking about. Uh, the co- the thing, the, my reference, my generation is, if peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis. [laughs] That was the, what came to my mind for this. So these guys are cooler than peeing your pants.
Craig Horlbeck· Host0:58
Right.
Danny Heifetz· Host0:59
So we're just gonna g- go through a bunch of Miles Davis'. Uh, yeah, we're just gonna go through the cool players that honestly if you're like, "I don't wanna know anything about the draft, whatever, I'll deal with it later," but we're like, these guys are sick and you should know these guys, and- Yeah ... if you like these guys- If you, if you're, if you're despairing currently about this being a boring draft class, today is for you. So- These guys are fun ... a couple things in news I wanna hit before we d- go into this. So the Schefter posted, and the NFL really, posted through Schefter that the NFL season, the kickoff, is gonna be weird. They're gonna do it on Wednesday night instead of Thursday night. So