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On the Clock: How many offensive will be taken in the first round?

4/14/202657 min

We've reached the "Last Season's Playoff Teams" portion of the 2026 NFL Draft on The Athletic Football Show's On The Clock, though it might not feel like it. The first team up on this episode is the Carolina Panthers, a team that won its division at 8-9. They're followed by the Dallas Cowboys, a team that didn't make the playoffs but holds what would have been the Packers pick thanks to the Micah Parsons trade. We've also got the Cleveland Browns mixed in here, thanks to the Travis Hunter trade they made with the Jacksonville Jaguars last year. Mike Renner...

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  1. Robert Mays· Host0:00

    Welcome to The Athletic Football Show. I'm Robert Mays. Our On The Clock series rolls on today. I've loved doing these shows. Just a quick explanation of the exercise for people who may not have listened to the other ones that we've done so far. What we do is we bring on a draft analyst, we take a certain portion of the first round, six or seven picks, and we go through each individual pick, and I give them three options. And the exercise is they do what they would do if they were in the seat making the pick for these teams while they were on the clock. It's an interesting range of the draft. Got a couple teams that could go offensive tackle if they wanted to. A couple teams picking between the edge rushers here. This might be the Tye Simpson range for one of those teams. Just a little bit of a spoiler. So here to help me work through picks 19 through 25, it is our friend Mike Renner from CBS Sports. Really enjoyed this conversation with Mike. Couple quick housekeeping things, mostly just one before we get started. The Reuben Bain news that came out this weekend, uh, we're doing the show a little bit late because I actually was sick yesterday, and so I apologize if my brain isn't fully working today as well. We're going to talk about the Reuben Bain news. That is gonna be something that Dane and Dave hit on Building the Beast, and that show will be available to you tomorrow. Uh, Dane obviously is somebody that has talked to these teams about, uh, their considerations with Bain, the things that they're weighing, and so felt like he was the best voice to address that and kinda work through that anyway. So that news will be talked about on Building the Beast tomorrow. But just wanted to let you know that it is coming. But today it is me and

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