Why we're planting our flags for these day 2 & 3 prospects
4/17/20261 hr 6 min
Jalon Kilgore, Riley Nowakowski, Reggie Virgil, Peter Woods...what do these guys have in common? They're OUR guys. A week ahead of the draft, we're officially planting the flags for our favorite players in the 2026 NFL Draft. Dave Helman, Dane Brugler, and Derrik Klassen call their shot on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Host: Dave Helman
Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dane Brugler
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Senior Producer: Katy Duffy
Social Producer: Scott Krinch
Follow Derrik on Bluesky: @qbklass.bsky.social
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First 90 secondsDave Helman· Host0:00
Welcome to The Athletic Football Show. I am Dave Helman. Robert Mays is out today, but never fear, we've got a loaded draft show for y'all today. I'm usually joined to talk draft by the one and only Dane Brugler, and he joins me today. But in addition, we're bringing in Derek Klassen to round out the crew, an episode I'm really excited about. I think it fits Derek's skill set very, very well because we wanted to talk about our guys in this 2026 draft class. Not the best players, not the players that'll be taken first or at, at the top of the draft order. We just wanted to talk about the guys that we really love. And we figured, you know, we could probably bypass the top 10, the top 15 types of prospects. Let's get into the little, the nitty-gritty of it a little bit more. Talk about some day two prospects, some back of the draft prospects. Not the best players, not the players that are gonna land in a specific place, just the guys that we love. An opportunity for us one week before the NFL Draft to plant our flag on the guys that we just enjoy the most. Really fun conversation. Myself, Dane Brugler, Derek Klassen, talking football players. Let's get to it. [upbeat music] Well, fellas, I'm really excited for this show because at this point, I-- Dane and I have been talking prospects since August. Dane, obviously the amount of