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May 2026

Buying & Selling Sophomore Stocks: Part I
Breaking down the rookie seasons for every first round pick
 • Oliver Connolly
1:59:08
2026 Organizational Tiers: Part III
Sorting through the league's basement dwellers and those on the upswing
 • Oliver Connolly
1:05:18
2026 Organizational Tiers: Part II
Which franchises have risen and which have fallen?
 • Oliver Connolly
1:38:44
2026 Organizational Tiers: Part I
It's time! Ranking the great and the good across the NFL
 • Oliver Connolly
2:21:22
Subscriber Q&A: Hall of Fame Snubs, Chicago's defense, 12 personnel and more
Answering your questions on the league's next schematic evolutions, who should be in the HOF and more
 • Oliver Connolly
1:37:01
A 2022 Draft Retrospective
Plus: Answering your questions on the Packers, draft philosophies and much more
 • Oliver Connolly
2:23:28

April 2026

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