About this episode

Dave Helman and Derrik Klassen discuss potential impactful sixth and seventh round picks from the 2026 NFL Draft.

Let's be honest, a lot of sixth and seventh round NFL Draft picks never come back into our consciousness after draft night...but a few are primed to actually make a difference for their teams in the 2027 season. Dave Helman and Derrik Klassen discuss the picks that could see the field and make an impact on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Timestamps are approximate: 0:00 Welcome to the show 3:11 Bryce Boettcher 8:35 George Gumbs Jr 9:18 Caden Curry 11:21 Deion Burks 13:33 Demond Claiborne 17:00 Merch design contest 18:24 Kaleb Elarms-Orr 21:43 Aiden Fisher 25:45 Kamari Ramsey 31:57 Malik Benson 36:28 Joshua Josephs 40:10 Taylen Green 45:47 Kage Casey 50:37 Justin Joly & Dallen Bentley 54:51 Tanner Koziol Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman Executive Producer: Michael Beller Senior Producer: Katy Duffy Social Producer: Scott Krinch Follow Derrik on Bluesky: @qbklass.bsky.social Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social Follow Dave on X: @DaveHelman_ Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Helman, Derrik Klassen

Topics covered

• NFL Draft
• sixth and seventh round picks
• player impact
• 2027 season
• football analysis

Keywords

• NFL Draft
• 2026
• impact players
• football
• Dave Helman
• Derrik Klassen

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic, Spanish Love Songs, Pure Noise, Bank Robber Music, LLC

Books & works: Haunted

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