The 2026 NFL Draft dust has settled, but we still have questions

About this episode

Robert Mays and Dave Helman discuss lingering questions following the 2026 NFL Draft.

OK, the 2026 NFL Draft is comfortably in the rear-view mirror. We've done in-the-moment reactions, and now-that-we've-slept-on-it reactions. It's done, it's over. So now it's time to ask ourselves, 'If this is what the 32 teams are, what questions do we still have about all of them?' Robert Mays and Dave Helman pose those questions, and then work through them, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Dave Helman Executive Producer: Michael Beller Senior Producer: Katy Duffy Social Producer: Scott Krinch Follow Robert on Bluesky: @robertmays.bsky.social Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social Follow Robert on X: @RobertMays 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, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Robert Mays

Guest: Dave Helman

Topics covered

• NFL Draft
• team analysis
• football questions
• post-draft reactions
• NFL teams

Keywords

• NFL Draft
• 2026
• team questions
• Robert Mays
• Dave Helman

Mentioned in this episode

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

Books & works: Haunted

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