Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast

Pushing the Pile: A CBS Sports NFL Podcast

Pushing the Pile moves the NFL conversation across the line, led by former All-Pro offensive lineman Kyle Long, football analyst Mike Renner, and writer/thinker JP Acosta. Together, the three bring a mix of player perspective, analytics expertise, and sharp cultural insight across 4 episodes a week. It’s like hanging with your buddies and talking ball…if your buddies were 8-year NFL vets, film junkies who helped build evaluation systems used by NFL teams, and one of the most thoughtful young voices breaking down the game today.

Episodes

November 18, 2025 60 mins
In today’s episode, Mike Renner and JP Acosta recap the Monday Night Football matchup between the Cowboys and Raiders. They also reveal their NFL Tiers List for playoff hopefuls, break down film from Week 11 and go through Mike’s latest Mock Draft! (00:00) Intro (1:45) MNF Recap (13:30) NFL Tiers List (31:46) Playoff Predictions (34:17) Film Breakdown (40:48) NFL Mock Draft Pushing the Pile is available for free on the Au...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta recap every NFL game from Sunday of Week 11! They also give their winners and losers from each result. (00:00) Intro (2:03) Lions 9, Eagles 16 (14:00) Seahawks 19, Rams 21 (23:04) Chiefs 19, Broncos 22 (33:39) Buccaneers 32, Bills 44 (46:11) Panthers 30, Falcons 27 (OT) (53:14) Chargers 6, Jaguars 35 (1:01:26) Bengals 12, Steelers 34 (1:10:04) Ravens 23, Browns 16 (1:19:13) Commanders 13, Dolph...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta preview and give their locks for every game of the week 11 NFL slate. (00:00) Intro (3:18) Seahawks at Rams (-3), O/U 48.5 (13:25) Chiefs (-3.5) at Broncos, O/U 44.5 (22:35) Buccaneers at Bills (-5.5), O/U 47.5 (26:23) Commanders vs Dolphins (-2.5), O/U 47.5 (28:50) Chargers (-3) at Jaguars, O/U 43.5 (34:52) Bengals at Steelers (-5.5), O/U 49.5 (38:13) Ravens (-7.5) at Browns, O/U 39.5 (39:44) P...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta provide a full recap for Week 10. They discuss the Eagles win over the Packers, put all 32 teams into NFL Tiers, break down film that stood out, and handicap the Rookie of the Year races. (00:00) Intro (00:33) MNF Recap - Eagles 10, Packers 7 (17:35) NFL Tiers List (43:02) Film Breakdown - JP's Playbook (51:40) Handicapping Rookie Of The Year Pushing the Pile is available for free on the Audacy app a...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta react to the Giants firing head coach Brian Daboll. They discuss what went wrong, what's next and much more! Pushing the Pile is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pushingthepile Download and Follow Pushing the Pile on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2RFkEgdb...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta recap every NFL game from Sunday of Week 10! They also give their winners and losers from each result. (00:00) Intro (1:07) Steelers at Chargers (9:09) Patriots at Buccaneers (15:18) Bills at Dolphins (23:57) Jaguars at Texans (31:25) Ravens at Vikings (38:50) Rams at 49ers (42:55) Falcons vs Colts (52:15) Lions at Commanders (57:32) Cardinals at Seahawks (1:06:17) Giants at Bears (1:13:40) Saints at Pa...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta preview and give their locks for every game of the week 10 NFL slate. (00:00) Intro (1:59) Tom Brady Clones Dog??? (7:13) Patriots at Bucs (-2.5), O/U 48.5 (12:23) Rams (-4.5) at 49ers, O/U 49.5 (18:23) Falcons vs Colts (-6.5), O/U 48.5 (23:37) Ravens (-4.5) at Vikings, O/U 48.5 (30:16) Bills (-9.5) at Dolphins, O/U 49.5 (38:06) Cardinals at Seahawks (-6.5), O/U 45.5 (46:26) Jaguars at Texans (-...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta react to a wild NFL trade deadline. 0:30 Trade Deadline recap 2:00 Quinnen Williams to Cowboys 7:05 Sauce Gardner to Jets 14:30 Jaelen Phillips to Eagles 17:15 Rashid Shaheed to Seahawks 21:20 Jakobi Meyers to Jaguars 25:00 Logan Wilson to Cowboys 28:00 More deals 32:00 Winners 39:30 Losers 51:00 Power Rankings Pushing the Pile is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Pod...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta recap every NFL game from Sunday of Week 9! They also give their winners and losers from each result. (00:00) Intro (00:38) Jayden Daniels Leaves SNF With Elbow Injury (2:44) Chiefs 21, Bills 28 (10:18) Bears 47, Bengals 42 (22:42) Colts 20, Steelers 27 (31:10) Vikings 27, Lions 24 (37:01) Panthers 16, Packers 13 (44:39) Broncos 18, Texans 15 (50:28) Jaguars 30, Raiders 29 (OT) (59:20) Seahawks 38, Comm...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta preview and give their locks for every game of the week 9 NFL slate. (2:30) Chiefs-Bills (9:05) Broncos-Texans (14:15) Colts-Steelers (18:30) Vikings-Lions (22:50) Cardinals-Cowboys (28:00) Seahawks-Commanders (32:30) Falcons-Patriots (37:15) 49ers-Giants (41:40) Bears-Bengals (46:00) Jaguars-Raiders (49:20) Chargers-Titans (51:15) Panthers-Packers (55:15) Saints-Rams (58:00) Locks Recap Pushing the...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta discuss the Patriots trading Kyle Dugger and Keion White, the Saints benching Spencer Rattler for Tyler Shough, and Carson Wentz's season-ending surgery before unveiling their week 9 POWER TIERS. Then they finish off with a trade deadline primer and a Ravens Dolphins TNF preview.   Intro (0:00) Patriots Trade Dugger, White (1:30) Saints Bench Rattler for Shough (7:58) Carson Wentz Season-Ending Sur...
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Mike Renner, Kyle Long, and JP Acosta review the Commanders-Chiefs Monday Night Matchup that started slow and ended with an avalanche. Then they cut on the tape to hit the trenches, breakdown the plays and report on the draft prospects before finishing up with midseason NFL awards. Intro (0:00) Kyle Announcement (0:30) Commanders @ Chiefs (3:15) Trench Takes (20:49) JPs Playbook (30:06) Renner's Prospect Report (44:26) Mi...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta reveal the critical numbers that decided the winners and losers from each week eight game. Intro (0:00) Packers @ Steelers (3:30) Cowboys @ Broncos (11:08) Jets @ Bengals (18:50) Bears @ Ravens (26:23) 49ers @ Texans (35:44) Browns @ Patriots (40:54) Giants @ Eagles (46:36) Titans @ Colts (54:43) Buccaneers @ Saints (1:01:11) Bills @ Panthers (1:07:26) Dolphins...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta preview and give their locks for every game of the week 8 NFL slate. Intro (0:00) W7 Locks Review (1:45) Packers @ Steelers (2:15) Cowboys @ Broncos (8:39) 49ers @ Texans (14:50) Commanders @ Chiefs (19:17) Buccaneers @ Saints (22:44) Bears @ Ravens (27:13) Jets @ Bengals (32:39) Browns @ Patriots (36:00) Giants @ Eagles (40:28) Bills @ Panthers (45:33) Dolphins @ Falcons (50:43) Titans @ ...
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Mike Renner, Kyle Long, and JP Acosta discuss Brandon Graham coming out of retirement, Dre Greenlaw's suspension, and Jets owner Woody Johnson dragging Justin Fields before unveiling their week 8 POWER TIERS. Then they finish off with a tier list of Defensive Player of the Year candidates and a Vikings-Chargers TNF preview. Intro (0:00) Brandon Graham Unretires (0:43) Dre Greenlaw Suspended (3:46) Jets Owner Drags Fields (7:5...
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Mike Renner, Kyle Long, and JP Acosta review the excellent Monday Night Football Doubleheader. Then they cut on the tape to hit the trenches, breakdown the plays and report on the draft prospects before finishing up with deeper week seven insights upon further review. Intro (0:00) Buccaneers @ Lions (1:39) Texans @ Seahawks (11:15) Trench Takes (23:40) JPs Playbook (32:55) Renner's Prospect Report (42:00) Upon Further Re...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta reveal the critical numbers that decided the winners and losers from each week seven game. Intro (0:00) Falcons @ 49ers (0:50) Giants @ Broncos (16:01) Colts @ Chargers (26:56) Packers @ Cardinals (34:42) Eagles @ Vikings (41:31) Saints @ Bears (48:52) Rams @ Jaguars (57:14) Commanders @ Cowboys (1:04:10) Panthers @ Jets (1:13:24) Patriots @ Titans (1:17:27) Dolphins @ Browns (1:22:53) Raide...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta preview and give their locks for every game of the week 7 NFL slate. Intro (0:00) PFF Grades on TV (2:40) W6 Locks Review (9:43) Buccaneers @ Lions (11:14) Texans @ Seahawks (18:19) Falcons @ 49ers (23:58) Rams @ Jaguars (33:53) Eagles @ Vikings (40:36) Colts @ Chargers (46:37) Commanders @ Cowboys (50:50) Panthers @ Jets (54:07) Dolphins @ Browns (59:10) Saints @ Bears (1:03:02) Packers @ Ca...
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Mike Renner and JP Acosta discuss what they're looking forward to on trade deadline day before unveiling their week 7 POWER TIERS. Then they finish off with a tier list of QB arm talent and a Steelers-Bengals TNF preview. Intro (0:00) Trade Deadline Ideas (0:38) Power Tiers (16:28) QB Arm Talent Tiers (41:25) TNF Preview (1:00:10) Pushing the Pile is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and whe...
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Mike Renner, Kyle Long, and JP Acosta review the Monday Night Football Doubleheader and discuss the Titans firing HC Brian Callahan. Then they cut on the tape to hit the trenches, breakdown the plays and report on the draft prospects before finishing up with deeper week six insights upon further review. Intro (0:00) CHI-WAS (0:48) BUF-ATL (11:24) Brian Callahan Fired (21:40) Trench Takes (29:53) JPs Playbook (40:10) Re...
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