October 8, 2025
Building the Beast: Dane Brugler's midseason top-three at every position
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFLAbout this episode
We're just about halfway through the college football regular season, and boards for the 2026 NFL Draft look different than they did in August. How different? That's exactly what Dane Brugler and Dave Helman dive into on this episode of The Athletic Football Show's Building the Beast. With about two months of the season in the books, Dane offers up his top-three rankings for the 2026 NFL Draft at every position. Rundown (timestamps are approximate) 6:50 Quarterbacks 18:28 Running Backs 26:48 Wide Receivers 36:54 Tight Ends 40:09 Offensive Tackles 45:47 Interior OL 49:04 EDGE rushers 52:06 Defensive Tackles 55:01 Linebackers 1:00:20 Cornerbacks 1:02:41 Safeties 1:05:35 Week 7 Lookahead Connect with The Athletic Football Show X: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow IG: https://www.instagram.com/tafootballshow YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TAFootballShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tafootballshow Discord: http://discord.gg/theathleticfootballshow Call us: 847-448-0701 Email us: athleticfootballshow@gmail.com Host: Dave Helman Co-Host: Dane Brugler Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social Follow Dave on X: @davehelman_ Follow Dane on X: @dpbrugler 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.