Restless NFL notes, bluntly sorted.
Cover 0 turns the NFL offseason into a running, bluntly argued monologue. Jason Wells moves from weekly news to draft rumors, combine testing, free agency value bets, mock drafts, and personal prospect favorites without much polish or pause.
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Cover 0 is a solo NFL offseason machine with very little ceremony. It opens the notebook and starts moving. Jason Wells covers weekly league news, then usually steers into the bigger obsession of the moment: draft rumors, positional rankings, combine testing, free agency movement, or a mock draft built around a team’s needs. The pace is quick and crowded. Names come in bunches, from established players changing teams to late-round prospects who might become blockers, special teamers, or useful depth pieces. The show is especially comfortable around the draft. It talks through risers and fallers, pro day buzz, injury questions, athletic testing, positional scarcity, and the difference between a prospect’s ceiling and the process that got him there. Some players are backed hard. Others get a shrug, a caveat, or a flat no. That bluntness is part of the appeal. Cover 0 does not try to turn every signing into strategy theater or every prospect into a grand thesis. It is more like sitting beside a fan who has read too much, watched enough, and is now sorting the board out loud. The show can spend real time on a small move, admit the move is small, and still explain why it matters for a roster. It also has a recurring taste for athletic outliers, especially combine prospects whose size-speed profile makes the NFL feel ridiculous. Free agency episodes lean practical. The question is not only who got paid, but which contracts make sense, which teams improved, and which quieter players might become useful bets. Draft episodes are more personal, with hot takes, favorite prospects, and position-by-position sorting. Team mock drafts give the analysis a useful constraint, forcing needs, board value, and preference to collide. The tone is casual, dry, and occasionally exasperated, but the football vocabulary is real. Cover 0 works best for listeners who want the league’s transaction season treated as actual entertainment, not filler between games.
Made for: Cover 0 is for NFL fans who already follow draft boards, free agency, team needs, and roster construction closely enough to enjoy fast-moving detail. It especially suits offseason obsessives who like opinionated prospect talk without studio polish.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its live-notebook feel: dense player chains, quick verdicts, mid-thought corrections, and practical roster math in one solo stream. It makes the quiet parts of the NFL calendar feel busy without pretending every move is monumental.
Covering the least in the best way possible.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
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A loose draft-class preview that is sharpest when it narrows in on tight ends and player traits.
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A brisk draft notebook that treats the back half of the first round as a crapshoot.
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Holiday-week NFL talk that is blunt, a little long, and still useful.
This holiday-week NFL conversation from Ottawa has a loose, conversational rhythm, with Jason Wells recording on Christmas Eve and working through the last week of the season before shifting toward the draft.
A blunt NFL power-rankings episode that leans into the league's late-season blur.
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A blunt Week 4 snapshot that uses the week's odd details to sort the season.
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Daily Bills roster logic, pick by pick.
Jason Wells starts with a Thursday check-in after a long day outside building a shelter and fire for field skills at school.
Cover Zero opens with Stephon Gilmore's retirement.
The host discusses his top and bottom five NFL team offseasons so far, provides a weekly NFL update on recent signings, and previews a mock draft segment.
This episode covers the host's favorite 2026 NFL Draft prospects and provides a weekly NFL update, starting with Lavonte David's retirement.
This episode features NFL draft predictions and a weekly NFL update, including analysis of trades like Jalen Waddell's move to the Broncos.
Host Jason Wells recaps NFL free agency moves, listing notable signings and trades, and ends with winners and losers.
Host Jason Wells discusses NFL Combine winners and losers, free agency predictions, and under-the-radar players to watch.
Host Jason Wells previews the NFL Combine, highlighting athletic freaks to watch and providing an NFL weekly update on coach signings and free agency.
Host Jason Wells discusses potential NFL trade candidates and off-season updates in the Cover Zero podcast.
Host Jason Wells discusses the Super Bowl, Patriots loss, and NFL offseason updates including Jim Schwartz leaving the Browns.
Host Jason Wells covers NFL news, awards, and a detailed Super Bowl rematch preview between the Seahawks and Patriots.
Host Jason Wells previews NFL championship games, discusses coaching hires, and lists top players.
Host Jason Wells previews NFL divisional playoff matchups, provides a weekly update, and shares off-season hot takes.
Host Jason Wells discusses NFL weekly updates including coaching firings and a wildcard playoff preview.
Jason Wells records from Ottawa on Christmas Eve.
Host Jason Wells previews NFL week 16, discussing playoff implications and key matchups.
Host Jason Wells delivers an NFL weekly update covering fantasy playoffs, Phillip Rivers' return, and key matchups.
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Host Jason Wells previews NFL week matchups, recaps Thursday night football, and discusses league news like Mark Andrews' contract extension.
Host Jason Wells recaps NFL Thanksgiving games, including Packers-Lions and previews Chiefs-Cowboys and Ravens-Bengals.
Host Jason Wells previews Week 12 NFL matchups and discusses key playoff implications.
Host Jason Wells previews Week 11 NFL games and discusses recent player signings.
Host Jason Wells discusses NFL trades, recaps Thursday Night Football, and previews Week 10 games.
Host Jason Wells previews NFL week 9, recaps Thursday night football, and discusses recent trades and the passing of Nick Mangold.
This episode previews NFL Week 8, provides a weekly update, and recaps the blind Thursday Night Football game between the Vikings and Chargers.
Host Jason Wells recaps NFL news, previews upcoming games, and shares a personal injury story.
This episode previews Week 6 NFL games, discusses recent NFL news including trades and fines, and recaps Thursday Night Football.
This episode previews Week 5 of the NFL season, discusses key matchups impacted by injuries, and covers recent NFL news including player retirements.
Jason Wells opens on the Dolphins' win, the cost that came with it, and the slightly better mood it gives him.
This episode previews Week 4 NFL games, provides a weekly NFL update including player news like CJ Gardner-Johnson's release, and recaps the blind Thursday Night Football game between the Seahawks and Cardinals.
Host Jason Wells recaps week 3 of NFL and college football, highlighting standout performances and trends.
This episode provides an NFL weekly update focusing on key player injuries and previews upcoming football content including a blind Thursday Night Football recap.
Host Jason Wells recaps week two NFL and college football games, including standout performances and talking points.