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Draft boards, traits, and team-building logic.
Move the Sticks treats draft season like a live evaluation room, moving from prospect traits to board ranges and franchise decisions. Its football talk is brisk, specific, and grounded in how teams actually weigh picks, positions, and risk.
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Move the Sticks covers the NFL draft as a working evaluation problem, not just a countdown to pick announcements. The show is fast, but rarely empty. Conversations often start with a team, a rumor, or a player whose stock is moving, then tighten into the details that shape a board. Quarterbacks matter most when the discussion turns to roster turnarounds, especially for teams holding major draft capital. That does not mean every answer is simple. A franchise might have room to be aggressive in one draft while protecting future first-round picks, or it might need to decide whether the real quarterback answer is a year away. The prospect analysis is trait-heavy. Hands, balance, body control, recovery speed, contested catches, get-off, and late-season durability all become part of the case. The show likes ranges more than absolutes. A player can be framed as a bottom-of-the-first option, a later fit, a reliable corner, or a name who rises because the position group thins out. That language gives the podcast its shape. It is conversational enough to include jokes, guest energy, and draft-week exhaustion, but the center of gravity stays on evaluation. When buzz appears, the show asks what should actually be believed. When combine numbers change a profile, the tape still gets revisited. When a mock draft slot looks surprising, the reasoning usually runs through scarcity, team needs, and what happens before the next pick. Companion conversations with figures such as Greg Rosenthal, Mina Kimes, Trevor Sikkema, and Ollie Connolly add outside angles on favorite prospects and standout traits. The result is a football-literate show with a practical scouting pulse. It is strongest for fans who already know the draft calendar and want sharper language for why teams move, wait, reach, or trust their board.
Made for: For NFL fans who follow the draft beyond mock headlines and want scouting language, roster context, and prospect debates that stay tied to team decisions.
What sets it apart: Its edge is process: player traits are weighed alongside positional value, draft capital, board ranges, and what a team might realistically do.
Former NFL scouts Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks break down the latest news and action around the league from a scout’s perspective. The duo are regularly joined by top NFL player personnel executives to bring you the in-depth analysis that you can only get from NFL Media.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Move the Sticks makes NFL prospect evaluation legible by connecting what appears on tape to draft range, scheme and roster need.
Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks keep returning to the same useful question: how will a player's traits translate to an NFL role? Move the Sticks connects film observations with roster fit, projected draft range and the demands of a specific scheme.
A 4.4 forty changes a cornerback's draft case; Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks make you care why.
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A trait-by-trait draft discussion with sharp football detail.
Move the Sticks stays locked on draft traits that can matter when boards start to move: Carnell Tate's hands and catch reliability, Jeremiah Love's balance and body control, and David Bailey's get off.
Late-season tape, support, and one stubborn board argument
The discussion stays focused on how much player performance should be separated from setting and circumstance. It weighs Mendoza's late-season rise against Ty looking smaller, then checks that read against Eastern Illinois, the first Oklahoma game, and the SEC championship game…
Late-first-round scouting focused on fit, rechecks, and board range.
Move the Sticks works best when it goes back over earlier calls and asks whether they still hold after one more look. The hosts treat that process like the final pass on a report, which keeps the conversation grounded in practical grading instead of broad storytelling.
A compact day-two edge check built around three names and clean trait-based notes.
The segment keeps its eye on three day-two edge names and gives each a clean, usable frame. Gabe Ackes of Illinois is linked to production and power, Max Llewellyn of Iowa is cast as a big, physical kid on the edge, and Joshua Josephs of Tennessee completes the trio.
A quarterback-carousel episode linking Kirk Cousins' Raiders move with Arizona's next draft-board question.
Kirk Cousins landing in Las Vegas gives Move the Sticks a clean way into the quarterback carousel, as Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks treat the Raiders as having found an answer for now while still keeping one eye on what comes next.
A practical draft-room discussion uses positional depth to frame early-round value.
Draft season turns into a measured accounting exercise as Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks look at how many quarterbacks could be taken in the first three rounds, then start applying that same lens to running backs.
A focused quarterback preview on what JJ McCarthy needs to show as the game speeds up.
Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks keep the episode trained on quarterback evaluation, using the Titans-Chargers matchup as a way into broader questions about recent quarterback classes.
Daily 49ers draft-room talk.
Daily Jets roster logic, pick by pick.
This episode previews the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine and analyzes Daniel Jeremiah's updated top 50 draft prospects.
This episode previews the NFL Scouting Combine and discusses free agents, featuring insights from Daniel Jeremiah and Greg Rosenthal.
Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks preview key Week 9 NFL matchups, starting with a discussion on the surge of young quarterbacks like Drake Maye and Caleb Williams.
Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks analyze 2026 NFL Draft prospects and positional trends as they finalize their rankings.
Daniel Jeremiah discusses the New York Jets' draft strategy, focusing on their need to find a quarterback and how their draft capital in 2026 and 2027 could help turn the franchise around.
This is the audio recording of Daniel Jeremiah's annual pre-NFL Draft conference call, where he discusses draft analysis, team building strategies, and offseason moves.
Greg Rosenthal hosts Mina Kimes and Daniel Jeremiah to discuss their favorite players to watch in the 2026 NFL Draft, focusing on entertaining picks rather than just the best prospects.
This episode previews the 2026 NFL Draft, discussing draft priorities for teams with significant draft capital, player movements, and the buildup to the event in Pittsburgh.
This episode previews the 2026 NFL Draft with discussions on rising prospects, position counts, and offseason team-building through free agency and trades.
Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks bring Trevor in right from the jump.
The hosts stay on the player evaluation.
DJ and Bucky are three weeks out from the draft.
The show turns to the edge group, with Daniel Jeremiah laying out three day-two names he would target: Gabe Ackes of Illinois, Max Llewellyn of Iowa, and Joshua Josephs of Tennessee.
Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks open with the Raiders' reported move for Kirk Cousins after Fernando Mendoza's pro day, emphasizing a contract that can leave the Atlanta Falcons paying most of the money.
This episode previews the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine and analyzes Daniel Jeremiah's updated top 50 draft prospects, featuring insights from hosts Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks.
This episode previews the NFL Scouting Combine with host Greg Rosenthal and expert Daniel Jeremiah, discussing its importance in draft season and veteran player dynamics.
This episode previews Super Bowl LX with sponsor messages from Progressive, American Express, Lowe's, and Grainger, but lacks substantive football content.