On the Clock: How Many O-LINEMEN Are Taken in the First Round?

We've reached the "Last Season's Playoff Teams" portion of the 2026 NFL Draft on The Athletic Football Show's On The Clock, though it might not feel like it. The first team up on this episode is the Carolina Panthers, a team that won its division at 8-9. They're followed by the Dallas Cowboys, a team that didn't make the playoffs but holds what would have been the Packers pick thanks to the Micah Parsons trade. We've also got the Cleveland Browns mixed in here, thanks to the Travis Hunter trade they made with the Jacksonville Jaguars last year. Mike Renner of CBS Sports joins Robert Mays on this episode to make picks for those three teams, as well as the Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears.

0:00 Welcome to the show
0:24 Robert is having a tough day
0:57 Players already selected
1:20 Carolina Panthers
3:25 Omar Cooper Jr
6:21 Do Panthers need a tackle?
8:28 Dallas Cowboys
10:56 Avieon Terrell
13:53 Akheem Mesidor vs Keldric Faulk immediate impact
15:57 Mesidor = Olivier Vernon?
16:17 Pittsburgh Steelers
20:30 Ty Simpson
20:49 Simpson & Mike McCarthy
22:01 The Kenny Pickett scars
25:45 Los Angeles Chargers
28:34 Peter Woods
34:01 Philadelphia Eagles
35:36 Does Philly need an o-lineman?
36:15 Caleb Lomu vs Monroe Freeling
36:39 Freeling
39:04 Cleveland Browns
39:45 Caleb Lomu
41:45 Temptation of Max Iheanachor
43:45 Chicago Bears
46:25 Mesidor
49:55 Robert’s galaxy brain
51:07 Recap
52:31 Shoutout Lane Johnson

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