With Week 1 of the NFL regular season rapidly approaching, Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier turn their attention to the breakout stars who just might become household names during the 2026 campaign ahead.

Whether it is an NFL Executive predicting a major uptick from Los Angeles Chargers running back Omarion Hampton, or Mike's bullishness on Chicago Bears wide receiver and emergent star Luther Burden, there are plenty of ascending stars to keep an eye on this upcoming season.

Plus, what to make of four teams across the league keeping four quarterbacks on the 53-man roster, is it merely covering their tracks or an indictment of a sudden crisis of depth at the position?

All that, and a whole lot more on a jam-packed episode of the Between The Hashmarks Podcast!

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier

Episode: 96

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A court ruling opened the floodgates to players who don't make an NFL roster to return to college via the transfer portal, which could throw additional chaos into this year's final round of cuts and the upcoming college football season.

Veteran NFL reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier are joined by former New York Jets Director of Player Personnel, and the current President of Accelerate Sports Ventures to find out what it means, how teams view players who potentially go back to college, and just how intense the debates are between coaching staffs and front offices as final cuts loom.

Plus, Lombardo and Tanier weigh in on the Cleveland Browns' disastrous decision to name Deshaun Watson the starting quarterback, the Atlanta Falcons' dearth of quarterback options, and how to finally fix the preseason, on an action packed edition of the Between The Hashmarks Podcast!

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier

Guest: Greg Nejmeh, President of Accelerate Sports Ventures, Former New York Jets Executive

Episode: 95

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About Greg Nejmeh: Greg Nejmeh is a 16-year NFL personnel executive and former Director of Player Personnel for the New York Jets. He is now President of Accelerate Sports Ventures, where he leads the Football Evaluation & Advisory service, partnering with college programs to bring objective, NFL-level film evaluation and proven personnel processes to roster construction and decision-making.

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The NFL Preseason is underway, joint practices are in full-swing, competition is heating up and tempers are flaring as the regular season looming closer by the day.

Veteran NFL reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier take a trip down memory lane and some of the craziest training camp brawls they have covered in their career, before breaking down just how optimistic the Las Vegas Raiders, Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Rams, and New York Jets should be about Fernando Mendoza, Drew Allar, Ty Simpson, or Cade Klubnik after their gangbusters preseason debuts, and weigh in on J.J. McCarthy's potential trade value, and much more on an action-packed episode of the Between The Hashmarks Podcast!

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier

Episode: 94

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New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers made his return, taking part in full-team drills for the first time in what has been a physical training camp, in what head coach John Harbaugh called a 'milestone' in his recovery from a torn ACL.

Veteran NFL reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier were in East Rutherford and breakdown their quick takeaways LIVE from the Swamps of Jersey and Giants camp.

NFL training camps are in full swing, the preseason is about to kick into gear and across the league teams are settling on their quarterback competitions with news breaking by the hour.

Veteran NFL reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier weigh in on Kevin O'Connell naming Kyler Murray the Minnesota Vikings starting quarterback, the Dallas Cowboys⁩ ' $105.9 million Quinnen Williams extension, and whether Jerry Jones may actually have been right to trade Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers⁩ , on the latest edition of the Between The Hashmarks Podcast.

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier

Episode: 93

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The Atlanta Falcons made Bijan Robinson the highest-paid running back in NFL history, signing the electrifying playmaker to a new three-year contract extension worth $151 million in guaranteed money.

Veteran NFL reporters Matt Lombardo, and Mike Tanier, give their takeaways on Robinson's contract, how it impacts the Falcons' trajectory, and the role running backs play on championship-caliber rosters.

The guys also preview Lombardo's upcoming training camp tour on the latest episode of the Between The Hashmarks Podcast.

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier

Episode: 92

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NFL Training Camps are officially open, practices are underway, just as some major drama is playing out in front offices across the league.

Veteran NFL reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier lend their insight into why the Eagles' made Jalen Carter the highest-paid defensive tackle in NFL history, where All-Pro defensive tackle Vita Vea could land after requesting a trade from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and dive into the results of Lombardo's annual survey of NFL Executives, Coaches, Scouts, and Players for how they believe the 2026 season will play out.

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo, Mike Tanier

Episode: 91

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NFL training camps are back, and teams are hitting the practice fields, ahead of the 2026 NFL season kicking off.

With camps opening, veteran NFL reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier return to kickoff another season of The Between The Hashmarks Podcast, by tackling some of the biggest storylines, position battles, and changes that will define the summer and the regular season ahead.

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo, Mike Tanier

Episode: 90

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National NFL reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier break down the biggest storylines taking place with minicamps in full swing across the league, from A.J. Brown's bizarre departure from the Philadelphia Eagles to Christian Watson's bold predictions for his upcoming season with the Packers, and much more on the latest episode of the Between The Hashmarks Podcast.

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo, Mike Tanier

Episode: 89

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NFL Reporters Matt Lombardo and Mike Tanier, break down some of the biggest offseason moves that sources inside the league argue will define the upcoming 2026 NFL season, as well as point out some of the biggest reasons that several fanbases are already delusional about their team's trajectory this fall.

Hosted by: Matt Lombardo, Mike Tanier

Episode: 88

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