In this episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast, hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell welcome former GM Mike Tannenbaum to discuss how an NFL Draft board is crafted.  Mike talks about all the different factors that are taken into account while building a player by player evaluation of positions.  Bob asks about drafting for need or talent when it comes to a team's strategy.  Mike explains how teams have 'must' and 'need' categories for their team and those 'must' positions get resources and attention throughout the Draft.  We wrap up with the Pro Days from Quarterbacks this week and how much is taken from them.  Greg stresses the 'functional knowledge' that players need to succeed now in the NFL.

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In this episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast, hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell discuss the tight end position and how it's evolved over the years.  Greg explains how the TE went from being a blocking position to being used as a WR.  Bob wonders if the position has gone too far away from protecting the running game and looks at Hall of Fame TE's and their numbers compared to today's player.  We look at the top TE's in the 2022 Draft including Trey McBride, Greg Dulcich, Jelani Woods, and Charlie Kolar.  Greg explains the traits you're looking for in the position and which prospect could have an immediate impact in the league.  We wrap up with some sleeper WR's that Greg has highlighted as his film study has gotten deeper.  There will be plenty of opportunity in this Draft to find a highly skilled player and prospect that will evolve into a quality player in the NFL.

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In this episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast, hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell welcome Kentucky OC Rich Scangarello to the podcast. We discuss seeing players at the combine and how much stock NFL teams put into strictly what they're seeing there. As a long-time NFL coach, Rich explains how offenses have changed and how QB's have changed based on what's being asked of them on the field. This isn't being looked at as a deep QB draft, but Rich thinks a QB going a bit later in the Draft to a better team could help that player become a better QB. We also discuss Kentucky QB Will Levins and what Rich expects to see from him next season. Bob and Greg continue the discussion on seeing a College QB try to make that transition to the NFL and why the skills sometimes don't translate to the pros. Rich's thoughts also make us look at this class of QBs differently and explains why Kenny Pickett still tops the list of prospects.

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We're talking Running Backs in this episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast. Hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell explore what the RB position is right now in the NFL and what's expected from the College prospects. Bob wonders about the value of a RB and how today's player is asked to be far more versatile on the field. Even a good running back is facing a shorter shelf life in the NFL and most teams are contemplating value by a player's second contract with the team. Turning to the players, we look at Greg's evaluations of: Breece Hall, Kenneth Walker, Isaiah Spiller, James Cook, Tyler Allgeier, Rachaad White, Snoop Conner, Jerome Ford, Brian Robinson Jr., Kyren Williams, Dameon Pierce, and Zamir White.

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In this episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast, hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell discuss the ups and downs of the NFL Combine. Greg explains how a player's :40 time can add or subtract to a player's evaluation and is always over-valued when projecting future performance. Greg would like to see a few different analytics added to the QB evaluations including footballs throws that should or shouldn't have been thrown. Bob asks if Kyle Hamilton could be a unicorn in the draft and what teams are discussing when his name comes up. We finally have answers when it comes to Kenny Pickett's hand size and Greg takes us into the discussions teams are having over the QB. After attending so many Combines, Greg tells us the things that even surprised him over the last week.

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In this episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast, hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell discuss the expectations of Wide Receivers at the Combine. Some coaches would love to see helmets and pads added to running routes and for time. Greg says teams look for vertical receivers, which doesn't come from being fast. Players have been more athletic and explosive with so many training advances, but that may not always transfer to football. Teams are putting together offenses that use WR's in several different ways, so the position needs to be more versatile than ever. We evaluate Garrett Wilson, Jameson Williams, Treylon Burks, Drake London, Chris Olave, George Pickens, Jahan Dotson, David Bell, Justyn Ross, and Khalil Shakir. Greg looks at the occasions when a Combine performance is disappointing and how teams can still see positives from a player. We wrap up with which NFL teams are in the market for these WR's.

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In this episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast, hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell discuss the foundation of what NFL teams will be looking for from their QB's. Greg explains how some QB's will be asked to do things on an NFL that never came into play with their college programs. Teams will get precise sizes of players this week and will have to try and determine which one will adapt to their systems. We look at breakdowns for prospects like Ken Pickett, Matt Corral, Desmond Ridder, Sam Howell, Carson Strong, and Malik Willis. We also touch on which teams will be looking for a QB and when in the Draft will they be looking to take them.

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In the first episode of the Tape Heads: Draft Season podcast, hosts Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell discuss the upcoming few weeks through the NFL Combine and Draft. Greg points out how teams will look at prospects and have to determine who has what flaws and how those flaws can be addressed. The Draft can be broken down into two parts...the QB Draft and the Every Other Position Draft. Bob asks about the difference players will see going from the college game to the NFL. We prepare to talk QB's next week, but first discuss how being able to run is now almost required of QB's and how their rookie deals can set up a team for Super Bowl success.

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Tape Heads: Draft-season is a twice-weekly, X-and-O podcast giving fans crucial insights during the lead-up to the 2022 NFL Draft.

In each episode, Bob Wischusen and Greg Cosell delve into All-22 coaching film analysis of top draft prospects and detail where they might best succeed in the National Football League. Conversations fueled by observation and analysis give fans the new insights and information they crave about the upcoming draft.

Bob and Greg will be joined by pro and college football insiders, who will share their take on the prospects, their skills and possible NFL potential. Taking a scientific approach to an unscientific process, Tapeheads: Draft Season looks at team need and schematic fit to determine which prospects might best fit your team.

As the draft draws nearer, the coverage increases culminating in exciting post-draft coverage of which teams hit it big, and which may have come up short.

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In the latest episode of the Tape Heads podcast, hosts Dan Orlovsky, Bob Wischusen and Scott Pioli discuss the Rams winning the Super Bowl and the emotion from Matt Stafford over his journey to this point in his career. Dan didn't expect a Stafford win to happen any other way while Scott explains why so many things seemed right about the finish. We explore Sean McVay's gameplan and why he decided to stick with a running game despite little success. Cooper Kupp wins the MVP, but Bob believes Aaron Donald was the most dominant player on the field. The crew looks at what happened to the Bengals and why they couldn't hold onto a late lead. The officials played a late part in the Super Bowl and Dan hopes the league looks at finding resources for the referees to call a better game. We wrap with the futures of both the Rams and Bengals now heading into the offseason.

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