Mike Renner#28 of 87 NFL pundits · Jul 15, 2026
Renner tiered all 32 NFL front sevens for the coming season, with the Texans, Seahawks, Rams and Eagles in his top "game plan tilting" tier and the Dolphins, Colts and Bears in his bottom "rough" tier. He also predicted the Browns' front seven could climb into the top tier and that Cleveland linebacker Carson Schwesinger would be spoken of as a top-three linebacker after this season.
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What Mike Renner said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromThere's four teams. It is the Houston Texans. No surprise there. It is the Seattle Seahawks, the aforementioned Seahawks. And then it's the Rams and the Eagles.
- Where it was said
- Pushing the Pile (podcast)
- The episode
- Ranking Every NFL FRONT 7 Ahead Of The 2026 Season 👀
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- 1Position Group Rankings“Tiers given across the show: game plan tilting (Texans, Seahawks, Rams, Eagles); can take over a game (Broncos, Browns, Steelers, Jaguars, Patriots); one man pass rushes (Packers, Lions, Raiders, Ravens, 49ers); overhauled units (Giants, Panthers, Cowboys, Commanders, Jets, Titans); need youth to step up (Bengals, Cardinals, Bucs, Falcons, Chiefs, Vikings); unspectacular (Saints, Chargers, Bills); rough (Dolphins, Colts, Bears).”
- 2Carson Schwesinger to finish top 3 at his position, by an unstated measure“Carson Swessinger was rookie of the year. I think he takes the leap and could very well be talked about as, like, second, third best linebacker in the NFL after this season.”
- 3Cleveland Browns to beat expectations“I think the team I would bet on if I'm saying they're in the top tier, we're talking about them as such by the end of the year. I think it's the Cleveland Browns.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Tiers given across the show: game plan tilting (Texans,…”1 | Position Group Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Carson Schwesinger to finish top 3 at his position, by an unstated measure2 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| Cleveland Browns to beat expectations3 | Surprise Team Calls | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 2 waiting · 1 too vague to check | — | — | ||||
How each call scored
3 claims — 1 position group ranking, 1 positional finish and 1 surprise team call — the 2 we can check each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 2 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
None of the 2 calls we can check have settled yet — they grade once their results are in.
The other one was too vague to check, so it is not graded.
Each call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
“Tiers given across the show: game plan tilting (Texans, Seahawks, Rams, Eagles); can take over a game (Broncos, Browns, Steelers, Jaguars, Patriots); one man pass rushes (Packers, Lions, Raiders, Ravens, 49ers); overhauled units (Giants, Panthers, Cowboys, Commanders, Jets, Titans); need youth to step up (Bengals, Cardinals, Bucs, Falcons, Chiefs, Vikings); unspectacular (Saints, Chargers, Bills); rough (Dolphins, Colts, Bears).”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
2Positional FinishesCarson SchwesingerCleveland Browns
Carson Schwesinger to finish top 3 at his position, by an unstated measure
VerdictToo vague to checkToo vague to check: we could not tell what would count as right, so it stays on the record without a score.
3Surprise Team CallsCleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns to beat expectations
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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