Bran Coverage with BenchwarmerBran - A (Mostly) Fantasy Football Podcast
May 20, 2026 · 1 hr 27 min · 10 segments
Bran and Pat react to Aaron Rodgers' return, Rashee Rice's latest issues, De'Von Achane getting paid, and more
Brandon CarneyHostPat GustafsonHost
I'll be honest, Pat, I don't have a joke today, so I think I'm just gonna hit the intro.
[laughs] Wait, why is the button, why is the button temperamental? Excuse me, button, this is not optional for you to start the show.
As we get into this portion of the off-season, it might be a little bit less so.
However, Pat, I say that, and folks, a little peek behind the curtain, one thing I do to prepare for the shows is I look back at what we were doing this time last year.
Starting next week this time last year, we started our divisional previews, so I guess we have to get into those.
My, the thing is, I mean, our divisional previews are obviously, you know, one division a week, so it takes eight weeks, and then I look and it's like we finish them up right around, like, late July or, or mid-July, early August.
And what that does is, like, once that time rolls around, there's just actual stuff-
So stay tuned, uh, for next week to see if, you know, we actually start these divisional previews.
No, actually, though, like, the, you know, let us know in the com- If there's, if there's one division you'd rather hear about or, you know, excited to hear about more than any other, uh, we'll be happy to start there.
Uh, second piece of business, we've gone back to the, uh, little handheld microphones here because those of you that said the other mic sounded better are, quite frankly, clinically insane.
I, I went back and watched the shows, uh, where we used the other mics, and they don't sound as good.
We are too far from the microphone otherwise, so this is what we're gonna go back to.
Obviously, we've got more off-season buffoonery with, uh, blind rankings, keep three, cut fives.
I've put together a draft that I didn't tell Pat about at all, but we can just go off of rankings.
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I'll be honest, Pat, I don't have a joke today, so I think I'm just gonna hit the intro.
[laughs] Wait, why is the button, why is the button temperamental? Excuse me, button, this is not optional for you to start the show.
As we get into this portion of the off-season, it might be a little bit less so.
However, Pat, I say that, and folks, a little peek behind the curtain, one thing I do to prepare for the shows is I look back at what we were doing this time last year.
Starting next week this time last year, we started our divisional previews, so I guess we have to get into those.
My, the thing is, I mean, our divisional previews are obviously, you know, one division a week, so it takes eight weeks, and then I look and it's like we finish them up right around, like, late July or, or mid-July, early August.
And what that does is, like, once that time rolls around, there's just actual stuff-
So stay tuned, uh, for next week to see if, you know, we actually start these divisional previews.
No, actually, though, like, the, you know, let us know in the com- If there's, if there's one division you'd rather hear about or, you know, excited to hear about more than any other, uh, we'll be happy to start there.
Uh, second piece of business, we've gone back to the, uh, little handheld microphones here because those of you that said the other mic sounded better are, quite frankly, clinically insane.
I, I went back and watched the shows, uh, where we used the other mics, and they don't sound as good.
We are too far from the microphone otherwise, so this is what we're gonna go back to.
Obviously, we've got more off-season buffoonery with, uh, blind rankings, keep three, cut fives.
I've put together a draft that I didn't tell Pat about at all, but we can just go off of rankings.