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The Athletic’s flagship football podcast covers the NFL like only The Athletic can. Robert Mays is joined by a team of world-class NFL writers and analysts including Mike Sando, Dane Brugler and more. They’ll break down the biggest stories throughout the world of football. Whether it’s happening on the field or behind the scenes, you’ll get an in-depth look at all things NFL on The Athletic Football Show.
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Eleven players who can make a leap in the 2024 NFL season, with Trevor Sikkema
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Whether it's good-to-great, average-to-good, great-to-superstar, or some other combination thereof, plenty of players make leaps every NFL season. PFF's Trevor Sikkema joins Robert Mays to highlight the players they think can make the leap on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also round up some of the big news coming from the fir…
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Half-baked takes for the 2024 NFL season, with David Helman
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Come the end of the season, you can't hold Robert Mays and Fox Sports' David Helman to the takes they offer up on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Don't you dare even try. After all, they're just half-baked takes. Host: Robert Mays With: David Helman Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Fo…
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Rams head coach Sean McVay on the pursuit of greatness, coaching Aaron Donald, personal growth, and more
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Days before the Rams opened training camp for the 2024 season, head coach Sean McVay opened the doors of his home to Robert Mays and The Athletic Football Show. The two discussed what it was like to coach Aaron Donald, what Matthew Stafford allows the Rams to do, and how Puka Nacua emerged last year. They also dove into McVay's personal growth the …
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The biggest questions heading into training camp, with Mike Golic Jr.
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Training camp is upon us. What are the biggest questions we have as we usher in the 2024 NFL season? Robert Mays and Mike Golic Jr. from the DraftKings Network ask theirs on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Host: Robert Mays With: Mike Golic Jr. Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Footbal…
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Three up, three down: The teams that will be better or worse than you think, with Aaron Schatz; The scoop on Scoop City with Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel
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We know the coming NFL season will deliver plenty of surprises of both the good and bad varieties. Which teams might be better than we expect? Which could fall on the other side of that coin? FTN Fantasy's Aaron Schatz, the Godfather of DVOA, joins Robert Mays to dig into those questions on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Plus, Dianna R…
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The players who can swing the 2024 NFL season
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Players like Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen have the league in the palm of their hand. We know that. Identifying the wild card players who can swing their team's outcome, and thus that of the league as a whole, is a bit trickier. Bill Barnwell of ESPN joins Robert Mays to try and find those players on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Hos…
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How to Spot the Next Breakout Wide Receiver
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Reception Perception’s Matt Harmon joins Robert Mays to break down which of the league’s receivers are primed for breakouts and where we should be looking for the league’s next elite group of pass catchers. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit …
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How many teams can win the Super Bowl this season?
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Robert Mays sits down with ESPN’s Courtney Cronin to discuss how many teams can really win the Super Bowl this season. They talk about the no brainers, the teams with the best paths, who could make a jump and those that might get stuck on the outside looking in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Ten tips for crushing your fantasy league in 2024
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Fantasy football season is almost here! Robert Mays sits down with Ben Gretch from Stealing Signals to get you ready to crush your league with ten rules to remember heading into the 2024 season. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm…
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Which NFL offensive lines are better than you think?
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Brandon Thorn of the Trench Warfare newsletter joins Robert Mays to take stock of the league's offensive lines and debate which units might be better than people give them credit for. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Ranking the QB Supporting Casts in the NFC
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ESPN’s Mike Clay joins Robert Mays to sort out which quarterbacks in the NFC have the best supporting casts around them and who benefits the most from personnel, coaching and play-calling. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho…
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Lingering Questions about the NFC South
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For the final episode of this series, Seth Galina of Pro Football Focus joins Robert Mays to take a long, hard look at the NFC South and what the 2023 season did and didn’t tell us about the division. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaph…
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Ranking the QB Supporting Casts in the AFC
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Which AFC quarterbacks have the best supporting casts around them? Damien Harris joins Robert Mays to rank them 1 to 16 and explore who’s got the best play-callers, line play, pass catchers and runners to back them up. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad cho…
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Football GM: Players turned coaches, Will Mays tribute and WR Brandon Aiyuk
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What's the difference between J.J. Redick and Jeff Saturday? Mike and Randy compare the former players turned coaches and consider how coaching differs in the NBA compared to the NFL. Randy pays tribute to the late Willie Mays, his childhood idol, and compares meeting the Say Hey Kid to meeting Muhammad Ali. The guys also discuss the Brandon Aiyuk …
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Lingering Questions about the NFC West
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What lingering questions about the NFC West remain from the 2023 season? Shawn Syed of SumerSports joins Robert Mays to talk about the Cardinals, Rams, Seahawks and 49ers. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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The QB market continues to make headlines with Trevor Lawrence’s new deal. Robert Mays is joined by Brad Spielberger, Director of Football Administration at Grand Central Sports Management, to break down these massive contracts. They dive into the deals and what we can really learn from them. They also talk about no trade clauses, upcoming contract…
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Raheem Morris + Dan Orlovsky on Dak Prescott and Trevor Lawrence
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Robert Mays sits down with Falcons head coach Raheem Morris to talk about what he’s building in Atlanta and about taking the league by surprise at the 2024 draft. Then Dan Orlovsky joins the show to talk about what contract talks with Dak Prescott and Trevor Lawrence could mean across the league. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to T…
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Football GM: Trevor Lawrence extension, Atlanta Falcons tampering and the CapFriendly website
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We made it to another week of the Football GM - Mike and Randy kick off their discussion with Trevor Lawrence's extension and why did the Jacksonville Jaguars decide to extend him now? Then the guys shift their conversation to the Atlanta Falcons and how they forfeited their fifth-round pick. After that, we discuss another non-NFL topic from an NFL…
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Lingering Questions about the AFC West
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Derrik Klassen comes back to the show to ponder the questions we all still have about the AFC West after the 2023 season. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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Lingering Questions about the AFC East
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The Guardian’s Ollie Connolly joins Robert Mays to contemplate lingering questions about the AFC East left unanswered by the 2023 season. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Robert Mays and The Athletic’s Jourdan Rodrigue duke it out in a draft of the top 10 head coaches in the NFL. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy The Athletic
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Football GM: Coaches transitioning, OTA's skipped and GM Notebook
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Mike and Randy begin their discussion on the transition for coaches coming from the college level to the pro level. The guys look at an example of this with UConn's men head basketball coach Dan Hurley and the Los Angeles Lakers interest in him. Then we shift our discussion to players who miss OTA's and whether it really matters. And then lastly, w…
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Damien Harris on the state of the NFL RB + the end of the Bill Belichick era
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Robert Mays is joined by former RB Damien Harris to discuss the state of running backs in the NFL. They dive deep into the position before examining the end of the Bill Belichick era in New England. Damien talks about his days with the Patriots and playing with Tom Brady, what he believes happened with Mac Jones and much more. Follow Robert on Twit…
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Buying or Selling NFL Offseasons: Teams in Transition
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Robert Mays continues our “Buying or Selling” series with Conor Orr of Sports Illustrated as they examine how teams in transition fared this offseason. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Football GM: WR deals, QB situations and NFL Calendar
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In this edition of the Football GM Mike and Randy discuss the wide receiver market and how it never ceases to amaze them. Then the guys take a look at evolving QB situations around the league. After that we look at how the NFL calendar could change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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