Episodes

  • NFL Mythbusters: Challenging preconceived notions about the 2024 season, with Mitchell Schwartz

    NFL Mythbusters: Challenging preconceived notions about the 2024 season, with Mitchell Schwartz
    Aug 2 2024
    Wait a minute. Are the Chargers and Patriots really going to be that bad? Should the Falcons really be runaway favorites in the NFC South? Are the Jets really Super Bowl contenders? Robert Mays and Mitchell Schwartz bust some myths on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Host: Robert Mays With: Mitchell Schwartz Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Mitchell on X: @MitchSchwartz71 Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Predicting the NFL's top-10 offenses in 2024

    Predicting the NFL's top-10 offenses in 2024
    Aug 1 2024
    OK, we'll give you one right off the top. The 49ers are our top offense heading into the 2024 season. But which nine teams will join them in the top 10? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen offer up their predictions for this year's top-10 offenses on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Derrik Klassen Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Derrik on X: @QBKlass Follow Matt on X: @mattschneidman Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • New deals for Tua and Jordan Love, a new season for second-year quarterbacks, and a new co-host for TAFS

    New deals for Tua and Jordan Love, a new season for second-year quarterbacks, and a new co-host for TAFS
    Jul 30 2024
    We at The Athletic Football Show are turning the page in more ways than one on this episode. Not only are we now firmly pointed toward the start of the 2024 NFL season, we are welcoming our new co-host. Derrik Klassen joins The Athletic Football Show as a permanent member of the cast, so it's only fitting that we focus on quarterbacks on this episode. The guys discuss the Tua Tagovailoa extension, welcome The Athletic Packers beat reporter Matt Schneidman to break down Jordan Love's, and break down what success looks like for this season's second-year quarterbacks—C.J. Stroud, Anthony Richardson, Bryce Young and Will Levis. Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Derrik Klassen With: Matt Schneidman Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Derrik on X: @QBKlass Follow Matt on X: @mattschneidman Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • Eleven players who can make a leap in the 2024 NFL season, with Trevor Sikkema

    Eleven players who can make a leap in the 2024 NFL season, with Trevor Sikkema
    Jul 26 2024
    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 first few days of training camp. Host: Robert Mays With: Trevor Sikkema Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Trevor on X: @TampaBayTre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • Half-baked takes for the 2024 NFL season, with David Helman

    Half-baked takes for the 2024 NFL season, with David Helman
    Jul 25 2024
    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 Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow David on X: @davidhelman_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • Rams head coach Sean McVay on the pursuit of greatness, coaching Aaron Donald, personal growth, and more

    Rams head coach Sean McVay on the pursuit of greatness, coaching Aaron Donald, personal growth, and more
    Jul 23 2024
    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 last few years, the process for improving as a play caller, and what it means to be a great coach. Get ready for training camp with Mays and McVay on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Host: Robert Mays With: Sean McVay Executive Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • The biggest questions heading into training camp, with Mike Golic Jr.

    The biggest questions heading into training camp, with Mike Golic Jr.
    Jul 19 2024
    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 Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Mike on X: @mikegolicjr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • 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

    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
    Jul 18 2024
    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 Russini and Chase Daniel stop by to discuss their new podcast at The Athletic, Scoop City. Host: Robert Mays With: Aaron Schatz, Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Aaron on X: @ASchatzNFL Follow Dianna on X: @DMRussini Follow Chase on X: @ChaseDaniel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins