Through two weeks of the 2024 season, the Saints looked like a breakout offense while the Broncos ranked in the top five in defensive success rate. One of those held steady through the entire season. The other...did not. This year, we have some of those same types of early season surprises, including the Colts offense, the Falcons pass rush, and some real Chiefs panic. What of these are real and what are simply small sample size flukes? Robert Mays is joined by Bill Barnwell from ESPN to wade through all that on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

Rundown (timestamps are approximate)

4:55 The Colts offense

20:02 The Packers as the best team in the NFL

32:18 The Bears as a lost cause

45:19 Chiefs panic

56:32 The Falcons pass rush

1:03:13 The Vikings picked the wrong QB

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Host: Robert Mays

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