Look, you visit with eight teams in one week, you gotta have two Beat Writer Notebooks. In this edition, Robert talks with Joe Person, Zac Jackson and Nicki Jhabvala, The Athletic's Panthers, Browns and Commanders beat writers, respectively. How legitimate is the optimism for the Panthers offense? How do the Browns even measure success this season? What can the Commanders do to follow up on last season's unexpected breakthrough? Learn the answers to those questions, and a whole lot more, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

Rundown (timestamps are approximate)

4:01 Robert and Joe Person from Panthers camp

27:21 Robert and Zac Jackson from Browns camp

48:08 Robert and Nicki Jhabvala from Commanders camp

Host: Robert Mays

With: Joe Person, Zac Jackson, Nicki Jhabvala

Executive Producer: Michael Beller

Producer: Michael Beller

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