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December 07, 2024 The evolution of quarterback contracts
The quarterback position is the most important in all of sports, and it comes with the trappings that such a designation commands. Including, of course, money. All 32 teams in the NFL revolve around their quarterback in a way that is unique among professional sports. It's not just about how good of a quarterback he is. The amount and length of his contract is just as important. The way teams handle that can often help determine who is playing in the Super Bowl at the end of the season. And, like so many things in the league, that approach is ever-evolving. Brad Spielberger of Grand Central Sports Management joins Robert Mays to break down the evolution of quarterback contracts on this episode of The Money Down, a four-part miniseries on the business of the NFL presented by The Athletic Football Show.
Host: Robert Mays
With: Brad Spielberger
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Chris Flannery
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55 min
December 06, 2024Week 14 preview: Symmetry returns to the standings as playoff races take shape
You know what the best part of Week 14 is? No, not learning if the Chiefs can keep getting away with this in their showdown with the Chargers. No, not the huge NFC West matchup between the Seahawks and Cardinals. It's not even that awesome Lions-Packers game we all watched on Thursday. Week 14 is the final week with byes. After Week 14, every team will have played 13 games, and we'll finally be back to standings equilibrium. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen preview the week ahead, and recap the Lions' thrilling Thursday night win over the Packers, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Lions win thriller over Packers
Game of the Week: Chargers at Chiefs
Game of the Week: Seahawks at Cardinals
Rams run game vs. Bills defense
Bryce Young vs. Eagles defense
Is Falcons-Vikings a revenge game for Kirk Cousins?
Who's better positioned for the next three seasons...Bengals or Cowboys?
What Do You Wanna Know from Week 14?

Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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Theme song: Haunted
Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs
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1 hr 32 min
December 03, 2024What's keeping this season's Super Bowl contenders up at night?
As we head into the final month of the 2024 regular season, we know who the true Super Bowl contenders are. What's just as clear, however, are their flaws. Robert Mays and Fran Duffy from PHLY of the ALLCITY Network dig into those flaws on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Browns-Broncos recap
What's keeping the Steelers up at night?
What's keeping the Vikings up at night?
What's keeping the Packers up at night?
What's keeping the Ravens up at night?
What's keeping the Bills up at night?
What's keeping the Chiefs up at night?
What's keeping the Eagles up at night?
What's keeping the Lions up at night?
Another way the run game is back
An argument for quarterbacks should exhaust their college eligibility
What the rest of this season means for the 49ers

Host: Robert Mays
With: Fran Duffy
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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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

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1 hr 34 min
December 02, 2024Week 13 recap: Did the Eagles just notch the biggest win of the season?
The Eagles' win over the Ravens in Week 13 wasn't just the team's best on its current eight-game winning streak. It was quite possibly the best win of the season for any team. That's where Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen begin the Week 13 recap episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the Steelers winning a game in which they needed to score more than 38 points, Kirk Cousins' terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, the crazy NFC West race, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
Eagles make statement with win over Ravens
The NFC West race...You Have My Attention
Seahawks knock off Jets
Vikings sneak past Cardinals
Who will win the NFC West?
Pittsburgh Steelers, the likely AFC North Champs...You Have My Attention!
Kirk Cousins...WTF?!?
Buccaneers narrowly avoid WTF status
OK, Bryce Young
Washington's offense isn't dead yet
The Texans find a way to let us down, even when they win
A 19-play, game-winning drive from the Colts?!?
What Did We Learn Today?

Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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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

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1 hr 27 min
November 29, 2024Week 13 preview: Eagles-Ravens takes center stage as the final third of the regular season begins
If the first third of the season is about deciphering fact from fiction, and the middle third is about learning who teams really are, the final third is about the playoff push. The final third of the season begins in Week 13, and we've got five great games that are going to help us determine what the early stages of that playoff push look like. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen preview those games on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Chargers-Falcons preview
Steelers-Bengals preview
Cardinals-Vikings preview
Eagles-Ravens preview
49ers-Bills preview

Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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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

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1 hr 4 min
November 26, 2024A pre-Thanksgiving NFL Draft feast with Dane Brugler
The college football regular season is winding to a close, which means our discussions around the 2025 NFL Draft are heating up. Dane Brugler joins Robert Mays to check in on where the class stands on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the rookie campaigns being put together by Drake Maye, Brock Bowers, Jared Verse and Bo Nix. Before all that, though, The Athletic's Chargers beat reporter Daniel Popper gets on the mic with Robert to recap the Ravens' win over the Chargers on Monday night.
Rundown
Ravens-Chargers MNF recap
Emerging polarization in the 2025 NFL Draft class
Dane's initial flag planting
The 2025 quarterbacks, headlined by Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward
Intriguing pairings in the top 10
Drake Maye is a dude
Should the Jets have taken Brock Bowers?
Should the Falcons have taken Jared Verse?
Why the Bo Nix/Broncos pairing is working

Host: Robert Mays
With: Daniel Popper and Dane Brugler
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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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

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1 hr 39 min
November 25, 2024Week 12 recap: Everything gets real at Thanksgiving
On the 49ers-Packers broadcast in Week 12, Tom Brady said that teams aren't who they really are until Thanksgiving. We might not be at Turkey Day quite yet, but it's a late Thanksgiving this year, so we can make an exception. We saw a whole lot of true colors on the field in Week 12. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen are here to break it all down on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Eagles dominate Rams
Packers run game...You Have My Attention!
Seahawks defense...You Have My Attention!
Titans-Texans...WTF?!?
Do the Texans have a Wild Card Round ceiling?
Washington Commanders...WTF?!?
Bryce Young nearly one-upped the Chiefs
Jonnu Smith is the Dolphins' top pass-catcher now?
Baker Mayfield has found his place...and we're all better off for it
Anthony Richardson has three types of games
Caleb Williams' best performance of the season
What Did We Learn Today?

Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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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

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1 hr 33 min
November 23, 2024 The future of the NFL on TV
If you're the type of NFL fan who wants to watch every game, you've tuned into at least seven different networks and streamers this season. It isn't likely that sort of market segmentation is going away any time soon. So how will we be watching football in 2030, 2040 and beyond? Robert Mays is joined by Andrew Marchand, The Athletic's senior sports media columnist, to dive deep into the NFL broadcasting future on this episode of The Money Down, a special four-part miniseries on the business of the NFL from The Athletic Football Show.
Host: Robert Mays
With: Andrew Marchand
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Chris Flannery
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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

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53 min
November 22, 2024Week 12 preview: Harbowl III is upon us
Week 12 marks the end of the middle-third of the regular season and pushes us into the start of the stretch run toward the playoffs. What better way to celebrate that than with the third meeting between the Harbaugh brothers as head coaches in the NFL? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen kick off the Week 12 preview episode of The Athletic Football Show by digging into Ravens-Chargers and 49ers-Packers. The guys also highlight one thing apiece from Eagles-Rams and Cardinals-Seahawks, consider the playoff chances for the Colts and Buccaneers, wonder if we've hit the Kliff Cliff, and more.
Rundown
Game of the Week: Ravens at Chargers
Game of the Week: 49ers at Packers
One Thing From...Eagles at Rams
One Thing From...Cardinals at Seahawks
Are the Colts really still alive in the playoff hunt?
Have we reached the Kliff Cliff?
Wins Pool Update...it's not going well for Robert
Caleb Williams and the Bears vs. Robert Flores and the Vikings
The Buccaneers' path to the NFC South title

Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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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

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1 hr 17 min
November 19, 2024Silver linings for the NFL's bad teams
Look, not everyone can be a Super Bowl contender. Plenty of teams aren't even playoff contenders. More than half the league misses the playoffs, and many of those teams are bad. Some are very bad. But that doesn't mean they can't take something from the 2024 season. Robert Mays and Conor Orr from Sports Illustrated and the MMQB find silver linings for those bad teams on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Texans-Cowboys MNF recap
Jets fire Joe Douglas
Silver lining for the 2024 Jets
Silver lining for the 2024 Panthers
Silver lining for the 2024 Giants
Silver lining for the 2024 Patriots
Silver lining for the 2024 Raiders
Silver lining for the 2024 Browns
Silver lining for the 2024 Titans
Silver lining for the 2024 Jaguars
The Ball Knower...all Lions, all the time

Host: Robert Mays
With: Conor Orr
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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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

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1 hr 36 min

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The Athletic’s flagship NFL podcast covers the league like only The Athletic can. Host Robert Mays and co-hosts Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman dive into the biggest stories, break down the Xs and Os,…