The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

By The AthleticSports Football

Ranking
20th
on Football
Favorites
500
Followers
Typical duration
68 min
per episode
If it hooks
50%
finish an episode

Based on Podcast App listening data

The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL episodes

October 07, 2024Week 5 recap: Ravens-Bengals shootout, Texans outlast Bills, Caleb Williams' big day, and more
Ravens 41, Bengals 38 in overtime. Texans 23, Bills 20. The Jaguars and Colts combining for 41 points in the fourth quarter. And that was all in the early window on Sunday. Yeah, Week 5 was the craziest week to date of this NFL season. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen break it all down on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Ravens beat Bengals in OT thriller
You Have My Attention: Texans get huge win over Bills
You Have My Attention: Caleb Williams stars in Bears' win over Panthers
NFC West...WTF?!?
Raiders...WTF?!?
Did You See That?!?...Jayden Daniels shines, but in a different way
Did You See That?!?...Jaguars-Colts fourth quarter fireworks
Did You See That?!?...Andrew Van Ginkel making big plays
Did You See That?!?...Xavier McKinney is balling
What Did We Learn Today?

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
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 34 min
October 04, 2024Week 5 preview: Ravens-Bengals, Bills-Texans, digging into the Steelers' and 49ers' offenses, and more
Four weeks into the season, the 49ers' offense has been predictably great...but in unpredictable fashion. Four weeks into the season, the Steelers' offense has been unpredictably effective. Ravens-Bengals and Bills-Texans as the Week 5 Games of the Week? Well, yeah, not everything can be unpredictable. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen preview Week 5 across the NFL on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Buccaneers-Falcons recap
Ravens-Bengals preview
Bills-Texans preview
What's on my Fourth Screen?
Under the Hood: Steelers offense
Favorite realistic Davante Adams trade destinations
Take Tribunal: The Jets won't improve on last year's win total
The bizarro version of an elite 49ers offense
Jayden Daniels gets a much tougher test
What I Wanna Know

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
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 37 min
October 01, 2024Lions and Seahawks put on a show, our first 2025 NFL Draft check-in of the season, and more with Dane Brugler
Dane Brugler makes his triumphant return to The Athletic Football Show to start laying groundwork for the 2025 NFL Draft. He and Robert Mays take a big-picture look at the class, and dig deeper into prospects who have caught Dane's eye, including Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty. The guys start the show by recapping Seahawks-Lions and Titans-Dolphins, and wrap it up by discussing Malik Nabers, the rookies in the Rams' defensive front and the top-two quarterbacks from the 2024 NFL Draft.
Rundown
Titans-Dolphins recap
Seahawks-Lions recap
Movers on Dane Brugler's 2025 NFL Draft big board
Upon Further Review: Jalen Milroe
Upon Further Review: Chargers defense and Chiefs offense check-ins
The Ball Knower: Malik Nabers is already a top-10 WR
The Ball Knower: Jared Verse and Braden Fiske are doing work
The Ball Knower: Is Ryan Poles sweating yet?

Host: Robert Mays
With: Dane Brugler
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show...
Apple
Spotify
YouTube
Follow Robert on X: @robertmays
Follow Dane on X: @dpbrugler
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 21 min
September 30, 2024Week 4 recap: Ravens upend Bills, Washington's surge continues, the Vikings keep rolling, and more
Ravens-Bills wasn't quite the close contest we were hoping for, but it still gave us plenty to discuss about two teams that are likely among the best in the league. That's where Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen begin the Week 4 recap episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the surging Washington football team, the 4-0 Vikings, troubles for the Jets and Eagles, a silly little game between the Falcons and Saints, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
Ravens trounce Bills
Washington Football Team...You Have My Attention
4-0 Vikings...You Still Have My Attention
Eagles...WTF?!?
Jets offense...WTF?!?
Falcons, Saints and the NFC South...WTF?!?
Chiefs and Texans...you guys are almost here
Did You See That? Jaylon Johnson
Did You See That? Darnell Washington hurdle + Steelers-Colts wrap
Did You See That? Ja'Marr Chase's ridiculous catch-and-run
What We Learned Today

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
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 22 min
September 27, 2024Week 4 preview: Vikings-Packers, Bills-Ravens, Seahawks-Lions, Jayden Daniels under the QB spotlight, and more
Vikings-Packers, Bills-Ravens and Seahawks-Lions highlight the 16-game Week 4 slate and, helpfully, they're all in different game windows. Now that's how you schedule helpfully for the football fan, NFL. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into those three games, plus Jayden Daniels, the Broncos front, Todd Bowles as Jalen Hurts' kryptonite, and a whole lot more on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Giants-Cowboys recap
Vikings-Packers
Bills-Ravens
Seahawks-Lions
QB Spotlight: Jayden Daniels
This Might Only Interest Me, But...
Broncos front vs. Jets offensive line
Jalen Hurts vs. Todd Bowles
The Athletic's front office survey
What Do You Wanna Know by the end of Week 4?

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
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 40 min
September 24, 2024Jayden Daniels coming-out party, another big night for Josh Allen, concerns for the Bengals defense, and the reasons why offenses have fallen behind with Mitch Schwartz
Look, NFL, you can give us as many two-game Monday nights as you want, so long as we get to watch quarterback performances like we saw from Jayden Daniels, Josh Allen and Joe Burrow in Week 3. Mitch Schwartz joins Robert Mays to break down Commanders-Bengals and Jaguars-Bills on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also add their answers to the question about leaguewide offensive struggles and play a round of The Ball Knower.
Rundown
Commanders-Bengals recap
Jaguars-Bills recap
Why are offenses struggling?
The Ball Knower
What Mitch Knows He Knows: Josh Allen is the league's second-best quarterback
What Mitch Thinks He Knows: The Vikings are for real
What Mitch Wants to Know: If the run game is back, where are the superstar running backs?

Host: Robert Mays
With: Mitch Schwartz
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show...
Apple
Spotify
YouTube
Follow Robert on X: @robertmays
Follow Mitch 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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 33 min
September 23, 2024Week 3 recap: Chaos reigns, the Vikings do it again, Matt LaFleur is a wizard, the Cowboys are in trouble, and more
Four teams are 3-0 as we head into the final week of September. One is the Chiefs. The other three are the Vikings, Steelers and Seahawks. It's safe to say chaos remains the only constant in the NFL. Well, chaos and the Chiefs. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen wrap up a wild Week 3 on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Chaos reigns supreme
More likely to win their division...Steelers or Seahawks?
Minnesota Vikings...You Have My Attention
Matt LaFleur...You Have My Attention
Saquon Barkley and Dallas Goedert...You Have My Attention
Tampa Bay Buccaneers...WTF?!?
Raiders defense...WTF?!?
Shane Waldron...WTF?!?
Justin Fields attacking the middle
Malik Nabers giving off Ja'Marr Chase vibes
Jauan Jennings has a big day
The Cowboys defense just might be bad
It's So Over for the Dolphins
What We Learned Today

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 Mike on X: @SandoNFL
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 32 min
September 20, 2024Week 3 preview: Texans-Vikings, Lions-Cardinals, Ravens-Cowboys Desperation Bowl, breaking down the Colts offense, and more
As recently as two weeks ago, we might not have thought that Texans-Vikings and Lions-Cardinals would be the games we'd most be looking forward to in Week 3. Therein lies much of the beauty of the NFL. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig deep into those matchups on the Week 3 preview episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss who's more desperate for a win in the Ravens-Cowboys game, which of the 2-0 Steelers and 2-0 Chargers is more for real, the relative struggles of the Colts offense through two weeks, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
Patriots-Jets recap
Texans-Vikings
Lions-Cardinals
What's on My Fourth Screen?
Desperation Bowl: Ravens-Cowboys
Chargers-Steelers...Which 2-0 team is more for real?
Under the Hood: Colts offense
Airing of Grievances
What Do You Wanna Know?

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 Mike on X: @SandoNFL
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 30 min
September 17, 2024The state of NFL stats and a Falcons-Eagles recap with Amazon's Sam Schwartzstein; QB Counseling for Bryce Young and the Panthers with Steven Ruiz
There is a permanent statistical revolution going on in the NFL, and there is no end in sight. Amazon Thursday Night Football's analytics expert Sam Schwartzstein joins Robert Mays on this episode of The Athletic Football Show to detail what you're seeing on the Prime TNF broadcasts, and why you're seeing what you're seeing. After that, noted Panthers fan Steven Ruiz from The Ringer joins Robert to go through some QB Counseling for Bryce Young.
Rundown
Falcons-Eagles recap
The state of stats in the NFL
QB Counseling for Bryce Young and the Panthers

Host: Robert Mays
With: Sam Schwartzstein and Steven Ruiz
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show...
Apple
Spotify
YouTube
Follow Robert on X: @robertmays
Follow Sam on X: @schwartzsteins
Follow Steven on X: @theStevenRuiz
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 23 min
September 16, 2024Week 2 recap: Chiefs trip up Bengals, the Saints go off again, the Buccaneers and Vikings are 2-0, the Ravens let us down, and more
The Chiefs and Bengals gave us another classic, this one with the Chiefs escaping with a 26-25 win. The Saints offense went off for the second week in a row. The Buccaneers went into Detroit and beat the Lions. The Vikings upset the 49ers, while the Raiders tripped up the Ravens. Yup, it was a crazy Week 2. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen wrap it all up on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown
Quick Bears-Texans thoughts
Chiefs get past Bengals
You Have My Attention: Saints offense
You Have My Attention: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
You Have My Attention: Minnesota Vikings
WTF?!?...The Rams season feels over?
The Cardinals might have something
WTF?!?...The Colts run defense
WTF?!?...The Ravens lost another game they should've won
Geno Smith is balling
Keion White shines again
Aidan Hutchinson wrecked the Buccaneers offense
Quentin Johnston caught two touchdowns!
It's So Over for the Jaguars
What Derrik Learned Today: It's gonna take some time for Mike Zimmer in Dallas
What Robert Learned Today: We don't know anything about what will work and what won't

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
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

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hr 29 min

About The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

From the publisher's feed

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,…