The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

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The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL episodes

May 29, 2023 Monday Mailbag: The Seahawks' offensive ceiling, Super Bowl windows, NBA players we'd love to see in the NFL, and more
Kick off your week with The Athletic Football Show's Monday Mailbag. In this edition, Robert Mays and Nate Tice kick around the idea of the Seahawks as a top-five offense, consider the meaning of a Super Bowl window, and highlight some offenses that could see a leap this season thanks to a new voice in the room. Nate also gets to name about 10 NBA players he'd like to see in the NFL!
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51 min
May 26, 2023 The 2023 Non-Quarterback Draft
OK, with quarterbacks selected, it's time to move on to our non-quarterback draft for 2023. The premise is the same. Which player do you most want on your team for the next three years, taking into account his current contract status? Robert Mays, Nate Tice and Yahoo's Charles McDonald make the selections in this five-round, 15-player exercise.
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58 min
May 25, 2023 Football GM: Pressure points around the NFL, remembering Jim Brown, Tom Brady’s ownership stake in Raiders & more
Mike Sando and Randy Mueller begin the show by examining various pressure points for several teams around the league and who will be on the spot the most come September. Then, they reflect on the passing of Jim Brown and his legacy on and off the field. Plus, they discuss Tom Brady’s ownership stake in the Raiders, the NFL league meetings and much more.
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1:23 Pressure points around the league (Cowboys, Bills, Raiders, Ravens, Broncos, Patriots, Chargers)
24:20 Remembering Jim Brown
31:12 Tom Brady becomes part-owner of Raiders
38:23 GM Notebook

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53 min
May 24, 2023 The 2023 Quarterback Draft
It's time for one of our favorite episodes of the year...the Quarterback Draft! The question is simple: Which quarterback would you want leading your franchise for the next three years? And yes, his contract matters. Robert Mays, Nate Tice and friend of the show Derrik Klassen are our drafters in this five-round, 15-pick exercise. Let's do this!
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1 hr 46 min
May 22, 2023 Monday Mailbag: The Dolphins' speed, preseason darlings, fast-food rankings, and more
Robert Mays and Nate Tice are back for another session of the Monday Mailbag on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys discuss the Dolphins' team speed, previous preseason darlings and offensive coaching changes. They also rank fast-food joints and wonder how many bad teams you'd have to combine to get a team as good as the Chiefs.
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54 min
May 19, 2023 Familiar Faces in New Places: 2023 Defensive Coordinators Edition
Jim Schwartz, Brian Flores, Steve Wilks...these are familiar faces around the NFL. Those faces, however, are in new places this season. How will they, and the other veteran DCs with new jobs, affect the defenses they now run? Robert Mays and Nate Tice break it down on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
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DCs in new places...
Ryan Nielsen in Atlanta
Jim Schwartz in Cleveland
Brian Flores in Minnesota
Vic Fangio in Miami
Steve Wilks in San Francisco

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53 min
May 18, 2023 Football GM: Difficult GM decisions, Justin Fields’ involvement in Bears draft, checking in on the worst teams from 2022 & more
Before diving into NFL offseason news, Mike Sando and Randy Mueller check in on the NBA playoffs and big decisions facing GMs. Then, they talk about Justin Fields’ involvement in the Bears’ draft and how we feel now about the teams with the worst records in 2022. They wrap with a packed GM Notebook involving the Commanders, the AFC East, the Jaguars in London and more.
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1:13 NBA playoffs & difficult GM decisions
25:34 Ryan Poles involves Justin Fields in Bears draft
31:53 Worst NFL teams in 2022 and how we feel now?
38:27 GM Notebook
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55 min
May 17, 2023 2022 Cold Takes Revisited
Everyone in the sports yammering business is going to have a prediction or two go wrong. Not everyone, however, is going to try to learn from those predictions gone wrong. Guess TAFS is just built different. Robert Mays and Nate Tice trot out their cold takes from 2022, and sort through what they can learn from them, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
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Cold takes included...
The Bills are the best team in football
The Eagles do NOT have a top-10 offense
The Packers have a top-five offense
The Colts have a top-10 offense
The Broncos have a top-10 offense
The Buccaneers have a top-five offense and are NFC Championship Game quality
The Cowboys will miss the playoffs
The 49ers will miss the playoffs

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1 hr 11 min
May 15, 2023 Monday Mailbag: Sad AFC quarterback futures, swapping coaching staffs, the infrastructure around Bryce Young, and more
Robert Mays and Nate Tice open up the TAFS mailbag on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys discuss the saddest future possible for this class of superstar QBs, how certain bad teams might look if they could trade coaching staffs with good teams, the infrastructure around Bryce Young in his rookie season, and more.
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1 hr 7 min
May 12, 2023 The 12 most valuable types of contracts in the NFL
It's the episode of The Athletic Football Show that host Robert Mays calls "endearingly chaotic." What are the most valuable types of contracts in the NFL? Which type of player on which type of deal is most beneficial for a team to have? Robert and Nate Tice dive into that topic for the next hour. Things get appropriately silly on this one.
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1 hr 2 min

About The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

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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,…