Robert Mays and Nate Tice debut the “Friday Five” segment where they talk about the top things they are watching heading into the weekend. They discuss the excitement surrounding DeVonta Smith, Dak Prescott vs. Brandon Staley’s defense and more. Plus, The Athletic’s Sheil Kapadia joins the show to (hopefully) redeem himself with his Week 2 picks against the spread.
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5 things to watch in Week 2 + picks against the spread with Nate Tice and Sheil Kapadia

The Athletic’s flagship football podcast covers the NFL like only The Athletic can. Robert Mays is joined by a team of world-class NFL writers and analysts including Nate Tice, Mike Sando, Dane Brugler and more. They’ll break down the biggest stories throughout the world of football. Whether it’s happening on the field or behind the scenes, you’ll get an in-depth look at all things NFL on The Athletic Football Show.

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It's the last episode of The Athletic Football Show before the 2024 NFL Draft, and that can only mean one thing...it's time to highlight the things we can't wait to learn the next few days. Which team will trade up for a quarterback? Who inside the top 10 has the most intriguing decision to make? What might end up as the most interesting landing spot? Robert Mays, Nate Tice and Dane Brugler discuss the questions they're excited to get answers to during the draft on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
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Biggest questions heading into the 2024 NFL Draft

Play time is over, NFL fans. Draft week is here, and everything is finally starting to get serious. Dianna Russini joins Robert Mays on this episode of The Athletic Football Show to dive into what she's hearing behind the scenes as draft week begins.
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What's Dianna Hearing? The latest talk around the NFL at the start of draft week, with Dianna Russini

Mike and Randy go over their top 10 defensive players in this year's draft. The guys discuss the reasons why they chose the players they did and how they fit. From there, Randy explains some of the things that go on in a draft room and how teams come up with their clusters of players on their board. And then we wrap things up with the GM notebook. 
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Football GM: Player rankings on the defensive side in the 2024 draft

The Ringer’s Ben Solak and Danny Kelly join Robert Mays for an intense pre-draft competition among fellow football podcasters. Via a snake draft, each participant selects a team of 10 players eligible in this year’s draft, trying to build a squad with the lowest combined draft slots (no. 1 is best, etc.). Game on.
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A Draft Slots Prediction Draft

We are officially one week out from the 2024 NFL Draft and this episode is all about “Our Guys.” Robert Mays, Nate Tice and Dane Brugler talk about the prospects they love in the top 10, the first round, on Day 2 and outside the top 100 consensus.
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5 things to watch in Week 2 + picks against the spread with Nate Tice and Sheil Kapadia

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