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The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

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, and tackle the ins and outs of roster building. They meticulously follow the details of why we all love this sport and have plenty of fun along the way, bringing the expertise necessary to cover the NFL at the highest level. You want year-round draft coverage? You'll get that here, too, with draft expert Dane Brugler. Whether it’s happening on the field or behind the...

AFC Wild Card Round Preview

72 hours 31 mins; January 09, 2025

Patriots, Jaguars and Raiders join the Bears, Jets and Saints on the head coaching search

89 hours 59 mins; January 08, 2025

Week 18 recap: Lions lock up the top spot in the NFC, and now we're all playoff-bound

76 hours 51 mins; January 06, 2025

Week 18 preview: Vikings at Lions for all the (regular season) marbles

56 mins; January 03, 2025

Lamar Jackson or Josh Allen? It's the TAFS 2024 Awards Spectacular!

82 hours 46 mins; January 01, 2025

Week 17 recap: With the playoffs around the corner, the Vikings make a statement

92 hours 32 mins; December 30, 2024

The best contracts in recent NFL history

79 hours 22 mins; December 28, 2024

Week 17 preview: Packers-Vikings the final, and best, gift of the holiday weekend

69 hours 49 mins; December 26, 2024

TAFS goes holiday shopping!

60 hours 8 mins; December 24, 2024

Week 16 recap: Lions, Vikings race for the NFC 1-seed, while Chiefs nearly put AFC's top spot out of reach

93 hours 3 mins; December 23, 2024

Week 16 preview: Steelers-Ravens battle for AFC North supremacy at the center of the playoff push

98 hours 45 mins; December 20, 2024

Bill Belichick goes back to school

71 hours 55 mins; December 19, 2024

Wide receivers wrapped, 2024, with Matt Harmon

79 hours 0 mins; December 18, 2024

Week 15 recap: Bills win a possible Super Bowl preview, and the Lions lose more than just the game

88 hours 19 mins; December 16, 2024

What are NFL and college insiders saying about Belichick's new job? (Check out The Athletic's Scoop City!)

54 mins; December 14, 2024

Week 15 preview: Bills-Lions, a potential Super Bowl preview, highlights a loaded week

68 hours 35 mins; December 13, 2024

Can this season's failed, would-be contenders bounce right back in 2025?

89 hours 45 mins; December 11, 2024

Let's take a ride on the 2025 coaching carousel with Conor Orr + the rise of Kevin O'Connell with Jourdan Rodrigue and Alec Lewis

103 hours 5 mins; December 10, 2024

Week 14 recap: Bills-Rams Game of the Year sends us into the final month of the season

82 hours 36 mins; December 09, 2024

The evolution of quarterback contracts

54 mins; December 07, 2024

Week 14 preview: Symmetry returns to the standings as playoff races take shape

91 hours 47 mins; December 06, 2024

What's keeping this season's Super Bowl contenders up at night?

93 hours 22 mins; December 03, 2024

Week 13 recap: Did the Eagles just notch the biggest win of the season?

86 hours 42 mins; December 02, 2024

Week 13 preview: Eagles-Ravens takes center stage as the final third of the regular season begins

63 hours 28 mins; November 29, 2024

A pre-Thanksgiving NFL Draft feast with Dane Brugler

98 hours 25 mins; November 26, 2024

Week 12 recap: Everything gets real at Thanksgiving

92 hours 4 mins; November 25, 2024

The future of the NFL on TV

52 mins; November 23, 2024

Week 12 preview: Harbowl III is upon us

76 hours 39 mins; November 22, 2024

Silver linings for the NFL's bad teams

95 hours 20 mins; November 19, 2024

Week 11 recap: The Bills stake their claim to AFC supremacy, the Steelers take control of the AFC North, the Broncos make a statement, and more

86 hours 59 mins; November 18, 2024

The disappearance of the star cornerback, with Domonique Foxworth

51 mins; November 16, 2024

Week 11 preview: The latest installments in the Chiefs-Bills and Ravens-Steelers rivalries are here

88 hours 24 mins; November 15, 2024

The awards races at midseason, with Bill Barnwell

87 hours 14 mins; November 12, 2024

Week 10 recap: Steelers-Commanders lives up to the billing, Chiefs and Lions win ugly, and more

89 hours 51 mins; November 11, 2024

Week 10 preview: Welcome to the second half of the season

91 hours 11 mins; November 08, 2024

Trade deadline recap: Za'Darius Smith to the Lions, Marshon Lattimore to the Commanders

66 hours 48 mins; November 06, 2024

Week 9 recap: The best of the best—and the worst of the worst—are separating from the pack

86 hours 34 mins; November 04, 2024

Week 9 preview: An NFC North heavyweight battle, an unlikely top-tier defense in Los Angeles, and a strength-on-strength matchup in Baltimore

86 hours 8 mins; November 01, 2024

The highs and lows from this season's rookie quarterbacks with J.T. O'Sullivan; MNF recap and the state of the Giants with Dan Duggan

93 hours 43 mins; October 29, 2024

NFL Week 8 recap: Never underestimate an NFL Sunday

85 hours 50 mins; October 28, 2024

Week 8 preview: An unusual Game of the Week, a trio of confounding matchups, and a massive Rams return

93 hours 35 mins; October 25, 2024

2024 QB tiers revisited: Who has the most at stake the rest of the season?

51 mins; October 22, 2024

Week 7 recap: Lions win thriller over Vikings, Packers squeak past Texans, Saquon gets his revenge, and more

83 hours 56 mins; October 21, 2024

Week 7 preview: Why doesn't Chiefs-49ers have the juice of a typical Super Bowl rematch?

86 hours 24 mins; October 18, 2024

From Super Bowl or Bust to Mock Draft Enthusiasts, breaking all 32 teams into six tiers; Plus, Davante Adams to the Jets and Amari Cooper to the Bills

93 hours 31 mins; October 15, 2024

Week 6 recap: Ravens beat Commanders, the NFC North rises, the Cowboys hit rock bottom, and more

77 hours 36 mins; October 14, 2024

Week 6 preview: Commanders-Ravens is must-see TV, just like we all predicted

96 hours 59 mins; October 11, 2024

Did the Jets find an answer, or merely a scapegoat, by firing Robert Saleh?

88 hours 34 mins; October 08, 2024

Week 5 recap: Ravens-Bengals shootout, Texans outlast Bills, Caleb Williams' big day, and more

93 hours 33 mins; October 07, 2024

Week 5 preview: Ravens-Bengals, Bills-Texans, digging into the Steelers' and 49ers' offenses, and more

96 hours 25 mins; October 04, 2024

Lions and Seahawks put on a show, our first 2025 NFL Draft check-in of the season, and more with Dane Brugler

80 hours 18 mins; October 01, 2024

Week 4 recap: Ravens upend Bills, Washington's surge continues, the Vikings keep rolling, and more

81 hours 20 mins; September 30, 2024

Week 4 preview: Vikings-Packers, Bills-Ravens, Seahawks-Lions, Jayden Daniels under the QB spotlight, and more

99 hours 37 mins; September 27, 2024

Jayden 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

92 hours 43 mins; September 24, 2024

Week 3 recap: Chaos reigns, the Vikings do it again, Matt LaFleur is a wizard, the Cowboys are in trouble, and more

91 hours 19 mins; September 23, 2024

Week 3 preview: Texans-Vikings, Lions-Cardinals, Ravens-Cowboys Desperation Bowl, breaking down the Colts offense, and more

89 hours 45 mins; September 20, 2024

The 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

82 hours 49 mins; September 17, 2024

Week 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

88 hours 58 mins; September 16, 2024

Week 2 preview: Buccaneers-Lions, Bengals-Chiefs, rethinking preseason takes, Eagles offense breakdown, and more

101 hours 3 mins; September 13, 2024

Jets-49ers recap + a game of Is This Real? with Mike Sando: Bengals panic, new NFC South playcallers, the Eagles are back, and more

65 hours 29 mins; September 11, 2024

Week 1 recap: Lions beat Rams in OT thriller, Dak gets paid and Cowboys roll, Bengals and Falcons fall flat, and more

84 hours 3 mins; September 09, 2024

Week 1 preview + Ravens-Chiefs recap

69 hours 18 mins; September 06, 2024

Playoff predictions, award winners and Super Bowl picks

73 hours 35 mins; September 04, 2024

NFC West Preview

104 hours 34 mins; September 03, 2024

AFC South Preview

106 hours 42 mins; August 30, 2024

AFC East Preview

95 hours 55 mins; August 29, 2024

NFC North Preview

112 hours 20 mins; August 27, 2024

AFC West Preview

103 hours 11 mins; August 23, 2024

NFC East Preview

111 hours 2 mins; August 22, 2024

The TAFS 2024 Wins Pool Draft

56 mins; August 20, 2024

NFC South Preview

104 hours 10 mins; August 16, 2024

Early impressions of this season's rookie quarterbacks + J.J. McCarthy's season-ending injury, with J.T. O'Sullivan

58 mins; August 15, 2024

AFC North Preview

105 hours 21 mins; August 13, 2024

The training camp storylines that matter—and the ones that don't—with Gregg Rosenthal

51 mins; August 09, 2024

Predicting the NFL's top-10 defenses in 2024

92 hours 6 mins; August 08, 2024

The team DNA changers in the 2024 NFL season

52 mins; August 06, 2024

NFL Mythbusters: Challenging preconceived notions about the 2024 season, with Mitchell Schwartz

87 hours 36 mins; August 02, 2024

Predicting the NFL's top-10 offenses in 2024

77 hours 49 mins; August 01, 2024

New deals for Tua and Jordan Love, a new season for second-year quarterbacks, and a new co-host for TAFS

79 hours 28 mins; July 30, 2024

Eleven players who can make a leap in the 2024 NFL season, with Trevor Sikkema

75 hours 13 mins; July 26, 2024

Half-baked takes for the 2024 NFL season, with David Helman

79 hours 11 mins; July 25, 2024

Rams head coach Sean McVay on the pursuit of greatness, coaching Aaron Donald, personal growth, and more

64 hours 11 mins; July 23, 2024

The biggest questions heading into training camp, with Mike Golic Jr.

52 mins; July 19, 2024

Three up, three down: The teams that will be better or worse than you think, with Aaron Schatz; The scoop on Scoop City with Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel

63 hours 45 mins; July 18, 2024

The players who can swing the 2024 NFL season

78 hours 12 mins; July 16, 2024

How to Spot the Next Breakout Wide Receiver

87 hours 22 mins; July 12, 2024

How many teams can win the Super Bowl this season?

67 hours 40 mins; July 11, 2024

Ten tips for crushing your fantasy league in 2024

91 hours 6 mins; July 09, 2024

Which NFL offensive lines are better than you think?

80 hours 39 mins; July 02, 2024

Ranking the QB Supporting Casts in the NFC

66 hours 40 mins; June 28, 2024

Lingering Questions about the NFC South

87 hours 20 mins; June 27, 2024

Ranking the QB Supporting Casts in the AFC

92 hours 48 mins; June 25, 2024

Football GM: Players turned coaches, Will Mays tribute and WR Brandon Aiyuk

48 mins; June 22, 2024

Lingering Questions about the NFC West

70 hours 37 mins; June 21, 2024

Assessing the state of the QB market

47 mins; June 20, 2024

Raheem Morris + Dan Orlovsky on Dak Prescott and Trevor Lawrence

77 hours 59 mins; June 18, 2024

Football GM: Trevor Lawrence extension, Atlanta Falcons tampering and the CapFriendly website

52 mins; June 15, 2024

Lingering Questions about the AFC West

65 hours 20 mins; June 14, 2024

Lingering Questions about the AFC East

79 hours 5 mins; June 13, 2024

Drafting the NFL’s Best Coaches

107 hours 30 mins; June 11, 2024

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