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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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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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    Lingering Questions about the NFC North

    Lingering Questions about the NFC North

    Robert Mays begins our series about lingering questions from the 2023 season by taking a long, hard look at the NFC North with ESPN’s Bill Barnwell. 
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    • 1 hr 18 min
    The 2024 Quarterback Draft

    The 2024 Quarterback Draft

    The quarterback draft is back! The rules are simple, which QB (and their contract) would you want leading your franchise over the next three seasons? Diante Lee and Derrik Klassen join Robert Mays to draft this year’s top 15.
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    • 1 hr 48 min
    Questions we still have following the 2024 NFL Draft

    Questions we still have following the 2024 NFL Draft

    On Nate Tice’s final episode of The Athletic Football Show, he joins Robert Mays to talk about the biggest questions we still have following the 2024 NFL Draft. What can we expect from the Seahawks? How good can the Colts be? What will happen with the looming QB extensions? They dig into all of that and more. Plus, they look back on their time together on the show.
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    Decoding messages that NFL Teams sent during the 2024 draft

    Decoding messages that NFL Teams sent during the 2024 draft

    What did NFL teams tell us about themselves following the draft? Robert Mays is joined by ESPN’s Field Yates to break down the messages we’ve learned from roster building this offseason.
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    • 1 hr 18 min
    2024 NFL Draft Day Three Recap: RB and TE runs, breaking down overall hauls, plans that made us go 'Hmmmm,' and more

    2024 NFL Draft Day Three Recap: RB and TE runs, breaking down overall hauls, plans that made us go 'Hmmmm,' and more

    The Athletic Football Show wraps up its stint in Detroit with an in-depth look at day three of the 2024 NFL Draft. Robert Mays, Nate Tice and Dane Brugler highlight the notable moments of the final four rounds of the draft, including runs at running back and tight end, why teams made the trades they did on day three, and some of their favorite picks. The guys also consider the draft as a whole, discussing their favorite overall hauls, plans that made them scratch their heads, and more.
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    • 1 hr 10 min
    2024 NFL Draft Day Two Recap: All of the trades, none of the quarterbacks

    2024 NFL Draft Day Two Recap: All of the trades, none of the quarterbacks

    Day two of the 2024 NFL Draft came complete with all the trades we thought we might be getting on day one. It also saw a complete absence of quarterbacks, a few positional runs, and even one school run. Robert Mays, Nate Tice and Dane Brugler break it all down on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
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    • 42 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

EU-listener ,

Top-tier entertainment

Love this podcast!

The various hosts and discussions are great. Sando and Mueller are, naturally, impressive. But I would like to applaud Robert Mays in particular for being enthusiastic and objective for all the teams despite having a favorite team (Bears) and of course, Nate Tice is just so much fun to listen to.

Well done!

Jonni Puuma ,

If must choose one football pod, choose this!

Great variety of shows during the week. Thorough recaps of the games and lots of details. Being new to NFL, sometimes details are too specific and it’s hard to understand what hosts Robert and Nate are talking about 😃 but still enjoying and learning A LOT.

Football GM episodes with Mike and Randy offers different perspectives to the games and are joy to listen.

Really appreciate you guys for doing amazing work!

2timesagain ,

Good discussion, bad flow

Robert, you have a chance to be good. Now stop interrupting your guests while they’re talking. It’s distracting, it’s rude, it’s immature.

Work on listening to the people you invite to your show and move past the self-indulgence. Focus on them, not yourself.

Robert

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