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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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    2024 NFL Draft First Round Recap: The Bears get a makeover, the Falcons shock the world (in a bad way), and offense reigns supreme

    2024 NFL Draft First Round Recap: The Bears get a makeover, the Falcons shock the world (in a bad way), and offense reigns supreme

    Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye. The 2024 NFL Draft got off to a predictable start. That, of course, did not last. Robert Mays, Nate Tice and Dane Brugler recap the first round on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Which was the best pick? Which was the most surprising? What should we be watching for on day two? The guys answer all those questions, and a whole lot more.
    Watch the first round livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oksLVc7HXw0
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    • 37 min
    Biggest questions heading into the 2024 NFL Draft

    Biggest questions heading into the 2024 NFL Draft

    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.
    Read the 2024 Edition of The Beast, By Dane Brugler
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    • 1 hr 16 min
    What's Dianna Hearing? The latest talk around the NFL at the start of draft week, with Dianna Russini

    What's Dianna Hearing? The latest talk around the NFL at the start of draft week, with Dianna Russini

    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.
    Read the 2024 Edition of The Beast, By Dane Brugler
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    • 1 hr 4 min
    Football GM: Player rankings on the defensive side in the 2024 draft

    Football GM: Player rankings on the defensive side in the 2024 draft

    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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    • 1 hr 8 min
    A Draft Slots Prediction Draft

    A Draft Slots Prediction 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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    • 1 hr 8 min
    “Our Guys” in the 2024 NFL Draft

    “Our Guys” in the 2024 NFL 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.
    Read the 2024 Edition of The Beast, By Dane Brugler
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    • 1 hr 28 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
2.5K Ratings

2.5K Ratings

JMS32205 ,

Good draft coverage compared to other shows

Love that these guys actually spend the show talking about the draft. No nonsense, no hyperbole, no fake outrage or clickbait. Just straight football talk.

kepper is awful ,

Slightly better than the good, the bad, and the ugly

The great: The GM show. Longtime NFL reporter moderates longtime GM. Lots to learn from them. The good: Chase Daniel's show. Insight from a recently retired NFL player who made his rounds in the league. The ugly: Robert Mays and Nate Tice. Mays is an unentertaining talking database of DVOA, PFF, and "trumedia" stats. He knows the dots, just can't connect them. He's also jealous of NFL players' clothes. Tice is an oafish meatball who tries too hard to sound smart and be funny, unfortunately coming up short on both. But hey his dad was an NFL head coach. Outside of the GM show the feed is all millennials who work for NYT. If you don't know what that means this may be of interest to you. Did you know dianna russini is a mom?

Fan in Mint Hill NC ,

EXCELLENT!

These two know how to do a podcast right! So much awesome info and zero foul language. Keep the others away and use these guys more please!

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