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 scenes, you’ll get an in-depth look at all things NFL on The Athletic Football Show, available wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PodSkip has analyzed 18 episodes of The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL, averaging 7.5 ads per episode (6% of runtime).

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2026 NFC East preview
Aug 28, 2026
Get your tickets for the Sept 1st live show in Chicago! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/We flip over to the NFC for the first time in this season's…
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2026 AFC North preview
Aug 27, 2026
Get your tickets to the Sept 1 live show in Chicago! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/The AFC North is up next in our division preview series. Last year…
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2026 AFC West Preview
Aug 26, 2026
Get your tickets for the Sept 1st live show in Chicago! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/We kick off our annual round of division previews with the AFC…
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Quarterbacks at a crossroads in 2026
Aug 25, 2026
Get your tickets to the live show! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/C.J. Stroud went down to the crossroads, fell down on his knees. Bryce Young went…
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What analytical trends and rule changes tell us about the 2026 season
Aug 24, 2026
Get your tickets for our September 1st live show: https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/Let's face it: you can only learn so much about the season ahead from…
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We're going camping! Bengals, Colts, Lions and Vikings
Aug 22, 2026
A full week in the Midwest? Robert Mays must be coming to the end of his training camp tour. This week saw Robert visit Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Detroit and Minneapolis, which means conversations…
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A Seat at the Table: The 10 true Super Bowl contenders at the start of the 2026 season
Aug 21, 2026
Get your tickets for our LIVE show at Lincoln Hall: https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/King Arthur's Table. Table Mountain. Mesa Verde. Teufelstisch. These…
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Building the Beast: The NFL prospects you should know in 2026
Aug 20, 2026
Accompanied reading: Arch Manning's potential, https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7510943/2026/08/18/arch-manning-nfl-draft-film-study/The full set of preseason ranking articles…
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The most interesting new playcallers in 2026
Aug 19, 2026
We have an astounding 25 new playcallers on either side of the ball in 2026. Mike McDaniel with the Chargers. Jim Leonhard with the Bills. Those two are expected to be among the most important…
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Drafting the 15 best offenses in the NFL
Aug 18, 2026
Get your tickets for the live show! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/Sure, we could rank the NFL's best offenses from 1 to 15 and then tell you the…
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First impressions of the rookie class in preseason action
Aug 17, 2026
Get your tickets for the live show! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/Good news! All of the good stuff you saw from the players you like and all the bad…
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We're going camping! Eagles, Steelers, Bills and Browns
Aug 15, 2026
Robert Mays slowly but surely made his way back to the Midwest from the mid-Atlantic on his training camp tour this week, kicking things off with the Eagles and wrapping it up with the Browns. In…
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Kyler Murray takes the reins & and other training camp stories worth caring about
Aug 14, 2026
Get your tickets for the live show! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/Between starter announcements, preseason game statuses, and late-camp signings...we…
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Drafting the best defenses in the NFL
Aug 13, 2026
Get your tickets for the live show! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/Tired: Ranking. Wired: Drafting. On this episode of The Athletic Football Show…
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13 players who can swing the 2026 NFL season
Aug 12, 2026
Get your tickets for the live show! https://lh-st.com/shows/09-01-2026-the-athletic-football-show-with-robert-mays/Nick Emmanwori. Parker Washington. Darnell Wright. All of these guys weren't…
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The teams we just can't figure out going into the season
Aug 10, 2026
No matter how well you know the NFL, a handful of teams every year are going to throw you for a loop on the doorstep of the season beginning. That doesn't mean they'll be bad, or even that you think…
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We're going camping! Seahawks, Falcons, Commanders and Ravens
Aug 08, 2026
Robert Mays wrapped up his west coast swing at the end of last week, before heading down to the southeast and mid-Atlantic on his training camp travels. That means you get Michael-Shawn Dugar on the…
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The training camp storylines worth buying into
Aug 07, 2026
August comes with salt air, the rust on your door, and a whole bunch of hollow training camp storylines. But how many of those storylines are actually worth believing? Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman…
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The stories teams are willing themselves to believe
Aug 06, 2026
Long before Ted Lasso was a smash hit TV show, professional sports teams had been willing themselves to "BELIEVE." Sometimes, that works out wonderfully, as in the case of the Bears believing that…
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Nine players who can change their teams DNA
Aug 05, 2026
Every season, a handful of players on new teams completely change the way their unit plays. Think of what Talanoa Hufanga did for the Broncos defense and what George Pickens did for the Cowboys…
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Half-baked takes for the 2026 season
Aug 04, 2026
Here’s a simple recipe for baking a take: 1. Have a thought or feeling. 2. Look up facts, stats, etc to support or disprove that thought or feeling. 3. Ponder the scope of the thought or feeling (a…
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We're going camping! Panthers, Rams, Chargers and Cowboys
Aug 01, 2026
Robert Mays kicked off his annual training camp tour last week, and as always, he'll be speaking with every Athletic beat writer he crosses paths with to get the on-the-ground expertise from people…
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2026 versions of 2025 things
Jul 30, 2026
Past may not be prologue, but it can give us an idea of what to look for when considering what might come next. For example, Byron Murphy's ascent was critical to the Seahawks' defense turning into a…
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