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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 l...
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Vikings swing for the fences with Kyler Murray
This isn't supposed to happen. Teams aren't supposed to be able to sign a 28-year-old quarterback who was a first overall pick and previously been a l...
Free agency wrap: Taking stock of a busy start to the new league year
A few big names remain on the table, but most of the free agent puzzle pieces have fallen into place. So, what were our favorite signings? What signin...
Free agency day three: Maxximum Chaos
Remember those couple days where Maxx Crosby was on the Ravens and the Raiders had two extra first-round picks to work with the in the next two drafts...
Free agency day two: Perhaps you can go home again
Day two of free agency got off to a bit of a slow start, and then the spigot opened up with a firehose attached. Geno Smith is a Jet again. The Patrio...
Free agency day one, part two: The edge and DB markets fall into place
NFL teams know a thing or two about tampering, and they proved that to us once again with the league's legal tampering window opening up on Monday. On...
Free agency day one, part one: Jaelan Phillips to the Panthers, Tyler Linderbaum to the Raiders, Alec Pierce stays in Indy, and more
NFL teams know a thing or two about tampering, and they proved that to us once again with the league's legal tampering window opening up on Monday. On...
Ravens Maxx Crosby trade highlights a busy weekend on the eve of free agency
When we signed off for the weekend on Friday, we said we'd come back before Monday if the news dictated our sooner return. Welp, the news dictated jus...
2026 Free Agent Superlatives: Favorite Fits, Buyer Beware and more
We are officially on the doorstep of the legal tampering window and thus, the beginning of the 2026 free agency signing period. So, what are our favor...
2026 free agency doppelgängers
Sayings become sayings for a reason. A particular favorite for us here (or at least for the person writing this description)? History does not repeat,...
Strengths and weaknesses of the 2026 free agent class
Free agency might begin next week, but we already have plenty of player movement news to tackle. The Bears are surprisngly in th emarket for a tackle...
Free agency mailbag: New staffs, Tyler Linderbaum's catbird seat, the cap space tipping point, and more
We're all free agency, all the time over the next two weeks on The Athletic Football Show. And what better way to kick that off than with your questio...
Takeaways from the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine
Another combine is in the books, and with its closing comes another set of results that will affect the upcoming NFL Draft. Among them? Hello, Sonny S...
The Jets-Titans trade, the Malik Willis market, and the rest of the news from combine week
We wrap up our week at the combine with a look at the biggest actual news that happened while the entire NFL world was in Indianapolis. Robert Mays, D...
The most interesting teams of the offseason, part 3: Bengals, Ravens and Eagles
We wrap up our combine beat writer series with three teams that suffered through various levels of disappointing seasons in 2025. First, Paul Dehner J...
The most interesting teams of the offseason, part 2: Chiefs, Vikings and Colts
The Chiefs of recent vintage haven't been among the most interesting teams of the offseason because their offseasons have been, "Alright, Pat, let's r...
The Chargers, Commanders and Steelers kick off the annual TAFS Most Interesting Teams of the Offseason Series
Combine week brings together the entirety of NFL media, including The Athletic Football Show crew and The Athletic NFL beat writers. That's all the ex...
What matters and what doesn't at the combine
The annual NFL Scouting Combine is part NFL convention, part week-long networking event, part exercise in backchannel communication, and part job fair...
From the Vikings to the Jets, assessing the open QB situations
Eight or so teams enter the 2026 NFL season with an open quarterback situation, depending on your definition of "open." Which one of those is the best...
The TAFS mailbag is back!
We're into the offseason, which means we're once again checking the mail. The TAFS mailbag returns with more than a few questions about what we can le...
Biggest questions of the 2026 NFL offseason
The next season effectively begins the moment the previous season ends, and with that new season comes a whole new set of questions. Such as, what hap...
One last ride on this year's coaching carousel
The wildest coaching carousel any of us can remember finally stopped spinning when the Raiders officially named former Seahawks offensive coordinator...
Building the Beast: Dane Brugler's updated Top 100
Yeah, yeah, yeah, the Seahawks are Super Bowl LX Champions, that's cool. It's also old news. It's 2026 NFL Draft time! And what better way to kick off...
Super Bowl LX Recap: Seahawks ride dominant defense to 29-13 win over Patriots, franchise's second title
Any short list of the best stories in the NFL this season would have to include the Seattle Seahawks' dominant defense, Sam Darnold's full redemption,...
Super Bowl LX Preview
It all started back on September 4, 2025, with the Eagles squeaking out a 24-20 win over the Cowboys. It ends on Sunday, five months and 284 games lat...
From XLIX to LX: How the league has changed since the last Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl
Eleven years ago, the Patriots and Seahawks met in one of the most iconic Super Bowls of all-time. Those two teams seemed to define the league back th...
The Super Bowl LX characters who changed their stories this season
The Super Bowl is a story in so many ways. The game is, of course, a story unto itself. It also acts as a capstone for the story of the current NFL se...
The Patriots' one-season about-face meets the Seahawks' ruthless climb to the top of the league in Super Bowl LX
The last Patriots-Seahawks Super Bowl matchup was anything but a surprise. The Seahawks were reigning Super Bowl Champions, and the Patriots were comi...
Building the Beast Senior Bowl Recap: Winners, takeaways, and effects on the draft
College football's all-star game season has come to an end, with the Senior Bowl now in the rear-view mirror. Who were the big winners from the week?...
The coaching cycle that just won't quit
There are coaching cycles and then there are COACHING CYCLES. Somehow, Black Monday wasn't even a month ago, but it feels like it was three years ago....
Lessons learned from this season's conference title game participants
The NFL may be a copycat league, but it's not like the 28 teams that fell short of Conference Championship weekend can just look at the Seahawks, Rams...
Building the Beast: Who's turning heads at the Senior Bowl?
We're certainly in the heart of S. Bowl season. For most of us, that refers to the Super Bowl. For Dane Brugler, though? In that case, you're referrin...
What's next for the Rams and Broncos after falling just short of the Super Bowl?
Dan Campbell said it best after the Lions lost to the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game after the 2023 season. "This may have been our only shot." No...
Conference Championship Games Recap: Patriots and Seahawks advance to Super Bowl LX
New England Patriots. Seattle Seahawks. Super Bowl LX. Meet us in San Francisco. But before that, join Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen, and Dave Helman as...
Conference Championship Sunday Preview: Rams-Seahawks III meets the rise of the Broncos and Patriots
Championship Weekend is upon us. On one side, we get a matchup that feels historically familiar, but no one predicted this year when the Patriots and...
The duality of this cycle's coaching hires, and the moves still to come, with Jourdan Rodrigue
Nearly every coaching hire looks fine on paper. Many of them look good. Great, even! But we know not all of them turn out great or good or even fine....
Building the Beast: Shrine Bowl preview and CFP National Championship Game takeaways
The end of the college football season is something of a starting bell for NFL Draft season, and the annual all-star games get everything going. It be...
Divisional Round losers postmortem: What's next for Bills, 49ers, Texans and Bears?
When you're one of the last eight teams playing football in a season, that final loss is hard to swallow. No matter how bright the future appears, the...
NEWS: Bills fire Sean McDermott
The Buffalo Bills were great during Sean McDermott's nine-year run as coach, but not quite great enough. As such, the team relieved him of his duties...
Divisional Round Sunday Recap: Patriots handle Texans, Rams outlast Bears in OT
And then there were four. The Conference Championship games are set. Joining the Denver Broncos in the AFC are the New England Patriots after taking c...
Divisional Saturday Recap: Broncos win but lose Bo Nix, Seahawks rout 49ers
Divisional Round weekend never disappoints. The Seattle Seahawks turned in the most dominant performance of the day - maybe of the entire postseason -...