The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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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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On the Clock, 2026 NFL Draft picks 7-12: Jeremiyah Love's still here...but not for long
Here we are for episode two of this season's On the Clock and th—whoa, wait. Jeremiyah Love is still out there? He didn't get taken by the Cardinals o...
Monday Mailbag: The peak of fandom, breaking losing cycles, Bill and Ted for the NFL, and more
We opened up the TAFS mailbag, and ohhhh buddy did we find some great stuff in there? Like, when during a person's life is their fandom at its peak en...
Which outliers in the 2026 class are worth drafting?
This draft class is a bit unlike most draft classes. We've got off-ball linebackers, safeties and a running back expected to come off the board toward...
Who has the most at stake in the 2026 NFL Draft?
The NFL Draft matters to all 32 teams, all 32 GMs, all 32 head coaches and, in some form or fashion, every single player in the league. Any individual...
Building the Beast: Tight end draft class breakdown
You know the final courtroom scene in My Cousin Vinny when Joe Pesci says "Watch this," and then Marisa Tomei just rattles off the most obscure facts...
On the Clock, 2026 NFL Draft picks one through six: Certainty at the very top, and then...
Welcome to the 2026 debut of On the Clock, The Athletic Football Show's annual draft exercise. Every week, a draft analyst will join Robert Mays to co...
Mailbag: Are Rookie Contracts TOO IMPORTANT To Team Building?
The TAFS Mailbag rolls along this offseason. This post-free agency episode brings questions about the Tennessee Titans draft strategy, the best coachi...
An Idiot's GUIDE to the 2026 NFL Draft
We didn't say Robert Mays is an idiot. He said it himself! At least when it comes to the NFL Draft class at this stage of the calendar. Dane Brugler a...
Lingering questions with the free agency dust settled
Free agency is, for all intents and purposes, over. Sure, meaningful players like Jauan Jennings and Taylor Decker are still out there, but the vast m...
Building the Beast: How free agency affected the 2026 NFL Draft
Hey, the Chiefs and Saints both need running backs, they could both be potential landing spots for Jeremiyah Love! Ope, guess again. Hey, the Rams nee...
NEWS: Broncos trade for Jaylen Waddle
The Broncos mostly sat out the free agency frenzy last week, but they finally made their presence felt with a huge trade for Jaylen Waddle. What does...
How much better—or worse—is each NFC team after the first wave of free agency?
Most of this year's free agent class is now spoken for, and all 32 teams in the league have made the biggest move they'll make, outside of the draft....
How much better—or worse—is each AFC team after the first wave of free agency?
Most of this year's free agent class is now spoken for, and all 32 teams in the league have made the biggest move they'll make, outside of the draft....
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...