Building the Beast: The potential diamonds in the rough are starting to emerge
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
The Athletic
4.6 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2025
⏱️ 83 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
We're coming off a loaded weekend in the college football world, and the fallout from those games registered in NFL Draft circles. In the latest edition of Building the Beast, Dane Brugler and Dave Helman hand out some game balls, spotlight some big games from under-the-radar players, check in on the 2025 NFL rookie class, and look ahead to what's on the radar this weekend, highlighted by Illinois-Indiana and Auburn-Oklahoma.
Rundown (timestamps are approximate)
6:47 Game Ball: Texas Tech QB Behren Morton
15:25 Game Ball: LSU LB Harold Perkins
23:42 I Was Not Familiar with Your Game: Tennessee WR Chris Brazzell II
29:30 I Was Not Familiar with Your Game: Mississippi QB Trinidad Chambliss
37:52 One-Play Prospect Snapshot: Texas A&M CB Will Lee
44:57 One-Play Prospect Snapshot: Georgia Tech QB Haynes King
50:16 Top-50 Stock Watch
1:02:02 NFL Rookie Check-in: Tet McMillan, Bhayshul Tuten among Week 2 standouts
1:08:57 Week 4 Lookahead
Connect with The Athletic Football Show
X: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow
IG: https://www.instagram.com/tafootballshow
YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TAFootballShow
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tafootballshow
Discord: https://discord.gg/emgJsXHJ
Call us: 847-448-0701
Host: Dave Helman
Co-Host: Dane Brugler
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
Follow Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social
Follow Dave on X: @davehelman_
Follow Dane on X: @dpbrugler
Theme song: Haunted
Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs
Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | I'm always up before the birds and the kids. |
| 0:02.9 | Good thing Costa Express is always up too. |
| 0:07.0 | Early starts are easier with great coffee. |
| 0:09.7 | And if I grab one for Bob, I might even get some decent company. |
| 0:14.5 | Large cappuccino for the bloc who's half asleep. |
| 0:17.2 | Oh, you legend. |
| 0:19.6 | Now that's a proper coffee. |
| 0:21.3 | Should kick in Justin Samfut to remember which end of the screwdriver to use. |
| 0:25.1 | Hmm. |
| 0:26.3 | Costa Express. |
| 0:27.8 | Quality coffee every time. |
| 0:30.0 | The dreaded CV scrolling, the never-ending interviewing. |
| 0:34.6 | If recruiting is a bit of a nightmare, try building a dream team that works in |
| 0:40.8 | perfect harmony. Post your vacancy on Guardian Jobs. It'll be seen by millions of like-minded |
| 0:47.6 | people looking for top roles in education, charity, public sector, sustainability and more. |
| 0:53.4 | Search Guardian Jobs recruiters and get £100 off your next post. |
| 0:57.3 | Quote podcast at the checkout. Tees and C's Apply. |
| 1:00.9 | It's midnight. Again, you've got an early start. |
| 1:04.3 | There's no more sheep to count. |
| 1:05.7 | And your part of the snoring means that it's going to be another night of tossing and turning. |
| 1:10.9 | Luckily for you, the SoundCore A30 earbuds are here to help. |
| 1:15.8 | With real-time snow masking and smart active noise cancellation, |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Athletic, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Athletic and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.