Free agency mailbag: Bang for your buck in FA, the next great reclamation QB project, position changes with a new team, and more
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🗓️ 5 March 2025
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Summary
The first checkpoint of the offseason—the combine—is now in the rear view mirror. Next up is free agency. We kick off our free agency coverage in earnest by opening up the mailbag on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen tackle questions on reclamation projects at quarterback in this class, players making position changes after signing with a new team, where teams can find bang for their buck on the market, and more.
Then, The Athletic's Packers beat writer Matt Schneidman joins Robert to discuss what the Packers need to do to get over the hump.
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
With: Matt Schneidman
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | The weather. Tomorrow, expect a biting cold front. Hmm, how naughty. I wonder what I'll be |
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| 0:37.9 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:40.1 | I'm Robert Mays, fun show for you guys today. |
| 0:44.2 | Me and Derek took your free agency mailbag questions. |
| 0:47.3 | Me and Derek Classen dug into just a bunch of stuff, |
| 0:51.1 | whether it was team-specific plans, some bigger picture free agency thoughts that we had, |
| 0:53.9 | some rules that you guys had, questions about. |
| 0:55.9 | Really enjoyed all of these. |
| 0:59.4 | Again, sincerely appreciate everyone who spends the time to send them in. |
| 1:02.9 | There's a reason that we're doing them consistently throughout the offseason. |
| 1:05.1 | It was fun to do a free agency specific one. |
| 1:13.4 | Also on this show, running through our conversations about teams on the cusp in both the AFC and the NFC, |
| 1:19.2 | teams that have been competitive, playoff teams the last couple years, but haven't been able to break through. |
| 1:24.6 | So we're doing a show, a segment about the Packers, the Lions, the Ravens, and the Bills. |
| 1:30.1 | Today is our discussion with Packers writer Matt Schneidman about what the Green Bay Packers can potentially do this offseason to get over the hump. |
| 1:35.0 | Last thing I wanted to mention, just a little bit of housekeeping before we dig into this. |
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