Jalen Ramsey/Minkah Fitzpatrick trade reaction with Bill Barnwell
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🗓️ 1 July 2025
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Summary
Every now and again in this business, breaking news works in your favor. That was the case for us at The Athletic Football Show on Monday, when news of the Jalen Ramsey Dolphins/Steelers trade broke early in the morning. It became even more the case when the deal got stranger and more interesting, roping in Minkah Fitzpatrick, Jonnu Smith, and a couple of draft picks over the ensuing 90 minutes or so. Robert Mays and old friend Bill Barnwell break down the trade and its implications for both teams on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Hosts: Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen
With: Bill Barnwell
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the athletic football show. I'm Robert Mays. News is always fun. We had plans for |
| 0:08.1 | this week in terms of how the show was going to go and those plans dramatically changed on Monday |
| 0:12.6 | morning when we got news of the trade between the dolphins and the Steelers. Couple trades. |
| 0:17.2 | We're all lumping them into one. The dolphins get Mink of Fitzpatrick. They send out |
| 0:22.2 | John Hussmith and Jalen Ramsey. We get a swap of 2027 draft picks in the process. Me and my friend |
| 0:29.7 | Bell Barnwell from ESPN, we're going to be banking a mailbag today for next week because, |
| 0:33.5 | you know, that's how the summer recording schedule works. Instead, we're moving some stuff around, and we did an entire episode on the |
| 0:39.9 | John Hussmith, J.win Ramsey, Minka Fitzpatrick trade. |
| 0:42.7 | A 15-minute discussion turned into a 35-minute discussion, so we're just letting this thing stand |
| 0:47.7 | on its own. |
| 0:48.6 | So please enjoy this conversation with me and Barnwell right now. |
| 0:57.7 | Here are. this conversation with me and Barnwell right now. Here to help me dig through a massive trade in the NFL landscape happening on June 30th, |
| 1:03.8 | like it always does. We were definitely planning on this. I knew when I got up this morning |
| 1:07.2 | that we'd be reacting to an incredibly interesting, notable trade in the NFL |
| 1:12.2 | world. |
| 1:12.9 | It is my friend from ESPN, the one, the only, Bill Barnwell. |
| 1:16.2 | Barnwell, how are you feeling today? |
| 1:17.6 | You know, Mays, I don't want to say, pulled some strengths, got, got that trade over the |
| 1:25.7 | line. |
| 1:26.1 | I don't want to say I did that. But does feel |
| 1:30.7 | serendipitous, certainly to say that we were planning a podcast. And it's coming out, I believe, |
| 1:37.2 | next week. And we managed to find on our way to doing the podcast a whole whole ass trade to discuss and a fascinating player for |
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