Lessons learned from the Chiefs, Bengals, Eagles and 49ers
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 25 January 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
We're down to four teams playing football this season. So, what can we learn about how to succeed in the NFL from the Chiefs, Bengals, Eagles and 49ers? ESPN's Bill Barnwell joins Robert Mays and Nate Tice to answer that question on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
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20:39 Offensive line coaches are the new market inefficiency
28:24 Attacking defenses with multiple personnel groupings
36:38 The run game is back, baby!
43:07 Take advantage of desperate teams
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63:37 February's FA market vs. August's FA market
68:29 Don't be afraid to throw resources at your defensive line
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| 1:19.9 | Welcome to the athletic football show. |
| 1:21.1 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 1:22.6 | Great show for you guys today. |
| 1:25.9 | I like doing this every year in some way, shape, or form. |
| 1:45.0 | I think I used to write it, and then we've done podcasts about it. We did one last year. Now that we've had the final four teams in the NFL set, I wanted to talk about the lessons that we can learn from what those final four teams look like, how they're constructed, what their coaching staffs look like, anything, anything about the way that they got here. What we learn from it and to help me do that today i am thrilled to welcome two of my good friends first of all |
| 1:51.2 | our good buddy Nate tice Nate how you doing bud I'm doing very well uh yeah we'll see once the other guy |
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