Monday Mailbag: Rule change proposals, 'can't-miss prospects' that miss, the shifting dynamics of fandom, and more
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🗓️ 24 March 2025
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With free agency fully in the rear-view mirror, we're back to our normal schedule on TAFS. And that means we're back to opening up the mailbag on Mondays! Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into questions about the recent rule change proposals, why it's hard to find difference-making off-ball linebackers, supposed can't-miss prospects who end up missing, building through the draft vs. making big swings, and a whole lot more.
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 1:02.4 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 1:08.0 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 1:08.9 | We are back to the mailbags here on the athletic |
| 1:11.5 | football show. Very excited to start doing these again on Mondays throughout the off season. |
| 1:17.1 | We're going to be doing them every single week. Pretty much the whole off season is the plan all |
| 1:20.9 | the way through the draft. And then from May 1st until we get to training camp, really enjoy doing |
| 1:26.6 | them, really enjoy the questions |
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