Monday Mailbag: The NFC North's head coach stardom, the best drafting teams, remembering some running backs, and more
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🗓️ 21 April 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into the mailbag one more time before the 2025 NFL Draft on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Can one division support as much head coaching talent as the NFC North has? Should teams be wary about giving out top-of-the-market extensions to players at non-premium positions? Who were your favorite running backs to watch play? The guys answer those questions, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
- NFC North loaded at head coach
- What's the easiest position for a world-class athlete who has never seen football to play?
- Giving top-of-the-market extensions to players at non-premium positions
- Should we expect Jayden Daniels to regress along the same lines as CJ Stroud?
- Teams that are good/bad at drafting
- Use of the fifth-year option affecting draft decisions
- Should teams consider division opponents in team-building process
- Should teams think about second-year players who had huge rookie seasons?
- What are the most fun "caution-to-the-wind" picks that could happen this year?
- Who were your favorite running backs to watch play?
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:05.8 | It is another Mailbag Monday here in the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:08.6 | Another slate of great questions. |
| 0:10.0 | Sincerely appreciate everybody who took the time to send one in. |
| 0:13.9 | Quick reminder before we get to the mailbag with Derek and Beller, it's draft week. |
| 0:18.4 | We've got tons of great shows coming your guys' way this week. |
| 0:20.7 | A pack slate |
| 0:21.4 | a show every single day but the headline the marquee event is what we got on thursday and friday |
| 0:27.4 | night round one 7 30 p m eastern me dain bruegler derrick classin bruce feldman live on |
| 0:34.0 | youtube breaking down every pick of round one please be on a lookout for that we'll be talking about it a ton over the next few days. With love if you would come spend the time with us. Friday, we will be back 6.30 p.m. Eastern, me, Dane, Derek, a bunch of people from the athletic newsroom, a bunch of great guests breaking down every pick from rounds two and three. So the draft only a few days away. Very, very excited about that. |
| 0:55.5 | For now, though, let's get to this week's mailbag with Derek Classen and Michael |
| 0:59.8 | Beller right now. |
| 1:05.4 | It is time for another mailbag Monday here on the athletic football show. |
| 1:10.4 | Our last one for a couple weeks, because we got the draft next weekend. |
| 1:13.1 | And so there will be no mailbag next weekend just to, next Monday, just to give you guys a heads up. |
| 1:17.5 | We will be letting the day three draft recap breath next Monday, which if it were up to Dane, |
| 1:24.3 | we would do day three live. |
| 1:26.0 | We would just be live for like the entire five hours, |
| 1:28.2 | breaking down rounds four, five, six, and seven. And I would just be sitting there like a zombie by the end of it. We are not doing that. We're actually going to watch the last day of the draft at my house and do the show from my house, which is going to be very fun. But that will mean there is no mailbag. We do have one today, and I'm very excited about the one that we have today, |
| 1:27.9 | here to help me dig through the mail. which is going to be very fun, but that will mean there is no mailbag. We do have one today, and I'm very excited about the one that we have today. |
| 1:46.8 | Here to help me dig through the mailbag questions. First of all, it is my co-host here at the athletic football show. Derek, how are you doing, man? I'm doing great. We have to cherish this mailbag. Yeah, we're going to take a little bit of a break here. we're going to have a very long, you know, |
| 1:42.5 | Thursday to Sunday doing draft stuff. |
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