Welcome to the Athletic Football Show.

I'm Robert Mays.

Kind of our last show looking back on what happened over the last couple weeks.

We mentioned this when we were recording with me, Dave and Derek.

A lot of stuff happened news-wise during Super Bowl week,

even when we were flying to San Francisco that we just didn't have a chance to hit. We had two head coaching hires. Clint Kubiak going to the Raiders, Michael Fleur going to the Arizona Cardinals. Quasi do Fomento was fired as the GM of the Vikings. We had a bunch of coordinator news that's rolled out over the last week. So that's what we spent this entire show talking about. We talked a lot about Clint Kubiak going to the Raiders.

It happens when there's only like three or four things to hit. But we wanted to hit all this stuff. We did not want to get to kind of our true offseason coverage and the stuff that's going to be looking forward before we had discussions about the last few dominoes to fall in the coaching cycle. So really enjoyed this conversation with Dave and Derek. Let's get to it right now.

I don't know how you guys are feeling today, but this is a, it feels like a little surreal

being back in here after being in San Francisco for a week.

Like I just feel like I teleported back home and I've been like transported to back to a different

reality. I'm having trouble getting my arms around it. I have the worst case of whiplash right now.

Like it's all the all the work and learning and dedication of working through the season and we don't even, we're not even at a parade. Like the Seahawks are out of parade right now. We're just, we're here getting ready for 2026, but that's okay. Derek, how are you feeling out there? You had like a three-hour drive home. You drove home after the game and slept in your own bed, which is the, I've never been more jealous of another person. Which while I was doing it, I regretted it.

And then as soon as I got back home, I was like, that was the correct decision. Yeah, you fight through with the knowledge that your head will be on your pillow. Like, that totally worth it. I was very jealous, too. Once you unlock the door, you're like, oh, my God, okay, I did it. It was worth it. But even then, it's like, my process of like, okay, I'm going to drive home. It'll give me a little bit more time to like reset. I'm not going to have to wake up on Monday and travel and all that. And I thought the two days would be like a full reset. And I feel like I'm at like 75% going back into it.

I came home yesterday because the flights were so crazy on Monday and so I spent like a

solid nine days in San Francisco, which by the way, lovely time.

Like I enjoyed it so much.

Here's what I will say about San Francisco and the San Francisco Super Bowl experience.

San Francisco is like one of the gems of America as a city. Like everything that it has to offer. Like the all the neighborhoods, the cuisine, I mean, just the topography and just how beautiful everything is. Like it is truly one of the great American cities. It is not a good Super Bowl city. Like I just, I was glad that we got to spend a week there.

I do not think it sets up well for the Super Bowl itself. Okay. I will push back a little bit. It could be a great Super Bowl city. And I'm not going to wait into the politics of the region. I'm not educated on it. But maybe if the stadium was at candlestick point, I don't know. Like if it was where it was for generations, if the stadium was accessible from the actual city of San Francisco, I think it would be pretty badass.

I don't know.

Maybe next time you need a stadium, whenever that is, consider building it near the city of San Francisco instead of 50 miles away.

I also hate the stadium.

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