Super Bowl LIX Preview
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 7 February 2025
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
The NFL season is a 285-game march to the Super Bowl. Friends, we have reached that 285th game. Super Bowl LIX between the Chiefs and Eagles is here, and Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dive deep on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. What are the key matchups? Who and what will the guys be watching on both sides of the ball? What does this mean for the legacies of the key players, coaches and executives involved. Robert and Derrik get into all that, and a whole lot more, on our Super Bowl LIX preview.
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:36.1 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:38.5 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:39.7 | The Super Bowl preview is here. |
| 0:42.6 | Me and Derek Classen broke down every angle we could imagine about this Eagles' Chiefs game. |
| 0:48.8 | What is the anaconda-like Eagles defense going to look like against a Patrick Mahomes lot |
| 0:53.8 | offense that |
| 0:54.6 | is more than comfortable just taking those little chunks over and over and over again. |
| 0:59.4 | What is a Steve Spagnolo pressure plan going to look like against Jalen Hertz and an Eagles passing |
| 1:05.5 | offense that's been significantly better in that area this season than the last time we saw |
| 1:10.1 | these teams play. |
| 1:11.3 | And what is the Chief's plan going to be for Saquan Barkley and that running game? |
| 1:16.0 | We talked about all of that and much more from the Toyota Studio at Radio Row in New Orleans. |
| 1:22.1 | Let's get to that conversation with Derek right now. |
| 1:30.3 | All right, Derek. |
| 1:31.2 | We made it. |
| 1:32.3 | It is Thursday before the Super Bowl. |
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