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The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 31 January 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
It's been far too long since we heard from you, our dear listeners. And so we're happy to say that the TAFS inbox is open! Not just for this episode, either. We're going to be doing this all offseason long. In the return edition of the mailbag, Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen discuss the point of fandom, the Bills best path to getting over the hump, if it's lame for neutral fans to root for the Chiefs in the Super Bowl, what they'd do this offseason if they were Sam Darnold, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
- What can the Bills do to close the gap with the Chiefs in the playoffs?
- What is it to be a sports fan?
- Can Matt LaFleur get the Packers over the hump?
- Is it lame to root for the Chiefs in the Super Bowl?
- Assessing the staff around Ben Johnson in Chicago
- What biases influence Robert and Derrik?
- What would you do this offseason if you were Sam Darnold?
- Could Matthew Stafford be on the move this offseason?
- The role of elite tight ends in dynasties
- Why hasn't Steve Spagnuolo's staff been picked over for DC jobs?
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:38.1 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm Robert Mays. |
| 0:41.1 | The mailbag is back. |
| 0:44.3 | I'm sorry for not doing these over the course of the season. |
| 0:45.7 | I missed doing them. |
| 0:47.7 | We did fewer shows this year. |
| 0:51.8 | I want to embrace the mailbag as a format, |
| 0:56.4 | not only because I think it's a good thing to include, but you guys do such a great job with the questions. |
| 0:57.7 | Like so many of these questions actually make me think and kind of push me to a slightly |
| 1:02.3 | different space. |
| 1:03.6 | And so we're going to be doing these not only today, but throughout the entire offseason. |
| 1:07.7 | So that email address, Athletic Football Show at gmail.com, |
| 1:11.5 | just feel free to use it. |
| 1:13.2 | If you've got any stray thoughts, |
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