The team DNA changers for the 2025 season
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🗓️ 31 July 2025
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Most offseason acquisitions are going to bring some change to their new teams. There's a reason why their new teams went out and got them, after all. A select few of those acquisitions, however, aren't simply going to bring a little change. They're going to completely change their new team's DNA on their side of the ball, opening up an entirely different style of play and new look for the unit. Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman run through their top DNA changers for the 2025 season on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown (timestamps are approximate)
5:30 Cam Bynum
12:14 Poona Ford
19:47 Dre Greenlaw and Talanoa Hufanga
28:54 Haason Reddick
34:30 Will Fries and Ryan Kelly
41:44 Omarion Hampton
48:42 Andre Cisco
57:23 Jalon Walker and James Pearce Jr.
1:06:03 Armand Membou
Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:35.4 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 0:37.7 | I am Dave Hellman and today we are talking DNA, specifically DNA changers. |
| 0:43.8 | As we move through training camp, we have identified a short list of players that we think have the potential to completely revamp, completely change the way we feel about their units. |
| 0:56.1 | Could be veterans, could be rookies, guys drafted this past spring. |
| 1:00.1 | A lot of potential, a lot of options to choose from. |
| 1:02.8 | Really exciting conversation for y'all today. |
| 1:05.1 | So let's just get into it. |
| 1:06.1 | Let's do it. |
| 1:12.4 | All right. Robert is currently on the mid-Atlantic swing of his training camp tour. |
| 1:17.6 | I think he's hitting the Ravens, Eagles, Jets, and Commanders between Wednesday and Saturday. |
| 1:23.0 | So super excited to talk to him about that when we get a chance. |
| 1:26.0 | But that leaves Derek Classen and I to go through today's show. |
| 1:30.0 | Derek, how goes it, my dude? |
| 1:32.7 | I'm doing very good today. |
| 1:34.1 | This is, you know, this is a show that is kind of near and dear to me. |
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| 1:45.3 | it's a topic that I'm interested to jump into. I remember you doing this show last year. And I love |
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