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The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

Week 2: Baker vs. Burrow, Questions for the Cowboys and Can Russ Cook the Patriots?

The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL

The Athletic

Sports, Football, Nfl Draft, Robert Mays, Nfl, Football,

4.6 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

It’s been a hectic week for wide receivers, from Michael Thomas and Chris Godwin’s injuries to Allen Robinson’s contract riff. The Athletic’s Robert Mays and Lindsay Jones break down all the news and notes across the league.

Later in the show, they get you ready for Week 2 by discussing the marquee games on the slate, what position matchups they’re watching and who has the most at stake.

Plus, Lindsay explains what it’s like covering a game with no fans and Robert shares his love for Sir Purr.


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0:51.9

This is the Athletic Zone,

0:58.0

Lindsay Jones. Lindsay, how are you? I'm good, Robert. How are you? I'm doing great. So this is our first

1:03.7

Thursday show of the actual NFL season. You and I are going to be coming to do this every Thursday.

1:10.0

We're going to be previewing the following week's games. We're also going to be doing a few other things, kind of breaking down some of the news. We're going to be chatting about some, you know, bigger picture NFL stuff, a lot of the work that you do. So before we get into anything this week, let's start with the biggest news of the week. It's been a very kind of

1:27.5

hectic week for wide receivers in a lot of different ways. A couple guys who are reportedly

1:33.1

on the trade block, but maybe not. There's been some Alan Robinson and O'Dell Beckham stuff.

1:37.1

I wanted to talk to you about the Alan Robinson situation. It seems like he's unhappy with

1:41.8

his contract spot, which makes a ton of sense when you consider

1:44.7

how many guys at that position have gotten extended even in the last few months.

1:50.0

His salary has stayed flat.

1:51.4

He's in the last year of his deal.

1:53.6

And there's clearly some friction between him and the Bears.

1:56.0

So when you've been around guys who are looking for new deals, whether it's on the Broncos

2:00.5

or elsewhere,

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