Week 4 recap: Huge wins for Chiefs and Rams + Packers-Cowboys craziness highlight a loaded Sunday
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🗓️ 29 September 2025
⏱️ 108 minutes
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Summary
Allow us to take you behind the curtain. This was, by far, the hardest recap show for us to program thus far this season. That's how much happened in Week 4. From the Chiefs dismantling of the Ravens, to the Eagles taking down the Buccaneers, to huge wins for the Rams, Steelers and Jaguars, we had no shortage of topics to get into the show. Robert Mays, Dave Helman and Derrik Klassen do what they can to get their arms around a jam-packed Week 4 Sunday on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
Rundown (timestamps are approximate)
2:50 Packers-Cowboys recap
13:12 Ravens-Chiefs recap
32:42 Colts-Rams recap
41:31 Eagles-Buccaneers recap
55:02 Pittsburgh Steelers...You Have My Attention
1:03:55 Jacksonville Jaguars...You Have My Attention
1:16:51 Chargers lose to the previously winless Giants...WTF?!?
1:25:41 Panthers punt coverage...WTF?!? (But also, Drake Maye and the Patriots looked good)
1:29:53 The Raiders really lost that game to the Bears...WTF?!?
1:37:03 How Can You Not Be Romantic About Football...featuring Tyler Allgeier, Drake Maye and DK Metcalf
1:42:03 What Did We Learn in Week 4?
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