Week 9 recap: The best of the best—and the worst of the worst—are separating from the pack
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
We're halfway through the NFL season, and the best of the best are starting to separate. Two cases in point in Week 9...the Lions and Ravens. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into those results on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the Chargers latest win, concerns for the Bears, highlight reel plays from the Eagles, the Rams win over the Seahawks, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
- Ravens dominate Broncos
- Lions handle Packers
- Los Angeles Chargers...You Have My Attention!
- Joe Burrow...You Have My Attention!
- Chicago Bears...WTF?!?
- Seattle Seahawks...WTF?!?
- Saquon Barkley and Devonta Smith carry the Eagles
- Drake Maye did something cool again
- Terry McLaurin is out of QB hell
- Chris Olave's health
- It's So Over...the Miami Dolphins
- It's So Over...the Dallas Cowboys
- What Did We Learn Today?
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 0:36.2 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. I'm Robert Mays. Week 9 is in the books. Kind of a strange week in the NFL. Had some bizarre games, especially in the second half and the second slate of games in the afternoon. We're going to talk about all of that with Derek Classen. Also, Ed, I feel like the best teams in the NFL starting to separate themselves a little bit. |
| 0:55.9 | Big day from the Ravens, big day from the Lions, another nice game from the Bills. |
| 0:59.3 | We talked about how the teams and the classes in the NFL are starting to become a little bit more distinct nine weeks into the year. |
| 1:07.5 | Also talked about some good quarterback performances. |
| 1:09.8 | Justin Herbert and the Chargers grabbing our attention. |
| 1:12.2 | Joe Burrow having a big day in what has been an uneven Bengals season. |
| 1:16.5 | Again, chatted about the Bears and the Seahawks having some unfortunate performances |
| 1:21.0 | in the second slate of games. |
| 1:22.5 | And then a few other nice moments that we liked from Week 9 with me and Derek Classen. |
| 1:28.8 | Let's get to it. |
| 1:38.7 | Welcome to the athletic football show. I'm Robert Mays. You're on to me tonight. It's my good friend Derek Klesson. Derek, how you doing, buddy? I'm doing good. Feels like a so weird week in the |
| 1:43.9 | NFL. |
| 1:44.4 | I mean, the time change is different for everybody. |
| 1:46.8 | Like, it was kind of a weird come down week after last week was completely insane. |
| 1:50.6 | So, like, I feel like in a trance is the best way I could describe this week. |
| 1:54.7 | I was a mess today. |
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