The Bills brought back one of the staples of their organization, longtime starting safety Micah Hyde, signing him to the practice squad for the stretch run of the 2024 season. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia takes all your Bills questions in this week's live room episode as the Bills prepare to take on the Rams.Host: Joe Buscaglia Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You know what the best part of Week 14 is? No, not learning if the Chiefs can keep getting away with this in their showdown with the Chargers. No, not the huge NFC West matchup between the Seahawks and Cardinals. It's even that awesome Lions-Packers game we all watched on Thursday. Week 14 is the final week with byes. After Week 14, every team will have played 13 games, and we'll finally be back to standings equilibrium. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen preview the week ahead, and recap the Lions'

As we head into the final month of the 2024 regular season, we know who the true Super Bowl contenders are. What's just as clear, however, are their flaws. Robert Mays and Fran Duffy from PHLY of the ALLCITY Network dig into those flaws on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Rundown Browns-Broncos recap What's keeping the Steelers up at night? What's keeping the Vikings up at night? What's keeping the Packers up at night? What's keeping the Ravens up at night? What's keeping the Bills

The Bills put together another statement game, this time a 35-10 wipeout of a talented, yet injury-riddled 49ers team. In the elements of consistent snow, the Bills put together a complete showing. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia brings you all the details from the game, including what it means beyond Week 13.Host: Joe Buscaglia Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Eagles' win over the Ravens in Week 13 wasn't just the team's best on its current eight-game winning streak. It was quite possibly the best win of the season for any team. That's where Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen begin the Week 13 recap episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the Steelers winning a game in which they needed to score more than 38 points, Kirk Cousins' terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, the crazy NFC West race, and a whole lot more. Rundown Eagles

The Bills are back from their bye and have a chance to clinch the AFC East with a win over the 49ers. The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia brings you this week’s live room, taking all your questions ahead of the primetime matchup!Host: Joe Buscaglia Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If the first third of the season is about deciphering fact from fiction, and the middle third is about learning who teams really are, the final third is about the playoff push. The final third of the season begins in Week 13, and we've got five great games that are going to help us determine what the early stages of that playoff push look like. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen preview those games on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Rundown Chargers-Falcons preview Steelers-Bengals

The college football regular season is winding to a close, which means our discussions around the 2025 NFL Draft are heating up. Dane Brugler joins Robert Mays to check in on where the class stands on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the rookie campaigns being put together by Drake Maye, Brock Bowers, Jared Verse and Bo Nix. Before all that, though, The Athletic's Chargers beat reporter Daniel Popper gets on the mic with Robert to recap the Ravens' win over the

On the 49ers-Packers broadcast in Week 12, Tom Brady said that teams aren't who they really are until Thanksgiving. We might not be at Turkey Day quite yet, but it's a late Thanksgiving this year, so we can make an exception. We saw a whole lot of true colors on the field in Week 12. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen are here to break it all down on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Rundown Eagles dominate Rams Packers run game...You Have My Attention! Seahawks defense...You Have My

If you're the type of NFL fan who wants to watch every game, you've tuned into at least seven different networks and streamers this season. It isn't likely that sort of market segmentation is going away any time soon. So how will we be watching football in 2030, 2040 and beyond? Robert Mays is joined by Andrew Marchand, The Athletic's senior sports media columnist, to dive deep into the NFL broadcasting future on this episode of The Money Down, a special four-part miniseries on the business of the

Week 12 marks the end of the middle-third of the regular season and pushes us into the start of the stretch run toward the playoffs. What better way to celebrate that than with the third meeting between the Harbaugh brothers as head coaches in the NFL? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen kick off the Week 12 preview episode of The Athletic Football Show by digging into Ravens-Chargers and 49ers-Packers. The guys also highlight one thing apiece from Eagles-Rams and Cardinals-Seahawks, consider the playoff

Look, not everyone can be a Super Bowl contender. Plenty of teams aren't even playoff contenders. More than half the league misses the playoffs, and many of those teams are bad. Some are very bad. But that doesn't mean they can't take something from the 2024 season. Robert Mays and Conor Orr from Sports Illustrated and the MMQB find silver linings for those bad teams on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Rundown Texans-Cowboys MNF recap Jets fire Joe Douglas Silver lining for the 2024

With the Bills' 30-21 victory over the Chiefs, they have firmly put themselves on the Super Bowl radar for the 2024 season. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia goes over the entire game, and with the Bills heading into their bye, discusses the bigger picture of where all this could be headed.Host: Joe Buscaglia Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bills-Chiefs rivalry delivered yet again, with the Bills handing the Chiefs their first loss of the season. The Ravens-Steelers rivalry delivered, too, and now the Steelers find themselves in command of the AFC North. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into those games, plus the Broncos statement win over the Falcons, the befuddling 49ers—as well as the broader picture of the NFC West—Anthony Richardson's triumphant return, and a whole lot more on this episode of The Athletic Football

Justin Jefferson: Four years, $140 million. CeeDee Lamb: Four years, $136 million. Amon-Ra St. Brown: Four years, $120 million. A.J. Brown: Three years, $96 million. The market for wide receivers has exploded in recent years. But what about the players tasked with slowing them down...the cornerbacks? Their market has stagnated. Moreover, the position that defined cool in the era of Deion Sanders seems almost devoid of superstars in 2024. What happened to the star cornerback? Robert Mays explores

It’s finally time. Bills vs Chiefs. The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia takes all your questions in this week’s live room episode!Host: Joe Buscaglia Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chiefs-Bills week has become a hallmark of the Patrick Mahomes/Josh Allen era, and the 2024 edition is upon us. But hey, there's more! The first Ravens-Steelers game of the season is on Sunday, too. Seahawks-49ers, Falcons-Broncos and Bengals-Chargers, oh my! Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into all that, and a whole lot more, on a jam-packed Week 11 preview episode of The Athletic Football Show.Rundown Commanders-Eagles recap Game of the Week: Chiefs at Bills Game of the Week: Ravens at

The best time to hand out midseason awards is one week beyond the halfway point of the season. Everybody knows this. Bill Barnwell of ESPN joins Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen to do just that on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys discuss Lamar's possible third MVP, the potential of Mike Tomlin winning his first—yes, first—Coach of the Year Award, and a whole lot more.Rundown Dolphins-Rams recap Bears fire Shane Waldron Offensive Player of the Year Defensive Player of the

The Bills handled their business with a 30-20 win over the Colts, getting them to 8-2 on the season. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia brings you his full analysis of the game, including why Bills quarterback Josh Allen deserves a little more credit than his stat line shows along with some thoughts on the up-and-down defense.Host: Joe Buscaglia Producer: Jeff Domet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Game of the Week lived up to the billing in Week 10, with the Steelers pulling out a 28-27 win over the Commanders. That's where Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen begin the Week 10 recap episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also marvel at the Chiefs voodoo magic, highlight the Cardinals' rise, raise an eyebrow in the 49ers' direction, and discuss the rest of the developments that grabbed them on Sunday. Rundown Steelers remain atop AFC North with win over Commanders The Chiefs black