We're used to big news dropping on Tuesdays, but this one was entirely different. The Robert Saleh firing—especially the timing of it—surprised the NFL world, and that's where Robert Mays and Diante Lee of The Ringer begin this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also recap the Chiefs' win over the Saints on Monday Night Football, dig into the Seahawks' run defense and the deteriorating situation in Cleveland, and bat around questions for three good offenses—the Texans, Bengals, 49ers

The Bills endured a second straight loss, this time with a 23-20 loss to the Texans. The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia takes you through the game as the questions surrounding the 3-2 Bills are starting to get louder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ravens 41, Bengals 38 in overtime. Texans 23, Bills 20. The Jaguars and Colts combining for 41 points in the fourth quarter. And that was all in the early window on Sunday. Yeah, Week 5 was the craziest week to date of this NFL season. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen break it all down on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Rundown Ravens beat Bengals in OT thriller You Have My Attention: Texans get huge win over Bills You Have My Attention: Caleb Williams stars in Bears' win over

The Bills suffered their first defeat of 2024, and now get right back on the road with a big contest against the Texans — one of the top teams in the AFC. The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia takes all of your questions in this week’s live room episode.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four weeks into the season, the 49ers' offense has been predictably great...but in unpredictable fashion. Four weeks into the season, the Steelers' offense has been unpredictably effective. Ravens-Bengals and Bills-Texans as the Week 5 Games of the Week? Well, yeah, not everything can be unpredictable. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen preview Week 5 across the NFL on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Rundown Buccaneers-Falcons recap Ravens-Bengals preview Bills-Texans preview What's on

Dane Brugler makes his triumphant return to The Athletic Football Show to start laying groundwork for the 2025 NFL Draft. He and Robert Mays take a big-picture look at the class, and dig deeper into prospects who have caught Dane's eye, including Travis Hunter and Ashton Jeanty. The guys start the show by recapping Seahawks-Lions and Titans-Dolphins, and wrap it up by discussing Malik Nabers, the rookies in the Rams' defensive front and the top-two quarterbacks from the 2024 NFL

The Bills suffered their first loss of the season in blowout fashion, dropping a 35-10 game to the Ravens in front of a national audience. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia goes through all aspects of the game, and provides a big picture perspective with the team four games in.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ravens-Bills wasn't quite the close contest we were hoping for, but it still gave us plenty to discuss about two teams that are likely among the best in the league. That's where Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen begin the Week 4 recap episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the surging Washington football team, the 4-0 Vikings, troubles for the Jets and Eagles, a silly little game between the Falcons and Saints, and a whole lot more.Rundown Ravens trounce Bills Washington

The Buffalo Bills will look to make it 4-0 in 2024 when they take on the Ravens on Sunday Night Football. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia takes all your matchup-specific and big picture Bills questions in his weekly live room episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vikings-Packers, Bills-Ravens and Seahawks-Lions highlight the 16-game Week 4 slate and, helpfully, they're all in different game windows. Now that's how you schedule helpfully for the football fan, NFL. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into those three games, plus Jayden Daniels, the Broncos front, Todd Bowles as Jalen Hurts' kryptonite, and a whole lot more on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Rundown Giants-Cowboys recap Vikings-Packers Bills-Ravens Seahawks-Lions QB Spotlight:

The Bills made it three-for-three to begin 2024 season, tearing apart the Jaguars by a score of 47-10 on Monday night. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia goes through some of his biggest takeaways on the game, including the early MVP case for Josh Allen, offensive coordinator Joe Brady, and some thoughts on defensive coordinator Bobby Babich as well.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Look, NFL, you can give us as many two-game Monday nights as you want, so long as we get to watch quarterback performances like we saw from Jayden Daniels, Josh Allen and Joe Burrow in Week 3. Mitch Schwartz joins Robert Mays to break down Commanders-Bengals and Jaguars-Bills on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also add their answers to the question about leaguewide offensive struggles and play a round of The Ball Knower.Rundown Commanders-Bengals recap Jaguars-Bills

Four teams are 3-0 as we head into the final week of September. One is the Chiefs. The other three are the Vikings, Steelers and Seahawks. It's safe to say chaos remains the only constant in the NFL. Well, chaos and the Chiefs. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen wrap up a wild Week 3 on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Rundown Chaos reigns supreme More likely to win their division...Steelers or Seahawks? Minnesota Vikings...You Have My Attention Matt LaFleur...You Have My

The 2-0 Bills will host the 0-2 Jaguars on a national stage Monday. But what can we expect from the matchup? The Athletic’s Joe Buscaglia dives into it all as he hosts another live room taking all your questions leading up to Week 3! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As recently as two weeks ago, we might not have thought that Texans-Vikings and Lions-Cardinals would be the games we'd most be looking forward to in Week 3. Therein lies much of the beauty of the NFL. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig deep into those matchups on the Week 3 preview episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss who's more desperate for a win in the Ravens-Cowboys game, which of the 2-0 Steelers and 2-0 Chargers is more for real, the relative struggles of the Colts

There is a permanent statistical revolution going on in the NFL, and there is no end in sight. Amazon Thursday Night Football's analytics expert Sam Schwartzstein joins Robert Mays on this episode of The Athletic Football Show to detail what you're seeing on the Prime TNF broadcasts, and why you're seeing what you're seeing. After that, noted Panthers fan Steven Ruiz from The Ringer joins Robert to go through some QB Counseling for Bryce Young.Rundown Falcons-Eagles recap The state of stats in

The Bills won their AFC East showdown with the Dolphins in an unexpected blowout, winning the road game 31-10. The Athletic's Joe Buscaglia discusses how both sides of the ball were able to do what they did in helping the Bills to a convincing victory. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Chiefs and Bengals gave us another classic, this one with the Chiefs escaping with a 26-25 win. The Saints offense went off for the second week in a row. The Buccaneers went into Detroit and beat the Lions. The Vikings upset the 49ers, while the Raiders tripped up the Ravens. Yup, it was a crazy Week 2. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen wrap it all up on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Rundown Quick Bears-Texans thoughts Chiefs get past Bengals You Have My Attention: Saints

Week 2 is one of the best weeks of the year because we get our first opportunity to learn how much of what we saw in Week 1 was real. For instance, the Buccaneers offense was electric last week. That, however, was against a Washington defense that could be the worst in the league. How will the Bucs fare against the Lions on Sunday. That's one of our Games of the Week, along with Bengals-Chiefs. Speaking of, how worried should we be about the Bengals? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into those

Week 1 often leaves us asking this simple question...is this real? Bengals panic after the loss to the Patriots...is this real? The Saints and Buccaneers offenses under new playcallers? Really good! The Falcons offense under a new playcaller? Pretty bad! Is this real? Robert Mays and Mike Sando dig into those situations, and more, on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Plus, the guys also recap Jets-49ers and scoop up news items coming out of the weekend.Rundown Jets-49ers recap Another