Predicting the league's best offenses is child's play. The top defenses, though? That's a completely different ballgame. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen attempt to do just that, laying out their predictions for the league's top-10 defenses on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also dive into the latest on Brandon Aiyuk.Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Derrik Klassen Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football

Description: A team's two or three best players aren't the only ones who determine how its season goes. Sometimes, a new guy comes in and changes what a unit can do and how it feels. Put another way, he changes the unit's DNA. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen highlight their 2024 DNA changers on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Derrik Klassen Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football

Wait a minute. Are the Chargers and Patriots really going to be that bad? Should the Falcons really be runaway favorites in the NFC South? Are the Jets really Super Bowl contenders? Robert Mays and Mitchell Schwartz bust some myths on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Host: Robert Mays With: Mitchell Schwartz Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Mitchell on X:

OK, we'll give you one right off the top. The 49ers are our top offense heading into the 2024 season. But which nine teams will join them in the top 10? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen offer up their predictions for this year's top-10 offenses on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Derrik Klassen Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Derrik

The Jets have put the pads on at training camp. The offense has struggled during week two of camp and Tim and Zack discuss what fans should be concerned about and what they shouldn't be concerned about. The guys also react to Aaron Rodgers comments Wednesday about his relationship with Garrett Wilson, Joe Tippman's snapping problems, his Davante Adams comments and more.Hosts: Tim McMaster and Zack Rosenblatt Producer: Tim McMaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick and Colton discuss the future of the show, plus a bunch of stuff from Lions training camp.Notes: none -You can follow Nick on X/Twitter- @nickbaumgardner -You can follow Colton on X/Twitter- @colton_pouncy Hosts: Nick Baumgardner & Colton Pouncy Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We at The Athletic Football Show are turning the page in more ways than one on this episode. Not only are we now firmly pointed toward the start of the 2024 NFL season, we are welcoming our new co-host. Derrik Klassen joins The Athletic Football Show as a permanent member of the cast, so it's only fitting that we focus on quarterbacks on this episode. The guys discuss the Tua Tagovailoa extension, welcome The Athletic Packers beat reporter Matt Schneidman to break down Jordan Love's, and break down

The Bills are five days into training camp for the 2024 season. Curious as to where things stand along the entire roster? Joe Buscaglia breaks down everything, position by position, as the Bills continue to get information every day to form their 53-man roster and who will play the biggest roles this season.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether it's good-to-great, average-to-good, great-to-superstar, or some other combination thereof, plenty of players make leaps every NFL season. PFF's Trevor Sikkema joins Robert Mays to highlight the players they think can make the leap on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also round up some of the big news coming from the first few days of training camp.Host: Robert Mays With: Trevor Sikkema Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic

After a summer away, Tim McMaster and Zack Rosenblatt are back as the Jets open up Training Camp before a season filled with big expectations. They cover Haason Reddick's hold out, Aaron Rodgers' return from Egypt and early practices and the other big storylines at camp.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Come the end of the season, you can't hold Robert Mays and Fox Sports' David Helman to the takes they offer up on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Don't you dare even try. After all, they're just half-baked takes.Host: Robert Mays With: David Helman Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow David on X: @davidhelman_ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Nick and Colton break down what to watch for as Detroit Lions training camp begins.-You can follow Nick on X/Twitter- @nickbaumgardner -You can follow Colton on X/Twitter- @colton_pouncy Hosts: Nick Baumgarder & Colton Pouncy Producer: Brian Smith Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Days before the Rams opened training camp for the 2024 season, head coach Sean McVay opened the doors of his home to Robert Mays and The Athletic Football Show. The two discussed what it was like to coach Aaron Donald, what Matthew Stafford allows the Rams to do, and how Puka Nacua emerged last year. They also dove into McVay's personal growth the last few years, the process for improving as a play caller, and what it means to be a great coach. Get ready for training camp with Mays and McVay on this

Training camp is upon us. What are the biggest questions we have as we usher in the 2024 NFL season? Robert Mays and Mike Golic Jr. from the DraftKings Network ask theirs on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Host: Robert Mays With: Mike Golic Jr. Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Mike on X: @mikegolicjr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

We know the coming NFL season will deliver plenty of surprises of both the good and bad varieties. Which teams might be better than we expect? Which could fall on the other side of that coin? FTN Fantasy's Aaron Schatz, the Godfather of DVOA, joins Robert Mays to dig into those questions on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Plus, Dianna Russini and Chase Daniel stop by to discuss their new podcast at The Athletic, Scoop City.Host: Robert Mays With: Aaron Schatz, Dianna Russini and Chase

Players like Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen have the league in the palm of their hand. We know that. Identifying the wild card players who can swing their team's outcome, and thus that of the league as a whole, is a bit trickier. Bill Barnwell of ESPN joins Robert Mays to try and find those players on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.Host: Robert Mays With: Bill Barnwell Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Subscribe to The Athletic Football

Reception Perception’s Matt Harmon joins Robert Mays to break down which of the league’s receivers are primed for breakouts and where we should be looking for the league’s next elite group of pass catchers. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Mays sits down with ESPN’s Courtney Cronin to discuss how many teams can really win the Super Bowl this season. They talk about the no brainers, the teams with the best paths, who could make a jump and those that might get stuck on the outside looking in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fantasy football season is almost here! Robert Mays sits down with Ben Gretch from Stealing Signals to get you ready to crush your league with ten rules to remember heading into the 2024 season. Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brandon Thorn of the Trench Warfare newsletter joins Robert Mays to take stock of the league's offensive lines and debate which units might be better than people give them credit for.Follow Robert on Twitter: @robertmays Subscribe to The Athletic Football Show... Apple Spotify YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices