Robert Mays
Host of The Athletic Football Show. Formerly of Grantland and The Ringer.
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- Podcast friends: It's time to send in your questions for next week's mailbag. With the offseason in full swing, what's on your mind? Let us know. athleticfootballshow@gmail.com Deadline is Thursday, 6 pm ET.
- The only place that tie is acceptable is during your opening press conference as the head coach of the Clemson football program. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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- Today on The Athletic Football Show: @qbklass.bsky.social and I revisited our Coldest Takes from the 2024 preseason — and tried to figure out what lessons we can learn from them. Full show: pod.fo/e/2d1db3
- It's another Mailbag Monday on The Athletic Football Show, and we celebrated with some real offseason nonsense. Which is higher: The number of QBs who could keep the Eagles a contender or the number of teams Mahomes would MAKE a contender? Full show: pod.fo/e/2d0c8d
- Sinners was so good, man. Still buzzing about it like 12 hours later. boxd.it/9A3W7L
- O/U 49.5 rushing attempts a game for this group
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- Super excited about this year's edition of our live draft show on TAFS. @brucefeldmancfb.bsky.social is also gonna be joining us for Round 1 on Thursday, which is going to be awesome. bsky.app/profile/thea...
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- Tomorrow.
- Awesome installment of "On the Clock" today with @tampabaytre.bsky.social. Picks 19-25, I give him 3(ish) options per team, he makes the pick. Went deep on the needs and options for all 7 teams in that range. Including his Bucs taking Donovan Ezeiruaku. Full show: pod.fo/e/2c80d8
- It's another Monday Mailbag on The Athletic Football Show. @qbklass.bsky.social and I dug into up-and-coming OCs, the best recent draft-trade snipes, and the surprise moment we wanna see in this year's draft. Including a potential move for Travis Hunter. Full show: pod.fo/e/2c77eb
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- On today's show, @benjaminsolak.bsky.social was "On the Clock" for the teams picking 13-18 in the 2025 draft. I give him 3 options per team. He makes the pick. Do the Dolphins finally splurge on OL? A quick pick for the Colts at 14. And a surprise for CIN at 18. Full show: pod.fo/e/2c46ca
- The White Lotus finale is really just an opening act before we get to watch Walton Goggins really cook.
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- Different types of experiences, but HaiSous, Maxwell's Trading, Kumiko, and Oriole would be on my short list of recommendations to anyone eating/drinking in Chicago. Good list. bsky.app/profile/bloc...
- On today's Athletic Football Show, @qbklass.bsky.social and I ran through the teams with the most on the line in the 2025 draft. Including a Browns team flush with draft capital and desperate for young talent. Full show: pod.fo/e/2c1889
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- On today's show, @dannybkelly.bsky.social was "On the Clock" for the teams picking 7-12 in the 2025 draft. I give him 3 options per team. He makes the pick. What do the Saints want? Jeanty to Chicago? A Niners-Panthers trade! And more. Full show: pod.fo/e/2c10a2
- It's another offseason Mailbag Monday on The Athletic Football Show. @qbklass.bsky.social joins me to chat how that year's talent pool alters draft trades, what to learn from the Bengals build, a Jalen Carter-Jahmyr Gibbs sliding doors moment, and much more. Full show: pod.fo/e/2c076e
- Man, does this guy suck. bsky.app/profile/popc...
- We're watching Enlightened for the first time, and I am just floored at how good Molly Shannon is on this show. As someone who's really enjoyed this stretch of her career, it's not surprising. But she is unbelievably good in this.
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- Even as a spiritually 60-year-old man in his 30s, I'm rarely nostalgic for a previous era because I don't actually think they were better. This year is testing that theory on many fronts.
- Reposted by Robert Mays"A terrified young student, snatched off the street by a masked police force taken thousands of miles across the country without anyone knowing. It is as flatly authoritarian as anything we have ever seen in this country," says @chrislhayes.bsky.social on Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk's detention.
- On today's show, @jordanreid.bsky.social was "On the Clock" for the teams picking 1-6 in the 2025 draft. I give him 3 options per team. He makes the pick. We'll be doing this with different guests over the next 5 weeks, ultimately hitting all 32 picks. Full show: pod.fo/e/2bdc49
- Some exceptions as always, but "just draft the athletes" was a pretty solid strategy in 2021.
- Podcast friends: It's time to send in your questions for next week's mailbag on The Athletic Football Show. What's on your mind? Draft stuff? Big-picture questions? Something that has nothing to do with football whatsoever? Ask away. Deadline is Thursday, 6 pm ET. athleticfootballshow@gmail.com
- Mailbag Mondays are back for the rest of the offseason on The Athletic Football Show. @qbklass.bsky.social and I dove into your questions about LB value, whether GM brain hurts football discourse, misplaced (?) Drake Maye love, and our hottest FA takes. Full show: pod.fo/e/2bd2e5
- With most of free agency over, @qbklass.bsky.social joined me to run through the biggest remaining needs around the NFL. I am begging the Cowboys to add one explosive pass catcher to their offense. Full show: pod.fo/e/2bb651
- Podcast friends: Reminder that @qbklass.bsky.social and I will be live at 11 am ET this morning. Breaking down how much better the NFC spenders REALLY are following the first wave of FA. Come join us. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJe5...
- After this week's flurry of activity in free agency, how much better off are the big spenders, actually? @qbklass.bsky.social and I went team by team in the AFC looking for the answer. Full show: pod.fo/e/2b8422w
- You're a fan of a team that's been quiet in FA, and you're freaking out. Should you be? @qbklass.bsky.social and I checked the panic meter on 9 teams that have sat back so far this week. Including the Cincinnati Bengals. Full show: pod.fo/e/2b7b56
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- So...you're freaking out because your team has sat out free agency so far. Should you be? @qbklass.bsky.social and I are spending today's livestream talking to the fans who might be on edge about their team's passive approach. Come find comfort. Or not. 4 pm ET www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG0N...
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- Here we go! @qbklass.bsky.social and I are getting started with a 5+ hour livestream to celebrate the kickoff of free agency. We're getting started at 11:30 am ET to hit all the news, before welcoming a bunch of friends to run through today's signings. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxdE...
- For Combine Week, we're running through the Most Interesting Teams of the offseason with our writers @theathletic.bsky.social. To start it off: Daniel Popper on the Chargers @tashanreed.bsky.social on the Raiders @jourdanrodrigue.bsky.social on the Rams' big QB decision Full show: pod.fo/e/2b1ac6
- On today's TAFS, Dane Brugler joined me and @qbklass.bsky.social to run through everything you need to know about this year's Combine. - Who's going to crush the testing? - Which lesser-known prospects are gonna turn heads? - Who has the most at stake? Full show: pod.fo/e/2afd5f
- Did a little rundown of the best stuff I ate in New Orleans last week. Among my favorite food trips I've ever had. www.instagram.com/p/DGI31b_uXF...
