This is what it’s all about, man. Maybe you’ve heard. This weekend of college football is about as good as it gets. So naturally Dane Brugler & I had to lay out what to watch for from a draft perspective in this week’s Building the Beast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Colts are 3-0! So are the Chargers and 49ers. The Eagles rallied to beat the Rams. The Packers lost to the Browns. The Falcons got blanked by the Panthers. @robertmays.bsky.social, @qbklass.bsky.social and @davehelman.bsky.social recapped it all on last night on TAFS. youtube.com/live/Nnzli72...

icymi: Week 3 preview was a blast went very deep on Eagles/Rams & Lions/Ravens some good back & forth on - AZ @ SF - DEN @ LAC - HOU @ JAX hit on Spencer Rattler, Dak & Caleb & Haason Reddick. plus, plenty of hand wringing on the Pittsburgh defense. fun show! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

I love football.

Week 2 hangover pod! @davehelman.bsky.social and I took a closer look at the Vikings-Falcons Sunday nighter, a sneaky good Rams-Titans game, and everything that comes with the Bengals win / Joe Burrow injury combination. Full show: podfollow.com/the-athletic...

Week 2 Hangover with @qbklass.bsky.social and @davehelman.bsky.social on The Athletic Football Show. 🐅 Joe Burrow's injury 😲 The Falcons have a...pass rush?!? 🐏 The Rams do their thing And more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrGQ...

Week 2 preview is the type of stuff that made me love this show. Chiefs/Eagles preview, obviously. But we also checked in on the Colts, Niners, Jets, Bills, Jags & Titans. Plus talked plenty of Caleb, the Bucs & a lot more. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Spent an hour re-watching Caleb & there’s a lot of stuff that kinda made me feel better … but that kinda made me feel worse, if that makes sense?

Hey y'all! @QBKlass & I will be going live at ~10:45pm CT to try to wrap our brains around ... whatever it was that just happened at Soldier Field. Come join! www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8cj...

Week 1 delivered better than I’d even guessed possible. Recapping: - the frantic finish in Buffalo - the dominant Packers - the Jets & Steelers were fun!? - the Dolphins were not! - someone please help Cam Ward and a ton more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Greg Olsen continuing to do the Lord's work, calling head coaches wimps as nicely and diplomatically as humanly possible.

So beautiful to see the Seahawks' first TD of the season was them caving in the left side of the line behind Grey Zabel. We love a tone setting moment.

“I can’t believe we’re getting one of the best QB matchups of the season right away, at noon of Week 1.” “Huh? Josh & Lamar don’t play at noon.” “I never said they did.”

the uniquely college football experience of loathing every single moment of a game you were never in danger of losing

Just a comedy of errors by UF in the last 3 minutes, holy shit

Shame on anyone for even suggesting there's such a thing as a boring college football weekend.

I don't think D.J. Lagway is at all consistent enough to be genuinely excited about yet. But every other quarter or so he does something that makes you sit up in your seat.

Dabo's revenge on Brian Kelly is stripping a win @ Clemson of all meaning just one week later.

It's season 6 of The Athletic Football Show, and this year is going to look and feel different than ever before. @davehelman.bsky.social is officially joining @qbklass.bsky.social and I for our weekly recap and preview shows, along with hosting Building The Beast w/ Dane Brugler every Wednesday.

Week 1 of the college season is in the books, and we’ve got a lot of thoughts. Dane & I decided if we’re panicking, pausing or planning a parade for some of this year’s top prospects. That, plus some Week 1 surprises. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

No division in the NFL this season gets me excited quite as much as the NFC West. A true demolition derby of fairly evenly matched teams. We dug in deep today on The Athletic Football Show: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

. @theathletic.com ’s year round draft coverage is back. All season long, @danebrugler.bsky.social & I are Building the Beast. With Week 0 upon us, we dove into Dane’s initial Top 50, due out this week, & took a look at some of August’s biggest games. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

it's all fun and games until you have to sell yourself on teams 8-10

Fun concept for a pod today. Since the NFL expanded the postseason to 14 teams, we’ve seen a division send 3 teams to the playoffs in 5 straight seasons. Happened twice in 2024. So, which division is most likely to pull it off in 2025? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Today on The Athletic Football Show, @qbklass.bsky.social & I tried to sift through some of the biggest training camp storylines and decide what moves us and what doesn’t. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Today on The Athletic Football Show, I made my pitch for the NFL to steal a tactic from soccer and take a damn break. That, and a bunch of our other half-baked takes ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Fun episode of The Athletic Football Show today — DNA Changers. Guys who can totally transform the way their unit looks & feels in 2025. Really great convo with @qbklass.bsky.social, exemplified by the two big additions on Denver’s defense. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

fun programming note: Starting now, I’m joining @theathletic.com & The Athletic Football Show. I’ll be talking ball with @robertmays.bsky.social & @qbklass.bsky.social, as well as plenty of draft talk with @danebrugler.bsky.social. Basically a dream gig for me, and I cannot wait to get going 🫡

Mahomes. Jackson. Allen. Burrow. Herbert (probably). Those are the top five QBs in the league … but who is sixth? It’s a large group of candidates, all with their own unique cases. @robertmays.bsky.social, @davehelman.bsky.social, and myself got into it. Show link: podfollow.com/the-athletic...

Neutral Milk Hotel followed immediately by Iron & Wine on the Trader Joe’s sound system feels a little too on the nose to me.

I am not willing to declare the Browns “winners” of anything, because Travis Hunter is amazing and they are still the Browns. but. They added a Top 5 prospect in Graham, 2 stud RBs and 2 QBs, one of whom was seen by most as QB2 in this draft. While adding a 2026 1 to invest in a better QB.

It needs to be mandatory that Kevin O’Connell work with a Football Hipster’s Favorite QB every single season.

Minnesota come on down!!!

I wrote about how I think the Giants are better served in the long-term by riding with Russ &/or Jameis. However funny that might sound on the surface. www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/...

We simply have to get more teams, brands & athletes to migrate over here because as awful as Twitter has become, you just can’t replicate the juice you get out of some good old fashioned mess, like this Cowboys bullshit that’s happening right now

free agency is (basically) over, so I tried my best to take a stab at what makes sense in the first round of the draft. www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/...

if I text you this, it means we made plans and I’m debating how much I still want to come

Mickey Loomis, every March.

former SEC football player turned program CEO who loves himself a microphone and hasn't adapted to the sport's changing landscape I cannot BELIEVE I never drew the Jerry Jones --> Dabo Swinney link before right now

Hey so. If Daniel Jones is off the table, who does Minnesota sign to compete with JJ?

what a baller advantage to have an OL coach you trust to turn guys into assets Mekhi Becton prices himself off your line, no worries. former first round pick will step in and (probably) play like a Pro Bowler.

Fun symmetry that the old "holy shit they're going for it while the QB is still cheap!" team, the Texans, just dealt one of their best assets to the new "holy shit they're going for it while the QB is still cheap!" team, the Commanders. Life comes at you fast.

well gahdamn

It’s typically not a good sign if you’re one of the teams that spends a fortune in the early hours of free agency. … but I really like all the Bears’ decisions so far. competency on the lines is worth overpaying for.

It appears the going rate for "we can put you on the field for tactical purposes at the WR position and it's not an outright embarrassment to the franchise" is right around $10 million

You can’t convince me that the Cowboys doing a special teams signing in the opening hours of free agency isn’t a bit. A very good, funny bit, to be clear. Still a bit.

If the Seahawks’ OL & WR corps are beefed up by the time the draft is over, I’m willing to be optimistic about Sam Darnold in Seattle.That feels like a fair and balanced take.

hopping on with my dudes here in like 5 minutes, fwiw

Words used by a league evaluator/former center to describe new Bears C Drew Dalman to me: “Tough as hell” “Athletic” “Smart” “Physical”

possible I'm biased because I've followed every snap of Jourdan Lewis' career, but I really don't think this is a bad deal culture guy, great mindset for a team that needs it. was one of the best nickels in football last year, and he's only 29. good chance he can play at that level for 2-3 years.