The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL Podcast
1) NEWS: Bills fire Sean McDermott
The Buffalo Bills were great during Sean McDermott's nine-year run as coach, but not quite great enough. As such, the team relieved him of his duties as head coach two days after its Divisional Round ...Show More
2) Divisional Round Sunday Recap: Patriots handle Texans, Rams outlast Bears in OT
And then there were four. The Conference Championship games are set. Joining the Denver Broncos in the AFC are the New England Patriots after taking care of business against the Houston Texans on Sund...Show More
3) Divisional Saturday Recap: Broncos win but lose Bo Nix, Seahawks rout 49ers
Divisional Round weekend never disappoints. The Seattle Seahawks turned in the most dominant performance of the day - maybe of the entire postseason - in a win over the San Francisco 49ers. What does ...Show More
4) Divisional Round Preview: The best weekend of the NFL season
Four games, eight teams, all with legitimate designs on winning the Super Bowl. Friends, the best weekend of the NFL season is here. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman break down the Division...Show More
5) The jam-packed 2026 coaching carousel: It goes up and down, and around
When we last checked in on the coaching carousel on Black Monday, it seemed like it could actually be a relatively quiet year for coaching moves. Since then, John Harbaugh was fired and Mike Tomlin st...Show More
6) Building the Beast: Did they stay or did they go now?
We're on the doorstep of the NFL Draft declaration deadline, and most of the big dominos have fallen. One big one, Oregon quarterback Dante Moore, remains at time of the recording of this episode of T...Show More
7) NEWS: Mike Tomlin steps down as Steelers head coach after 19 seasons
After 19 years as head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers—a run that included one Super Bowl Championship, two AFC titles, and eight AFC North crowns—Mike Tomlin stepped down on Tuesday. Robert Mays and...Show More
8) Postmortems for Wild Card Round losers
Five teams saw their seasons come to an end on Saturday and Sunday of Wild Card weekend. Where do they all stand as they start to turn the page to 2026? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen dig into the imm...Show More
9) Texans defense rolls over Steelers, leads team to Divisional Round
We've been talking about the Super Bowl potential of the Houston Texans defense for months, especially in a wide open AFC. That was on full display in their dismantling of the Pittsburgh Steelers in t...Show More
10) Wild Card Sunday Recap: Bills outlast Jaguars, 49ers take down Eagles, Patriots stifle Chargers
Wild Card Saturday was one of the most exciting days of the season to date, and Wild Card Sunday proved to be a worthy encore. Here's a stat...Hunter Henry's fourth-quarter touchdown in the Patriots w...Show More