How "all in" is too far all in?
About this episode
The episode explores the limits of aggressiveness in NFL team strategies, discussing trades, draft strategies, and potential team pairings.
They say if you give an NFL team an inch (drafting Ty Simpson), they'll take a mile (trading the farm for Myles Garrett)...isn't that what they say? Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen get to the bottom of just how aggressive is TOO aggressive in today's NFL on this mailbag episode of The Athletic Football Show. They also discuss the most toxic potential pairings for this upcoming season, how to build an ideal edge room, and much more. Rundown: 0:00 Welcome to the show 0:47 Going “all in” 11:47 Trading stars for premium picks 19:01 Switch order of NFL Draft and free agency? 28:15 Toxic NFL pairings (via Malort infusions) 37:03 Best talent-per-dollar positions 49:44 Building an edge room 55:49 Tone around Declan Doyle vs Mike LaFleur Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Derrik Klassen Executive Producer: Michael Beller Senior Producer: Katy Duffy Social Producer: Scott Krinch Follow Robert on Bluesky: @robertmays.bsky.social Follow Derrik on Bluesky: @qbklass.bsky.social Follow Robert on X: @RobertMays Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank…
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