Revisiting our coldest takes From the 2025 NFL season

About this episode

The episode revisits the coldest takes from the 2025 NFL season during the offseason.

icture this: you're in the warm air of the offseason, you're listening to players talk about how they're in the "best shape of their life," you're watching training camp highlights set to instrumental rock music. It's easy to get carried away with your NFL takes in that environment - and get carried away, we did. Robert Mays, Dave Helman, and Derrik Klassen revisit their coldest takes of the 2025 NFL season on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Host: Robert Mays Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman 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 Dave on Bluesky: @davehelman.bsky.social Follow Robert on X: @RobertMays Follow Dave on X: @DaveHelman_ 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 Robber Music, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Robert Mays

Guests: Derrik Klassen, Dave Helman

Topics covered

• NFL
• cold takes
• 2025 season
• offseason
• training camp
• sports analysis

Keywords

• NFL
• cold takes
• 2025 season
• offseason
• training camp
• Robert Mays
• Derrik Klassen
• Dave Helman

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Athletic, Spanish Love Songs, Pure Noise, Bank Robber Music, LLC

Books & works: Haunted

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