What really was Caleb Williams' 2025 season? & More lingering questions
About this episode
The episode discusses critical questions about Caleb Williams, the Bengals offense, and the Steelers defense as part of the Lingering Questions series for the NFL offseason.
We've reached the end of our Lingering Questions series for the 2026 offseason, and we close it out with a trio of questions that loom large over the year to come. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman dive deep into critical questions about Caleb Williams, the Bengals offense, and the Steelers defense on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. 0:00 Welcome to the show 1:58 What was Caleb Williams' 2025 season? 30:19 Is the Bengals offense really Super Bowl ready? 50:20 How should we feel about Patrick Graham (and the Steelers defense)? 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
- Caleb Williams
- Bengals offense
- Steelers defense
- NFL offseason
- lingering questions
Keywords
- Caleb Williams
- Bengals
- Steelers
- NFL
- offseason
- questions
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Bengals, Steelers
Books & works: Haunted
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