About this episode

The episode discusses current NFL quarterbacks worth acquiring for the number one pick, along with various football-related questions.

Cognitive dissonance in the way we talk about Mike Tomlin and Nick Sirianni? Top-five football heartbreaks? The worst QB the Raiders would've been willing to acquire in exchange for this year's number one pick? Yup, it's another edition of The Athletic Football Show's mailbag. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen tackle those questions, and more, on this episode. 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 Robber Music, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Robert Mays

Guest: Derrik Klassen

Topics covered

• NFL quarterbacks
• trade discussions
• football heartbreaks
• Mike Tomlin
• Nick Sirianni
• mailbag questions

Keywords

• NFL
• quarterbacks
• trades
• Mike Tomlin
• Nick Sirianni
• football heartbreaks
• mailbag

Mentioned in this episode

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

Books & works: Haunted

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