Week 15 Preview: Prove-it time for the Patriots and Broncos
In this particuarly topsy-turvy season, there's perhaps nothing stranger than seeing the Broncos and Patriots on top of the AFC. Both of them in Week ...
Hop aboard the 2026 Coaching Carousel
The teams heading to the playoffs and putting themselves in the Super Bowl discussion are, understandably, in the NFL spotlight right now. Before long...
The effects of Fernando Mendoza's rise and Notre Dame's fall on the 2026 NFL Draft
College Football Playoff controversy? What College Football Playoff controversy? You won't find any of that here on this episode of Building the Beast...
Week 14 Hangover: Hunting for relevant 2026 needles in the 2025 haystack for four also-rans
The Vikings, Commanders, Titans and Browns have dealt with varying degrees of disappointment this season, but they remain worthy of our attention as w...
Week 14 Recap: Bears-Packers delivers, Jaguars and Steelers make big moves, and holy cow, Josh Allen
If you caught the Week 14 preview episode of The Athletic Football Show, you know we were excited about this Sunday. Bears-Packers, Colts-Jaguars, Tex...
Week 14 Preview: Bears-Packers finally means something again
It’s a ton of fun anytime you get a game with first place on the line this late in the season. This week, we have three such games. And one of them is...
What happened to the NFL's elite?
Chiefs, Ravens, Eagles and Lions; Chiefs, Ravens, Eagles and Lions. Look back over the last half-decade of the NFL, and you'll see those four teams at...
Building the Beast: Dane Brugler's end-of-season mock draft
It's December. The college football regular season is over. It's Mock Draft Season. Dane Brugler's end-of-season mock draft is now live at The Athleti...
Week 13 Hangover: Division-leading Broncos and Buccaneers get wins, and we get in the muck with Saints-Dolphins
It doesn't always have to be pretty, especially when you're stacking wins. The Broncos and Buccaneers can tell themselves that after picking up victor...
Week 13 Recap: Division races heat up as the season heads into December
December has arrived, and there isn't much more separation among teams at the top of their divisions as there was back when everyone was 0-0. Three di...