October 3, 2025
Week 5 preview: Two surprisingly fun matchups take center stage
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFLAbout this episode
We've turned the calendar to October and reached the bye-week portion of the schedule, which means that while it's still relatively early in the season, the "it's early" caveats are starting to fall by the wayside. So when we get Games of the Week like Seahawks-Buccaneers and Chargers-Commanders, it isn't a function of the schedule. It's because these are legitimately great matchups we can't wait to watch on Sunday. That's where Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman kick off the Week 5 preview episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also touch on Patriots-Bills, Chiefs-Jaguars and Texans-Ravens, take a walk on Sicko Street with Giants-Saints and Vikings-Browns, and go Under the Hood on the struggling Panthers offense. Rundown (timestamps are approximate) 3:52 Game of the Week: Buccaneers-Seahawks 25:00 Game of the Week: Commanders-Chargers 38:30 One Thing From...Bills-Patriots 47:17 One Thing From...Jaguars-Chiefs 1:00:10 One Thing From...Texans-Ravens 1:04:22 Sicko Street: The Saints are favored against the Giants 1:08:00 Sicko Street: The Browns and Vikings fronts against Carson Wentz and Dillon Gabriel 1:10:48 Under the Hood: Panthers offense 1:23:25 Wins Pool Update 1:26:22 What Do You Wanna Know? Dave: I wanna know what we’re saying about the Eagles on Monday 1:28:19 What Do You Wanna Know? Robert: I wanna know what we’re saying about the Broncos on Monday 1:31:05 What Do You Wanna Know? Derrik: Is Klayton Adams the most important coach in the NFL? Connect with The Athletic Football Show X: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow IG: https://www.instagram.com/tafootballshow YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TAFootballShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tafootballshow Discord: http://discord.gg/theathleticfootballshow Call us: 847-448-0701 Email us: athleticfootballshow@gmail.com Host: Robert Mays Co-Host: Derrik Klassen Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller 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 Derrik on X: @QBKlass 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.