A pre-Thanksgiving NFL Draft feast with Dane Brugler

The college football regular season is winding to a close, which means our discussions around the 2025 NFL Draft are heating up. Dane Brugler joins Robert Mays to check in on where the class stands on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys also discuss the rookie campaigns being put together by Drake Maye, Brock Bowers, Jared Verse and Bo Nix. Before all that, though, The Athletic's Chargers beat reporter Daniel Popper gets on the mic with Robert to recap the Ravens' win over the Chargers on Monday night.

Rundown

• Ravens-Chargers MNF recap
• Emerging polarization in the 2025 NFL Draft class
• Dane's initial flag planting
• The 2025 quarterbacks, headlined by Shedeur Sanders and Cam Ward
• Intriguing pairings in the top 10
• Drake Maye is a dude
• Should the Jets have taken Brock Bowers?
• Should the Falcons have taken Jared Verse?
• Why the Bo Nix/Broncos pairing is working

Host: Robert Mays

With: Daniel Popper and Dane Brugler

Executive Producer: Michael Beller

Producer: Michael Beller

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