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Postmortem: Best and Worst Morale Heading Into the Offseason?
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Postmortem: Best and Worst Morale Heading Into the Offseason?
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When you're one of the last eight teams playing football in a season, that final loss is hard to swallow. No matter how bright the future appears, there's no guarantee you get another shot quite like the one you just had. And yet, there's plenty of reason for optimism in 2026 and beyond for the Bills, 49ers, Texans and Bears after their respective Divisional Round losses. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen consider what the offseason ahead looks like for each of those teams on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
0:00 Welcome to the show
0:45 Buffalo Bills/Sean McDermott fired
2:48 What kind of coach are Bills looking for now?
4:30 Brandon Beane retained
5:30 Bills personnel mistakes
12:30 Issues with Bills pass catchers
15:13 Bills offseason assets
16:34 Expiring contracts on offensive line
16:54 Dawson Knox
18:12 Brian Thomas Jr to the Bills?
19:09 Bills candidates: Romeo Doubs, Alec Pierce, Mike Evans
23:22 Derrik is disgusted
23:34 The Josh Allen discourse
28:45 San Francisco 49ers
30:56 Reasons for optimism with 49ers defense
32:45 CJ West
33:26 Bryce Huff
33:46 Insurance for 49ers offense
33:57 Trent Williams
35:22 Receiver room (Jauan Jennings, DeMarcus Robinson, Ricky Pearsall, Brandon Aiyuk)
36:06 Romeo Doubs to the 49ers?
37:45 49ers biggest concern in offseason
38:36 Houston Texans
40:49 Offensive line priority 1 for the Texans?
41:20 Ed Ingram & Trent Brown
42:00 Replacing Woody Marks
43:56 CJ Stroud
50:37 Texans defense insurance
51:45 Chicago Bears
52:18 DJ Moore
54:09 Tremaine Edmunds
55:30 Bears defense improvements
1:00:37 Bears offensive line insurance
1:02:52 Caleb Williams
1:03:03 Caleb comp…Josh Allen?
1:08:38 Jeff Hafley hired as head coach of Miami Dolphins
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