Why Kyler Murray & Bucky Irving Are Primed to TAKE OVER in Week 8

Vikings-Lions, Ravens-Bills, Browns-Steelers and Falcons-Bucs early. Chiefs-Broncos late. Bears-Seahawks on Monday night. On paper, Week 8 looks like the best slate of the season to date. Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman give it the preview treatment on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Sponsored by ‪@usbank‬ 0:00 Welcome to the show 1:07 Minnesota Vikings-Detroit Lions 2:05 Kyler Murray 4:10 Vikings benchmarks on offense 6:48 Vikings run game 10:32 “He Aaron Rodgers-ed it” 10:41 Dave is offended 11:50 Kyler vs JJ McCarthy 12:50 Lions defense 13:17 Brian Branch 15:13 Jack Campbell 16:56 The Roquan Smith learning curve 17:36 Should Lions make a trade? 17:58 Lions & Amik Robertson? 19:15 Kyler vs Lions defense 19:50 Jared Goff vs Brian Flores 21:06 Cade Mays & Lions offensive line 22:27 Blake Cashman 24:20 Dave’s TV watching habits 25:21 Goff discourse 26:14 Chicago Bears-Seattle Seahawks 26:24 Jeffery Simmons 27:06 Cole Kmet 27:16 Incorrect 27:35 Bears multiple tight ends 28:17 Sam Roush 29:16 Colston Loveland 29:35 Seahawks defense 32:00 Nick Emmanwori 33:36 Caleb Williams 36:27 Cleveland Browns-Pittsburgh Steelers 37:04 Patrick Queen & Jalen Ramsey 37:23 Browns offense 38:04 Deshaun Watson 40:39 Browns receivers 42:47 Tytus Howard 43:07 Kansas City Chiefs-Denver Broncos 43:19 Broncos defense 44:26 Jonathan Cooper 44:42 Chiefs passing offense 46:32 Kenneth Walker III 47:22 Jaylon Moore 48:27 Zach Allen 48:37 Josh Downs to Chiefs? 48:57 Derrik is close to the edge 49:08 We’re making short jokes now 50:02 Andy Reid & Patrick Mahomes 52:39 Atlanta Falcons-Tampa Bay Buccaneers 52:49 NFC South implications 53:00 “I love mess!” 53:27 Buccaneers run game 55:05 Falcons run defense 55:40 Bucky Irving & Buccaneers offensive line 58:31 “Farting out a couple wins” 59:27 Baker Mayfield 59:48 Sorry, New Orleans Saints fans 1:00:59 Baltimore Ravens-Buffalo Bills 1:01:06 “Take” Therapy 1:01:16 Lamar Jackson 1:03:08 Bills offense 1:03:25 Dalton Kincaid 1:04:07 Jim Leonhard 1:05:03 DJ Moore 1:05:33 Kyle Hamilton 1:05:54 Ravens giving up leads 1:06:26 Jesse Minter 1:07:16 Lamar playing this week? 1:09:23 Indianapolis Colts-Jacksonville Jaguars 1:10:06 Arizona Cardinals-Dallas Cowboys 1:10:47 Brian Schottenheimer 1:11:32 Miami Dolphins-New England Patriots 1:13:13 Jeremiah Smith to Dolphins? For more Athletic Football Show content: Join The Athletic Football Show Discord Server:   / discord   Follow The Athletic Football Show wherever you listen to podcasts: https://podfollow.com/the-athletic-fo... Twitter: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow IG:   / tafootballshow   TikTok:   / tafootballshow   Subscribe to The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/footballshow