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Nine Players Who Quietly DEFINED the 2025 Season
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For every Will Anderson Jr. and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, there's a Robert Spillane and Parker Washington. In other words, for every superstar who clearly left his mark on a given season, there's a role player who also helped define what the league was, and were it could be going. Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen highlight the players who quietly defined the 2025 season on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.
0:00 Welcome to the show
2:05 Parker Washington & Jacksonville Jaguars
10:31 Byron Murphy II & Seattle Seahawks
17:40 AJ Barner & Seahawks
19:00 Colby Parkinson & Los Angeles Rams
26:56 Reed Blankenship (Philadelphia Eagles) & Evan Williams (Green Bay Packers)
34:17 Devon Witherspoon & Seahawks
40:19 Robert Spillane & New England Patriots
42:30 Denzel Perryman love
45:00 Kamari Lassiter & Houston Texans
47:15 "He run like he bite people"
47:40 "He ain't right"
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