13 Players That Can SWING THE SEASON For Their Teams

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Nick Emmanwori. Parker Washington. Darnell Wright. All of these guys weren't necessarily getting a ton of attention at this time last year, and then they went on to completely swing how good their teams were. Who could do the same in 2026. Allow Robert Mays, Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman to bring you the players who could swing the 2026 season on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

0:00 Welcome to the show
2:28 Marlon Humphrey & Baltimore Ravens
2:38 Nate Wiggins injury
9:31 Nnamdi Madubike & Ravens
15:39 Garrett Bradbury & Chicago Bears
17:15 Coby Bryant injury
19:10 Bears left tackles
20:11 Ozzy Trapilo news
22:45 Ed Oliver & Buffalo Bills
26:26 Landon Jackson news
30:06 Rashan Gary & Dallas Cowboys
32:05 Donovan Ezeiruaku
33:12 Cobie Durant & Cowboys
37:03 Derrick Brown & Carolina Panthers
38:55 The Windhorst fingers
39:33 Devin Lloyd
46:03 “Can I be an asshole for 5 seconds?”
47:09 Jadarian Price & Seattle Seahawks
54:01 Josh Jobe & Seahawks
58:34 Julian Neal
59:45 Keylan Rutledge & Houston Texans
1:01:42 Robert is trying to be generous
1:03:20 Rutledge fights Will Anderson Jr
1:03:55 “Not on my f***ing watch!”
1:04:38 Jayden Higgins & Texans
1:07:25 Is it all going too well for the Texans?
1:08:13 AJ Brown & New England Patriots
1:12:20 Fraudulence
1:15:54 Honorable mentions
1:19:13 TAFS live show!

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