Which outlier stats are most likely to remain outliers?

We're approaching the end of mailbag season but we aren't quite there yet, so Dave Helman and Derrik Klassen opened up the mail and found eight great questions in there. The guys tackle questions on linebacker tiers, outlier statistics, the Lions' 2023 draft, and a whole lot more on this episode of The Athletic Football Show.

0:00 Welcome to the show

1:35 Linebacker tiers

18:47 Outlier stats for QBs

26:36 Favorite odd records

31:50 Teams that disappeared when stakes were high

43:30 Saving past RBs

49:22 Reversing Matthew Stafford’s career

57:05 Lions 2023 Draft: Witherspoon or Gibbs?

Co-Hosts: Derrik Klassen and Dave Helman

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