2025 NFL Season Crystal Ball

The Bill Barnwell Show

ESPN

Sports

4.4 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Bill and Robert Mays of The Athletic discuss the questions they'd most like to know the answers to ahead of the 2025 NFL season. 0:00 Welcome 3:10 Is JJ McCarthy good? 11:24 Will the Lions be happy with their new coordinators? 22:50 Does Matthew Stafford stay healthy all year? 31:24 Will the Cardinals have a top 5-10 defense? 41:30 Which projected Top 5 defense will fall off? 49:06 Can it get worse for the Texans offensive line? 52:28 Does it work in Chicago under Ben Johnson? 1:02:41 What happens to the 2nd year QBs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.9	Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell Show.
0:38.4	I am Bill Barnwell.
0:39.6	Today it's our final show before we start the NFL season year end.
0:45.4	Very excited to bring back a show we did last year.
0:49.3	I believe it is a Josh Norris idea of Underdog.
0:51.6	It does fine work.
0:52.2	So if I'm misattributing, I apologize. But I believe this is a Josh Norris idea of Underdog. It does fine work. So if I'm misattributing, I apologize,
0:54.8	but I believe this is a Josh Norris idea.
0:58.5	Maybe you should have figured that out before we started,
1:00.3	but we're already here.
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