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Bill Barnwell on NFC Playoff Picture + College Coaching Carousel

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The NFC is anyone’s for the taking at this point in the NFL season. Teams like the 49ers and Washington Football Team are on the fringe, with the Eagles threatening. Further down in the standings, the Falcons and Panthers might be long shots, but their postseason hopes aren’t dead…yet. Bill Barnwell assesses the NFC playoff picture, and shares his insights on how the college football coaching carousel could impact the NFL’s coaching jobs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:14.1

Is there any one particular play from Seattle that I wish I could have that one again?

0:19.8

Yeah, the second reception definitely.

0:22.4

Just I got greedy with it, kind of put something in my head that I thought it was going to play out a certain way.

0:28.3

And, you know, certain things didn't happen on the play.

0:30.8

So it played out differently.

0:32.2

But I just got greedy with it.

0:33.8

And, you know, instead of taking the checkdown and keep the ball moving, I get greedy.

0:38.3

That was a regretful Jimmy Garoppolo yesterday, trying to make peace with both a crucial interception he threw in a loss on Sunday

0:47.3

and the larger truth of this NFC playoff picture.

0:51.3

That, by now, pretty much any given mistake can make or break your entire season.

0:58.4

So today, Bill Barnwell makes sense of the roughly 100 or so teams fighting for two

1:03.8

playoff spots in the conference.

1:06.3

And then we get into how the greed of the college game is making itself felt in the NFL.

1:12.7

I'm Pablo Torre. It's Thursday, December 9th. This is ESPN Daily.

1:20.2

So Bill Barnwell, I rely on your rational mind to steer me through the giant mess that is this NFL season.

1:30.0

And I got to say, I have been staring at the mess that is the AFC for weeks and weeks and weeks. And I feel like I've

1:35.7

overlooked the mess that is the NFC. So thank you for joining me. Pablo, I rely on you to remind

1:43.8

me that I'm not crazy and that my opinions on the NFL are actually

1:49.7

supported by a smart human being. So it's a delight to be on ESPN Daily as always. I'm here to

1:55.7

rubber stamp your ego, Bill. Always know that. That's another nice way to put it to. Yeah,

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