Bill Barnwell Previews NFL’s Divisional Weekend: Anything Is Possible

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🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The path to the Super Bowl is starting to narrow. But after the truly super, Wild Card Weekend where we only saw one blowout, the remaining contenders are catching their breath after needing miracles, big and small, to make it out of the fourth quarter. So we called up our friend Bill Barnwell to take us through each matchup one-by-one…and he tells us what to expect from a divisional round where anything can happen. To help ensure you didn't miss any of our best stories from the past year, we've collected our favorite episodes of 2022 into one playlist. We think you’ll love every episode on there, so check it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	But I'm gonna take some guys I'm proud of you for this reason.
0:10.4	You have faith in yourself, you have faith in each other, you keep encouraging one another
0:14.7	like we talk about all the time and you believe.
0:17.5	And that's what faith is about.
0:19.7	And you guys have it.
0:21.7	But hey, before we get out of here we gotta get at least one.
0:25.5	Ready?
0:26.5	One, two, three.
0:28.5	One, two, one.
0:32.1	Let's bring it up.
0:35.3	That was what the Jacksonville Jaguar's locker room sounded like last weekend, right after
0:39.6	the fighting pride of DuVal County, pulled off one of the biggest comebacks in NFL Playoff
0:44.9	history.
0:46.0	And they were not the only team whose self belief got tested by the way.
0:50.8	Pretty much every other game was close at half time.
0:53.7	And I felt like a collection of small miracles were needed to make it out of the fourth quarter.
1:00.6	So today our friend Bill Barnwell tells us what a rational, data driven football fan should
1:06.6	actually have faith in.
1:08.3	And what we should know about a divisional round where anything does seem possible.
1:13.7	I'm Pablo Torre, it's Thursday, January 19th and this is ESPN Daily.
1:22.4	So Bill, I demand that we start in the AFC here.
1:24.6	We're starting with Saturday afternoon.
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