COLLAPSE of the Minnesota Vikings & Dallas Cowboys Coaching Candidates

The Bill Barnwell Show

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4.4 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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On today’s episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, NFL writer Dan Pizzuta joins the show to break down the collapse of the Minnesota Vikings, what Sam Darnold’s future looks like in the NFL, and their optimism levels for the Vikings in the future. Then, they discuss the domination of the Los Angeles Rams and if they can keep the momentum heading into the divisional round. Plus, they tackle what’s happening with the Dallas Cowboys and Mike McCarthy. Who should be the next head coach for the Dallas Cowboys? Is Deion Sanders a good fit for the Cowboys? Could Bill Belichick return to the NFL as the Cowboys’ head coach? Plus, they discuss how desirable the Dallas Cowboys head coaching job is for candidates. 2:30 Sam Darnold’s performance 14:16 What’s Darnold’s future in the NFL? 23:40 Optimism levels for the Vikings 26:30 Can the Rams keep the momentum against the Eagles? 34:45 Mike McCarthy and Dallas Cowboys part ways 43:50 Who’s the best fit for the next head coach for the Cowboys? 52:12 Who will be the next Dallas Cowboys head coach? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell show.
0:08.7	I am Bill Barnwell tonight.
0:11.8	Today, we're recording it tonight, but technically I'll be listening to it today.
0:15.4	This morning, this afternoon, this evening, whenever you're listening to the Bill Barnwell show,
0:19.1	we will be talking today about
0:21.6	the collapse of the 14 and 3 minnesota vikings and sam darnald in their ugly loss to the
0:28.6	los angeles rams will also be talking about the end of the mike mccarthy era in dallas
0:34.5	and what's next for both mike mccarthy and the Dallas Cowboys. And joining me to talk
0:38.4	about that is a regular contributor to the show this year. The show is much better for it.
0:43.4	Someone who does excellent work for the 33rd team is Dan Pizzuta. Dan, how are you?
0:49.4	I'm doing well. Thanks for having me. I was excited to do this.
0:53.2	Always decided to have you on and I feel like you had some numbers during this Vikings game
1:00.2	that were a little mind-blowing about Sam Darnold's performance.
1:05.4	I think we have to start there.
1:07.1	Certainly lots to discuss a comfortable victory in the end for the Los Angeles Rams,
1:12.6	Rams 27, Vikings 9. Dan, let's just start. I mean, what did you find when you looked up
1:19.6	Sam Darnold's performance relative to history?
1:21.6	Yeah, well, it ended up looking better relatively to when I was first looking at this.
1:28.6	So when I was going through the first half and going into the second half, among, where was it,
1:34.5	557 qualified playoff games, Darnold's EPA per play, was sitting at 557th, which is not great.
1:46.3	That's probably not where you want to be there.
1:48.8	So the touchdown in the second half definitely helped.
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