MNF Recap- McCarthy Stuns Bears in NFL Debut

The Bill Barnwell Show

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4.4 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Bill and ESPN's Harry Lyles, Jr. react to the Vikings' comeback win over the Bears on Monday Night Football. What grade would you give McCarthy on his debut? (8:25) Did the Vikings win it or did the Bears lose it? (13:57) Caleb Williams mixed performance (16:48) Did this game change your priors on either team? (32:47) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:40.3	Today, it's the first of our Monday night, Tuesday morning recap shows, talking about what
0:45.8	we saw on Monday night football and joining me to do that.
0:50.4	Someone I have not talked to sadly.
0:52.7	In several months, very upsetting to me, someone I talk to regularly in the Around the Horn days, just talking before we got started today. It just feels wrong that we don't have the opportunity for a week one overreaction Monday show. We're going to overreact about one game, the Monday night football game between the Chicago Bears and the Minnesota Vikings joining me to do that.
1:11.6	It's my friend from ESPN. Harry Liles. Harry, how are you?
1:14.7	I am doing much better now that we are in what feels like a familiar situation, again to your point,
1:21.1	of an overreaction Monday. And boy, did we just get a very good football game to react to?
1:27.8	Like, that was a roller coaster ride of a football game.
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