NFL Coaching Carousel: Will Ben Johnson be Successful as the Chicago Bears Head Coach?

The Bill Barnwell Show

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4.4 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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On today’s episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, The Ringer’s Danny Heifetz joins to discuss the latest with the NFL coaching carousel, including the widespread glee of the Chicago Bears fans with the Ben Johnson hire as new head coach, whether they are skeptical of the hire, and if Ben Johnson can take Caleb Williams to the next level. Then, they discuss what’s next for the Detroit Lions, who should take over as the next Detroit offensive and defensive coordinators, and whether the Lions are the favorites to win the Super Bowl next year. Plus, they discuss the New England Patriots hiring Josh McDaniels as their new offensive coordinator and if it is a good fit for the franchise. All that and more! 1:30 Ben Johnson hired by the Detroit Lions 24:00 Ben Johnson’s relationship with Ryan Poles 32:06 What’s next for the Detroit Lions? 46:50 Patriots hire Josh McDaniels as offensive coordinator 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.
0:08.5	I am Bill Barnwell.
0:10.5	Today, after the divisional round games, no, we're not talking about them.
0:14.7	Those are old news.
0:15.6	We have coaching moves to discuss head coaches, even an offensive coordinator getting hired around the NFL.
0:23.8	We're going to talk about that with our friend from the Ringer.
0:28.0	I would say one of the top three hosts of the Ringer fantasy football show, number one of
0:33.3	my heart.
0:33.9	I'm being honest, no disrespect to the other co-host on the show. But Danny, hi,
0:39.2	hi-fits is here. My friend, Danny, how are you? Thank you. I agree. I think I'm a top three show,
0:44.3	top three pod on the show with the three-house. I agree with that. I think that's a good,
0:47.5	that's why you get paid the big bucks. It's like you're the, you know, you're just crushing it with all the rankings and everything. That's a, that's a real dismissal of, I believe, a joke I made the last time you were on this show as well.
0:59.1	Well, you know, I was just, I don't know, just trying to keep, you know, just trying to keep it rolling.
1:03.7	That's what you do.
1:04.8	That's your role.
1:05.5	That's your role on the Ring of Fantasy Football show.
1:07.9	You're the keep it rolling guy.
1:09.1	You're the keep it rolling guy you're the fred durst you know
1:11.1	i was confused him with the other durst guy who uh robert oh no different different different i i never can
1:17.4	tell which which durst is which durst and now in that context i knew uh it wasn't robert but
1:22.9	i often get that confused and so usually when durst comes up i get really quiet because i don't
1:26.6	know if it's like who who's, who's been.
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