NFL Conference Championship Weekend Preview

The Bill Barnwell Show

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🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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On today’s episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, Fox Sports writer Geoff Schwartz joins the show to preview the AFC and NFC Championship games. They start by sharing their concern levels for the Kansas City Chiefs offense, the keys to success for the Buffalo Bills to be successful against Kansas City, and what to expect from the AFC Championship. Next, they tackle the keys to success for the Washington Commanders, how they have grown under Dan Quinn, and whether Saquon Barkley can be stopped. Plus, Who will punch their ticket to Super Bowl LIX? They give their picks! All that and more! :51 Kansas City Chiefs vs. Buffalo Bills Preview 1:40 Questions surrounding Chiefs’ offensive 9:30 What should the Chiefs do with their offensive line? 14:00 Can the Buffalo Bills defense be effective against the Chiefs? 25:25 What to expect from the Chiefs - Bills matchup 36:53 Washington Commanders vs. Philadelphia Eagles Preview 38:53 Keys to Commanders success against eagles 47:30 Can Saquon Barkley be stopped? 51:00 Dan Quinn’s coaching abilities 55:20 Who will win: Commanders vs. Eagles? 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.
0:08.2	I am Bill Barnwell today.
0:09.9	We are previewing the second to last and third to last games of the NFL season.
0:16.9	Join me to talk about all that.
0:18.6	My friend Jeff Schwartz.
0:19.7	How are you?
0:20.7	I am good, man.
0:21.7	You know, we got these two fabulous games this weekend, and it feels like the pinnacle of the season is about here.
0:28.3	And this is, I never want to division around weekend is the best weekend for football.
0:32.5	And I get it.
0:33.3	I mean, there were some upsets and some, again, but this feels like just the, the premium of the premium, right?
0:39.1	You get the four best teams possible.
0:41.0	I know people might not agree on Washington being the four on the four best, but it's like the best of the football.
0:45.5	You get these two great games with typically, just like this year, great quarterbacks and great storylines.
0:52.1	And no surprise, like three of the four
0:54.7	best offensive lines playing this weekend. And so there's just a lot to talk about. Yeah, I feel
1:00.5	we have a good balance. We have a matchup. I think, you know, people thought the Ravens would get
1:04.5	here. I thought the Ravens would get here. But certainly nobody would have been shocked if I told
1:08.9	you before the season. We're going to get Chief Spills in the AFC Championship game.
1:12.7	And then I think literally zero people on the planet Earth would have predicted Eagles commanders.
1:17.2	But we are here and the commanders deserve to be here.
1:19.4	They thoroughly outplayed to me the Lions last week.
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