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The Bill Barnwell Show

Super Bowl MISMATCH? The Seahawks Offense vs. the Patriots Defense

The Bill Barnwell Show

ESPN

Sports

4.4660 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Bill and Yahoo's Charles McDonald take a closer look at how the Seahawks offense will match up against the Patriots defense. 0:00 Welcome 2:36 Who do you believe in more- Darnold or the New England defense? 10:03 Klint Kubiak's offense 17:02 Patriots' defensive gameplan 21:09 Seattle's weak spot 27:15 Defending Jaxon Smith-Njigba 35:03 New England's struggles in the redzone on defense 38:00 These rosters are a mismatch 39:59 Game prediction 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.

0:08.4

I am Bill Barnwell.

0:10.2

We are here starting our two-part Super Bowl preview.

0:15.4

Later on this week, we're going to have Andrew Callahan talking about the Patriots offense and the Seahawks defense.

0:22.1

Had to make sure I got the two splits here correct.

0:24.8

But joining us first.

0:26.7

Talk about the Seahawks offense and the Patriots defense.

0:30.4

A offense that fascinating to me in some ways, led by, of course, one of the most curious

0:36.8

players in all football

0:38.0

and Sam Darnold, a Patriots defense that has somehow morphed into the 2000 Ravens over

0:44.1

the final three games of the postseason here, joining me to talk about all that.

0:50.2

It's our friend from Yahoo, Charles MacDonald.

0:52.9

Charles, you're in San Francisco right now.

0:56.0

What's it like in San Francisco on the ground?

0:59.5

Look, as someone who lives in New York City, I am so glad to be here because I woke up in

1:07.9

real feel minus seven degrees yesterday.

1:10.5

And when I landed in San Francisco, I like, you know, 11 p.m. local, 11.30 local time.

1:16.2

It was 51 degrees.

1:17.7

It's like 60 degrees today.

1:19.0

That sounds so nice.

1:20.7

I couldn't complain me if I wanted to because I woke up and I wasn't shivering.

1:26.0

So that's a plus.

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