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

The Bill Barnwell Show

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🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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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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