The awards races at midseason, with Bill Barnwell
The Athletic Football Show: A show about the NFL
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🗓️ 12 November 2024
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
The best time to hand out midseason awards is one week beyond the halfway point of the season. Everybody knows this. Bill Barnwell of ESPN joins Robert Mays and Derrik Klassen to do just that on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. The guys discuss Lamar's possible third MVP, the potential of Mike Tomlin winning his first—yes, first—Coach of the Year Award, and a whole lot more.
Rundown
- Dolphins-Rams recap
- Bears fire Shane Waldron
- Offensive Player of the Year
- Defensive Player of the Year
- Offensive Rookie of the Year
- Defensive Rookie of the Year
- Executive of the Year
- Assistant Coach of the Year
- Coach of the Year
- MVP
- Pleasant-est Surprise
- Biggest Dissapointment
- Strongest Narrative Changer
Host: Robert Mays
Co-Host: Derrik Klassen
With: Bill Barnwell
Executive Producer: Michael Beller
Producer: Michael Beller
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| 1:06.3 | Welcome to the Athletic Football Show. |
| 1:08.3 | I'm Robert May's really fun show for you guys today. |
| 1:11.5 | Our old buddy Bill Barnwell from ESPN is here to do some mid-season awards, mid-season-ish. Right? We're a little bit past the halfway point, but I still think that we're in the window to do some stuff like this. Barnwell joined me and Derek to hand out some hardware halfway through the season. We also chat a little bit about Monday night football, |
| 1:27.9 | that Rams lost, what that means, |
| 1:29.7 | what we saw from Tua and the Dolphins offense. |
| 1:32.4 | Shane Waldre getting fired by the Bears. |
| 1:33.9 | We hit that at the top of the show. |
| 1:35.1 | But for the most part, this was all about awards |
| 1:37.5 | and recognizing the best players, |
| 1:40.1 | coaches, performances from the first half of the season. |
| 1:42.9 | So let's get to it. |
| 1:50.9 | Music coaches' performances from the first half of the season. So let's get to it. Joining me now for our mid-season award show, mid-season-ish. We got a little bit past the |
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