The Patriots hold serve with a dominating win over the Giants

The Bill Barnwell Show

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4.4 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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What a difference a year makes! This time last season, the New England Patriots were well on their way to a bottom dwelling 4-13 record, good for a last place finish in the AFC East. This year? The Pats are currently sitting atop the crowd in the AFC after a 33-15 win over the New York Giants push them to 11-2. Sports Illustrated Senior Writer Conor Orr joins the program to explore: What's gone right in New England, what's gone wrong for the Giants, and whether or not Drake Maye is as exciting as it seems he is. 00:00 Welcome to the Bill Barnwell Show 01:20 Patriots Dominate the Giants on Monday Night Football 04:30 Younghoe Koo's Awful field goal attempt 09:45 Can Jaxson Dart change his playing style? 13:15 What kind of coach should the Giants hire to lead them into the future? 22:30 The Patriots are atop the AFC 23:56 How advanced of a QB is Drake Maye? 32:46 Is Drake Maye the NFL's MVP? 34:26 Are the Patriots a convincing 1-seed in the AFC? 41:22 Who could pull of a Patriots style turnaround in 2026? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:35.4	Hey guys, welcome to the Bill of Barnwell show.
0:38.0	I am Bill Barnwell.
0:39.7	Hope you guys had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend if you're listening in the U.S.
0:43.8	If you're not listening in the U.S.
0:45.1	Hope you at least enjoyed a very interesting slate of Thanksgiving games over here,
0:50.7	stateside, and less interesting, perhaps, less late of Sunday games.
0:55.3	And then a, and we're going to talk about today.
1:00.0	Not boring.
1:01.3	Maybe a little boring.
1:02.2	Maybe boring.
1:02.8	I mean, it's the wrong way to put it.
1:05.8	Eventful.
1:07.1	Not competitive.
1:08.6	An interesting combination you don't normally see.
1:10.8	But joining me to talk about Patriots Giants, Patriots. not competitive, an interesting combination you don't normally see.
1:18.1	But joining me to talk about Patriots Giants, Patriots 33, they got a late field goal from Borogales, Giants 15.
1:24.0	Joining me to talk about that, a long overdue first-time guest on the Bill Barnwell Show.
1:26.2	He is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated.
1:28.2	He is Connor or Connor.
1:36.1	Thanks for joining me. What did you think about this game? This gave me flashbacks as a former Giants beatwriter. Going into it, I had the same vibe as like, there was like a game
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