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The Bill Barnwell Show

Which Struggling Team Can Turn it Around & What's Sam Darnold's Future?

The Bill Barnwell Show

ESPN

Sports

4.4647 Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of The Bill Barnwell Show, ESPN writer and NFL rule expert Kevin Seifert joins to break down the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Dallas Cowboys matchup. They explain how the Bengals got the ball back after the blocked punt late in the fourth quarter, the amount of uncalled face mask penalties against quarterbacks this season, and whether the league must step in during the offseason to find a solution. Next, they tackle which struggling team can turn it around in 2025 between the Dallas Cowboys and Cincinnati Bengals. Later, they break down the big picture for Sam Darnold, his performance this season, and how much of Darnold's success is due to the Viking's infrastructure. Plus, they discuss the future of the Vikings' quarterback position and whether Sam Darnold or J.J. McCarthy will be the starter for next year. 2:17 Bengals Blocked punt  7:15 Uncalled face mask penalties against quarterbacks 12:00 Who can turn it around in 2025: Cowboys or Bengals? 18:07 Questions surrounding Cowboys and Bengals coaching staff 24:30 Big Picture for Sam Darnold 35:40 What's the future for the Vikings QB position? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hey guys, welcome to the Bill Barnwell show.

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I am Bill Barnwell.

0:40.3

Today, our guest is the perfect fit for the topics we are going to discuss.

0:46.3

We are already going to talk about one element of his job and the Minnesota Vikings and the breakout season and performance on Sunday from Sam Darnold.

0:55.6

But in addition to being our Vikings beat writer at ESPN, this is also our rules expert

1:01.4

and the one who writes about all the esoterra and all of the obscure elements of the rulebook

1:08.5

in the National Football League. And we got that to pay out when it came to the end of tonight's Monday night football game joining us to break down what happened to lead to a Bengals victory and the rest of the Monday football game as well is my colleague at ESPN Kevin Seifert Kevin how are you I'm very good bill how are you? I'm very good, Bill. How are you?

1:33.7

I'm good. And I'm excited because I feel like when stuff like this happens in the NFL where something happens and there's some crazy confusion, certainly it sounded like the

1:40.3

broadcast didn't really know what was going on or what was going to happen a lot of people

1:44.4

on social media do not seem to know the rule you're the first person i think of because i know

1:49.1

Kevin already knows this has already prepared for this he is he is writing a tweet as we speak about

1:54.7

this topic i feel like you are the person people turn to when this stuff happens yeah Yeah, that's a good reputation to have.

2:03.4

It's also one that sometimes it's hard to live up to.

2:07.2

The NFL rule book, very complicated.

2:09.9

And every time you think that you have a decent pull on it, they change a bunch of stuff

2:15.0

in the offseason and you've got to start over.

2:19.2

Yes. This one feels like it has not changed for a while, though. This one feels like it has been a rule pretty

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