Which Teams Are Poised to Make a Commanders-esque Jump?

The Bill Barnwell Show

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4.4 • 647 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Bill and ESPN's Ben Solak take a look at all of the AFC teams that won 5 or fewer games in 2024 and assess their chances to make the playoffs in 2025. Welcome 0:00 Patriots 2:29 Titans 26:54 Jaguars 40:56 Browns 52:39 Raiders 59:13 Jets 1:10:24 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:48.3	Here's the premise.
0:49.8	So every year, there are a certain number of teams who finish with five wins or less,
0:56.8	and a surprisingly high percentage of them post a winning record the following year.
1:02.7	Last year we did this in August, talked about the Chargers, the Patriots, the Cardinals,
1:07.5	the Panthers, and the commanders, two of which not only posted a winning record,
1:11.7	but made it to the postseason. And joining me today to talk about this is the person who I had
1:16.9	on last year to talk about this very topic. So when I love breaking down the NFL with, one of the
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