Bill Barnwell

... for a running back.

Bill Barnwell, fans of both teams looking, longingly looking at Drew Lock.

Wow, he's throwing it out there?

Yeah.

Like, a big gravestone for...

I think Bill Barnwell called it no-mentum, and that'll be right next to the trap game-

Yeah

... or it'll be next to, like, just take the points, which has one arm up out of the grave because sometimes it is wise, of course, to take a field goal.

I, I also want a graveyard now of all of the old football tropes and cliches that you or others in the analytics community have murdered over time.

Like a big gravestone for, I think Bill Barnwell called it no-mentum, and that'll be right next to the trap game.

Yeah.

Or it'll be next to, like, just take the points, which has one arm up out of the grave because sometimes it is wise, of course, to take a field goal.

He broke the news.

Uh, so Bill Barnwell apparently put out there, he put out like a, like a, a hot seat list for players-

Okay

... for coaches, for ev- everything in the g- in the, in the football world, and David Montgomery made the list for the Houston Texans.

We talked about it.

Yeah.

Bill Barnwell.

Detroit Lions-

[clears throat] And this is interesting.

This is from our friends there at, uh, Joe Bucs Fan, uh, in care of, uh, Bill Barnwell of ESPN talking about Todd Bowles, and did he save his job? Uh, Barnwell has this to say: "The Buccaneers are somehow doing this with a formula that doesn't make sense.

Bowles' defense is blitzing at fourth highest rate in the league, but the Bucs rank only twenty-eighth in sack rate.

Instead, they are winning by stopping the run at fifth best rate in the NFL, by success rate and getting off the field on third down, where they have the eighth best defensive stop rates.

Like, they're gonna have to be better pass protected, they're gonna have to be better opening up rushing lanes for the ground attack, but I think in terms of the pass game, that's what they want to be and they're starting to show proof of concept.

Before we move on to, you know, getting into the week six preview with the Cowboys in our confidence, concern and curious portion, Bill Barnwell of ESPN.

Jacob, I'll start with you.

Yeah.

It's the second time he's missed a PAT.

Like, we're talking about, if he makes one of those kicks, are we having this conversation? I don't know.

If he makes one of those kicks, does Bill Barnwell write the, part of the story? I'm not...

I, I will say the sentiment, I can say I'll understand it later in the year.

... a lot of pressure on him.

I saw Bill Barnwell has him in his, like, 15...

Is he had a list of 15 players and coaches on the hot seat? Bo Nix was on the list.

I didn't s- I mean, it said Nix.

Maybe he meant a different Nix.

Maybe he meant ESPN's Wendy Nix.

But I, I saw the word Nix, and I, I'm pretty sure it was Bo who's on the hot seat in Denver according to Bill Barnwell.

So I, I, yeah, I didn't like the Broncos with Tim Tebow.

The story from Denver is maybe just as much, if not more interesting.

Bo Nix listed on Bill Barnwell's list of players and coaches on the hot seat, Brock.

One of 15.

Plenty of pressure on him, for sure.