Is This Real?...with Bill Barnwell

Through two weeks of the 2024 season, the Saints looked like a breakout offense while the Broncos ranked in the top five in defensive success rate. One of those held steady through the entire season. The other...did not. This year, we have some of those same types of early season surprises, including the Colts offense, the Falcons pass rush, and some real Chiefs panic. What of these are real and what are simply small sample size flukes? Robert Mays is joined by Bill Barnwell from ESPN to wade through all that on this episode of The Athletic Football Show. Rundown (timestamps are approximate) 4:55 The Colts offense 20:02 The Packers as the best team in the NFL 32:18 The Bears as a lost cause 45:19 Chiefs panic 56:32 The Falcons pass rush 1:03:13 The Vikings picked the wrong QB Connect with The Athletic Football Show X: https://x.com/TA_FootballShow IG: https://www.instagram.com/tafootballshow YT: https://www.youtube.com/@TAFootballShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tafootballshow Discord: http://discord.gg/theathleticfootballshow Call us: 847-448-0701 Email us: athleticfootballshow@gmail.com Host: Robert Mays With: Bill Barnwell Executive Producer: Michael Beller Producer: Michael Beller Follow Robert on Bluesky: @robertmays.bsky.social Follow Bill on Bluesky: @billbarnwell.com Follow Robert on X: @robertmays Follow Dan on X: @billbarnwell Theme song: Haunted Written by Dylan Slocum, Trevor Dietrich, Ruben Duarte, Kyle McAulay, and Meredith VanWoert / Performed by Spanish Love Songs Courtesy of Pure Noise / By arrangement with Bank Robber Music, LLC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.