2025 NFL Week 14 Late and Primetime Games Preview with Bill Barnwell

24:12Bill Barnwell:And like everyone just assumed they were going to get blown out in the playoffs. And then they did. And it was a team that had a super bowl predigree. I don't think they're going to be like that. Like, I think they'll probably lose in more heartbreaking fashion in these games if they're, if they're going to lose. Yeah. I mean, I just, last week they missed an extra point that would have tied the game. They're in position in the red zone to score. Jalen hurts fumbles in the tush push the week before. They go up 21-0 on the Cowboys. They're positioned to get in the red zone and score again. And a penalty gets good catch called back.

24:41And then they fumble on the next play. There's been a fair amount of bad luck. And the defense is still playing well enough. I know they didn't play great against the run last week. But they have been good enough that I'm not anticipating a Matt Patricia-led collapse here down the stretch. So they might be not as good maybe as they looked earlier this year. But I don't think they're going to have a collapse the way they did in 2020.

25:00Bill Barnwell:And keep an eye on Nick Sirianni. I wouldn't be surprised if he is calling the plays this week. I know they're not going to announce it or anything, but whether he's going to have a bigger hand, he's returning to the place where he cut his teeth. You know, they have moved up, up the highway from San Diego to here. He didn't coach in SoFi Stadium. I hope he doesn't go to the wrong stadium. Yes, but he was a charger for a long time. It's time for the Sunday drive presented by Toyota. Let's go places. Texans in Kansas City. Chiefs are favored by three and a half. it's the NBC A team Rico Collinsworth I do know Chris Collinsworth personally?

25:39I've had a conversation or two with him I did a panel with him at a conference once

25:43Bill Barnwell:I have never had a conversation with him but he once pre-taped different segments for a fantasy show it was called The Fantasy Fix with me and Tiffany Simons on NBCSports.com about 18 years ago where he pre-taped the segment kind of like Michael Jordan is doing with Mike Tirico where he did it all in one day and he had to just sit there for 20 straight segments and ask us a question hey Greg and Tiffany who do you think is gonna okay that was a bad Chris Collinsworth but I tried that was not bad that was good oh man that was so much better than I could have done who do you think should start for the Packers Sam Congato or Amon Green or is it like something like that um I just love that these two teams are playing each other right now is awesome.

26:34Bill Barnwell:Because the Chiefs are just holding on for dear life, and the Texans are reborn. And yet whoever loses this game is in a tough spot, including the Texans. What fascinates you most from this game? Oh, Greg. Fascinating me. Terrifying me. Scaring me. The Chiefs offensive line versus Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter. So according to the most recent reports, as we tape this on Wednesday afternoon here on the East Coast, Josh Simmons has a dislocated wrist. Probably not going to play. I think he's going to IR. The word is he's going to IR is the expectation. Typically, you don't play with a dislocated wrist.

27:18I feel confident on that one. Trey Smith, Juwan Taylor, both questionable. It sounds like maybe the wrong side of questionable for this game. Greg, that means Jalen Moore, according to Chiefs beat reporters at right tackle, Mike Caliendo at right guard. And yes, after spending the entire offseason trying to avoid this happening, the Chiefs are expecting the Wanya Morris experience to happen again at left tackle against the scariest one -two punch of edge rushers in all of football, in Will Anderson and Daniel Hunter. it's a absolute nightmare for the Kansas city chiefs to have this happen against this particular opponent.

28:03Bill Barnwell:That's so well said and true. And I'm so spooked by the chiefs that this all, when you say these things, it all just seems to be setting up. Well, well, of course then Andy Reed's going to come up with this great game plan. And we're going to be talking Sunday night about how did they overcome all of this? But you know how many times I've thought that this season and then it, but it hasn't happened. And like how many times I thought, well, yeah, this is the moment where, you know, when it's not looking great, actually, they're going to do this. And they don't. And I'll ask you this. Like, do you think Andy Reid's missing something here?

28:39Bill Barnwell:Does he need a little inspiration? It's almost like they've just run out of ideas or something. Maybe having so many limitations this week, they'll somehow come up with something crazy like the Andy Reid of old. I feel like we haven't been seeing that, even though we've been seeing prime Patrick Mahomes. I don't know if we've been seeing prime Andy Reid. Craig, I'll tell you what. Andy Reid can just watch this show. I will tell Andy Reid what he needs to do to win this game. He doesn't need Matt Nagy. He doesn't need a big staff. I'll keep it very simple for Andy Reid and the Chiefs. Run the damn ball.

29:16And run it from under center. And don't do your shotgun runs. Don't do your RPOs. Get underneath center and run the damn ball. The Chiefs are the second best offense in football by EPA per play on under center designed rushes. And the Texans, Greg, are 26th in EPA per play on under center design rushes. I don't think there's anything they can do to stop those edge rushes. We saw in the Super Bowl last year, right? Like they tried to chip with Kelsey. They tried to help out on their best player and Jalen Carter and then have one-on-ones elsewhere. It didn't work. Kelsey's not a good chipper. They had fewer guys going out into routes.

29:53There just wasn't anybody getting open. And the Chiefs were still losing enough of their one-on-ones to the Eagles that Mahomes was still getting sacked, even though at some points they were max protecting or keeping seven in protection. I don't think you want to lean heavy into the pass in this game. I think you want to try to run the football. You want to try to give your offensive lineman as much help as possible. You want to avoid third and long as much as possible. And I don't know if that's going to work because this is a inferior version of the Chiefs offensive line than the one they've had at their best earlier this year.

30:24But especially if you can get Trace Smith in the lineup, I think you have to give it a shot just because to me, that is the most plausible way you can have a sustainable and successful offense against this Texans team.

30:37Bill Barnwell:Barnwell becoming a run the damn ball guy in his dotage. You know, who would have thunk it? Forget Rams, Panthers. That's the biggest upset of the year. I think Pacheco looked better last week than he did early in the season he hasn't looked great for a couple seasons I thought just to my eye he had a little more juice last week and limited snaps they still were using cream hunt so he would be the guy if you can get kind of the old version of Pacheco back on the flip side like can Houston's offense continue to kind of catch a groove of normality. Now, they're mixing in these dumb plays where they mess up in short yardage or they have illegal formations or they're handing it off to the tight end.

31:26Bill Barnwell:There's still some real Texan-y stuff in there. But whether it was Davis Mills or CJ Stroud last week, especially in the second half, they have been pretty cohesive as just like a normal looking offense, especially passing the ball. And they're getting more out of Xavier Hutchinson and Jaden Higgins and Dalton Schultz, which I think is really important to have kind of an array of options for CJ Stroud to go to. We know Nico Collins is a badass. He'll probably be matched up on Trent McDuffie for a lot of this game. It's a pretty ordinary defense for the chiefs. And so I do kind of feel like the, the Texans are coming into their own as just a normal offense.

32:06Bill Barnwell:Do you think they can keep that going? I like when you say mix in dumb plays, like there's a section of the play sheet that just has dumb plays. Plays do not call. And Nick Kelly cannot resist the urge to call that play in the wrong spot. Well, it's like poorly executed plays. Just like in that Colts game, they could have won by a lot more if they could just pick up a yard in third or fourth and one. So it's not even necessarily a play call, but they they're still not great is my point. But the rest of the they are moving the ball a little bit. They are moving the ball. And so they've been way more efficient on a play by play basis.

32:40And there's a stat called success rate, which measures how often you stay on schedule on the offensive side of the ball. They are third in success rate on offense over the last month of the year, even though Mills was playing quarterback for three of those four games. And the way they're doing it to me is by getting another offensive lineman on the field. They have leaned heavily into the six offensive lineman sets, which, number one, their linemen aren't very good. So getting an extra one on the field helps. Just creating a further path for edge rushers to get to the quarterback. It kind of simplifies some of your pass pro because, you know, if you're going to full slide, if you're going to try to get one-on-ones, it's a little easier to have an extra lineman on the field.

33:18So you can handle, you know, some bigger fronts better. They've been running the ball more efficiently. They have had a 55 % success rate with Sticks offensive lineman sets over the course of the year. Second best rate in football. and for the Chiefs I think that's a really big problem because number one they want to live in nickel anyway like they'll play base defense if they have to but they want to live with five six defensive backs on the field a lot of the Steve Spagnuolo exotic stuff is going to come out of nickel and dime packages and so by getting into six-o-line sets you're basically daring them to match with their base defense and then you're limiting a lot of what Spags can do with kind of his exotic pressures.

33:59And then I think the biggest thing is if you can avoid the third and long. That was, I think, the biggest problem for the Texans last year. They had 6.2 snaps per game and third and eight plus. And with their offensive line, that was a nightmare. I mean, all those third and longs were disaster. They had 15 of them in the two games against the Chiefs last year and only converted four of them. And so this year, it's down to five per game over the last four. It's still not ideal, to your point. Still some sloppiness. This run game has not been great. It's been maybe a tiny bit better. But if you can avoid those third and longs, you're getting away from the spags, the spags downs where he can dial up his best stuff.

34:37You're getting away from the places where you're going to be blitzable, where your tackles are going to be one-on-one. If you can avoid those spots, this offense is going to be fine. And by staying on schedule and having a high success rate, you are avoiding those third and longs. And so that's going to make this a very tough matchup for the Chiefs if the Texans can pass the ball well on early downs, even if it's on a big plate, even if it's just a three, four, five yard gain, avoiding the negatives, avoiding the penalties, avoiding the sacks, that's how this offense moves forward. Yeah, this is, I never count out Steve Spagnuolo

35:06Bill Barnwell:to have the right game plan, but it's just an ordinary defense. They don't have enough. Can I give you one more stat, Greg? Please. Chiefs defense this year when they blitz, 32nd in the NFL in pressure rate. That is the tough part for me with this Chiefs defense is that their identity is the perfect blitz at the right time. And I don't think Steve Spagnuolo has forgotten how to blitz. It's just been way less successful when they have blitzed at any defense. If you blitz and you don't get home, you're in a terrible problem. And so if the Chiefs are not going to get home with their blitzes in this game and they have had a lot of trouble getting home with their blitzes this year, I would expect Jaden Higgins, Xavier Hutchinson, Nico Collins, even Dalton Schultz to have a lot of favorable matchups downfield and CJ Stroud to find those receivers.

35:50Bill Barnwell:And just judging on eye tests, like the last month, the Houston offensive line for all the grief that they've taken been like, yeah, it's been pretty normal. I would say it's been like a little below average. Ben Baldwin does this. It's very hard to get metrics on offensive line. Yeah. Where they have, he, he combines three different offensive line metrics from sports and flow info solutions and PFF and the SBN. And they were like 20th. And I was like that. That's great. That's normal. All right. That's going to be an awesome game. I think I'm taking the Texans. Let's take a quick break and we're going to be back to wrap up the week 14 slate.

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42:33Bill Barnwell:He's a pro, and I can see that prep in this show. This is the part of the show that's got to test you a little more. Broncos heavily favored at Vegas. I feel like we've covered the Raiders too much lately on this show. It's just been so bad. The Broncos are obviously the more interesting side. Could this be a rare? Okay. Bear with me here. A revenge game for Bo Nix and the Broncos just against how bad they looked against the Raiders. Last time, everyone was making fun of them for how terrible they look putting up like 200 yards of offense against the Raiders. So it's a revenge game against expectations and it's in the perfect, you know, conditions of a Legion stadium.

43:17Greg you know I did go to that coffee shop and I rewatched the Broncos Raiders game and weirdly everyone everyone left everyone cleared out of the coffee shop because the game was so awful um I I think Patrick Graham had a really good game plan against Bo Nix in that first game contained him in the pocket didn't let him rush he didn't have a single scramble I think his five attempts it was kneel downs and sneaks in that game um it was taking away the first read Bo Nix was 9 of 20 for 113 yards and two picks when he held the ball for over two and a half seconds. It was a lot of basically daring Bo Nix to be a quarterback.

43:53Go through your progressions, work out of the pocket. That's not what Sean Payton wants Bo Nix to do. It's not what Bo Nix wants Bo Nix to do. But the Raiders showed that game plan. And so you would figure if you're going to talk about a guy who's good at adjusting, a guy who's good at coming up with stuff to counter what you want to do on defense with a week to watch that game and to look back i would imagine sean payton will be in pretty good shape in terms of what they're game planning for the raiders in this matchup so i do think it's a prove-it game uh for bo nicks and i do think that the broncos will be better on offense although a little concerned about the run game without jk dada

44:30Bill Barnwell:yeah they haven't looked as good this the raiders defensive numbers were were pretty good coming out of that game, for instance, like over the course of the season, they were slightly better than average considering their talent level was a good coaching job by Pete Carroll and Patrick Graham on that side of the ball. Since then, it hasn't looked good. There's just not much push. I think Sean Payton in much better conditions and the conditions were terrible that night. It was freezing. Like it's just gonna find too much offense for the Raiders to keep up. Gino looks looks a little shell-shocked out there.

45:03Bill Barnwell:And watching him against this Broncos team doesn't seem fair. The Broncos, like Miles Garrett, are going after an NFL record. They have a real chance here to get the NFL team sack record. And you know who's helping out every week when they face another defense and helping their sack numbers? It's Geno Smith and the Raiders. It's just like a walking seven sacks to start the game. It's tough to watch. Like, what do you like when you see this Broncos defense at their best. I mean, you didn't even mention that they didn't have Pat Sertan, I believe, in that first game between these two teams. So now you're adding the reigning defensive player of the year back to a game where it felt like the Raiders could have played for 40 quarters and maybe not gotten to 21 points, which is probably what they needed to win that game.

45:52I mean, you're hoping maybe the Chip Kelly firing changes some things. I know that there's some reports this week that they were just running the Chip Kelly offense all along, or they were running the Pete Carroll offense all along. But, I mean, they could not, in that game, reliably get to Brock Bowers. The only big catch Brock Bowers had was a play where Talanoa Hufanga tried to jump in underneath, but basically just went off his instincts. And usually those are good. Sometimes they aren't. And this was a play where they weren't. Brock Bowers could open for a big game, but he otherwise was completely locked down.

46:21They just not had the ability to get the ball to their really, not only their best receiver, but really their only receiver of any note right now. They weren't able to run the football. Ashton John did not have a good game. And I don't put that on Ashton John did. I put that on the offensive line and the fact that the Broncos have one of the best defensive lines in football. But, you know, with the Raiders, it was like, OK, you don't have the talent, but you schemed up a good game. With the Broncos, the scheme is good and they have incredible talent and they're getting back their best defensive player.

46:51So it's just hard for me to imagine this game being significantly different for the Raiders offense. I would expect a lot of third and long, a lot of sacks. I would expect Nick Benito to, you know, try to win the best mortal defensive player award behind Miles Garrett. But I just don't see a way for the Raiders to dramatically change the way they approach offense in this game.

47:13Bill Barnwell:And I was going to say the Broncos, you know, they've skated by the last three weeks winning, actually four weeks, winning four games by a combined 10 points. They have had a couple blowouts this season. They had the Bengals game that was not close. They took care of the Cowboys pretty easily. I think this is going to be another one. And yeah, like I said, everyone check out Bill's show where we decided whether the Broncos were lucky or good. They were a good discussion. Let's wrap with the Rams, who are both good and not even think they're lucky. They actually maybe should be better than nine and three.

47:47Bill Barnwell:If you think about the way their season started, that Eagles game, certainly the Panthers game last week was a certain sort of... you know, losing the turnover battle and not being able to get the ball back. I do think in this matchup against the Cardinals, the Rams are favored by seven and a half. It's Kenny Albert and Jonathan Vilma on the call that there are some things that the Cardinals can do to bother him. And like the number one thing I'm probably watching from the Rams side is like, can the pass rush be a little more consistent? Teams have done a good job passing quickly to kind of mitigate the Rams pass rush.

48:24Bill Barnwell:and they struggled to get off the field last week. I mean, of course, that's the recipe to do it, but it's a little surprising. I know they don't blitz much, but they're not in the top 10 of pressure rate this season. Considering the talent that they have, I kind of want to see their pass rush come fully alive down the stretch, and this would be an opportunity to do so against a team in Jacoby Brissett who holds the ball quite a long time. Yeah, I mean, a lot of the success the Panthers had last week was throwing under two and a half seconds. A lot of quick game, a lot of just trying to find soft spots in zones.

48:58Nine of 11, Bryce Young for 122 and two touchdowns within two and a half seconds. And the Rams were only 15th in the NFL in QBR on throws under two and a half seconds. That's usually kind of like the common delineator for quick game versus a more traditional passing attack. And so in an ideal world, you would have the ability to make those throws. If you're Jacoby Brissett, that's just not typically how this offense works. They want to be more of a heavy play action team, which is going to be holding the ball, trying to hit more shots downfield. It's going to be tougher if Marvin Harrison doesn't play in this game.

49:30He's still uncertain. The Rams have been very good against tight ends this year. I think they're second in the NFL in QBR on targets to tight ends. And so not just as simple as getting the ball to Trey McBride. I love a little bit of Greg Dortch. I would always wish they'd get a little more Greg Dortch involved in the offense. But Greg, the big thing that I think really underpinned the Panthers' offense last week was running the football. And the Cardinals' offense is 30th in the NFL this year in APA per play on design runs. That's been the biggest disappointment for this team this season, full stop.

50:01It's just they have been a very fun, very aggressive rushing attack over the past couple years, whether it was losing their offensive coordinator, losing James Conner, losing Trey Benson, not having the ability to go to three tight end sets with Tip Reimann hurt. all those things probably contributed a little bit but they just have not been a good designed run team this year and so that was hurting with kyler murray they were getting stuck in a lot of third and longs they've been a little better because kobe percent i think is better in those drop back passing spots than kyler is but against the rams that might be the roost like you know if you're just if your play action game is taken out of the game because you're trailing and because you're uh you're not running the ball effectively and you're stuck in third and long that might be what unlocks a really good game from this rams pass right yeah

50:45Bill Barnwell:Yeah, I think it's a tough match because of what you just said. Trey Benson, by the way, not at practice. Marvin Harrison, not at practice. Harrison has a heel injury. I don't think he's expected to play. Benson, it's especially concerning because he came off the activation window and now he's not practicing. For what it's worth, and I don't think it's much, in this matchup, Sean McVay, Jonathan Gannon, a lot of the same players, was still a pretty good Rams offense last year. They scored 23 total points in two games. They averaged 11 and a half points. also included, you know, maybe the high moment of the Jonathan Gannon era, putting up a 40 burger on the Rams in like a 35 point victory early last season.

51:23Bill Barnwell:And then they had a struggle fast defensive game later in the year. This this Cardinals team is good enough to make you sweat, but then lose their 20th in DVOA, which is better than you would expect from a three and nine team. They have five point three, like estimated win. That sounds right. They actually seem like a five and seven team, but I always think that really great teams coming off a loss. There is a human element. I think where there's like the plexiglass principle, they bounce back generally. And I think they'll play their best. And I think they'll do it by running the ball. People don't, I think, realize how just how great they are running the ball.

52:02Bill Barnwell:And even last week against Carolina, they are getting such good push up front for Coram and Kyron Williams. So I could see a game. this is not a fantasy show Bill but like where you got like a Bears thing going on where both Corum and Kyron Williams go over 100 yards and it's like 31 to 16 and it's just like a run fest for the Rams that's the type of game you can't lose in the division they cannot lose this game in the division or else you can actually let in San Francisco to win this division still they're 4-1 in the division San Francisco I have a question for you we'll set you up I guess with that you gotta go pick up your kid I do.

52:40Any reason to think Matthew Stafford's rough game last week? Fluke? Any reason to think it could stick around? Any reason to think that the Rams should be a little concerned at all? Or just kind of a bad game?

52:52Bill Barnwell:Not at all. Because a couple were just the type of turnovers that he makes consistently throughout his career. He's aggressive. And it happens he held the ball a little. Like, no. Because he played well the rest of the game. Like, they averaged almost eight yards per play in that game. So that's a big fat no, because to me, he's he'll have some turnovers. It's kind of been a fluky how few turnovers he's had, but he's probably my MVP right now. If I had to choose, we don't have to. Yeah. I mean, Drake Bayne, we got five in the conversation. We don't have to. We got five. We got five. Would you give Jonathan Gannon a fourth season, by the way?

53:27Yes, I would. The defense is not the problem with this team. The offense is.

53:32Bill Barnwell:I love it. Bill. Those are an OK team. You said you were going to prep. and uh you did it and we did it and so everyone uh should check out um you know who knows we've got we've got you maybe we can get uh joe and troy uh on a podcast and we could introduce you guys i will um i'll pass that up the chain we'll see we'll see if uh see if that's likely to occur i'm seeing this from our great producer here that um you know maybe uh there was going to be some combination. There's an article out here on a podcast of like, maybe Schefter could be on NFL Network. And maybe me and you are now doing it together.

54:14Bill Barnwell:We are the synergy by the way, without even being asked that they're asking for. Me, you, and Mina. We've already been doing it. I'm the Trojan horse of NFL Network, it seems like. I'm just bringing the bristiality over to Culver City, Los Angeles. You made this multi-billion dollar merger happen. Thank you, Bill. Go pick up your lovely child. And that's it for our preview show. We will be back on Thursday with an exciting recap. We've got a banger. It's Cowboys. It's Lions. That'll be up in the feed from Nick Shook and myself. And then, yes, all the weekend content with our picks and Ali. Check us out on YouTube.

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