Sir Barnwell, I appreciate your thoughtful insight and approach to analyzing the game, which includes both advanced level statistics and x’s & o’s. I wanted to pitch an idea for an early offseason episode. I am not a Saints fan, but their predicament is fascinating. You (and others) have discussed their situation from several 1,000 ft views. I would love to hear (possibly a cross over episode) you, Jason Fitzgerald, and Field Yates dive into the specifics of the Saints. How did they get here? Constant double down and pushing cap into the future. Which contracts were good, or less than ideal? What would you have done differently? Then what do they do now? Considering the new coach and how he changed his offensive philosophy this year with an Eagles team built to run, how do you build a team? Or does he adjust again? Considering cap implications, whom do you release? Slowly? Or a complete dump and reset? Older team to bring up the next generation or handle it like Houston? Bring in new free agents on short deals. Two years with half the team on league minimums? Who would you bring in? And the final piece, is draft. You know their draft picks this year and can project a couple years. Who do you draft? Draft back and get picks, which is not their traditional approach? Can they repeat their monster draft class of 2017? What if it’s only 3 starters per year that hit? I would love to hear you fix their fascinating situation. Thanks, David

Bill is super knowledgeable and interesting, and gas great guests. He does need to sort out his sound quality though!

Love the show—I’m new to football and am learning a lot here. The sound needs to be balanced. I jump in my seat during ad reads. If I stop listening to the show, it’ll solely be because of that reason.

It’s hard to beat the intelligence and care Barnwell puts into his work.

Bill is one of the most knowledgeable and thoughtful analysts out there. I don’t always agree with him but I do respect his opinion. You’ll be smarter for listening if nothing else.

Well-informed & entertaining discussions, great guests.

Bill 👏 Bill 👏 Bill 👏

Been following Barnwell since the Grantland days, and have always enjoyed his football insights. While the show is still enjoyable, it’s becoming clear that the podcast is a lower priority for Bill as he does more TV hits. Part of that shows in that it’s almost always the same teams being discussed every week, which is great if you’re a fan of the Steelers, Jets, Giants, Eagles or Cowboys. As a Packers/NFC North fan, I’ve come to accept that Bill just doesn’t follow the division closely and really seems out-of-depth when forced to discuss it.

Not the first to say, but audio is lacking for what otherwise is a quality show: - Bills audio is muffled, quiet, and cuts in and out. It’s like he’s leaning toward and away from a mic. - Bills audio is always waaaaay quieter than his guests. I have to turn up the volume to hear him, but his guests are then super loud - Ad reads are turned up to 11, I almost don’t want to listen with headphones. Going from bills rapid and muffled audio, to a professional reading is jarring. Even his own ad reads are night and day. It’s like he did the ads in a studio and the episode in a bathroom.

Good content but terrible audio - I can’t turn it up loud enough to hear it half the time, even though the ads are plenty loud. If I can’t hear the podcast, it’s bad.