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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27299239/predicting-nfl-teams-likeliest-decline-barnwell-picks-five-2019', 12)                  | >>>My column on teams likely to improve<<< started in California , so let 's go back there to start this list :                                                                                                                                                 |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27526889/barnwell-how-all-32-nfl-teams-win-super-bowl-liv', 75)                                 | Tampa Bay is one of the teams >>>I expect to improve in 2019<<< , in part because it 's virtually impossible for its defense to be worse than it was in 2018 .                                                                                                  |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27526889/barnwell-how-all-32-nfl-teams-win-super-bowl-liv', 142)                                | They seem buried in the NFC West behind the Rams and Seahawks , but the Rams are one of the >>>league 's most likely teams to decline<<< , and the Seahawks rode an unsustainably effective defense on third downs and in the red zone to a playoff berth .     |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27526889/barnwell-how-all-32-nfl-teams-win-super-bowl-liv', 210)                                | As I wrote in my >>>teams likely to decline column<<< , though , history suggests the Cowboys wo n't be as effective in close games and should take a step back in 2019 .                                                                                       |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27680783/barnwell-stacking-surprises-nfl-seven-3-0-teams', 102)                                 | When >>>I suggested that the 49ers were likely to improve in 2019<<< , I pointed out one factor that was extremely unlikely to reoccur .                                                                                                                        |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27751910/nfl-quarter-season-awards-barnwell-picks-mvp-best-rookies-more', 125)                  | The Bucs posted the >>>second-worst red zone defense since 2001<<< .                                                                                                                                                                                            |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/27858870/nfl-playoff-risers-barnwell-six-surprising-teams-next', 17)                            | When I wrote in August that the 49ers >>>were among the most likely teams in the league to improve<<< , I pointed out a few things that were almost sure to improve .                                                                                           |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28403463/barnwell-guide-2019-nfl-playoffs-how-all-12-teams-win-super-bowl', 408)                | How they got here : The 49ers were the poster children for regression toward the mean and >>>an easy pick as the most likely team in the league to improve this season<<< .                                                                                     |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28518265/ten-chiefs-49ers-players-coaches-took-step-super-bowl-redemption', 181)                | They imported Ford , signed Kwon Alexander to what amounted to a big one-year deal and trusted that >>>their secondary would regress toward the mean<<< after somehow coming away with a NFL record-low two interceptions in 2018 .                             |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28563798/five-teams-the-49ers-2020-all-similarities', 3)                                        | I mentioned last week that the 49ers ranked among the most unlikely Super Bowl teams in league history , and while there were >>>plenty of reasons to think they would improve<<< , no one at this time last year projected them to make it to Super Bowl LIV . |
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| ('espn.com/nfl/story/_/page/billbarnwell090920/the-case-all-32-nfl-teams-make-super-bowl-lv-2020-season-jags-chiefs', 79) | Back in January , I laid out the similarities between the Lions and last year 's 49ers , a team that >>>I projected as likely to improve before the season<<< .                                                                                                 |
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