The Patriots Are Pathetic, Detroit Crushes Minnesota, Plus Wild-Card Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal to discuss the Lions' 31-9 win over the Vikings to end the NFL regular season, the solidified playoff picture, the Rams giving up the 3-seed by losing to the Seahawks, Steelers-Bengals, the Bucs taking the NFC South (01:08), the Patriots surrendering the no. 1 draft pick by beating the Bills, the Dolphins and Bengals missing the playoffs, and some end-of-season observations (23:27), before guessing the lines for Wild-Card Weekend (53:00), and closing the show with Parent Corner (01:12:30). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Cousin Sal Producers: Kyle Crichton and Chia Hao Tat The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up, a whole lot of week 18 NFL stuff happened and the Patriots blew it.
0:05.9	And I'm really upset and I almost didn't want to host the podcast. That's next.
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0:49.8	but it's coming on Monday night. You'll be able to listen to it on any podcast platform.
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0:59.5	which has all the videos and clips from this podcast.
1:03.6	That's where we go live every Sunday night.
1:05.4	Cousin Sal is going to join me in one second.
1:08.4	Thank God I'm in a better mood than I was five hours ago. But we're going to get
1:12.6	this rolling. First, our friends from Pearl Jam.
1:38.6	Music All right. Well, it's a bad sign, Sal, that we're starting a podcast before Sunday night game ends.
1:43.8	I had so high hopes for Lions Vikings.
1:47.3	I know.
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