A Crazy 49ers Win, Baltimore’s Alive, Week 18 Stakes, and Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.5 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2025

⏱️ 110 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal right after the 49ers take down the Bears on Sunday night to recap Week 17 of the NFL season (2:35). Then, they guess the lines for Week 18 before ending with Parent Corner (01:03:09). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Cousin Sal Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Learn more at https://linkedin.com/simmonsbill This episode is sponsored by State Farm®. Don’t settle for just any insurance when there’s State Farm. 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	I'm going to tell you exactly what you need to do.
0:02.0	Dominate your finances.
0:04.0	Sunday morning, listening to questionable financial advice from the Fintock Bros on his social feed.
0:11.0	Drowning in green.
0:13.0	Scale, scale, scale, scale, scale.
0:15.0	This is the moment Isaac chose to search Barclay's life skills,
0:18.0	get some better money intel and save up for that new skateboard.
0:22.3	We're helping young people become money confident.
0:25.4	Search Barclay's life skills.
0:27.5	Barclays, make money work for you.
0:35.0	The Bill Simmons podcast brought to you by the Ringer podcast network where I have a new rewatchable is coming for you on Monday night.
0:43.8	It is a special episode.
0:45.9	You're probably not going to expect what it is.
0:49.2	Parts of it will probably confuse you.
0:53.4	It might make you mad.
0:55.0	You're not going to know where it's going.
0:57.2	That's all I'm going to say.
0:58.6	But it's coming on Monday night.
1:00.3	And if you like the podcast and if you've listened to at least a few episodes over there,
1:04.4	I'm pretty confident you will enjoy this episode.
1:07.4	So that is coming on the rewatchables on Monday.
1:09.9	And then we're moving into our big
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