Micah Parsons Traded and the 2025 Take Purge, With Bill Simmons

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🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Welcome to the Take Purge. All NFL-and fantasy football-related takes, including those you don’t actually believe, will be legal for 60 continuous minutes. All rational thought, logic, and professional credibility will be suspended during this time. (0:00) TAKE PURGE (53:47) COWBOYS TRADE MICAH PARSONS (01:12:45) BILL SIMMONS JOINS THE POD Check out our 2025 Ringer Fantasy Football Rankings here! Email us! [email protected] Sponsored by YahooFantasy #YahooPartner. Play Now at yahoofantasy.com/promo Getaway sales event. The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit www.rg-help.com to learn more about the resources and helplines available. Hosts: Danny Heifetz, Danny Kelly, and Craig Horlbeck Guest: Bill Simmons Producers: Carlos Chiriboga, Ronak Nair, and Kai Grady Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is not a test. This is your emergency podcast system announcing the commencement of the annual take purge. At the siren, all takes, including things you don't actually believe, will be legal for 60 continuous minutes.
0:22.5	No players, coaches, or media members of any kind will be granted immunity.
0:27.3	All rational thought, logic, and professional credibility will be suspended.
0:31.9	The Ringer Podcast Network thanks you for your participation.
0:35.6	May our take God Chris, be with you all.
0:49.7	Welcome to the Ringer Fantasy Football Show.
0:51.5	My name is Danny Hyfitts, and I'm joined by Danny Kelly and Craig Krollbeck.
0:53.9	And oh my God, we were doing the take purge and then Micah Parsons got
0:57.3	traded in the middle of it. So this episode's kind of going to be one third or one half take purge, which if you don't know is like our favorite episode thing we do all year. We'll explain it in a moment. Then it's like a quarter,
0:52.6	Michael Parsons got traded
0:53.9	and we freak out. Then
0:56.2	Bill Simmons walks We'll explain it in a moment. Then it's like a quarter, Micah Parsons got traded and we freak out.
1:12.9	Then Bill Simmons walks in and then we just kind of talk about the Michael Parsons trade again.
1:18.2	I didn't even know he was at the office today.
1:19.8	He came barging in holding his own chair.
1:22.7	Follow us on Instagram, Ringer Fantasy Football.
1:26.9	They got a video, Jomey, and you guys got a video of Bill actually sneaking in in the recording.
1:31.3	He brought, B.YOC, brought his own chair to this recording.
1:34.0	So follow us on.
1:34.7	It actually worked out quite nicely because we were kind of getting to the end of our Take Purge hour.
1:38.6	We were like 50 minutes in.
1:39.9	And then Jerry Jones had his own Take Purge and Michael Parsons was traded.
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