NFL Over/Unders, an Oscars Preview, and a Brady-Pats Feud | With Cousin Sal, Sean Fennessey, and Seth Wickersham

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 169 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal to guess the NFL over/unders for win totals (2:30). Then, Sean Fennessey hops on to talk about the Academy Awards subplots (01:12:17). Finally, Seth Wickersham joins to discuss Tom Brady’s complicated relationship with the Patriots and QBs as talked about in his book, ‘American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback’ (01:56:02). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Cousin Sal, Seth Wickersham, and Sean Fennessey Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo Sam’s Club | Join The Club of Yes And Uber Eats: Score Gameday deals all tournament long 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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0:39.1	We are also presented by the Ringer Podcast Network, where we put up a new
0:43.9	rewatchables episode on Monday night.
0:45.8	It was the second movie of CR Month, me, Chris Ryan, Kyle Brandt.
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1:11.3	We have an action-pack podcast on this one.
1:13.7	Cousin Sal and I are going to break down all the NFL over-unders that just came out on
1:18.8	Fandul and our instant reactions to that.
1:22.8	Sean Fennacy, we're talking Oscars because the Oscars are Sunday night.
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