RIP, Norm Macdonald. Plus, the McCourty Twins and Bill’s Favorite Actor, Jon Bernthal

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.4 • 30.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 108 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by his longtime friend Daniel Kellison to remember Norm Macdonald (4:40). Then Bill talks with Super Bowl champions Devin and Jason McCourty about about going head-to-head in Week 1 in Foxborough, Mac Jones’s NFL debut, playing for coaches Bill Belichick and Brian Flores, the best QBs they’ve been on the field with, the hardest WRs to cover, their charity work in the fight against sickle-cell anemia, and more (35:00). Finally, Bill talks with actor Jon Bernthal about his beginnings on ‘The Walking Dead,’ preparing for ‘The Punisher,’ working with A-list stars like Leonardo DiCaprio and the Rock, as well as some of his current projects like ‘The Many Saints of Newark’, ‘Small Engine Repair’, ‘The Premise’, and more. They also have a lengthy discussion about their favorite sports movies (1:06:00). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Jon Bernthal, Devin McCourty, Jason McCourty, and Daniel Kellison Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Fantasy Football is back.
0:01.7	You don't want your team to suck.
0:03.8	My favorite fantasy football punishment I've ever heard is the last place guy had to spend 24 hours in a waffle house,
0:10.0	and every waffle he ate was one hour off of his count.
0:12.9	I want numbers. How many did he end up eating?
0:14.7	12 waffles and 12 hours.
0:16.3	I'm Danny Hyffetz.
0:18.2	I'm Danny Kelly.
0:19.2	And I'm Craig Horlbeck.
0:20.3	We host the Ringer Fantasy Football Show on the Ringer Podcast Network.
0:23.6	To avoid eating 12 waffles in a waffle house,
0:26.0	follow the Ringer Fantasy Football Show on Spotify.
0:30.1	We're also brought to you by Fandals Sportsbook as well as the Ringer Podcast Network where we launched the full go with Jason Goff.
0:37.0	It's a Chicago Sports Podcast in the mold of New York, New York with John Justremsky,
0:42.5	which has been really awesome to have all season.
0:45.6	Jason killed the first episode.
0:47.4	He really did a great job.
0:48.6	He really centered the first 40 plus minutes around.
0:52.4	Why won't the Bears just play just the fields of Randy Dalton?
0:55.4	He went 40 plus minutes.
0:57.0	It seemed like without a breath.
0:58.4	It was great.
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