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The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Dolphins’ Sleeper Potential, New York Rivalries, Sunday Ticket’s Future, and Red-Hot Million-Dollar Picks | With Peter Schrager, John Jastremski, and Bryan Curtis

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2022

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by John Jastremski and Peter Schrager to discuss the Dolphins being the annual NFL Playoffs sleeper team, along with other sleeper candidates—including the Chargers, Ravens, and Lions—before looking at their favorite underdogs for NFL Week 16 (3:25). Then Bill talks with The Ringer's Bryan Curtis about NFL Sunday Ticket moving to YouTube TV for the 2023-24 NFL season, as well as the three biggest media stories from 2022 (53:51). Next, Bill rejoins John Jastremski to discuss the Mets vs. Yankees offseasons, the Knicks finding their identity, and the Nets playing their best basketball (1:22:32). Finally, Bill celebrates getting out of the red and into the black as he gives out the Million-Dollar Picks for NFL Week 16 (1:49:56). Host: Bill Simmons Guests: Peter Schrager, John Jastremski, and Bryan Curtis Producer: Kyle Crichton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, if you love holiday food and why wouldn't you go check out the Dave Chang show his last two podcasts are called a very Dave Chang Christmas and a year and visit from restaurant no Stradamus.

0:10.8

Why wouldn't you love those podcasts go check them out the Dave Chang show only on the ringer podcast network.

0:17.1

We're also brought to you by the ringer podcast network where I will be putting up a new podcast on Sunday night.

0:22.9

Cousin Salon, I already guessed the lines we're gonna talk about week 16 football. We don't care if it's gonna piss off our families the podcast never stops especially Sunday night.

0:31.5

So stay tuned for that and stay tuned for a new rewatchables which is coming Monday night one of the biggest movies we've done all year.

0:37.8

The last rewatchable of

0:40.3

2022 and also on Christmas day. I'm gonna be doing a super boost for a fan dual sports book. It's either gonna be NBA or NBA crossed with NFL.

0:49.0

Not sure yet, but check out my Twitter feed over the weekend and suit me Twitter still exists and I'll be tweeting what we are boosting for a fan dual sports book coming up on this podcast.

1:00.8

John just strepski from our New York New York podcast and Peter Shrager we're gonna go through all the week 16 football games or the ones we care about and also.

1:09.4

Could the dolphins be the surprise team they see the way this is going I'm gonna give you a little history on that and JJ's a big dolphins fan.

1:15.8

Shrager obviously is covering the league as well as anybody we're gonna lay out all the scenarios for you. JJ's gonna stick around.

1:21.8

We're gonna talk Metz versus Yankees and we're gonna talk Nick's versus Nets and then my guy Brian Curtis is coming in from the ringer and

1:29.2

we're gonna discuss YouTube TV

1:32.9

stealing Sunday ticket from direct TV which is one of the four biggest sports media stories of the year in our opinion and we're gonna give you the other three as well.

1:40.1

So that is all coming up next and before we get to Pro Jam.

1:43.0

I wanted to wish my guy Wally Ramsey a happy and healthy 90th birthday was actually two days ago.

1:51.4

He was one of the most important teachers I ever had is my basketball coach who's the father of my buddy Gus and

1:58.3

you know the thing is especially when you when you're right for a living you're doing anything creative.

2:03.1

You need like three or four teachers at some point in your life who believe in you who make you think you're better than you are who teach you stuff.

2:10.8

Mentors crossed with influences and he was one of mine. He caught me at the perfect time in my life and

2:18.2

it was really the first person who made me think that I might actually be good at writing. So that's a whole other story. I won't tell it today but

2:25.7

happy 90th to Wally Ramsey.

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