The Long Hug | Week 16 NFL Preview & Picks
Anything Better?
All Things Comedy
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 18 December 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Paul is officially out of the running to beat the book, but Bill is holding strong at a game ahead of .500. They also talk about Old Man Rivers and the hug that lasts too long.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, everybody, and welcome back to the Anything Better podcast, NFL edition for going into, |
| 0:08.8 | oh my God, three more weeks, Bill. |
| 0:10.5 | It's, dude, it feels like we started this two weeks ago with your host, me, Paul Verzi, |
| 0:16.1 | Bill Burr, you know we have the snake with the injury reports as always and we got the Greek freak, |
| 0:21.5 | the Beverly Hills kid, Andrew Themless. |
| 0:24.5 | Bill, I got to tell you something, okay? |
| 0:27.1 | I'm a kid that likes to give flowers when it's time because you know what? |
| 0:30.1 | I like getting my flowers. |
| 0:32.9 | Oh, you're a sensitive guy. |
| 0:35.5 | You know, for the last four years you have given me you paul this and |
| 0:39.5 | paul's good at picking bill burr you are the hope you are like the first star wars that ever came out |
| 0:44.8 | a new a new hope you are right there with three weeks left three and one again you know they thought |
| 0:52.5 | the game i'm swinging in the dark i have not watched one second of football in two weeks. |
| 0:56.4 | I watched the Pat's highlights. |
| 0:58.6 | I've been super busy, you know, with the kids and all of that. |
| 1:04.6 | I've just been, you know, I haven't been paying attention. |
| 1:07.8 | And my wife has got somebody at the door here. |
| 1:12.7 | So... No, Bill, before the season before the season they were going has the game passed them by is he on the |
| 1:17.9 | hot seat and then you had that bounce back year coach at a year coach the year um all right well |
| 1:25.3 | we are in i think we're in what is this this? Was this week 16? Oh, my God. Week 16. Paul, you can't stop it. All he can do is enjoy it, you know? Listen, it's like your kids are going old. This guy once said to me, Paul, time marches on. And I was like, you know what? I think you're on to something there. It's like your kids |
| 1:44.5 | getting old. You just, you know, it happens and you just got to enjoy the moments while they're happening. Dude, I'm going to tell you, man, I've been enjoying the moments. I don't know if I'm ever going to go on the road again. Oh, dude. I'm just a homebody. My freaking Disney dad now. I went to Disney with my kid. |
| 2:01.9 | I had the best time ever. |
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