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The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Voodoo Steelers, NFC South Comedy, an Eagles Theory, Guess the Lines Round 1, and Jaylen’s Crazy Year With Cousin Sal

The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Ringer

Sports

4.529.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 111 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal right after the Ravens miss the game-winning field goal against the Steelers to recap Week 18 (2:26). Then, they guess the lines for Round 1 before ending with Parent Corner (01:02:42). Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Cousin Sal Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo This episode is brought to you by Apple Watch. Find our more at apple.com/apple-watch-series-11 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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1:11.4

We are also brought to by the Ringer podcast network where I have a new rewatchable is coming for you on Monday night. It's going to be a mailbag. We have not recorded it yet. We're actually recording it tomorrow. I want to do it as late to when we're actually putting up the podcast as possible. I hope you checked out the 50 most rewatchable movies of the 21st century that we did last week. Got a lot of commotion for it. It was pretty funny. It played out exactly how I thought it was going to play out. I had a great time doing that pod. I'm glad people enjoyed it. We might have two rewatchables this week. I think that's in play. We might have a movie coming up on Wednesday, too. I'm going to have a podcast on Tuesday this week as well as on Thursday and then uh Sunday coming off of Pat's Chargers

1:19.3

Yikes uh round one which will be available on Spotify as a video podcast on all platforms as a podcast

1:27.3

and then the video will be on Netflix

1:29.9

as well. So stay tuned for that in a week. Just wanted to remind you on that one. Coming up,

1:35.5

Cousin Sal and I talk about just, I'm not going to say bonkers. I'm not going to say crazy.

1:41.1

Just a bizarre day of football, bizarre two days. So it is all next. We're going to take a break, bring a pro jam, and then goes and stuff. The Bill Simmons podcast is presented by Fandall. Fandall's got it all. Same game parlay's, quick bets for jumping in live. They have your way. Go check out your way. You can build the bet that fits your play, your way. Plus, don't miss out on the NFL playoffs. One of my favorite times of the year all month long. Download the Fandoah app or head to fandole.com slash BS to get started. Get ready for the playoffs. Let's go. Must be 21 plus president select states, 18 plus in D.C., Kentucky, and Wyoming.

2:18.6

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Call 88879-777 or visit ccpg.org slash chat in Connecticut. All right, Sunday night, just watched these Steelers, the voodoo stealers, the

3:00.6

garbage stealers, the what-the-fuck Steelers, what are they sell?

3:04.5

I don't know how they do it.

3:05.9

I honestly don't.

3:07.1

They wait around for the top two safeties to butt heads and, you know, join the blue tent

3:12.4

Steelers so you can complete a pass. I don't know what the hell that was.

3:16.5

Every time you have a big play in the first three quarters, it's going to get called back

3:20.2

with some sort of penalty or we're going to get some sort of garbage something.

3:57.5

And then it all comes down to they finally goes against them. They miss an extra point. And it seems like the Ravens are going to knock them out. And then guess who misses the kick, the Ravens. Yeah. Tucker, they got to cut that Tucker, dude. No, no, no. I knew that Tucker was going to backfire him. That was on pace for such a shitty game. That was going to be like a 1412 game. And then like, I think like what happened with the safety's cliding, that opened up some, some pass opportunities for Rogers. And I think like Lamar had what? He had completed like four passes before the wide open of Zay Flowers.

4:00.9

I mean, Mike, you could throw a spaceship or run that through that zone.

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