Maye Vs. Stafford, Week 18 Picks & the 21 Best 21st Century Sports Movies With Peter Schrager, Joe House, and Sean Fennessey
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What is discussed at the start of this section?
The Bill Simmons Podcast is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook. We are also brought to you by the Ringer Podcast Network. I put up a rewatchables on Monday. It was my 50 most rewatchable movies of the 21st century. It was my list. There were a lot of caveats to it, including they were just movies I had seen the most times because of family, wife, because I liked having just a movie on in the background as I was working, whatever it was. It was my most rewatchable movies. Needless to say, people had some opinions on it, but I loved it. Anyway, you can check that out on the rewatchables on Spotify, on YouTube, wherever you get your pods. We have another episode coming. I think we have two next week. Stay tuned for two.
I think we're going to do a mailbag episode on Monday and then a movie episode on Wednesday. So be ready for that. Coming up on this podcast, we're going to do week 18 picks, Joe House, Peter Schrager. We're going to talk about the MVP picks. And a whole bunch of NFL stuff heading into the long weekend because I think most people have Friday off. And then special segment just recorded today with Sean Fantasy, my 21 best sports movies. of the 21st century this was not a me personally these are the movies i genuinely feel like are the 21 best movies uh sports movies of the 21st century as you know i love sports movies care about them have been writing about them uh my entire career back when i used to write um and have a lot of thoughts so sean helped me do
He helped me basically react off the top 21 and then came up with a key save for the list. So stay tuned for that. Anyway, this is a very fun podcast. Hope you had a great New Year's Eve. I did as well. I don't know if my wife has showered yet. She's in rough shape. Shout out to her for surviving last night. Anyway, Pearl Jam's coming up in a second. We're going to take a break. And then Peter Schrager and Joe House. The Bill Simmons Podcast is presented... by FanDuel. FanDuel's got it all. Same game parlays, 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.
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All right, we're recording late New Year's Day afternoon. There's probably some college football blowout happening right now. We apologize. We can't comment on that. Joe House is here, as always, trying to figure out our Week 18 picks, some other stuff. Peter Schrager demanded to join us. He's in Tampa Bay in a hotel room. You just wanted to be on.
What are the key factors in the NFL MVP race?
Explain why. Why did you have the eye of the tiger? We had such a good experience two weeks ago, but the pang in my stomach and in my heart was No Joe House. And I said it there when we were doing the pod after Ram Seahawks, No Joe House. Well, we go on. We have a great pod. Maybe my favorite pod with you that we've done. And just about every text I got was, it was good, but no Joe House. So this week with MVP voting being done midnight on Sunday and coach of the year voting and a full slate and me being in lovely Tampa for the Panthers Buccaneers, I'll be the sideline reporter. I begged you, can I get more airtime? And you were so kind to open up the door just a sliver. Always available. Yeah, so you don't have an MVP vote.
I recused myself. You did. Why'd you do that? Did you still have one for NBA? Yeah, I love having one. Zach got rid of his and I call him a wuss about it every year. I love the responsibility. It's great. It became too annoying. Like I had a Hall of Fame, I was a Hall of Fame alternate voter and I would get, I would get, from family members. It was just a lot. The MVP thing, once I came over to NFL Network, I was like, it's just my ego satiated.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is discussed at the start of this section?
0:05–3:26
2
What are the key factors in the NFL MVP race?
3:26–10:12
3
What insights are shared about the NFL playoffs?
10:12–30:11
4
How do the hosts analyze the Week 18 picks?
30:11–1:13:19
5
What are the key matchups in the NFL playoffs this week?
1:13:19–1:13:57
6
What are the Ringer 107 picks for Week 18?
1:13:57–1:14:32
7
What are the 21 best sports movies of the 21st century?
1:14:32–1:15:14
8
How does Bill Simmons rank the best sports movies?
1:15:14–2:26:45
Speakers
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