Listen to this episode from The Bill Simmons Podcast on Spotify. The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal to discuss the Eagles' win over the Dolphins, Rams-Steelers, the Ravens trouncing the Lions, Colts-Browns, the Patriots' shocking upset win over the Bills, Chiefs-Chargers, Raiders-Bears, and more (2:08), before guessing the lines for NFL Week 8 (51:29), and closing the show with Parent Corner (1:23:09).Host: Bill SimmonsGuest: Cousin SalProducer: Kye CrichtonThe Ringer is committed to responsible gaming, please checkout theringer.com/RG to find out more or listen to the end of the episode for additional details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
I don’t think Simmons is anywhere near as bad as he could be, considering he’s now a mega rich media mogul who could say whatever he wants. People want to act like he’s Skip, but I believe he’s still trying to give good info and reasonable takes. He’s popular because his whole shtick is being the slightly sophisticated everyman. Blue collar with just a crust of snobbery. Spewing bullshit hot takes isn’t his brand. He doesn’t have to do that to drive clicks. I find most of his takes on sports and pop culture to be reasonable or, at the very least, sincere.
I don’t think Simmons is anywhere near as bad as he could be, considering he’s now a mega rich media mogul who could say whatever he wants. People want to act like he’s Skip, but I believe he’s still trying to give good info and reasonable takes. He’s popular because his whole shtick is being the slightly sophisticated everyman. Blue collar with just a crust of snobbery. Spewing bullshit hot takes isn’t his brand. He doesn’t have to do that to drive clicks. I find most of his takes on sports and pop culture to be reasonable or, at the very least, sincere.
He’s hella reasonable. Fans just get salty when he says something they don’t like.
Like Rockets fans any time Jalen Green gets mentioned
He doesn’t have anything reasonable to say about him.
He throws out all level of context with Green.
That’s not true. He’s said he likes Green a number of times. Fans just fall for the times he says something not good about him.
A lot of guys don’t think he’s that good as of now and that’s fair to say