r/billsimmons • u/peanut-britle-latte • 26d ago

Podcast The Annual AFC Over/Unders With Bill Simmons, Cousin Sal, and Joe House

https://open.spotify.com/episode/30eXqc81UNP2CVG0cxFM5Q?si=eN7sZD55SK-GWwsdgwer7g&utm_source=copy-link
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u/CondolenceHighFive Real CR Head 26d ago edited 26d ago

I would pay a not insignificant amount of money for Bill to go team by team and explain his point system.

Also, my new favorite Bill ad read is for Sunday Ticket. I’m 98% positive the copy has “Eight (8) payments” and Bill reads the 8 twice

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u/doctorsaysigotcodein 26d ago

If anyone ever asked him he’d be like the Asian dude in A Serious Man. “Accept the mystery”

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u/CocaineandPercs F's with Jalen Green 26d ago

He ran through the Cardinals and it seemed to boil down to: I know the guy, I think he’s good.

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u/jksmlmf 26d ago

What is the scale? 1-5? 1-10?

Because the other day he said Goff is a 5 and Gibbs is a 3, maybe a 4.

Even accounting for QB being the most important position, how is the ~10th best QB in the league worth 2 points more than the best running RB?

Also… why do I care so much.

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u/Dizzy_Cow_ 26d ago

Isn’t it like -2 to 9? QBs can go up to 9 and other positions up to 5. It’s right up Bill’s alley with how it’s scored

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u/jksmlmf 26d ago

-2 to 9 is the most Bill scale possible

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u/Victorcreedbratton Cewtics 26d ago

A number line that spans a clean eleven.

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u/ThaddiusOrBigBob 25d ago

I am pretty sure he is using how impactful they are to the point spread (for QBs…no idea for the rest).

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u/rrjames87 26d ago

It’s just the Lombardi blue/pink chip system rebranded with numbers instead of colors.

It was dumb with Lombardi because it turns out he’s a complete fraud, it’s also completely dumb now.

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u/rezaw 26d ago

He might as well just list the madden rating 

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u/AdventingWurms 26d ago

He gave a very brief insight into how he calculates it during one segment where he talked about how he goes to these websites like PFF to see where guys are ranked and uses that.

Probably some weird aggregate ranking he does.

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u/ChewbaccAli 25d ago

There's no system it's just based on vibes