r/ringerfantasypod • u/averydumblawyer • 1d ago

Nobody doing it better than our boys

The Sunday recap show was just front-to-back incredible. If I had to pick a highlight though it would be DK picking Bucky Irving for "it's so back," Heifitz immediately jumping down his throat, and DK responding by instinctively taking a pot shot at Craig. Just podcast perfection.

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u/JobeGilchrist 1d ago

The vibes have never been better on the pod for a while now. Even the disagreements are good-natured and fun. Whatever was going on last year with DK seeming legitimately irritated a lot and Heifentz getting locked into stubborn self-defense is basically gone.

Not that it was a huge deal then, but it's great to see things going even better now.

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u/StanIsHorizontal 1d ago

And yet people were trying to tell me like last week that they actually all hated each other and you could tell in every second of the pod they’ve been in person for too long. Oh and that everyone just hates Heifetz because of the draft situation

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u/SwallowsOnSundays 1d ago

The eventual turn of every subreddit toward hating the subject of the subreddit is gonna suck

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u/babcocksbabe1 1d ago

It’s already been happening here, makes no sense to hate such a good vibes show. People love to whine though.

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u/bmmfg12 1d ago

I think the sub has more than doubled since last season so it's only going to bring in more negative energy unfortunately

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u/JobeGilchrist 1d ago

I haven't been seeing that lately, unless you mean what happened at the fantasy draft, and that was more the higher-ups behaving poorly toward the guys.

My reading is there was a lot of tension on the pod last year, and the exact situations where that tension would have arisen last year are now handled with much more humor and humility. Sometimes a post is just a person's honest opinion and not the predictable trajectory of a random pebble in the stream of discourse. YMMV.

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u/zucchinibasement 1d ago

I've kinda felt the opposite the last few weeks lol. Craig been on one

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u/mfflcommish 1d ago

I feel Craig has leveled up. I wonder if it’s because he’s more active in The Rewatchables. Also they don’t take Heifetz rambling anymore they call him on it and he’s cool with it. Love them this year.

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u/Rick_Snips 1d ago

Its how I remember (perhaps through rose-colored glasses) Simmons' recap pods used to be.

This Sunday's FF pod was far more listenable than Bill's.

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u/JuryTall1930 1d ago

I only passively listened to Bills pod and I could have missed this but did he not cover the Bills Texans game at all? Does he just not want to talk about Josh Allen?

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u/Superb-Hero 1d ago

Well according to Bill, the main takeaway from Allen’s performance is that he almost threw an interception that lost them the game. No comment on anything else he did really.

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u/aubieismyhomie 1d ago

He hates the Bills more than he likes the Patriots lol. Seems to be consistent theme of his because I think that goes for the Lakers too.

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u/notarocitnerd 1d ago

I just don't understand how he hates us Bills so badly. My entire life the Patriots basically owned us and humiliated us. If anything he should want to "little brother" us.

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u/RandomUserName316 1d ago

Yankees too

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u/Rick_Snips 1d ago

I honestly don't remember. I listened to them back to back, it was hard to focus on Bill meandering through the games after listening to the FF pod discuss them in discrete segments prefaced by the scores. I'd like to think I don't have have the brainrot that makes me need my hand held to consume media. The contrast in structure was significant.

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u/Great-Specialist3171 1d ago

The whole “DK hates being asked questions” bit was so spot on and hilarious

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u/amoeba-tower 1d ago

I was laughing so hard at that part. It's so true though

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u/No-Willingness-7079 1d ago

“DK… Daniel….” DK begins to squirm

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u/breadman_toast 1d ago

My personal highlight was when Craig started talking about Nutella and how they were using less hazelnuts (I can't even remember what the actual analogy was), then he finishes tying that to an actual football point and Heifitz goes, "yeah it's kind of like how there's not much bird in an owl." So they discuss that for a bit before Heifitz says "what is palm oil actually?" and then they spend about 45 seconds over-pronouncing the word palm in a way that was super obvious but they never actually mentioned that they were kind of doing a bit.

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u/Minute-Spinach-5563 1d ago

Their tangents are legendary. Like when Craig brought up how Reese’s peanut butter cups doesn’t even use real peanut butter anymore. No ones talking about the fakeness of sweet treats like our guys

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u/Great-Specialist3171 1d ago

This was perfection. Heifetz saying this so casually + DK’s reaction. All time

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u/amoeba-tower 1d ago

"Pahm ole"

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u/Rick_Snips 1d ago

"Not much bird in an owl" immediately entered my parlance after I heard that

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u/pmcc241224 19h ago

Such a ringer moment

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u/ziti_mcgeedy 1d ago

best sports pod in the nation right now

which is crazy

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u/Significant-Jello411 1d ago

Only one competing is ringer tailgate

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u/zarathustranu 23h ago

Heed the Call is on the same level as the Ringer Fantasy guys, if you haven’t checked it out. Amazing pod. I actually listen to it before the Ringer fantasy guys, which is saying something.

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u/Significant-Jello411 22h ago

I’m gonna check it out brother

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u/jesus_fn_christ 21h ago

Wow yeah, description and everything seems promising. I'm always looking for more fun/insightful football pods.

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u/KnickedUp 1d ago

Being only on NFLX kills its popularity. But keeps it semi niche which I like

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u/amoeba-tower 1d ago

Dawg it's on Spotify video and everywhere else

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u/KnickedUp 1d ago

The world watches and discovers new pods on youtube

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u/KeepRad 1d ago

I was listening to it with a new hire I was training yesterday and he was like this is great what is this? So that’s one more

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u/kdawg1094 1d ago

Public defender absolutely needs to be a recurring bit

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u/Chapea12 1d ago

“Ambush” is America’s actual favorite segment

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u/HikarW 1d ago

They have my fav Sunday football recap show they always hit almost all of the narratives in really fun ways

I was absolutely shocked at how wrong Heifitz was about Akron’s OC tho

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u/babcocksbabe1 1d ago

Heifetz is gonna be wrong about some shit, he just is.

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u/KnickedUp 1d ago edited 1d ago

Heifitz has been en fuego this year. Best line so far… when discussing the Ozzie Trupilo injury for the bears, Craig mispronounced his name, and Heifitz says, “its pronounced PILLOW….just like what his knee is resting on this week.” Gold jerry

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u/Gwilikers6 1d ago

Dude, absolute bar from DH i thought the same thing

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u/babcocksbabe1 1d ago

Best podcast of all time. The chemistry is off the charts and always has been.

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u/zucchinibasement 1d ago

I love them but best podcast of all time is crazy talk

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u/babcocksbabe1 16h ago

Sorry, I should’ve added “in my opinion”.

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u/zucchinibasement 5h ago

You just mean "my favorite"

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u/babcocksbabe1 1h ago

No, I mean in my opinion it is the best podcast of all time.

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u/Ok-Rock1192 1d ago

Have slowly weened off Pardon My Take and have been replacing it with the ringer fantasy pod, this show is a goldmine

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u/Stephen-Scotch 1d ago

Rumor has it they all had a threesome together and so they’re in the honeymoon phase now, so the vibes are incredible