An Official Celtics Funk, Plus Todd McShay and Million-Dollar Picks

Jan 24, 2025

Talk Time

Bill Simmons
78.2 min (61.5%)
Todd McShay
27.5 min (21.6%)
Joe House
21.4 min (16.8%)

Top Entities

1Jayden Daniels
26
2NFL
25
3NBA Playoffs
22
4New England Patriots
20
5Kansas City Chiefs
20
6Buffalo Bills
18
7Super Bowl
16
8Philadelphia Eagles
14
9Philadelphia 76ers
14
10Josh Allen
13
11NBA Draft
12
12Jalen Hurts
12
13Gambling
12
14Patrick Mahomes
10
15Drake Maye
10
16Tom Brady
8
17NBA
8
18Baltimore Ravens
8
19Detroit Pistons
7
20Austin Ekeler
7
21Joe House
6
22College Football
6
23The Ringer
5
24Tennessee Titans
5
25Dallas Goedert
5
26Ryen Russillo
4
27Will Levis
3
28Washington Commanders
3
29Saquon Barkley
3
30Quin Snyder
3
31New York Knicks
3
32Lamar Jackson
3
33Cam Ward
3
34Bill Simmons
3
35Abdul Carter
3
36Aaron Rodgers
3
37Van Lathan
2
38Travis Kelce
2
39Travis Hunter
2
40Pittsburgh Steelers
2
41Peyton Manning
2
42NFL Playoffs
2
43New York Jets
2
44New York Giants
2
45New Orleans Saints
2
46Minnesota Timberwolves
2
47Los Angeles Rams
2
48Los Angeles Clippers
2
49Las Vegas Raiders
2
50Joe Burrow
2
51J.J. McCarthy
2
52Houston Texans
2
53Houston Rockets
2
54Chicago Bears
2
55Boston Celtics
2
56Bobby Wagner
2
57Atlanta Hawks
2
58Arizona Cardinals
2
59Anthony Davis
2
60Zach Ertz
1
61Xavier Worthy
1
62Will Howard
1
63Will Campbell
1
64Troy Brown Jr.
1
65Trent McDuffie
1
66Toronto Raptors
1
67The Rewatchables
1
68Terry McLaurin
1
69Taylor Rapp
1
70Sylvester Stallone
1
71Shedeur Sanders
1
72Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1
73Seattle Seahawks
1
74Sean Fennessey
1
75San Francisco 49ers
1
76Sam Darnold
1
77Sam Cosmi
1
78Russell Wilson
1
79Rashod Bateman
1
80Quinshon Judkins
1
81Payton Pritchard
1
82Oklahoma City Thunder
1
83O.J. Mayo
1
84NFL Draft
1
85NBA Trade Deadline
1
86NBA Finals
1
87Nakobe Dean
1
88MLB
1
89Mitchell Trubisky
1
90Mike Woodson
1
91Michael Penix Jr.
1
92Miami Heat
1
93Marcus Mariota
1
94Magic Johnson
1
95Luka Dončić
1
96Los Angeles Lakers
1
97LeBron James
1
98Larry Bird
1
99Ladd McConkey
1
100Kevon Looney
1
101Kevin Porter Jr.
1
102Kevin O'Connor
1
103Kevin Garnett
1
104Justin Herbert
1
105Jrue Holiday
1
106Joel Embiid
1
107Joe Mixon
1
108Joe Mazzulla
1
109Joe Flacco
1
110Jeff Van Gundy
1
111Jaylen Brown
1
112James Harden
1
113James Cook
1
114Jake Elliott
1
115Jaden Springer
1
116Ja'Marr Chase
1
117Ja'Lynn Polk
1
118Isaiah Likely
1
119Indiana Pacers
1
120Hakeem Olajuwon
1
121Green Bay Packers
1
122Freddie Freeman
1
123Frank Ragnow
1
124Final Four
1
125Eric Bledsoe
1
126Deshaun Watson
1
127Derrick White
1
128Denver Nuggets
1
129Denver Broncos
1
130Dallas Mavericks
1
131Cousin Sal
1
132Cole Strange
1
133Cincinnati Bengals
1
134Christian Gonzalez
1
135Christian Benford
1
136Charles Woods
1
137Caleb Williams
1
138C.J. Stroud
1
139Brock Purdy
1
140Boston Red Sox
1
141Bo Nix
1
142Bill's Dad
1
143Bill Belichick
1
144Andy Reid
1
145Andrew Wiggins
1
146Amanda Dobbins
1
147All-Star
1
148Alex Ovechkin
1
149Al Horford
1
150Jayson Tatum
1

League Distribution

NFL
157 (65.7%)
NBA
66 (27.6%)
CFB
12 (5%)
MLB
2 (0.8%)
NHL
1 (0.4%)
NCAAB
1 (0.4%)

Top Players

1Jayden Daniels
26
2Josh Allen
13
3Jalen Hurts
12
4Patrick Mahomes
10
5Drake Maye
10
6Tom Brady
8
7Austin Ekeler
7
8Joe House
6
9Dallas Goedert
5
10Ryen Russillo
4
11Will Levis
3
12Saquon Barkley
3
13Quin Snyder
3
14Lamar Jackson
3
15Cam Ward
3
16Bill Simmons
3
17Abdul Carter
3
18Aaron Rodgers
3
19Van Lathan
2
20Travis Kelce
2
21Travis Hunter
2
22Peyton Manning
2
23Joe Burrow
2
24J.J. McCarthy
2
25Bobby Wagner
2
26Anthony Davis
2
27Zach Ertz
1
28Xavier Worthy
1
29Will Howard
1
30Will Campbell
1
31Troy Brown Jr.
1
32Trent McDuffie
1
33Terry McLaurin
1
34Taylor Rapp
1
35Sylvester Stallone
1
36Shedeur Sanders
1
37Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
1
38Sean Fennessey
1
39Sam Darnold
1
40Sam Cosmi
1
41Russell Wilson
1
42Rashod Bateman
1
43Quinshon Judkins
1
44Payton Pritchard
1
45O.J. Mayo
1
46Nakobe Dean
1
47Mitchell Trubisky
1
48Mike Woodson
1
49Michael Penix Jr.
1
50Marcus Mariota
1
51Magic Johnson
1
52Luka Dončić
1
53LeBron James
1
54Larry Bird
1
55Ladd McConkey
1
56Kevon Looney
1
57Kevin Porter Jr.
1
58Kevin O'Connor
1
59Kevin Garnett
1
60Justin Herbert
1
61Jrue Holiday
1
62Joel Embiid
1
63Joe Mixon
1
64Joe Mazzulla
1
65Joe Flacco
1
66Jeff Van Gundy
1
67Jaylen Brown
1
68James Harden
1
69James Cook
1
70Jake Elliott
1
71Jaden Springer
1
72Ja'Marr Chase
1
73Ja'Lynn Polk
1
74Isaiah Likely
1
75Hakeem Olajuwon
1
76Freddie Freeman
1
77Frank Ragnow
1
78Eric Bledsoe
1
79Deshaun Watson
1
80Derrick White
1
81Cousin Sal
1
82Cole Strange
1
83Christian Gonzalez
1
84Christian Benford
1
85Charles Woods
1
86Caleb Williams
1
87C.J. Stroud
1
88Brock Purdy
1
89Bo Nix
1
90Bill's Dad
1
91Bill Belichick
1
92Andy Reid
1
93Andrew Wiggins
1
94Amanda Dobbins
1
95Alex Ovechkin
1
96Al Horford
1
97Jayson Tatum
1

Who Talked About What

Bill Simmons

1Jayden Daniels
17
2New England Patriots
16
3NBA Playoffs
15
4Super Bowl
14
5Philadelphia Eagles
11
6Kansas City Chiefs
11
7Buffalo Bills
10
8Jalen Hurts
9
9NBA Draft
8
10NBA
8
11NFL
7
12Gambling
7
13Tom Brady
6
14Josh Allen
6
15Drake Maye
6

Todd McShay

1NFL
8
2Jayden Daniels
8
3Buffalo Bills
5
4Tennessee Titans
4
5New England Patriots
4
6NBA Playoffs
4
7NBA Draft
4
8Kansas City Chiefs
4
9Drake Maye
4
10Philadelphia 76ers
3
11Patrick Mahomes
3
12Josh Allen
3
13Abdul Carter
3
14Will Levis
2
15Travis Hunter
2

Joe House

1NFL
10
2Philadelphia 76ers
6
3Kansas City Chiefs
5
4Josh Allen
4
5Gambling
4
6Detroit Pistons
4
7NBA Playoffs
3
8Jalen Hurts
3
9Buffalo Bills
3
10The Ringer
2
11Saquon Barkley
2
12Philadelphia Eagles
2
13Patrick Mahomes
2
14Dallas Goedert
2
15Bobby Wagner
2
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