A Round 2 Roller-Coaster Ride, Denver’s QB Plight, and Josh’s Lost Weekend With Cousin Sal

Jan 19, 2026

Talk Time

Bill Simmons

54.1 min (63.2%)

Cousin Sal

31.5 min (36.8%)

Top Entities

1NBA Playoffs

32

2Super Bowl

31

3New England Patriots

26

4Josh Allen

16

5Seattle Seahawks

14

6Los Angeles Rams

14

7Buffalo Bills

14

8NFL

13

9NBA

13

10Denver Nuggets

13

11Bo Nix

11

12Sam Darnold

10

13Gambling

10

14Peyton Manning

9

15Jarrett Stidham

9

16Chicago Bears

9

17Tom Brady

8

18C.J. Stroud

6

19Bill Simmons

6

20Philadelphia Eagles

4

21New York Knicks

4

22Indianapolis Colts

4

23Houston Texans

4

24Drake Maye

4

25Denver Broncos

4

26The Ringer

3

27The Rewatchables

3

28Pittsburgh Steelers

3

29NBA Draft

3

30Most Valuable Player

3

31Matthew Stafford

3

32Los Angeles Chargers

3

33Kevin Garnett

3

34Kansas City Chiefs

3

35Cousin Sal

3

36Zoe Simmons

2

37Tucker Kraft

2

38Troy Brown Jr.

2

39Trevor Lawrence

2

40Travis Kelce

2

41The Sports Gal

2

42Tari Eason

2

43San Francisco 49ers

2

44Rob Gronkowski

2

45Puka Nacua

2

46Patrick Mahomes

2

47O.J. Mayo

2

48Nico Collins

2

49MLB

2

50Mecole Hardman

2

51Los Angeles Clippers

2

52Las Vegas Raiders

2

53Larry Bird

2

54Joe House

2

55Jacksonville Jaguars

2

56Houston Rockets

2

57Final Four

2

58Dawson Knox

2

59Dalton Schultz

2

60Dallas Mavericks

2

61Christian Gonzalez

2

62Cam Ward

2

63Bill's Dad

2

64Woody Marks

1

65Will Campbell

1

66Tennessee Titans

1

67Stephen Curry

1

68Shohei Ohtani

1

69Ryen Russillo

1

70Rocky (film)

1

71Rhamondre Stevenson

1

72Ray Allen

1

73Rashid Shaheed

1

74Peter Schrager

1

75Penei Sewell

1

76Pedro Martinez

1

77NFL Playoffs

1

78New York Mets

1

79New Orleans Saints

1

80New Orleans Pelicans

1

81Milton Williams

1

82Khalil Shakir

1

83Kawhi Leonard

1

84Karl Malone

1

85Jordan Love

1

86Jimmy Garoppolo

1

87Jayden Daniels

1

88James Conner

1

89Indiana Pacers

1

90Indiana Hoosiers

1

91Green Bay Packers

1

92Eric Bledsoe

1

93Dwyane Wade

1

94Demarcus Robinson

1

95Dee Winters

1

96Davis Mills

1

97Davante Adams

1

98Dallas Cowboys

1

99Courtland Sutton

1

100Cooper Kupp

1

101Christian McCaffrey

1

102Caleb Williams

1

103Caitlin Clark

1

104Cade Stover

1

105Bryce Young

1

106Brock Purdy

1

107Bowl Game

1

108Boston Red Sox

1

109Boston Celtics

1

110Atlanta Falcons

1

111Andrew Wiggins

1

112Aaron Judge

1

League Distribution

NFL

169 (64%)

NBA

82 (31.1%)

MLB

6 (2.3%)

NCAAB

3 (1.1%)

CFB

3 (1.1%)

WNBA

1 (0.4%)

Top Players

1Josh Allen

16

2Bo Nix

11

3Sam Darnold

10

4Peyton Manning

9

5Jarrett Stidham

9

6Tom Brady

8

7C.J. Stroud

6

8Bill Simmons

6

9Drake Maye

4

10Matthew Stafford

3

11Kevin Garnett

3

12Cousin Sal

3

13Zoe Simmons

2

14Tucker Kraft

2

15Troy Brown Jr.

2

16Trevor Lawrence

2

17Travis Kelce

2

18The Sports Gal

2

19Tari Eason

2

20Rob Gronkowski

2

21Puka Nacua

2

22Patrick Mahomes

2

23O.J. Mayo

2

24Nico Collins

2

25Mecole Hardman

2

26Larry Bird

2

27Joe House

2

28Dawson Knox

2

29Dalton Schultz

2

30Christian Gonzalez

2

31Cam Ward

2

32Bill's Dad

2

33Woody Marks

1

34Will Campbell

1

35Stephen Curry

1

36Shohei Ohtani

1

37Ryen Russillo

1

38Rhamondre Stevenson

1

39Ray Allen

1

40Rashid Shaheed

1

41Peter Schrager

1

42Penei Sewell

1

43Pedro Martinez

1

44Milton Williams

1

45Khalil Shakir

1

46Kawhi Leonard

1

47Karl Malone

1

48Jordan Love

1

49Jimmy Garoppolo

1

50Jayden Daniels

1

51James Conner

1

52Eric Bledsoe

1

53Dwyane Wade

1

54Demarcus Robinson

1

55Dee Winters

1

56Davis Mills

1

57Davante Adams

1

58Courtland Sutton

1

59Cooper Kupp

1

60Christian McCaffrey

1

61Caleb Williams

1

62Caitlin Clark

1

63Cade Stover

1

64Bryce Young

1

65Brock Purdy

1

66Andrew Wiggins

1

67Aaron Judge

1

Who Talked About What

Cousin Sal

1Josh Allen

10

2New England Patriots

8

3NBA Playoffs

8

4Super Bowl

6

5Buffalo Bills

6

6Denver Nuggets

5

7Seattle Seahawks

4

8NFL

4

9Gambling

4

10Bo Nix

4

11Sam Darnold

3

12New York Knicks

3

13Bill Simmons

3

14Travis Kelce

2

15Tom Brady

2

Bill Simmons

1Super Bowl

25

2NBA Playoffs

24

3New England Patriots

18

4NBA

12

5Los Angeles Rams

12

6Seattle Seahawks

10

7NFL

9

8Denver Nuggets

8

9Chicago Bears

8

10Buffalo Bills

8

11Sam Darnold

7

12Peyton Manning

7

13Jarrett Stidham

7

14Bo Nix

7

15Tom Brady

6

189 episodes · Jan 2, 2025 – Apr 10, 2026The Bill Simmons Podcast