Round 1 Winners (Da Bears!) and Losers (the Eagles!), Plus Guess the Lines With Cousin Sal

Jan 12, 2026

Talk Time

Bill Simmons

65.0 min (69.7%)

Cousin Sal

28.3 min (30.3%)

Top Entities

1NBA Playoffs

26

2New England Patriots

21

3Gambling

20

4Chicago Bears

19

5Green Bay Packers

14

6Los Angeles Rams

12

7Buffalo Bills

12

8Super Bowl

11

9The Ringer

10

10Philadelphia Eagles

10

11Josh Allen

9

12Joe House

9

13Drake Maye

9

14NFL

8

15Jacksonville Jaguars

8

16Carolina Panthers

8

17Trevor Lawrence

7

18Tom Brady

7

19The Sports Gal

7

20Seattle Seahawks

7

21San Francisco 49ers

7

22Most Valuable Player

6

23Pittsburgh Steelers

5

24NBA

5

25Denver Broncos

5

26Cousin Sal

5

27Los Angeles Chargers

4

28George Kittle

4

29Puka Nacua

3

30Lane Johnson

3

31Jimmy Butler III

3

32Jalen Hurts

3

33Denver Nuggets

3

34Christian McCaffrey

3

35Brock Purdy

3

36Aaron Rodgers

3

37Trent Williams

2

38Saquon Barkley

2

39Sam Darnold

2

40Rhamondre Stevenson

2

41Pete Nance

2

42Patrick Mahomes

2

43Milton Williams

2

44Matthew Stafford

2

45Marcus Smart

2

46Kevin Garnett

2

47Houston Texans

2

48Demarcus Robinson

2

49Chicago Bulls

2

50Caleb Williams

2

51Boston Celtics

2

52Bill Simmons

2

53Baltimore Ravens

2

54Arizona Cardinals

2

55Willie Mays

1

56Tucker Kraft

1

57Travis Etienne

1

58The Rewatchables

1

59Shaq Thompson

1

60Ryan Bowen

1

61RJ Harvey

1

62Rico Dowdle

1

63Reed Blankenship

1

64Peyton Manning

1

65Peter Schrager

1

66Parker Washington

1

67NFL Playoffs

1

68New York Knicks

1

69New York Jets

1

70New York Giants

1

71NBA Draft

1

72Minnesota Vikings

1

73Micah Parsons

1

74Marshon Lattimore

1

75Las Vegas Raiders

1

76Lamar Jackson

1

77Kimani Vidal

1

78Keenan Allen

1

79Justin Herbert

1

80Joshua Dobbs

1

81Jordan Love

1

82Joe Burrow

1

83Jayden Daniels

1

84Jack Wilson

1

85J.J. McCarthy

1

86Hunter Henry

1

87Harrison Ford

1

88Greg Rousseau

1

89Goodfellas (film)

1

90Gabe Davis

1

91Fred VanVleet

1

92Doc Rivers

1

93Dallas Mavericks

1

94Cleveland Cavaliers

1

95Cleveland Browns

1

96Christian Watson

1

97Chris Collins

1

98Charles Barkley

1

99Cam Ward

1

100Cam Little

1

101C.J. Stroud

1

102Brandon McManus

1

103Bill's Dad

1

104Bhayshul Tuten

1

105Austin Hooper

1

106Anthony Davis

1

League Distribution

NFL

158 (73.5%)

NBA

55 (25.6%)

MLB

1 (0.5%)

CFB

1 (0.5%)

Top Players

1Josh Allen

9

2Joe House

9

3Drake Maye

9

4Trevor Lawrence

7

5Tom Brady

7

6The Sports Gal

7

7Cousin Sal

5

8George Kittle

4

9Puka Nacua

3

10Lane Johnson

3

11Jimmy Butler III

3

12Jalen Hurts

3

13Christian McCaffrey

3

14Brock Purdy

3

15Aaron Rodgers

3

16Trent Williams

2

17Saquon Barkley

2

18Sam Darnold

2

19Rhamondre Stevenson

2

20Pete Nance

2

21Patrick Mahomes

2

22Milton Williams

2

23Matthew Stafford

2

24Marcus Smart

2

25Kevin Garnett

2

26Demarcus Robinson

2

27Caleb Williams

2

28Bill Simmons

2

29Willie Mays

1

30Tucker Kraft

1

31Travis Etienne

1

32Shaq Thompson

1

33Ryan Bowen

1

34RJ Harvey

1

35Rico Dowdle

1

36Reed Blankenship

1

37Peyton Manning

1

38Peter Schrager

1

39Parker Washington

1

40Micah Parsons

1

41Marshon Lattimore

1

42Lamar Jackson

1

43Kimani Vidal

1

44Keenan Allen

1

45Justin Herbert

1

46Joshua Dobbs

1

47Jordan Love

1

48Joe Burrow

1

49Jayden Daniels

1

50Jack Wilson

1

51J.J. McCarthy

1

52Hunter Henry

1

53Harrison Ford

1

54Greg Rousseau

1

55Gabe Davis

1

56Fred VanVleet

1

57Doc Rivers

1

58Christian Watson

1

59Chris Collins

1

60Charles Barkley

1

61Cam Ward

1

62Cam Little

1

63C.J. Stroud

1

64Brandon McManus

1

65Bill's Dad

1

66Bhayshul Tuten

1

67Austin Hooper

1

68Anthony Davis

1

Who Talked About What

Cousin Sal

1New England Patriots

8

2Chicago Bears

6

3Los Angeles Rams

5

4Super Bowl

4

5Gambling

4

6Buffalo Bills

4

7Seattle Seahawks

3

8NBA Playoffs

3

9Most Valuable Player

3

10Josh Allen

3

11Green Bay Packers

3

12Carolina Panthers

3

13The Ringer

2

14Saquon Barkley

2

15San Francisco 49ers

2

Bill Simmons

1NBA Playoffs

23

2Gambling

16

3New England Patriots

13

4Chicago Bears

13

5Green Bay Packers

11

6The Ringer

8

7Philadelphia Eagles

8

8NFL

8

9Drake Maye

8

10Buffalo Bills

8

11Tom Brady

7

12The Sports Gal

7

13Super Bowl

7

14Los Angeles Rams

7

15Joe House

7

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