The Bill Simmons Podcast

The Annual NFC Over/Unders

Aug 27, 2026 · 2h 11m · take 24 of 79

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BillSo that's... They've at least spent money and assets trying to fix it. Yeah. And last year, they couldn't.

SalExactly. So, they could get off to a strong start. You said it. Jets, Carolina, Arizona, New Orleans in four of the first five. We could be looking at, like, a 5 -0 Lions team and then saying, oh, my God, why didn't we dump more? The problem is, they always lose one of those dumbass games, like, on the road.

SalThey'll have like 17 points with four minutes left against like Carolina. It's like, what the hell is going on here? I have Gibbs two plus touchdowns in this game. And it's not even close. One

Billof the reasons I really like the over, because I do think they'll go four and one or five and oh, whatever. So now that becomes easier. If I have to get to 11 wins, now I only need seven. Three months to do it. Yeah. You can also really zag against this at the end of the year, because week 17, week 18 is Bears Packers, both road games.

Billso if they're

Bill10 and 5 or 9 and 6 I feel like you can get out of that or you can hedge those games but

BillI think they're I just think they're going to be good I think they have too much talent and whether or not this is kind of the

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