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NFL Over/Unders, an Oscars Preview, and a Brady-Pats Feud | With Cousin Sal, Sean Fennessey, and Seth Wickersham

NFL Over/Unders, an Oscars Preview, and a Brady-Pats Feud | With Cousin Sal, Sean Fennessey, and Seth Wickersham

NFL Over/Unders, an Oscars Preview, and a Brady-Pats Feud

NFL Over/Unders, the Oscars, and More

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About the episode

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Cousin Sal to guess the NFL over/unders for win totals (2:30). Then, Sean Fennessey hops on to talk about the Academy Awards subplots (01:12:17). Finally, Seth Wickersham joins to discuss Tom Brady’s complicated relationship with the Patriots and QBs as talked about in his book American Kings: A Biography of the Quarterback (01:56:02).

Host: Bill Simmons
Guests: Cousin Sal, Seth Wickersham, and Sean Fennessey
Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo

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