The Simon & Friends Podcast

Ben Parker is back for our annual "Nerdy Super Bowl Preview" which doubles as our now bi-weekly draft show between now and April's NFL Draft. This year we focus our nerdy Super Bowl Preview on the draft trends of the Chiefs and Eagles. Particularly on the measurables they seek when drafting at certain positions. Ben and I and the rest of Box Score Network will have tons of draft cont...

Ben Parker and special guest to the draft show Peyton Davila are back to talk NFL Draft. We begin by giving a watch list for the Reese's Senior Bowl with roughly three players each on both sides of the ball. We discuss the narratives going into the week for those players, and what conversations we could be having about them after the events. After that we have a full first-round mock draft. Ma...

Josh Limesand is back to update our QB Power Rankings for the 2024 NFL Season. Before the season took place we did our initial 1.0 version, and now with the context of the season we rank the QB situations around the league. These rankings take everything into account. Talent, team, success, coaching, contracts, etc. Josh and I dive DEEP to rank all 32 teams ahead of the offseason. Make sure you fo...

In the final "official" awards show of the 2024 NFL season, I am joined of course by Peyton Davila of Two P's On A Pod to hand out our end-of-season awards. We begin with a quick look back on some preseason predictions before breaking down all of the major awards for the 2024 NFL season. Enjoy!

The NFL Playoffs are here so I have Austin Freed of Triicky Takes and Kev Nivek of Bite-Size Sports on to preview the first round with an annual game of "4th and Goal". Austin and Kev take turns trying to sway me of their picks for the games and we hit every matchup for this weekend's contents. After that Kev sticks around to talk about the latest Star Wars show "Skeleton Crew" with our thoughts o...

Happy New Year everyone! Ben Parker is back for our monthly draft show and we cover a wide range of topics. We start with how the mid-tier quarterback contract market could affect the draft moving forward. After that Ben and I conduct a mock draft for the 15 NFL teams that are eliminated from the playoffs ahead of Week 18. All before the bulk of the show which is introducing everyone to eight of t...

In our final Power Rankings episode of the regular season, Josh and I discuss another change at the top of our rankings, new teams in the top ten, and some teams showing signs of life at the bottom. Be sure to follow Josh on Twitter @JLime8 and catch him every week on YouTube with Bite-Size Sports . Enjoy!

Peyton of Two P's On A Pod is back for our monthly award show! It's a heavy QB episode as we discuss Kirk Cousins' benching, Sam Darnold's looming free agency, and the resurgence (?) of Bryce Young. All that, and more, right here!

If you enjoyed the Timothée Chalamet College Game Day performance you'll want to check this out! Muhammad and I do a Timothée Chalamet draft where we have to create a football lineup of Chalamet and his tree of acting colleagues. After that, we discuss Bill Belichick going to UNC, and what that means for his legacy and college football.

We are SO, so back this week. Ben Parker is here to talk about the biggest things in the 2025 NFL Draft: Quarterbacks, and prospects from Colorado. We begin the show with a twist on a classic - The Draft War Room (Mini) Series: Colorado Edition. Some time ago Colorado Head Coach Deion Sanders said he would do whatever he could to get Travis Hunter and Shedeur Sanders drafted to the perfect spots....

Josh Limesand is back to update our season-long power rankings. -A new #1 -A new #32 -A lot of shake-ups in between Make sure you're following Josh on Twitter @JLime8 and listening to him every week on ADP of Bite-Size Sports . Enjoy!

Peyton Davila is back for our Monthly NFL Awards show where we make up awards to talk about the interesting things happening in the NFL this month. We get into franchises blowing it up, young QBs figuring it out, division races, and more this month for a fun episode. Be sure to check Peyton and his brother, Parker, out every week on their show Two P's On A Pod . Enjoy!

It's time for the third annual What We're Thankful For: NFL Edition Episode! Joining me this year is longtime friend of the pod Ronan Summers to celebrate Thanksgiving. To do this, we go through five categories related to the NFL and give something that subject is thankful for. The categories are: Ourselves Fantasy Football A Player A Coach A Fanbase Enjoy!

Ben Parker is back for another monthly NFL Draft Preview episode. This month we introduce you to 10 of the top defensive line prospects for the 2025 NFL Draft. Make sure you are following Ben on Twitter @BenPark79 , checking out his YouTube show on Sports & Money: KC , and as always his podcast Odds On Favorite. Enjoy!

Josh Limesand is back for our next Power Rankings Episode! Josh and I update our power ranking from last month with the latest stories, stats, and results from the last four weeks of NFL action. Be sure to follow Josh on Twitter @JLime8 , and check him out every Wednesday on 'Another Damn Fantasy Podcast' over on Bite-Size Sports . Enjoy!

It's an action-packed episode this week with Peyton of Two P's On A Pod ! We hand out "awards" to preview the NFL Trade Deadline through trade categories. We hit some relevant news items but also create chaotic trades we'd all like (or hate) to see. In the last 30 minutes of the pod we hand out our Midseason Awards for MVP, OPOY, DPOY, OROY, DROY, and COY. Enjoy!

Ben Parker and Austin Freed join me this week to talk about the "7-on-7" players for the 2025 NFL draft. We introduce you to 6 WRs, 1 TE, and 2 RBs you should know before the draft process starts early next year. You know Ben by now and he gives his expertise as a college football expert, but we invited Austin on as this is his wheelhouse - especially the wide receivers. Make sure you are listenin...

It's time for our first OFFICIAL awards show of the 2024 NFL Season. Peyton Davila of Two P's On A Pod is here to hand out awards for what we've seen in the first five weeks. Before we get into our awards we react to the news about the New York Jets firing Robert Saleh and Drake Maye being named the starter in New England. Make sure you're following Peyton on Twitter @pdavila28 , and Two P's On A...

Josh Limesand is back for our first in-season power rankings episode! Working off of our pre-season rankings from last month, we give you a look at what has transpired over the first four weeks of the season. We had record-breaking movement for the power rankings shows this week, so you won't want to miss all the action! Make sure you're following Josh on Twitter @JLime8 to stay up to date on all...

We've all been there. You're playing some sort of game and things just aren't going your way, and in one form or another - you quit. Maybe it was in a fit of rage and you didn't play again the rest of the day. Maybe it was a much calmer "restart". But either way, you've done it. Which NFL teams would like to restart the 2024 season? Which ones feel like quitting altog...

Week 2 of the NFL season is behind us so it's time to overreact! But there's a caveat - these overreactions are just...reactions. Robertson Viar of Odds On Favorite joins for our annual "Overreactions We Actually Believe" where we give our reactions to the first two weeks of the season that seem unsustainable, but we believe will still be true by the end of the year. Be sure to f...

It's time to talk about the people-movers. Ben is back for our monthly draft show where we introduce you to most of the top OL names on boards in September. Ben also kicks off a new segment: Stock Up, Stock Down: QBs where we briefly revisit the quarterbacks and get an update on how they're looking. Be sure to follow Ben on Twitter @BenPark79 , check out his YouTube Channel Sports & Mo...

The NFL season is officially here and so are our in-season power rankings! Josh is back to start our season-long Power Rankings Series where we give you a snapshot of what's happening in the league with a proper four-week sample size. To start us off, on the eve of the regular season, Josh and I give our preseason power rankings of all 32 teams. Enjoy this episode, and follow along throughout...

Peyton is back for our monthly awards show and we preview the 2024 NFL Season by handing out...the end-of-season awards. MVP, OROY, DPOY, and all your other favorites. And of course, we had to make up a few of our own. Come check out our division winners, who we think will finish with the worst record in the league, and who will take the biggest jumps in the NFL this season. All that, and more, ri...

It's time to officially get ready for the 2024 NFL Season. To help me do that I am joined by Kev Nivek of Bite-Size Sports, and John Buhler of FanSided. Kev, John, and I draft 30 teams and take a stance on the over or under for their projected win totals. There was some sound analysis. There were discussions. There were takes. But mostly there were takes. Be sure to follow Kev and John's w...