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The Simon & Friends Podcast
The Simon & Friends Podcast goes deep on all things NFL. Join us for our monthly episodes with regular co-hosts where we will do monthly power rankings, draft content, and awards to give you the best analysis and up-to-date information on everything in the world of the NFL. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts, and follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @simonandfriendspod.
Episodes
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2026 NFL Draft Preview: Offensive Line
We're one week into the 2025 NFL Season which means it's a perfect time to talk about....the 2026 NFL Draft, and the top offensive linemen in it! Ben Parker is…
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2025 NFL Power Rankings 1.0
IT'S TIME! The NFL season is here, which means it's time for our NFL Power Rankings 1.0! Josh Limesand is here for our third year of power rankings, and it's…
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2025 NFL Preseason Awards Show
This week, I'm joined by Peyton Davila to hand out our preseason awards for the 2025 NFL Season. From MVP to division winners, to a few made-up awards, and…
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The 2025 NFL Team Wins Draft
John Buhler and Josh Limesand are here for the second annual NFL Team Wins Draft. 10 rounds, 30 teams, giving our 2025 takes by selecting the over or under for…
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2026 NFL Draft Preview: Quarterbacks
It is time! Ben Parker is back to officially kick off our 2026 NFL Draft Coverage! This week we get you acquainted with the top quarterback names heading into…
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The 2025 NFL Position Group Draft
This week, Simon, along with Ronan and Kev, draft the top position groups for the 2025 NFL Season. QB, "Skill Group, Offensive line, Front 7, and defensive…
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Fantastic Four: First Steps
Muhammad Mehdi is back to discuss all things Fantastic Four: First Steps! We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the movie, respond to some of the…
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Monthly NFL Awards Show: Training Camp Edition
NFL Training Camp is here! Which means the official 2025 season preview content will begin shortly. As a taste of that, Peyton is here to hand out our training…
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Superman: Reactions to the DCU's first theatrical installment
It's here! The DCU's first cinematic release is upon us, and it deserves a RARE early in the week reaction. Muhammad is back to talk all things Superman. We go…
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NFL Power Rankings: QB Edition 3.0
Josh Limesand is back to power rank quarterbacks! With the summer full of context, self-reflection, and some film study, Josh and I update our quarterback…
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The 2025 NFL Offensive Line Rankings
It's here. It's been 3 years. And it is time. An updated, full, 1-32 offensive line rankings brought to you by myself, Ben Parker, and first-time guest Shane…
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What Is The MVP?
Peyton Davila is back to talk awards! But instead of handing out our own, we assess the biggest award that goes to the players: MVP. In this episode Peyton and…
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2018 NFL Redraft
Ben Parker is back for an annual NFL Redraft! This year, in celebration of Frank Ragnow, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, and Saquon Barkley we take on the 2018…
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NFL Offseason Power Rankings 2.0
Josh Limesand is back to update our offseason power rankings! Last week you got teams 11-32 from our 1.0 ranking we initially released last month. Now you are…
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Power Rankings: NFL Offseasons 11-32
Hello from the past! On May 1st Josh Limesand and I power ranked the NFL Offseason. All 32 teams. Rankings based on roster moves, coaching changes, the draft…
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Mission Impossible 8: The Final Reckoning
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to listen to this episode on Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning. Muhammad Mehdi is back and we discuss…
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Andor Awards and Club World Cup Comparrisons
Andy Lohman of Because CONCACAF is back for another soccer deep dive! This week he previews/explains the upcoming Club World Cup by giving a football comp for…
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Monthly NFL Awards Show: The Offseason
Peyton Davila of Two P's On A Pod is back to hand out this month's awards. The theme is "the offseason" where we hand out six awards to six different teams for…
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Thunderbolts* Review
Muhammad Mehdi joins me to discuss the latest MCU movie Thunderbolts*. We talk about the major themes of the movie, the newest MCU team and how they came…
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Power Ranking: Top 10 NFL Offseasons of 2025
Josh Limesand joins me this week to power rank our top offseasons of 2025! This power ranking covers the draft, free agency, and coaching moves for all NFL…
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NFL Draft Preview: Over/Under Edition
It's time for the FOURTH ANNUAL NFL Draft Preview: Over/Under Edition with Ben Parker. I set the line for each position and Ben and I give our over or under…
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Monthly NFL Awards Show: What Teams Need In The Draft Edition
Peyton Davila of Two P's On A Pod is back and we return to our classic format. We each pick three teams that have something they NEED to accomplish in the 2025…
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NFL Draft War Room Series: The East
Ben Parker joins me to wrap up our NFL Draft War Room Series. We talk about all eight teams from the AFC and NFC East. Stack options, trade scenarios, and…
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Power Ranking: Top 30 NFL Draft Big Board
Josh Limesand is back to power rank our top 30 players in this year's NFL Draft. As always we bring our own lists together to build a consensus big board for…
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NFL Draft War Room Series: The South
Ben Parker is back on the Simon & Friends Podcast to continue our NFL Draft War Room Series. This week we cover the AFC and NFC South divisions to talk about…
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"My Guy" Awards: Draft Edition
Peyton Davila of Two P's On A Pod joins to name our "My Guys" for the 2025 NFL Draft. We hit some names you know, but by the end dig into some Day 2 and Day 3…
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NFL Draft War Room Series: The West
Ben is back to continue our NFL Draft War Room Series. We discuss the talk of the league by hitting the "West" divisions. Raiders, Seahawks, Chiefs, and more!…
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Power Ranking the Top 30 Free Agents
Josh Limesand is back to power rank our 30 most impactful free agents of 2025. Positional value, contract estimations, and potential landing spots were…
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NFL Draft War Room Series: The North
Ben Parker is back for all things NFL Draft. This week we begin our NFL Draft War Room Series and cover the AFC and NFC North teams. Ben and I take turns…
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Captain America: Brave New World
Muhammad Mehdi joins me to discuss all things Captain America: Brave New World. We talk about Sam Wilson's big screen debut as Captain America, Harrison Ford…
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Annual Way Too Early QB Predictions Part IV
Hello and welcome to the FOURTH ANNUAL way too early QB predictions episode. Ronan Summers is here once again to predict every team's starting quarterback for…
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Nerdy Super Bowl Preview: Draft Trends for the Chiefs and Eagles
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…
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Full First-Round Mock and Senior Bowl Watch List
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…
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NFL Power Rankings: QB Edition 2.0
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…
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Monthly NFL Awards Show: End of Season Awards
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…
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NFL Playoff Preview and Skeleton Crew
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…
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2025 NFL Draft Preview: Defensive Backs, Quarterback Money, and First Mock Draft
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…
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NFL Power Rankings 4.0
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…
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Monthly NFL Awards: December
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…
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The Timothée Chalamet Draft and Bill Belichick to UNC
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…
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2025 NFL Draft Preview: QB Check-In and Draft War Room (Mini) Series
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…
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NFL Power Rankings 3.0
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…
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Monthly NFL Awards: November
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…
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What We're Thankful For: NFL Edition
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…
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2025 NFL Draft Preview: Defensive Line
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…
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NFL Power Rankings 2.0
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…
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Trade Deadline Preview, and Midseason Awards
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…
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2025 NFL Draft Preview: RBs/WRs/TE
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…
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Monthly NFL Awards: October
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…
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NFL Power Rankings 1.0
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…
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Rage Quitting the NFL Season
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…
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NFL Overreactions We Actually Believe
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…
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2025 NFL Draft Preview: Offensive Line
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…
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Preseason Power Rankings
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…
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Monthly NFL Awards: Season Preview Edition
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…
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NFL Team Wins Draft
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…
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2025 NFL Draft Preview: Quarterbacks
It's time. Ben Parker is back to officially kick off our coverage and prep for the 2025 NFL Draft. Over Ben's next several appearances on the show, we will be…
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Monthly NFL Awards: Fantasy Football Edition
Peyton Davila of Two P's On A Pod is back to talk all things fantasy football. For this month's "Awards Show" we have 10 fantasy football-themed awards we'll…
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Deadpool & Wolverine, Plus Comic-Con Reactions
It's Wild Card Week on The Simon & Friends Podcast and we are taking a brief break from the NFL to talk all things MCU. This past weekend was the San Diego…
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NFL Power Rankings: Quarterbacks Edition
It's power ranking week! And this time we are doing things a bit differently. For the first time, we are having a one-off ranking of the 32 *projected*…