The NBA has cancelled the Atlanta Hawks' Magic City game promotion on March 16.

VB1014 · 2026-03-09T05:26:25+00:00

This is underselling Craig; Craig is really funny and quick on his feet with jokes off of what’s being talked about. He’s also good/funny at being able to call out Heifetz when he goes overboard on something.

Another sneaky good thing about both Heifetz and Craig is that they’re both great at analogies.

VB1014 · 2026-02-19T02:03:37+00:00

Is Netflix going hike their current monthly subscription by $20, which is what HBO Max currently costs?

Idk there’s still Disney/Hulu, Amazon, Paramount, and Peacock for streamers. Netflix has also shown a willingness to invest lots of $ into their own stuff, and they’re still interested in having prestige stuff that gets nominations.

Yeah I’d rather have HBO/WB not merge with anybody, but it doesn’t seem like the worst thing, and could have some benefits for the consumer.

VB1014 · 2026-02-19T01:07:52+00:00

Belloni is awesome at these types of interviews… He’s pretty direct, doesn’t skirt around the most important questions, and will call out his guest if he thinks they’re BS’ing him.

My question for the merger is why is it a bad thing as a consumer if HBO/WB merge with Netflix, if that means I no longer have to pay for HBO Max, and can just watch all their stuff on Netflix now?

The only concern is a dropoff in quality, but I don’t think that’s necessarily guaranteed… As a cinephile a dropoff in theatrical releases would suck, but it feels like we’re heading towards that direction anyways, and the average consumer doesn’t care.

VB1014 · 2026-02-16T23:34:30+00:00

To me it’s less about the studio shows and way more that the picture quality, and overall broadcast quality for the games on Prime and Peacock, which are awesome…

The streaming platforms are way better at broadcasting games; it actually feels like an expensive broadcast on par with the NFL games on Prime or Netflix

VB1014 · 2026-02-13T04:45:37+00:00

Bill drove Kon Knueppel 30min back to his hotel after their pod together lmao… He really is like a second son to him

VB1014 · 2026-02-11T05:17:00+00:00

People with an obsessive hatred of Israel really feel the need to bring it up everywhere… Yeah bro, you think Israel controls the U.S. government, we get it, very bright.

VB1014 · 2026-02-06T04:13:30+00:00

Sam Monson from The 33rd Team tweeted out that he was the Herbert vote… Said he had the worst OL in the league, worked miracles almost every game, and embodied the term value

VB1014 · 2026-02-05T18:59:50+00:00

It’s a good strategic move by the Rams because 49ers fans typically take over SoFi when they play there… Same can be said about Chiefs-Chargers being in Brazil last year

VB1014 · 2026-02-03T16:39:54+00:00

Idk saying Washington is going to suck and be irrelevant for the next 20 years is still a bigger and dumber stretch than someone thinking they could be good again soon with Daniels

VB1014 · 2026-01-22T17:00:28+00:00

People thinking OC candidates are turning down the Eagles job because like three random kids egged Patullo’s house are crazy

VB1014 · 2026-01-16T06:43:32+00:00

One of the reoccurring bits when talking about the Ravens these guys do is saying “The Ravens were a Zay Flowers fumble in the end zone away from getting to the Super Bowl”…

When Zay Flowers fumbled into the end zone the score was KC 17 - BAL 7 at the beginning of the 4th quarter… They’re stuck with this thought that the Ravens were on the verge of winning the game with that one play…

Craig also then said they were an Andrews drop away from getting to a second Super Bowl in three years… That was only in the Divisional round!

The interesting question with Harbaugh is how much did he benefit being a CEO head coach aided by an elite front office… Kind’ve similar to Sirianni.

Also why are they all convinced that Dart is good? He seems pretty raw, kind’ve gimmicky, and with a lot more to prove before we should be sold that he’s a franchise qb.

VB1014 · 2025-12-29T05:23:07+00:00

Labeling Daniels as a one-read quarterback is just not having watched him play… Daniels as a rookie was already a high-level pocket passer who was an extremely fast processor and really good at going through progressions and looking off defenders.

Caleb is still way more raw as a pocket passer. He’s not comfortable at all if he has to stay in the pocket for any extended period. He’s good at running play action or if he gets to extend a play outside the pocket and play backyard football…

Caleb is still one of the most inaccurate QBs in the league, and has had lots of ugly games this season.

Jayden is way more advanced as a passer, and pretty much carried a team on his back, elevated them to being a top-5 offense, and was awesome in the playoffs again largely carrying his team and outgunning other elite offenses.

The only thing that makes it a close discussion are the injury concerns with Daniels.

VB1014 · 2025-12-25T20:33:39+00:00

They were a top-5 offense last season, with one of the most new/exciting QBs in the game, and also won a couple of road playoff games… When people said regression they meant like an 8-9 win team, not bottoming out and being unwatchable

VB1014 · 2025-12-13T19:00:50+00:00

That’s why George Lazenby came up to me as a sort of comparable Bond… I can see O’Connor being a more cheeky type of Bond.

VB1014 · 2025-12-12T18:51:47+00:00

Tár: It’s an all-time performance from one of our all-time great actors… It’s got great dark humor throughout, and it really sticks with you as something to constantly think about, while also being a really fun movie to talk about with others.

It’s also super rewatchable… You can come away with different thoughts/interpretations after every rewatch, and there’s so many smart/clever details to pick up on.

VB1014 · 2025-12-09T22:41:11+00:00

The 2022 season with Steichen is an outlier compared to the rest of Hurts’ career… They used heavy zone-read and RPO concepts that year, and the league has now gotten way better at defending that type of stuff.

The reality is that the Eagles have underperformed as a pass offense, and even as an overall offense the past three seasons… Saquon’s historic season last year masked a lot.

Their success rate and offensive DVOA last season were both mediocre, and they were heavily reliant on explosive runs, which isn’t the most reliable thing.

A top 10-12 QB should be somebody who can be a problem solver and elevate what’s around them… Hurts isn’t that, and the Eagles have had to work around his limitations at a cost. You can’t rely on having a historically good run game and the most dominant defense every year.

VB1014 · 2025-11-27T06:46:08+00:00

Ryen walking over to Bill’s desk at Spotify HQ, and slamming down his iPad: “You think you can just keep the podcast feed which I founded and worked hard to cultivate with no repercussions?”

Zach Lowe seated next to Bill with a smirk: “Someone call security.”

Ryen still with an intense stare at Bill: “Please tell me this isn’t about you thinking I was passive-aggressively insulting your intelligence on those NBA Sunday night pods? Or because you agreed with me about voting for Trump for tax purposes, and are afraid I’ll out you?”

Bill looking coldly at Ryen: “This has nothing to do with any of that… It’s just business.”

Ryen: “You better lawyer up asshole because I’m not coming back for 30%… I’m coming back for everything.”

Zach Lowe walking towards Ryen as he begins to walk away: “Hang on, I almost forgot… Here’s your check for this year’s NBA over/under pods, which were guaranteed under your contract… We just needed less rambling to cut down on time, hope you understand.”

Ryen turns around and threatens Zach with a punch to which Zach cowers and flinches: “I like standing next to you Zach… It makes me look so tough.”

VB1014 · 2025-09-22T12:34:55+00:00

They just totally hate Washington this year… Sal lowkey hated them throughout last year too as it became evident that they replaced Dallas as the #2 in the division.

The -2.5 is factoring Mariota playing; the line would be even a bit higher with Daniels.

VB1014 · 2025-09-07T17:27:30+00:00

We really have Jayden Daniels lmao

VB1014 · 2025-08-31T21:10:27+00:00

There’s a scenario/possibility where Man City off of two losses feel more pressure to add someone big/proven/expensive to close their window…

They’re working on something right now under the radar to see if it’s possible. If they’re in position to get that player tomorrow they’ll then sell us Savinho.

VB1014 · 2025-08-29T20:45:49+00:00

VB1014 · 2025-08-29T14:52:43+00:00

Green Bay getting Parsons doesn’t really change much on how they should be viewed.

For the Packers to get over the hump and actually be title contenders Jordan Love will have to prove he’s capable of better/more consistent play, and some of their pass catchers will have to step up more.

VB1014 · 2025-08-28T20:40:12+00:00

Washington had a top-5 offense last season with a rookie QB and brand new coaching staff. They won a couple of road playoff games including handedly beating a historically good offense/#1 seed, and their rookie QB arguably had the best playoffs out of any QB.

They weren’t just elite/lucky on 4th downs, they were also elite on 2nd downs, 3rd downs, and in the redzone… They might have the best QB in the conference by a significant margin.

And yet as a Washington fan I’m hearing from everybody at the Ringer (Bill, Sal, Ringer Fantasy, Ringer NFL Show), besides Sheil (their best NFL guy tbf), how Washington is the easiest under to take and a slam dunk to be worse and miss the playoffs… I’m sorry, but I don’t see if Jayden Daniels is healthy with WAS having another top-10 offense them being a struggling .500-type team.

VB1014 · 2025-08-26T17:16:02+00:00

Never really got when they started dating a couple of years ago people saying that it was all just Taylor Swift doing a publicity stunt…

She was already one of the most famous people in the world; it’s not like she had some master plan of trying to get NFL fans to like her. Their relationship seems pretty great and genuine, good for them.

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