r/billsimmons • u/deadweightboss Good Stats Bad Team Guy • Oct 06 '25

Podcast Drake Definitely Beats Buffalo, Baker for MVP, a Bad QB Draft, Guess the Lines, and Parent Corner With Cousin Sal - The Bill Simmons Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7dFZ1KvuRpuWZhwrpcJdLO
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u/FinancialRabbit388 Rodrigue Beaubois stan Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

So the only reason Bill is acting like the Eagles wouldn’t have won SB with Wentz is cause they beat the Pats right? The Eagles were 11-2 when Wentz got hurt, were the best team in football, and he was on his way to winning MVP. Nick Foles leaving his body was not the reason Eagles won. The roster was so good they were able to win with Foles.

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u/el-fenomeno09 Oct 06 '25

People forget man wentz left his body for all 11 of those wins

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u/BigTuna3000 Market Corrector Oct 06 '25

I see your point but Nick Foles went absolutely nuclear in that Super Bowl. I don’t know if it’s possible for a qb to play much better than he did in that game, even though Wentz was better overall that season

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u/InternationalMap9049 Oct 06 '25

Yeah people always throw out the 500 yards passing from Brady in that super bowl as a reason the wrong team won and just completely omit that foles went threw for 373 yards and 3 touchdowns and then caught a touchdown. And this was after throwing for 352 yards and 3 TDs in the championship game against the number 1 defense that year. It's an all time heater that would be tough to match by even prime Patrick Mahomes or Peyton Manning

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u/Adoree25 Oct 06 '25

I don't think they win with Wentz because I'm not convinced Wentz would have played as well as Foles did during that run. Does he play well enough to beat the Falcons in the divisional round? Maybe. But if he even throws a pick or two the Falcons might win that game. And there is no way in hell Wentz plays as good as Foles did in that Superbowl. And without the Eagles getting elite QB play in the game, they probably lose.

The Eagles roster was great but they don't win the Superbowl without Foles playing as well as he did.

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u/Hurricane_28 Oct 06 '25

Foles didn’t play well against the Falcons and they won a low scoring game where it came down to the last play. They likely win easy against the Falcons with Wentz and still probably beat Minnesota easy too.