Hosted by Simon Shortt · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 235 episodes
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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.
Simon Shortt hosts The Simon & Friends Podcast, a sports show with 235 episodes published.
In this episode of The Simon & Friends Podcast, Ben Parker and I hit on a lot of NFL topics! First, we discuss the veteran free agents still mulling decisions on where to play before training camp starts next month. We a
Muhammad Mehdi is back for our summer movie ranking pod! This summer...we are ranking all nine principal Star Wars movies! We'll be back to football content next week before Muhammad returns in two weeks to talk Supergir
Hello and welcome back! After my vacation last week, there was a lot of news around the NFL. So here's a bonus episode with Ben Parker reacting to all things trades and extensions from the first week of June. Enjoy!
Our main course for this week, Ben Parker is back to do one of our favorite summer traditions: an NFL Re-Draft. Re-Drafts are fun, and not just to have an instant redo on the draft we just watched and studied, but to go
If we based needs in the draft solely on that offseason's crop of free agents, who would get drafted when? Ben Parker and I go through a WAYYY too early 2027 Mock Draft, but almost entirely through the lens of next offse
Shane Ratliff from Pro Football Enterprises is back to talk all things 2026 NFL Draft x Offensive Line. We go over the top 10 selections made on offensive linemen, the run on centers, position changes, team strategies,
In this episode, Ben Parker joins the show to share his main takeaways from the 2026 NFL Draft. I then add some historical data to Ben's point, and we try to decide if his takeaway is a lesson to take with us to 2027, or
It's time for Josh and me to update our Offseason Power Rankings! If you missed last month's show, we kicked off our Offseason Power Rankings Series by ranking all 32 teams based on how they did in free agency and the co
It's still draft season folks! Peyton is back to hand out our monthly awards post-draft. We talk individual teams, strategy clusters among contending teams, and league-wide draft takeaways in this one. If you are looking
For the fifth year in a row, Ben and I preview the first round of the NFL Draft by setting a line on how many players will be taken in the first round at each position. We then put our over/under results to the test by c
We are one week away! This week, we have the final installment of the NFL Draft War Room Series. Simon and Ben go through all 8 teams from the AFC South and NFC North and create their draft plans for each team. Before th
Now that we are one month into the official NFL offseason, it's time to fire back up the Power Rankings Series! Josh is back to go 1-32 and rank how every team is faring this offseason, and like any 1.0 Power Ranking, it
In this week's NFL Draft War Room, Ben and I go through the AFC East and NFC West divisions! Along with team draft plans we also tackle the third tier of edge rushers that could go anywhere on Day 2, as well as where the
The 2026 NFL Draft War Room Series continues! Ben Parker and I get into the heads of eight NFL franchises and try to develop draft plans. This week we cover the AFC North and NFC South. If you're an NFL Draft fan please
In this month's Monthly NFL Awards Episode, Peyton and I hand out three awards apiece for things that happened during free agency. Not all of our awards are going to the most newsworthy topics, but instead, it's about si
This wasn't the original plan for this week's episode, but by Sunday afternoon, there was too much news around the offensive line position in the NFL to ignore, and we just HAD to dedicate a whole podcast to it. Shane Ra
Josh Limesand is back for our monthly NFL Power Rankings episode! This month, we preview the NFL Free Agency Season with our top 32 free agents. Josh and I discuss almost 50 players in this preview, including unrestricte
It's back! The NFL Draft War Room Series is here! In Part I, Ben and I cover all 8 teams from the NFC East and AFC West. If you're new to the Draft War Room Series, I am cosplaying as each team's GM, and presenting my pl
In this month's edition of the Monthly NFL Award Show, Peyton and I hand out 6 awards about the potential rumors and conversations people will be having at the NFL Draft Scouting Combine. The Combine is a great place for
It's time for our offseason edition of the QB Power Rankings with Josh Limesand! In our first offseason power rankings project, Josh and I look back on the 2025 season to assess our QB Rankings. Our rankings don't just i
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