Simms QB Countdown #14-11: "This is Good-QBville" + J.J. McCarthy is mad?

About this episode

Connor's final episode before fatherhood features QB rankings and NFL news.

It’s Connor’s LAST episode before he enters fatherhood, and he’s going out in style. Or “in vogue?” Simms reveals 4 more names in his QB Countdown…who lands JUST outside his Top 10? Plus, J.J. McCarthy does not seem happy to be in a QB competition, and Chris tells a Madonna story. (0:00) Papa Connor is “going out with a bang!” (5:15) Homies comments: One of them launches a Chris story about meeting Madonna when he was WAY too young (14:20) News: A.J. Brown isn’t at OTAs, and Jalen Hurts had an interesting quote about it (17:45) J.J. McCarthy weighs in on the Vikings QB competition (23:35) Daniel Jones is practicing (26:00) Simms QB Countdown: Homies react to Brock Purdy, Bo Nix, & Jordan Love (36:20) QB #14 Sam Darnold (44:30) DraftKings NFC West odds (48:15) QB #13 Jared Goff (54:00) QB #12 Trevor Lawrence (58:45) QB #11 Dak Prescott See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Chris Simms

Guest: Connor

Topics covered

• quarterback rankings
• NFL news
• QB competition
• fatherhood
• sports stories

Keywords

• QB Countdown
• J.J. McCarthy
• A.J. Brown
• Jalen Hurts
• Sam Darnold
• Dak Prescott
• Trevor Lawrence
• Jared Goff

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Madonna

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