Bill Simmons’ Losing Streak is over: Our long national nightmare has finally come to an end. The last 10 weeks of Bill Simmons has been a disaster: 9 straight losing betting weeks to start the 2016-17 NFL season, the cancelation of his HBO show Any Given Wednesday, and somehow managing to mush the Donald Trump into the White House by parlaying Hillary Clinton with the Patriots to win the AFC east. What the fuck.
Bill picked up his first winning week of the football season with his Week 10 picks. The Texans, Eagles, Seahawks, and Redskins powered him to a 4-1-0 (+$3900) mark with Bengals +2 still pending. This brought his season-long record to 31-39-1 for a net of -$11,300. Despite Bill Simmons’ losing streak his overall numbers really are not that bad. Some of the people reading this article might laugh at his 9-straight red weeks while secretly wishing they were only down 11.3 units for the year. You can view the breakdown of his bets by week at the end of this article.
HBO officially cancelled Bill Simmons’ show Any Given Wednesday last week. The show received weak ratings (200,000 average viewers), with the last show bringing in an abysmal 82,000 mark. Bill has a point when he mentions the difficulties of having to compete with major media draws such as the Olympics, Presidential Election, and World Series. The New York Times describes the situation well:
As for the Hillary bet… well that is just classic mush.
Bill Simmons Week 1
- Panthers -3.5 (-$1100)
- Packers -5.5 (-$1100)
- Buccaneers +2.5 (+$1000)
- Ravens -3 (+$1000)
- Redskins +3.5 (-$1100)
- Raiders +1.5 (+$1000)
- Lions +3.5 (+$1000)
- Rams -2.5 (-$1100)
Bill Simmons Week 2
- Jets -1 (+$1000)
- Titans +6 (+$1000)
- Panthers -13 (+$1000)
- Buccaneers +7 (-$1100)
- Texans -2.5 (+$1000)
- Bengals +3.5 (-$1100)
- Jaguars +3 (-$1100)
- Giants -4.5 (-$1100)
Bill Simmons Week 3
- Patriots +1.5 (+$1000)
- Lions +7.5 (+$1000)
- Browns +10 (+$1000)
- Buccaneers -5 (-$1100)
- Steelers -4 (-$1100)
- Raiders +1 (+$1000)
- Cardinals -4 (-$1100)
- Bengals -3.5 (-$1100)
- 49ers +9.5 (-$1100)
Bill Simmons Week 4
- Dolphins +7.5 (-$1100)
- Titans +4.5 (-$1100)
- Browns +7.5 (-$1100)
- Colts -2.5 (-$1100)
- 49ers +2 (-$1100)
- Rams +7.5 (+$1000)
- Giants +4.5 (-$1100)
Bill Simmons Week 5
- Cardinals -1 (+$1000)
- Titans +3.5 (+$1000)
- Bears +4.5 (-$1100)
- Bills +2 (+$1000)
- Eagles -3 (-$1100)
- Bengals -1 (-$1100)
- Raiders -3.5 (-$1100)
- Bucs +6 (+$1000)
Bill Simmons Week 6
- Rams +3.5 (+$1000)
- Ravens +3 (-$1100)
- Chiefs +2 (+$1000)
- Steelers -7.5 (-$1100)
- Eagles -2.5 (-$1100)
- Texans -3 (PUSH)
Bill Simmons Week 7
- Broncos -9 (+$1000)
- Titans -2.5 (-$1100)
- Ravens +2.5 (-$1100)
- Vikings -3 (-$1100)
- Chargers +6.5 (+$1000)
- Bears +7.5 (-$1100)
Bill Simmons Week 8
- Jaguars +2.5 (-$1100)
- Chiefs -2.5 (+$1000)
- Chiefs D/ST TD (-$1000)
- Patriots -6 (+$1000)
- Vikings -6 (-$1100)
- Raiders +1.5 (+$1000)
- Texans -2.5 (+$1000)
- Chargers +5.5 (-$1100)
Bill Simmons Week 9
- Lions +5.5 (+$1000)
- Eagles +2.5 (-$1100)
- Browns +7 (-$1100)
- Steelers PK (-$1100)
- Broncos PK (-$1100)
- Bills +6.5 (+$1000)
Bill Simmons Week 10
- Texans -1.5 (+$1000)
- Saints -2.5 (-$1100)
- Eagles +2 (+$1000)
- Seahawks +7.5 (+$1000)
- Bengals +2 (PENDING)
- Redskins -2.5 (+$1000)
