PMS 2.0 1408 - OVERREACTION MONDAY, NFL Week 2 Recap, MNF Doubleheader Preview, Adam Schefter, Terence "Bud" Crawford, Comedian Adam Ray, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

18:54I don't know. I try to keep it as similar as possible. But you see a rush coming out of your peripherals, then you try to get off your plant foot real quick, and it makes your form look funky. So as long as it's going in, I'm happy. And I'm trying not to be too robotic, but get myself in the same position every time and make a kick.

19:14Pat McAfee:Yeah, you do. He does. 82 and 91 on his career thus far, which is 90%, which I assume is the best ever to start a career. He is unflappable. We had a full 15-minute conversation with him that we will certainly put out. But him chatting about this particular kick and saying, yeah, I mean, that thing just started going. I was hoping. I was hoping as well. He just makes kicks. And once we kind of got done with that conversation with him earlier, he has the makeup. He has the brain of one of those guys. And it's crazy that he's this new to the football world and has already made a name for himself.

19:45Pat McAfee:But he's unbelievable. And obviously the Cowboys need him, Con, man. Yeah, and it's lucky. If you're a Cowboys fan, do not take this for granted. As a Patriots fan, I lived through Adam Vinatieri, lived through Steven Gostowski. I just assume like, oh, okay, so I could go out there and probably kick a ball and we'd be okay. That's not the case. If you're a Cowboys fan, you've got the guy. You should hang your hat on having the guy. When you mention Dak Prescott and C.D. Lamb and all these superstars, mention Brandon Aubrey because he's going to win you games for the next 15 years. And when he's gone, you are going to miss him like you've never imagined you'd miss a kicker before the Patriots damn near lost a game yesterday because of two missed extra points.

20:22Brandon Aubrey is nails. and the conversation is unbelievable. He's like a dude. It's sweet. Yeah, very much so. Yeah, football guy.

20:30Pat McAfee:Yeah, and he said it. He's very recent that he started to like, oh, yeah, football. This year he said. Yeah, he's so new to it. It's like he was soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer, soccer. That was what it was supposed to be. And then if my memory serves me right, him and his wife were watching something either on YouTube or on, and it was kicking and she was almost like, can't you kind of, could you? And he just started. He was traveling like an hour or two hours, four times a day for like two years, just finding the stroke, getting good, getting good, getting good. Then he gets his opportunity. He just never misses.

21:03Pat McAfee:So good. And it's what a beast, especially for the Cowboys, because they're always going to be on national television. He becomes the first ever kicker to hit a walk-off game tire at the end of regulation, then a walk-off game winner at the end of overtime. Obviously, zeroes on the board across both of them. So it's either do or die, seemingly for kickers, every single kick. There's been some ass kickers in the NFL this year. I don't like that. Brandon Aubrey's making up for it on the other side. All right, the champs is still the champs. You know, I always say the Chiefs are still the Chiefs.

21:35Pat McAfee:And there was moments in this game yesterday where I'm like, yes, the Chiefs is all the way back. The Chiefs is still the Chiefs. And Patrick Mahomes had some magical moments. Travis Kelsey had some insane plays and then obviously did something that he never does. I mean, he's like a most shorthanded guy. maybe in the nfl so him bat one in the red zone as they're going in for a touchdown to become a pick the other way is just a nightmare absolute nightmare for the kansas city chiefs and on that note philadelphia eagles did what the philadelphia eagles do philadelphia eagles get a huge win saquon obviously is going to do saquon stuff jalen's doing jalen stuff nick sirianni goes into the kingdom and gets a dub after an ass beating in the super bowl i think i learned that the Chiefs might not be as bad as maybe we thought the Chiefs were going to be, and that the Eagles might be the real deal, brother.

22:21Pat McAfee:What are your thoughts, Ty? I think if you're a Chiefs fan, you're definitely not hitting the panic button, but I think it might be time for, you know, cause for a little concern. First time in Mahomes' career that they've lost three games in a row, if you include the playoffs. First time the Chiefs have started 0-2 since 2014, coincidentally. That was the last time they made the playoffs, and you mentioned it. It's kind of like Kelsey doing things that just he never does. Mahomes is their leading rusher again. He's kind of got to put everything on his shoulders right now. And then on the flip side with the Eagles, a lot of people after yesterday saying, you know what, that might be the game that finally gets the tush put in.

22:57Because you've got guys moving. Literally every time they need to pick up a first down on third and short or fourth and short, guess what? They get it. People are tired of the rugby stuff. And that's what Schefter said. He said the Chiefs didn't lose that game yesterday. They lost that game at the league meetings when the NFL said, hey, we're not going to ban the Tush Push. That's awesome.

23:19Pat McAfee:That's awesome. Greeny this morning was like, the abomination of a football play, the Tush Push, there seems like there is getting a little louder, and obviously the shots of everybody being offsides and everything like that. Tush Push out. Brotherly shove out. Let's go to the number one storyline of the weekend. The Dimes dive is in. Hell yeah! Three touchdowns in two weeks. Danny Dimes dive. The Colts, okay? I said it last week. Everybody laughed. Colts go into the bowl. I'm not laughing anymore. Denver Broncos, great defense. Yes. Denver Broncos got a great defense. Best preseason. A lot of people talk about Denver Broncos maybe winning the whole damn fucking thing.

23:57Pat McAfee:Denver Broncos are the team. A lot of money on the Denver Broncos. Now, they were in a dogfight with Tennessee week one, and I understand Cam Ward had some generational talent plays against them and everything like that, but they were coming into the lighthouse. house they were coming to lucasville stadium i think all of us were a little bit worried about are we real or are we not i mean we're about to find out sean payton on the other side with bo nicks a little bit more and what we found out is ah yeah the colts are for real and tyler warren might be the best football player in the nfl danny dimes obviously having a full resurrection under this shane steikian offense that's the dimes dive and it is beautiful okay it is a touchdown maker a touchdown creator and i don't think we've even come close to perfecting it i mean there's bodies flying in the back there's a little bit else but with danny dimes ability to run he even hit a second gear whenever a guy got free and got the edge around somebody and picked up a few yards which could have been a sack in a loss there were some throws that were perfectly placed out of danny dimes and there was a no quit from the team that we had maybe seen in years past there's multiple times where the broncos should have won that game could have won that game the colts could have had a three an hour got out of the way or the defense could have just not shown up and kind of gave up another field goal maybe just let the momentum go the other way we bring him in in the offseason out of minnesota full vibes got full celebration got it is on good authority i've been told from my source says that blew the mascot did not know they were doing that celebration at that exact moment so bynum's freestyling celebrations that are becoming the best celebrations around the league each week it is a good time to be a colts fan it is a fun time to be a Colts fan.

25:35And leverage is in the rule book.

25:38Pat McAfee:Yeah, it is. Can't be trying to break guys' necks. No. We're trying to be a healthy operation. We're trying our best to make the game safer for future generations. You can't be trying to swanton bomb over a guy's head like that. You can't be pushing that, trying to get over the top. Now, I did see Denver Broncos fans point out some other plays that might have looked like some leverage. I'd argue that maybe it does happen on a regular base. I'd argue maybe they don't call it. But when it's that egregious? Come on. That egregious? Can't win or can't have it. You gotta call it. We all saw it. I'll tell you.

26:18I was

26:19Pat McAfee:in a suite. Had direct eye contact on hold from Roberto Sanchez. Punter for the team.

26:26Adam Schefter:Haven't seen him. Yeah. No. We don't do that.

26:29Pat McAfee:No. We don't do that around here okay indianapolis we don't punt anymore uh rego could be on his way to uh pro bowl season did have a punt murder it might have been 60 some yards then they ran into the punter first down so he did have a punt in game one but it did not count it got ruled off we got a first down because everything's working for the indianapolis colts right now but i had direct eye on rigoberto sanchez and ball and spencer schrader who has been great for us this kid spencer schrader we're very happy he's here born in indiana indiana right yeah westfield indiana Then he went down to Florida, I believe.

27:01Pat McAfee:So he's an Indiana kid. We had Matt Gay. He was the highest paid kicker in the NFL for us. Ball didn't always go in. Good dude. Schrader kid feels good. I have direct eye contact on Rigoberto, the ball. As soon as he hits it, not good contact. This ain't going in. Immediately upon contact, nope. That thing, he hit that thing. No way. So we all think it's over. The electricity is drained from Lucas Oil Stadium. And all of a sudden, what's out there? Oh, again, another flag on the play. These Broncos fans acting like this was the only call that everybody was like, come on. These refs were a part of every play.

27:37Pat McAfee:It was very annoying, to be honest with you. There was a lot of flags in the game. That leverage one's tough. If I was a Broncos fan, I'm certainly very loud. On that note, we getting the re-kick in the odd house, we didn't care. We want ape shit in there. What a huge win for the Broncos. D-Bot, you were on the call for ESPN Radio. I can't wait to hear that.

27:56Adam Schefter:What a game for you to get to call. I mean, what a game from wire to wire. Both of these offenses are moving the ball up and down the field. We always talk about in the locker room playing complimentary football. We always talk about, hey, it's going to take 60 minutes, have each other's back no matter what happens. And that's what happened with the coach yesterday. The offense was moving the ball well between the 20s all day long. A few drives stalled, stalled, stalled, but straighter was nails all day. Went five for five from field goals, so we weren't punching in touchdowns. But we made the big plays when we needed them.

28:23Adam Schefter:That big one to Jonathan Taylor up the sideline, that was huge. The Cam Bynum interception because the Broncos, they were getting in the red area, and they were converting touchdowns. Bo Nix was pretty sharp once they got in the red area.

28:32Pat McAfee:Franklin, is that the wide receiver? Troy Franklin, yeah. Were they college teammates at Oregon?

28:37Adam Schefter:Yeah, at all. Yeah, so this was kind of his breakout game. But this interception was huge. We always talk about tips and overthrows, and that's what Cam Bynum and all the good deep free safeties do. They make you pay for those. So that was a big one, getting that turnover there. Special teams, defense. Defense wasn't great all day long. Like I said, Bo Nix was pretty sharp, but made a play when we needed it. And offensively, just been sharp, man. I mean, just every drive we're getting points. We're getting touchdowns. Tyler Warren, he's been phenomenal. Jonathan Taylor went over 200 total yards.

29:07Adam Schefter:And then Danny Dimes, he was getting his ass blitzed. I want to say 70 % of the time he got blitzed. And it's Denver Broncos defense. They lead the league in sacks. He had six in week one, 69 coming into this game. And they protected him. He was pretty sharp against the blitz. went over 300 yards for the first time since week two in 2023. So love with Danny Dimes. We've been looking for a quarterback. Danny Dimes has obviously been looking for a good place, and I think it's kind of a match made heaven right now.

29:34Pat McAfee:Shane Steichen's been looking for a quarterback too. I think he is very comfortable with everything that Danny Dimes does. Just the convey into the offense, what Danny's saying, and you can tell the offensive line's bought in. You can tell everybody's bought in. It's a different vibe with this Colts team this year. Yeah, and that's probably the best two-game span for a home team to start a season of all time. I'm serious. When you talk about the expectations and the question marks around the Colts and for them to come out week one, dominate a team from start to finish, and then week two to come out, be down by five in the fourth quarter, kick two field goals, and win.

30:05Like you mentioned, it's so much different. Whereas it was 28-23, and it was fourth down, and I just assumed the Colts were going to go for it, screw it up, and it was going to go the other way. And instead they kick a field goal, get a stop on defense, kick a game winner. Like it's unbelievable football in the O-line. This is Danny Dimes' first real offensive line, and he's one of the top five, top ten quarterbacks in the NFL right now. Danny Dimes' first shoot is going to be an Indianapolis coach for the next ten years. I hope so.

30:33Pat McAfee:I've heard he was out last night maybe having a couple beers with the Lund. Hell yeah. What? Yeah, we like that. And we are not saying that as a negative. That is 1 ,000 % A positive. That is the boys enjoying the city. That is a good thing, not a bad thing. Hadn't been happening for a long time. Danny Dimes, old school guy. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, senior NFL insider for ESPN, Michigan Mon. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Schefter. Schefter, we apologize for having you wait around right there. That's on us. The 15 minute clock might just disappear. But on that note, anything that we missed there and the Colts go in a zero ball?

31:10Well, the 15 minute clock has turned into a 30 minute clock, Pat. But that's OK, because the Indianapolis Colts are rolling along. They are the first team in the Super Bowl era not to punt in the first two games of the season. Whoever would have thought that the Colts, with Daniel Jones playing quarterback, would become the first team not to punt in the first two games of the season. They scored on their first 10 possessions this season, scored every single time, rolling along. It seems like it was a long time ago that there was a quarterback competition. You want me to go on to the other 90 seconds here like we did last Monday?

31:47You want to take over and follow up?

31:49Pat McAfee:I'd love that. Well, the follow-up is that first 10 thing, also a record. And also I think they've scored 17 of, I forget the exact number, 20 or something like that, or 24. And it's the highest percentage of scoring in 45 years in the NFL when it starts season. But go ahead, on you, if any of the 90 seconds have anything with Danny Dimes being the greatest quarterback maybe in the history of the NFL through two weeks, you can certainly add that. But we are excited to hear what we need to catch up on. Well, who would have thought that the Colts would have a more stable quarterback position right now than the Cincinnati Bengals?

32:19But the story of the day, obviously, Joe Burrow has a turf toe injury that will require surgery. He will be sidelined for a minimum of three months. Typically, this is a 12 to 14 week recovery period from an injury like that. That would mean that if it was best case, the soonest he could be ready, as much as he might push, would be December 15th. and very well could be into the new year before he's ready again. Let's see if the Bengals and Jake Browning, their new quarterback, can keep them afloat until then. But Joe Burrow went down yesterday. You knew it had to be serious. He's going to have surgery as soon as the swelling in that toe goes down, and he's going to be sidelined for a minimum of three months.

33:01The Bengals already have been calling around to add another quarterback. That's from a depth standpoint. But the fact of the matter is Jake Browning will be the guy. He is expected to be the guy. and Joe Burrow has taken so much punishment there in Cincinnati from the time that he arrived there in 2020. You put up the pass rush win rate right there where the Bengals have ranked in the league and you see those numbers. That is rough for a quarterback to absorb all those hits, all those years, and you wonder what type of cumulative effect it will have on Joe Burrow physically and mentally moving forward.

33:37So we'll keep an eye on that as that unfolds. The New York Jets quarterback, Justin Fields, is in concussion protocol, left the game yesterday, went out, was replaced by Tyrod Taylor. We'll see if Justin Fields can clear in time this week to get back into action. The Jets had a terribly disappointing game yesterday against the Buffalo Bills. They looked inept out there. Nobody would have thought the Jets could look that bad, but they did, and now there'll be a question about their quarterback. And the other quarterback to watch today will be Jaden Daniels. obviously came up a little limpy on Thursday night in Green Bay.

34:13And I think they did some testing over the weekend. And I think Dan Quinn will address the media today. And we'll see what that is, whether his status for Sunday is in question at all. Don't know yet. I don't think it's serious in any kind of way. But I do think that we're going to hear something there regarding some sort of issue with Jaden Daniels. That's my sense of things, and we'll see how that plays out. They're working through it right now.

34:41Pat McAfee:Okay, on that note, Jaden looked unlike what we've seen of Jaden in the NFL, I think, in the face and everything on the field, certainly against that Packers team, who might be the best team in ball right now. They might be. So that might just be the case. I didn't think I remembered him potentially having an injury coming out of there. We will obviously keep T's and P's and positive vibes for Jaden Daniels. I think on everybody that got injured. Ty has a question for you, Shefty. Shout out to YouTube TV, by the way. Every game, every Sunday, all in one place. Love it. You got quad box, too. Oh, no.

35:12Pat McAfee:You can build them now. You can build them. You can choose which one there. And Red Zone, are we still? We are? Yeah, I watched it all day yesterday. Oh, okay. Yeah, I had it on as well. Now, granted, I know there's people that didn't because they were saying terrible things to me whenever I said, you guys are going to have playthrough commercials. We do not care. I spoke for the wrong people. There are people that care. I can tell you, you don't go there. Yeah. Well, I did because I knew that I was going to still watch it. And that's on me for assuming everybody else is. Are their numbers down?

35:41Adam Schefter:Did they still have a full minute of commercials? Because I didn't boycott. I haven't peaked over there. Really? Yeah. They did something more egregious yesterday, actually. Was that a new border yesterday?

35:50Pat McAfee:Oh, the red line. Yeah. I will say the red line is pretty nice whenever it's in the quad box because you know which one is exactly the red zone channel as opposed to everything else. But I saw people were not happy with the red border. Yeah. They don't want it. taking an inch off both of my sides of the TV. I want to let people know I'm on your side. It was incredibly convenient to see that in the quad box because I know that's the red zone one. Not that I wouldn't forget, but it's a nice little reminder. It is. Like, oh, wait, I thought these games were on. What's going on here? But I agree. I can't take it anymore.

36:18Pat McAfee:It did help me in a couple different times. A lot. But I hate it. Yeah, done with it. Moving on. And the 415 second things, enough. Those need to be at least zero seconds. What's next five? Red zone's awesome. It is awesome. And I do share everybody else's sentiments. Let's not ruin it. Okay? Let's not do that as a whole. I agree. Go ahead, Ty. Shepty, looking ahead to tonight, do you have any update on Brock Bauer's status? We heard last week after he came out of the game, hey, he would have finished this if this game mattered. But then all this week, now he's questionable. They don't know if he's going to play.

36:54Where are we at with Brock Bauer's going into tonight's game? I believe he's going to play. I think Pete Carroll has said he expects Brock Bowers to play. The head coach himself, who's celebrating, by the way, his 74th birthday today. So happy birthday to Pete Carroll. Happy birthday, Pete. They expect him out there. I don't think it's a lock yet that he's going to play. Again, I go back to Christian McCaffrey last year in the opener when everybody thought he was going to play, and he didn't. I think Bowers plays. He wore a left sleeve over his knee in practice. but I still want to see that he's fully and officially active before we know for sure that he's playing.

37:31But I think it's trending towards that clearly, even though they list him as questionable. Anything else in this game that we should think about? Oh, there's a lot that we should think about. Khalil Mack, the former Raider, gets to go up against his former team. And the Raiders at offensive line, he'll be up against DJ Glaze tonight. So that'll be an interesting little matchup to see how that plays out. We've got these two great rookie running backs right now. We'll see how that plays out between Omari and Hampton and Ashton Gentry. Justin Herbert has played very well. Geno Smith is airing it out for the Raiders' first home game for the Vegas Raiders this year.

38:05So really it's the first time that Pete Carroll has coached that team in front of the home fans there in Las Vegas. Ashton Gentry making his home debut. We'll see if Brock Bowers is in fact out there as we think he will be. Should be a good matchup on Monday Night Football in the second leg of the game.

38:20Pat McAfee:We're hoping that these primetime games remain good. Yes. Need it. We're starting to look at the schedule. Feels like the NFL really wanted to put some good stuff up front. Yeah. Yeah, we want this first week to not be a dud. Let's put some division games in here. Let's put some rivalry games in here. And then we all, because I think we got caught up in a moment, we're like, yes, this is the new NFL. Yep. Yesterday's slate, you look around, you're like, hold the phone. Okay. And you start looking ahead. You're like, what game is here on primetime? Do I see the Miami Dolphins are on primetime? See, that's pretty messed up.

38:56Adam Schefter:Don't look ahead. Stay in the moment. Yeah, J.J.

38:58Pat McAfee:McCartney told me I got to stay in the moment. I understand. Tom Brady said I got to stay in the moment. The Miami Dolphins are in primetime here in the not-so-distant future. We can't be doing this, NFL. This cannot be what this is. On the Miami Dolphins, though, go ahead, D-Budge.

39:12Adam Schefter:Yeah, Tua played a little bit better. It was a game kind of down to the wire for the Dolphins. But everything that's going on over there is under a microscope, including the head coach when he's speaking at the press conferences. Body language on the field, the defense. They, you know, coach started off historically. They did as well. Allowed points in their first 10 or 11 drives. How hot are the seats down in Miami? And will Tyreek Hill possibly be on the move here soon? Well, they essentially hadn't gotten a call as of last week. But I think what happens here is as losses mount up, as they continue to pile up, that inevitably it gets the attention of teams and they begin to start calling.

39:57Nobody had called as of last week. But if they keep losing, you know that people will be calling. Now, the Dolphins last week had zero interest in trading him. And I still think that they probably think they're 0-2 and they think they're going to be bouncing back. Now they play on a short week, play Buffalo. That's the matchup you don't want right now. Let's see how this goes right now. But it's not a great matchup, not a great time. They're not interested in trading Tyreek. Now, a month from now, there could be a different story.

40:31Pat McAfee:Yeah, but when you put that tweet out, and you're wheeling and dealing right now, is that anything that we need to talk about? There's a lot of a little bit going on right now. Like what? Like what? Stuff, Pat. Like, stuff. Oh, come on. Chef D. We'll call you Stuff. Adam Stuff. It's a lot of stuff. Adam had a lot of stuff. When you put that tweet out, though, about nobody's really been interested in trading for Tyreek Hill, that's a hooty-hoo, right? That's a bird call for everybody that Tyreek may be available, or is that you literally just saying interesting storyline that I'm learning about here?

41:10no i think various people speculated you know about him being traded people have been saying that dolphins have been getting calls teams have been reaching out this team's interested i i just don't think any of those things as of last week had happened i don't think that there have been teams that call that's why i said to date they hadn't received any calls from other teams and they had no plans to trade them could that change this week sure uh is it likely to change? I don't think so. There's a short week. Miami is more intent upon turning around in season. Obviously, we all have our own feelings about where they will or they won't, but they're in the thick of it and they think they have a good team with good players.

41:49So, unless they start playing the game... They don't.

41:52Pat McAfee:No, they do. Chris Greer's phone might not actually work either. That could be the problem. No, he can get everybody out of town. That's a one-way phone. He's great. On that note though as soon as i read that from you i immediately think oh this is the team saying shefty let people know yeah that we are definitely a to date and they currently those two little parts right there you just try you're trying to make it accurate by wording pat that's like again i'm trying to come up with it so that so that if the events change and circumstances change a month from now somebody said you said they weren't trading well that that's where they're at on this day they're not trading them they're not looking to trade them we all know that things are fluid and that teams change their minds and circumstances change so that's that's my language like i understand but i'm just telling you from your twitter account me reading that especially with all the people that follow you and all the people that literally uh notable people with power in a lot of buildings read your tweets and go oh there's a little bit of a thing over there let me As soon as I read that, I was like, oh, that's drumming up.

42:58Pat McAfee:That has to be the drum up interest for the Miami Dolphins to potentially hear about Tyreek Hill. How much is he getting paid? What is Tyreek Hill's?

43:04Adam Schefter:I think like 30 a year when he's signed. Anybody potentially call him trade for head coach, maybe? What do you mean? I mean, that happens in the NFL. Yeah, no, I think like the main red claws are coach basketball up there, G League, I think they're calling. Who? For Mike McDaniel.

43:19Pat McAfee:Oh, my gosh. That is not. That's what he was alluding to. It was like teams trading for the head coach, I said. He doesn't even know basketball. The main red claws. Mike McDaniel is so freaking cool, he could probably figure out basketball in a day. He's right. Probably run that triangle offense like Phil Jackson. He's going to be an offense coordinator somewhere, we all assume. But they like their team. They think they're going to be able to turn it around. Hopefully, they will be able to do that. Maybe he heads back to San Francisco. Who, wait a minute. Go ahead, Con, man. Shefty, we got to talk about it, all right?

43:48You're very tied in with the Niners. I know you're tied in with every team. but when it comes to the Niners, it's like an Eagle Scout type knot when it comes to tied in. Mac Jones went out and balled out for the San Francisco 49ers. Kyle Shanahan, you have reported, wanted Mac Jones in the draft. Something happened after they trade up to three. They end up taking Trey Lance. But Mac Jones gets into the Kyle Shanahan offense, and it basically goes off without a hitch while not having George Kittle on the field. Is it too soon to say we have a quarterback controversy? Are we a win or two away from a quarterback controversy?

44:26Because we also looked at Purdy's contract, and his cap hit doesn't go north of$30 million. So this does almost feel like not a Kirk Cousins-Pennock situation. But if Mac Jones has a hot hand, Kyle Shanahan's probably going to continue to roll with him, Shefty. Are we reading that right? Well, they're going to roll with him as long as Brock Purdy is out. And when Brock Purdy is able to come back, they're going to roll with Brock Purdy. I don't think there's any quarterback there right now. I think it's them having a backup that they believe in. And I think he's a backup. He signed a two-year,$7 million deal.

45:02He's the backup. He's the number two. And frankly, the better he plays, the better it will be for them. If they decide that, hey, he's got value in the offseason and they want to deal him, then maybe they could do that. I don't think they're thinking like that. I think that they're just thinking, look, they've had so many injuries in so many key positions. They had to rely on a backup tight end, a backup quarterback. They didn't know that they were going to have Trent Williams until pregame warmups. They're missing wide receivers. Like, this is a team that's been decimated early on. So to have Mac Jones step in and complete 26-39 for 279, three touchdowns, he looked great.

45:40He looked great. And they were saying to me over the weekend that they believe that that environment that they have there elevates players. Like they've seen players step in and perform well. That's what they were expecting from Mac Jones. And it was interesting because everybody kept talking about how awesome he's been to be around and brought a real spunk and swagger to the team. And I just think Mac Jones learned a lot going through his two experiences in New England and Jacksonville. And it sounds like he got there kind of with some maturity and some experience and probably acted in a way that maybe he might not have earlier in his career.

46:25And he played great. Played great. Looked really strong yesterday. But I don't know. I don't think there's any quarterback controversy there.

46:31Pat McAfee:Okay, we'll continue to monitor it. I think Kyle Shanahan originally won in Mac Jones. Now he's seeing what he could have had. We love Brock Purdy. Yes. More than anybody else. I have his costume from Ariat. That's right. I bought it. The thing he wore and did the two-step or line dance in. I thought he looked so cool. I actually bought it. But any place on earth that would potentially do this would be Kyle Shanahan and the San Francisco 49ers. Especially if Kyle Shanahan originally could prove, just like I said, it was. Now, on the note about Mac Jones bouncing around, you got Baker. You got Donald.

47:04Pat McAfee:You got Geno. You've got a lot of guys. Dimes. Danny Dimes here that go through whatever humbling process or maybe enlightening process that they go through in their own football journeys and their own football lives. Mack Jones in the Kyle Shanahan offense, we all immediately were like, that would make sense, which is probably what Kyle Shanahan was thinking when he was coming out of draft. It appears if that's the case week one, if that continues, you're saying no problem. Okay. I'm saying it too. You're saying the same thing as Shefty? Same thing. Brock Purdy's the guy. I agree. However, Kyle Shanahan is a guy that has done this.

47:42Pat McAfee:I mean, this is something Kyle Shanahan would do. Not saying he wants to cause you problems. There's no riff. Brock Purdy, definitely quarterback. They paid him and everything like that. But if Mac Jones is the guy, he wanted a number three overall. They traded multiple number ones to go get. And he comes into his system. Kyle Shanahan's the guy in charge over there, right? Kyle Shanahan has this guy that, just like I fucking said it would, starts happening. That's a tough thing. Two years,$7 million, too? You know what he just saw? Somebody wants Brock, right? We got a lot of salary cap. I'm not saying that it's overreaction Monday.

48:10No, it's playing really well right now that they couldn't hold on to. Deebo Samuel. Okay, so there's a lot. It's Kyle Shanahan. How much carries guaranteed? 182. So much money. It's a lot. That's a lot of money. So much money. Including injury. So who knows what the actual total number. No, I think that was.

48:28Pat McAfee:All right. Shefter saying it, you're saying it. I'm in. Brock Purdy, can't wait to get you back.

48:32Adam Schefter:He's got to stay healthy. It's good to have a good backup. In two years, you got to go back over two years. 279, three tuds, 112.

48:41Pat McAfee:One game. This is without Kittle. One game. Purdy is, you know, Kittle's one of Purdy's guys, though. All right. Last question. Two, three years of Purdy. I agree. Saints are tough, too. You got 10 years on math. All right. Last question here from AP Tone. Yeah, Shefty, to be honest with you, I thought I was getting a darn stuff dirt this weekend. I saw a tweet, but then I went A-D-A-M. Nope, that's at Adam Schefter. You put out a tweet that Shadur told the Ravens no. They wanted to draft him in the fifth round, and he said, no, I don't want to be a backup to Lamar Jackson. That was a real thing?

49:17That's a real thing. Yeah, the Ravens were planning to take Shadur Sanders at pick 141, and that was the plan. And word got back to him that he preferred not to be in a situation where he would be in a quarterback room with an all-world superstar our elite quarterback, Mar Jackson, where he wouldn't be able to sniff the field. And so that was something that did not appeal to Shador. And he preferred to take the mystery behind door number two rather than the certainty of Baltimore at door number one and basically let it be known. Like, yeah, thank you very much, but please don't. I want to be in a place that I can have a better opportunity to play.

49:58And so, yeah, if that message had been there, would the Ravens have picked him at 141? Yes, they would have done that. That was the plan.

50:06Adam Schefter:I'm going to play behind another guy.

50:10Pat McAfee:Great history in Baltimore. Yeah, one of the ghosts of the other guy. One of the other guys. Maybe learning from Lamar would be cool. Getting drafted to pick 141, is it a guarantee that you're going to play anyways? Man, I'm on Team Shador, always have been. When I read this, just like Diggs, I was like, who would want this? Why do we have this? And I read it. I'm like, why did this happen? Then I started thinking like 10 different times. If it all works out, it all works out. But if I could have the opportunity to be in a Lamar Jackson room versus any other room, I think I'd want to be in a Lamar Jackson room.

50:46Adam Schefter:Not me. No? No, not if I'm a quarterback that feel like I'm good enough to be a starter, feel like I'm good enough to be a first or second round pick. I don't want to go to a team that has Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, maybe Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes. I'll open the other door if I'm a guy that wants to get on. Because these guys, we expect to play for another 10 years unless something happens. And this happens usually at the back end of the draft. Sometimes guys don't want to get drafted late sixth round, seventh round. They'd rather be an undrafted free agent to pick a better destination and go in there and compete in the roster.

51:19Adam Schefter:So it makes sense from that standpoint. A lot of times this type of shit doesn't get out either.

51:23Pat McAfee:Yeah, when did he end up getting picked? What pick? One, three, four, three picks later. Okay. Yeah, and to your guys' point, picking a place, with all those things considered, would you want to go to a place where you're the second rookie quarterback drafted in the class?

51:37Adam Schefter:Well, I mean, I'm sure he didn't want that either. What if he told the Browns? He said no to the Ravens. He could probably say no to the Browns. I'd rather be in a Browns situation than a Ravens situation. Yeah, if you want to start. If I'm a quarterback.

51:49Pat McAfee:Yeah, but man, I don't know. That doesn't look good. I don't think it personally looks good. only three picks later is good, I think, as a thing. Because the complaints about him not getting picked were the thing. And now we're hearing, well, he told people not to pick him. How many other people did he say not to? Yeah, good point. You know, so then that's the issue. Because I was like, what the hell is going on? I was part of the whole, I was part of the whole, we're not drafted. And now we're hearing, well, he turned down a team to get drafted to them. And it's like, did that happen anywhere else?

52:18Pat McAfee:I have no idea. Like, did the Beals say, hey, we'd love to have you? No, I don't want to go there. If it all ends up working out, it's good. But I hope that's the only time that that happened. What if there was a fourth-round team that didn't want to? Yeah. Or third-rounder? We don't know if that's true. It's not. I mean, that's what we heard, though, with the interviews. Was he just going in and being like, you guys can draft me. I'm not coming here. Sorry. If it all ends up working out, it's all good. Good luck, Shadar. Pulling for you, man. Always will. All right, Shefty, we appreciate you, man.

52:51Pat McAfee:If you got any more of that stuff that you want to tweet out, we'll follow along. There'll be stuff coming here soon. What type of stuff? Good stuff? Let's do it now. Not good stuff, no. Bad news stuff. We got suspensions coming in. Bad news stuff. Injury or suspensions? Bad news stuff. You'll see. You'll know when you see. That's Adam Stuffer. Thanks, Stuffer. That's Adam Badstuffter. I mean, kind of perfect, though, because we haven't done the geez-luise plays of the – Moments. Moments, excuse me. Sorry, geez-luise moments of the weekend. I don't know if now's the time. I was going to say – If not now, then when?

53:36A very power way for him to end that. Yeah. I feel like did a massive star player die over the weekend and I'm not aware of – Bad news, bad news. I mean, if we're doing bad stuff. I think it might be Joe over in Miami. What? Oh, no. It's Mike McDover? I think the way I looked into his eyes and his face. Okay. Looking into Schefter's eyes. I felt it. I felt it, brother.

54:01Pat McAfee:Call back Schefter. Call back Schefter, please. Gumpy, you can't just be saying that. Just because you're hoping for it. Okay, that isn't how this works, you know? It is Overreaction Monday. After week two, if they fire their show. It might be Joe McDover down there. It might be Joe McDover down there. Oh, my God. Mike McDover? Oh, my God. Most press conferences, man. They're awesome, dude. Oh, they're not. If you score, you win. So trying to freaking score. That's why we like the bottom, though, is that he wasn't the same as everybody else. And that's exactly the reason they should fire him today.

54:39Pat McAfee:Whoa. Because of that yesterday. You used to have some juice. You used to have juice when he did that shit. Okay, I understand. Chef, did a coach get fired? Did a coach get fired? Nobody got fired. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's not Joe McGovern. All right. See you. We appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen, that's F-Shepard. Baby, Shepard. You can't just be doing that. No, I said I think it might be. When I looked into his eyes and he was saying something bad was coming, I felt like a coach could be getting fired. I didn't say who. Sounds like health. But you're wrong, though. You said it's not.

55:11Pat McAfee:We don't know. It hasn't broke yet. We don't have any news yet. If it is health, the Patriots were without their D.C. this weekend, and he has had health problems. That's the way. This year. Okay, we're pulling for everybody. Tease, tease. Jeez, week two firing would be wild.

55:24Adam Schefter:It would be. That'd be a wild thing. We haven't had that early before, right?

55:28Pat McAfee:When did Rivera get fired? Six, seven?

55:33Adam Schefter:I feel like Frank Wright was kind of around mid. Frank, yeah, they were pretty – yeah, it was a little bit there. A couple college coaches got fired this week, aren't they? Salo. Yeah, I didn't see that.

55:42Pat McAfee:Hey, we ain't got time for you to be doing what you're doing. Down there at Virginia Tech last year, they returned like 20 of 22 starters and just didn't win. And then this year they seemingly did well in the transfer portal and getting guys in there, had dogs everywhere, just don't win. This guy's 16-24. He's fired. See you later, Brent Pry. Appreciate what you did for college football, but everybody in Virginia Tech said it'd be cool to be good at football, not just have a great entrance. And then who else? Deshaun Foster, UCLA. Now, he said we're in Los Angeles at the Big Ten media days. And he's ex-NFL guy who obviously we all got respect for from playing ability.

56:15Pat McAfee:But his head coaching stint did not start good at UCLA. Norris is a rough start. Proud of Nico, though. Got Nico Iamaleava. You know, I see some people who are Tennessee fans saying, this is kind of the dumbest guy in the history of the NIL. Seems like he is. I was down there. I know. The jerseys, you saw what they did. Oh, yeah. Nico Iama. Iama having a regret. Yeah, that was good. It's creative. Yeah. Very creative. Good crowd. Hopefully make a great crowd down in Tennessee. Shout out to them. Also, congrats to George Bulldogs. Big time win. That's tough. Get in and get a win. Yeah, it is. especially with the way that city was buzzing.

56:50Pat McAfee:102 ,000 show up 45 minutes before the game starts. That place is packed. What a great time to be alive.

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57:33So you were scrolling on Marketplace, and there it was, the bike you'd been searching for. You sent a message, and it turned out the seller was super chatty, kind of funny, and an avid cyclist. The next thing you know, you're in a cycling crew. well, a community cycling group. The thing about Facebook, you might find more than what you're looking for. From a browse to a bike ride, this summer, find more on Facebook.

58:03Pat McAfee:It is awesome. Yeah. God. The goat. It is so cool. Yeah. You turn on TV all you do is you see electrifying environments with an amazing sport being played. You can be dazzled. You can be emotional. It can be thrilling. It can be a bummer. Yeah. It's the greatest sport of all time. We're lucky to be right in the middle of its season. College football has been delivering in a big way. Ratings are up 21%, whatever that means, across all college football games. Wow. And I assume the NFL is going to have similar statistics. Sports as a whole are a great unifier. A good thing to really rally around.

58:35Pat McAfee:And we're certainly doing that with our sport, football, for the next, what, five months? Yeah.

58:40Adam Schefter:Love that.

58:42Pat McAfee:It's been great. Tonight, two Monday Night Football games will cap off this NFL Week 2 slate. Obviously, one of them is very, very late. And we are going to struggle to stay awake for it. But the Buccaneers will take on the Texans at 7 o 'clock. And then the Chargers will take on the Raiders. Baker Mayfield, C.J. Stroud, let's go. Okay? Let's do that. Let's have a good one, especially down in Houston. Monday night in Houston, early in the season, Texans still very much at a point where they can go. The Houston Texans fans are about to be outrageous tonight. That was by far the loudest stadium that I played in every single week or every single year.

59:18Pat McAfee:I did not get a chance to go play in Seattle. Have since gone to Seattle, witnessed the game there with the Amazon Prime commentators. It's loud as shit. I'm not going to say it's not. I assume that I would have said that that place, loudest if I ever got to play there. Houston, though, every time we played there, it was an AFC South championship game. It was like a primetime feeling game. Obviously, JJ was there, so the place was crazy. Loud. You'd leave the place. Your ears would still be ringing for like an hour, two hours after the game. Tough to have those types of environments and lose. So I think the night might be tough for the Buccaneers in primetime.

59:51Pat McAfee:And then Chargers and Raiders, Harbaugh taking on Pete Carroll. I feel like there's a lot of love lost between us. No, there's not. AFC West, there are going to be some new kings this year. Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs show a little bit of weakness, and maybe it is time for one of these other AFC West teams who have legendary coaches to go on a run. We shall see. The talks at the table is here at Boston Conner and at Ty Schmidt. Sweet hoodie. Thank you very much. Yeah, as part of the New England NFL rivalries gear, it is unbelievable. It says – well, actually, it just has the end of it. We are all patriots.

1:00:24but the full thing is we the people of the United States of New England are all Patriots. So it's kind of like, I know you guys consider yourself Patriots.

1:00:32Pat McAfee:Well, I was wondering actually when I saw that thing, who made it? Because I thought if one particular company made it, we could maybe just rip off that NEU off the chest and then also the Patriots logo on the sleeve. So then it could just have a we're all Patriots here, which is a pretty sweet little Go America type hoodie. Yeah, it's not that poopy brand. It's Nike. So it's pretty legit. We'll let other people decide what the poopy brand is that we were talking about. And I almost said it, and I decided, you know what? Smart. No. It wasn't Adidas. Adidas is spending a lot of money in our sport.

1:01:01Pat McAfee:We just need them to know it is not Adidas. Or Under Armour, or Reebok, or New Balance, or Puma. That's Ty Schmielm or Puma. Halley 1s. I got the poop. Whoa, how did you get those already? Boom. Are those the? Those are the Halley 1s. They are sick. The Opals? Is that the Opal collection? Yeah, I said it should have been called the Avatars, but Opal's cool too, man. It does look like it's straight out of Pandora there, unobtainium right there on your feet. I'll tell you. Those green pants are sick. They are clean. Yeah, you do got nice green pants. Yeah, it brings the whole outfit together there.

1:01:31Pat McAfee:I think you look at it. They're also very comfortable. Super comfy. A lot of basketball shoes, and a lot of people have shoes. Their shoes are built for looks, not for actual wearing. His shoes look sweet, and they're also very comfortable. Yeah, they're both. It is perfect, and I'll probably wear these every single day in here. They're awesome. Thank you for giving them to me. Yeah, no problem. Tyrese did not send him to me. No, I think he sent him to the whole group. One half of the hammer. Done. Cowboys AP Tony's here. Congrats to your Steelers, Tony. Thank you. I appreciate that. We kind of did a fast little run-through of it earlier.

1:02:00Pat McAfee:You know, chit-chat about whose team is potentially more done than the others. Everybody kind of wants to rule out the Pittsburgh Steelers right now. Aaron Rodgers says week two is going to be good for us in the long run. Seattle Seahawks might have a team. Maybe. Tony. Even if they do. I mean, it's still not good. I mean, it was 14 seconds. It was 10 a.m. local. First ride. 10 a.m. local for Seattle. They go into Pittsburgh. Oh, mama, I'm in V for my life from the long, mom of the law. 10 a.m. local, they play this game. In Pittsburgh, Aaron Rodgers' first time getting intro'd, running out there, doing the entire thing.

1:02:42Pat McAfee:I mean, you think the Seattle Seahawks are in some shit here now. This is going to be tough. Instead, huge win. Multiple turnovers, obviously red zone turnovers, everything like that will change the game. But I think the Seattle Seahawks might be better than anybody's given them credit because they're so far away and also a brand-new team, brand-new quarterback, everything like that. So maybe the Pittsburgh Steelers aren't as ass as maybe they looked yesterday or maybe some fans feel. Hopefully. But, you know, you talked about how the Jets looked against the Bills. You know, that wasn't great.

1:03:09So, I mean, it's hard to tell early in the season. And yesterday it was 14-7 in half, and it's not like things were great in the first half. The Seahawks scored on the first drive, but then they didn't score since then. And the O-line, Aaron was getting pressured. But it was like 14-7. All right, you know, this will just be an ugly home loss or whatever. And it's 14-14 in the second half. They score on their first drive of the second half. And then Steelers get a huge play out of Jalen Warren. They're going down. It's four minutes left in the third quarter. You're like, all right, either touchdown or a field goal.

1:03:38Here we go up. And then this is just a – it's a tough interception for Aaron. Calvin Austin goes off his hands into the defender. if it got through, would it have been a touchdown from youth? We'll never know. And then the Seahawks go down, they kick a field goal after this, and then after they kick the field goal, they have to kick off.

1:03:54Pat McAfee:Let's go to our geez Louise moment of the weekend. Geez Louise. A lot of people saying, oh, no. Geez Louise. What is this? Fourth quarter of an NFL game. New landing zone rules. Go ahead and run it. Hit the kickoff, try to hit it in a landing zone, try to make it a little bit of an ugly ball. Takes a bad bounce. Goes over Calvin Olsen's head. Caleb Johnson. Sorry, Caleb Johnson's head. And he lets it go. And then, boom, Boise State legend George Helani dives on it before it rolls out of the back of the end zone. Since it landed in the landing zone, which is in between the 20 and the goal line, that is a live ball.

1:04:38Pat McAfee:Now, there was a conversation. Did he touch it? Did he not touch it? The ref said, we don't care. The ball was down in the landing zone, and it was not down in the end zone for a touchback. So that right there, ladies and gentlemen, is a touchdown for the Seattle Seahawks. Might as well then make the extra point. So you take the field goal after the pick, then you add the kickoff touchdown, and then release the touchdown to Friermuth potentially from the Steelers' side. 17-point swing. That interception right there in the moment where Calvin Austin hits it off his fingertips. Aaron Rodgers was incredibly upset.

1:05:11Pat McAfee:once again this is the kickoff lands in the landing zone stays live in the end zone they covered up that's a touchdown kickoffs used to be always live always had to down balls even if they wanted the end zone then they tried to make it a kickoff touchback fest basically and they started rolling it down as soon as the ball would hit the end zone as soon as the ball would hit the paint be like a high school game balls down balls down balls down they just kind of rolled that into the nfl that was never a thing because on kickoff balls always live like hey might score a touchdown We got a doofus returner back there.

1:05:40Pat McAfee:He might not know that this thing is still alive. We might steal a touchdown. So now with the ball landing in the landing zone, definitely being full go, and then them not knowing to down it in the back, that's alarming. It's tough. That is an alarming situation. Danny Smith better be on the boys for that entire situation.

1:05:56Adam Schefter:You mentioned, though, that being a rule in college. That's a rookie running back back there. Well, he didn't return in college either. Who wasn't much of a returner in college either? Yeah, so you got to know these rules. It's tough. I think this has only happened four times in the National Football League. It's a legendary coach. He used to say, if you're a return, there's two things you got to know. You got to know the rules, and you got to catch the ball. Those are two things. Obviously, he didn't do either right there. So, tough. But it's a learning lesson, not only for Caleb Johnson. You know, in all special teams meetings around the league, this will be shown now, and everybody will kind of remember it now going forward.

1:06:25Pat McAfee:And there's going to be a lot of people in special teams meetings that had no idea that was a rule. Absolutely. And they're going to be like, thank God that didn't happen to us. And on that note, with the new rule of the landing zone, that was a perfect ball. Yeah. That is exactly, that was a squib that was ugly and when it hit the ground, skirted through. That is the kick that every kicker is looking for. Because if that ended up being a touchback, like old Cuz wanted it to be, that goes to the 20, okay, as opposed to a 35. So that was like perfect kick and then obviously perfect execution by the special teams unit from Seattle, knowing that's a live ball and scoring a touchdown.

1:06:59Pat McAfee:That's attention to detail early in the season. Now let's go back to the Calvin Austin interception because Aaron was very pissed off. It seemed like others were pretty pissed off. It was talked about afterwards. Calvin Austin got into a space that he wasn't supposed to get into, allegedly. And is this a tumultuous point for all of Pittsburgh Steelers fans? Yeah, well, it's a tumultuous point because the whole thing about who's going to be wide receiver during the offseason and stuff like that, it is Calvin Austin. But no, Mark Sanchez was talking about on the broadcast how Calvin Austin should have went one way, and he did, and then Aaron, obviously, they show Aaron in the replay, and he's pointing, and he's not happy either.

1:07:32It was just a litany of errors. And then, Foxy, if you have right after this and after the kickoff, there was a third and goal from the 20 in Kenneth Walker touchdown. They just ran a simple little pitch outside. And, I mean, the run, the defense.

1:07:51Pat McAfee:Oh, that's Pittsburgh Steelers' fourth quarter defense? 30 goals? Like the Keystone Cops out there. The defense, two weeks. Like the Keystone Cops out there. Two weeks in a row now, the rush defense has been horrendous. The third down defense has been horrendous. This is the biggest worry. The defense looking like the O-line, we knew there was going to be question marks. The special team stuff happens, whatever. But the defense looking like shite to start the year is tough. Nine-year NFL vet Darius J. Butler is here. And joining us live from Manatic in Ohio is a man who's a college football national champion, a Super Bowl champion, a Ryder Cup winner, and best friends with quarterback at Pittsburgh Steelers.

1:08:29Pat McAfee:ladies and gentlemen, A.J. Hawker. Hawker, you saw him get a little bit animated. He certainly thought Calvin was going one way and he had Friar Muth wide open. Mark Sanchez said in a replay, like, Austin's got to know that Friar Muth's going to that back corner, kind of clear space there, as opposed to bring his guy in and kind of muddy the entirety of it all up. What are your thoughts on where the Steelers' offense is, where Aaron is, and kind of how it looks after week two in Pittsburgh? I mean, yeah, this is some unbelievable mistakes. I think that usually tend to not happen with an Aaron Rodgers-led offense.

1:09:01Something like this is kind of a fluke. And then the whole kickoff situation that you showed, like how often what D-Butt said it's happened four times. I mean, I don't know with this new rule how it works out. Yeah, I don't know how it happens. I'm not as down on the Steelers because I feel like things like this, obviously if they don't happen, they have a much better chance to win. But you're right. The defense not holding up these first couple weeks, that would worry me a little bit more. And shout out D-Butt bringing out the Keystone Cops reference. I used to hear that every day for 20 years, you know, starting as a youngster when coaches say it.

1:09:30But, yeah, I'd be a little bit concerned. But also, I mean, Seattle's legit, man. I think they're pretty solid.

1:09:36Pat McAfee:I think Seattle is legit. I don't think anybody's talking about it. We'll find out as the season continues to go. The Pittsburgh Steelers, though, we're going all in. We're winning the Super Bowl. You know, we're winning the Super Bowl here. I don't think anybody in Pittsburgh thought Seattle was coming in and beating them on that particular day. I don't think any Yenzer thought that was possible. I know that Seattle Seahawks fans thought it was possible. because they think they have a good team. They're like, McDonald's defense, good. Like, hey, he's got a good defense. That's why he got this job.

1:10:01Pat McAfee:Sam Darnold, you forgot? Good. Also out there. I think they like being under the radar. Kenneth Walker, under the radar as well. Kenneth Walker, man, I love that. Well, especially if nobody's going to tackle him or try to get any lane discipline out there on the third and 20 in the fourth quarter. He had 100 yards on 13 carries, I think, so that was pretty good. Yeah, that's the other thing. He's running all pissed off because they're using Zach Sharpton now too. So he's all, you know, motivated with him, with Charbonnet kind of creeping up on him. For Pittsburgh, like the rule thing I saw people killing Caleb Johnson, rookie, let's remember Kyle Ruchach went to Harvard.

1:10:33He didn't know the rules in the Super Bowl when it came to overtime. But are people pissed at Tomlin for this too, like in Pittsburgh, just because like rookie not knowing the rules, you kind of point right at.

1:10:43Pat McAfee:Yeah. Not just for that, also the defense is, you know. Because that's his thing. How much money is on the defense side of the ball? Number one. Number one in the NFL. I think like$150 million. I didn't know the exact number, but I just know it's number one in the NFL. Highest-paid defense in the NFL. And Kenneth Walker's a good runner. He is. Jackson Smith and Jigba, he's a stud. Cooper Cup played really well yesterday. And also, if you think about Seattle, they're a big coffee city, right? So 10 a.m. local start might have been good for nothing. Wake up at 5 a.m. local for this particular game in Pittsburgh.

1:11:17Pat McAfee:Okay, sick. Sun shining in Pittsburgh, that's great. It was a beautiful day. Glorious day. Beautiful day. across the board. Everything was set up for the Steelers to win that game. Oh, my God. It was. And I – Dumpy called me beforehand. I was like, I'm feeling really good, and that kind of scares me. And then it happened. How did Boz do it? Did you guys give him a pay raise? Boz was perfect. Did you give him a pay raise? I keep trying to. Maybe they take some money from Hayward now that he can't stop the run. He got a deflection for a pick. He got a deflection for a pick. And you look at those runs.

1:11:47Pat McAfee:They weren't going through the head of Hayward. No, they were not. They were going on the other side out there. Seems like that's been an issue back-to-back weeks there. Yes, it has. They just keep running away from Teach. They found the fish. Yeah. We just go this way. Move around. Oh. Teach. They said they would. But then what do they do? They put him over there. Guess what they're going to do? They're going to run the other way.

1:12:07Adam Schefter:I mean, at least make him. They're going to run the other way. Yeah. At least make him think. You're coming to the game plan on Wednesday. You know 890's going to be here. The high back is running. Put the whole game plan away from him.

1:12:16Pat McAfee:Stats guy Daniel. Daniel Valente. Here's Steelers ranks through two weeks per True Media. True media always gets it right. Defensive success rate, 31st. EPA per play, 29th.

1:12:28Adam Schefter:Know what that is.

1:12:29Pat McAfee:Exactly. Defensive success rate, yeah. Yeah. Yards per play, 29th. Yards per game, 29th. Positional spending, first. That's over the cap via true media, via Daniels. That's right. You know, points allowed, 29th. Not good. That is a geez louise. That is a geez louise. Steelers might be dead. Then we thought the Detroit Lions were done. Uh-uh. AJ, did you see them? Guess who's back? Back again. Dan Campbell is all you need to know, my friend. He ran this up on the Chicago Bears. It looked like it was going to be a game early, obviously. I think probably a lot of Lions fans were wondering what type of season it was going to be.

1:13:13Pat McAfee:A little carryover from week one into week two. Oh, maybe we do stink. Maybe all the new coordinators are a problem. Maybe we still have the guys, but we don't have the brains that we had last year. Everything's going to be shit again. Oh, no. The Detroit Lions are just a Thanksgiving game where everybody watches them lose. That is what was on the line for this Detroit Lions team. And the brand-new Lions showed up in a huge way, AJ. Amon Ross, St. Brown has three tuds. Jared Goff gets back on his bullshit. And the defense just said, nah, you're not scoring anymore. 50-some points. Obviously, a blowout.

1:13:49Pat McAfee:the Lions all the way back, AJ, at one and one after week two? I mean, I definitely feel much better now than I did a week previous. But, like, what about the Bears? What about the team they're playing? Like, do you take any into account that they were playing the Bears and they looked this good? And they also had, like, the spike game situation. I didn't – I'm sorry. I was not aware of how pissed off they were at Ben Johnson. I really was not. I thought, like, you know, it might be in a division rival, all that stuff. But, you know, everyone wants to be a head coach, and he felt like that was best opportunity.

1:14:20The Detroit Lions do not feel that way, do they? They feel like they have real hatred towards him taking that gill.

1:14:26Pat McAfee:I thought the Lions fans had it. It felt like it was a media-driven thing. Like, this guy and people that aren't around it. Like, yeah, he couldn't go anywhere. Why did he go to Chicago? It's like, well, there's only certain jobs that open up and there's only certain opportunities that you would take. And if you speak reasonably to a fan, fans and media reactions, I don't care. Why did he go to Chicago? We don't like Chicago. Why would he go anywhere near the NFC North? I didn't know, to your point, A.J., that trickled into the locker room. That definitely trickled into the locker room. Yes. Players were talking about it after the game.

1:14:54Pat McAfee:I mean, that is – but you would think, to your point, A.J., business. Like, the players understand business, business, business, especially at the NFL level as opposed to the college level. I like that MCDC was probably in there stirring it up a little bit. He wanted to play you guys twice a year. That's what he thought of you.

1:15:11Adam Schefter:And the boys remembered it. Yeah, you know, the coaches always find a way to – different ways to try to motivate the guys. You can definitely tell. That was the message throughout the locker room. Now, Jared Goff, he had a handful of games like this last year, so who knows, maybe he was just back on his bullshit. You know, Bears are still kind of banged up on the back end. But, yeah, seeing him spreading the ball around, seeing him be protected, seeing him get that running game back going was great. And then J-Mo coming out after the game said, yeah, I didn't really feel much difference with Ben Johnson not being here.

1:15:40Adam Schefter:I thought that was very, very interesting. But you need these kind of games. Week one, look, the Packers, what we've seen from them so far, They may just be the best all-around team in football right now. So you take that lump early, you know you're going to see that team again down the stretch. And when you have a chance to put up a 50-burger against an opponent that you have any type of history with, you do it, especially on your home turf.

1:16:00Pat McAfee:Great catch there. I also love the Jared Goff. We got the zoom in on his eyeballs. He's locked in laser-focused. It's the brand-new Goff, not the same old Goff-Lovsky that people are saying. Yes, exactly. And noticing these clips, he has so much time. And that was the key thing I wanted to watch all weekend to see if the offensive line could actually block for him. And if we could get the run game going. So we got the run game going, and then we go play action, and all of this opens up, and it's good. Sonic and Knuckles again. Yes. They're good. Because. I don't like all these nicknames everyone has for our team right now, okay?

1:16:35Ass and Cheeks, that's not nice. That was me. Gouflovsky, that's even worse. Enough nicknames, okay? We're back. Sonic and Moose Knuckles is pretty funny, Foxy. Admit that. loose knuckles is good.

1:16:46Pat McAfee:Yeah, okay, Goms is in on him. Yeah, just a little bit of a retweet there from the back row if anybody else needed it. Let's go to the Bears. There's some bad news coming out of Chicago. Adam Stoufter has reported Jalen Johnson, Pro Bowl corner for the Bears, is out indefinitely with a groin injury. Happy to hear it's just groin, but also sucks that this has happened to Jalen Johnson, the way Adam Schefter was kind of speaking. We thought maybe something very, very, very, very, very serious was happening. It is a groin injury. The team is still evaluating the full extent of the injury, whether surgery is necessary, and how long Johnson will be sidelined.

1:17:18Pat McAfee:Johnson exited the second quarter. The Bears lost to the Lions after sustaining the injury while breaking up a pass. He missed all the training camp. The preseason, and Chicago's opener with a groin injury. Okay. So he came back too early is what the easy thing is to say here. At corner, you got to be healthy. Yeah. You got to be healthy at corner. Yeah, but don't take advantage. You will get exposed if you're not healthy.

1:17:36Adam Schefter:And those soft tissue things, like if they – I mean, they take forever to heal. So if you have one of those, a groin, a calf, a hammy, a quad, you got to kind of let it fully heal, which is tough during the season. A lot of people say, you know, you come into the season limping, you're going to leave it limping. So this is tough. But hopefully he goes away and gets healthy and then comes back because he is a very, very, very good corner when he is healthy and out there playing football.

1:17:59Pat McAfee:What will the Bears look like whenever he returns? What will the expectations be on the Bears when he returns? We don't know. Still a lot of season left for all teams. True. Never forget it. Four teams who've started 0-2 have made it to the Super Bowl. Yeah, I have. You're right. Okay, four of them. So it's been done before. Yeah, it was the far right column of the teams that go 0-2. Bang, there it is. Four have made the Super Bowl, 45 have made the playoffs. Okay? You make the dance, you never know what's going to happen. You might be absolute ass right now. You might have got screwed maybe by a caller of 10.

1:18:30Pat McAfee:Just know there's a lot of games left, 15 of them. You can turn everything around. This ship can still sail into glory. Four teams have made it to the Super Bowl. You can still do that. I don't know if Dolphins fans feel that way right now. No chance at all. Best 0-2 team. Or Bears. Chiefs. Saints. Saints, Dolphins, Browns, Panthers. Those are all. Chiefs are 0-2. Chiefs, yeah. Chiefs. Chiefs. Gotta say Chiefs. On that note, let's talk about the Eagles. Eagles get another win, go into the kingdom, do their thing. People real pissed about the tush push because of all the penalties and how ugly it looks, AJ.

1:19:00Is this just a new thing or what with them getting such a great jump? I mean, good luck stopping this. There's no chance. They just run it to perfection. But the thing is, everyone's technically allowed to run it. Let's study it and try to run it exactly like the Eagles do.

1:19:14Pat McAfee:Well, we're running the dimes dive here in Indianapolis. There's no push behind that, is there? The dimes dive? Yeah. No. Nobody knows they're running it on the offense either. You'll see a tight end and wide receiver. Like the guys on the outside, the tight ends, wide receivers that are blocking, I think they end up at Danny Dimes' feet too. I mean, they're getting tossed. Yeah, they get kind of shoved in there as well as their guy goes. So I think we're just trying to perfect it at this moment. We will. Know that we will. It already has.

1:19:41Adam Schefter:We almost ran one with Tyler Warren.

1:19:43Pat McAfee:That was a fake one.

1:19:44Adam Schefter:He got up on his head.

1:19:45Pat McAfee:Yeah, and then they brought in their tackles, and he drifts out. And then all of a sudden, we try to run it out to the outside. Shane Steichen's always cooking. And they're going to run one with Warren. It's going to be awesome, because it probably won't be the Dimes dive. It'll be like the Warren jump, and he's going to take like a wildcat snap, and he's going to jump eight feet over the goal line into the end zone. See, what I'm thinking he's going to do is it's going to be the Warren Waltz. He's going to walk right down the field. He's going to take the snap, and then he's just going to walk backpacking.

1:20:13Pat McAfee:Backpacking. Like Neil Brown at Texas. Yeah. Backpack. Backpack. And then the boys in front of him are going to be Borolini. Yeah. Borolini. Sure. He's going to be pushing and rolling the pasta, the dough, right down there. And he's just going to walk. It's going to be a touchdown. That might be the next play that everybody wants to ban. Can't tackle the Sasquatch. We know. figure it out. It's football. Colts winning the Super Bowl, AJ. I don't know if you saw. Wild leverage call. Wild call on that field goal, but you know what? Technically, you cannot touch. So he's saying he pushed off of him to try to jump?

1:20:46Pat McAfee:Yeah, he pushed down and he tried to break his neck. You can see him touching his board up. That's classic leverage. Push down. You cannot touch him. I think the rule is stupid. I think you should be able to bull rush that dude and jump over top, but these are the rules. I get it. Hey, I agree. If we're just going to play chaos with no rules, let's do it. Okay, let's just not play within the rules of the game. No, I mean, now the rules have changed. I'm saying the rule is dumb, but under the rules, yes, you can make that call. Well, for leverage as a defender, as Craig Royce said, you're not allowed to place your hand on an opponent or a teammate and push off to propel yourself into the air to block a kick.

1:21:24Pat McAfee:In this case, number 92 came across the line to the right guard, and he put his hands on the right guard and pushed off him to elevate himself in the air in order to try and block the kick. You're not allowed to do that. It was a personal foul and a 15-yard penalty. In this case, since it was the last play of the game and it was a foul on defense, we extended the game for one untimed down. We assessed the 15-yard penalty and they were able to run out of the play. Is AI answering these questions? That doesn't sound like a human. No, it does. That's bullshit. No, that's referees. There's no way that is coming out of somebody's mouth.

1:21:57Pat McAfee:I feel like I'm an above-average speaker communicator there. That sounded like ChatGPT answered that question. I could see that. That was a grok answer right there. I mean, for leverage, as a defender, you're not allowed to place your hand on an opponent or a teammate and push off to propel yourself into the air to block a kick. In this case, number 92 came across the line to the right guard, and he put his hands on the right guard and pushed off him to elevate himself in the air in order to try and block the kick. You're not allowed to do that. It is a personal foul and a 15-yard penalty. In this case, since it was last played, that sounds like a robot.

1:22:28I bet they did use ChatGPT, printed it out, and were like, this is what you said. Guys, who are we talking about? We're talking about referees here. They are not human beings. Valid.

1:22:38Pat McAfee:Can we ask AI if AI wrote that? Yes, you could. Yeah, you can. Copy and paste it. That doesn't sound like a human speaking. No, not at all. Because the way – does it? I haven't heard Craig speak before, so. Yeah, it's true. We heard him speak at the game. He was pretty normal. He was funny.

1:22:57Adam Schefter:He's the white cap? Is that white cap right there? Yeah.

1:23:01Pat McAfee:He had a great game. A lot of flags. MVP. A lot of flags. MVP. There was a lot of calls against the Colts that were a bunch of bulls. Oh, I know. The Colts are legit. Hey, I enjoy watching the Colts play football. I really do. I truly do. But is the rule I can't put my hands on them or I can't forcibly push? Do we know? It's like, hey, any contact is boom, penalty. I don't know if I'd call this a push. That's not a push. He propelled himself, clearly. See the springboard. And also, if you get in the air, I don't think you're allowed to land on anybody either. It's like another part of the rule that I think you could have.

1:23:33Pat McAfee:There's like six different things that they probably could have called on this. But I think what Broncos are saying is, does this happen on every kick? Or are we just calling this on a game winner from 60 that the guy was nowhere near making and changes the entire outcome of the game?

1:23:47Adam Schefter:You got to have some balls to throw that flag. They were throwing a lot of flags.

1:23:50Pat McAfee:It was almost like you were calling it.

1:23:53Adam Schefter:Yeah, it was kind of going both ways, though. Colts got some shitty ones. I think the Broncos got some shitty ones. But to call that one, like game winner, 60-yarder. And with that 60-yarder, you know, I think the in-the-game operation with all this stuff we've been talking about, Danny Dimes, and how well they were moving the ball, I think we could have been a little more aggressive there, maybe get a little more yardage, don't set up spank for a 60-yarder. But, yeah, that was a ballsy call right there by the Whitecaps or whoever threw it.

1:24:24Pat McAfee:They were all throwing a lot of flags. I mean, they really said, hey, it's our league too. And week one, I don't think we talked about the refs much. I think after that Colts game, my first takeaway was, oh, the refs want to be talked about a little bit after how much Craig's crew was throwing it. But then changing the – yeah. Leverage, anytime you say that, I mean, I can barely hear it get out of his mouth because all we saw was whatever it was and then this way. And we're like, mulligan time. 45-yard mulligan. Guaranteed make for an NFL guy. Guaranteed make for an NFL guy. Look at him. Pull shoot.

1:25:02Pat McAfee:Pull shoot. Yeah, you just can't do that. Can't push that. Triple team in a guy.

1:25:05Adam Schefter:I got to kill him. Point of emphasis.

1:25:07Pat McAfee:Now, if the Colts do that, let's make sure we learn from this, boys, and make sure it's not as obvious. Well, and that's why, I mean, in Craig's defense, If you're going to do that, that was the time to do it. You're in Indianapolis. You've got a home game. It's like, you know what? I'm going to be a hero in this city for the rest of this season. Okay? So if it's even close, I'm going to throw this flag. I'm going to give them another opportunity. I'm going to make sure they win. Tone put it into ChatGPT. Yeah, and now this could be ChatGPT covering for AI, but it says the statement doesn't look like it was written by AI.

1:25:36It's actually very typical of the official postgame poll report explanations, NFO.

1:25:40Pat McAfee:They're all it. So they got their own. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're all it. Interesting. Who can we trust? No one. I want to let whichever AI know that made that call, we appreciate it. We had a great time. Broncos fans are not thrilled about it. They are not thrilled about it. Some other storylines around the NFL that we haven't really chatted about. Rams get a big time win. Congrats to Rams. AJ loses focus a little bit up there. Love that the Rams are going to be a real team. Pukunikua is untackled. This guy is outrageous. They just handed the ball off to him. It was very muddy. It was all, ah, ah, ah, ah, ooze to the crib.

1:26:19Pat McAfee:Puka Nakua on a fourth and one. He gets to the end zone. McVay seemingly always going to have great offense. And on defense, they got dogs all over the place. Congrats to the Rams being a team. This West Coast now starting to have some teams over there going to have to pay attention to. Oh, yeah. And Stafford and Devontae got going. Devontae had his first 100-yard game as a Ram. Here's his touchdown right there, too, in an absolute bucket. And then also for the Titans. Like, hey, this Texans team that we're going to see tonight, they only scored nine points on this defense. For Cam Ward, I mean, shoot, you're not looking for moral victories, but last week we kind of talked about the tweet that said Cam Ward good, Titans bad.

1:26:58This play was unbelievable. I mean, this is across the field touchdown on third down. Like, the stuff you're seeing as a Titans fan out of Cam Ward, you've got to be happy. But, yeah, the Rams are very much for real. They're going to be in it.

1:27:11Pat McAfee:Titans 0-2, but everybody's saying they got a guy down there. Congrats to them. Cardinals beat the Panthers. Panthers had a little bit of a comeback coming on. 27-3 was the score, and then all of a sudden Panthers start piling on, piling on. Cardinals end up getting a win. Are we in on the Cardinals? Oh, no. Are we in on the Panthers? No, and for whatever reason, it seems like these two teams play each other 12 times a year. I don't know how, but I watched this game at least three-fourths of the Sundays of the NFL season. I think it was Cardinals in Carolina a couple years ago. Now they're out there.

1:27:48Pat McAfee:You're right. And when they're playing, we can probably look at the whole slate and go, this slate kind of ass. And it's always in the four o 'clock slot. So there's only like one other game. Three of them are 2-0 now too. There's so many chances, you know, like so many chances that Kyler can create himself. there's so much to like I don't want to say fall for yeah but for the Cardinals there's so much it's like wait could this be the year could this be the year obviously we're fans of Gannon coach okay we love Gannon we love the way they play we love that what Kyler's able to do are the Cardinals for real I love Trevor Bryant nobody in here saying yes absolutely not they're 2-0 right now AJ nobody's showing him any love the Cardinals at all that's They're in a good spot.

1:28:36I think they're in a great spot because of that. I know AQ will have his opinions on it, but I think they're in it. Imagine, though, just trying to think about facing this dude. Come on, it would be impossible. I would hate to play against him. I have a lot of respect for what he does, but the Cardinals, I don't know what, maybe eight, nine games in, then people will say, okay, one way or the other,

1:28:52Pat McAfee:what they feel about him. No, people still give him no credit. They are a team that gets no credit, I think, personally. Undefeated right now, now, they're running the NFC South. They're running the NFC South right now from the Saints, where Kyler was up at 4.30 in the morning, dumping and puking all over the place because of a little food poisoning dinner. My little bad gumbo. Could have. I didn't know they had that. I thought they only had good gumbo. I'll tell you what, he didn't have any bad gator. No, definitely if he was. Governor Landry, Jeff Landry. Ain't no chance there's bad gator down there.

1:29:25Pat McAfee:You shoot that gator right in the head. Go hunting that thing. So he was sick week one they win. Now, obviously, he's playing his best ball. I like the Cardinals, but you're talking about the undefeated people out there. I mean, that division is starting to look really good. Well, and it's a different era, but even when the Cardinals were 11-0 with Cliff Kingsbury, it felt like no one really gave a shit just because the other team's in there, and I think that is the thing. Like, everyone loves the Rams. Everyone is pretty high on the Niners right now while they're healthy, and the Cardinals just always seem to be that team that, aside from playing the Panthers six to seven times a year, they end up winning eight to nine games.

1:29:59Look unbelievable. Kyler does stuff just like this, and then inevitably they kind of fall apart in the end.

1:30:05Pat McAfee:Yeah, it's all about who you're facing the last three weeks of the season. If they're a better team than you, everybody's going to go into the offseason thinking you're not a good team. A team that we thought was going to be good, still undefeated. Cincinnati Bengals. AJ, you're obviously over there in Ohio. Just brutal. Never ends. It really seemingly never ends for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Bengals fan base. Obviously, this time it'll be at least three months for Joe Burrow-esque to get surgery on a broken turf toe that he suffered yesterday on a very kind of normal sack, seemingly. We've seen him take much tougher hits, much stronger hits.

1:30:39Pat McAfee:This one's going to be the one that is going to have Jake Browning as the starting quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals for the next three months. That's a long time. Fifteen games left in the season. Three months is 12 weeks. That's at the early of this thing. Could be 14. Obviously, there's a bye week in there as well, but this sucks for the Cincinnati Bengals and for Joe Burrow. AJ, your thoughts over there in Ohio? Yeah, well, they finally got out to that fast start that Zach Taylor has been chasing for the last, what, three, four, five years. But unfortunately, yeah, losing Joe is just brutal.

1:31:07And I think Browning can play. He can sling it, but nobody is Joe Burrow. We know, like the Bengals are, everything has run through Joe. And for it to happen on a play like this, too, it's weird. I don't know. Three months is wild. I hope Jake Browning can find a way, but, man, he's going to need some help for sure.

1:31:21Pat McAfee:Yeah, and there's a lot of, obviously in that play, he skips out of the pocket, comes back into the pocket, he's under duress. It's like that's kind of been the story of Joe Burrow with the Cincinnati Bengals. Even during their Super Bowl run, I think he was sacked 11 times in one of the games and then 9 times in another one of the games. Eight in the Super Bowl. This has kind of just been the story, including the final play with Aaron Donald, where if he has a half a second longer, he hits Jamar Chase, they might win the Super Bowl. They win the Super Bowl in this entire thing. So this has kind of been the story of the Joe Burrow Cincinnati Bengals.

1:31:50Pat McAfee:AFC North, though, also a division that gets after the quarterback as well. So it's going to get exposed if you can't protect your quarterback. And obviously it happens here to Joe Burrow. This sucks, dude. It does. And Jake Browning had a good year last time he had to do this for Joe Burrow. So hopefully there's some hope. And he did lead them to the victory yesterday, even though he had three interceptions. Like that game, neither of those teams wanted to win that game. And Jamar Chase was unbelievable yesterday. But no, like if you wanted to compete for the North and against the Ravens, I think that might be probably out the window, but you still hold on and hope for the playoffs and maybe there's a chance that Joe can go back for that.

1:32:27Pat McAfee:Joe coming back for the playoffs and the Bengals going on a magical run would be insane. 49ers and Mac Jones go down to New Orleans and do their thing. Hey, Mac, I brought this up to Schefter. Schefter said no way. He is tied in there. D-Butt said no way as well because there's$180 million in guarantees. It's one game, but if you're Kyle Shanahan, he traded the future of the team to get this dude at number three. And then he goes on his voyage from New England to Jacksonville, gets humbled multiple times, learns different offenses, learns different situations, is publicly executed, basically, publicly ridiculed and murdered by everybody in football, saying this guy stinks, basically.

1:33:08Pat McAfee:Then he ends up in Kyle Shanahan's offense. Kyle is a guy that will make that decision. Kyle is a guy that would do that. $180 million, maybe not. but Mack and he looked great executing an offense with some injuries across the board AJ. Yeah they did and it wasn't just like dinking and dunking like Mack's pushing the ball down the field so I was impressed and you would imagine that Mack does have a good relationship with Kyle and they started off the right way let's see if they can find a way to keep this up but yeah Mack did he looked the part maybe he is like a little more mature we'll see I guess when the first time he slides if he tries to kick the dude in the dog what happens maybe if Kyle wants him to do that or not, but yeah, good first start for sure.

1:33:47Pat McAfee:I forgot he was dong kicker, whatever. He had a lot of stuff that made him very hateable. But he was playing for a team that was hated by the masses at the time. A little bit different now. I think most people are kind of indifferent to this era. New England Patriots beat the hell out of the Dolphins in a close one. Patriots get a win, AJ. Drake May looks like he's real. Are the Patriots real, Conman? I would say so. I would say the bones of the Patriots are real. Again, it's going to be tough because Pittsburgh this upcoming Sunday, it's one of those situations where until they beat a team that you know is good, it's going to be impossible to say, hey, the Patriots are back until they do something of relevancy against the Buffalo Bills.

1:34:27Pat McAfee:What do you think, AJ? You think the Patriots are a good team? You think Dolphins' ass team? This was a battle this game. I think a little bit of both there. I think the Patriots are a good team. They're definitely not a great team yet, but I think they have the possibility to become great late in the year, man. People are talking about Dolphins as if they are just ass cheeks. We're talking about getting clapped every week 15 more games got capability become the first ever team to be 0-17 as well as being the first ever team to go completely undefeated back in 1972 the dolphins have both ranges potentially on the horizon what are your thoughts d butt south florida guy uh it's

1:35:02Adam Schefter:ugly it's ugly right now the things uh the things that is most concerning is the quarterback and the head coach not being on the same page when it comes to personnel and operation all these things They've been together for, what, four years now? So if you came into this season, that was the thing you wanted to hang your hat on. All right, we got explosive weapons. Tyreek did finally have a 30-plus yard catch. He had a 47 yard. He went over 100 yards. But he had another terrible interception, I'm talking about, too. And then defensively, even though we don't have a bunch of household names on defense, I thought we had some good players, a good defensive coordinator, so forth.

1:35:36Adam Schefter:The Dolphins to start off, I believe, first 10 or 11, however many drives, to give up points on every drive. that is uh that's tough yeah and i don't know if the patriots are good or bad but i i am pretty quite sure that drake may is good and that's all that really matters i'm pretty quite sure the same

1:35:50Pat McAfee:thing uh the patriots also have a 50 year old coach who's trying to run will kick off return exactly how's he not pop his hammy here look at that lean it's good leg it's unbelievable i mean everything about it he's at 90 knees at 90 good lean on there and i don't know if he thought he was going to keep up with him or not looks like he's running a little bit of mud but he certainly got down there. The Patriots all the way back on, man. Yeah, and it does feel like it is a little bit of a different vibe. I'm not going to say people like the Patriots or anything or they want them to be good, but it does feel like there is some sort of buzz around like, hey, the NFL is almost better when the Patriots are good.

1:36:24It feels like Vrabel also pretty baby-faced over with a lot of fans. Like, I almost feel as though you guys in a lot of the country wants the New England Patriots to be good, and that is why we're all Patriots.

1:36:35Pat McAfee:You said NFL is starting to realize that it's better when the Patriots are good. That's Boston, brother. That ain't the rest of it. That ain't the rest of the country. One last thing, a little bit of an update here from Jeremy Fowler about the Baltimore Ravens, a team that could potentially go and win a Super Bowl. Lamar Jackson, number one passer rating in the history of the NFL. Absolute beast with the arm and obviously on the ground. And now Kyle Van Noy is potentially going to miss multiple games due to a hamstring injury suffered on Sunday. Not going to call him old, but I'm just going to say Sometimes as you age, these types of injuries linger a little bit.

1:37:10Pat McAfee:Kyle is in incredible shape, takes care of his body very well. We assume he'll be back as soon as physically possible. Bummer, though, for this Baltimore Ravens team.

1:37:18Adam Schefter:Yeah, bummer. You always want one of your best pass rushers out there, Lederman Sachs last year. But as you mentioned, as you get older in the league, these things get tougher to bounce back from. But hopefully he has the proper amount of time to recover and then finish this season strong. But I feel like the Ravens' defense, they obviously have the pieces, they have the talent. They just got to continue to get better week in and week out.

1:37:38Pat McAfee:Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is the undisputed super middleweight champion. I think he's currently a champion at five different weight classes. Gees. He's kind of all over the place. 42-0-0. No big deal. You never fought anybody. You never fought anybody. Who would you like? Well, Canelo Alvarez. Well, he's like 15 pounds heavier than me. Well, why don't you fight him? Sure. I'll do that. And then what will I do? put on a master class in the fight of the century the fighter of the century out of omaha nebraska ladies and gentlemen terence bud crawford how's it going man i'm great going great hey we appreciate you representing america out there brother in the fight of the century and getting a big time win how does it feel here a couple days removed i don't know how many hours maybe 36 hours removed from that fight did it feel special when you were in there and then immediately afterwards did we celebrate this thing properly of course it felt special you know it was a historical moment historical fight uh i just chilled afterwards i went to dinner and just came back and relaxed been there done that brothers said my first fight it's my 43rd okay you gotta do what you gotta do uh ninth round you had it won i think everybody thought like you were winning the fight then there was a moment where you two just went to the middle almost a point at the middle of the ring and say, let's just bang.

1:39:06Pat McAfee:Here, let's get after it. What is the mindset? Is it to put on a show? Do you think in this moment, okay, I'm built for this and also I can outclass them in here? Like, what is the strategy round around? And in this exact moment, did it feel like Allegiant Stadium just needed some fireworks real quick?

1:39:22Adam Schefter:Well, you know, it's a fight. You know, like I said before, you know, we're going to do a lot of switching up and we're going to do a little bit of everything. in there we're gonna do a little bit of boxing we're gonna do a little bit of banging counter punching you know it's gonna go uh a lot of places in that ring and that's you know one of the places that it end up in is in the middle of the ring have you seen the clip obviously you saw

1:39:49Pat McAfee:it live in person i don't know if you remember every single moment of every single fight you caught him you caught him with a great left his head spins and then he looks back at you almost I was like, oh, what? I did not expect that. I did not expect that. Neither of you guys obviously get knocked down ever. Felt like you caught him with a few. Was there a moment where you thought maybe you ended it on, like, as you connected? And then his jaw maybe impressed you? Or what was kind of the feel as you're kind of figuring each other out with the power and the strength of the shots to each other?

1:40:24Adam Schefter:Not at all. Canelo's a strong fighter. Actually, when I caught him with that shot, he was actually anticipating the right hook. So he kind of rolled with the shot and then was anticipating the right hook a little bit. So that's kind of why he looked at it like it was like, hmm.

1:40:49Pat McAfee:Had him on skates in there. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, how do you prepare for a fight like this? Are you a guy that sits there? Do you watch a bunch of his older fights or his most recent fights? And I guess when you do bring a game plan into a fight, are you constantly changing that, especially in between rounds? Are you making adjustments that your corner has given you and you can actually execute those in the next round?

1:41:10Adam Schefter:No, to be honest, you know, I don't watch a lot of fights in camp of my opponent because I know they're not going to fight me the same way. I let my team handle that. let my team make sure that I'm in the best position possible for myself. So I just want to sharpen myself up. And then fight week, you know, I watch a little bit of fights and see, you know, just to refresh my memory of what the tendency is and what they like to do. Then I make my adjustments on the fly in the fight.

1:41:46Pat McAfee:Okay, so when you're in there early, you're feeling like, ooh, wait a minute, because obviously there's the mystique of Canelo, just like you have the mystique of terrence crawford here so this was why it was the fight of the fight there's a feeling out process and then is there a moment it's like oh i got a good tell on this guy i got a good quick it was that early is that going into the fight you feel that you just maintain that confidence throughout it all or is the first couple rounds a moment for you to realize okay maybe this works maybe this doesn't work yeah the first couple of rounds is

1:42:15Adam Schefter:always fell out around see what you can get away with and what you can't and then you know you go from there you make you know your assessment on what works and what what don't size looked good

1:42:26Pat McAfee:in the fight on that note d-butt has a question for you yeah champ you kind of talked about your

1:42:31Adam Schefter:your camp and get ready for the fight what was it like uh putting on the weight to to jump up a couple weight classes how did you feel in the ring as far as your speed and as far as your power once you got in there i felt great i felt strong you know um it wasn't a sense of putting on a lot of weight like a lot of people is it's you know with that narrative and i said all he had to put on all this weight like no i just didn't have to lose too much weight you know that way i could put on you know a little way here and there because of course i get to do more in strength condition but i didn't have to put on too much weight okay i ran with that narrative i thought you're fucked

1:43:14Pat McAfee:that's what everybody was saying the people that ran with that narrative convinced me that that was a narrative because i don't know the world as much the thought of not having to lose weight is probably a happier probably a happier was it a how was camp good

1:43:26Adam Schefter:camp it was great you know it wasn't a camp that we was focused on weight you know so we could just focus on my craft and focus on you know getting stronger which we was already strong you know but you know uh we we don't know what we up against so you know we we definitely want to make sure our body is prepared for whatever onslaught canelo brings so of course you know we're going you know crush our eyes and dot our t's and you know that's what we did in training you looked unbelievable

1:44:00Pat McAfee:you looked absolutely unbelievable not that you ever don't but it's just like god this guy looks like he is very prepared and then as the fight continued it felt that way uh turkey ala ala chic uh deemed you the fighter of the century and obviously ring magazine and tko come together to put this incredible event together. What has it been like, you know, with the modern world of boxing now that Riyadh's season has gotten involved? And obviously Dana and Nick Khan of the WWE. And it feels like anything is possible in the boxing world now. Is that the big takeaway that we should think after you and Canelo fight and have the success?

1:44:35Pat McAfee:Or how do you kind of view it all?

1:44:37Adam Schefter:Yeah, for sure. You know, anything definitely possible. You know, a lot of people kept saying that what I was trying to accomplish was impossible. And I just kept saying it's impossible until somebody do it. You know, and I would be the one to do it. And a lot of people looked at me and just, they said, okay. You know, and, you know, now I'm made a believer out of all of them. Yeah, you got that ring to it.

1:45:04Pat McAfee:Terry, you're pointing that ring, that ring. Yep, how you doing? You got one of these? You don't? I do. Allegiant Stadium, 70 ,000 plus, watching me dance. around Canelo. You outclassed him. That's what all the super boxing people are saying. Outclassed, outclassed. But it started a little differently than you normally start. Go ahead, Con Man. Yeah, bud. You are the main attraction whenever you're fighting, but this fight, you were the first entrance. Normally, you were kind of clean-up hitter. Here we go. The attraction is here. Was it weird having to wait inside the ring while Canelo's doing his walkout?

1:45:36Did it feel like almost one of your early fights from that aspect just because you were already in there?

1:45:42Adam Schefter:Not at all. It's part of the game. You know, I've been in that position before. You know, it's been a long time, you know, but at the same time, I understand, you know, that he was the ace of I and he was the champion and I was, you know, the challenger coming to take his title. So, you know, me going, me walking before him, hey, so be it. When the bell rings, it's all the same.

1:46:12Pat McAfee:You should have put one of those 40, 50 pound things on that the, uh, just test yourself, just test yourself. Have that on the entire time. Uh, I assume that phone call, uh, was Turkey or, uh, Dana or Canelo saying when's the rematch or when does that type of conversation start for you? I already saw you getting called out by folks. I don't know. You know, um, right now, you know,

1:46:39Adam Schefter:I'm resting and playing my victory. I'm going to go back to my family. I'm going to just chill for it, man. Yeah, take it in, brother.

1:46:49Pat McAfee:Fighter of the century. Yeah. Once in a century fight. All the time. Who's the champion? Me. I'm going to enjoy that and let everybody else handle it. You're going to go back home, we assume, to Omaha, Nebraska. Might have a team over there. Go ahead, Tone. Yeah, champ, we all saw the Nebraska logo on the mouthpiece. That looks sick. How do you feel about Coach Rule and the boys this year?

1:47:09Adam Schefter:I feel great about him. You know, every year I'm always pulling for him. And I think this year we got a great team and, you know, we got a great staff. And I'm looking forward to big things with Nebraska Cornhuskers.

1:47:21Pat McAfee:Can you tell me something about anybody can be a nobody? Because I saw Matt Rule hear you say it. And now that's becoming like the Nebraska Cornhuskers, I think, like mantra. Is that your thing?

1:47:31Adam Schefter:Well, you know, listen, everybody always say that I fight nobodies. You know, and that was a big thing. in a press conference because I remember telling Canelo, so is you going to be a nobody when I step a moho with your ass? Hooray! Hooray! I just wanted everybody to remember that everybody that I fight, they say, oh, they nobodies, or they washed, or they this, or they that. So, you know, anybody can be a nobody.

1:48:04Pat McAfee:Yeah, we can certainly make them that way, yeah, for sure.

1:48:08Adam Schefter:So I like that. I like that phrase. You know, anybody can be a nobody.

1:48:13Pat McAfee:Well, and on a deeper thing, like anybody can be a bum and be a nobody. You know, it takes a lot to not be a nobody. And the amount of work, obviously, that goes into all of this is something that not everybody gets to see every single day. Your commitment to your craft and your sport was on showcase in front of 70 ,000 people. And now you're five-division champion, the super-doper, doper, doper middleweight champion. I mean, it's just like, and we don't know what the money is, but we heard what it could have been, and then we heard what else it could have been. And we assume it's that one. You done good, bud.

1:48:41Pat McAfee:Hell yeah. You done good, bud. AJ has another question for you. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, how was the venue? It looked amazing on TV. Being in person, I can imagine watching it would be great. But what was it like for you fighting inside there in Allegiant Stadium?

1:48:54Adam Schefter:It was electrifying. It was great. I remember my first time ever in the arena was at WrestleMania. And I walked, when I walked in, I looked around and I was like, dang, I kind of got nervous because I was like, man, look at all these people in here. You're going to be fighting in this mug in September. I was just preparing myself mentally of what it was going to feel like, what it was going to look like, you know, and me walking in that arena, it was like, whoa. So, you know, once I walked out, all that went away. It was like, it's showtime, you know? So go out there, have fun, be the star in the sky, and do what you do best.

1:49:43Adam Schefter:So, you know, I was more relaxed. I was more, you know, ready than ever, you know, for that moment.

1:49:49Pat McAfee:I was watching all the stars ringside go crazy for you. Were you feeling that in the moment? Did you see? Chappelle's losing his shit right over here going crazy for Bud. Did you feel that, see that? And who all did you chat with afterwards?

1:50:01Adam Schefter:Well, I seen Dave Chappelle afterwards, but, you know, during the fight, nah. I just seen, you know, my corner, Shakur Stevenson. I seen Bill Haney and Devin. I seen Chance, the rapper, you know, in the crowd. You know, the people I kind of made eye contact with.

1:50:22Pat McAfee:While you're fighting?

1:50:23Adam Schefter:No, before and while, you know. like fuck not while fighting but like action and things like that

1:50:32Pat McAfee:Canelo chants right there last question for D-Buck

1:50:37Adam Schefter:you and Canelo obviously have a ton of respect for each other and I saw something you did after the fight you handed him back a bunch of his titles now I don't know how often does this happen I know they're customized every time you win one but how often does it happen that you actually hand it back to the fighter well you know uh them and it's his titles you know it's all respect you know like i told everybody for for you know a long time i'm like man me and me and canelo you know i got a lot a ton of respect for canelo you know i'm a fan of canelo i've always been a fan of canelo and you know i wanted to be the one to give him back his belts i didn't want my team handing back his belts i wanted to be the want to give him back his belts.

1:51:21Pat McAfee:That's sick. All you guys that fight each other for a living seemingly have such a better sense of maturity about it all than I would with everybody else. It was an honor to watch you work. Are you in the fountain blue right now? Yes, sir. That place is beautiful. We're there for WrestleMania. That place is glorious. Enjoy it all. You've earned it. It was an honor to watch you fight on Saturday, and we can't wait to see what you do next.

1:51:45Adam Schefter:Appreciate it. Thank you.

1:51:47Pat McAfee:Ladies and gentlemen, that is the champion Terrence Budcroffer 70 ,000 people boxing awesome fight of the century, two names it was stunning at Mania too you can attest to that, just being in there yeah, the stadiums, anytime the stadiums have a ring in them, like any of the WrestleManias just walking out before anybody gets in there and you're just kind of looking at the layout, it's like, jeez, how are they going to people are going to fill this whole place? That's a big, there's a lot of area. Yeah, both nights actually. And then you come walking out on the stage, walk out on the stage and you're just kind of like, it's hard not to just be like, whoa, holy fuck.

1:52:30Pat McAfee:Super Bowl, kicking off Super Bowl, that was hard not to just be like. Could you feel the flashbulbs going as you're approaching the ball? Yeah. I thought maybe I had a little bit of wardrobe malfunction. You know, I thought there was a reason, you know. Something hanging out here? Oh, no, this is history. Got it, got it. Let me not whiff on this thing. Not the best kickoff in the history of Super Bowls, but it's not the worst. Last time the coach started 2-0? Huh. Lost in the Super Bowl to Saints? Got all the way to the Super Bowl. Don't worry, that's not happening this year. Saints aren't going anywhere.

1:53:06Pat McAfee:Yeah, you're right. Maybe the Dolphins lose that title of being the only team that goes on the field and wins the Super Bowl. That might be the one thing we only ever hold on to. You watch the Colts, brother. You got eyes on him. You're in the barn. Yeah, 72. Larry Zonka, brother. Never take that from me. You were in the barn, brother. I was there. You seen it? Colts are something special. All right, we will continue digitally. We'll have Adam Ray join us in the next hour. We'll also show our full conversation with Brandon Aubrey, the kicker of the Dallas Cowboys. We got a chance to catch up with him.

1:53:35Pat McAfee:And this morning, he's a guy. Yeah. He's going to be a guy for a long time. We're thankful for him. And AJ has this message to say to everybody who's maybe a little down in the dumps today. Enjoy the double Monday night football tonight, everybody. It should be a good one. Double barrel Monday night football. We'll be back tomorrow to overreact to it all. Goodbye, AJ. Wow. Is Dano on one of their games? Is Dano doing one? Oh, yeah. The early one. We try to have him. He's on the early one? Yeah, he's on the – yeah, he's on Bucks Texans. Okay, that's sick. We try to have him on today. He's got a production meeting.

1:54:08Pat McAfee:You know, ESPN NFL runs those, So we'll go ahead and put those right through the entirety of the show. Yep. Very kind of them. And also, they need to do it because they don't get to work together as much. And I assume tonight is going to go flawless. Cannot wait to watch Buccaneers and Texans. At 10 o 'clock, 1, I'm going to try. Yeah. I'm going to try. I'm going to give it my best go. Sure. I'm pulling for me to watch that entire game. You stayed up for Canelo Crawford fights. Bingo. I was getting a lot of calls from a lot of people. Everybody was there. I don't know if you guys saw. Yeah. Oh, yeah.

1:54:42Pat McAfee:Everybody was there.

1:54:44Adam Schefter:Statham?

1:54:45Pat McAfee:There was billions and billions and billions and billions and billions and billions of dollars in that stadium. Hundreds of billions. Maybe trillions of dollars. Maybe trillions of dollars in that stadium. I was getting texts from everybody. When do you get to fight? Not going. What do you mean you're not going? No. I was in Tennessee. I just got back. Put my daughter to sleep. you're not coming to this no who made that decision that that's what everybody said like me that's far flight what do you want me to do everybody is here it's fire to say true everybody is here that you've done business with do business with or will do business with in the future where the are you i just put mckenzie down she's actually pretty rowdy tonight it's kind of a good shot i'm kind of a little tired actually early morning i'm a little tired or whatever.

1:55:38Pat McAfee:This is outrageous. They're going to tell stories about this, is what they said. I bet. And then I see the people that are all calling me, sitting ringside. They look like they're having a fucking great time. And I look around and I'm like, fucking everybody is there. Oh my god, it would have been nice to do some business with that person. Oh my god. That's what I'll say. If they want to do business with you, they'll come to you. I was going to say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. Yeah, and we have become known as the group of people that don't go to those. You're not their fucking lap dog, alright?

1:56:07Pat McAfee:We get invited to these parties. Yeah. Thanks, but no fests. Everybody wears white. Yeah. I don't think so. We get invited to these fests. You know, everybody's going to beat her. Okay. Okay. We'll see. We'll see. I'm excited for it. I don't think we're going to make it. Next year. Next year. Next year. We usually always make it to those Super Bowl parties and all those cool get-togethers. Oh, yeah. We got to be the only ones that do this. That's the only reason people go to the entire. Yeah, we'll see you there. Yeah, we'll see you there tonight for sure, guys. Okay. Just can't do it. As a group, we have never done one, right?

1:56:40We did one. You guys did one. You were the Posner. You guys were the Posner. That was college football. No, that was the college football. That was awesome.

1:56:46Pat McAfee:That was college football. That was a great one to go to. That was the right one to go to. It was. It was, what, two-hour drive away from the hotel? It was so far. It was fucking perfect. Connor drove us in a minivan. Great driving. It was fun. That was a great time, but that's the only one we've ever been to, whether NFL or college. Yeah. It's going to be a new us. We're going to go extend the all-branch these people for sure.

1:57:06Adam Schefter:Yeah.

1:57:08Pat McAfee:Bruce, why don't you tell them we're coming?

1:57:10Adam Schefter:Noted. Walking the rear carpet.

1:57:13Pat McAfee:That's one thing we're not doing. Not doing that. I guess we just had to do that at the ESPYs, didn't we? No, we avoided it. We had to do the picture. Well, yeah, I guess, yeah, they did just hurt us like cattle in front of the... Force us to do the picture at the ESPYs. It's a good pick. It's a good pick. I'm happy we did it. Happy we did it. Wasn't planning on doing that. And then they're like, all right, you're heading this way. No, I'm not. I am not going down that. Walking in. Everybody's going out. We don't have another entrance. Sweet. We're going to go ahead and get on out of here. We can find another entrance.

1:57:42Pat McAfee:Then we're lost in the bowels. Yeah, in the legitimate bowels.

1:57:45Adam Schefter:We were just worried about Gump's at that point.

1:57:48Pat McAfee:There's no way Gumpy was going to find us down in the bowels. He had to come through the front door. Yeah. Gumpy had to come through the front door, which was the right move to get to us, by the way. Yeah. We're not good at that stuff. But that fight, I guess, would have been a nice fight. We went to Slapfest. We did. Boom. We extended the thing. Yeah, that's stuff that I want to go. I need to go to one of those. Those sound pretty sweet. Okay. We already did that, so it's going to be tough to get us to go to another one. Yeah, that's on you. But I think you... I'll recruit you something. Maybe Mitt will come with me and be my plus one.

1:58:18Pat McAfee:Oh, fuck. Yep. Just know you have to wear... We got to give you guys the microphones, the thing, and then we'll have talk with a camera and Bailey with a camera. Honestly, it would be a lot of fun. I would really enjoy myself. I'm not joking. Yeah, but everybody you're going to walk into is going to have at least one audio person and one camera person for themselves. Every person there had their own Goofball convention. It was a goofball. It was a bit of a goofball. All these things kind of a goofball convention is what we're talking about. It's a good call. But they're good people. Oh, yeah. Trying to do their thing.

1:58:49Pat McAfee:All right, we're back on the other side. We got Adam Ray joining us. Cannot wait to chit-chat with him. See the energy and spicy heat braces. Oh, yeah, yeah. Five sold-off shows here in Indianapolis. Let's go. Happy for him, man. That's good news. He was also great vibes in a suite yesterday. He is a Seattle Seahawks fan, And so his vibes were up because of what they did to the Pittsburgh Steelers. But then also, you know, that Seattle Pacific Northwest fandom, loud. He was doing a lot of yelling. A lot of yelling. He was helping. Third down, let's get this thing loud. Okay. Yeah, we're talking.

1:59:17Pat McAfee:He was trying to be somebody that brought happiness and joy in a win. Because if we would have lost with him in there, obviously. Yeah, get this guy the fuck out of here. Fuck out of here. Fuck out of here. Forever. Yeah. We're the best team in football a week ago. That's right. You fucking pop in here and we lose. So he didn't want that. So he was helping team win. He was up there with Blue. On Jumbotron. He's up there. Did Blue get anybody? No cream pies for anybody that we saw. But it was a joyful night. Adam got a little bored with the dance. They started doing his own remix. I like it. Yeah, he was having a good time.

2:00:00Pat McAfee:Place was alive. All right, let's wrap up all the storylines. Let's make our predictions for tonight. How did we do this weekend? How did we do on picks? Do we know? I have not seen, AJ. This is real. I have not seen. It wasn't me. Eight and six, you did good. Boom. Whoa. Comes down to tonight, boys. We got two tonight. Okay. All right. I think I know which way I'm leaning so far on these two games. All right, which way? We'll see. Won't we? Well, I'd just like to know which way. I'm going to be forced to go here, you know, which will be. I don't know yet, but I'm a big Baker Mayfield fan, and I do like Justin Herbert.

2:00:31Pat McAfee:Okay. All right, I'm okay with that if that's how this ends up going. I'm okay if that's how this ends up going. I don't know, though. Actually, I'm not exactly sure because C.J. Stroud is the man. Whoa, whoa, whoa. And Dino is legit. We made our decision already. Didn't you already make your decision? I didn't make any decisions yet. I just told you where I'm leaning, bud. Do you want to pick him right now? He should have to send his picks off of there. A.J., what's your pick? For which one? First game, Buccaneers-Texans. What's the money on right now? Give me the Bucs at plus two and a half or plus three, whatever it is.

2:00:592 % on the Bucs.

2:01:01Pat McAfee:Okay, 52 % on the Bucs. Plus 2.5 is the biggest he can get? The odds are yes. Plus 2.5 is the biggest he can get. Okay, so that means I'm on the Texans, minus 2.5. And for second game, you got? Give me the Chargers. All right, and I'm on Pete Carroll on his birthday in the Raiders, plus 3.5. Is that the most? Can I get 4? 3.5 is across the board. Okay, so I got plus 3.5 with the Raiders and minus 2.5 with the Texans at home. D-Butt, do you like the picks? Who do you like?

2:01:25Adam Schefter:I got Texans at home as well, minus 2.5, and then Chargers on the road ruining Pete Carroll's birthday. They win and they cover.

2:01:33Pat McAfee:In Las Vegas, they just had to cover.

2:01:35Adam Schefter:That's a tough barn. I am a little afraid of that hook, but, you know, it is what it is. You know when you're locked in, focused, and fearless. Welcome to the WNBA. Your vision narrows. You can't look away. Every assist, every stop, every logo three. From beyond the logo. Every did you see that moment? You did! What records are going to be broken this season? All of it right here. Lock in. It's the WNBA on ESPN. All season long.

2:02:42Pat McAfee:Football! your NFL vet, Darius J. Butler coming through. With his big brain, he looks so cool. But ladies and gentlemen, you know him from either a stand-up comedy or stand-up specials or from Kill Tony where he is a multitude of characters. Or you know him from Young Rock where he was Vince McMahon. Tough casting. That is a tough guy to have to do. Yesterday, he was a die-hard Colts fan. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Ray. There it is. You nailed it. You nailed it. I had the towel. Me and Sally were doing jello shots in the bathroom. I mean, the vibes were high, dude. I don't know why you were in the bathroom with my mother, Sally.

2:03:19Pat McAfee:It was her birthday yesterday. She's trying to add a little spice to the show. Yeah, it was her birthday. Happy birthday, Sally. That's right. Add a little spice. Yeah. Tim McAfee loves hearing that. He's on his way back with his gun. No, no. You were a great fit in the suite yesterday, dude. Thank you for coming through. Thanks for the hospitality. You guys, I'd never been to a stadium. The vibes were so high. People were so excited. I hadn't been. And, you know, you just get – it's infectious. Like when people are going that crazy. Yeah. And you see the Peyton Manning statue out front. You see the, you know, the McAfee statue.

2:03:48They're starting to build it, right? Yeah. No, they're not. But they will. But they will. You got to believe, as radio said, you know. And he said something. I haven't seen it. But it was –

2:03:58Pat McAfee:He did say a lot of things. He said something like that. He said something, man. Shout out to Cuba. But he – it was wild, man. You guys being 1-0 and Jones at the helm and the good D. and, I mean, dude, meeting Tyrese right at the beginning was, you know, so sweet to me and he was asking me what my, you know, diet plan was and I was like, you know, six push-ups a year and Crustables and he'll be back soon. But it was awesome, man. You guys do it. Don't you be telling anything to Tyrese. We need him on. Grow chicken. Yeah. Grow chicken, yeah. Avocado smoothies. All the HGH. A lot of steroids, yeah.

2:04:32Whatever we need. All the steroids. Get shot up with everything.

2:04:35Pat McAfee:He doesn't need Uncrustables right now. Uncrustables, although they are delightful. They're delicious, dude. They're so good. What was the pregame snack back in the day? I was an Uncrustable guy, for sure. For real? Yeah, I like Reese's as well. And then my, what's that called? The metabolic rate hit zero. Sure. And I started getting fat for everything. The Uncrustable stat that comes out of the NFL, I forget the number. 10 ,000, I believe, a month for NFL teams and Uncrustables. Yeah. Wow. Yes. So whenever you're talking about Tyrese, he's locked in his house right now. He's trying to go to events so he can be alive.

2:05:06Pat McAfee:But he's doing rehab and then going home. He's doing some gaming. He's gaming. He told me he was talking a lot of shit to some kid in Nam on Halo or something. Exactly. Because he's a good gamer. He's got to be doubting. He's a gamer. 2K. Yeah, but he doesn't need to be thinking about Uncrustables. Because one of those Uncrustables, you know, that turns into, well, I don't have. Oh, it's a gateway snack. To another one. Yeah. And all of a sudden, we got 400-pound Tyrese Albert. Bro, as a former fat kid, I'll tell you, I used to dip Pop-Tarts double fisting into Cool Whip. Thanks, Dad. Where's my thanks, Dad cam?

2:05:37We left. Yeah. No, that's what happens. But you eat your feelings. But Pop-Tarts also, shout out, so delicious. It's Kellogg's fault for having 97 flavors. Did you see the movie? The Pop-Tart movie? Yeah. Oh, the Seinfeld one. Yes. Yeah, it was all right. Yeah. It was good. It was, yeah. The story, I don't think anybody knew the story.

2:05:56Pat McAfee:I'm happy to know the story. Yeah. I don't know what people were expecting everything else. I wish it had more of a twist. I wish Harrison Ford came in at the end and was just like, I work at post. You're all going to die. You know, just some came in. Yeah, I wanted a little more action. Seinfeld was just like, you know, there's not enough strawberry. Are you a – I didn't see it, but – You were flying high yesterday because – Flying high, man. Because the Seahawks beat the hell out of the Pittsburgh. Holy shit. So we just give it up one time for SD Card, as I'm calling him, Sammy Donald. No one's catching on with that nickname.

2:06:25But he is – he's dialed in, man. Our defense looks strong. I think we had 146 yards passing week one against the Niners. 268. Shout out to my white rapper brother-in-law, Derte, who hit me up with a bunch of stats. He hit me up. Derte. Look him up. Derte, look him up. He's got – Derte's got a lot of hit songs. One's called I'm an Asshole. One's called Is This My Life. One's called Watch Your Back Adam. He's on Twitter. He's on Instagram.

2:06:50Pat McAfee:He hates – Derte hates Adam. No, no. We had our beefs. He's a great guy, great dad. What do you say? He goes, dude, Rodgers has very few red zone interceptions. We held DK to 20 yards, a defense without Witherspoon. I mean, that's the thing. I think going into the game, I was nervous because I'm like, we are short-changed, but we got Big Cat. We got SD card. We got Mikey McD. You know, I don't know. I feel good. Losing last week sucked, and I think, you know, a lot of Hawks fans started to panic because we lost, missed the playoffs by one game last year. So, I mean, you can probably attest to this better, but I know it's early in the season, but still, every game still fucking matters.

2:07:28You can curse, right? Yeah. All right. Fuck it. It fucking matters, dude. Yeah. Yeah. It fucking does, bro. But it does matter. I don't know. But it was big. On the road, too, it was a good test.

2:07:39Pat McAfee:Does Derte swear in his music? Bro, Derte, I mean, he's... Let me hear a little... Yeah, he got one? I mean, he's a little bit like DMX. I mean, you know, I have these old... Derte's like DMX. Rest in peace, DMX. I used to say, I go, when your sister comes home and is like, oh my god, I met someone special. The next ones out of your mouth usually aren't. I hope it's a semi-locally famous rapper named Derte. I hope he talks about opening for DMX once all the time. and he did and he does but he's the shit and he rips it. Look him up on YouTube. Follow him. I think he's at Dirty on Instagram but dude he Is that an E with a thing?

2:08:14No it's D-I-R-T-A-Y His shit slaps. Norm can tell you. Norm slaps.

2:08:20Pat McAfee:Norm? Dirty's got some shit to him? He's got some slaps dude. He opened for DMX Ain't nobody just doing that. When I first met him I go you have the face of a dad whose kids probably call you by your first name because we were kind of going tit for tat And he was like, what does that mean? I was like, you know how if your friend's dad doesn't command a lot of respect, and he's like, all right, boys, time for bed. And the kids are like, fuck you, Dustin. And you're like, all right. Call me dad on my birthday, maybe. But he's killing it, dude. What's up, AJ? AJ has a question. Hey, I hope I can carry your vote in 2095.

2:08:51Good to see you. Hey, how are you? Hey, I think we take naps at the same time, don't we? Go ahead.

2:08:58Pat McAfee:Mr. President, thank you for coming. Yeah, Mr. President, my kids actually call me age, so they call me a nickname for my first name. Not even your name that's so disrespectful. Yeah, I don't know. It's actually respectful. I take it the other way. Yeah. Like, hey, no-nip guy. Get me a juice. Yeah. All right, go ahead. I want to ask about your prosthetic guy or your prosthetic lady, whoever it might be. Yeah. It's part of your characters, but you are what the characters are, whether you are in costume or not. Who does that? We do a Halloween show here, and I'm always doing my own makeup and everything for whatever costume I have.

2:09:28Yeah, certainly. Yeah. I mean, you're, you're, yeah. I got to be honest, dude. Until I'm just seeing you live, when I would see you on the tube, I thought this was all a prosthetic. So it's good to see that this is actually real. It's just not even doing its job. So, yeah, dude. When I met this girl, Jen Aspinall, she was on MADtv. The CW did a MADtv reboot for one year. I'll hold for applause. Exactly. Hey, MADtv, welcome back. Love the CW. No, buddy. Because you know when you think of CW, you think of comedy. Sports, too.

2:09:57Pat McAfee:They're doing that. They're doing sports, yeah. But we also know them for One Tree Hill, right? Smallville. Smallville. A lot of vampire stuff. Vampire Diaries. Supernatural Creed. But they had... Glory Hole comedies on C-Dub? They're coming back, dude. There's something for everybody. Dude. But you don't know what it is, which is part of the thing. Hey, I used to check IDs at a Glory Hole in Delaware. But no, her name's Jen Aspinall, and she, you know, from SNL, Mad TV, Westworld, she won an Emmy. I played Jay Leno on Pam and Tommy, the Hulu show that Seth Rogen did. They put me in like four hours of makeup to do Jay Leno.

2:10:31She won an Emmy for that. And so during COVID, my wife and I were sitting around watching, you know, just bored, drunk, high, looking for content. We're like, how many more times can we watch Tiger King or, you know, Two Girls, One Cup? Like, we need a new show, right? A new show. We know how it is, you know. And so these Phil reruns would come on, and that's how the Dr. Phil thing started. And I hit her up, and she's bored, and we're not doing anything. So I was like, I kind of want to do these like lost Phil episodes with my buddy online. And so and she's just a gangster and a goat. And so she did that.

2:11:01She did, you know, the Tony Hinchcliffe and the Joe Biden. And she did Shane's Trump for that episode of Kill Tony. And it's cool, man. She's she's kind of the goat for character makeup. But you're right. It's like whatever you bring to it, even doing, you know, Tony on Kill Tony, you know, doing all that, you know, un-fucking-believable. We're really doing it right there. You know, oh, my God. Pat McAfee. Pat McAfee. Oh, my God. you know so it's like but you know we taped my ears out for that and like did a little bit of a nose job and um you know uh put uh put some put some stuff uh i don't know what's that put some

2:11:34Pat McAfee:stuff uh yeah you're talking about doing tony hinchcliffe i think then you just continue to roll and then your brain was looking for something and then you decide whether or not you're going to say which i respect we all love yeah yeah no tony's the best tony and you know tony i'll give him credit i pitched it to him i go tony all these fans are telling me i should uh do you uh on kill tony and he goes absolutely and then he goes just don't right before the show he goes just don't make me look like a fucking asshole of course and i'm wearing the same vest as him bro woody harrelson was there that night that killed tony and woody and i walk up and woody's just like and i walk up i go woody fucking harrelson i go oh my god and he's like holy shit man he goes oh and woody i think woody was enjoying himself you know i took a hit of whatever woody had at the end of the night and forgot math for an hour.

2:12:17It was wild, dude. But she's just so specific and kind of a perfectionist. And I think when you're doing any sort of character or stuff like that, for me, it's all commitment. And it's like having it look that good, because even Pat was like, yo, can you just wrap up a ball cap for today? And I was like, man, having it look so good adds a lot. And for me, when I look in the mirror and see that I feel like I'm maybe a different person, And it helps me jump into that more. There was a gal at our show here in India in June. We did the Marat Theater. And this gal comes up to the front. I'm taking pictures post-show.

2:12:52And she goes, my mom thinks you're really Dr. Phil. And so I was like, I got to go talk to this fucking psycho. So I walk up and I go, how you doing, sweetheart? And she goes, I've been watching you for the last 40 years. I love you. I go, I've been watching you too on your ring cam. I go, I'm surprised you got that tampon out. Mazel tov. And she was like, what? I go, we'll be right back. And then, yeah, dude, it was unbelievable. That's awesome. And she was just – I took a picture. I signed a book for her. So that stuff matters. It just makes – it's more fun too, man. I mean, you know. But she's a gangster.

2:13:22Jen Aspinall is her name.

2:13:23Pat McAfee:You saying shot the Jen, multiple award winning, and obviously an incredible talent. You saying we'll be right back? Is that – what is the – We'll be right back. I mean, I got a lot of catchphrases, Pat. I've got don't make my mustache fall off. I've got if you think you can, you can. There's two sides to a pancake. I didn't come 90 % of the way to get 10 % of the information. You know, I'm looking across at Connor right now, and he looks like a guy who wipes his butt after he pees. But the point is, everyone's got something going on. You know, we're talking about the Dolphins, 0-2, right? No.

2:13:53That's a big deal. And look, if you're a Miami fan, I know, look, Miami's not just sunshine and butt plugs. It's also the home of Shaquille O 'Neal and Gloria Estefan. Okay, shout out. It's also where Ray Finkel and Lois Einhorn became one, you know. It's a place where Dan Marino and Flipper once had an orgy with Tiger Woods. It's a place where everything's happening, Pat. But if I'm a Dolphins fan and I'm 0-2, I go, you know, life sucks right now. But guess who it sucks more for? There's a guy who's recently divorced in his dad's basement. He's 0-2 with women getting back on the train. And he's playing Xbox Live, eating a chicken pock pie, and feeling bad for himself.

2:14:30So, at the end of the day, Pat, you've got to stop, drop, and roll. Only do drugs with fun people and shave your head, your back, your pussy, and your crack. We'll be right back.

2:14:37Pat McAfee:Jeez. Good for you. What a run. Can I get a Gatorade zero? Oh, shit. Ask and you shall receive. Good catch. That was a good catch. I came out there like a missile. Two years in high school, man, and then I quit to play Danny Zuko in Greece. What's up? Oh, nice. Did you really? Yeah, that's my story, dude. How was it? I thought I was going to be the first Jew offensive lineman and just didn't pan out, man. I was going to start varsity my sophomore year. The coach was like, dude, our offensive line was a senior, got injured. I think you're starting. and then I was like, man, I got a chance to play Danny Zuko in this play.

2:15:10The plays were a big deal growing up as a kid. We'd take field trips to go see him at Shortcrest, and so now I can maybe be a lead because the director was like, look, I don't want to tell you you're going to get Danny, but it's between you and this Filipino kid named Danny Park, and, you know, he might go with you. And so, you know, typecasting. And so I quit football, and I had to tell my coach. I tried to do it jokingly. I was like, I'm not going to be able to memorize the playbook this year because I've got to memorize the lyrics to Grease Lightning, and he was just like, get the fuck out of my office.

2:15:38And then he came to the Sunday matinee with his kids, and I mean, you know, got a leather jacket and makeup, and he was like, all right, it was pretty good.

2:15:44Pat McAfee:Yeah, you crushed it. It seems like it all worked out pretty well. It worked out okay. But, I mean, there was a moment where I was like, I think I'm going to, I mean, hoops was my sport, obviously ripping the Supes hat, which we'll be back in a couple years. But, you know, when the Sonics left, it was, you know, it was a gut punch, but it gave the fans more love and passion towards the Mariners who are killing it right now. shout out to big dumper who just tied mickey mantle for the most home runs for a switch hitter big dumper is sweet guy great guy to drink with great guy to hang a great i mean just the most chill it's always wild to me i mean you're the same athletes that ripped it up that are just so chill dude cal i'm like thinking he's this and i was telling the uh the boys at the suite last night the mariners let me go down and roast them during uh spring training and then suit up and uh the The jokes they posted were jokes like, Julio, look at his teeth.

2:16:35They're so white. He looks like. I said, I'm from Seattle. I know this place like the back of my hand. The only place I get lost is in Julio's eyes. That's the only joke they posted. But the other jokes I did were I go, look at Julio's teeth. I go, they're so white. I go, I don't know what's more white, Julio or his teammates. Look at this clubhouse. Where are you guys on January 6th? They didn't post that? And then I go, Cal's got 50 ,000 followers on Instagram, 60 ,000 followers on OnlyFans. uh and then uh but there was a moment where i uh was taking bp off dan wilson our manager and my buddy uh albert's down there shooting content and there's a moment where i hit one decently just made some good batting cage contact you know when you get into the cage sometimes and more often than not we're like all right 60s 60 miles per hour maybe maybe you know maybe softball i had a long night last night you know and you get in there maybe it's 70 80 and uh and i just hit one right off the sweet spot into like deep outfield and i'm running the bases and i get back and i'd use cal's bat i'd gone up to cal right before and was like can i use your bat he's like yeah go for it and so i get that shot and i go up to him after i go dude i put a little extra juju in this for you if you have a wild season this year it's because of this moment right here and cal takes the bat and goes like this and then he was like he's like dude this is it let this be the moment that if i have a crazy year that it's because of that you using my back and i turn over to see albert with the camera and he's over in the corner on his phone and i go dude the fuck

2:17:56Pat McAfee:are you here for? What are you here for? This is what we were freaking out about. That's what we were freaking out about. We were like, you got to tell this right now. I would be so mad. Who's cameraman? Albert? I mean, he's shooting the Dr. Phil doc from our whole tour and he does a great job. No way. He said it didn't matter. He was like, it doesn't matter. I mean, it's just like one little piece of content. Ah, historic year, Mickey Mantle. He might hit 60. He might hit 70. There's two weeks left. So the Seahawks are your team, though? I'm diehard, dude. I mean, I used to take the bus down to the kingdom to watch you know rick meyer um you know chris warren i mean yeah dude uh holmgren came in that changed the game hasselback uh sean alexander i mean it's uh it's so and then i went to sc 01 to 05 so during the trojan war years when it was pete reggie bush mike williams you know dwayne garrett um uh you know leinard obviously and uh it was lindell uh smoked weed with lindell uh it was uh he doesn't knock out lindell after he retired yeah yeah yeah But he, it was, I mean, it was Kobe Shaq Lakers in LA, but SD football was king, dude.

2:18:59Everyone had a jersey of every player, and it was been it. So when Pete went to Seattle, I was fired up, which is why it was sad when he left for a bit, because it was like, oh, I've been with this guy for 17 years, more or less. But it's awesome, dude.

2:19:13Pat McAfee:Yeah, you guys kicked him out. You kicked him out. I mean, yeah. You kicked him out. That was me. I sent one Facebook message to Jody Allen, and she responded. And she said, yeah, it's tough. Come on and out. But they did kind of kick him out, though. I mean, it would have been cool to let him, I guess, finish one more. Those things are so complicated. Oh, yeah. I think it's really tough. You know, and it seemed like I watched Pete, I think, on Mike Robb and Beast Mode's podcast. And he said something about that, you know, philosophies were just different towards the end. And he wanted it to go one way and knew it was kind of the beginning of the end anyway.

2:19:47And so they just kind of, you know, cut it short sooner than later. But Mikey McDonald is crushing it. This is his first full year, really, where he feels like it's his team. And I was at camp. They let me call the Chiefs-Hawks preseason game. And I don't think it'll happen again. I pitched a lot of catchphrases. Like, Jake Bobo had two touchdowns. And on the second one, I go, somebody check my watch. It's touchdown time. And Steve Rabel was like, can you just stop talking? And then Torrey Horton, I think, got a touchdown. And I was like, I go, someone open back up the kitchen. We're serving touchdown salad.

2:20:20I might have been on an edible, but it was a good time.

2:20:24Pat McAfee:How was everybody's response? Pretty good. Pretty good. Overwhelmingly positive. Overwhelmingly positive, yeah. They sent me a contract right after that. But we looked good. And Mike said, he's like, dude, the squad is so – he said no egos. That's what really stood out to me. He goes, everyone is just on the same page. And, you know, you got some – we got some high-paid guys. But, like, Leonard Williams and Lawrence are such good, I guess, mentors and leaders. And the young guys are swagger-filled but not cocky. Right? there's such a balance between cocky and confident um and i think sam is a beast and i think you know mark sanchez and i used to have this short-lived uh podcast we did it where all the smoke guys did it uh it was called fourth and forever and we would have on comics and athletes and you know we interviewed miles teller before top gun and deshaun watson before the massages and and we had jason kelsey and oh yeah i remember yeah and it was uh it was awesome and uh and so i got to know Sam then, right before he got drafted, and he's just so dialed in, man.

2:21:20And he's just matured, I guess is the word I'd use, but he's also just like ready to, you know, he's finally the guy, right? He's got like three years to be the forefront of a team.

2:21:31Pat McAfee:Going to Pittsburgh, break some hearts. Oh, yeah. I mean, that's a huge win.

2:21:34Adam Schefter:Seattle's always kind of one of those teams that don't get talked about enough, especially in the national media. We love that. Yeah, obviously you've had some great moments with them. Who would be, we talk about Mount Rushmore is a lot back in the think tank. Who would be your Seattle Seahawks, Mount Rushmore? Man, you know, I got to throw Joey Galloway in there, just right up top. Of course. Just because when I started, you know, I think that was probably around between 10 and 14 when you, like, kind of find your sports fandom, I think, in any city, right? I remember, I mean, the first sports moment I had, and I'll get right back to that, was my mom took me to a Mariners game.

2:22:06Shout out to Puddin'. Single mom, did it for a while, then married George. Shout out to George. Shout out to Puddin' and George. Shout out to Puddin', though. Puddin's the goat. you want to talk about tom brady's seven super bowl rings my mom had five jobs while she had my sister and i she was and then married george and then george was like do you want to you know stop working so much what do you want to do she's like i always want to be do be an actor i was living vicariously through adam so then she did like seven you know community theater productions of the vagina monologues which was fucking weird to watch her be in that but she crushed it and then she went she stopped and then they called her and she came back out of retirement and did it again she was like the brett farve of vagina monologues right she just couldn't stop talking about her fucking vagina.

2:22:44Shout out, Mom. Shout out, Puddin'. Shout out, Puddin'. I don't think I know

2:22:48Pat McAfee:what you're referring to there. It's a play, the Vagina Monologues. It's a play, yeah. What's the last play you've been to? Probably Hamilton. Let's go. Yeah, I've been there a couple times. Booker Mormon. Booker Mormon. Booker Mormon. Sing that a couple times. What else? There's a couple I went to in New York. The J-Sod one. The one where he was in Robert Williams. Dead Poets Society. Yep. I went to Off-Broadway. Jay Sud played. Wow. Yeah, I'm cultured, dude. That's cool. I'm cultured. There was like 200 people in there, maybe. Oh, yeah. It was like in a roundabout. They're intimate. He was up in the crowd at one point.

2:23:22Yeah, imagine being in a 200-seat theater and your mom's like, it won't stop just oozing wet. And you're like, you made my lunches. You got to stop talking. Pudding was so good. Pudding was so good. She was so good in there. Funny.

2:23:35Pat McAfee:She was great. She knew the timing. She had Adam's time. Actually, Adam's got pudding's time. Bro, 1 ,000. Once you see your parents as people and not parents, you see what you get from them. And my mom, super quick, super funny. I mean. Detail oriented. Detail oriented. I mean, she's 76, but everyone feels like she's like 50. She came to a Hawks game and met one of Schneider, John Schneider's buddies who was hitting on her. And he thought she was like 50. And she's just a little spunky. She got a lot of pizzazz for a little spunky Jew from Oklahoma. But anyway, so Mount Rushmore. Is that normal?

2:24:09Pat McAfee:Just follow up. What's that? I don't know. Spunky Jew from Oklahoma? Yep. Oklahoma's got a lot of Jews. A lot of Jews. Seattle's got a lot of Jews. Germany, not so much. Let's see. Where else? Why?

2:24:23Sports. Sure. I was talking about it. Yeah. But we're, but no, we're live. But so it's, oh, so my mom took me to a Mariners game. And I go, Mom, I want to stay after and get some autographs, as you do. You're a kid. You're like, I want to meet the players. Jay Buhner walks out, right, waves to the fans. Wade Boggs comes out. We're playing the Red Sox. We're talking Mo Vaughn. We're talking Alan Trammell. We're talking Mo Vaughn's family. We're talking Wade Boggs. And I see Mr. Boggs come out. And I go, Mr. Boggs, Mr. Boggs. Somebody, I guess they told me, call them Mr. and then their name. Mr.

2:24:55Boggs. I go, is this time of baseball? Young fat Adam. My tits are shaking out of my shirt. And he goes, follow me, kid. He grabs my ball and goes, follow me. And so I follow him, I'd say about 200 feet onto the team bus. I'm now walking onto the team bus where there's Roger Clemens, Mo Vaughn, guys are cracking beers, just walking down this Greyhound bus and walking all the way down. And no one's really looking up at me. I remember Roger Clemens did kind of look up and kind of look at me being like, Joe Biden. And then, you know, I don't believe in the vaccine or whatever he said. And then I walk right past and I sit down and Wade Box has a ball and he goes, what's your name, kid?

2:25:33And I go, Adam. And he goes, I wrote Alan. and then he hands me the ball back. You'd already written it. Anyway, but so Mount Rushmore. Joey Galloway. I say beast mode forever.

2:25:43Pat McAfee:Wade Boggs, maybe. Yeah, yeah. Shout out to Wade just for being, you know, it's so, when you see players, you know, stiff arm a child for the graph, it drives me nuts. Well, it's not the kid normally getting a stiff arm. It's all the autograph hounds around them. Well, that is like, yeah, I don't mind if you're... Scumbag behavior. I guess those guys end up intercepting some of the... That's the problem. What about the Phillies gal? Did you guys cover that a lot? Which one? The Phillies gal. I don't know if we talked about it up here, the Philly lady who went back. Oh, yeah. Geez. Isn't that wild?

2:26:15Yeah. I mean, now, I do want to play devil's advocate. What do we think about the dad leaving his base and running over to a section that's not your section?

2:26:25Pat McAfee:I think it's fair game. I think it's fair game, too. I'm just trying to play both sides. But because I think finders keepers at the end of the day. Also, it's every man or woman for himself. A ball's coming towards you. I mean, dude, I've been to games where I saw a ball. Dude, Edgar Martinez did a fly ball. It went off the guy's head, and somebody else got it. And I was like, that's the way it works. That's the way it's off, dude. That was not your day to be outside. You got to get a hand up. You got to get a hand up. You got to bring a glove. They'll tell you to bring a glove. The worst one was at tennis during the U.S.

2:26:54Open. One of the tennis players was signing autographs and handing stuff out. And he's signing autographs. He sees the kid. He takes his hat off to hand to the kid as he's signing. old guy comes in, grabs hat.

2:27:05Pat McAfee:He's out of there. Some CEO or something. Bingo. People found that guy. They found him, and he got fired. CEO's having a rough year, huh? Dear Coldplay, thank you so much for taking the heat off the Epstein. He was so pumped, dude. It was Epstein nonstop. Dude, you know what I love about the Coldplay CEO? The guy that went to the concert. Oh yeah, we know. He apologized, but then he blamed Coldplay in his apology. He was like, I'll tell you what, I think they got something. They might have something there. But bro, that guy was like, first of all, I fucked up. All right, I'm a bad dad. I'm a bad husband, but I'm also a huge Coldplay fan and what you guys did was not cool.

2:27:45That was a Coldplay, man. I mean, dude, blaming Coldplay, I was telling my buddy, I go, blaming Coldplay for your affair, like outing you, is like shitting your pants in traffic and then calling the gap and be like, you said your pants were holding my poo-poo. What's going on? You're like, it's on you, man. You got to take some accountability. I agree. So I'm going Marshawn. I'm going. We're back.

2:28:02Pat McAfee:Maybe Coldplay. Maybe Coldplay. Maybe Wade Boggs. Maybe Wade Boggs. Joey Galloway, Marshawn Lynch. Joey Galloway, Marshawn. I mean, dude, Hasselbeck was. Russell Wilson. Good call, AJ. You know, can I be honest? I love Russ. I think a lot of good memories. The same way like. Uh-oh. Hasselbeck over Russ. No, no. I'm just saying this is a sidebar. Oh, okay. Loved Russ and for the memories. I think the way things shook out at the end. Bad news bears, dude. I will say this, I got to roast the Steelers and shout out to Cam Hayward, shout out to the Steelers for setting that up and I get out there and I thought it was going to be just the rookies for their talent show they were like, hey, will you roast and host the rookie talent show that they do, you know?

2:28:41Ends up being the whole team, Tomlin's in there fucking Russ and Fields are right up front I'm like, oh shit, and I had a lot of jokes and the opening joke was about Russ, but I wasn't going to do it because I didn't think he was going to be there, so now he's up front and I go, guys so pumped to be here, Russ, I see you right up front man, I'm a Seattle boy, so thanks for the memory and, man, I'm so glad you're getting a fresh start in Pittsburgh, man, because you got... They did you dirty in Denver, man. I haven't seen someone get fucked that hard on tape unless it was at Diddy's house, man.

2:29:07And this was right after the Diddy thing. And, dude, they all laughed, and Russ just went like this and took his hand and looked up, and I go, Russ is laughing. We're fine. Yeah, thank God. Yeah, thank God.

2:29:16Pat McAfee:He knew you, by the way, I assume. Yeah, yeah, yeah. From Seattle? Oh, great. We're having this guy. Okay, he's about to be fun. I don't think he was pumped. Yeah, he hasn't responded to my league. He had a good game yesterday. He ripped it up here. That needs roost. Almost 500 yards. Career high. 460. I was telling Connor, I go, he might still have the best deep ball in football. I mean, it's like he put that shit on the money. It was on last night. On the money. And how did it end, though? Yeah, when he needed to complete one, he threw that nice deep ball right to the middle of the field. And that's what you remember, right?

2:29:46Pat McAfee:Pop-up, can of corn. Yeah, dude. Yeah, it sucks that Russ had such a good game. You think? Yeah. Boom. Great. It's such a great game. He did. And then. I mean, just the worst interception of all time. I mean, I don't know what the beginning of the end for him was. Maybe the Subway commercials? Yes. I don't know. The Danger Witch. But Subway is so, the Danger Witch, those are so tough. Even when Charles Barkley's like, you got the 10-inch cookie. Subway's just got to stop, dude. You know, I know you're trying to make up for Jared Fogle. That was a long time ago. That was here in Indiana. Oh, it was.

2:30:18Pat McAfee:He's getting out soon, too, yeah. There was helicopters. He put it on top of it. AJ loves the story. AJ, what is it? He gets released soon. I don't know, Pat. You don't want to send you in a VIP section with him, but he does get released. That was when he was just Subway, fat, so normal looking guy. This is what I love about the Fogel shit is there's guys out there that definitely went on the Subway diet and probably pre-Fogel. I'm sure when that happened, there were guys at barbecues being like, David, why don't you tell Frank you lost weight? It's not important. Just discipline and hard work.

2:30:51He's like, no, he's eating Subway all day. And they're like, oh, you're a Fogle guy? He's like, no, I did it before. You don't want to be labeled a Fogle guy. So I'm going Joey Galloway. I'm going Marshawn. You got to throw Hasselbeck up there because he took us to a bowl. And, you know, the refs took control of that one. So you hate Russ. Okay. He took you to a bowl. Good to know. Russ won you a bowl, brother. Russ won you a bowl. I'm talking about Hasselbeck. Russ isn't on the Rushmore for me. See, that's what we're talking about. And that's because of the interception. Russ, I swear that is why.

2:31:24If the Seahawks go back to back. No, it's strictly because that's how it ended. I think I would have. Definitely. I've heard a lot of things. I've heard, man, I've heard a lot of things from players, from coaches, from my stepdad, George. I've heard a lot of things. Puddin. Dirtay. Dirtay.

2:31:43Pat McAfee:Dirtay's in. Dirtay knows. My wife, my wife, Ameida. Shout out to my wife, Ameida. Cardinals fan. She thinks the Cardinals are going to the bowl this year. Nobody's perfect. She's not Jewish, but she is circumcised. But she is a great gal. I love my wife. Amanda, I love you. But I think that interception should not have happened. I think Russ had every – I think he could have just called an audible, baby. You hear that call, you go. Oh, so you want Russ to call out of that play? I think you call out of that a thousand times every time. Okay. But I think – You want to be the hero. You want to be the hero, dude.

2:32:14Yeah. And I think – you know what's so funny? I always tell Connor, I go – because, you know, anytime I meet a Pats fan, that day is one of the you know I went to the the bowl in um uh in MetLife where the Hawks you know took care of Denver where nobody picked us you know and after that snap went over Peyton's head and he was like Papa Jones you know and then and uh shout out to Peyton. Peyton's a great guy by the way. Was that Peyton there? That was Peyton yeah. I don't do a Peyton Manning but I do do a Jason Statham. Here's Jason Statham finding out that he got bumped from the Pat McAfee show.

2:32:41Ready? Hey. And so I'm sitting there and so I'm sitting there watching this snap go over Peyton's head and everyone goes nuts. I'm like, there's a lot of Hawks fans here, right? And so cut to the next year. I'm like, I'm going to fly up to Seattle and party in the streets. I flew my pops up with all my best buds from college. All their buddies were in about 50 people in like one of these community rooms in their condo. And Jermaine Kirst makes that wild circus catch. You're thinking like David Tyree, this is going to happen again to the Pats, like down to the wire. And then Marshawn runs in. I remember he gets stopped.

2:33:14And I just look over my dad and I go, he goes what i go i feel like we needed to get it on that one and he goes what the fuck does that mean and then literally we look up and boom and then nobody said anything i had friends there i hadn't seen in five years nobody said anything to anybody everybody just left it was like it was like the end of cool runnings like remember when like you know they lost and then they carried their thing down and then once they carried this sled down john canny was like let's go get some chipotle

2:33:42Pat McAfee:I don't think you were. No, I haven't seen that movie. You've definitely seen the movie. I've seen Cool Runnings. I was first in line when it came out. You know what I also saw? I saw Mrs. Doubtfire when it came out, which was advertised as a Robin Williams comedy. Like, hello, it's a run by Fruits. And you're like, dude, Williams at its best. Opening scene, Sally Field's like, get the fuck out of my house. You had a llama on my dining room table, you son of a bitch. Had to battle through that. Bro, my folks had gotten divorced maybe a month prior. I'm sitting there. That's like taking somebody to see Black Hawk down when they just got back from Iraq.

2:34:20I mean, I'm like, dude, I just had the same fight a week ago. So I'm triggered. I'm crying. My buddy's like, are you crying? I'm like, it's so funny. But shout out to that movie. Robin Williams is like, you want to talk about goats to me. So we're going beast mode. We're going Matt Hasselbeck. Matt Hasselbeck.

2:34:38Pat McAfee:Definitely dog. I love it. Joey Galloway. Man, you know what? You're going to love this one. Cam Chancellor, dude. Hell yeah. Cam Chancellor was a game changer. Sherman, Earl Thomas. Dude, I mean, you can go down the list. Browner. You could put the Legion of Boom in there as one of the. You could, but I think Cam. You don't even want to do that. I was giving you an out. Yep. But you're like, no. No, no. Well, I mean, yeah. But that's obvious, dude. They obviously were. That was. They'll never be a group like that ever. The way that it got put together with Wagner and KJ. and them all being so young and so on the same page.

2:35:11And it was insane to watch. It was like, you know, the same way people talk about in Seattle if you got to go see Griffey play live or getting to see Jordan. Like every city, I think, has a version of that guy. That's what it was like going to Hawks game.

2:35:23Pat McAfee:And you got to see Danny Dimes yesterday. In Indy. You look good. In the lighthouse. Yeah. Dude, you guys going, I mean, when you were saying, man, we just haven't been, hasn't been excitement like this in a hot minute and feeling that in the stadium And when – what's your field goal kicker's name? Spencer Schrader. Spencer Schrader. Did I go to middle school with that? Spencer Schrader? Yeah, it might have been. Let's go. Yeah, I think he's much younger than you, but there's a chance. Yeah. When he shanked the first one, I mean, it was – the wind got taken out. It was like everyone found out they were on the Epstein list at the same time.

2:35:58It was like – you know what I'm saying? Everyone collectively was like, no, I thought I wasn't there. You know? Yeah, here we go. Just came up short. and right and right yeah it was bad ball early but then the one down the middle i mean yeah you can't cheat they're cheating can i be honest when you said to me at one point you go if we lose this game you're never welcome back not only in the suite you said in the city and then uh and we believed it and even sally was like i second that and i was like i thought we were friends and then uh i sang my heart out for your birthday and then uh and then dude and then blue is doing the pelvic thrust from new kids on the block i mean but by the way you guys just have all the right things clicking in that stadium.

2:36:35Right now. Right now. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Forever. Now, this is 2-0 at home, right? So, like, I don't know how you are on the road. You know, time will tell. Oh, we're going to be even better. Find out next week. Times is a road. I'll tell you this, though. I mean, confidence in any avenue, right, is, like, huge. Like, you get a good, like, you know, obviously, like, once, you know, like, coming off these five sold-out shows at Helium, which was shout-out to everybody that came to the shows. Yo, your boy Derek came last night. Derek on mic. Attaboy Murph. E-bone. He came to the show, which is big time.

2:37:04It was awesome. But, like, you know, you're riding that high into my shows for next week or whatever. Yeah, what are you? So you're in the middle of a run right now. Huge tour right now. I'm doing clubs everywhere. I go to Milwaukee, the 26th to 28th. And then we're talking Cincinnati, then Kansas City, then Baltimore, then Jacksonville. No, sorry, then Charlotte, North Carolina, then San Antonio, Houston, Fort Worth. Big theater show in Seattle, my first one on December 19th at the Moore Theater. It's already 60 % sold out. It's the day after Thursday Night Football, Rams and Seahawks. The whole team, I think, is coming through.

2:37:38Beast Mode, I just partied with him in Ireland when I was doing a show out there. We drank Hennessy until 3 a.m. Shout out to Beast Mode. Not coming to the show, just in general. He's on my own. No, he's coming to the show. I think he almost came on stage during my show in Ireland, but he was just like, nah, man, I'm here to support, man, do your thing. But I was like, you want to come on stage, we can fuck around. But maybe in Seattle. But yeah, huge tour up through the fall, and then I'm announcing a big theater tour, my first theater tour for January through April. You know, every year you want to stack the chips, get better, and once you start selling out shows in the clubs, then people in your world go, I think it's time for theaters, baby.

2:38:12Pat McAfee:Congratulations. That's awesome. That's a huge deal. It's cool, man. We'll see. Hopefully people just got to come out. All the tickets are at adamraycomedy.com. Dr. Phil Lives are all on YouTube, youtube.com slash adamraycomedy. We got a new one dropping this week. I mean, we've had everybody on too, man. Jelly Roll, Tony, obviously. Burr's done it twice. Nikki Glaser, all the Workaholics guys. Real Phil came on the Netflix special, which was crazy. You know, it was so funny. He was back there. I met him 20 minutes before the show. And he was like, now it's your show, but I'm going to fuck with you.

2:38:39And I'm in full Phil makeup. And I go, I'm going to fuck with you too. I go, I know me better than I know you, motherfucker. And he was like, what the fuck? He was a little phased out. But he was a great sport. And, you know, the whole show is improvised. And we got one last big one on December 16th at the Wiltern in L.A. And it's going to be bananas. The show sell out, so we don't announce the guests. So, you know, maybe we'll see a surprise visit from your boy over here. Who knows? Who knows? I'll fight you out, Spirit. When's that? It's Tuesday, December 6th. Spirit is the Denny's of the sky.

2:39:11But they are.

2:39:12Pat McAfee:Well, Moon's over my hammies. You're right. I take it back. I take it back. Yeah, please. Dude, you remember the great. You know what? There's always like a VH1 where are they now. Like, you know, the kids from the Goonies or like, you know, the kids from BB Mac or whatever. Nobody cares. But the Denny's gals. Remember the Denny's gals? that were like, it's$2.99 are you out of your mind? Remember them? Oh, yeah. I couldn't fucking believe you could get breakfast for three bucks. And they were only in their 60s. Those were the days. They were like your mom's age where they were like, three bucks for bacon and eggs?

2:39:44Pat McAfee:Pull the block. Denny's was awesome. It was. And those ladies were right. They were crazy. They lived at Denny's. They were like, you know what's the best part about Denny's in L.A. on Halloween? You'll see like Batman and Jack Sparrow at like 2 a.m. just slamming down some pancakes. Yeah, you're never going to see that in spirit so you need to maybe have a little bit more respect whatever you say yeah hey they just they just like fixed their seatbelt i think they got seatbelts now so gotta pay for them yeah all right uh we sent out a tweet earlier you're gonna be great for this about you know we want to hear from the nfl fans from around the league we want to hear your thoughts we want you to showcase why this is called overreaction monday all you have to do is put out all your emotions into one tweet and make sure you use the hashtag.

2:40:30Pat McAfee:Hashtag I don't want to overreact. But. You see that. You'll catch the beats there. At the end, the but is all of us together. Ty went through all of the tweets that were sent in, picked out his favorites. It became a number one trend on X, which we're very thankful for how active it has become. But these become must read. Ty, how are they this week? I think much better this week. Still a little optimism for teams last week, so people were overreacting but not really selling out. There are some pissed off people this morning. All right, let's dive into them. I don't think this one's pissed off.

2:41:00Pat McAfee:Hashtag, I don't want to overreact. But, says Connor, everyone and anyone can see it. Some will deny it. Some will laugh at it, but it's too obvious to avoid. The Pats are going to win a Super Bowl with Vrabel in May. Not this year. Maybe. But at some point, those two will hoist a Lombardi. Pats are back, Jack Conman. Not an overreaction. No, no, no. All you're really looking for is a great head coach and a great quarterback, and the Patriots got both of them. I mean, there's other spots I need to get better at. Whatever. I don't care. This year we're not going to win the Super Bowl because next year we might.

2:41:31And then the year after. And then all of a sudden, 15 years later, the Pats have been the one, two, or three seed with Mike Vrabel at the helm. Feel very good about it.

2:41:39Pat McAfee:How do we feel about the Patriots maybe being back at them? You know, it's good for football and the Pats are doing well. I don't want to hear it. That is so interesting you would say something like that. That is so interesting. I feel bad. I feel bad. I'm over the Super Bowl loss. times are changing, but you're dealing with a lot with Belichick. He's getting a lot of flack. His girl's on the sidelines ordering Postmates and getting in his ear. It's a lot. We don't know if she's ordering Postmates. She's doing something down there. She's in his ear. What is she doing? They're saying she was asking him for money for the concession stand.

2:42:16Pat McAfee:No way! She runs all the social and digital. It ain't Postmates or concession. That was online. No, I think she was asking, she was like, is it T-H-E-I-R or T-H-E-R-E? She was like, I don't know. Well, you never know, especially on X, so she is a social media person. But she, Air Jordan? Yeah. H-E-I-R Jordan? Yeah. What? Beast. I think she's, she has stayed in the pocket. Oh, yeah. Hasn't she? You don't think so, Adam? Yeah, no, I agree. I was bummed they actually tried to, she tried to trademark all of his taglines from the Patriots, but then did parentheses Bill's version, like Taylor Swift, which is kind of cool.

2:42:52And so she tried to do that. And so now I don't like North Carolina anymore. Wow. What?

2:42:57Pat McAfee:I thought we liked North Carolina. No, no, no. Go Duke. Where are my Blue Devils at? Stand up, Blue Devils. All right, let's go to the next overreaction. It's from Tone Diggs, live in Hammer. Don, time. Hashtag I don't want to overreact, but cheering for a team is the dumbest thing a human can do. Lowe had it right. Let's go NFL. Processing. Men's New Era Graphite NFL Training Camp 970 Adjustable Hat with just NFL on it. Okay. Let's go to Hammer. Todd. Todd. Todd. Love it. You're an NFL fan now just like Gumpy? Yeah, that's Rob Lowe, star of 9-1-1 Lone Star. Oh, yeah. I remember the hat with him sitting in the end.

2:43:39Yeah, I was just thinking. I was like, so I don't have a Division I football team to root for. So I just have fun on Saturdays and I enjoy football. And then Sundays, my life is fucking miserable. So I was like, you know what? I don't want my life to be miserable Sundays anymore. I'm just going to be an NFL fan. So that's kind of, I ordered that today. I feel really good about it.

2:43:58Pat McAfee:NFL. NFL. NFL. NFL. Gumpy, you had a little passion behind that chant there. Yeah, it's dark days, you know. Tua just takes a stand and it's just, it's terrible. It can't get any worse. Takes a stand. Was he on trial? No, when he takes the stand and does the post-game interviews, I can't take it anymore. Talking of Tua. Yeah, we like when Tua's talking because we learn a little bit about real Tua. Show me the money. I felt like I knew the guy. Show me the money. After getting a deal, did you see that video? No. It's a good video. Some would argue that was also the downfall of Russ, Mr. Unleashed.

2:44:38It was. It was not a good look. And then he was, I don't know, a lot of the selfie. Here's the thing with the problem with social media. It's great because now we know exactly where Kardashians get their smoothies from. It's great to know, like, oh, dude, like, you know, the kid from Home Improvement got a DUI. We get to see. AJ's related to him. It's AJ's cousin. Yes. We'll be right back. You're related to Zachary Ty Bryant? I'm not. My wife is quasi. What about JTT? What about Johnson Taylor Thomas? No, not JTT. Just Z to the B, as he would call me. Zachary Ty Bryan. Z to the B. He did come to our wedding back in the day.

2:45:16Let's go. I used to play the clarinet. Me too. That's awesome, though. Wait, he came to your wedding? Was it dope? Was everyone freaking out? He was having a good time driving around. Oh, it was amazing. I was freaking out. We went out with him out in L.A. like 15, 18 years ago. Yeah, he ran that place. He rips it up. JTT went to SC while I was there. Or no, he just was at a frat party across the street. I was in the Jew Frat A-Pi. And it was Sigma Chi across the street. and I met a year old next to him. I'd never seen a famous person. I ran into Larry King while I was high at the Grove seeing a movie.

2:45:45I think it was like Toy Story 2 or something. And he's there with a kid and I walk up to him and we're at the automated snack machine and I go, holy shit. I go, Larry King. I go, big fan, man. By the way, in my head I was like, I gotta say something. No, you don't. Just let him be. Larry's better off not having a stony encounter from some fucking... So I was like, I go, okay. And he was like, how are you? And I was like, good man. I go, how you doing and then he was like i'm fine yeah i'm with my nephew do you mind and i go not at all i just got interviewed by larry king and he was like huh and i was like i'm gonna get some licorice peace and then went back to the theater but um jtt great interaction there i felt what you say immediately afterwards you said i nailed that yeah oh yeah i felt like and larry king saying what i was in the pocket larry king probably i mean he didn't care enough to talk about on the show but But he, JTT was right next to me.

2:46:34And I was like, same thing. I was just like, I wanted a moment. So I look over and I was like, by the way, not a fan of talking to the urinal. Where do we all stand on that?

2:46:42Pat McAfee:I'm with you. What do you mean, where do we all stand? Small talk. We're all in the same. Small talk. I was once in the airport and the guy looks over and goes, is it me? Is my dick just smaller? Is this urinal too big? And I was like, your penis is fine. I didn't know what to say. He just almost sucked me into that conversation. So I look over at JTT. He did suck you. And I look over at JTT and I go. He made it, Bubba. He made it, Bubba, in the bathroom right there. I go, what's up, JTT? And he was like, hey, just so thrown off. And he was like, what's up, man? And I was like, yeah, this party's crazy, right?

2:47:11And he was like, yeah, yeah. And I go, oh, oh, oh. Yeah. I drew fucking Tim Allen to it, bro. All he did was just go. Like, shake his head. But it's like, dude. You think you nailed it, though?

2:47:22Pat McAfee:You sound like you had a pretty good little grunt. Nailed it, dude. I just was like, dude, if I ever see one of the Tim Taylor kids, I'm going to do my Tim Taylor. Don't have a choice. Humble Primm, it was a great show. Great show. Underrated. Tua has not been great. Tua has not been great. Yeah, for the Miami Dolphins. Is it because he's shaking? Is he playing timid? Is he playing scared? I don't know, Tua. Gumpy, what do you think it is, fan of the Dolphins? My thing is he had his best year when he was, like, bigger. He was jacked the year he had in 2023. Yeah, when he got fat and he was rolling.

2:47:54Yeah, jujitsu, worked out all offseason, didn't get hurt, and then we decide we're going to scrap that and just change everything. And now we're shit. Got paid. He played well yesterday. That's fine. He also missed Tyreek on the exact same ball he threw the interception on when they played here. Like he misses those chances when he could have taken that game yesterday and won that game.

2:48:18Adam Schefter:Yeah, Gump doesn't like that Tua changed trainers. He just goes to this trainer. He just moved on. Did that happen? Gump done like that. Did he really? Did that really happen? He changed the training regimen. And look, I told you guys, Tone, you're coming over to the dark side. Gump, I saw your tweet. You sound like you're coming over to the dark side. Not doing it. Don't let these organizations hold you hostage for five, six months. You're going to think, look, Packers fan, I get it. Thank you. Patriots, a lot of success, a lot of parades, I get it. Steelers, six titles, I get it. 25 years, pick another team.

2:48:49Adam Schefter:Get another. Maybe go NFC. Maybe go in a different division. Don't let them hold you hostage. I mean, we sit here four, seven, ten hours watching football. You just got to be shitty all week, all season long, because your team stinks. Oregon is top down. I mean, come on, man. You still enjoy the other game.

2:49:07Pat McAfee:You're supposed to be waiting all day until Sunday night. Not hating all day until Sunday night. If your team is ass, you're saying, don't be scared to snoop around, maybe pick up another team for a couple weeks, maybe forever. Why not?

2:49:20Adam Schefter:Or just say you're a fan of the players. Use that gimmick. Oh, I'm a fan of the sports fan. That gimmick sucks. Don't do that. I love Justin Herber. I root for the Chargers. I like Taylor Hurts. I root for the – yeah, use that gimmick. Oh, shut up. How about this? If you like Jay Leonard, root for the Eagles. If you like – who's the other player you said? Herbert. Whatever. Have fun. Go Chargers. Don't do the player shit. That sucks. That's the generation that doesn't go outside. You're not a real fan. That's the same generation that root for players. No team fandom, you're saying. This is fantasy football.

2:49:50Boom! If you want to be... Exactly. Draft a fantasy team. What percentage of fantasy football players you think are that way that are just rooting for the players for the coin?

2:49:59Pat McAfee:I think this has gone through a cycle. I think there was a time where it was just players. I think everybody still likes players, but I think being a team fan has become more of an in thing. Yes. I think personally. It made it easier to join teams too. Like they have the commercials with all the celebrities that are repping their team. I forget. There's Twitch guys that were in it that I can't think of their name. Ninja? Yeah, maybe Ninja. And that other guy with a T. Tim the Tatman. Tim the Tatman, yeah. A lot of T's. Three T's. Four T's. You can't remember the Twitch guys' names? That's weird.

2:50:33Pat McAfee:Tony, nobody fucking knows who we were either. I didn't claim to. Sound like you kind of were. Oh, you were just shitting on all of Twitch there. Is that what that was? Well, no. I've been on this for a long time. Their names are so weird. It's always like Bubble McBubblestine or fucking something like that. They do have cool crafty names over there at Twitch. Is Twitch still going or is Bill? Is Twitch still a thing? I'm not sure. He's still farting around, yeah. Is it? Yeah. Kick still a thing? Is Kai on Twitch? I think so. What's Kai on? I have no way. I think Kai's on Twitch. What's Speed on?

2:51:09Everything. Speed. He's definitely on. Dog. Kick, I thought. Everywhere.

2:51:15Pat McAfee:What's that, Bill? Bill. Bill. Jeez, Bill, let's go. Twitch is still a thing, although they are desperately, desperately losing money. Okay, who's on Twitch? Where's Kai and iShowSpeed and that entire streamer university group? What are they on right now, Kai? So I think they bounce around. Kai will go back and forth. I think his last one was on YouTube, but he will do stuff on Twitch. I think Kick is another big one that Gumpy just said. That's where Aiden Ross and a bunch of those guys are. It's kind of just like a free-for-all right now on where people are. they'll get paid for like three-month runs at a time and do stuff on those platforms.

2:51:53Pat McAfee:All right. Well, good luck to everybody for three months at a time. Hey, sometimes you got to live life three months at a time. That's right. Fast and furious. Joe Burr. Okay, what's the next ovary? Jeez. It sucks that he got hurt. Turf toe. It's also like when injuries just don't sound cool and sexy, what a bummer. Tennis elbow. Tennis elbow. Yeah, that stupid wrist one. Premature, jack. There's just so many things that take you out and you just can't. I don't think. No one's set out for that, no? Oh, maybe. We don't know what's going on in base. We don't know. About 30 years. The next overreaction comes from a Giants fan, Bruce Brown.

2:52:23Pat McAfee:Hashtag I don't want to overreact. But. Oh, Bruce, be happy. At least it was an entertaining close game where the offense scored points. No, I won't be happy. James Hudson embarrassed the program. You can't touch Dak Prescott without a rough in the passer. The kickoff goes to the 35, and Aubrey is probably good from there. Giants football is hell. See you all on Sunday Night Football. But, hey, Russ was slinging it. Sure sounds like a lot of condescending remarks from Bruce Brown. Bruce, it was an entertaining loss, was it not? Oh, you're muted. God fucking damn it. This Giants football team, man.

2:53:00You and I can't do anything right. I'm so sick of fucking losing. And just showing up every Sunday. And we got James Hudson just doing the most embarrassing. Just slapping a guy upside the head. Fucking slamming him into the ground after a play right afterwards. He should have been ejected probably for that. Two personal fouls. Get the hell out of here. He's false starting every other fucking play. I'm just so sick of losing. I'm sick of losing to the Cowboys and Brandon Aubrey, who's just like a golden boy, good from fucking 75. It's a nightmare. Congrats to Russ throwing the ball. He can keep the seat warm for another week or two.

2:53:35Pat McAfee:Also, Scadaboo. Scadaboo's running wild. He's fucking rolling through people. He's awesome, awesome to watch. But God damn it, I just want to win some fucking games. You're not inspired at all by that performance? It was entertaining. Yeah, right? Yeah, I'll take the moral victory if our head coach has no control. Obviously, there's no discipline at all. We're fighting on the sideline. But, hey, Russ turned back the clock for a Sunday. We can bank on that every weekend. Maybe we'll win a couple, 39 to 37. That'd be nice. No, wait. What the hell happened to the defense? I thought Abel Carter was the D-line.

2:54:09Yeah, actually, we're going to be the best D-line in football. It is just one of those things where the stink of sucking for so long is just so a part of our DNA now. Where it's 13-10, we got a halftime lead, and you just know we're going to lose the game somehow. You know, it took a little while. We really strung it out. It went to overtime. But, yeah, just losing football team, doing losing football team shit.

2:54:32Pat McAfee:That was his second penalty there, I think, on the same drive there. They were on a third and 20. He still has backed that up another five at least. I'm a false start. and then later in the drive he would get a late hit basically unnecessary roughness where he would drive his forearm through the back of a guy's head after the ball had been released and then they get all the way down and then he would uh false start just run all the way into the defenses yeah here's the unsportsmanlike conduct after a play yeah that was after two penalties already that was his third penalty and then a few plays later he would uh you know decide to get off on the ball just a little bit too quick.

2:55:05Pat McAfee:Tough Sunday for James. I think everybody would say. There he is. That's his fourth penalty in the same drive. Four penalties, same drive. 640 in the first. Okay, and then also gave up sack, I do believe. And it inevitably led to Dayball saying, okay, how much more are we doing? Get him out. Get him out. And then afterwards, there was a little bit of a differing of opinion. Maybe he was just upset for how bad it all went. Maybe some people said, that can't happen. Professional football, whatever it was, a lot of emotions so whenever and james closed it up bringing him back down so we're it's okay you got more penalties than anybody we've ever seen in one drive for most amount of yards and also the time in which you got him absolutely despicable i mean all of it's bad but next week we're gonna be better he got paid i believe uh some money uh bruce what is the deal that you guys have for him yeah it's uh two years 12 million it would he was uh shoring up our o-line it's like okay andrew thomas coming back from liz frank at least we got james hudson to kind of handle things?

2:56:03Obviously not.

2:56:04Pat McAfee:He's fired up. I love the passion. I love the passion, but hey, just between the lines, maybe not when the ref is right in front of you do you shove the guy's head into the fucking ground after like a 40-yard pass play. Sorry, Bruce. Non-overreaction. A very sane, normal response. You know those four teams that started 0-2 to end up going to the Super Bowl? Guess who one of them was? Eli Manning. The New York football Giants. Was that Tom Coughlin's team? That was Tommy C. Yeah. Discipline. Feels the same. The New York Giants are certainly a team that we can look forward to for bringing entertainment through that guy.

2:56:44Pat McAfee:That's right. Yesterday, he was loud in that suite. Oh, boy. Russ hits that deep ball fourth quarter very late. You know? We're talking yelling. Because it was quiet in the stadium, too. Yeah, because what was going on in the Colts game was nothing at the time. Maybe offense was on the field. Maybe even having a moment of silence. It might have been before the game started. Who knows what's happening? He's screaming, losing his mind in the entirety. So it's been fun to watch you. So we shout out the Giants for being the type of football that they are. Let's go to the next overreaction. Josh Dorsey.

2:57:12Pat McAfee:And Adam, you're a part of this. This is at J underscore Dorsey3. Follow the program. We appreciate him. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact. But? Who's the coolest punter? Great question. I'm asking because we only need no goddamn punter. First time in a Super Bowl era a team hasn't putted within the first two games. Danny Dimes is an alien. This is a Brotherhood Colts Super Bowl. This one. Winner. And, Adam, you were there. You felt it. Hot, dude. Hot vibes. Cool treats. We treat you right, Dairy Queen. It was a blizzard. It was a blizzard of greatness. It's a whiteout. Oh, bro. It was also, dude, there's something about, like, being around an environment in a squad like that where you know, like, the fans want it so bad, dude.

2:57:50So, like, the energy is just palpable and infectious. But, yeah, dude, that kick was incredible. I think if you guys go 3-0, dude, I might just have to fly back for every home game. Come on.

2:58:04Pat McAfee:I don't know if you're sitting with us, but you can definitely. Second team. Joe, you're welcome. Tyree said I could stand outside of his box.

2:58:10Adam Schefter:Do they always do the Red Don dropping the T-shirts with the umbrellas with the fucking parachutes with me? Yeah, Sam tries to win that every week. That was kind of sick.

2:58:19Pat McAfee:Yeah, so it always goes to the same section. Those things are falling to the same section basically every single time. That's not cool. It's fucked up. Yeah, well, the only reason why I know that is because Sam has been desperately trying to win one since we got there, like pushing people out of the way. Every once in a while, wind gusts will bring one kind of closer to us. Real excitement comes, and then that thing just goes right back to the same section. But there's good stuff out there. The helmet. Do you see the helmet one? Do you see the helmet mix? They've added a couple things. Last week, they sent all the helmets off the camera.

2:58:47Pat McAfee:Oh, wow. I like that. And then they said, we're just joking. Nice. Brought it back. Opened it back up. So it gave somebody a chance to catch up halfway through. That's good. Wait, how do you feel about the no punting? So Rigoberto had a punt in the first game. He hit it for like 60-some yards. Penalty roughing first down. We went on to score. Obviously, we scored every single drive in that game in the first three. The goal of the game is to have no punts. That is very much the goal. So I think I as a punter and Rigoberto definitely is a punter for the Colts. I don't know about how everybody would feel, but we love it.

2:59:20Pat McAfee:Punters love having a good time. We like winning. Yeah, if we don't got to do shit, let's keep winning this whole thing. Yeah, yeah. I kicked off, and obviously you hold as well. So if we were winning, I still had a little bit to do. Rigo does not kick off. Spencer Schrader needs to figure out his kickoffs. Maybe Rigo should kick off, actually. Might be something to think about there. But, yeah, no punts good. There's no punter being like, man, I need two or three punts. Kind of get it. I wish I could get four or five punts in this entire thing. Joe Judge. I don't know if anybody's doing that.

2:59:47Pat McAfee:Now, Joe Judge trying to get the team, get the punter into the game early Certainly a decision. Certainly a decision. I mean, I never punted. I was the guy in Madden. If it was fourth and 29, I was like, we're going for it. Yeah, you got to play. Every time. Yeah, you got to play. Every time. Who punts in Madden? Raise your hands. Losers. Losers. Bruce Ponce. He's a Giants fan. Jesus. Matt Del Rio, defensive mastermind. Wow, Mr. Unlimited back there, huh? Let's go to another overreaction, shall we? This is from Joe Molavia. Pais on here, really loves football. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but as a Bengals fan, the season's over.

3:00:20Pat McAfee:I would seriously look into trading Joe Burrow this offseason. He can't stay on the field. Top two QB when he's healthy, but that Wendt is doing a lot of heavy lifting. Blow it up and try again with Arch in 2026. Okay, still one Arch. Still one Arch. That's what I heard, AJ. Is that what Ohio is saying? We got Arch Manning billboards around town? I have not seen any of those yet, but you never know. What about Kirk Cousins? Is he a possibility? 1 ,000%. right? It's gotta be. They were thinking about him being traded before the season started. Michael Penick's clearly going to be the guy for them.

3:00:56You've been watching this QB show on Netflix? With Kirk? Yeah.

3:00:59Pat McAfee:Oh yeah, brother. I mean, dude, he's like just foaming at the mouth. Just like, I'm going to just be a good guy and just help Mike win. But you know when the cameras go, he's like, alright, thanks so much for being here, guys. Oh, did you get the coupons for the Panera broccoli cheddar soup? Okay. Thank you so much, man. No, really appreciate you guys being here. I said, and again, you can sleep over next time if you want. Okay, thank you. Door closes. Fuck! I mean, that guy is, I think, just needs to play, you know? He needs to have the keys to the Hyundai Tucson, you know? I don't think he does have a Hyundai Tucson, and him and his boys can build a great fire.

3:01:33Pat McAfee:Yeah. And he has that brain thing he puts on his head. Oh, yeah, dude. He's one of one, I do believe. And why not Cincinnati? He's the best option right now. Why not, right? Also, I think a guy like that. They're picking up that tab. 2025, I think Browning over here, Kirk. Really? Personally. Jake Browning's got the juice. He gets slinging now. He does. We like Jake Browning. I'm a fan. He's got great moxie, too. Jake Browning can talk. Young stud. From what I've seen, Jake Browning's got moxie. He does. He's got game. Yeah. Could be a college football coach if he had to be. Wow. Guy can play.

3:02:05Pat McAfee:He can. He can. Oh, I know. I'm a believer. Okay, we'll see if Cincinnati Bengals can somehow get lucky one time. Do you think that's going to happen? I don't know. No, typically when your star players want money and you say to them, like, well, at a certain point, why don't you just shut your fucking mouth and be happy that we're even offering money? Yeah, but they end up giving a little bit more money. They kind of. We'll see if that's the reality because the Pittsburgh Steelers gave Cam Hayward more money, but they didn't. It was$3 million in the center. It was a little bit more. He got his hand on the ball interception, obviously.

3:02:37Pat McAfee:Perfect. Let's go to another overreaction, shall we? This is from Aaron Clinton at, Hi, my name is Ninja. Hashtag I don't want to overreact. But Chiefs is no longer the Chiefs. It's been a good run, boys. But the O-line is worse than last year somehow. Might go winless and get the number one overall pick. Hashtag see you at the draft. Whoa. Chiefs fans going through it right now. They really are, dude. I'm going to the steak restaurant on Wednesday for Pat and Trav, 1587 Prime. I mean, I was fired up, but, you know. I mean, I still am fired up. I'm going to eat everything. I'm like, you know, it's going to be great.

3:03:15But, I mean, doesn't that affect, like, you're not winning, you're 0-2?

3:03:19Pat McAfee:Yeah, Stakehouse probably not going to have good vibes. Yeah, exactly. Not allowed to have good vibes. We're 0-2. My B.R.D. sign. Do you feel bad if you're doing – no, probably not, right? That's a big deal. They'll celebrate and just get back to it. Oh, they've done a lot. You've got to shake it off, right? Obviously, Patrick and Travis. Oh, they own that city. Dude, I was once there with Pat, and he was doing my podcast back in the day, and we're rolling around, and we're in the gas station, and he's just saying hi, taking pics with everybody. I mean, he's like mayor of the, it's, I mean, football, I was in this little comedy club and he just came through, sat in the back of the big tracksuit by himself.

3:03:48And the staff at this comedy club could not believe, it was like they were meeting Jesus and Bieber together. Yeah. Let's go football player. We believe in one here, but we can't believe you're both here, you know? And, uh, and they were freaking out, dude. And he was just like, man, the people taking pictures. One guy though did, who was filming my shows. I'm sure you guys have experienced this where you just meet somebody, you're trying to do something nice and then he just takes advantage. and he goes, the guy just was filming my shows and then he goes, Travis, what's up, man? And then just goes on Instagram Live and goes, I'm here with my main man, Travis Gales.

3:04:18I was like, dude.

3:04:19Pat McAfee:Sounds like Albert a little bit. Yeah, it was me. But I didn't. I was the one. I felt comfy, yeah. Let's go to the next overreaction. Chiefs fans might be a little bit upset. Andrew, hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but Dan Campbell is the deliverer foretold, the warrior of destiny in the prophesied... Prophesied? Prophesied. He spelled it wrong, but you get it. You sounded it out correct. Prophesied champion. The Lions look great in week two, and it's because of MCDC. Build the statue. Sign them for 100 years and promote them the senior manager at Applebee's. Applebee's commercial this year is ass for MCDC.

3:04:58Pat McAfee:Not good. We thought that was going to be a trend for how the entire Lions season was going to be. We thought it was the same old Lions. We thought Detroit was back to sucking. You're all the way back, Foxy. Is Andrew on the same page as you? Yeah, I love everything what Andrew said there. I mean, MCDC, I said it last year, give him a lifetime contract, give Jared Goff a lifetime contract, because the Lions were absolutely irrelevant until those guys came in here. So I love what Andrew's doing. And let's be honest, last week was probably the most held Detroit's been in with the Lions for so long, because before those guys, expectations were so low, so no one cared.

3:05:32And then after that, they just won every single year and continue to get better. Last week, they finally regressed. So Detroit was in hell.

3:05:39Pat McAfee:The coaching came back, won a game. We're back. Let's stay in the NFC North. We actually have some breaking news. I believe this is what Schefter was referring to as obviously a part of his bad news that was coming. Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy is expected to be sidelined two to four weeks with a high ankle sprain. With McCarthy out. Carson Wentz is now in line to start. Carson Wentz football is back. J.J. McCarthy, we hope you get healthy. Obviously, it wasn't the greatest game for the Minnesota Vikings offense last night. J.J. McCarthy in that fourth quarter, the first game showcased absolute excellence.

3:06:15Pat McAfee:Him getting hurt again obviously sucks for the development of J.J. and the entire J.J. McCarthy era. But now, one ankle sprain opens the door for potential two ankle sprains. Two sprains. Carson Wentz back on a field. We saw him here in the Indianapolis Colts. When he's playing great ball, it is electrifying. When he's making some decisions that cost your entire city, team and everything, the game, it's not as fun. He's been through it though. Maybe a little bit more mature. Maybe in the Kevin O 'Connell offense he has a chance. But if two sprains gets going out there, this Vikings team is going to go off without a hitch.

3:06:51Pat McAfee:NFC North needs to be scared as shit about Carson Wentz taking over. Yeah, we'll see. I mean, I'm excited to see if he can just listen to what Kevin O 'Connell says and not do all the other bullshit, all the extracurricular bullshit that he's kind of been known for doing the last several years where it's like, hey, we just need to pick up three yards for a first down and kind of get this drive moving. You don't have to throw it 150 yards downfield, which Wentz tends to do, but I love this. I mean, everyone, you know, JJ was the prince who was promised. We were kind of already starting that. Let's see if Carl Wentz can kind of turn his career around.

3:07:24I mean, we might be talking, you know, we said, hey, Same thing with Mac Jones and Brock Purdy. Are we looking at a situation where Carson Wentz potentially is the QB of the future for the Minnesota Vikings? I think there's a chance.

3:07:35Pat McAfee:There's also breaking news coming out about Jaden Daniels. He had a minor knee sprain that they got. I'm texting it in right now. Okay. Underwent an MRI following the loss to the Packers, was diagnosed with a sprained knee. Not a long-term injury, but Daniel's status this week, for instance, the Raiders is in doubt. Holy shit. Wow. So that's what Schefter said he was referring to. Jalen Johnson, Jaden Daniels, J.J. McCarthy now. Three injuries reported here on this overreaction Monday. Seemingly people losing time throughout the season. That sucks. Did not know that about Jaden. When was it? Do we know when it was?

3:08:14I mean, he was under pressure all night. But during the game, he wasn't as elusive. He wasn't able to get away from guys. but it never looked like he was really hurt. There was one tackle I remember that was just one of those awkward ones where his leg went into the ground, and it just kind of moved a little bit while it was at Lambeau. I remember them showing the replay. Fourth quarter? Yeah, in the fourth quarter, but he didn't come out. He just kept playing. He actually waved someone off after the play in the fourth quarter. This is always the tough thing, too, with having a quarterback that can run, right?

3:08:45Where you're just like, at some point, somebody's going to land on your foot or your leg, or you're going to slide the wrong way, or you're still an aggressive competitor, so you want to get a few more yards and extend the play but that might be the play that so it's kurt cousins called it on that amen on that note though whenever lamar jackson was up

3:09:04Pat McAfee:when he was a free agent he's representing himself there's a lot going on a lot of people were like uh it's gonna be impossible to deal they were trying to spread bad things because he didn't have an agent okay so the word was he's gonna get hurt he's gonna get hurt can't pay a guy that plays football like that he's gonna get hurt he's gonna get hurt some guys have an incredible ability to just avoid the big collisions now granted in the pocket anybody can get hurt in the pocket right joe burrow got hurt in the pocket seems like jayden maybe got hurt in the pocket so it's like brock purdy yeah brock purdy got hurt in the pocket so like those in the pocket injuries if you're not a durable person i think can show up or you can get unlucky and kind of get twisted up in there but the guys that run i think and josh allen's looking for contact but if they make it to the nfl and they can run they also have an ability to avoid hits which is a skill.

3:09:53Pat McAfee:I watched T.Y. Hilton just won the FIU Hall of Fame. Congratulations, T.Y. I watched T.Y. Hilton, undersized wide receiver, but very fast, could get open and understood ball. He was a great asset, but his first couple games he'd get the ball and then he would go down before taking a hit. Colts fans were not happy. They're like, hey, let's go. Then all of a sudden, week 14, week 15, he's still playing. It's because he's not taking the dumb hits that you don't have to take. So, like, running quarterbacks just can't take the big hits. You have to know how to not do it. But if you're in the pocket and you get ripped up, that's a nasty place to be.

3:10:27That was the Burrow thing you were talking about earlier, like where he wanted to get hit early.

3:10:32Pat McAfee:I know you don't, bro. We need you not getting hit.

3:10:35Adam Schefter:Man, Jaden Daniels. You're going to take the hits, regardless of what type of quarterback you are. And that's why I like the quarterbacks that have these Ironman streaks, like Brett Favre playing as many games, you know, Peyton, Tom, you know, he had the ACL year. But most of these guys, like, we always say your best ability is availability. Like, if you have that same quarterback trotting out, like, that's a huge deal just to have that. So when you have these quarterbacks that, you know, miss three games here, miss four games here, miss six here, I mean, there is something for, you know, playing through injuries.

3:11:04Adam Schefter:And obviously sometimes you just can't play through certain shit. But, yeah, it's tough.

3:11:08Pat McAfee:T's and P's. That's a lot of injuries coming out on No Reaction Monday. Go ahead. I was just going to say you were talking about taking hits and playing through anything, but your tight end, Warren, is, like, maybe my new favorite player. You know how it is, too. It's like you're a fan of a band, then you see them live, and you're like, dude, like, you know, Boyz II Men is so much better live. But you see Warren playing, and you're like, this guy wants to be the best player in football. So big. Could be. So strong. Yeah. Nobody was taking him down. I mean, yeah. Maybe not the fastest dude, but fast enough?

3:11:36Fast enough. Fast enough.

3:11:38Pat McAfee:So that literally was the knock. He was the second-drafted tight end. Colston Loveland out of Michigan was the first-drafted tight end. He was the second one. and the knock was he wasn't fast enough. And it's like, we're throwing him screens. So I think he's just, I think he's fast enough. Yeah, I think Colson Loveland has two catches. I think he's doing just fine. Danny Dimes loves him. Also leaning into the contact and just. Every time. Like, look, it just, it also feels like it's not even affecting him. That's what's crazy. When you see a guy that takes a hit and other guys are bouncing off him.

3:12:05It's only his second game. A couple of A-B select start moves there.

3:12:09Pat McAfee:That is a couple of A-B select start moves. Let's go to the next overreaction. We'll be in the NFC North. For the Chicago Bears. We're screwed. We went through a lot of them here. Yeah, there it is. It's from JBear, at JBear underscore 224. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact. But the Bears stink. They could have Jesus Christ the quarterback and God is the head coach, and they would still win a max of six games and go 0-6 in the division. They got their asses beat this weekend. And if you talk about God and Jesus Christ, I mean, Caleb was like this generation and Ben Johnson was literally. So obviously we're not comparing as religious fixtures.

3:12:50Pat McAfee:But when you talk about the two most prominent people for those roles, they got them right now in the very important. And they just got their asses kicked. Now, how long will it take to transition into everybody working to maximize it? What do you think, AJ? Do you think they ever get there? I mean, there's no guarantee that they ever get there. I mean, I think if you give them enough time, yeah, most likely they will figure it out with Ben Johnson and the offense and what they want. But, like, that could be a couple years. We don't know. We have no clue when it could happen. All right. Let's go to the next overreaction.

3:13:22Pat McAfee:What are you shaking your head about? Well, no, I was just going to say, I mean, I love it. We talked about the Bears winning the Super Bowl all year, week two, you know, and they're fucking done. You know, they want to fire Ben Johnson. Also, I thought it was pretty funny. Caleb Johnson, if you – or what's his name? Caleb Williams. Caleb Williams on draft night when they drafted Torrey Taylor, he texted him and said, like, don't worry about it because we ain't going to be punting. Bears have punted the most times in the NFL since he sent that text. It's kind of a Freudian little, you know. But it's just, I mean, if you're in the NFC, like, Foxy can attest to this.

3:13:50Vikings fans can attest to this. Like, if you're a fan of a team in the NFC North, you knew this was going to happen. You knew this was going to happen. Are they doomed? Are they the most doomed team? That's what I don't. Jets. I don't. I don't. Yeah. But I don't know if they're going to say that. Because, like, Connor said this last week, and he was kind of joking. but we are on the collision course for a Ben Johnson-Caleb just massive blow up on the sidelines, and then that becomes a big thing. Is Tyson Bajan going to start? It's coming. They wouldn't fire him midseason, right? No. No, no.

3:14:22Pat McAfee:This would be a Russell Wilson-Sean Payton situation, we think. We think Ben Johnson, because he took that job, now obviously did he take that job because Caleb's there and had a lot of hope for Caleb? Certainly. But if he had multiple options, which everybody says he did, and he's like the most highly sell-off for head coach in the last decade or two, he would definitely say, hey, if this doesn't work, I have the ability to move in a different direction. You would assume. You would assume. Just because Sean Payton, Russell Wilson. Sean Payton, similar situation. A lot of places wanted him. He was in Arizona for a while.

3:14:49Pat McAfee:He got paid a lot. A lot of places. He definitely went in there too and said, hey, if this doesn't work with Russ, I'm able to move on. The ownership told him yes. So I don't know if that's what it is with Chicago, but it feels like Ben Johnson would have that ability. Like they would ride with Ben much more than they would ride with Caleb, is what I feel. But we don't know if that's the case. That's the sense I also get just from the interview. Because we don't know if Ben was strictly hired to make Caleb good. Now, let me ask you this. I don't think, like you said, Sean Payton went to ownership and said, if it doesn't work, I can move on.

3:15:16I don't think he even wanted it to work, personally. I think that was him from the get-go. So do you think Ben Johnson is like that with Caleb, or is he really, do you think, like, well, no, let's try to.

3:15:24Adam Schefter:Interesting. I think he was because he could have. He was the better of the ball for like three years. And it's his first head coaching job. Yeah, he decided, all right. Payton was coming over being like. I'm going to go coach this guy and we can get it right. So I think he went there. We're not in the same league where you're giving a guy three or four years to figure it out. It's on a quick timeline. I think he might have just made a mistake, honestly. You think, Ben? I think there's a chance. There's a story of Washington going up there before they drafted Jaden Daniels when they had the number two pick.

3:15:52And he basically said, like, no, I'm not going to coach for Washington. And then they turned the plane around. That's the alleged story with Adam Peters and Washington. And Washington, it turns out, and ends up being good. and then Ben Johnson was the bell of the ball last year and then this year. He got interviewed by the Pats, but he wasn't the Pats number one, whereas a year ago, he might have been probably the Pats number one, especially with Drake May and the North Carolina connection. I don't know. I just hope it ends in a Caleb Ben Johnson fucking wrestling on the sideline, fourth quarter, 20 seconds left down by 50.

3:16:27Caleb's an incredible athlete, but Ben's got a lot of grit. I don't know how that wrestling match goes. I don't know either. And also, how was the Manny? Was the Manny sharp this week? Can he scratch with those nails? You never know. Because that might help Caleb when he ends up being a referee. Oh, yes.

3:16:42Pat McAfee:You're talking about Angel Reese's nail tech. Manicure, sorry. Short for Manny. Excuse me. Duh. Manicure. I thought we were talking Duke head coach. Yeah, Manny. Yeah, Manny Ramirez. Coming out of the pen. That's what I thought. All right. Let's move on to the next overreaction, shall we? This is from EJ at Robo Nobbins. Almost pudding. Hashtag, I don't want to overreact, but the Dallas Cowboys need to stop all this winning garbage and loose. That was a hard-fought game with the Giants. Let's make the most of those draft picks and have a 3-14 season. Yikes. We're battling it out against the Giants.

3:17:16Pat McAfee:Get the fuck out of here. Let us get the number one overall pick. We are ass this year, is what this Dallas Cowboys fan says. I don't think they feel that way, though. No. I think the moving on from Micah, maybe Dallas Cowboys fans felt a little bit more. I don't think the locker room or the team really feel it that much. and obviously that's a huge win. I mean, that's a gigantic win, especially in the moment. You've got to battle some drama. Brandon Aubrey, this guy's unflappable, absolutely unstoppable. It's like I think the Cowboys think they're good. Did you see that video postgame? I mean, Jerry was down there being like, watch my Netflix special.

3:17:47And then – Did he say that? He did say that. And so don't quote me, though. But they were all fired up for Shadi. They were, like, rallying around. He was getting emotional. So I think you're exactly right. I don't think there's any sign of like, you know, this is just a hard-fought win. I think it's like, let's build on this shit. Good vibes, too. Like, we talked about the Micah contract with them not working out. Like, now everyone's getting paid. They paid a lineman yesterday right before the game started. So, you talk about, like, team morale. Like, Deron Blaine just got paid. Tyler Smith, you said, yeah, he just got paid.

3:18:22Signed Clowney after the game. Signed Clowney after the game. And they could probably now, if they really wanted to, depending on how the season goes, hang on to Pickens. If they want to do a Pickens and CD, they have options now at least.

3:18:33Pat McAfee:What if the Cowboys are good, AJ? What if they are on a beat? Yeah, why not? I think they're legit. I think Dak is awesome. I think Dak is still underrated in what he's able to do. 1 ,000. Kenny Clark got a sack yesterday as well, so they're working out. And Micah's working out for Green Bay. This could be a win-win-win-win-win. All right, last overreaction here from Clayton at ClayDaddy88. Hashtag I don't want to overreact. But The Eagles are still the best team in the league But The old coordinator should have been thrown out of the damn plane On the way back to Philly Is there a lot of people from Philly saying that?

3:19:05Pat McAfee:Yeah there are But this is Philly This is what you expect last year I think they were like 8-1 and every week It was like Sirianni is a fucking dipshit When we lose it's going to be this moron's fault And they win the Super Bowl So I don't think there's cause for concern yet Yeah we win but let's make sure this offensive coordinator doesn't land on his feet. That's awesome. Good for Philadelphia. Remember tonight, doubleheader. Doubleheader tonight. Buccaneers at Texans. Chargers at Raiders. We have our picks already? Yep. I remember. AJ has the Buccaneers. I have the Texans. D-Butt has the Texans.

3:19:44Pat McAfee:AJ and D-Butt have the Chargers minus three and a half. I have the Raiders plus three and a half. Adam Ray, would you like to make a pick? Yeah, dude. I mean, you know, I'm still a Pete guy. I'm going Pete. I'm going Raiders. It's his birthday. Happy birthday, Pete. Today? Yeah. Good God. 73? Four. Oh, shit. Looking good. By the way, the same way Marshawn got like a Skittles campaign, Wrigley's, Doublemint, somebody should have jumped on that train with Pete. Chewing that gum. Gum's never had so much press before. Do you know what I'm saying? That's a good point. Bazooka Joe, something. Double bubble.

3:20:19Double bubble. Tiger Stripe was that one? Tiger Stripe. Tiger Blood, Tiger Blood.

3:20:24Pat McAfee:Some of that, yeah, Tiger Blood certainly had a run. Watch that dog, by the way. Yeah, I learned a lot, and then we all, ah, fuck it. Yeah, but I think Pete's going to get that one. I think Pete's going to get that one. What was the other, and then Hugh, yeah. Boy, I love me some Baker. I mean, those Hulu commercials are so good, but I think, yeah, I'm going Bucks and I'm going Raiders. All right, I think you've made the right decisions for your own, so I think you did good right there. Yeah, but that's, you know, that's. Baker was one of the best commercial guys we had. Yeah. And then it all went to shit.

3:20:54Pat McAfee:Yep. It's tough, dude. You see some of these guys step in and they just like, you know, going back to Russ, it's like, you know, just wasn't, didn't really feel. He's back?

3:20:59Adam Schefter:He's back. Hulu, Popeyes. He's back. Baker is? Oh, I saw the Popeyes one. I did not see the Hulu one. What's the Popeyes one? He's got a few Popeyes ones, right? Let's go.

3:21:07Pat McAfee:Yeah, he just, he just, the one I saw, he just sits there and goes, these are good. And then he eats the Popeyes leg. Huh. Yeah, it was, it was great. I haven't seen it. I saw it and I was like, hell yeah, Baker. In a Popeye's fucking deal? Good for you, Baker. I was very pumped for him. Popeye's is good. Boston Market would be cool to see come out of the woodwork. Brady's got to bring it back. Tom is the man. If there's one thing Tom can do, it's win Super Bowls and bring back franchises. He actually said he's got a big announcement tonight. That could be it. If it's bringing back Boston Market, can you imagine?

3:21:38Pat McAfee:Oh, my God. Give me a whole fucking chicken. And Giselle is like in some, it's how they reconcile, and she's in some really sexy outfit. I don't know. I don't do her voice, but she's like eating it. She's like, I love my potato. Is that Brazilian? Don't get me careful. I think so. You're trying your best. All right. Wait, I got to say one thing. We were trying to get my boy Johnny Schneider on the phone, Seahawks GM. He said, I'm sorry. Tell Pat it's my fault. Good thing he said you and I aren't in on communicating on headsets during the games. We fucking suck. But that's going to be in my Mount Rushmore for Seahawks.

3:22:11I'm throwing up Johnny Schneider for building these teams, baby.

3:22:13Pat McAfee:Okay, so. That's an underrated job. Mark Galloway, Marshawn Lynch, Matt Hasselbeck, Cam Chancellor. That would be four, which is what a Mount Rushmore is. But let's go ahead and toss a fifth Mount Rushmore. I put Schneider on top, even the bare nose. Maybe he's the back. He's the back. Schneider's back. He did just have back surgery. He's on the back of the mind. He's the back, dude. Could probably drop Hasselbeck and just go, and I'm a Hasselbeck guy. He's a mask guy. No. I love Hasselbeck. You've got to have a QB on there, don't you? Yeah, maybe a QB that, I don't know, probably fucking won a Super Bowl, Adam.

3:22:43I love me so much, too. I know it's tough. Can Hasselbeck be holding a cardboard cutout of Russ? Maybe. Maybe Tavar's check.

3:22:52Pat McAfee:Come on, Tone. Please come over here. It's been a glorious overreaction Monday. We can't thank you all enough. A lot of great players over there in Seattle. Mount Rushmore only has four spots. He's made five. We're winning the West, by the way. We're winning the West. I know everyone still says Rams and Stafford, but I don't know, Hawks. It's ours to lose, I think. Like you said, no one's talking about us, DB. I feel like that's good. Only team to lose in that division so far. Mac Jones. We are? Yeah. Mac Jones. You guys want to talk about my parents' divorce rights? Jesus Christ. I thought I was having a good time.

3:23:23You guys actually only seen it fucking suck right now.

3:23:26Pat McAfee:Yeah. Sorry. We already talked about your parents' divorce. If we can hit anything else. Putting I love you. Yeah. Mr. Doubtfire. What a tough scene. Yeah. All right. Be your friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. Adam, keep killing it, brother. I love you guys. Thank you. If you get a chance to see him, obviously go watch him. His vibes are fucking immaculate. The show's a real blast, man. Team on me, you got anything to say? Well, you know what? Life gets tough. So wake up with the sun, go to bed with the moon, okay? And dig deep. And if you find yourself on the sidewalk and a stranger wants to give you a high five, give him a chest bump and a hug.

3:23:59And maybe a little extra finger. Maybe pet his hair. Maybe ask him what his pin number is, where he lives, what his blood type is. Buy him a Coke or a coffee. And at the end of the day, we're all the same. So live it up, suck it up, spark one up, and burn one down. We'll be right back.

3:24:12Pat McAfee:Team on three. One, two, three. Bye-bye.