PMS 2.0 1532 - Rory McIlroy Wins Back-To-Back Masters, Andy North, Tyrese Haliburton, Shams Charania, Adam Schefter, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

24:18Pat McAfee:People are going to be pissed to hear this, but I got to putt on not Augusta Greens, but another place that is within the Augusta National Real Estate screens that are set up exactly like the Augusta. Berkman's? I don't know what I'm allowed to say. Thank you for saying that. You've been there for 50 years. That is unbelievable over there. This place, they built a resort on the property. Oh, yeah. They built a vacation resort for Augusta on the property. And it's outrageous. Then they got tour guides for me to go on a little putting excursion. which would match the putts. Same step meter? Yeah.

24:59Pat McAfee:And then who's guiding the tour? Oh, PGA pros are doing it from all around the country, offering you lessons while you're – everything there was just like, this is the smartest. This is the smartest. Everything I did was like, this is the smartest. And I'll tell you what, no four putts. Okay, no four putts. That's good. Were they rolling faster? No four putts. That's all you need to know, no four putts. The classic four putts really kill you. Did you believe how fast the greens were? So we talked about this last night, actually, at T-Bones. Shout out to T-Bones Steak down there in Augusta. Jack, that's where you went last night.

25:31I was invited.

25:32Pat McAfee:I was invited. I was invited. Okay. I heard it was the spot. Some drunk guy told me it was the spot. We went there. It was the spot. I mean, the two owners of these two kids who got this business passed down from their father, obviously, rest in peace, 26, 28 years old. One has this phenomenal mullet. Love that. And this other one has beautiful mustache. and the vibes that are macadamia, the ribs. I mean, absolutely spectacular. We had a blast. While we were in there, we were just talking about the entire situation of Augusta as a whole. And how I completely understood why our show... I understood beforehand just because of the lore of it all.

26:08Pat McAfee:But after going to it, I completely understand why we should never have our show there. Just Andy, I want to let that be known. like i i very much got that messaging but it's like it it does hold on to like this special folk so like me even saying i was putting at that berkman's green which is like this beautiful area there people are going to be pissed because i shouldn't experience that how do you think they've been able to maintain it like you've been a part of this for 50 years has it always been held in this regard and that's like the way it's been passed down passed down was there a turning point for this thing to become as big and as uh uh oh i don't even know coveted coveted yeah like Has it always been like this for 50 years?

26:48Pat McAfee:Because I'm from the North, obviously. I know the Masters because I watch it on TV. I watch Tiger do his thing down there, and it's awesome. Green jacket, let's do it. But just much like college football, I don't think if you're not really around it, I don't think you really can understand. That's kind of my thought on college football, and it felt very similar with that entire thing. It's like, obviously, I'm a doofus, and I don't understand that this goes back so long. Is that what I was missing, you think? Is that what the rest of the world maybe misses? And why do you think it is so grand, if you will?

27:15It's been special from day one. They've done a great job of creating a culture tradition there that's unlike any other tournament we play. And I think in the last 15 or 20 years, they've even expanded it more so with the addition of, like, the Berkmans. They've purchased a lot of property around the golf course to make the parking better, to make the hospitality better. it's just an absolute first class event um you know i've been lucky enough to travel all over the world and do a lot of sporting events the only sporting event i think is even close to it is wimbledon and it's the same kind of culture the same kind of class you don't have advertising splashed all over the place it's about creating the best event you can have and august has done

28:06Pat McAfee:an amazing job of doing that yeah i was lucky to be a part of it as was foxy and uh if you ever get the opportunity i think you definitely should a little anxiety leaving the phone you know as an internet person as uh as that that was certainly something but then i realized like no this is actually like a beautiful you know i obviously missed and was wondering what was going on at certain times while you're walking up another mountain okay you're walking up another mountain and you're uh you didn't write the proper socks for the shoes that you're wearing so your pinky toe is just in it i mean i'll never be able to do a marathon that's way too long that's way too long but whenever they talk about the abuse that your feet take in those things i think i felt it i think i felt it on uh saturday more so than sunday but saturday it was just rubbing raw basically out there but it didn't care didn't matter just gotta go see it gotta go feel it everything like that okay let's talk about some of the storylines coming out of this year's masters with andy north 50 years at the masters and i'll tell you i don't know if he does a speaking tour i don't know if he does i don't i should have asked before you came on here nailed it so good okay i mean i'm telling you just i'll send you a percentage thanks no problem i i don't know what you're charging should be more and uh we can make up the difference but let's talk about in the history of golf now what this weekend did go ahead d but yeah andy

29:30Adam Schefter:Now, Rory has been a feed on from day one, and he's living up to expectation. Now, back-to-back Masters win gets him up to six majors. Does this firmly put him in the top ten golfers of all time in your book? Yeah, he's getting pretty darn close. We kind of laughed about Freddie saying, heck, he might win the rest of them. But the golf course is so perfectly built for him, the type of shots he likes to hit. I wouldn't be a bit surprised he wins multiple more. And then now you're talking about you get to that eight major, 10 major area, now you're one of the top 10 that have ever played the game.

30:11Amazing talent. And, you know, it's like you get enough success and it frees you up a little bit that all of a sudden you're just on a roll. And I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he goes on a super roll here for a while.

30:25Pat McAfee:All right, Andy. You've been on a super role for 50 years at least. I don't know. I assume longer. I don't know what you did before that. I assume you were great. I assume an unbelievable run then as well. We appreciate you taking time today and making our show much more prestigious. Yep. Thank you. Well, I appreciate it. Anytime. I love it. I love watching you guys. And you make it fun. You're making sports fun. So see you guys later. God, you're the man. Hell yeah, Andy. Ladies and gentlemen, Andy North. Hey, Andy. He said of the sort to me and Foxy at the dinner. He actually held up the next speaker a little bit, trying to get over to us and say very kind things to us.

31:05It was awesome. Was the next speaker the one you guys loved? Mm-hmm. Yes.

31:10Pat McAfee:Let's move along. There was a long speech that was given. I learned a lot about a lot. Nice. I've never been at one of those events. Shut up at Tank Top. Obviously, that's not how this is going. They're hosting a dinner at a house. tanked up. If it's at a house, you would have tanked up. It was a house. It was a house. It was a house. They knew what was coming, I think, right? I got invited to this thing. It's at a house. Was there a dress code? If there was no dress code, then you're fine. Was it the Shackalicious tanked up? I can't wear yellow and orange. You should have known that. That was rude.

31:44Pat McAfee:He put me on TV. What was Foxy wearing? He had buttoned on. He came downstairs. To be clear, he came downstairs and I looked at him and I said, all right oh no I did think there was a chance it would be a problem it was a house it wasn't on property it was off property which you should see the business they're running down here actually funny enough I was while watching the broadcast looking for all this stuff on the side just to see if I could see where they don't show you guys no they don't it was incredible the amount of humans we met and you know what I found out T-Mobile? Yeah. Got the best coverage ever.

32:26Pat McAfee:Do they? Have you seen the map? I ain't correct. No way. Have you seen the map? Buffalo Wilds. Man, Buffalo Wilds, the medium. We love that. I'll tell you what. We'll take Coors Light. Ice Cold. Yeah. Always. Always. Are those Rockies blue? I've heard when they are, the light is in store. Don't be pumped about that. Yeah, I will – the amount of humans that are kind of just roaming around there and who the humans are is absolutely insane. I can imagine. We do love Buffalo Wild Wings. Love it. Always have. Always will. Miller Coors, that whole company. Yeah. You named everything. Are you kidding me?

33:03Pat McAfee:Let's pivot away from golf and shilling for anybody that we don't have deals with. It was nice to meet people, though. I don't do those things. Yeah. It was events. It was fun. I don't do those –

33:13Adam Schefter:T-Mobile's got Starlink on the phone.

33:15Pat McAfee:I heard that as well. You're hardly going to phone? Remember the first 5G network? What? Yeah, nobody knows that. Everybody thinks T-Mobile ass. Guess what? T-Mobile, allegedly, I don't have it yet, not ass. Yeah, I think Anne Hathaway told us that, if I remember correctly. Yeah, I think so. Is that Anne who did this? I learned a lot about T-Mobile. You know, whenever you don't have a phone, what are we talking about? I'm a naturally curious individual. You know, so whenever somebody brings something up, we're both stuck here. Okay? Let's see where we can go here. great conversation multiple years in a row yeah star get back check either so you kind of just take everything as gospel oh shit i've really been sleeping on this yeah so then more people came to group right because remember you don't know when people are coming when okay you have no idea who's popping into your life it's a trip back in time so as more people come they catch a tail end of me going so you're telling me t-mobile not ass so then there's somebody who is i don't the head of see something o of some other company that does something with them and they're like what that is not what we're talking about right now it's like no it's a good thing that's a good thing now you got more people it's like a uh it was incredible it was a trip back in time yeah it was literally a trip every single detail is thought of throughout the whole weekend it was perfect it's crazy it's crazy it was really that's why everybody says it so much back because It's just like it's a completely different world.

34:44Pat McAfee:Yeah. You're just in a completely different world down there. And everybody was so kind. And to the Southerns, I appreciate hospitality down there. That's what they do. And I'll tell you, that Azalea, Azalea. The drink. You find out what's in it. The drink, remarkable. Very good. What was that other one? Spike. We had an Arnold Palmer. Yeah. Shout out. That was good. The beers. There's a lot of beer drinking down there. I'll tell you, you're walking a lot. Azalea is vodka, lemonade, and a bit of grenadine. Can I say something about the sandwiches? Nope. Keep your fucking mouth shut. Shut up, folks.

35:19Pat McAfee:Oh, no. What the hell? You would know a good sandwich if it had smacked you in the mouth. What do you know, you young little entitled bum? I won't say it. Guy was walking down the fairways by himself. I like it. Inside. I'll tell you, he was inside the paint. So mad. Thanks, Foxy. That guy hated that I was here. Lotta, I can't believe they let you in. Oh, so many of those. Oh, they let you in here. Yeah, it was a lot of that. I was like, yeah, shh. A lot of that. A lot of good interactions of those things, you know, where there's like a one-pop, two-pop, now we're off and running. That was fun.

35:54Pat McAfee:Joining us now is a man who, I'll tell you what, I'm excited that we got to see him on the internet. See a picture of him. He's got one of his super-duper outfits on. This guy's king of fashion. Coolest. Great. Nobody really respects what he's doing, but whenever he goes into his closet and puts something on, he's telling you what's in. It's not about you telling him what's in. He's a thermostat, not a thermometer. He's setting the tone. He's not telling what it is. He's got a fresh new fit on. They put him on. He speaks to the fans. Hey, don't get used to this. We're coming back. Cuts a babyface promo.

36:28Pat McAfee:All I want to say is this guy's a fat ass. What? Bull. Who's saying that? They're saying he's a fatso. They got nicknames. Not the guy on the sheet who says I'm coming. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is the man who led the Indiana Pacers to Game 7 of the finals against Oklahoma City Thunder last year. He was on pace to score 75 points in a Game 7 of an NBA finals and lead the Pacers to an NBA title. Hey, Torrey Skillis. We've been on the road to recovery ever since. The Indiana Pacers have earned a lottery pick, and he is on the mend to saving this town's basketball team back to its place that it should be, which is on top, ladies and gentlemen.

37:09Pat McAfee:Fatso's the internet says Tyrese Halliburton. Yay, Tyrese! Called you Fatso. What an intro. Fatso. Yeah, but did you hear the whole Game 7 thing? 75 points, championship, you're going to lose this thing? Yeah, I like that. The rest of that was good. The rest of it was good. I'm just doing reporting, I think is what they call it, in the world that we live in currently. I'm just telling you what was being said. They called you Fat. I thought the fit was fantastic. I'd like to let you know that. So they asked me about the fit check with the eyeballs. It's Indiana Pacers social team. Thank you for putting capital letters on T and H on Tyrese Halliburton.

37:39Pat McAfee:I don't know why everybody else on the internet is not doing it anymore. But I love the fit. And that's not what they were talking about. Everyone's talking about you standing comfortably. Okay. Whoa. Somebody did this, Tyrese. Okay. And I don't like it. I was at the Masters. And I didn't see this until later. I feel like I would have went to your defense and said, this guy's not fat. Why are you guys killing this guy? Can you please give us a state of Tyrese Halliburton right now and also update the world on the incredible progress we've had on multiple fronts, both at the Achilles and also on the head eye entire thing, please, Tyrese?

38:16Yeah, so I'm going on eight weeks of shingles right now, face shingles. Jeez. And I haven't been able to get rid of it. I've switched my meds like three times and I've got a Botox injection. None of it has helped. You do look good. And the new meds side effect of the meds is that I'm always hungry and weight gain. So it's making me gain weight. And we know the problem is I said when I did LeBron's podcast on Mind the Game, I said I'm the heaviest I've been right now. I'm bulking. I'm strong. I'm lifting all the time. This is good. And then face shingles hit me. And so now the bulking has turned into just I'm just bigger for no reason.

38:59So now they're killing me on social media. I've seen I'm being called Tyrese Hallaberger.

39:04Pat McAfee:Oh, come on. I didn't see that one. That's the new one. It's all Tyrese. Oh, no, dude. You know, the internet's going to get you, though. I mean, that's the way it is. Let's talk about the eight weeks shingles on top of everything else. You talk about going through multiple medicines. I assume that's a scary situation, actually, because we've talked throughout the entirety. You were, like, on house arrest there for a little bit. because of what Shingles was. You weren't able to move much in the middle of an Achilles recovery in which that Achilles recovery was going well, right? And then this kind of put a halt to a lot of things.

39:39Pat McAfee:I don't know how much you want to talk about, and I'm sorry, I probably just said too much, but this is the reality of the situation, I think. Yeah, no, I was going to start playing five-on-five after All-Star break. That was the plan. And then Shingles hit me, and so I didn't go. I was at the house for two weeks, no workouts. I started working out again for like two weeks, And then after that, my eyes started swelling up and I was basically swollen shut from the shingles again. So I had to take another week and a half off before I revved back up. So now I'm just starting to play five on five now.

40:11So, yeah, it's like it's been it's been trash. It's been trash.

40:15Pat McAfee:Yeah, that sounds like an incredibly terrible run of luck. OK, I want to let you know that I don't think you deserve it. I'm sorry that it's happening. Can you tell me about shingles? I don't think I know much about shingles. I thought 80 year olds got shingles, right? Isn't this kind of like an older thing? Whenever you heard that, what was the thing? And how much have you had to learn about this entire thing now? Well, I thought Doc was joking when he told me I had shingles. I was like, are you playing with me? He's like, no, I'm dead serious. But I guess it's coming out more in people. Originally, they said, yeah, I was 60, 70-year-olds.

40:45That's why the vaccine for shingles is only for people over the age of 50. Because they didn't even test. I don't think they tested younger people. and then so now I was saying more people younger are getting it uh from stress and other things and so like you had to have chicken pox I didn't have a lot of people my age didn't get chicken pox we all got the vaccine which obviously is the dormant virus so that could come out in you later in life so that's why I'm getting it now and yeah it's horrible so I would advise anybody over the age of 50 I don't think any of you guys on the show are over the age of 50 to get the vaccine mean because this is trash it's been horrible yeah that's honestly thank you for like spreading

41:22Pat McAfee:that message me learning about you having it was an eye-opener to me i'm like excuse me i can can i get this thing because i i think my dad had it and it was a long time painful and it's like sweat i think and everything is kind of an issue so we want to let you know we appreciate the adversity that you're building up let's talk about where you are with the achilles recovery how much are you able to work how much are you able to look at what tatum's doing and know like okay i can come back in a big way because I think there has been a little bit of a narrative about Achilles recoveries, especially in our sport.

41:51Pat McAfee:I think we talked about it and I'd assume in your guys' sport as well that there is a little bit of a rollout post being cleared to an Achilles becoming like full speed again. It's normally a little bit of a stiffer start, a little slower start and we don't know if that's necessarily a mental thing or it's actually the Achilles. Tatum's come out and gone crazy. Has that been a conversation you've been a part of and how do you feel with where you are right now. Yeah, we're attacking it, man. I feel really good. It's like when I'm running or playing, I don't even think about it anymore. I know like when I'm playing, when I get done, I'm like damn, I'm still like a step behind.

42:26But I feel good. I don't think about it anymore. I'm like doing everything, five on five, playing full go, running, doing cardio, doing everything, honestly. So, you know, seeing Jason have so much success, DeJounte Murray also came back. Seeing those guys have so much success has been awesome. Jason and me talk pretty regularly. So I'm excited to see his run throughout the playoffs. You know, it's going to be fun to watch. And, yeah, seeing him have so much success definitely makes me excited for, you know, when I come back.

42:55Pat McAfee:Playing games start tomorrow on Amazon. How was the year? Did you do Amazon? I forget. Yeah, I did. I did. I did. I was a contributor for Amazon. How was it? It was good. It was good. I talked about recovery. Then my last one, they were like, we couldn't even talk recovery because I had shingles. So I was like, I don't know how much I can really update y 'all right now. But, no, it was good. I enjoyed it. Recovery has actually had to become another recovery as well. Shiggles. Yeah, you've never heard of a young player having it. I got it. And eight weeks is a long time, dude. That's a long time.

43:28I actually think I'm the first dude that – this is not documented, but we were trying to find another documented case of anybody in the NBA having it. I think I'm, like, the first guy in the NBA to have it. Hashtag stat that. I'm the test dummy, I think.

43:41Pat McAfee:a couple of refs hey you're the right guy for it hey you're the right guy for it come on come on Tyrese let's keep it going we need to get back to the finals around here so you know what I found myself really only paying attention uh to high level stuff as opposed to entire run if that makes sense when you were playing this me just being a human uh I was obviously very uh in tune with what the Pacers were doing Pacers also problem in the east so had to pay attention to kind of everything that was going on. This year, without the Pacers in it, you should be up for the MVP. Game 7 of the Finals now we're in the lottery.

44:17Pat McAfee:That's pretty valuable. That's something we're going to talk about. But I've learned that myself, I've tried to stay away from it because I don't want that to be my image of the Pacers. I don't want that to be. I don't want us to be losing. I don't want to be me wasting energy paying attention. So I've just been saying high level. Feels like players and NBA are going to have to figure something out about something that I guess has been talked about for a long time now around the league. Go ahead, Con, man. Yeah, Tyrese, how do you feel about the 65 game thing obviously missed the whole year so it didn't really matter but looking at some of the players think cunningham i'm not sure if he missed out officially wemby towards the end he almost missed out there are some other guys that clearly didn't reach 65 games but should be eligible for awards like where do you kind of stand on that and also thank you for the great shoe collection now keep going with the hallies they are incredible shoes yeah appreciate that I think it's interesting.

45:07I think, listen, the NBA had to do something because at the end of the day, fans and analysts and people who watch the game, they want the great players to play. And I get that. And we made the 65-game rule to get more players to play. And actually, I was the first year of this rule coming into play. I don't know if you guys remember. I hurt my hamstring that year. And, you know, I was fighting to make All-NBA to get a Supermax contract. So I was one of the first guys kind of affected by this. And at the time I said, I think this is a dumb rule. And I had a meeting with Commissioner Silver. We talked about it.

45:40And I think that I understand from the league's perspective how we're trying to get players to play. And I think at the end of the day, guys want to play. Like, I don't think guys want to miss games. But I think this is a rule that will get adjusted going into next year because there's been so much conversation around it. Because I think at the end of the day, there are certain guys that can play more games and miss it because of the minutes rule, which is also interesting like i think there something has to be done i don't have all the answers i'm not i don't know if i'm smart enough to have all those answers i don't because at the end of the day if it's 60 games there's going to be a guy who plays 59 games and he's not able to make it right there's always going to be somebody who can't make it can't make the rule so i think at the end of the day like you have to have people who are voting on these things of all nba they have to be able to have enough feel for those for those things for those awards you know i think

46:32Pat McAfee:that's what makes the most sense who votes on is that a media driven thing it's a media driven thing but you gotta understand like if you if you if you miss this all in certain guys if they miss making all nba they could miss getting their contract bumped up from a max to a superman yeah what's the difference of that because media voting on something that can control how much of the money you think is that actually do you know yeah i think my contract don't quote me on this somebody has to look it up i think my contract at the time it went like if i was on a regular max it was like 210 if I was super max it was 250 40 million dollars on a media boat is crazy and I guess we would be considered part of the media yeah I could be off on that and potentially maybe they need to make the rule that like the financial benefit isn't affected on it I don't know I don't have the I don't have the answer but something needs to change yeah because there's always a predicament you know there's always going to be 65 games guys got to play Like, ooh, actual injuries have hit a couple of the big-time guys that could be very affected by that.

47:33Pat McAfee:Nope, got to be 65 games. Well, they actually have more minutes, though, than the people that are going to play like 77-5 because they played so much in the first games where they weren't injured. And it's like, oh, no. It's not minutes. It's games. They'll get you into it. Well, let's drop it down. Well, okay, so we're dropping it down for these. Are we dropping it down if this player has it? It's like a never-ending dog-chase tale there. So, Adam Silver, we know you're a smart guy. Good luck on this one, buddy. Figure it out. Now. Now. I'm sick of not seeing the stars play. Exactly. Now, if they're actually hurt, they need to at least walk out there, say hello to me, walk back in rehab.

48:16Pat McAfee:I would like to see that. It's an interesting – it really is. That's a fascinating thing. Go ahead, Con. The salary cap difference is for a max contract is 30%. For a super max contract, it's 35 % per year of the salary cap that that team has. Okay, so 5 % of the salary cap difference. Yeah. And what's your salary cap at now? What you got a salary cap? 195. No clue. I wish I could tell you that answer. You're the greatest. You're the absolute greatest. Last thing here, as we move forward to playoff talk, don't want to put you in a position to have to do that unless you would like to do that. There's a massive weekend coming up here, bud.

48:50Pat McAfee:Okay, as you see, the champ is already this guy. Feels like wrestling again, doesn't it? It does. It feels like it's WrestleMania season because Randy Orton is the focal point. Now, we appreciate Cody. Just go ahead and understand the situation. Let me go ahead and take this thing so we can get a little comfortable with it. Sure.

49:11Adam Schefter:I really don't look happy about it. What's that? He don't look happy. That strap is sitting there. What do you mean? Oh, yeah. Is he Cody Crowley? Yeah, he's Cody Crowley. Pat, I'm glad that you're holding the bell. Why would I be mad that my guy's holding the bell right now?

49:24Pat McAfee:It's not about me, okay? It's about Randy Orton, obviously. Randy Orton. That's why I put it on a shirt right there. That's why, obviously, we've got this going on. It's about a man that should be top of the card. And good news, WrestleMania, Saturday night. Tickets on sale right now, 25 % off. Thanks to Ram Trucks, you can still come be a part of a once-in-a-century evening in Las Vegas. very rarely does this happen in sports. You're going to be able to say, I was there. This is going to be one of the ones you're going to want to say, I was there. There's a lot about to pop off. Tyrese, you want to pick the card here quickly?

50:01Pat McAfee:Who you think is going to win each match? Every match? Are you trying not to get any heat, brother, and just saying everybody's going to do good. It's me in line. You want me to pick every match from night one? Yep. Okay. I got Liv winning the women's title match. Congrats, Liv. The baby, Liv. Really? They got LA Knight and the Usos winning the tag team match. Oh, no, I show speed. Wow. Speed's cursed. Dan Housen cursed Speed. That's true. I'll tell you what. That Dan Housen thing needs to stay away. I do agree with that. Yeah. You need to stay away from Dan Housen. Don't you worry. I already got it figured out, Tyrese.

50:39Pat McAfee:Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you. It's all figured out. It's all figured out. Dan Housen, let's stay away from that. That dude. Yeah, yeah. He's out here. Hey, he's a problem. Yeah, he is. I kind of love him, though. I want to meet Dan Housen. I hope I meet Dan. No! I got your singles. You might have already done it. All right, go ahead. Please, let's pick the rest of this. Okay, okay. I got AJ Lee beating Becky. What? The man? I got... I got Gunther beating Seth, unfortunately. Bad day for the Rollins household. Jeez. I got Jacob Fatu beating... No, I got Drew McIntyre beating Jacob Fatu. Remember, it's an unsanctioned match.

51:13Yeah, first time ever. Rules are rules. It's the werewolf. are they going to be going? Except tonight. Are they going to fight in the back or something? Maybe. You don't know.

51:21Pat McAfee:You never know. I'll tell you what. Those are two heavyweights I like with those two. Sin City Street Match. Go ahead now. Do the match. Do the whole thing. Do the WrestleMania main event. The whole WrestleMania. Wait, wait, wait. You forgot the women's tag match. Don't forget the women's tag match. Well. I got Bayley and Lyra winning that. I thought you were going to make that hypothesis. Yeah, I thought we already That's on me. That's Hermson on me. Bayley and Lyra. That's a good win. Let's go in. Love what you're talking about. Fatal 4. And then the world title match. You know how Cody's my guy, but I have Randy winning that match.

51:53Yeah, you do.

51:53Pat McAfee:Boom! You better. It's because you know, man. You know better. That's the right decision, Tyrese. You know, if Randy doesn't win and walk out of WrestleMania as a world champion, I'm gone forever from the wrestling world. And there's some people on the internet saying, We need that! Shut up. You don't know what you need. You have no idea what you need. You're looking at it, and you don't even know it. On that note, you're one of them, Tyrese. Have a good one. What am I? What do you mean? You're an outsider, just like you. Cody Rhodes is family. That's right. I just picked you to win. I just picked you and Randy to win.

52:25Why you got beef with me? Just doesn't feel like you meant it.

52:28Pat McAfee:Yeah. All right. I appreciate you. I want to let you know. I appreciate you. You going to be on Mania? I will be. Yeah. Welcome to the Randy Orton show, Paul. It's going to be great to have you. The business will appreciate you being here. It's not contagious? Yeah. What should we do? How do we work with you? Can we say hi to you? I wear sunglasses now. Wait, what do you mean? Your shingles. My eyes. How do we not catch it? You wearing a bubble boy suit? Yeah. What do we wear? Bubble wrap on the other side? Do we go back to the COVID thing? It's not contagious, brother. Okay, all right. I'll look that up for sure.

52:59Pat McAfee:You're the man. You're the best. Can't wait to see you out there. How did you catch it? Yeah, what happened? From inside. Yeah. Yeah, from inside. I must have been stressed. Stressed? Yeah, but I had chicken pox, so I have it. So if I come in contact, it's a real thing. But I had chicken pox, too. Me, too. You're good. You're good, brother. Look it up. It's not contagious. Oh, so that thing lives inside you and then just needs to get out at some point. And if you're a kid, it's chicken pox. And if you're over 50 or Tyrese Halliburton, it's shingles. Okay, I'm happy we learned that today. All right, you're the man.

53:30Pat McAfee:Keep battling. We appreciate the hell out of you. We'll see you in Vegas, ladies and gentlemen, Tyrese Halliburton. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, to give us more scoop on everything happening around the NBA, our friend, senior NBA insider at ESPN, Shamsha Rania. And, yeah, Shams, wow. You look phenomenal. I learned a lot about Shingles and Tyrese Halliburton. Prayer's up to him, by the way. Absolutely. He's been battling. We've been in contact with him through it all. You know, he's been playing a lot of cards at the house because he wasn't able to leave for a long time. So, like, he wasn't able to leave the house because of the entirety.

54:00Pat McAfee:And I think there were some times where I couldn't see. I'm giving away too much. All right, we only got a couple minutes here. As we head into the playoffs, huge news. Doc Rivers fired. Now, are you? I don't know how I feel about this because I know you and Doc got a little bit of heat. And I know you've been covering this team for a long time, saying some things are going to happen, and there's a boiling point taking place. Now, people have said, Sean, you're talking about this for years, okay? You're chasing a ghost. And they've continually done things that I think you were projecting them to not do maybe.

54:27Pat McAfee:Hang on to be honest. Keep them together. Now it feels like a domino falls. Is that how you view this? How do you view this entire situation? Yeah, I mean, I haven't really been talking about Giannis and Tadokounmpo in Milwaukee for years. I started reporting on it last May. This has been like an 11-month saga that's been going on between Giannis and the Bucs. And so, listen, I just report the news. I just document the news. And so the truth can hurt sometimes, 100%. I stand by my reporting to the 10th degree, like 100%. The reality of the Bucs situation is this. Giannis and his camp informed the Bucs last May that he was ready to part ways.

55:06He was ready to move on. The time had come after 12 years together that we all had to move on. But John Horse, the general manager of the Bucs, and Doc Rivers, the head coach, they wanted to continue to keep him and contend, and they felt like they had the roster to compete in the Eastern Conference. They thought this team was going to be a contender. And then they go out and get Myles Turner, you wave and stretch Damian Lillard, and so you add all those factors together, and it's been a clear miscalculation of the situation. Giannis was very clear in his private meetings with the Bucs. He felt this roster wasn't good enough.

55:41He had serious doubts about the roster. And so, listen, in a lot of ways he was proved to be right. The season played out the way it played out. I think everyone in the NBA knows exactly what's going on in Milwaukee. I think most people in the world know exactly what's going on right now in Milwaukee. And so we're kind of similar to where we were last year as far as Giannis, as far as last summer, where the Bucs will get a bunch of calls. They're going to get a bunch of offers. They already went through negotiations for Giannis in February as far as trade talks. They're probably going to revisit a lot of those same conversations with teams like Minnesota and Golden State and Miami and the Knicks.

56:15We'll see how the playoffs shake out. That's going to have a big part in all this. But listen, the reality of everything in Milwaukee is this. If they spent as much time dealing with their own internal dynamics and problems as they do responding to accurate reports, they wouldn't be in the mess that they're in right now. on doing the job at the highest of levels that I possibly can.

56:38Pat McAfee:Okay, so Doc Leaves, you spit a bar that you've been thinking of saying for a long time right now. I got one more for you. I got one more for you, all right? So I watch some documentaries from time to time. I saw one on Fyre Festival, right? And so the part we're at now is when everyone wants to run and you're doing the cover-up. And, again, it's totally fine. I'm just here to document and cover it the right way. And I feel like we've done an unbelievable job tracking everything. And at the end of the day, the last month and a half, we've seen it. The player in Giannis has been feuding with his own team about whether he can play or not.

57:15He wants to play. He feels he's cleared to play. He told the NBA. He told the NBA, the union, that he's healthy and can play. They felt that the Bucs did not want to clear him. And my understanding is Giannis was told that it's upper management's decision not to allow him to play. And so how that plays out, the NBA is still looking into the situation. We'll see what comes of that or doesn't come of that.

57:40Pat McAfee:In a year filled with tanking problems for the NBA, now you've got one of its biggest stars coming out saying, it's happening. I can play. I'm healthy. but I've been shut down for multiple weeks by my team because my team wants to position for the draft lottery. I guess the person for the Milwaukee Bucks who has to tell Giannis he's not playing, whoever that is, whether it was Doc or whatever the case was, that person is kind of like the water person for Fyre Fest. Well, he's the messenger. Yeah, that's the worst job. That guy was ready to risk it all. Exactly. And whoever was telling Giannis was like, listen, I'll do it.

58:18Pat McAfee:I'll do it. I guess if it needs to be done, I'll be the one that'll go stand in front of the Greek freak and tell him that, nah, you're not playing when he wants to play. You need that person. Respect to that person. You need that person. And Firefest needed that person. They did. They needed water at the event. At the end of the day, you needed someone to step up in a position of leadership to say this is the right thing for the organization. This is the approach we're going to take. But listen, John Horse and Doc Rivers believed this was a contending team, that this was a good team. Giannis told them last summer, no, it's not.

58:55I think we need to move on. They made the decision that we're going to keep everything together. Again, that's on them. Them keeping Giannis has nothing to do with what I've been reporting. I've reported that he is ready and prepared for a move. I reported that they're listening to trade offers and negotiating with teams. Both things happened. They didn't end up trading him at the deadline. We'll see what happens this summer.

59:16Pat McAfee:We appreciate your coverage of everything. What should we look at for playoffs? Are the Lakers going to be healthy? Obviously, them being prime time on Saturday night, people are a little bit up in arms over the Denver game, getting up in there because of the quality of basketball versus just LeBron James' potential last run with the Lakers being prime time selection. What are the storylines for this weekend and also the playing games that we need to know in about a minute and a half or so, Shams? Just brutal injuries for the Lakers, right? They were soaring. They were the number three seed in the Western Conference, and then in the span of 24 hours.

59:51Luka Doncic, grade two hamstring strain. Austin Reeves, grade two oblique strain. They missed the last, I believe, five or so games of the regular season. And the expectation around the Lakers is both will be out to start the first round this weekend. And so you're playing this first round. Basically, LeBron James is your number one option. This is a guy that went from averaging 20 points, 6-7 assists, 6-7 rebounds. I mean, the last three games that he's played, he's averaging 26-11-7. We're seeing his touches go up, his scoring is going up, everything is going up. But Luka Doncic, he spent the last week in Spain, from my understanding, the majority of time in Spain.

1:00:30He underwent multiple injection treatments in that hamstring to see, can he promote quick healing? Can he promote an expedited return in a lot of ways for him to be back? My understanding is he'll be back in the States on Tuesday, and then they're going to reevaluate him. Austin Reeves, he's out for majority of this first round series. Most likely, probably the earliest for him is going to be that first week of May. So they have a tall task now facing Houston in this first round.

1:01:00Pat McAfee:Okay. We appreciate you joining us, Shams. We can't wait for prime time NBA playoff time. We are thankful for you. You look incredible today, bud. You look incredible today. Yeah, very, very. Glowing. You're the man. Ladies and gentlemen, Sham Sharanya. Yeah, Shamay. I mean, he cut a couple. He said, I got another bar I thought of. Firefest Doc, remember? I didn't know where he was going with that. Me neither. Yeah, I thought he was going with the Ja Rule. We went exactly where it needed to go. Yeah, the person that has to, that offered up, I'll go tell. Y 'all want to see you ain't playing. That's a tough job.

1:01:36Pat McAfee:Tough job. Need somebody to do it. I don't know. I don't think you do. Well, you weren't there. Depends on the sitch. Yeah. Depends on the sitch. We're certainly looking if we're in that sitch. Let's get to a break, please. Okay, on the other side, we've got incredible sports talk, including a lot of NFL stuff happening. Adam Schefter will join us. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. See you on the other side.

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1:03:37Pat McAfee:It's kind of a heel. Yeah, I didn't play in the first three tournaments leading up to the Masters. Historically, people like to talk about playing up to the tournament as being a big-time gear-up for the Masters. Normally, if you win a tournament before the Masters, you would go on to win the Masters. Instead, Rory McIlroy, after winning his first-ever green jacket a year ago and potentially having the weight of the world off of his shoulders and already being an established top golfer in the history of golf, took a bunch of tournaments off, traveled up to Augusta from his home in Florida, put his daughter to school, went up there, played 36 holes a day, learned the course inside and out.

1:04:11Pat McAfee:Now everybody that's in golf that knows about that says, this guy might win it every single year because of how damn good he is and how perfect the course is for how he golfs. Obviously, he can strike it. The guy's outrageous. He wasn't even playing his best golf. Andy Norris said his sequencing off, his timing is off. He got a good range session in, and it seemed like he kind of started timing it up a bit. But he's been winning this thing wire to wire, and he hasn't really played good. So if he wakes up on Sunday and plays good, he's going to do it. Well, he had to battle. He actually lost the lead.

1:04:43Pat McAfee:There's people getting into it. Scheffler was going absolutely bananas. The leaderboard was all over the place. There was, oh, how about Hatton? Unbelievable. He held it. He really did. He really did. And he started climbing all of a sudden. More cowl. Wait a minute. How about Lee? Yeah. He found parts of that course a lot of people have never been on. Yeah, like if we were to play that course, it would be like how he had to play that course yesterday. And this is why golf is just so incredibly hard, I guess. Because this is what, a centimeter off whenever he drove something and then this is where he ends up.

1:05:17Pat McAfee:And all of a sudden you're punished forever. You know, it's a little different between us playing up here in a sim and then playing in real life. If I hook one left on a sim, I'm certainly going to think to myself, well, all right, this is in a bush and I'm going to hit that thing clean. Whenever you are in a terrible position, and you can be one from six inches away from each other, you can be completely blocked by tree or have a little bit of a window. And with how talented these guys are, they can kind of shape it through any field goal upright if they have it. But at Augusta, there's a chance that you don't have that.

1:05:42Pat McAfee:And then there's a chance that that ball is rolling all the way into the water because of how fast the damn greens are. Whenever you think about that day, there's a chance Rory was going to have a catastrophic meltdown. And they're going to say, oh, no, Rory's never going to be able to win this again. Because that was the story before he won the first jacket. It was like, he's never going to be able to win this. And then he won it. And then like, now he's free. Now he's free. Well, if you have a meltdown Saturday and Sunday at the Masters, a historic one, especially with a massive stroke lead, they're going to talk about you not being able to win it ever again forever.

1:06:14Pat McAfee:He was up against a lot. There was a lot of chatter about his life. There was a lot of things getting taken in ways that were negative. There was a chance that his legacy would become one that he's not going to be able to win it again, which is outrageous because of how successful he is. And he just fought, man. And he just started battling. And he started winning. And he wins for, I think, himself. and that country club of his back in Northern Ireland. Yeah, Hollywood. They were having a good time back there. The lads were packed in pretty good, though. Yeah, they were. Packed in pretty tight.

1:06:39Pat McAfee:Showed them a lot. I saw them a lot. Slugging pints. Yeah, there was pints of Guinness there. They would go past split in a G, and they'd just go ahead and down that thing. And then as the day continued to went, double bogey. Oh, come on, Roar. You know, they were making that thing disappear. Then all of a sudden, we get a birdie on seven. Then we start heating up for the back, or the second, sorry. And the boys over there are having the time. Sláinte, sláinte, sláinte. And then all of a sudden, Roy McIlroy saying, I'm going to get pretty boozed up tonight. Good for him. Good for Augusta, put on an incredible tournament.

1:07:10Pat McAfee:Good for golf having a Sunday that was certainly a spectacle and something that kicks off golf season in a huge way. Kicks off spring for the South. I heard that. I think we all kind of feel that way. Like, okay, now it's officially warmer weather season. So what a beautiful time to be alive. We're thankful for it. NBA play-in games are tomorrow night. NBA first rounds this weekend. NFL draft is right around the corner. to Wrestlemania's this weekend. We're living good. The Toxic Table's here at Boston Corner and at Ty Schmidt. One half of the hammer. Down. Cowboys AP Tone is here. Nine-year NFL vet Darius J.

1:07:39Pat McAfee:Butler is here. Yes, sir. They look fantastic. Yes. Sunday, we're at

1:07:43Adam Schefter:room for you, Tiger. Hell yeah. Love you, Tiger. Good luck, Tiger. Miss you, Tiger.

1:07:49Pat McAfee:You are ass at driving. Yep. Okay? You're a great golfer. You're a great inspiration to future athletes. You're a legend, brother. you are ass at driving. Maybe worse. Stop driving. And on that note, pulling for you, brother. Brother is as if we know him. We do not. We are just saying in the sports world, we are certainly pulling for him to be back as a icon, which is exactly what he is. And he should be viewed that way, but he needs to stop driving. And joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, live from Manatic in Ohio, is a college football national champion, Super Bowl champion, Ryder Cup winner, A.J.

1:08:29Hall.

1:08:31Pat McAfee:Paco, I know you got a chance to experience the Masters a few years back. You got lost for eight hours, kind of just moseyed around, found a cigar, kind of did your thing. I could see how that would happen, and I could also see how you probably had an incredible time doing it. Felt like a trip back in time. Also feels like it's back in time because Rory is just becoming this, oh, tiger wearing red on Sunday type character where they think he's about to go on an absolute slaughter mission at this place. It was fun to be down there, fun to watch. Great day of golf. What are your thoughts, AJ? It was awesome to watch.

1:09:00I think even if you're not a big golf fan at all, I'd say I'm above casual golf fan. I can recognize guys. I know a lot of different golfers. I know of them. I'm fans. But I feel like every situation where you thought Rory could wilt and piss this one away and lose it, he kind of stepped back and he made a play and he made a big shot whenever he needed. He never let it get too far away. Credit to him, man. It was an awesome thing to watch all day Sunday.

1:09:23Pat McAfee:I loved the being. AJ, did you know it was as hilly as it is? This thing, I don't know how you're a fat golfer. I'm going to say it. I don't know how you're a fat golfer. Yeah, and I thought walking at Incon is like one of the biggest fat burners they tell you to do. That's what like the old man workout is walking at Incon on a treadmill. I don't know how they do it. It's like whenever we went out to the American Century Classic and we're golfing and we're walking that thing. It's like my shit. Hey. Yeah. Yeah, right, dude. I feel like I'm in pretty good shape. And it was like blistered. The feet get beat up quick.

1:09:52Pat McAfee:The feet get beat up quick because you're not used to walking like that. But it's like, we're dripping in sweat walking around this place. I mean, just absolutely getting after it. The golfer is having to perform four straight days. Andy North brought this up. Four straight days, you've got to be able to be at your highest level. That's why if somebody dominates from beginning to end, you just have to tip the cap because it's outrageous that you were able to master the Masters for four consecutive days. It would be like if a football game had a first quarter on one day, second quarter on a second day, third quarter on a third day, and then fourth quarter on a fourth day.

1:10:21Pat McAfee:and Andy North was trying to bring me into the conversation. I'm like, don't worry about me, bro. I just got to punt. Probably one time in each of those, I'm probably going to do something. Some of you should talk about me, but you're talking about actual football players. Yes, because he talks about how you wake up. You know, sometimes, I don't know, kids screaming all night. Okay? They had bad food. They're pooping all night. How Tong Lee. Exactly. Thursday night. Had the whole thing. You never know. And you've got to wake up body, muscle, just a little tiny muscle, tweaked on Friday that wasn't on Thursday.

1:10:48Pat McAfee:How about grass and weather Friday morning versus Friday afternoon, which obviously Scotty talked about. The way he broke down golf was really cool for me to listen. It's like, yeah, it's a marathon, this thing, brother. So if you're able to battle through it all and continue to dominate, especially on the second night, that's why Scotty Sheffer is so good for golf. He was 12 back going into the weekend. And then he ended up within one. He said, I think it's a pretty good weekend. I don't like the way I started, he said. And I like that Scotty's talking a little bit more. I like how Scotty's going, I don't know how.

1:11:18Pat McAfee:I wish I would have played in the afternoon on Friday. That would have been great. I started the weekend 12 back. I ended up one back. I think that's pretty good. And it's like, that's kind of what Scotty's known for. Scotty's just known for, you know, moving day is normally Saturday. If he is in, it's like he is maybe going to catch. Always coming. Always lurking. Yeah, literally always lurking. Always. Because he's four holes away from potentially six strokes down. And it's like he has the capability of doing that. I'm happy he did that for us this weekend. I'm happy Rory had to fend him off.

1:11:47Pat McAfee:I'm happy Cam Young came in. And watching that leaderboard down there, AJ, how about how electrifying that is? Oh, yeah. That's like our people, they're all standing there, right, waiting for them to flip it, and then all of a sudden they start cheering or booing, doing whatever they do. I felt like such an asshole. Me and Foxy are sitting there with our beers. Shout out Michael from Stanford and UPenn. He snagged a beer for us. Big shout out. Can only do two beers. Stanford and UPenn? Yeah, a lot of them. You got the Corpo people who are. And then you got the people, yeah, the Southerns who are like, this is the greatest place on earth.

1:12:19Pat McAfee:So it's like you kind of all fall in there. But as we were kind of sitting there watching it all come together and we're watching the play in front of us, it's like one hole can change everything. Oh, yeah. One hole can change everything. Rory doubles that thing. He goes from a 12 to 10 on that leaderboard. All of a sudden you've got massive Cam Young fans, like four or five rows behind us, like, come on, Cam. Yeah, Rosie was doing it then during that time period. It felt like it was the old days. It literally felt like I was in the old days when little portions of fans, and then you would hear the Irish lads, damn, as they're watching them go down.

1:12:56Pat McAfee:It was so cool. It was such a cool experience. But the leaderboard changing was crazy, and then the drastic moves were just like, like belly, whoa. It was a spectacle. Lucky to be there. Thankful to be there. I don't do a lot of cigar smoking. I know you do. So I was just trying to do what you do in there. How often am I supposed to hit that thing? How long is that thing supposed to last? I feel like I had these things for way too long. I felt like I had to light them a couple different times. We didn't have a good cutter, so I was putting a T into it or a pencil in the back of it. It was a little bit loose.

1:13:28Pat McAfee:I don't think I did it right at all. And where am I allowed that? What do we do with the ashes? Because the stuff I smoke, ashes are actually going to disappear. These ashes, you guys got some thick. Oh, yeah. You guys got some thick ashes in there, man. Where am I supposed to put these things? Were you outdoors? I hope you're outdoors. I mean, you could find places to ash outdoors. If not, you got to have an ashtray. I'm saying scar is a tough life. I took two puffs and gave up. That's because you're a wolf. Those things stink, AJ. How do you do that? Well, you probably had some old rich guy give you some big, heavy, dark cigar that most people do not like.

1:14:02That's what I would do. We were told they were very nice cigars. Yeah, we were obviously told they were the best of them.

1:14:06Adam Schefter:Two puffs and tossed it, Foxy.

1:14:07Pat McAfee:I did not do that. Everybody understands that I did not do that. I would not like to be associated with the person that did that. That was me. He left that thing right on an ashtray. It looked like a fucking baseball bat. People walking by. Who's the? Jesus, who did that? How? It's a good one. Foxy. Ban him. Ban him. People talk about Sergio Garcia needed to be kicked out. Do we have a guy on right now? Okay. Ladies and gentlemen, join us now. He's not going to be happy about how long we just talked about. We apologize. Then we wasted his time. I didn't hear Bruce first time. Bruce said he was on.

1:14:42Pat McAfee:Got into a good Augusta discussion there. We are people that we're not supposed to be here. Say that to him. Don't say that. Don't say that. Don't shut up. If that's real, don't ever say that again. Bartender told me. Because we walked in. We had no idea where to go. We're like, hey, we're not supposed to be here. Like, where? How does this kind of all go? Don't say that. Don't fucking say that. Basically. And if that's true, we kind of have to report. I don't know. They will try him in a bad spot. He will never leave. So then another bartender came over. I think that particular bartender knew maybe what the situation was.

1:15:19Pat McAfee:Dropped a full cool two master's napkins down and goes, can't believe they let you in here, boys. And we're like, yeah, we were just talking about it with this buddy right here. You know, that's great to see you. What are we supposed to do here? What are we supposed to do? He goes, you go out that door, and then it's just all there. And we're like, all right. And we walked out there blind, and it was all there. And we saw it all. We went down to Amen Corner. Oh, yeah. beer's right there. Love that. Beer is... And there's nice cups, too. Don't they taste great? Beer hit different this weekend. It was a great weekend for beer.

1:15:51Pat McAfee:I will say. Miller Coors, mostly. If the Rockies are blue, yeah. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, once again, we did it again. This is so rude of us. You, hey, we understand if you're not happy, but we're a little bit giddy about what happened this weekend. You get to experience it all the time, I would assume, especially because of who you are, senior NFL insider at ESPN. Ladies and gentlemen, Michigan man Adam Schefter. Yay! He's got nine now. Oh, hey, guys. How's it going, guys? Is that what you're saying, Schefter, right there with the Augusta National? A little hoodie there? There we go.

1:16:29Look at the picture I'm seeing, Pat.

1:16:31Pat McAfee:All right. Teeing off with Jack Nicklaus. Song shots. Oh, wow. Zoom in. I can obviously. I don't know, actually. Am I allowed to? Yeah, this is Schefter, not me showing this photo. Is it auto-tuning? Here, go Jabba. Is he with Blocky? Of course not. He should be so lucky. The man. Schefter, you and Rory tight, or what's the deal? That was last year when I had the honor of following him and Keegan at the Travelers, and that was the two guys. And after the round, I got to spend a little bit of time with both those guys, take some pictures. It was awesome. I forgot you were a golf analyst there for a tournament.

1:17:16Pat McAfee:Yeah. What'd you say? Did you want to do it again? Or they said, all right, like, were you going to do that again? Or how was that in that world? And how did you, what did you think of the masters this past weekend? Well, I loved doing that last year and I loved watching the masters. The masters to me always is, I mean, it's timeless. It's the same holes every single year. The storylines change. It's unbelievable to watch these guys. And I just love the time of the year that it is because it signifies that we're filing in spring. We're getting ready for the NFL draft. It's just, I love the event every year.

1:17:45And it was great yesterday. Congratulations to Rory McIlroy for doing it again. He was awesome.

1:17:50Pat McAfee:Man, you just, you kind of looked on your phone on your team level services to keep up with the leaderboard, you know? Sure. You're having a nice Miller Coors, nice pole. Going over to your bash, maybe ordering Buffalo Wild Wings. Oh, medium wind. I'm doing it all. Oh, it is great. It is great. Making some Potsdiner, Berkman's. You know, it did feel like I was at a Super Corpo event with people that were there. Have you gone down there, Pat? All right, enough. That's it. That's not asking. So it's a conversation we're having right now. We're having this conversation. Have you been there? Have you been there?

1:18:21Pat McAfee:No. I was there yesterday, Shefty. Oh, okay. Well, I thought we didn't know what we were going to do there. I'm trying to. That place is unbelievable. You got to go. All right, I will. You know what? I'm going to do that. I'm actually going to do that. Next year, call somebody. I can't wait. It's not easy to get in, though, Shefty. I don't think that's just something I just get to walk right into. I think there's a lot of things. I think there's a lot of things that had to happen for you to be able to get there, right? Don't you think that's kind of a part of it? It's called buying a ticket, Pat.

1:18:50Pat McAfee:Okay, I didn't know it was just that easily accessible. We will, actually, won't we, Foxy? Well, we have to win the raffle, Shefty, and then you get a chance to go, but you might not win the raffle, and then you wait until next year. See, that's the thing. Shefty just got in because he's an elite. I know. Okay, and Shafty is a Michigan man. So one of his friends, he's probably a green jacket. Could be, yeah. And I'll tell you what, when you walk in the room, from my understanding, you can feel the green jackets. You've got to see them. How would you know?

1:19:17Adam Schefter:Former champions is hanging around?

1:19:18Pat McAfee:From what I've been told, the green jackets, they're kind of amongst, they're kind of like almost working the event. From what I'm understanding, Shafty, am I right? I believe, and I could be wrong, I'm pretty sure this is right, that every member of the club has to work that event every year. So like when I went down there, I remember certain people, I don't know if you're allowed to even talk about it, they were wearing green jackets and you bump into people. It's kind of funny. That's Schefter talking on me. Let's remember that. I would like to record state that. It's elite to play. I've never played the course.

1:19:57Never played the course. but I've been to Masters events and it's like adult Disney World. It's outstanding. It's awesome.

1:20:04Pat McAfee:Adult Disney. That's what I've heard. I can't wait. I'll tell you what, I like actual Disney World too. Yeah. Now granted, whenever you are an asshole, it's a much different experience. Sure. You know, whenever they're saying. Disneyland. Yeah, Disney World's crazy, that whole thing. But yeah, I love it all. Okay, so we'll try to get down here. We'll try to get down here. Maybe next year. We'll try to get down there. Sheffy, let's talk about some things that happened over the weekend in the football world. Most notably, Travis Hunter allegedly going to one solid ball. We are officially turning Travis Hunter into a defense player and then maybe have a little bit of a package on the offense side.

1:20:41Pat McAfee:That was reported by your peer, Ian Rapoport, posting ESPN links. To become one in the NFL Network ESPN world. Obviously, we're pumped up about that. We know Rap, we know you and Rap will have an incredible relationship. But on that note, Travis Hunter immediately responds and goes, No, who told you this? Huh? Who's saying all this? And then there was a response from, you know, basically the game. A response from the game that was like, Hey, Young Buck, Tony Jefferson responds, They told him that. They ain't told you yet, Rook. Welcome to the league, kid. So Tony Jefferson with an outstanding OG tweet right there been around for a while which is basically the game by the way and you insiders know that you more than anybody obviously in this entire game you will know stuff way before players will know it way before agents would even know it somehow that's how your sources kind of work that's kind of the game I remember playing for the Colts and being at practice and then getting out of practice looking at my phone and something was broke from two minutes before that I'm like how's the whole world who how is this they know you know can you tell me what you know about this particular situation and the conversation as a whole because this was going to be in from our source says the bronze were going to draft travis hunter i believe as well i believe travis hunter was going to be drafted number two overall to the bronze if the jags hadn't made a massive trade how would that have looked with the bronze versus what it was going to be talked about when stoner told us about changing the mold of football as a whole down there in jackson when they trade everything like that what are your thoughts on the situation what do we know right now shefter as i uh way too elaborative response to inform people what the hell's going on as you await your master's invitation uh here's what i would say about travis right now it's middle of april and there's a lot of ways this can go but here's the way that i expect it to go right now.

1:22:46He is going to have his snaps at cornerback spike this year. So it was 162 snaps on defense last year, 324 on offense. He's still going to play offense too. The difference this year is just that they lost Greg Newsom in free agency to the New York Giants. They traded Tyson Campbell during the year for Greg Newsom. Greg Newsom leaves in free agency to go to the New Giants. They have 11 draft picks, including four on day two. So the Jaguar is going to be very active on day two of the draft here. Maybe they'll draft another cornerback. Maybe they won't, but I can tell you that the plans are to use him at wide receiver again, just the way they did last year and to have his spikes snap at the cornerback position.

1:23:35And that's why they gave up all the picks to go get Travis Hunter is to have the luxury to be able to play him at both slots. And if you need him at a certain spot, you can insert him at that spot. They need him now at cornerback. They lost a good cornerback in free agency. So Travis Hunter is going to play a lot more cornerback, but he's going to continue playing wide receiver just like he did last year.

1:24:03Pat McAfee:Okay. We like that. Just like he did last year would imply that there'd be a little bit more than just a couple packages. We've seen guys play on both sides of the ball, including but not limited to Pac-Man Jones, I believe, played special teams as a returner. I don't think he ever fair caught. Obviously, he was a corner in the NFL for like 14 years or something. I forget what it was. And then he also had offensive shit because of how elusive he was. I believe Devin Hester had similar packages. I think there was – although Devin didn't play on defensive side of the ball, I guess that would not count.

1:24:32Yeah, Marcus Jones right now kind of does for New England. He'll play offense, get to catch a couple bubble screens and he returns punts and kicks.

1:24:38Pat McAfee:Julian Edelman did it for a little bit. Charles Woodson did it for a little bit. Mike Brable did it for a little bit. Mike Brable cut some touchdowns. JJ White. JJ White. So we have seen like the elite athletes in the past go on both sides. But if you're saying it's going to be similar to last year, I think everybody was expecting that. That was a little bit more than what was expected. And if he continues to grow into both roles, that'd be dope. But, man, it's going to be hard to believe that the body's going to be able to do it. But I know he is considered a guy that never gets tired, in better shape than everybody else.

1:25:10Pat McAfee:And it's like the body, if it can hold up, sweet. Can the mental as well? They say he's high football IQ. It's like, do we still believe that it's possible after he gets hurt in year one whenever everybody thought he couldn't? I hope that there's somebody that's standing by it a little bit. And it sounds like you're saying the Jags are still very open to the opportunity of him playing best. That's D. But your thoughts.

1:25:29Adam Schefter:Getting hurt, that's going to happen. Regardless of what position you play, you're going to get hurt in the NFL. That's a foregone conclusion. But the mental part of it for me, like the game is so tough week to week. And, you know, you have to game plan and you can have a certain route, but that's going to change depending on coverages, depending on how they're playing those coverages. And same thing on defense. If we're going up against, you know, Jamar Chase or Justin Jefferson or CeeDee Lamb or one of these receivers, like these quarterbacks, you have certain game plans that change on third down, red area, two minutes.

1:25:56Adam Schefter:So there's so many different things that you have to do. That's why so many older players came out and said, look, he can't do this. I don't care how good he is, how talented he is. He can't do this. And then from the Jaguars' standpoint, at what point do you say, okay, we have to just put him full-time on one side to get a return on our investment before we have to make another decision to pay him a ton of money? So I'm interested to see how it plays out physically. I think you handle both ways. For me, it's more so the mental aspect of it. So I'm all for putting him 90 % on one side of the ball, and then because he is so dynamic, you know, figure out, you know, get the ball in his hands four or five times a game.

1:26:29Adam Schefter:Go ahead, Shefty. I don't think he's going to play less wide receiver. I don't think he's going to play less, but he's going to play a lot more at cornerback.

1:26:38Pat McAfee:Okay, and you look at their defense, Shefty. We put together a potential of their defense, and obviously they have the chance to add two great pass rushers on the outside, inside stout, and then now at corner, if you're able to get locked down in defensive area, it's like the Jags could, you know. Oh, yeah. I don't like it, okay, because the Colts are AFC South Kings. The ball club. We just hadn't won the crown in a long time. Sure. Well, it was last time recently. It's been more than a decade. On to New Year. Like 10 years, decade? Or is it different? Like, you guys say something different around here for a decade.

1:27:08Pat McAfee:Yeah, more than 10 years. I think it's been 11 or 12. But it ain't about that. It's a decade plus. Okay, it ain't about that. Houston, Texas are a good football team. They are. Jacksonville Jaguars. Feels like they're actually, they're playing in Orlando, too. You normally, whenever you have to play somewhere other than your home stadium, it's like kind of ass, right? It's normally not good. Orlando is awesome. Yeah.

1:27:27Adam Schefter:Beautiful city.

1:27:28Pat McAfee:Orlando is. So the bubble was. And the stadium is the perfect size. It's going to be perfect for them. Titans are yodeling. Titans are better than the Colts now, too. No, sir! Thank you! They've won a division title this decade. All right, let's talk about the Colts. Go ahead, Ty. Speaking of the Colts, Shaft, you reported over the weekend that the Colts and Kenny Moore have mutually agreed, hey, we need to find a trade partner. This is a good run, but it's over. What's the latest on that situation? If this is going to happen, how quickly do you think we'll see Kenny Moe with a new team? I think that you always see a slew of moves made draft weekend.

1:28:08To me, it wouldn't surprise, day two, day three, we saw Kenny Moore dealt at that point in time to a team that likes him, that didn't get a slot cornerback that it wanted, that comes up in the last day. You always see moves like that made around the draft. I think that's the first and next window to see a Kenny Moore trade here, day three or so and look it's out there people know that he's available and it sounds like he and the cults have had very amenable conversations they're both on the same page here and uh it's only question now where he's sent to during the draft i would guess amenable is certainly a good

1:28:45Pat McAfee:way to describe those conversations if you were to use another word uh instead of amenable you would say um now amiable amenable amenable or amenable i don't know you said those are two different words i don't know to be honest i i don't know what either of them mean i didn't know if you were saying amicable i don't know if you were saying what is amenable well i don't know here amenable and amicable amenable like there's there's a lot of options here i'm talking to your words i'm trying to figure out what you i'm trying to figure out what you said michigan man okay i'm trying to figure out your big brain.

1:29:19Pat McAfee:You said Kenny and the Colts have had some amenable conversations. Does that mean... Amicable is open to suggestions. Amicable. Hey, hold on, though. Amenable is open to suggestions, so they probably... Exactly. They're both amenable, applicable conversations. I think this would be amenable potentially, someone open to suggestions. Amenable. No, but amenable, too. You never know. Hey, why is up, boy? You know, the whole thing. Sound like you're from London. Hello, governor! It's always fun whenever you can do that. Chin up, mate. Whenever you say amenable and amicable and everything you're saying they both understand that they're done basically this is kind of one of those situations yeah yeah they're they're here's a here's a very basic way for me to say what i was trying to say when i came off like the moron that i am they're on the same page here pat they're on the same page we are the morons not you brother don't you worry about any of that okay so kenny moore we would like to say thank you for your service to indianapolis he showed up here he bought out he had great moxie he represented the colts very well in the community he's beloved here in indianapolis and uh celebration is sweet i mean kenny kenny mo is beloved here in indianapolis so yeah if him and the organization have the similar feeling as the city and he have it's just like hey thank you for everything obviously it just hasn't worked maybe we get a positive uh outcome for you that's good shit i appreciate that that's happening we will miss kenny mo though yeah oh yeah i mean let's not Came to the old office.

1:30:44Pat McAfee:Yeah, we lost. Kenny's gone. Pittman's gone. Great community, too. You're going to need some leaders. That's what I'm saying. Kenny is – I thought Kenny was –

1:30:50Adam Schefter:Great on the field. He reset the market. I believe he became one of the highest-paid slot corners when he signed his last deal. And then, obviously, on the football field, nine years here, unbelievable times, especially as an undrafted free agent. And then off the field, he's been great in the community as well. Walter Payton Man of the Year. Just, you know, we've got nothing but great things to say about Kenny. He's got a lot of good football left. Good luck, Kenny.

1:31:11Pat McAfee:We got him, Kenny. I don't love that that's just, you know. Lost a win. A lot of guys are jumping ship. Kind of got to respect it. Respect what? How much can you take, you know? Hey, nothing's changing around here. I guess I'll just get me out of here. No, it was amenable. Okay, let's talk about amenable things. That is a team and their draft prospects. We're getting close, very close. Obviously, WrestleMania is this weekend, and then the draft. The NFL draft is next week. Dreams are going to come true. Lives are going to change. And potentially, pillar players are going to land in their homes forever.

1:31:54Pat McAfee:Cannot wait for that. Let's go to some convos around that entire thing next Thursday night, live from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Cannot wait to be there live. Schrags and Diggs will be in their brain trailer. I like that. That's what it is. The football Braindler. The football Braindler. Yep. Live from the football Braindler, right behind our set here. Tone and Shrags will be in there, obviously, covering that. We'll have all the boys. We've got some special guests lined up. Cannot wait to celebrate the next generation of NFL superstars. But on that note, Tone has a question for you, Shefty. Yeah, Shefty, since it is next week, you know, the storylines are kind of coming together now.

1:32:33Obviously, everybody knows the draft. 99 % starts at number two, whether that's going to be Arvel Reese or David Bailey or maybe somebody else. But besides that, what do you think the storylines are? What's the biggest headline that you're watching going into this final week before the draft? Well, that's a great question. We're in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's got more picks than any team in the league right now. They've got 12 going into the draft. And Pittsburgh right now also doesn't have an answer from its quarterback. Now, I know that everybody expects him back, believes he's going to be back.

1:33:07But the last I checked, they were getting an answer, or they thought they were getting an answer, 30 days after the season. That hasn't come. Then they thought it would be mid-March. That hasn't come. Then it was supposed to be, Art Rooney said he was hoping to have an answer by the start of the draft. So we're waiting to see if number eight weighs in and commits, or doesn't commit, or announces his intentions to come back and play or not. again, I know everybody expects he's going to be back. We all believe he's going to be back, but he still hasn't given them an answer. So if he hasn't given them an answer by the time the draft starts next week, do the Pittsburgh Steelers at some point in time draft a quarterback?

1:33:46Do they draft a quarterback anyway? How high do they draft a quarterback? I just think it's kind of an interesting little question here that's sitting there until number eight weighs in. Now, again, you know what would be cool? What would be cool is if at some point in the draft, he walked out on the stage and announced he was coming back. Oh, it's like WWE. Oh, I can say it now. They play Renegade, and he comes walking out to announce the Steelers pick. What's he waiting for, Rich? That would be pretty cool. Oh, mama, I'm in fear for my life. I'm alone. Now I'm on the line. Holy shit, is that right?

1:34:26Not even Thursday. He's doing it day three. He's doing it Saturday. Remember, he was going to do that big night out, too.

1:34:31Pat McAfee:Yeah, that was certainly a lot of expectation that other people were putting on a program that wasn't possible. Feels like that happens in wrestling a pretty good amount as well. But big night out certainly had those situations. It would be incredible if Aaron Rodgers walks out, does the dap up with Goodell. Yep. Full circle moment. Because remember, his draft night wasn't the most fun. Yeah. He comes out to O-Mama. Sticks. Renegade. Place starts sensing a little bit. Oh, fuck. that is him he starts walking across the stage he goes yes he inserts yes you can hear me and this is exactly what aaron rogers would definitely want to do oh yeah yeah stand stand yell at me and he walks over to roger goodell goes i got this one chief okay pushed him to the side grabs card with the eighth pick of the nfl draft a man who's going to be joining a team that i will be the starting quarterback four, and it plays.

1:35:29What?

1:35:33Pat McAfee:Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. He opens it up and goes, damn, this is a terrible pick. Quarterback, Ty Simpson. But that would be a great moment. I mean, I'll tell you what, if Goodell would let him maybe, maybe we get a gut punch and we do a stunner in this entire thing, something like that, for the eighth pick, that would be dope. And AJ, you would know better than us. That sounds like something that would be right down his kind of lane, right? Yeah, he's been real mum on his plans, but now that you lay it out like that, yeah, why would he not? He might start the draft and say, hey, I'm coming back, and then Goodell comes out.

1:36:04So it's a big pop on the bat.

1:36:06Pat McAfee:Welcome to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I mean, nobody's heard anything on the time. It just keeps being pushed down the line. And at some point, like – What are they saying, Shifty? What are they telling you? Pushed down the line. Pushed down the line. What do you mean by that? The team's got to be – if the team's frustrated, wouldn't they reach out to you and let you know? That's not what the Steelers do. They're not frustrated. Again, I just think people thought there would be an answer. I remember hearing, like, asking various people, and they're like, yeah, we should have an answer here in 30 days.

1:36:36Okay, great. Well, 30 days came and went. I'm like, where are we now? Answer? I'm like, you know, we should have an answer mid-March. I'm like, great, okay. Well, we're mid-March. No. Now we have Art Rudy saying, we expect to have an answer before the draft. We can have an answer. I don't know. Wait to see. He's busy. He's got 10 more days. Mercury's in retrograde. How's he going to make a decision when Mercury's in retrograde?

1:37:00Pat McAfee:Okay, what does that mean? Is that amenable to? What does that mean? When Mercury's in retrograde, his stones don't align. So he's not seeing the world clearly. I think they're making a mockery out of something. That's not real. Is there no crystal shops in Pittsburgh? There is a lot of crystal shops in Pittsburgh. Thank you very much. The guy's busy having sheds. Can you guys just relax? He's got too much stuff in his stones right now. Once he depletes all that, then he's ready to play. There you go. Not yet. On his time, okay? Yeah, because he is in good shape. Exactly. He rocks off. We know he is in good shape.

1:37:35Pat McAfee:So I do like that ownership has come out. We're expecting an answer before the draft. That's a big statement. You know, that's a big statement. But once again, in the NFL, you know, draft will come and go. And then like three days afterwards, that statement doesn't matter anymore. Yeah. You know, because everything could change. Speaking of everything changing, there's some rumors abuzz about what Thursday night could look like into the weekend. Go ahead, D. Butch.

1:37:57Adam Schefter:Yeah, Shefty, from what you're hearing, are we expecting a trade-heavy draft this weekend? Well, next weekend. It's a good question. I think usually the way that trades are driven in a draft are from quarterbacks. and with the lack of them in the first round, I don't think that we're going to get more trades than usual in the first round. Look, we've already seen more player trades this offseason from where we are now than any offseason in NFL history. So the trading part has come with players, and I still think that we still could get more player trades on draft weekend. And there will be the usual activity of some teams jockeying around the board, moving up, moving back, but I don't think it'll be more than usual.

1:38:46And it might just be less than usual because again, last year, if we think about it, the Giants jumped up to 25, I believe, to go get Jackson Dart. And is somebody trading up to 25 for Ty Simpson this year? Again, maybe, maybe not. That could happen. If it does, that'd be one trade, but that would be the only quarterback trade. So I think we're certainly not going to get more movement across the board. I'm not expecting in a draft like this, but there always is some. Okay.

1:39:21Pat McAfee:Is Dexter going to be dancing out there? Oh, yeah. I got to figure that out. They definitely do. Not the only one. Dexter definitely does need to be deemed done for them sooner than later, because this is somebody that everybody would want. Oh, yeah. Yeah. This is a, we can get sexy Dexie on our team. A guy who I think everybody thinks is hilarious. Yeah. And is also unbelievable at football. That's crazy because his contract says he's not going to get paid as much as somebody who is an elite passer, a rusher or a D lineman. But he certainly thinks, but they have two years, right? Isn't that a, don't they have two years of this thing?

1:39:58Yes.

1:39:59Pat McAfee:Right now. That's not a lot of leverage, but if you obviously put it into the world that potentially available, John Harbaugh, is he going to just move on from Dexter Lawrence? John Harbaugh has always had a great defense. Always had a great defense. He saw it coming. He said, I saw it a couple weeks ago. The Giants. Okay, I ran into some Giants folks. This weekend at a golf tournament, Schefter. And they seemingly have a lot of hope. Oh, yeah. Like, they are. They're the team this year. They are very, very, very optimistic. That was pretty cool to hear. because obviously we experience Bruce every day where he's like, yeah, this is the year we're really doing it.

1:40:38Pat McAfee:It feels like there is a sense of optimism amongst the Giants fans. Would Dexter getting sent out of town diminish that? How would you feel about that, Bruce? Well, first of all, I'm not convinced. Oh, Schaefer will answer that. I'm not convinced. I don't think they want to trade him. I think they prefer to hold on to him. But the question is, can they figure out something that's going to keep Sexy Dexy happy and keep him in New York? And that's what we're going to find out here. But if you go back to last year, there was a period, point in time, a brief period, when Cam Scadaboo was healthy, and it was right before Malik Neighbors went down and Jackson Dart started playing, like I said, a brief period, where you looked at that team, and they had more juice than any recent Giants team, which isn't saying a lot, but they looked like one of the most exciting young teams in football.

1:41:23They were a team that looked like they were going to compete for a playoff spot, have a chance for a playoff run, and then they lose Neighbors, and things started going south, and the season dissolved from there. But right now, they've got to figure out this text of Lawrence issue. He obviously wants to have his contract addressed. He's coming off a slightly down year compared to what he's played like in other years, all pro in other years. And so the Giants are trying to figure out a way to make him happy. They'd rather not deal him, but I can tell you there are teams out there that are trying to figure out if there's a way they can make it happen.

1:41:56Pat McAfee:Okay, let's talk quickly about another trade that just took place. Dontavian Wicks heads over to Philadelphia. They also brought in Hollywood Brown, right, this offseason? And this is all with a bunch of A.J. Brown smoke kind of happening. Elijah Moore they brought in as well. The Patriots obviously were a talking point because of Rabes' relationship with A.J. Brown. And whenever people saw what they were like in Tennessee, they obviously start linking them together up there to New England. Are they just trying to get 100? How is this? More weapons? What are your thoughts on moving Dontavian Wicks to Philadelphia Eagles?

1:42:33Yeah. I think there's a case where an A.J. Brown trade remains in play. I think there's every possibility that he could be traded. Everybody around the league believes that. Doesn't mean it happens, but it's certainly on the table. And so the Eagles have taken the steps they need to. Now, you know, you can look at it the other way and say, okay, they went out and added Elijah Moore to Elijah Moore and A.J. Brown were college teammates. Maybe you're trying to entice A.J. Brown. But I think when all is said and done, I think I'd lean him being traded. And they now have gone out and added Dontavian Wicks.

1:43:08They've added Hollywood Brown. They've added Elijah Moore. I think they've taken off some of the emphasis that they need to go get a wide receiver, let's just say, in round one. Like, I would think that they're going to draft a wide receiver here at some point in time. I still think the chance of an A.J. Brown trade are real. Real.

1:43:27Pat McAfee:Okay, this is the first time you've said that. Just a couple seconds ago, you said you think he is going to get traded. I think in my brain immediately, I'm like, whoa, is that new information? I was just at a golf tournament that didn't allow cell phones on the course, Shafter. Jeez, the last two days. I didn't know if this was just known stuff, and I was sitting in the sun and I got scorched. I think we've done a lot of they don't want to move on from him. They don't want to move on from him. This feels like the first time I've heard you say that they are probably going to move on from him. Well, I think I've been pretty consistent.

1:43:56I've leaned more likely to trade than not. And I'm still in that camp. Further on that camp?

1:44:02Pat McAfee:In that camp? Say that again? Further into that camp now with the Dontavian-Wicks trade? That didn't move my needle at all. I mean, to me, it's just another sign that they are willing to move on from him. Just another sign. Like, reinforcing what we thought all along, which is that a trade is in play, remains in play, and that there's real possibility it's going to happen. You're saying a needle can't get a little motion with the Dontavian Wicks trade, but it certainly solidifies some thoughts that we've had for a while. I like that. Okay, last question here, Schefter, on NFL News. Comes from Don Dergahead, Conman.

1:44:40Yeah, Schefter, basically, Goodell said, hey, get used to Australia. We're coming back here. We love it here. Everyone's all in, down in the bobby. Can we assume that they're going to end up starting the season in Australia for the coming years just because it's going to be too tough to fit in some sort of Australia game midseason, week five, whatever you want to call it? What's kind of your read on what Goodell is saying here about the NFL staying in Australia for the long haul? Well, what I would say is that the league has typically opened the seasons with the Super Bowl champion on Thursday night.

1:45:14And this year they modified that to move the Seahawks to Wednesday night for the first time since 2012 when Barack Obama had the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night. So here's a case where if they move it to Wednesday and it works with Australia on Thursday night, Thursday night, Friday morning in Australia, 1035 a.m. in Australia, Thursday night in the States. If it works, the league is going to do whatever it can to grow the game internationally. And if Australia takes the game as the league is expecting and the game is a success, as the league is expecting. I don't know why they wouldn't be back there again next year.

1:45:52Now, would it be the same weekend? I don't know. They could always plan it around a team's bye weekend in the middle of the year and make sure that those two teams had a bye the next weekend. But if Australia hits this year the way that everybody thinks it will, then it could absolutely become a regular part of the international rotation. Because we're just going to see more and more international games. And if and when we get to the 18-game schedule, then I think we get to the point where everybody's playing at least one international game. And look, all you have to do is pay attention to what's going on here.

1:46:23The NFL is divvying up territories across the world like it's Monopoly streets. Everybody gets them streets. So you're an NFL franchise. You get the Italy rights. That's the Bronx. So everybody's getting rights to cities, and they're not doing that for the fun of it. They're doing it because those teams are going to be playing there.

1:46:41Pat McAfee:I can't wait to see the game in Fiji. Yeah, that'd be sick. Norway. Oh, my word. Paris. Paris. Come on. There's got to be some. No, it wouldn't stink to travel to these places. It would be a dream to be able to do these things. Tua. Up in the Alps. There was a country I played soccer in in the Alps. Liechtenstein. There it is. The stadium was right in the middle. Oh, what have you seen? All the roads lead to the stadium of the entire country, basically. And I got a chance to play soccer as a teenager there. It was awesome. Just kind of watch them. They would certainly pile in for Pittsburgh Steelers, Green Bay Packers.

1:47:21Pat McAfee:Yeah, of course. And Lichtenstein. Abu Dhabi. Oh, my God. Come on. I didn't even think about it. Where they can use those fans that were used for the World Cup. Boom. Remember, because it was so hot, they had to put fans into the stands. And they actually were just blowing fans everywhere. Garbage tank. We'll have air moving around in there. That's where we're headed, huh? Set hot. That's where the game's going. Think about that. Greenland. Yeah. Remember, we were at the Pro Football Hall of Fame down in the basement of looking at the vault of all the old shit. Oh, yeah. Do you think whenever they were drawing the grid for the gridiron, five yards by five by yards, had to do that because people were dying in the previous version of that?

1:48:01Pat McAfee:Do you think they would say, we got a game in Australia? That's so far away. In the middle seat on that plane? Writing a letter. You assholes have no idea what is possible with our great game. It's incredible where the game's going. We're obviously pumped about it. And Goodell said, coaches, enough. Okay? You're all adults. With all due respect, they don't care what the coaches say. Like, Kyle Shanahan can complain all he wants. They want him to Australia. He's going to Australia. That's the way it goes. And that's what Goodell said. He said, coaches, you know, they want their own routine. If they had it their way, they'd play 1 o 'clock, 4 o 'clock every single Sunday.

1:48:39Pat McAfee:They'd be able to do. He understands. He understands, yeah. And I have no jet lag. Like, science told us basically what to do. Landed the other day. I'm fantastic. We could do it. Yeah. They're relatively easy, Chris. Yeah, so. Is that what he said? He said he's got an app. He'll share it with Shannon. Yeah, we have science to figure this out. The science is, and I learned this from Bull Rush. Ura. Okay, shout out Bull Rush. We were landing in the morning over there. Okay? So, just easiest way to look at this. If you're landing in the morning, you need to be waking up whenever that thing lands.

1:49:10Pat McAfee:Now, to get to a point in which you can fall asleep and then wake up in the late, that's the struggle. That's where you're having a 24-hour day. That's where you're fighting through. But you're going to be so exhausted you might sleep nine, eight and a half, nine hours there. So as long as you can get to the final end of that flight, you can just, and then you're up, and then it is just like another day. I landed in Brisbane. Well, I landed in Melbourne. Then I went to Brisbane. Not close at all. Which is a far flight, too. Not close at all. The place is fucking gigantic over there. I did not know that.

1:49:41Pat McAfee:I thought we could get a car. I was like, we got a couple days. I'm like, this is sick. Got to see some Ruths. Drive through here. Let me go maybe stop by the Irwin's place. They're like, that's nowhere near here. And also Brisbane. Okay. You're going to be driving a long time. It's like, all right, sweet. I guess I'll fly. You land there. It's just a morning. Like you just wake up and it's a day. Wasn't that big of a problem. Coming back was the biggest issue I had. Coming back. Yeah, they're going to play a football game. Yeah.

1:50:07Adam Schefter:Coming back was the issue. Well, they got to play against somebody who had to do the same shit, right? Out there. But coming back. When they come back week two? No, it's probably some team that was just chilling week one. No, I mean the first one in Australia. It's all bullshit. We don't need to go into Australia. Everybody's different, too. As long as the Patriots don't go. Why? Australia's awesome. I agree. They don't need to be playing football there. We go on vacation. Yeah. We're going on vacation in Australia. We're living good. That's a long - Yeah, where are we going? You know, I would never do that, but some people would.

1:50:32All right. As long as the East Coast team's on.

1:50:33Pat McAfee:Anything else we need to talk about? Go ahead. Sorry, Schefter. You were going to say something? No, I remember I went to Australia with the Denver Broncos back in 1997 or 8. They played a preseason game there. We went there for three, four days, and I remember coming home, and with all due respect to the commissioner, I remember I was a little bit jet-lagged. Careful. The way home is tough. The way home is the – You don't have the app. You didn't have the app, though, at that time. We got signs. No. We got signs. Don't you worry about it. We got little things. You just kind of slip one of these in.

1:51:01Pat McAfee:You'll wake up. Bright-eyed, bush-of-tailed, baby. We've got the rest of the football season to play. We're excited for that. Draft feels like we're getting close to the NFL season. That is a beautiful thing. Obviously, Masters weekend, which Schefter's been. I don't know if you guys know this. Me too. Schefter's been here many times. He actually told us a lot of information about it, didn't he? Yeah, basically everything. Yeah, he told us a lot of information earlier. We heard it. We heard it, but he loved it. He absolutely loved it. How could you not? Draft next week. We appreciate you. We'll see you over in Pittsburgh.

1:51:28Yeah, I look forward to that. It'll be awesome. This is one of the best times in the NFL calendar. Ten days away here. And it's going to start picking up here. Look forward to it. You're the man. Let's drive some. What's the schedule, at least? May. May. Here. Oh, yeah. I'm glad you brought that up. Tuesday, May 12th, Wednesday, May 13th, Thursday, May 4th. Right in that window. Wow.

1:51:52Pat McAfee:Hey. Sorry. That sweet spot. 12, 13, 14. Everyone knows who's going where and when. Okay. And that's what it's all about. And I know that where we're headed is a place where you and Rappaport are going to be a tag team of breaking news. Wow. Tag team champs.

1:52:09Adam Schefter:Yeah. I don't think Schefter is.

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1:54:47Pat McAfee:So he covers the NFL a lot. Quarterbacks in the middle of their prime. Another quarterback gets drafted as a young. He reports it. Hey, you got to do what you got to do. Now he is quarterback in prime. And there's others saying it. I don't know who always said that that is the situation here. He has not said that. He has not been told that, I assume.

1:55:09Adam Schefter:A lot of people just find out how old Shefty is, too. Yeah.

1:55:12Pat McAfee:Oh, yeah. Looks amazing. Yeah. every day. He's like a Montana Steve Young. Shefty is an animal. And I don't think he thinks about stopping ever. No, no. So whenever people are like, when this old hag Schefter's done, this guy will step right in. Schefter's like, who fucking runs the game? You know how long I've worked to get to the top of this place? What do we even... And he doesn't have a... He's a coach. Schefter's a coach. He's going to die with both phones in his hand. Just like an old coach dying with a clicker. There's a chance. Hell, it might be three phones by then. We don't know what technology would do.

1:55:42Pat McAfee:That's right. Might have a contact. That's right. Neuralink. Neuralink. Yeah, yeah. Plugged in. We've seen others. Heard of others, at least. All right. We're back tomorrow somehow. We can't thank you enough for allowing us to do this for a living. We'll continue digitally. YouTube, ESPN +, Disney +, TikTok Live, and X. And then SportsCenter is on the other side of this three-minute break. Be a friend. Tell a friend. Something nice might change their life. We're just sitting together, aren't we? See you tomorrow. I missed that tomorrow. I say see ya. It might sound like a cough, probably. No. No.

1:56:11Pat McAfee:Scared to death to sneeze. Oh, I bet. Oh, yeah. Down there. Paulin everywhere. Oh.

1:56:18Adam Schefter:Oh, yeah.

1:56:18Pat McAfee:I'll tell you what. I didn't know Paulin could do what he was doing down there. Oh, yeah. No clarity. There's a thick layer around here as well. Big time. It's the time we got to stay seed up. Yeah. Seed up. It's killing me. C ain't doing shit for Allerz.

1:56:31Adam Schefter:Oh, somebody sees right before Rory's about to take a shot. Yeah, he stepped off. Yeah, he stepped off the guy. Guys.

1:56:37Pat McAfee:Boots on the ground. I'd like to let everybody know. Rory's allergy is used to it because he'd been there for the last three, four weeks. he had the honey local honey probably which i've been told kind of helps dropping poppy off with the entire thing yeah after good dadding nobody loves ice cream and the entire how could you not really but the paul it did feel there was a couple of these for me you know oh my god oh my god there was a guy i mean we were right next to this guy and then it's just like you start getting a little a little bit of a tickle. I feel it coming, yeah. It's like, no way, dude.

1:57:11Pat McAfee:No fucking way is this about to happen right now. Because I think I'm maybe banned immediately if you do that. Because they would think it's on purpose. All of a sudden, it took a little bit longer. They told us to back up. I was able to do a down in there and then kind of back up and kind of get into it. But there was a chance where he was at, when he was at it, with the tickle that I was feeling, that fucker was coming at some point after setup. after it was going to maybe. When he's in motion. It might have been maybe. With the way he was addressing ball at time, the way it was moving, which I don't know.

1:57:44Pat McAfee:What is it? Can somebody fucking explain to me what it is? Can we beat this thing? How do we beat these things? Clarendon. You got to get Clarendon. You don't think that you can just take one pill. You got to basically be on that thing for two weeks and then you're going to be good moving forward. But if you wake up one morning like my allergies are fucking terrible and you take one of those things, it's not going to do anything. unfortunately. So we just can't beat it? What about when I feel the tickle? Oh, yeah. How do I do it? Do I blow it out? Really, at that point, you're kind of just submitting.

1:58:14You're lucky. We're talking about sneezing? Yeah. Yeah. Oh. Yeah. I mean, you've got to go ahead and sneeze at some point, right? You've got to let it go. Sneeze is good for you.

1:58:22Pat McAfee:No, I agree, but Augusta National Golf Course. No, I think in that situation. I'm surprised Augusta doesn't have filters for the pollen. Or a sneeze shed. They've got someone building some things, yeah, Yeah, to take the pollen out of there just for that week or something. Or just tissues. We got a pollen count here in Indianapolis. It's 9.3. Oh, fuck me. Fuck me. That's not good. We're two weeks away. Yeah, I haven't taken my claim. We're two weeks away. A layer of it. Oh, yeah. Dude, Foxy this weekend sounded like he was chewing on so raspy all weekend. People are meeting him. They're like, you got a unique voice.

1:59:02Pat McAfee:Yeah, he's a country singer. Yeah, he's a huge voice. It was unbelievable. Ran into Wright Thompson. Mm-hmm. He's got the juice. Bring him in. Did he do a voiceover again this year? Yes, he did. Yes, he did about him and his dad. And the story that he told there is, I think, it was very nice for us to be able to hear it. Outstanding. Because it is like, he talked like from the South. Yeah. Like, hey, this is how this is viewed, you know? And it was fucking great. It felt very genuine. And this was before we drank some bourbon that is very hard to get. Very hard to get. I was told directly from the bourbon company, owner of company, when I asked, so how do you get this stuff?

1:59:44Pat McAfee:How would I go about getting this stuff because it's so good? Go to a local liquor store, sign up for the lottery. A lottery? People wait outside at 6 a.m., like 50 people deep. I know why. The old-fashioned I had was. It was delicious. Oh, my God. It was so delightful. I said, okay, I'll do it. So when do I? So when do I? When is that? Is that happening right now? Yeah, you're doing that, right? I don't know when it's happening. Definitely. I don't know if any booze is worth that. No. And I love drinking booze. I don't know if I'm going to be going around to every liquor store trying to find it.

2:00:17And then if you can't, just be like, all right, well, fuck. I guess I'm not drinking this.

2:00:20Pat McAfee:No, I think once you taste it, though, you think to yourself, I would like to have this again. Which is kind of, I think, the experience that we had. They didn't gift you one? No. Well, that's what I was hoping. There's only a certain amount of bottles, brother. It's true. Yeah, exactly. We're not doing gifts. They do a lot of charity, a lot of giveaways and things like that, which is obviously fantastic. But, yeah, there's only a certain amount of bottles there. So they say. I mean, it's true. That could be their gimmick. But whatever the case is, it's worked for a long time. Yeah. 1935. Yeah, a long time.

2:00:53Pat McAfee:1935. All right. And those barrels had to be before 1935. so you're talking like talking prohibition actually there was six distilleries that were still allowed to operate during prohibition actually hundreds of them got shut down just so happened that this was one that they were a part of it quick story I know a lot about the fucking bourbon business I heard a lot and I was very close to person giving presentation have a lot of respect for person giving presentation but when you're there you're on stage Yeah. I was, you know, looking. Yeah. Phone right there. I hadn't had phone all day. So would like to maybe catch up, but then disrespectful.

2:01:37Pat McAfee:And people watching me do that. Also, there was a TV on right next to us, too. Couldn't look at it, though. I couldn't look at it. Yeah, story. Everybody else could, though, because it was right behind speech. Yeah, just staring at it. Because if I was to do this one, got to give him speech right here. Disrespectful. So Texas-Oklahoma softball game. Great game. Battle. Saw it out of Perif here because I had to do a... Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Whoa. Okay. Then look at Foxy. Did you fucking get that? You need to learn a little something. Me and Foxy were certainly in the only positions where we were kind of the background dancers for the guy story.

2:02:22Pat McAfee:Yeah, I had to listen. And we had no idea what was coming, so we didn't know when, what was happening to what. Yeah. So it was certainly a scene. And then we got a swing lesson. We did do that. You guys were swinging? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What? No, no. Golf. Oh. No pot apples at that place. Did HQ show up? No, no, no. There was a... No, no, he did not. He would have loved it. He would have loved the bourbon speech. Yeah, he's got up to his alley. Chris from Iowa, the Quad Cities. Oh, hell yeah. I told him immediately as soon as he said he was from the Quad Cities that that place got buried on our show by Ty Schmidt and kind of Tyrese, but we have walked back those statements and we appreciate him.

2:02:59Pat McAfee:Gave me a golf lesson, no big deal. Need to put a backwards fucking hat on. Need to get onto a brick wall. just like this right here. Then I need to take a weighted ball. I need to take my swing back. I'm going to hang the pile. Turn those shoulders a little bit. Then I need to be able to lift up that left leg without moving my head off the wall. You've got a brick wall right behind you. I'm fucking doing it right now. I'm doing it right now. Head's on wall right there. You lift up your front leg. You're kind of turning on your right leg. You're kind of loading that thing. You need to shoulder back.

2:03:29Pat McAfee:Then you need to obviously put your foot back down because you don't need to actually lift the foot up, but it needs to be able to be lifted up without you falling. We need to bounce on that back one. And then whenever you got through, you need to throw that balance ball. Bam, it gets you right in the slot because you're right there with the brick. Then you need to throw that balance ball, bang, right to the hips of somebody that is about 9, 10 feet away. Okay. Wow, that's a far throw. And I'll tell you, wearing a tank top at said dinner, coming outside, had no idea there was going to be golf lessons.

2:03:53Pat McAfee:They had this thing set up pretty well. I fucking went ahead and just, I was like, you can teach me how to golf right now? He said, absolutely. I said, I would. Show me. I would like to learn how to golf. Try to give me some putting lessons. You say, sir, I'm good on that. I don't need those right now. You have the internet. Sir, do you have Spider-X 250 for 1 ,000? Yeah, bitch. He said, yeah. Well, he didn't have it with him, actually. Roars did, right? That's what we're... Yeah, it's probably eight of the last nine winners. Yeah, the last nine winners. Is that that one right there? Is that what that is?

2:04:22Pat McAfee:Spider-X 250 plus premium. I did use one of these at the Berkman's thing. Not as much success. Wouldn't say. Well, that's different. It wasn't yours. It's not yours. Probably a different lane. I wonder why next, if I ever get invited again, I'm bringing my putter. Yeah, you should. Yeah, you should. Bring your putter. Most patrons do it. Bring your whole bag. Bring your whole bag and get some metal tip spikes to wear. God, see, somebody's going to write that I said that, and that's going to be a whole thing. It's like, I clearly am joking. I know you walked through metal detectors in there because I thought to myself, I can get my phone in here.

2:04:58Pat McAfee:You see fucking Mark Calcavecchia Who's a major champion They walked in and they're like yeah get the fuck out of here Pal we don't care Yeah that's a crazy thing They'll kick anybody out Yeah I saw that going in And there ain't no There's no fuckery You're looking around Patron just immediately to Foxy In the paint Self-policed That's important Foxy was You should have seen this guy Made yourself at home, Foxy, or what? Yeah, I had to do it. I had to feel the grounds. I had to feel like a player. I had to feel like I was playing Augusta. You never know. I may never go back again. I might not win the lottery like Shefty was talking about.

2:05:37I don't just get invited to these things, okay, guys?

2:05:39Pat McAfee:See, he was holding hands with his wife, this gentleman. Yeah, he was mad. Only frown I seen all day. It's because fucking Yankee Foxy came to town. Unbelievable. Walking all over the grounds. You don't deserve it, fuck boy. He's basically what this guy said. Boston was probably yelling meat and potatoes and stuff after drives. Oh, that's a whole other thing. Mashed potatoes. I'll tell you what. I was in hell. I was in hell. I don't know what's right to say. Never really done a golf tournament before, let alone doing fucking Augusta. I'm four feet away from Scotty Scheffler right now. Okay? Say hi.

2:06:20Pat McAfee:I did a couple. Go on, Scotty. Yep. A couple of those. A couple of those. A couple of those. but there were some moments where it was like kind of quiet no actions happening we're waiting on the leaderboard to change they just finished the whole they're walking right by us right here there's like some chatter it's like oh my god just on it potential to like 10 guys i was like this isn't about you shut the fuck up now is not the time and i just fucking kept the hat on fucking sunglasses let's go ahead and uh let's just not say a fucking tag a couple of those but But boy, there was just so many moments where it was like, it would definitely pop.

2:06:58Pat McAfee:This would be a great pop. Got a good feel for the lads that I'm around right now. It was a great group we were around. We were with these people for like a fucking hour with no phones. It's amazing how you can have to be forced to community, you know? And this community all loved what we were watching. We was having a good time. Obviously, everybody trying not to get in each other's way. You just set your chairs. Other people allowed you to use your chairs. But then when you come back, it's your chair. I love that. Love that. Norfolk Southern Train Company. Okay. Nice. Mr. George. Legend. Legend.

2:07:31Pat McAfee:Told him I was about to buy a train in 2020. Mm-hmm. It was so close. It got very close. That was a nice trip down memory lane with a train guy. He had no idea that was coming. We had a train guy. Yeah. Yeah. Kevin. What was his name? I think it was Kevin. I'm like 90 % sure it was Kevin. Yeah, I couldn't remember what his name was. I said, but I talked multiple times to a guy who has his own personal trains, and I was going to buy a train during COVID, and we were going to, remember, do a show. we're going to get multiple trains or whatever those little fuckers are called. Train cars? The cars.

2:07:59Pat McAfee:We're going to get multiple cars. We're going to have one that was going to be a studio one. We're going to have one that was going to open up like a stage. And then we're all going to have our own individual kind of rooms. This is during COVID. It was. It was a great idea. It was a great idea. We know the people now. Norfolk Southern, the George family. We were very thankful for them. Ran into them. And he shook Great group. Had a couple young lads who were taller. A guy who played football at Elon maybe. I think he played football at Elon with Cignetti. When Cignetti was there, he played at Elon.

2:08:33Pat McAfee:And then there was another guy, and then I think the daughter was there, and the wife was there. Lisa? Oh, fuck. Sorry to me. Dave George, Rick George, I forget the name. He's, whatever the case is. Two lads come up, shake hand. Family comes. Dad looks cool. Fuck in. Okay? And then I ask, like, do you guys come here? Are you fans or whatever? They're like, uh, we're with our dad's company or whatever. And I was like, what's the company? They say Norfolk Southern. I thought that was like maybe booze. Sure. You know, like a boon booze kind of sale or whatever. And they're like train company. And I was like, fuck yeah.

2:09:02Pat McAfee:That guy walked over, shook his hand. Nice to meet you, sir. I almost bought a train in 2020. Let's talk about it. Went through an entire thing. I said, man, I didn't know it took 10 hours to get from Indiana to fucking Illinois though. They're like, yeah, it's a long, you got to make a long road or track, I guess, to a lot of different places. That would have been a good time. That's how we were going to beat COVID. That's how we thought we were going to beat COVID. Turns out because of Indiana laws, we had to stay six feet away from each other, and we were able to do it just in a studio. We didn't have to get you in a train.

2:09:31Pat McAfee:We had a hockey sports talk. Yeah. Because it's McAfee and Huck Sports Talk. Got right to jump right when COVID popped off. Oh, yeah. That was a nice trip down memory lane, man. I completely forgot about the train fucking purchase. Oh, yeah. We're so close to signing a train. This close. I do remember you talking about it I didn't know to the extent that the train that has a stage that opens up the studio one and then the personal that's a traveling circus pretty much bingo that was actually part of the conversation the ring I think they actually used to do that as something I was one more day of blindly yeah I'm doing it away from buying all those things if it would have lasted one more day I would have done it I think wifi was an issue pre-star link the areas in which the stations were I think we're also a thing.

2:10:19That was the biggest thing. If we wanted to get from basically Indiana to Florida, we would have to stop in four different places to get there,

2:10:28Pat McAfee:and it would take four days, five days. It would have been a – but on that note, from my understanding, Norfolk Southern does have a phenomenal train with incredible setup. They got a dining room one with like an open window. Glass ceilings. Glass ceilings and stars and everything like that. They got other ones that are like lobbies, food serving. Ballrooms. Yeah, the trains, they turn into actual mobile homes. I think they had a party one night that we got invited to on a train. I don't know how we would have ever got there, but it would have been sick to go see what they're partying on a train.

2:11:02Pat McAfee:Yeah, on a train. It would have been awesome. Just go to the nearest train stop and they find you. Do I do this one here? Yeah. You ring a horn or a bell or something. And the party's over and you're four hours from home? No, it takes you home. No, you're actually, by foot or car, probably 20 minutes from them, trained four hours. That was what we learned in 2020. But that was a great family. I mean, we talked to them a lot. They offered up their seats to us. Good people. They had great seats, too. They got there early, allegedly. We could never find their seats because we couldn't find them whenever we were trying to get to their seats.

2:11:34Pat McAfee:Sure. And we didn't want to act like we were part of the train company. But people just walk up to people tapping on their shoulder. Happened to us. Tapping on their shoulder. Those are our seats. Hey, no problem. Just get up and leave. Thank you. That's a great system. It's great. It's just a moral code. Yeah, it just wouldn't work anywhere else. All that shit wouldn't work anywhere else because everyone would be assholes about it all, and no one was assholes. The whole two days we were there, there was not one person that was an asshole. You were the asshole. Yeah, but people kind of get that.

2:12:01Like, oh, that guy loves golf, so he's walking on the field.

2:12:05Pat McAfee:I don't know if anybody thought that. I was looking at the faces of the people. I didn't see anybody thinking that. Yeah, this is a weird one, too. On those walkways we're talking about, there's so much foot traffic. like hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people on it the whole time. But the fairway is still perfectly green and perfectly crisp. It makes no sense to me. Yeah, the maintenance crews out there, they're a big part of the conversation because Friday morning, Friday afternoon, they're a bunch of dogs. Got a chance to meet them at T-Bones last night. Oh, yeah. They were having their post-Masters wrap-up, it appeared.

2:12:33Pat McAfee:The lads are buzzing. I mean, a strapping group, obviously. Yeah. That's a blue-collar bunch, and the Masters obviously provides so much for down there, especially for them. but it's a special time. Rory winning is awesome. Yeah, it's crazy. To your point earlier, D-Butt, I don't think I really was a fan of Rory McIlroy. Yeah. He had a lot of heat on him. I think he didn't mind that he had a lot of heat on him. Remember one of those PGA meetings, he told somebody to sit down and shut up or something like that, one of the other golfers? It was like everything coming out was like, Rory is taking a PGA on his back, and he is fighting against the evils of everything else going on in the world.

2:13:10Pat McAfee:and then behind the curtains what was going on with PGA. You know, it felt like maybe Rory was getting a little bamboozled about what was going on. You know, it's an interesting thing. But Rory has never shied away from being heel or being a person that has to say something. I feel like he probably thinks that because at a young age, he was crowned as golf royalty because of how damn good he was so early. So I think he kind of said, if not me, then who for a lot of things. And then obviously his personality and his public persona changes a little bit there in people's eyes but him coming and winning back to back with the book that just came out all the other stuff that was being talked about let alone you know the last three tournaments and everything he says gets taken in a negative way it's like that's an incredible mental toughness check there at augusta for rory mcelroy yeah and everybody obviously he's

2:13:55Adam Schefter:been in that fishbowl for his entire life and regardless if as long as you perform i've kind of come to find out for me with athletes as long as you perform whether you are a heel a babyface He's an asshole, a nice guy. I'm probably going to like you. If you show up in the biggest moments and you, you know, everybody's talking shit at you and all this other stuff is going on, maybe away from the course or the field or the basketball court, and you show up and you show out in those biggest moments, I'm going to be a fan. Obviously, you know, Ryder Cup, we're Team USA, but when he's in these type of tournaments and he's on Masters, like this was dope to see him get the back-to-back, first time since Tiger.

2:14:30Adam Schefter:Me just getting into the golf a few years ago when the lift shit started, yeah. when Tiger got in trouble a while ago and he got kicked off the game. Roy was on the game. That probably was the beginning of me not liking him. Who do you think he was? Whoever it was that replaced Tiger on that video game, I was probably going to have beef with. But I love what he's seeing. And like Andy said earlier, it does seem like he had that, what, 11-year break between major wins? And now it seems like he may go on another run here. It's crazy that he's not already kind of unanimously in that top 10. as a casual, I would think he would be in that top 10 realm when you hear people around golf.

2:15:06Adam Schefter:It's like, oh, he's a couple majors away. Gotta be with the career grand slam, though. How many guys do you have the career grand slam? Six now? Four? Six? What is it? I thought it was four. I could be wrong.

2:15:16Pat McAfee:I like that question. I don't have an answer to it. Six. Four have won it back to back. Scotty hadn't even done that yet, right? Scotty's missing the US Open, isn't he? British. Like, Scotty didn't even play well. It's just another ho-hum second for Scotty. That's the thing with Scotty is.

2:15:33Adam Schefter:He made history too in a weekend, right? With a bogey-free weekend? Yeah. Back since 1940. That's why those people who are pissed off about McElroy playing a bunch leading up to it, is he the first guy to ever do that? No. Why wouldn't? Yeah. Tiger used to tag her. Guys play all the time. Why would they be pissed? And also, if you're Scotty and the other guys, why aren't you doing that? Why aren't you going to the Masters instead of playing in the Valero, Texas Open, whatever, and just going there and getting in 10 rounds. Yeah, they're showing up for the fans. Scotty just had a kid, too, so that might be normal.

2:16:07Yeah, but normally, I mean, if you have one, that makes a lot of sense that, hey, make sure I go win this thing again. Just a terrible question.

2:16:16Pat McAfee:Awful, is what he said. Yeah, that was incredible. He's got a newborn at home, too. He's just, okay. You shot a 65. What should it have been, you think? Here he is. Here he is with his presser after Saturday. He shot a 65 today. What did it feel like it could have or should have been? That's just a terrible question. Awful. What enabled you to go low today? Marty, as soon as it followed up. Hey, what enabled you to go low today? Hey, that's what it should have been. You did good today. Attaboy, Marty. Yeah. That was a fucking awful question. Scotty, what do you think? You want real low today. We should talk about that, I think, is what you were saying there.

2:17:01Pat McAfee:Yeah. Yeah, framing, just awful. And then him after saying, I wish I would have had a better start coming into the weekend. Like, Scotty, we've said this here for the last year or so, I guess. So it's not like breaking news. But he's becoming a lot more comfortable being who he is. Yeah. Knowing exactly who the fuck he is. That is great for us. I agree, AJ. Yeah. And I think Scotty's even committed to play this coming weekend in whatever event's coming up. RBC, I believe. Yeah, RBC. They are, yeah, in Hilton Head, right up the road from Augusta. Man. I mean, Scotty's going to – is Scotty going – okay, who's getting more majors?

2:17:36Scotty or Rory? Scotty. What's Scotty I know? I mean, Scotty's what, seven years younger than Rory? Scotty's got four, I believe. Scotty. Rory might want to run here. I think so, too. If Scotty shoots even on Saturday, or I mean on Friday, he wins. You know, like he had that one bet. Like he was unbelievable all weekend. So it kind of goes back to what we've been saying about him. Final 17. Yeah, exactly. Like he was that close. I know you had – yeah, like this close from a playoff hole and you're telling me if they go to a playoff hole after Rory Bogey's 18 and that he doesn't win, like –

2:18:14Pat McAfee:I'll tell you what, those greens, though, that kind of let you know who's going to win the Masters. That place will choose the champion on it.

2:18:21Adam Schefter:That's right. That sideways putt Rory hit? And the chip he had on 16. Yeah, that was... He did that 25 times sitting under the freaking tournament. Fucking bullshit.

2:18:33Pat McAfee:What's your problem? There it is. Whatever, man. Yeah, this putt was crazy. That's pretty good. This was a tiger. Cam had a sweet pitch up into that, like a pitch up into the hill that didn't think about. And he came right back down to like two or three feet. Super heat here too. Everybody knows what's happened, what is happening, and what could happen, right? Leaderboard right in this area. You can see it. There's a lot of action around here. Rory understood completely what the moment was. To have that much touch and move it that close is just absolutely absurd.

2:19:02Adam Schefter:And you're saying on TV, it still doesn't do these greens justice.

2:19:05Pat McAfee:No, dude, they're fucking, I mean. Not even close. It makes no sense. It was my number one takeaway by far and away. The greens, the fairways, everything. I mean, there's guys you're shooting straight up into the air. It was insane. You're hiking. You are hiking and hiking out there. Another takeaway I would have is how fast the golfers walk from hole to hole, from shot to shot, all that stuff. I mean, they don't take much time at all. They line it up, they hit, and then Rory was speed walking down that fairway next shot, and they just keep it moving. We were walking alongside Rory. Oh, yeah. For hole 11?

2:19:37Pat McAfee:Yeah. Hole 11. We were walking at the same pace as him outside the ropes. He's like 15 yards probably to our left walking at the same clip, you know? Yeah. Let's go roar! A couple of those. Pat actually said, he's like, I could see how guys would be so frustrated if you have a slow guy in your group. I think that would take away your entire mojo. Yeah, because they move. They move. We're hitting and moving. And it felt like everything at Augusta was quick. Long line for the merch, we're moving, we're moving, we're moving. Food, beers, we're moving, we're moving, we're moving. Golfers, we're moving, we're moving, we're moving.

2:20:09Pat McAfee:It really did feel like that was the case. Roy McIlroy, he's an investor in Whoop. He wears one of the company's wristbands while playing and allows the brand to share his data periodically, says Joe Pompliano. Here are some of his master's highlights. 24 ,000 steps on Sunday, 91 ,000 during the tournament, and he's obviously walking A to B a lot more than the fans and patrons are. Roy's heart rate spiked to 135 during his tee shot on 18. Dropped to 121 during his approach shot. Fell further to 105 for the winning putt, and then jumped back up to 150 during his celebration. He started crying a little bit before the tap-in.

2:20:42Pat McAfee:Kind of see the moment. I would like to know what it was in that bunker. Heart rate? Yeah. Yeah. Probably low. I was going to say, based on what Andy North said. He just chunks it out of there. Yeah. He's got a hill behind him. He knows exactly where. He actually probably aimed for that area anyways. That's basically what Andy North was saying. Out of all the bunkers, he was in the right one. That's funny you mentioned that thing about guys being slow, too, because that's what a lot of people were saying about Scotties. He played with Hao Tong Li yesterday, and he shot an 80. So it's like he's waiting a lot longer.

2:21:12You know, like that hole where he's way the hell over there. It's like you kind of just got to deal with your playing partner just being absolutely hammered dog shit while you're trying to go still win the tournament. Like I would imagine that is a pretty tough situation to be in as well.

2:21:27Pat McAfee:Yeah, just waiting, looking, moseying, and also not getting a lot of looks, you know, from your partner. Yeah.

2:21:32Adam Schefter:Who the fuck is this guy?

2:21:34Pat McAfee:Yeah, I'll tell you what, Lee had a tough day. Lee had a tough day. Good week overall, obviously, gets into the position that he was in and then just kind of falls over himself. There's eight, man. Yeah, look at them both there, already checking their putt after. Yeah, I think it was there. And Scottie goes, this fucking guy. This fucking guy, are you kidding me? It's in the water. Okay, go drop it. I'll wait. Let me go to the other side of the green and look at the stint meter. It was crazy how intense they were reading the green. Like, you could sense the intensity. When we were sitting at six and we were very close, it was like watching scotty like like he'd never played the green before and the whole location was brutal disgusting i mean anything after was immediately off yeah anything before was back down in the front so you had to hit it like a probably a two yard probably two yard landing area for it to stay up on the green up on the top shelf or whatever rose did it i think i think rose put one up yeah rose was up there somebody made a birdie up there while we were there place put That had been pretty crazy, I think.

2:22:33Maybe Henley was it?

2:22:34Pat McAfee:Sam Burns has had a good day. Sam Burns is awesome to watch. He's liked. Cam Young, very well liked. Yeah, Cam on that hole is awesome to watch because he was all the way on the other side. He had a really long putt, so he paced that thing out like three or four times just to get the right distance on it, and he had a great putt, and pardon that. Yeah, the intensity in which they break down what the putt's about to be, as if it was the first time they've ever putted before, was something that I'm going to try to take into my game, but inevitably will say, I don't fucking know anyway, and then just hit the thing.

2:23:02Adam Schefter:Didn't see any much chatter between the golfers at all. Because I know Cam Young came out after. He was like, yeah, Rory didn't say a word to me.

2:23:11Pat McAfee:Really? I thought I saw Rory do a head nod of support after the six putt. I feel like they always say their Thursday, Friday groups, they'll talk a little bit more, but once it gets into Saturday, Sunday, it gets pretty quiet. I thought there was an acknowledgment. There was. Of par three. It was the par three. Rory hits a filthy shot set up for a birdie putt, and then Cam Young matched him. And then while they were walking, Rory turned around and gave him a thumbs up. Okay, so that happened on TV, you're saying, right? Yeah. Okay, so on six, after Cam Young puts that thing close, I think Rory also gave him like a – it was like a very much like a great shot.

2:23:44Pat McAfee:So I was actually impressed. That he gave him. My takeaway was, wow, there is like a – it is like a, hey, that was fucking – And so also Rory hit it over the green, but he was off and he hit first. Cam Young's ball was on. Normally, if you're... Yeah, they had to have a conversation. Yeah, it was a full combo. Yeah, I thought it was a pretty good little... That was a big thing on the 18th, because Rory goes all the way right, Cam Young goes all the way left. They showed it on the TV. They were trying to communicate, like Cam Young was pointing at him, then pointing at himself, and then Rory was like, no, fuck it, I'm just going.

2:24:19Pat McAfee:So they had that at six as well. Okay. They had the same thing. So, I mean, obviously, they're not talking... It's a fucking... They were all very intense, I will say. Very. That was a... Own world. That was like a very – Not a lot of talking. Yeah, it wasn't like a super chatty operator. There's no music playing either. They didn't have any sound. They didn't have any music. Well, that's the thing about the greens too. Like Cam Young, he just won the players when we had him on, and he was so good with his putter the entire time. Like it was like this guy sees it better than everyone. And then on the Masters, he's missing most of his putts.

2:24:48Pat McAfee:He missed right in front of us, I think, right? Didn't he miss the – Yeah, he missed after doing a long putt to close. He missed that, and then he bogeyed or whatever. So did Rory. and it was... We watched him hit under a tree, basically. He was under a tree. We walked up there to get really close and actually the people had to say, hey, step back, step back, step back, and then he had the lane. Shout out to Tim, I do believe, Georgia Southern grad, O 'Brien, one or the other. They're working the... It was galleries, man.

2:25:13Adam Schefter:It was one shot. It may have been 17 or 18 Rory was taking. He told the crowd to move and the final shot as he's taking, you see just the gallery just like... 18. Yeah, I'm just looking at the trust and like it was like obviously no doubt that he was going to hit the ball correctly and go over it but they're all just like yeah we were one of them even the tee box it was either 18 or 17 you're watching it where they're teeing off and it is just nuts

2:25:41Pat McAfee:right here yeah this 18 bananas that's a thin tunnel

2:25:48Adam Schefter:the iron shot I'm talking about though they were he took it out over him He curved it over their head. He curved it over their head. They're into the bunker.

2:25:59Pat McAfee:They're all very locked in, surprisingly. There was a little bit of chatter about Rory's outfit. What about it? Was it a Sunday? Yeah, it wasn't loud enough. Basic, you mean? Well, I'm not loud. It didn't need to be loud. But he needs some patented thing now on Sunday. He just does. Foxy said something immediately. Yeah, so I'm a Rory fan. I have been for a long time. And I looked at his outfit yesterday. and I said, I don't think that's a winning outfit. And that was after he went double and vote there. You know, so Foxy wasn't the only one, though. Foxy wasn't the only one.

2:26:34Adam Schefter:No.

2:26:34Pat McAfee:Chatter in this group over here to the left. I thought he would have wore something a little better for a Master Sunday. Like, a couple people noticing it. And now, granted, we don't have our phones or anything else, so everything is on the table to be discussed because we have nothing else to do.

2:26:48Adam Schefter:Good point.

2:26:48Pat McAfee:You know what I mean? So that is a part of life there. but it was made mentioned by multiple people. I would say. Multiple people were like.

2:26:55Adam Schefter:How was the fit compared to last year?

2:26:57Pat McAfee:I don't know. You know what? I didn't have my phone. I didn't have a chance to check it out. I will say somebody looked really cool. Jason Day looked cool. Oh yeah. Great visor. Kind of been his new thing. Malbon. Malbon. Malbon. Whatever the brand. Bless you. See? That's your battle on a tee box. 9.3 rating. Rory had a good outfit last year. Is it all white? No, it was a blue polo with white pants, it looks like. He was dressed like it was a casual day. That's his club. That's his club. That's his home club. That's kind of how it is. Alright, let's get the hell out of here. We'll be back tomorrow.

2:27:29Pat McAfee:Good one tomorrow. Yeah. Great. Play-in game start for the NBA. That's right. Sounds like you forgot about that. Yeah, you don't care. Well, that's because you guys mentioned Tony was supposed to give us an update on the WNBA draft tonight because that's kind of what he's more focused on. WNBA draft tonight, obviously the next generation of WNBA stars who enter the WNBA with the greatest CBA that's ever been negotiated in women's professional league history. So congrats to them getting that deal done tonight, the WNBA draft. Tone, who's odds on favorite to go number one? How did we get to this point, you think?

2:28:05I was just looking to see if there was odds on DraftKings so I could get my crown. Doesn't look like there are that I'm seeing. That's because it's up for the bank. Is he footing on up there? But I would be shocked, thanks for taking my take, that if AZ didn't go first tonight.

2:28:20Pat McAfee:Do you have a second pick overall take or just only number one overall? Just only number one. That's all I care about tonight. Probably Olivia. She's a player. Lauren Betts is very good. Lauren Betts, UCLA. She draft eligible? About 1 ,300, yeah. Okay. She needs to go to the Fever. Caitlin Clark needs Lauren Betts on a team. You have a different draft pick. Just signed Sophie, I believe, back, and Lexi, I believe, the Indiana Fever. I know Kelsey Mitchell just signed a Supermax. And Kelsey Mitchell is at 1.4. So whenever we talk about the fever, if we were to get bets, let's go crazy. Let's go crazy here with the NCAA.

2:28:55Pat McAfee:Especially with Kaitlin Clark being back, right? She just beat up everybody in the international thing. Just re-signed Sophie Cunningham and Lexi Hall as well. Yeah, the squad's back. We're ready. Do you renew your season tickets? Absolutely, every year. When's it start? When's opening day? Tomorrow. Don't you worry about opening two. We're worried about the draft right now, AJ. Folks don't draft. I'm worried about the WNBA draft and then the NFL draft. You're right. Masters. WNBA draft. WrestleMania. NFL draft. It's the same every year. We're in a great time to be alive. NBA playoffs. NHL playoffs.

2:29:35Pat McAfee:Holy! Underrated time. I'm going to drop one of those. I think I did a Lowry! As his butt As his butt was rolling uphill at us He almost had a bird And it looked like it was about to fall And it was literally right direct From where I was And then it goes off And I thought to myself Got way too comfortable there But I thought he was about to make like a No see I think that's perfectly acceptable there And then if someone comes up to you and says like Why would you say that? No it was that guy over there They're never gonna know You got me on camera? I don't think so Okay yeah No that was that guy He's been a real dickhead the entire time I've been here Saw Dottie Pepper.

2:30:13Pat McAfee:Dug out. She was locked in. Legend. She walked right in front of me and Foxy both. We said, you're a legend. Didn't hear headphones. Big headphones. Shut up, please. Yep. Dottie's been there a little bit. See Colton Ops? Yeah, he was up in. He was out there. He was calling. I think he's up in Butler Cabin there, right? We didn't make it up there. I don't know. I don't know where that is. We didn't even see it. I couldn't even tell you where that is right now. After 18, I know that. It's up there on a hill, I wonder. I assume so. We were there maybe, but we didn't know we were there. Fuck. Did they show you any of the underground tunnels they got there?

2:30:44Good question, AJ.

2:30:46Adam Schefter:What tunnels? It's well reported. They have unbelievable setups with the tunnels because they said you'll never see a maintenance truck driving food out to one of the little shops. It's all underground.

2:30:55Pat McAfee:Okay, so I know that there is Subair, the company, that it goes underneath a lot of football fields and things of that nature. I know they are certainly in the game where it's a hot, cold, you know, melt everything. I believe there's numerous NFL stadiums that have their technology in there, and I think they're only growing. Got a chance to see them on the way out. Got a chance to see Turf Guy from NFL. He's Jack. Me too. I thought you were going to say Russ. Russ Green. He was probably there. I did not run into him, but the NFL Turf Guy. We talked about the 57, the Thundermuda 57. Oh, it's going in.

2:31:36Pat McAfee:Yeah, it's going in. Accresure's got new. Fuck, I thought I was going to be able to pull the name. Was it Therma 31? 31, I believe, yeah. Therma 57? Like Baskin Robbins, 31 flavors. It's a mix of Bermuda and Kentucky. Bermuda grass. It's going to be beautiful. Kentucky blue and Bermuda, and it's got a Tundra 57. Yeah. Tahoma 31 Bermuda. There it is. Tahoma 31 Bermuda is what's going on in Accresure. I believe I met Buddy who's in world of trying to figure out what that is. And you need to know he is properly jacked. Okay, good. And he did take advantage of being able to buy everything that was in the fucking store.

2:32:15Pat McAfee:I like that. He had six bags. Six bags grocery store in from the car to the kitchen type shit he was doing on the way out. And he was piped up. Walking like this. And then the subair guy was with him. And he's super genius, this guy. He's got fucking four bags. These two oxes were walking out at the very end of this thing. The merch store is a good racket. Honestly, they've just convinced if you go, you have to buy a million things. And you probably don't, but you do anyway, and everyone is in there. It's insane. Shouts Chris, running a great store. Former West Virginia equipment manager is in there working.

2:32:50Pat McAfee:Shout out to him. He's a Wilkes-Barre PGA Pro, work storing the masters down there. Shouts Chris, going to see him again. And then Miss Amy. I'll tell you what. This lady's name was Amy. Miss Amy. She was a sales. She was good. As soon as I walked into this fucking place. As soon as I walked in. Miss Amy, great accent. She is from Georgia. Augusta, actually. Welcome to my yard. I have no idea how long she's been there. This ottoman right here is a collector's piece. You can have this one or there's a brown one right over here. We can easily just ship this wherever you need it to go. We'll just give you this tag right here.

2:33:25Pat McAfee:It's easy, no problem. I look at that thing. I don't need a fucking ottoman, do I? I said, because there's not a lot of these ottomans out there. this is a beautiful thing I'm like fuck it I'll take the ottoman so your ottoman's gonna be here somewhere oh I can't wait then you put your feet on an ottoman yeah it's on a full leather full size I mean it's green obviously is there a masters logo on it yeah oh yeah

2:33:42Adam Schefter:sorry I missed the logo it is a racket out there Miss Amy Miss Amy comes

2:33:47Pat McAfee:turns corner she's got two blankets for your wives yeah they love these I can't wait for Bone's big fat feet to be up on the ottoman while he's working Bone's feet are never touching the ottoman and they're not big and fat remember they're thin. That is why it didn't make it to the NFL. We just need to worry about his head. Miss Amy was a weapon. Agreed. He needs to worry about his head too a little bit more. I'm thinking he needs to start thinking about it. Time to shave it. Yeah, a couple weeks here. Here's the ottoman. This is what's coming to take. That's awesome. Miss Amy, they led with this thing.

2:34:16Pat McAfee:That's a great vibe. This is Miss Amy. She was right next to it. I mean, right next to it. She just did a, oh, you'd love this. That's a one-of-a-kind, brother. You've done well. Many people have bought it. I think it's a pretty good price. You got that. And then the blankets obviously got that. You go over to the hat section, and it's like, oh, I definitely need that hat. Sweet. Am I ever going to get this hat again? No, okay. I'll take that hat. And all of a sudden, you look down on your back. I got 10 hats. Okay, I'm never going to fucking wear any of these. I certainly do that. Which hat did you get?

2:34:42Did you get the egg salad hat?

2:34:44Pat McAfee:The pimento cheese one? No. I saw someone's egg salad hat get knocked off on TV. Did anyone else see it? People didn't like that guy. I don't think I know what you guys are talking about. They hated this guy. Yeah, he kept popping up on the screen. He had a big green egg salad hat, said egg salad on big letters, and he had these goofy glasses on, and people really did not enjoy him. He was not supposed to. What he was doing was unbecoming of Augusta. Yeah, he was like background of T-Box on 15 or 16, and people really were cooking them on the internet. So speaking of the goofy glasses, I saw that guy.

2:35:17You can buy those at the merch store. Those are Masters official glasses.

2:35:20Pat McAfee:And the egg salad also probably a hat that you could buy at the mushroom. I did the classic walk in there wearing one thing, buy everything, complete change of outfit. Yeah, egg salad guy was in the background all day long. That's good. Egg salad kind of knows the ins and outs. Sounds like Vagusta. Not easy to do that because I'll tell you that we were part of a couple galleries. We couldn't see anything. We couldn't see anything. We're listening to responses though and I'm going, oh yeah. You know, just getting a part of the, and then if something's bad going, oh, so many of those for me, not knowing what we're doing it through.

2:35:50Pat McAfee:So many. It felt great to be out there.

2:35:52Adam Schefter:It felt great to be out there. Did you see Fitz, you know? And Whit?

2:35:55Pat McAfee:Which one?

2:35:56Adam Schefter:Larry? Ryan. Fitzpatrick. No. Because he has those seats. Any NFL football guys? Yeah. Talk to some NFL football guys? Yeah. A couple NFL football guys. Come on, man.

2:36:12Pat McAfee:Spill it. Not as many. I saw Lin Swan. That's an NFL football guy. Holy fuck. I saw Lynn Swan. Thank you, Lynn. I was in the middle of telling him I thank him for his service to Pittsburgh, and he didn't want to hear it coming off. Just started talking about what his day is, how it is. He didn't want me to compliment him at all. He cut me off immediately. I was like, sir, thank you so much for your service, too. He goes, no problem, no problem. Let me tell you about just right into it. It was awesome. Good fist bump. He was great. I saw Terrell Davis. Okay. I saw TD. I told him he looked fat. Because he's addicted to working out.

2:36:51Pat McAfee:I think he's addicted to working out. So he comes over to the table. I go, what's up, man? Hey, they're saying you're fat, dude. He said, I'm fat? Who fucking said that? Where? It was incredible. It was an incredible interaction. Everybody was cool. Ran into a bunch of good dogs. Of course. Was the Miz still there when you were there? Did not see the Miz. He generated quite a buzz for being there, though. The Miz. It always does. Sweet suit. Sweet suit. Talking about the TKO house. Yeah, TKO house was a good time. They had binoculars in there. See, that was the one thing that I think we should have had was binos.

2:37:28Pat McAfee:Needed the binos. Because it's hard to see the leaderboard if you're not right up on it. And the leaderboard is a massive piece of the entertainment of the day. Leaderboard is a character that is bringing a lot of news. Because there's no TVs anywhere. Right. And you don't have a phone. So, leaderboard is a huge deal. But if you can't see leaderboard, it's tough. You know, because they're changing those little boxes. Is that a 10 or a 12? He fucking doubled. Whoa! That's literally what the reaction is. Had fun. Shout out to Augusta and to the Masters. And shout out to Randy Orton. Honestly. Shout out.

2:38:08Pat McAfee:Shout out is right. It's going to be his Saturday night. For real. It already is, though. So it's kind of like, you know, when you test drive something? That's kind of what's going on right now. Yeah. Yeah. We're appreciative of Cody Rhodes just kind of letting us test drive this thing. That is nice to get it to test drive. Well, it's actually his. It's actually Randy's. Yeah. He's already won it 14 times. So this is basically, you know what I mean? One, this and the other. So, heavyweight. So, yeah, it's just test driving. Yeah, that's all. I'll tell you, it was down in Augusta. Couldn't take it on course, obviously.

2:38:42Pat McAfee:Sure. Metal detectors. This thing got to experience some asteris. It's already living better. Exactly. Boom. This thing's about to be on a shoulder around waste of Randy Orton and Ox. This is going to save an entire business. This thing's living a good life right now, Code. Don't you worry about it.

2:38:58Adam Schefter:That's right. Keep your eye on that thing.

2:39:01Pat McAfee:Me? Yeah. I've had my eye on this thing the whole time. That's why I was on the phone, brother. Eye on the press. Okay. We need to save a business. San Jose wasn't nice, weren't they? No, not at all. I didn't expect it. Oh. Great picture. Yeah. I'll tell you, didn't really expect to do that. Just walk out an entire arena in his boonie. It feels natural just to be like, you know what, actually? Yeah. All of you. Go ahead and get it. So, fun night in that shithole, San Jose. Certainly a blast. 25 % off. WrestleMania Saturday night tickets currently available now. I think it's, yeah, I know it's going to be a night that is looked back on forever.

2:39:42Pat McAfee:Yeah. So I cannot wait for it. I'm pumped for it. And Randy Orton's going to save the business. Yeah, he is. It's going to become 15-time world champion. Thank you, Randy. Thank you, Randy. Thank you, Randy. That was good. You even caught the beat there a little bit. Go ahead and help yourself. He hears voices in heaven. They cancel him. They call me. You know what they're saying?

2:40:17Pat McAfee:save the biz too yeah how come it was mcaffee on the phone because i called him and told him that's why yeah i want it to be the rock you think the rock wants to do anything for you good i want it to be vince mcmahon vince

2:40:37Pat McAfee:sorry it was me it was me I'll tell you what, I'm having a good time out there stirring it up, but I think people should know that in the long run whenever people look back on this entire thing, we're going to say, thank you, Randy. And I think there's going to be a good on path for doing that for the business. Hey, McAfee was right. Yeah. And I'm thankful for that. That's what it's all about. That's what it's all about. That's what it's all about. I know Cody. Hey, Kenny. Hey, come on. Keep coming. Yeah, right. So he's so simple. It's such a simple game. It is such a simple game. Oh, yeah, right.

2:41:12Pat McAfee:Yep, yep, yep. European uppercut. Another one. Yeah, let's give him another one. Yeah, let's go ahead and dance. Throw his ass in the ring. Yep, let's go ahead and do that. I mean, let's have a good time out here. Let's go ahead and make sure he knows. Yep, yep. All right. Give him a big winner. Bang. Bang. Yeah. You want me to give you one? Okay, shot. How about we go? Crow hop in it. Yep, give me that. Oh, I get a good shot that I got right there. Just know he buckles down. That's from my punch. What was that outsider doing there? Yeah, listen, we love jelly. normally, but he's just not supposed to be putting his nose in this business.

2:41:44Pat McAfee:No. He's an outsider. Clear as day. He was slapping me around a little bit. He thought I was going to... What was he going to do? Now, granted, I told him it would be a bad idea. Good physical. Randy Orton is around. I was ruthless. Why would you do that? You know what? I'm going to pump the shit out of this guy, actually. He's what Randy said. Oh, you thought you had us? Oh, no. Oh, no. It was at this moment where I was a little bit... Oh, no. Okay. Something might pop off here a little bit. Is Randy not in control? Cody Rhodes, how does that work? I don't know what's going on here. Why is my guy getting beat up?

2:42:18Pat McAfee:I'm thinking to myself while I'm standing in the ring. Well, I need to do something, obviously. When's the right time? I was telling you, go punch him, man. Now it's the right time. Bang! Bang! You didn't know I was there. And he rolls like a dumbass. Yeah, I shouldn't have done that. No way. And we... Boom! Thank you. Dead. It was all planned. All of it. Just right to WrestleMania Saturday night. That's right. One of the most monumental, pivotal evenings in the history of this. WrestleMania Saturday night. Come see us. Las Vegas. Five years from now, ten years from now, you're going to look back and say, I would remember what?

2:42:58Pat McAfee:That's that. Yeah. we're excited for it strictly because when documentaries come out it's going to pay its respect to what's going on here with Randy Orton and that's what it's all about love of the birds let's get the hell out of here we appreciate you AJ appreciate you guys you got Randy you like Randy? come on now I gotta tell you what if Cody He was really telegraphing his punches there. If he does that Saturday night, he's going to be here for a long night. That's what we've been saying this whole time. It's like Randy, right hand, one of the most lethal in the history of the business. Okay.

2:43:41He kind of is the business.

2:43:44Pat McAfee:It's actually his family's business. Yeah, so there's just a lot of listening to this whole thing. And I would like to be clear. I actually respect kind of Cody as a sports entertainer. Sure. It's just, yeah, right. You know? Like, what are we talking about? Yeah, right. Randy Orton, dude. This is Randy Orton. I thought he was a good wrestler. He is. Yeah. I thought he was a good little wrestler. Isn't he? Yeah. Randy Orton's the greatest. Okay? That's just what I've been trying to say here. WrestleMania season. We're in on. Let's enjoy it. Shout out to Randall. Shout out. Love you, Randy. Randall.

2:44:32Orton. You have anything else to say? What's his middle name? Viper. Kay. Gil. That's right.

2:44:42Pat McAfee:Be your friend. Tell your friend. Sometimes it might change your life. We're in a single together. Team on me. Appreciate you all, guys. We still hoist an account in Pittsburgh? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, we are. Are we the best team in baseball? No, not the best, but close. Pittsburgh Pirates are going to win it all. Dodgers still exist, but they're cheating, so kind of. I don't think they're cheating. They're spending a lot more money than the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yeah, and everyone. They're not paying them for 20 years. Yeah, but the Buccos were still in it. It's kind of like they're practicing at a major golf course when no one else can.

2:45:13Just kidding.

2:45:15Pat McAfee:Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. We'll see you tomorrow. You guys are the greatest. Thank you for having us. Got a baby in the back. We even got a super suit over there with his fist up. Nice. Good to see you. Concafe, general manager. Oh, wow. Nice. It's coming up. It's coming up. Is it? Can't wait to watch. I don't know. Be your friend. Tell your friend something. Watch. I can't do it. I can't commit to that again. That's too much time. World Cup, same time. Kid coming. Yeah. Which was another scary thing for this weekend. Yeah.

2:45:48Pat McAfee:Actually, like, hey, what is code? What is? That's Augusta. Yeah. Sorry, pal. Figure it out. You think you're the first ever? We saw a lady try to sneak into a golf cart because she was tired at the bottom of the hill. They're like, we're going to need you to get over to a medical. Kicker. And then at the medical tent, they're going to give a full test. You're going to have to pass the test, obviously, to warrant a golf cart. This is not just like an immediate happening right now situation. This will take a little bit. Can't have rascal scooters all around this way. That's the business of Augusta.

2:46:17Shoot you in the head and throw you in Ray's Creek. or bury you in the tunnel. Hey, you work here now and live here.

2:46:23Pat McAfee:We didn't see any of that, but we did see a lady go, all right, I'll walk. She just walked. So it worked. They got to figure it out down there.

2:46:30Adam Schefter:Yeah. Hope she's still alive.

2:46:33Pat McAfee:They're not doing any follow-ups. Be a friend, tell a friend. I assume she is. Maybe. She had good moxie trying to get a cart. There you go. When you're down in the bottom of it, and there's only one way out, and it's straight up this hill or straight up this hill, it does bring in a little bit of a... Figure it out. fight or flight here we go strap in this is the masters we should go grab a beer they stop selling all right let's go spit dirt up this thing water fountain five times I'd say I did like I was old school back in high school yeah just because it was available loved it every time I saw water fan I go oh water fuck I actually said that Out loud.

2:47:18Pat McAfee:Yes. That was incredible. It was perfectly timed and placed. It was a trip back in time. As we see, today's Tiger? Rory McIlroy. Maybe. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. We're back tomorrow. Team on me. Team on three. One, two, three. Team. Goodbye. Goodbye.

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