PMS 2.0 1603 - Feel Good Friday with Kirk Herbstreit, Brayton Feister Makes His College Commitment, Steelers Head Coach Mike McCarthy, & AJ Hawk

20:41Pat McAfee:I thought they were originally going to be called the Hawkhead. They were. Hawk technology. Yeah, Hawk technology. And they were like, well, the Hawkeye technology in tennis might get mad about that. So then they went with, like, what is AJ? Well, he's kind of a guardian. Yeah. So AJ is the reason behind that. How did they come up with that name, if you think about it? What made them think the guardian? Not me. I mean, obviously, I have nothing to do with it, but I do really wonder. U.S. Coast Guard came up with it. He's a guardian cat. Yeah, Ashton Kutcher. I'm about to cut it off. Hey, that speech he gives at the end.

21:12Oh, my God. Dude, I'm almost getting tears thinking. I don't even remember exactly what it is.

21:17Pat McAfee:What is a legend? Is it what you do whenever you're alive or how you're remembered after you die? I believe is the end quote in that one. But is that why? Potentially because you're just looking out for these people's brains. You're basically their guardian. Angel. Yeah. Drop the angel because maybe too soft for football. Let's keep it as guardian. Cleveland Guardians. How do you guys feel about that name? That's kind of just a terrible go back. No, they like it. They like it a lot. They got the bridge, the Guardian Bridge. Oh, yeah. I think they missed. Bring back Chief Wahoo. I'm going to let you know.

21:47That came up in conversation the other day. Indianapolis is still bringing it. I mentioned that. I mentioned that as well. I did mention that. That did come up in convo.

21:56Pat McAfee:Anyways, Pittsburgh Steelers fans obviously pumped up about what it looks like. How about the Packers fans? AJ, what did Packers fans take away from last night? Obviously getting a chance to see your guys. What are your thoughts? I think people may be worried a little bit about missed tackles and certain things on defense. I mean, Jordan Love is going to be Jordan Love. We know that. I think their offense is going to be just fine. Their defense is settling in with a new D coordinator, I feel like. But, I mean, it was honestly, we talked a lot about Pittsburgh coming out of this game. And I'm sure if you're Green Bay and Pittsburgh, whether good or bad, you're thinking, all right, either way, we don't need to overreact to one game.

22:29But it's kind of tough not to, to be honest with you.

22:31Pat McAfee:Yeah, especially with every year of daily sports. Now, this guy, smack out of Florida. He became a weapon for you last night, Ty. Feels like this is a position of need. First preseason game. Can learn something quickly about what could be a real benefit to the season for you. Yeah, I mean, you take everything in stride. Like AJ's saying with the missed tackles and stuff, I could give two shits about that because I'll be very interested to see what the Packers' defense looks like week six when Mike is back and they're all whole and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, I mean, their schedule isn't super difficult.

23:00the first several weeks, and I think they are good enough. What are the odds 0-4 you make it up? No, they play the Jets week two, so I'm not worried about that. And then I believe they play Atlanta as well with Tua quarterback. But that's neither here nor there. Yes, they have needed a kicker, and that's come up and bit them in the ass every time it's really mattered. Now, obvious, it's August, and we weren't playing any elements. So that's awesome to see that he hit a 58-yarder two times, but still need to see what he's going to do in Green Bay. And then the Jordan Love piece, he gets one drive.

23:31He looks good. They go down. They score a field goal. So I think, you know, if you're a Packers fan, yeah, obviously it looks like they got their ass beat, but you're okay with what you saw last night.

23:39Pat McAfee:Hey, that's preseason football, baby. You know, Tyler Smack maybe getting you guys to the promised land. Having a good kicker is a big deal. I would have told you in years past, the Colts have two for you, man. Whoever doesn't get the Colts job is going to get a job somewhere immediately. So there's a kicker right now in a camp in the NFL that thinks they're the number one kicker. And cut day is going to come. and the other kicker's going to get cut. And they're going to be like, I got a job. And then the Colts are going to have to decide between Groupie or Schrader, and then that guy's getting cut immediately.

24:06Pat McAfee:And Schrader and Groupie are heading over there. Schrader here, Spencer Schrader, he was like 13 of 14. I think it was like 30-something of 30-something on extra points. He had bombs for us. And then he, like, breaks his leg. Like, it was a terrible injury that would happen to a kicker. I know I actually kind of flabbergasted that it happened and then get a chance to see him afterwards in the locker room. He's an Indiana kid as well. he had been kicking perfect for us i mean it was something we had struggled with as well after we move on from matt gay who had been the highest paid kicker in nfl history and then we get this kid in from indiana and he's unbelievable he breaks his leg oh no we're done we bring in three pylons yeah and groupie comes in this guy hits a 61 yarder in seattle to win the game basically in his mind the pressure that he had to kick they end up coming back and beating us but It's like we got two kickers here in Indianapolis that are definitely on NFL teams.

24:57Pat McAfee:And, like, we are in a very good situation. And this is certainly something you can take away from preseason games because lights are on, jobs are on the line, money's on the line. The pressure might not be Super Bowl or playoff winning kick pressure, but keeping a job is a massive amount of pressure, especially for the kicking position, which leads me to you. What the hell is going on up in New England? He's a good kicker up there. He had a great year last year. He missed a couple last night. Yeah, Boreal's had a tough night for sure. new long snapper. It's actually something you pointed out to me.

25:25He had a similar miss on basically all his kicks and he had huge moments last year so it wasn't so much like a pressure thing or what it was. New long snapper, that was tough. The other thing too...

25:36Pat McAfee:Okay, so that means laces could have been off which means obviously leading to timing things. For me, as soon as I saw his misses being both, that felt like a timing issue as opposed to a kick issue. So that's why I asked you, I was like, who's holding for him? Then you said no new long snapper. It's like, that's a real thing. I think that is something that's workable but you don't like having that in your mind that that's your first game of misses no doubt and that's why the if it wasn't for last year and what he already has on tape it'd be like oh shoot this might come back invite us in the ass but he has game-winning kicks all that variable said after the game too hey there's nothing to say to the guy he knows this is professional football like make your kicks there there are no excuses of course but if it is a timing issue that does seem like hey new operation new snapper let's just get that kind of good for preseason great Great for preseason.

26:18Great for – How did you feel about us tying? You know, the tie was weird. If it wasn't for the coach getting his leg ripped off at the end of the game. On the cold side. By the way, positive team. I don't think he's okay. I don't think he's okay. That was scary. I thought that was Steichen for a second. I'm like, is that – if we have Shane Steichen out for the season because the last play of the game in a preseason game, and he's got to go up to the booth because this guy – did that guy break – Riding in pain. I don't know if he broke his leg, if he tore every ligament in his leg. I don't know if he still has that leg.

26:49I was genuinely worried with the ending of that.

26:51Pat McAfee:Special teams coordinator Brian Mason was the man down. That looked very painful. The lads were taking a knee around him. It's like, oh, my God. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who is the face of Thursday night football. Wide. Saturday night football. Wide. Saturday morning kickoff shows. Wide. He's former president of Ohio. Ladies and gentlemen, Kirk Herbstreit! Yay! Kirk Herbstreit! How you doing? How we doing? Hey, life is good. How are you doing?

27:22AJ Hawk:Just another ho-hum Friday, right? Yeah, just ho-hum, I guess.

27:25Pat McAfee:You know, it's our preseason slate. We got another one tonight. Hey, we got another full slate of games this evening. Now, we're not picking anything to team ride alongside. We didn't really like any of the players to potentially put our 2-0. Sure. 2-0 record right now on DraftKings. Just saying. No big deal. But yeah, it's a great Friday, Herbie. Thank you for joining us. You look fantastic.

27:47AJ Hawk:Glad to be with you guys. How's everything going? You and I have been talking about the album coming out. I mean, this is midnight. I was up late, saw the text going out. That's exciting. I know you talked about it in the opening segment about the writing. Not an easy thing to do. You've been down here in Nashville recording and put a lot of time in this, I know. Well, thank you. Not just this past year, but this is like a culmination, right, for a long time.

28:12Pat McAfee:Yeah, Herbie, you've heard the different stages of all these songs, I think, in the way that I've kind of had to piece them together over the last couple of years. And yeah, you've always been so supportive. And Herbie loves music. This man loves music. So I appreciate the conversations that we've got to have because I do as well. And like me learning about the music process, the questions you've asked me have helped me like kind of, that's a good question, actually. Let me go ahead and see how this whole thing works. So you've made me better in this whole process. I appreciate the hell out of you.

28:40Pat McAfee:and uh thanks for staying up late i know your old ass can't do that all the time especially

28:44AJ Hawk:no yeah yeah exactly especially no not not easy how fresh that skin is fresh off the off season you know herbie's ready to go hey hey hey hey six weeks of not taking it i was i told you about my back i couldn't walk i couldn't leave my house for six weeks last three days out in this freaking heat and humidity got out by the way yeah yeah like two three miles which as you know from where I was ready to go. We're in mid-season form now.

29:13Pat McAfee:Is this an announcement of what happened with your back? I don't think we've ever talked about it. Did you talk about it?

29:17AJ Hawk:I don't think I've talked about it, no. I had a... AJ, I don't know if you've ever had lower back. I've never had really lower... I've had a few lower back things. Got an epidural, kind of good to go. Dude, I was out in Las Vegas for Kenny's opening night at the Sphere and just went to breakfast with Allie. Got up from breakfast, couldn't walk. Just locked. a wheelchair so i've been i was on a basically a dr sills who's the nfl he's a neurosurgeon nfl chief medical officer he luckily lives in nashville and he and his team were trying to figure out could i have so much degenerative stuff and i have stenosis i i didn't know any of this i didn't know any of these words by the way six weeks ago and um i couldn't leave i couldn't get out of the bed or walk for six weeks.

30:07AJ Hawk:And a guy named Dr. Gardaki here in town did a non-invasive procedure, grabbed a bone spur that was kind of compressing my L5 nerve. So that took the burning sensation out of my right leg. But dude, I had these just zingers in my kind of my upper quad and my upper glute just couldn't walk and so he went back in two weeks later and did uh kind of cleared some bone and some joint out to clear out the nerve the l4 nerve so i've been up i've been able to walk here for about a about a week now so ready to roll now so yeah back out in the trails hey let's see peter getting back out there because peter was getting fat because you weren't out there walking on i know that we got to get him ready to roll yes ready now certainly we can't have a lazy peter no because peter is he's stall he's a unit he's a stallion yeah peter is a stallion his tongue kind of lazy his tongue it is tongue is a lazy tongue every other muscle by the way by the way by the way we've not neutered him this is breaking news so he's dumping his his breeder contacted me and said if we get him akc registered his heart his his hips get all that cleared she's like if there's if you want we could consider breeding him i'll take one and i'm like oh my gosh i never even thought of that that would be loved that yes like a horse yes he's a stallion like american pharaoh secretariat yeah yes but the way you call peter north soon good call that nice you guys are a mess no that sounds like it could hey yeah big fella big fella's ready to roll yeah i bet he's i mean this guy he's about to know his worth though too hey it seems like every time i do this you get a new car so let's uh let's make sure we're

32:00Pat McAfee:having a good time here on all sides of this shout out to peter that's a damn good dog i'm happy to hear that there's going to be more of him we need that obviously in this world yeah dogs are a beautiful thing a great how's your dogs great great i mean yeah the corgi you know doing his thing. He just gets sunned every single day, but comes back for more with this blue healer Pyrenees. Is Chuck still on this season of My 600 Pound Life? Alright, forget the dog talk. Let's get Cooley, please. Rest in peace to Valerie, by the way. Shout out to Hershey's. Literally one of the inspos to Pitbull and a mugshot, which leads Polarizing Figure.

32:38Pat McAfee:The first words on this album are, rest in peace to the greatest dog of all time, Valerie.

32:42AJ Hawk:By the way, last thing about the album, the record. What I loved is the hopefully people are going to be able to not just enjoy the music, but really like listen to the words, because what I love is there's some really I mean, we all listen to all these different albums. But I think what separates this is you got some great messaging out there. Like you really got some strong lyrics and send some really good messages, I thought that we can all relate to and enjoy. So I think it's important to enjoy just the writing, really.

33:16Pat McAfee:Thank you, Herbie. I appreciate that a lot of you.

33:19AJ Hawk:That's not easy, by the way.

33:20Pat McAfee:Well, and getting a chance to be around like the other writers, it is cool to kind of learn their processes and how it all goes about. That's obviously my favorite thing about it all, and already writing. You know, already been writing.

33:33AJ Hawk:Are you going to perform any of the songs today? No, I don't know about today. Should we do it? I don't think we should. This place. That'd be sweet. That'd be cool. That would be incredible. But I think we should build up for the first live performance. Yeah, I think we should build up. Can you maybe do some on game day? Oh, yeah.

33:48Pat McAfee:Definitely do some on game day. But I want to do one at this place, Rathskeller, downtown Indianapolis. There's a place downtown Indianapolis called the Rathskeller. They do not know that we've already announced this. So we have not talked to anybody at this place about this. We are just kind of putting this out into the world. This is where we're going to be doing the first one. We'll let you know. I haven't called him yet, but this is where we're going. They're going to love this. These lines are the law, actually. I mean, hopefully. but there's been a lot of lines into the water all morning like hey someone can somebody get a hold of the guy we know the guy down there we think they're a great venue so herbie hopefully you'll come to this but this will be the first live performance we'll do the uh entire album we'll be able to man we'll be able to get you know i mean the choir that was used for some of these songs so good i i mean just so incredibly talented and then the people that play the meet

34:33AJ Hawk:would like to get them up there too so they can absolutely wow yeah so we a lot of people don't understand when it comes to recording that like like the band that we see that it's with luke or or whoever whoever's out there first the artists that are in the studio doing it it's it's not this it's not like kenny chesney's band is in the studio recording like it's a totally different band it's a and you you kind of went through that process right yeah the tracking uh west station

34:59Pat McAfee:is where i did a lot of mine at and the the talent from these people i mean insane it was disgusting. Gumpy was in it. I mean, I guess Gumpy was a rock. We got this all documented, obviously. Going to make a whole documentary out of this entire thing at some point. And it was so cool how nice and how hospitable they were. But all these musicians, huge sports fans is what we learned. So they were excited to get in there, I think, with our stuff. And Gumpy, I said this earlier, but it was real. I think me telling them, like, hey, whatever the hell you guys think is the right play, let's go ahead and do that.

35:31Pat McAfee:It felt like we got to experience some magic from these dudes, Gumpy. Is this the last thing we say about this music album that is currently available on Spotify and YouTube? Yeah, I don't think they'd ever seen that one before where they were like, you guys do what you want and we'll figure it out. They were like, this is fucking awesome. They were like, this is incredible. Now, we have never done anything other than that. So we have no idea what is normal, what's not normal. But it did feel like there was a little extra juice in the air whenever it was like, hey, I'm not going to act like I know.

36:00Okay? I would like it to be upbeat. I love that. You need a banjo on this thing. Need a fiddle, obviously. That's one of the, we like a guitar.

36:09Pat McAfee:We need a fiddle, too. So, obviously, that whole thing. And Holman, Ilya, this entire crew, Ernest, thank you all. Let's talk ball, please. Can we fucking talk sports?

36:18AJ Hawk:I have one last thing I just want to say because I haven't had a chance to talk to you. The Patriot Games, I just want to say how sweet that was. Out there with the kids and promoting that in the great state of Ohio. Welcoming the president down the steps. I thought that the whole thing was – what really stood out is where you sat on the dais right next to the president. I thought that was a Navy SEAL bodyguard next to you because the shot that I saw – like, look, honestly, I was like, with the hat, I was like, who the hell's next to Pat? Like, is that an armed guard? He's like, no, that's Gumpy.

36:51AJ Hawk:I was like, oh, my. I love it. I love Gumps sit right in there. Yeah, Gumps had a Liverpool tarp on, too. He was deciding between black t-shirt or Liverpool tarp on plane. I think he made the right. All black was the move. That was the right decision. I should have potentially maybe thought about how everybody else was going to be dressed as well. I didn't know that was going to get such buzz that it did. But, yeah, it was cool. And also, not just us, obviously.

37:15Pat McAfee:Head of Disney, ABC. Yeah. Andy. Very cool. Yeah, it's like I think we're going to. There's a lot of people obviously saying a lot of things right now. A lot of positive as well. You got to remember that too. A lot of positive. A lot of positive as well. Don't ever forget about that. It's like, okay, I appreciate that.

37:32AJ Hawk:Are you getting a little negative feedback? Okay. All right. Thanks, Herbie. We knew what was going to happen there. But on that note, I think over the next 10, 20 years,

37:44Pat McAfee:what this Patriot Games becomes, no matter which political affiliation is - Yeah. Yeah.

37:49AJ Hawk:It has nothing to do with the Patriot Games.

37:51Pat McAfee:Well, I think it's sweet, though. I think we have a good opportunity here to create something special, you know? And I was honored to be a part of that. And I think I'm not the only one that thinks that. I think there's a lot of people that are going to try to make that because we would like to keep kids fit so that they can maybe play in the NFL. And maybe they could play in a preseason game on Thursday, August 13, 2026, and maybe get named to the preseason All-Pro list. Congrats to these gentlemen. Preseason All-Pros right here, Herbie. We kind of broke down what we saw from last night. I don't know how many of the games you caught in real time We were on multiple different platforms, obviously.

38:26Pat McAfee:This is who we named as the preseason All-Pros. Just if you have any thoughts on any of the guys and expectations.

38:32AJ Hawk:Well, you guys hit on Jeremiah Love, and I think all of us going into the draft when we were talking to folks, like, who's the one guy in this draft? I think it was almost pretty unanimous that everybody was like, who's going to get Jeremiah Love? You know, the most electrifying player in the draft. My only concern is when you showed the highlights of him, I love the vision. I love the patience through the hole and then the acceleration, the jump cut, just all that natural stuff that he has. But he's such a determined runner that what I worry about is just I hope he's safe. I hope he's smart. Me too, dude.

39:09AJ Hawk:As he goes as an NFL player, I just hope he learns where to fight for those extra yards and when to just kind of, okay, I'm going to get down. And I'm not saying be soft. I'm just saying a couple of these runs, I'm like, oh, my God, watch the knee. Watch the knee. Yes. You know, and I just think he's going to have to learn that because he's such a competitor. But he's what he did last night doesn't make you go. Hey, wow. It was kind of like this kid's a freak. And I agree with Ty. When he went to the black hole, the Cardinals, it's like, well, it was fun knowing him. Like, we'll never see him again.

39:42AJ Hawk:But you got you got, you know, Mike LaFleur, who's going to bring in yet Nathaniel Hackett, who I know Ty's a big fan of. You've got an offense that they're going to be able to work around with him to try to put him in space, whether it's catching the ball to the backfield or just like this, you know, opening up some – getting him to that second and third level and letting him do what he does naturally. So I'm excited to see him. Mendoza had some moments that I heard you talk about kind of learning, getting under center, turning his back, you know, on those play action, which is a big part, obviously, in the NFL with the run game and that play action game.

40:15AJ Hawk:I thought he played in rhythm. I think where he's going to learn is when he plays off schedule. He's going to have to either check it down or make quicker decisions, obviously, when he goes up to that level. You know, at Indiana and in the Big Ten and even in the playoff, he was able to improvise. I think a lot of people were surprised, even in the national title, when he took off and had that clenching touchdown, that he had the legs to be able to do that. He's going to have to, again, just kind of learn how much faster things happen. That throw is in rhythm. You could say, well, if the ones were in there, he's not going to – bullshit.

40:49AJ Hawk:I mean, that's a tight window. He felt it and got it out with one hitch. I mean, that's exceptional, really. I mean, those are the throws you've got to make. You're not making those throws in college. That's an open window that he's going to have to get comfortable with, and he will. I think his setup with Cousins there, learn from him, sit back and watch, really couldn't have been more ideal for his development and coming along.

41:14Pat McAfee:Not just Kirk. Tom Brady's there too, man.

41:17AJ Hawk:Yeah, of course. He's wearing sweet glasses and cool pants. Have we seen Tom Brady in public not looking cool since he retired? He looks cooler every time I see that. His outfits are cool, yes. I saw him at a wedding. He looked awesome. He looked absolutely awesome. I congratulated him on getting a chance to have that flag football game in America. I think the only negative side of that was a 27-hour trip

41:44Pat McAfee:that a lot of people were having to sign up for and everybody you know was doing it. Instead, it ends up happening in Southern California. So I congratulate him for that, obviously. Didn't even get into like, hey, you own the Raiders. That's pretty good.

41:54AJ Hawk:Yeah.

41:55Pat McAfee:I mean, that's like a pretty sweet thing.

41:57AJ Hawk:Probably the best watch collection, you think, in the United States. Well, J.J. Reddick used to have it. And then J.J. Reddick said, who does this benefit other than me?

42:04Pat McAfee:And then he said he sold them all. He said, you can't have your possessions possess you. Did you ever hear that? And I guess J.J. Reddick got pretty obsessed with his watch collection. I just learned this on a podcast. I didn't know that. Yeah, I just learned it yesterday. Saw it in my algo. My algo was telling me, I think, hey, let's remember this. Mr. Wonderful's got a good one. Yeah, Mr. Wonderful's got a good watch collection. I think there's a guy that we know, all of us, that we've gotten to meet through Entourage. I think he owns a couple watch companies. I think so. Okay, I didn't know that.

42:33Pat McAfee:Yeah, he has a couple. Sure. When are those coming here? Well, I guess allegedly the companies that they go for and he's going for, you only have like 70 a year. and it's like a million dollars.

42:44AJ Hawk:Well, there's only 12 of us here. Yeah. Wow. Who's the watch guy with your crew right there? You or? I mean. I know AJ's not. He's an Ohio guy. He's not a watch guy.

42:53Pat McAfee:My wife bought me this. So obviously I wear it. I don't know what it is. Anytime a watch person comes up to me, they go, ooh, the dawn. And I go, yeah, that's right, man. But I have no idea. I have no idea about anything. I don't.

43:06AJ Hawk:I never. That was never. When you grow up in Ohio, you don't even.

43:09Pat McAfee:Yeah.

43:09AJ Hawk:You don't really know anything about that.

43:10Pat McAfee:I just saw like a Honda Accord disappear from the bank account, and I thought I was getting robbed. And then I, you know, I thought I was getting robbed. And then I go home, and this thing's waiting. It's like, okay, this is really nice. This is very nice. I do appreciate this. But then we just keep it. I'll get back to football. I'm sick of that.

43:27AJ Hawk:Here we go. Here we go.

43:28Pat McAfee:I like that your Jeremiah Love take, though, is similar to what I was thinking as well. Like, I was watching all those plays, and I'm like, man, there's grown men here now. We got some big dudes that are going to be on the other side of that. But I think that's what makes him so great. Christian McCaffrey had a similar type style where he was exploding into contact and choosing to take more collisions. And it's like that just might be his thing. And if he can take it, he's going to be incredible to watch for the entire NFL. OK, let's continue chit-chatting about more. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, Herbie, I don't know if you got a chance to check out Mike McCarthy-led Pittsburgh Steelers.

44:01The offense looked good, very efficient. All their quarterbacks seemed to play well. But I guess what do you expect from them this season? And are you surprised, I guess, at all at how our Will Howard and all these boys played last night, including Mason Rudolph?

44:13AJ Hawk:No, no, not at all. They got four guys there that, you know, not just last night. I think a lot of people have high expectations for them, especially in Mike's system that's quarterback friendly. You know, I think Will Howard's almost a forgotten commodity a little bit in Pittsburgh. Maybe not for, you know, AJU or me, because I think we're pretty obvious know what he's capable of doing. But I think it's going to be exciting. We all try not to overreact to any of these preseason games. The defenses aren't doing anything that they'll do week one in the regular season. But this kid out of Iowa, by the way, is a freak.

44:47AJ Hawk:And a lot of people don't know much about this kid. Most of his stuff in college was more as a returner. But this is cool to see Aaron, Mike reunited, back it together in Pittsburgh, having a chance to show us what they're going to be able to do. But, yeah, all four guys, opportunity to play, get the ball out of their hands quickly, which is a big part of what Mike's system is. And I know Tone's excited to see what the Steelers are going to be able to do this year, I'm sure.

45:15Pat McAfee:Yeah, certainly excited. Last night you got a lot of Jensers excited, not only about this year, but the future. Because if this is what these quarterbacks are doing in this offense, cannot wait to see what Aaron does in an offense that he potentially helps create in this entirety. And then also with DK and Pittman and Mount Worshink and Friarmuth with his incredibly girthy. Yeah, sure. I think that's a good word. Yeah. Girthy hips to knees. Dents. Hamhocks. They got to be fake. He's got to be getting BBLs in his quads, hamstrings, and his ass cheek. Maybe. Kirk, I've never been more whole. DK Metcalf and him walked up next to each other.

45:58Pat McAfee:That's my first time seeing DK in real life, too. So, obviously, you see DK and it's like.

46:02AJ Hawk:Different. that's a different person there.

46:04Pat McAfee:And then he's just like, hmm, having a good time. He ate ten things of ice cream last night. It's like, good for you, DK. Good for you, DK. You're unbelievable. He's awesome, by the way. DK is hilarious. I didn't know DK Metcalf was hilarious like that. I don't think we've ever done that. But it was hard not to just stare at what Fryermuth had going on. And then you look at the rest of the Steelers coming off the bus. The Steelers are like the Cowboys of old. And I know McCarthy used to be Dallas Cowboys coach, and I'm not trying to tie them together because I'm talking about pre-McCarthy. I'm talking about way back.

46:33Pat McAfee:The Dallas Cowboys getting off the bus used to just be a gigantic crew. That's what they are. That is what the Pittsburgh Steelers are at least looking for or becoming. There's a chance that that big physical, especially with an offensive style that can attack, maybe the Steelers go, you know? Look out.

46:48AJ Hawk:Bro, I think last time we talked, we talked about the AFC North and just how exciting of a division this is going to be this year. With Burrow's team healthy, they picked up a few pieces on the defensive side of the ball with big decks. We know what he can do. Jonathan Allen came over, almost a forgotten commodity there on the inside as well. So their defense, which was a sieve last year, they should be a lot better. If you can keep Burrow upright, you think about the Bengals and the firepower they have. Of course, Baltimore is always going to be a factor, even though you've got a new regime there and Jesse Menner taking over.

47:19AJ Hawk:But Lamar is there. So I think it's going to be a blast to watch that division this year.

47:23Pat McAfee:All of football is about to be amazing this year. Biggest, best year of all time for all of ball cannot wait. and maybe the Steelers do go on a run. And Tone, everything you were saying was like, yep, yep, yep. But you mentioned another guy there with Joey B being back in it. Go ahead, Tone. Yeah, Herbie, we always talk about the Bengals and their slow start. So I wanted to go back and see actually what it was. Oh, boy. Oh, boy. 19, they started 0-11. That's a slow start. Yeah. 20 was 0-2. 22 was 0-2. 23 was 0-2. 24 was 0-3. Last year they actually started 2-0, but it was an ugly win against the Browns and the Jags.

47:58but still 2-0 last year. Now they're playing guys in the preseason. They didn't look great last night. Joe Burrow did some good things. They did some bad things. But what do you feel? How do you feel about the Bengals and their slow starts and then deciding to now the last couple years play guys in preseason?

48:13AJ Hawk:Well, I don't know if anybody, including the head coach, Zach Taylor, can really put his finger on it. He's emphasized it. I've talked with him about it. I mean, it's been a huge emphasis with some of the veterans. It's almost like it's become a mental thing where you get into a rut. You're trying so hard. you know you try to sometimes you press a bit when you're trying so hard to do some things I think it's really about just trying to stay healthy um and I think a lot of these players that were younger three or four years ago are now veterans they've been around they understand the importance of coming together working not just in camp like you said maybe getting some more action in the actual uh preseason games try to get their rhythm established um it's not like you said last night they looked great but this offense I think is going to be fine the real issue is has been with the Bengals has always been about two areas.

49:00AJ Hawk:It's been the defense and being consistent. Really haven't had a great defense since that Super Bowl run in 21. And then the other thing is the offensive line. Do they have a cohesive unit that can stay healthy and hold right here? Can they keep him upright? Can they take care of him? Can they establish a run to take some of the pressure off of him? You watch sometimes these Bengals and it's like pass, pass, pass, pass because they can't establish the run game with the offensive line. So the offensive line is a big key. And then the moves that they made on the defensive line and the back end at safety, can they become a more consistent bunch?

49:37AJ Hawk:That would help them, I think. I haven't looked at the schedule to see how they start and who the teams are. But I know with Zach, I know it's always been a priority. They just haven't been able to get it going.

49:47Pat McAfee:Yeah, and you talk about the offensive line play, and we're seeing Joey Burrow on the ground in the first preseason game.

49:51AJ Hawk:No, we don't like that.

49:53Pat McAfee:Did you see the video from the sideline?

49:57AJ Hawk:Already? I did not see this. Dude, come on. This is from Joey DiBertino. Okay. He knows. Joey DiBertino here says, hey, nothing to see here, but maybe he's just trying to get a little bit more flexible, which he is, but we saw him hit the ground. He got hit again. It's like this is a constant problem for Joey Burrow. I would like to see him be protected. Because we know, just like Goff up in Detroit, if you're able to get Joey, he can make.

50:29Pat McAfee:I mean, he is an actual assassin. And with the weapon that they have, he can do it. But with the money they spend everywhere, and I think they've tried to get better at the offensive line, he just missed.

50:40AJ Hawk:Pat, cut to that shot again with that Paisan that had the. Look what he says. He says he's stretching out his left foot that he had surgery on. That's the right foot. Joey, the bag of contents. knows that, you know, there's... He was finishing with the left. By the way, how about the kicks there on Joey B there? Yeah, pretty clean. He always looks cool. He does always look cool. Which is why we like... I think it'd be great. You imagine the year he could have if he dropped back and had time to throw and it had a running game? And I never want to see this again. I don't want to see anything like that.

51:13You might. TV shows. No, I don't want to see any... It's not TV. It's social media. We got to talk about that.

51:18Pat McAfee:It's just social media stuff where they're saying it's okay to maybe potentially showcase if the lads are in love. Okay? Maybe it's okay to be able to do that. That has been announced that it is okay for them to showcase that they're in love. Okay? That's what the NFL social media team. Not my quarterback. More smooching, huh? Not my quarterback. It's not more smooching. The smooching has always been happening. Now they're just saying, hey, we should maybe let people know that they're doing smooching. Why don't you guys smooch on the sidelines? That sounds like that's what they're doing. What are you talking about?

51:49What are you talking about? The game I love. It's not about the game. What game? Love? Are you talking about the game of love? No, the game we love.

51:57Kirk Herbstreit:NFL football. There was a report this morning that the NFL is promoting WAG's-like content, allegedly. Smooching. Smooch ball is what they're calling it.

52:07Pat McAfee:So we thought this was all a setup. We see Herbert and B are doing a thing. It's like, oh, they're doing a reality TV show. This is obvious. They're doing this. This is all a setup. Turns out that's not what it is at all. The way the NFL is talking about it, we certainly have allowed a little bit more freedom on showcasing if people were in love a little bit. And Connor hates it. Ty's disgusting.

52:33AJ Hawk:Probably AJ's idea. In high school football, if AJ Hawk walked down the hallway with if he had a girlfriend in high school and our coach saw him walking with a girl, he would get his head smacked. across... Dudes only! You weren't allowed that. Is that what he was saying? I just watched it happen to Gary Bertier the other night. He was on the phone with his girlfriend and he said, I love you, Sugar Plum, or whatever. Oh, he's cupcaking over there? Yeah, they all razzed him. Yeah, can't have it. Yeah, at least he could be cupcaking. National Football League! I'm not a fan. Wow! You don't say, Herbie.

53:10You never would have known. Never would have known. If we had to put a vote on if you would have been a fan of smooching on social or not. Are you a fan? Me? He loves love. Of smooch ball? No.

53:23AJ Hawk:I love love off the practice field. I love love, but not... In my mind, if he plays good and wins sweet, if they lose, it's going to get, you know. This guy, instead of getting extra reps... He's smooching all training camp. That's all I think about with anything.

53:39Pat McAfee:Because you can be who you can afford to be, you know? All this stuff only gets brought up if you don't perform well. Like, if the Chargers do what they did to the Texans last night, do that to everybody, and this offense is just, like, absolutely outrageous, I think it'll be a, hey, listen, you saw who she was. I mean, you don't think he's going to play better with that lady? That's what the reaction is going to be. If he doesn't and they continue to do what the Chargers have done with Justin Herbert there and not make it, it's like, this guy hasn't made it. Well, yeah. This guy.

54:07AJ Hawk:He's good. Yeah.

54:08Pat McAfee:That's just what, as soon as I see those videos, that's my first thought. It's like, man, you're going to get killed for this. they are going to get absolutely killed for that.

54:14AJ Hawk:But don't you get killed for everything? Yeah. Or you got to play well. That's not true. If you don't play well, aren't they going to – it's always something, right?

54:23Pat McAfee:Yeah, we'll certainly find it. But if you're smooching out there on a field, there's certainly – what I think is you're just giving people ammo. You're asking for it. I potentially think you're giving people ammo. Not that I'm somebody who doesn't give people ammo.

54:33AJ Hawk:So the fam used to come over to the Colts practice, and you guys would smooch it out after a practice?

54:38Pat McAfee:There was like a bleachers area, I think, you know, where the family was. and then they would let their kids... Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's totally different. I'm talking about... Sit down, rub each other's heads. Yeah, I understand what you're saying. Was Peyton Manning doing that? Was Tom Brady doing that? No. Aaron Rodgers doing that? No. We don't even know. What's that? We don't even know what? We don't even know what the guys at the Way Pass would have said about all this. Dick Buckus, was he doing that? Buckus was freaking Frank Tarkenton. Was Tarkenton doing this? You think Tarkenton, Madison Beer, and Tarkenton are potentially dating ever?

55:10Had she been around when Tarkington was playing? Yeah. Can we push the break a couple minutes, please? I have a couple more questions for Kurt Kerb Sheehan. Is Bart Starr and Marilyn Monroe? Yeah, I think Joe, are we going to start naming all the greats? Hollywood Joe kept it off the field. Oh, did he? I don't know. He didn't tell he was done playing. Yeah, he waited until he was retired.

55:33AJ Hawk:Okay, I just want to let everybody know. You imagine Joe with TikTok and Twitter and all our ex. You imagine Broadway Joe. No. Yeah, I can't. Which is why we can't be comparing them. You know, that's the entire conversation. Just a whole different universe living in. He'd be at the white parties. Versus now. I don't think, yeah. Boy, Joe would probably be breaking glass panes with his head. Yeah. So excited. At those Rubin parties. Sorry, super duper white parties. Having a good time. No, dressed in white parties. Are you involved in that? The all white parties? Come on, Herbie. Herbie, Herbie, Herbie.

56:09Herbie, weren't you? there we're happy everybody's having a good time though we're happy everybody's having a good time whatever you need to do to have a good time you do it now if you suck they're gonna hold all this against you so yeah i'm agreed i'm happy beer bert are in love yep but if justin does not do great they're gonna kill him for it now on that note i'm not praying on it i think people changed a little bit you know as they learn more potentially about herbert's lady on the internet from my understand the initial reaction what way what do you mean there's a surprise he even made it to practice yeah there was a second wave of people that were like okay yeah you know what maybe herbert can get excited that he gets to see her you know for the first time in about a week or so

56:48Pat McAfee:so if he wins it's great if he doesn't they'll attack him but i love love and it's not a reality show which we thought we were getting gimmicked into it's not it's just a social thing so we'll see now we move on let's talk about the second biggest sport in the united states of america go ahead con man yeah herby good to see uh uh your hat right there says texas across the front and i am in just a blind faith believer in arch manning but then every single time i go on you know some sort of accounts on x or instagram i'm seeing that they're dying to hate him they're dying to hate him all i see is that he's the most overrated player in the history of college football where do you stand on that should i just have blind faith that he's going to be the number one overall pick and texas is going to make a run at the whole damn thing or what is kind of your entire viewpoint of Texas football and specifically Arch Manning, the quarterback?

57:35AJ Hawk:Well, it's like round two, right? I mean, I think the experience of this last year without playing a whole lot of ball and then being thrust into that spotlight and the expectations that came with that, with that last name, and then he has that performance in Columbus and everybody's like, oh, he's terrible. I knew it all. It's just unfortunately, that's why Cooper, his dad, and his entire family, they tried throughout the recruiting process and even when he was a backup, they just tried to like please he hasn't earned anything don't talk about it they did everything they could but then once he went out there it it was what it was and I personally think what he went through a year ago will not only benefit him this year because now he's kind of experienced that all that hate even though he didn't deserve it didn't ask for it but I think it's going to really benefit him in a long run in the NFL because a lot of these guys that leave college they don't go through this you know they don't go through that adversity they're superstars and they go up to the NFL and all of a sudden, boom, they have to deal with it.

58:31AJ Hawk:And a lot of them freak out about it. Boy, Arch Manning dealt with more than I've ever seen a college quarterback deal with in just that first year. So you come back round two, a little bit more weather. They told him to throw that high. They told him to throw that ball high in the drill. I watched this video last night. I'm with you. Honestly, I think, Connor, that he's got a chance. And I think with Sark knowing now what he does well, where he's still kind of growing, The pieces around him, they got Ohio State early. You're talking about a massive game for both of those teams, just like it was last year.

59:06AJ Hawk:They brought the kid over from Auburn who's just an absolute – he's the closest thing to probably a George Pickens in the NFL that I think we have in a college game. Those two are going to have a big year. I think the kid's experience last year, the hate that he dealt with, I'd be shocked if he and Texas don't have a big year. I'm with you.

59:28Pat McAfee:I cannot wait for the college football season to get started. Obviously, we kicked things off down in Baton Rouge with Lane Kiffin and LSU hosting Clemson. Cannot wait to get back on the road. We're coming up on a hard out here in about two minutes, but we'd be remiss if we didn't bring up a huge night last night. Yeah, Herbie, just curious on your thoughts on the Feel the Dreams game. Saw you tweeted about it, and as I was watching it, I was just thinking, man, this is something just tugging at Kirk Herbstreit's heartstrings. I knew you'd love it. Did you watch much of it, and just what did you think overall?

59:57AJ Hawk:I wish we had more games there. I agree. I think it's – you know, the fact we only get one, it does make it special. And there's just something about when those legends come out, you know, that's powerful. Like, if you're a baseball guy, like you grew up loving this sport, and you see – first of all, I love the movie. and to see those guys. I mean, look at that. Look at the fence, the corn. I mean, it's just perfect. Yeah, that would have been a great photo for that guy to have for the rest of his life. Rest of his life. Robbing a home run in front of the corn, mountain dew right there. Mountain dew right there.

1:00:37Instead, you kind of boom, you knock it over for Kyle Schwarbo to have a two-home run night into the corn.

1:00:42Pat McAfee:Good for Schwarbo, by the way. Ohio guy, Midwestern guy. Oh, my God. Having a night in the corn like that. obviously baseball royalty at this point. So good for you getting back into baseball a little bit, Kirk, because we know you quit the game. All right. Uh-oh.

1:00:57AJ Hawk:Oh, he stood up too. Good. I like to see that back. All right. This is Joe Morgan. Looks good. And that's Johnny Bench. You ever heard of those two guys? The damn – can you see it? Yeah, there it is. That's better. Yeah, we can. That's sick. Now we got it. See, I'm just telling you guys, like, when you grow up with that, When you grow up with that? I'll tell you what, though. Listen, the Reds got in a fight. It's the greatest thing I've ever seen from this era of Reds team. They showed a little bit of fight last night. They came in on your guy, Sal Stewart, twice. Hit him in the helmet on the second.

1:01:36AJ Hawk:Can't be doing that. Huh? Can't be beating Sal Stewart in the head. Not in Cincinnati. He's going 95 at the Dome. Like that one, he kind of looked at him like, bro, are we good here? Like, what's going on? Very, look at Tal Stewart's face. Like, yeesh. What's going on here? Very next pitch. Hits him right in the head. All right, we're out of here, Kirk. You're the man. Hour two on the other side. Goodbye.

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1:03:06Football! Hey, it's the greatest. That's AJ Hawk. AJ, Centerville, Ohio.

1:03:12Pat McAfee:Centerville Elk legend. Yeah. Absolute legend. Physical specimen coming out of Centerville, Ohio. Mm-hmm. We're about to talk to maybe the biggest monster to ever come from any state, but definitely from what we've seen out of Ohio. We have never talked to the table at Boston Conner and at Ty Schmidt. One half of the hammer. Done. Cowboys AP tone. In the back, Bruce Brown back there next to Foxy. Obviously got Nick and Gumpy. Bruce Brown and I are normally initiated into kind of these commitment group text messages. I'll tell you what, we've never had a guy or a player or family say, we don't know what position we should put him at, you know?

1:03:53Pat McAfee:I guess just put athlete in there? I don't know. Just put athlete in there? Sure. Well, athlete. So what's that mean? like he plays wide receiver or like something like that. No, this guy's 6 '2", 238 pounds. Okay? 41 times he did the 225. This guy's in high school. This guy is a high schooler in a town near you in Ohio. Okay? And potentially a college near you. Massillon, is that the name of the school, A.J. Hawk? You could say Massillon. Massillon. Okay. Massillon high school legend. A man who might be the strongest, toughest, baddest Ohioan in the history of the state of Ohio, which has a long, long list of absolute dogs.

1:04:41Ladies and gentlemen, to make his announcement of where he will be playing football at next, in Maslin High School, the Maslin Washington Tiger, Brayton Feaster. Yeah, Brady!

1:04:57Pat McAfee:How you doing, dude? I'm doing good. How y 'all doing? I appreciate y 'all for having me. I don't know if you heard my entire intro right there. I'll tell you, I should have expected that head. AJ, look at the head on this guy. Literally, look at this. Watch his clips. Watch everything. Yeah, absolute killer. Yeah, unbelievable respect for your game, sir. Yeah, so it wasn't just, hey, we're going to be an athlete. He decided, let's do a linebacker and running back as well. Okay, so then you start watching these clips. And I'm sorry I'm going to force you to watch these alongside of us, but what you do on the field is outrageous, sir.

1:05:28Okay, and we are honored that we get a chance to be a part of your big day where you're going to be announcing who you will be blessing on the football field next.

1:05:36Pat McAfee:And just learning about you and knowing that you're from Ohio and obviously with the way you play. And A.J. had like 30 touchdowns or something as a running back in high school at Centerville as well. So just knowing that we potentially have the next A.J. Hawk who might be bigger, stronger, and faster and tougher somehow. is just an honor for us. So please know that we're very thankful that you chose to do this on our show, Brayton. And to Dad, Bo, great name, Bo Feaster. Love everything about you, sir. Love the tie. Love what you did there. Mom, Mikey. Brother, Bryden. Sister, Braley. Who else do we have over there with you, Brayton?

1:06:11We got the grandparents. Mom's mom and dad. Dad's mom and dad. And then we got Coach Moore, head coach. Got Coach Kent, defensive coordinator.

1:06:20Pat McAfee:Okay, so we got an entire squad here. Great to see you all. Thank you all for what you've done for Brayton Brayton with your numbers and seemingly being a 45 year old man already at the age of 18 When did the recruiting process start for you and how has it gone? I started young as a freshman It was a lot of Mac coming in first and then it started kicking off after that, but it's gone. It's gone really well I've been very incredibly blessed to be in position. I am a lot of kids don't get this kind of stuff So I'm very blessed and very grateful for where I'm at. Classic Ohio. Obviously, we'd expect nothing less there.

1:06:54Pat McAfee:Love that the entire family's with you. Love that this process has gone the way it's gone. Obviously, we see Ohio State there. Cal, Oregon, Georgia. Could have a hat under the table, too. Classic Ohio. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Oh, look, who knows? He just said, who knows? You never know. Well, Brayton, we appreciate you for allowing us to be a part of this. And if you want to let the world know where you'll be playing football at, next uh we'd love to hear it man congrats absolutely um first off i just want to thank everybody who's been a part of my process uh family friends uh grandparents anybody coaches staff everybody's played a huge role community um so i wouldn't be where i am today without everybody uh without the motivation um just being a young hometown kid uh just showing everybody that it's possible no matter where you come social status ethnicity nothing matters as long as you put the working, keep showing up every day.

1:07:47You can be in the position that I am. I'm just awesome and incredibly blessed to be a beacon of light for those kind of kids. So with that being said, I'm going to take my talents the next four to five years now with a new role to the University of... Oh! Oh, no! Oh, under the table. Oh, no. Oh, that look, one particular color did not.

1:08:12Kirk Herbstreit:University of Oregon. Wow! Wow! Dan Lanning goes into Ohio and pulls a 6 '2", 238-pound, 4 '4", running, 41, 225-pound bench presser to Eugene, Oregon. What a swing. What a play.

1:08:33Pat McAfee:Brayton, I know you want to celebrate with the people that are there. I know there's a bunch of people behind this camera as well here to celebrate you. So if you could just tell us why you inevitably ended up choosing Dan Lanning in the Oregon Ducks. And also, who is the 6 '14 guy over your right shoulder back there? That's my little brother. Oh, Jesus. What? Okay. Go ahead. But ultimately, I chose the Ducks because from day one, it's been nothing but consistency. From the mid-last step on campus, it's felt like home. Coach Lanning, Coach B. Mike, every coach on the staff, I mean, everybody showed with a passion that I'm their guy.

1:09:14I'm just excited to take that to the next step, come in as a freshman and, you know, compete and show them why, you know, I'm the best out there.

1:09:21Pat McAfee:Hey, Bo, how do you feel about the boy, obviously, traveling to Eugene? We love it up there. Every time we've gone up there, we've had a spectacular time. Obviously, Dan Lanning and the culture and the facilities are spectacular, but Ohio State, I don't know what the family's ties are. This feels like a big swing for Dan Lanning. This feels like a huge win. How do you feel, Dad, about the entire process and how we landed here? I mean, it's Grayton's journey. Ultimately, it was his decision. I support that decision. He put in the work his entire life. I had these guys grinding, preparing to be Spartans since they were three, four years old.

1:09:54It wasn't easy at times, I'm sure, the way that I pushed them. But ultimately, I'm extremely proud of this young man, and I look forward to his future. That could have been anywhere in the world. But as of now, Oregon, Dad, congratulations, son. I'm proud of you. Hell yeah, Bo. Hell yeah. Bo, it looks like you maybe lift a little bit, too. You know, it looks like we still get after it a little bit, Bo. We classic Ohio guys still or what?

1:10:19Pat McAfee:Oh, he can't hear us because they're clapping. Bo, you still get after it in the gym? So, I used to try and keep up or I would say stay in front of the boys. I got hurt a few times trying to do that. So, now when he goes up a couple plates, I stay where I'm at. Okay, I like that. They're still in there, though, mixing it up. They still need to know that dad can still whoop that ass if we had to. I like that. I do. I like that a lot. Mikey, Mom, how do we feel about Dan Lanning and the staff up there taking care of your boy for the next four to five years, which I like, by the way. Normally everybody says three to four years.

1:10:53Pat McAfee:You saying four to five years is a cool thing. You know, a little chess player coming from the Ohio, you know, absolute meathead dog out there. But, Mom, how do we feel about Eugene being the next stop for your boy? I feel completely blessed. I'm so excited that our son gets to spend the next four to five years over there with Dan and Coach B. Mike. We have gotten to know them extremely well. They're amazing people. Their wives are amazing. The kids are amazing out there. I wouldn't want, honestly, any other coaches to take care of my child while he's clear across the country, you know, like 10 ,000 miles in two, four hour flights.

1:11:28So I honestly wouldn't leave him in anybody else's hands. I'll tell you what, that layover, you got to count that time too. Dan doesn't like bringing that up, but there is a layover time as well. And we get a couple tackles, and maybe we negotiate out of those layovers as well.

1:11:40Pat McAfee:I think they have a couple of those birds up there. Congratulations, man. We can't wait to watch your journey. You being 238 right now, I mean, you put on 15, 20. Athlete, linebacker, running back. I'm excited to see what you become, dude. You're a football player, and we know you're going to be raising hell everywhere that you go. Congratulations on today, and enjoy all of it. You're playing against high schoolers soon? yeah so we're gonna go get after it no go bring on home state championship and mr ohio so let's do it okay hey yeah no big deal like that good luck and good luck to the uh whoever the hell has to play this guy yeah the other team and the brother geez all right boys see you later congratulations to the entire feaster family and team you're the best good luck out there brayton um okay aj crazy aj get you out of uh ohio That's a hawk.

1:12:33That's going to be two four-hour flights. Get out of there. How are you not getting that? What the hell is going on, AJ? He is you. You should have been in the living room. Come on. I never have ever looked or ran or moved anything like him. He's an absolute freak of nature. I've been seeing his clips for years. So, yes, you can't get them all, I guess, at Ohio State. But, man, I'm looking forward to watching him play, though.

1:12:53Pat McAfee:He's a good Ohio lad. It does appear. And I'll tell you, the recruiting announcements on our show and commitment announcement on our show, good times, good moments. I'm excited for the little brother as well as the entire team. Dad still got it as well. Yeah, very excited for the little brother. That kind of stole the show for me and Ty. We were actually just looking at each other like that guy has to be his, you know, 30-year-old older brother who's just part of the family still and hanging out. No, it turns out that guy's probably 14, in Ohio 14, if you will. And we'll probably see him come in on the program at some point too.

1:13:26But him staying four to five years I thought was cool. You brought that up. That's a very new thing. I think the way his mother even talked just about Dan Lanning is very endearing to the point. Like, yeah, there's no other people I want to take care and watch over my son. I think that says a lot about the Oregon football program as a whole. But, yeah, that guy's going to be unbelievable to watch. We kind of had a debate earlier. Like, he is going to put on 15 pounds. So, is he going to play? He's rushing to pass. Yeah. Is he playing D-end? Is he playing linebacker? Is he playing D-tackle? Is he playing fullback?

1:13:56Is he Aaron Donald? Yeah.

1:13:57Pat McAfee:I think he's rushing to pass, AJ. He's 18. He's 6 '2", 238. He's got a 42-inch vertical. He's explosive as hell. He is, I assume, very – I assume we've got some real wiggle, good hands. And he finishes through the ground with all the highlights. I assume he's going to end up getting to the quarterback. It's just my natural reaction, AJ. What are your thoughts? Yeah, I think you could plug and play anywhere. But imagine him with the force this guy he has. Like, imagine him with a running start, a five-yard running start, blitzing the A-gap on somebody. But good luck if you're a poor back trying to step up in the hole and block him.

1:14:32I think they're going to try to cut him over and over again in high school, and he's going to jump over him and get some sacks.

1:14:37Pat McAfee:Yeah, I assume that's going to have to happen to all big, fast, strong guys. And 4-4, while we cut, I guess, have him out in space. Put him at tight end. He looks like a long-lost Bosa brother. Legit. That guy looks like he is meant to be on the edge. I mean, just think about him with a tackle. Obviously, tackles are unique freaks as well. But, I mean, he's got the wiggle. he's got that here's him jumping okay whenever they do like uh they do yeah just off the mat yeah he floated and i don't know if you saw that he's 240 pounds this guy and then there's a high school lift i guess it's uh 185 instead of 225 50 times he was obviously just how you doing keep him moving then you look at his dad i was really hard on these guys for a long time i appreciate them taking coaching three four years old hey that guy had him in the gym in the morning hey let's go we gotta get strong we gotta get to a quarterback here okay we're either tackling or scoring touchdowns here we need to make that happen no nonsense classic ohio family right there i love everything about it his brother bryden six four okay six four yeah he plays ball yeah he's class uh 20 he's a 3.0 gpa by the way we'd like to let you know that as he goes out there okay so maybe what's that six four that's great what is he 14 15 years old 16 yeah and his neck is already wider than his jaw.

1:15:50That's insane. I think we know where that guy's probably going to be, if I had to guess. I think he's probably doing this one. He might be a Kelsey brother. He's the edge. He might be the long loss. He might be a tight end. Let's move away from that. Maybe join in this guy's team. Last night, a beautiful display of ball for the brand new

1:16:09Pat McAfee:Pittsburgh Steelers, who are under the leadership of a man from Greenfield. Ladies and gentlemen, this guy is a Super Bowl champion. He's been a head coach of the Green Bay Packers, the Dallas Cowboys, and now the Pittsburgh Steelers. Fresh off a night whereby saying, hey, this guy might actually be able to coach the quarterback a little bit. All three quarterbacks had all-pro type nights for the Pittsburgh Steelers last night. Ladies and gentlemen, calling the plays, Mike McCarthy. Yeah, coach! How you doing?

1:16:38Kirk Herbstreit:Hey, gentlemen. How we doing? It's good to see everybody. AJ looking slick, high and tight. You're looking good, coach.

1:16:45Pat McAfee:Hey, you look good, too. Look at that beard. Nice chin. How was last night? Hey, how was last night for you? I thought it was potentially going to be emotional walking out of that tunnel, even though it was a preseason game. Being the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach, I think to you, means a lot. Last night, first time kind of walking out there. What was it like for you, and did you have any different feelings than you've had? Obviously, you've been a head coach for 100 years now, but did last night feel different than another preseason game?

1:17:09Kirk Herbstreit:Oh, definitely, without a doubt. I mean, it was a very heavy day, all day emotionally. But it was great to get started. You know, you always reflect back to April, everything that goes into getting ready to play that first game. But, yes, personally, it was very emotional. Did you cry? Did you drop some tears last night? Did you walk out there and say, you know what?

1:17:30Pat McAfee:Three miles from here. That's where I was. Was there any tears last night? Was there any conversations or moments? And last night after the game, before we dive into the game, when you put your head on that pillow, big pillow. Huge. Huge pillow. It's a head coach at Pittsburgh Steelers. A firm pillow to keep that head on. Yeah, because the head, big brain in here. That's a big pillow. When you lay that thing down there, do you go, I'm the head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. How often do you have those moments? Are you doing any of that?

1:17:57Kirk Herbstreit:I mean, you asked me to come on and talk about quarterback play. I could get this abusive back home. No, I can't. What?

1:18:04Pat McAfee:Heavy is the crime. Heavy is the head, I'm sorry. Where's the crime? You're Pittsburgh Steelers head coach. I'm just trying to see if you still have that feeling of like, this is the Pittsburgh Steelers, because it was very obvious whenever you got signed, it was like a huge deal to you. Do you still have that right now? Or are you in the middle of a working job like, hey, we got to get this team good. Who cares about where we are right now?

1:18:25Kirk Herbstreit:Oh, definitely. No, it's not lost to me at all. I mean, every day is a reminder of this great opportunity. I mean, growing up here and being, you know, a huge fan of the black and gold, now we're it. I mean, Aaron and I were talking in pregame about just how special, you know, that, you know, last night was, you know, for the start of it. But yeah, trust me, it's not lost. There's reminders all the time. I mean, it's every day going to work. I mean, I walk and drive the streets that I grew up on. So being back here, it's incredible. It's incredible for our family. And we thoroughly enjoyed last night, just the experience.

1:19:02Kirk Herbstreit:Very thankful for it.

1:19:03Pat McAfee:Hell yeah. I'm happy to hear that because that has kind of been very obvious since you got the gig, I think, to all Yenzers everywhere. The Ingers have been pumped up and excited to see what your team looks like. And guess what? Hey, we passed the test last night with 100 different quarterbacks. I mean, it felt like last night was all systems go for your offense. How should we be taking away what last night was as a first preseason game, but also our first time getting to see you with the Pittsburgh Steelers, young quarterbacks potentially of the future after Aaron's done?

1:19:32Kirk Herbstreit:Well, big picture. I mean, it's definitely preseason football. So as we know, and obviously you playing in the NFL, understand this. There's so many different things you're trying to accomplish in the preseason. So I thought we got off to a good start there. But from the quarterback position, I've been saying all along, this is an outstanding room with the Hall of Famer, Aaron Rodgers. But I've been nothing but impressed from really early in the spring with Mason Rudolph. off and I was excited to see him play and take those first reps. And, you know, I thought he had a hell of a night. And then you got your two young guys.

1:20:11Kirk Herbstreit:I mean, Will Hire's been waiting for this opportunity for over a year. So it was great to get Will out there. And he had some tough preseason situations, which always happened. Things are not always clean. And then he responded with a great two-minute drive. So that was excellent. And then, you know, Drew had a huge second half. So, you know, I think it's clearly a performance that we can build off of as a quarterback room. But this is a hell of a room. I'm really excited about these guys.

1:20:39Pat McAfee:Last question for me before AJ has one for you and a couple of the boys who we know you have to get back to work. We appreciate you taking the time. You know, we saw Drew Aller in his biggest game at Penn State whenever he was taking on Oregon. No, who was it? The playoff game. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Oh, yeah, yeah. And we saw the moment. It was the last play that he had of the season. after he was potentially being crowned the next guy. And he made a bad decision. And then that obviously got very loud. But everybody that was around him said, this guy's a guy. This guy's a guy. He's big. He's strong.

1:21:09Pat McAfee:He's fast. He loves you. He is a quarterback. He is what he is. But obviously he saw some things his last year at Penn State didn't go great. You know, it is what it is. You guys draft him. Everybody thinks it's a huge, this is a surprise that the Pittsburgh Steelers draft him. And then we see you working with him, like, in the first couple days, and everybody's like, hold the phone. Mike McCarthy gets a chance to basically mold a 6 '5 guy who has all the capability. Do you view it like that? Like whenever you get a chance to work with him, somebody that everybody knows the immense upside, like the size, the athleticism, the arm, everything.

1:21:42Pat McAfee:How do you view it when you first start working with a quarterback like Drew? And where are we in that entire process? And I think we say the same thing about Will, too, is you have to decide about these younger quarterbacks. But at some point, can you just tell me about that process and development of the quarterback? because all anybody says is, well, it's McCarthy just taking care of these guys. What does that mean exactly?

1:22:01Kirk Herbstreit:Well, I wouldn't say that. That's kind of those are kind of words. I mean, first and foremost, if we go back to the draft process, when we drafted Drew, we felt like we were getting a first-round pick. Just the value that our personnel department had on him coming out of his junior year and just sit there and listen to all the reports and just as you talked about the timeline of his career and what happened this senior year. He had the injury and so forth. And all that's holding true. And Will Howard, you look at the way he finished the college football series. So you've got two excellent young guys here.

1:22:37Kirk Herbstreit:I mean, we have a quarterback process that definitely works. I mean, Tom Hart does an incredible job. I think you clearly have to recognize the quarterback coach in this process. Tom's the guy that's – our offices are next to each other. He's in there every day, bright and early. We've got a good plan for these guys. and it's special because you do have Aaron in the room that's able to, frankly, say the things before you can even get them out of your mouth. It's a lot like parenting because when you have kids and you tell them to do something, it's okay, but when you've got a Hall of Famer that tells them to do it, it obviously carries a different tone to it.

1:23:15Kirk Herbstreit:So it's a really good room. These two young guys are blessed to have the asset of knowledge and experience that Aaron's very forthcoming with. And it's a quarterback process that Tom Marf is doing an excellent job from his part of it. And, you know, it's just something I've been a part of for over 30 years. And it's a system that works. And these two young guys are doing a hell of a job.

1:23:40Pat McAfee:And this is why you are the head coach of the Steelers at this exact time. I think that is a part of the story that is going to be told at some point in Yinzer lore. But last night was an exciting start to it all. Go ahead, AJ. Yeah, Coach, I'm just curious, like, all the behind-the-scenes stuff that maybe we don't get to see as fans. This is your first time with this staff, like, in a game-day situation. So how is your, like, what are you guys working on with your communication to game-day operations? Do you guys take this as, like, a big opportunity to work on all the little things that we may not see?

1:24:10Kirk Herbstreit:That's a great question because, you know, we were really challenged last night. Our ace, you know, Steve Skarniecki, he just had a medical situation that he was attended to, so he's my chief of staff, and he's the guy that's in charge of everything, especially the little things. So it was a challenging opportunity for us as a coaching staff, football operations, and especially being the first game out the door. So there was a lot of running around, frankly, behind the scenes and making sure we had everything buttoned up. And you're trying to do what's best for our football team, our program. You know, it's easy to come into an established organization and just, you know, change the date on this is how I've done it.

1:24:56Kirk Herbstreit:This is how we do it. But also, this is Pittsburgh. This is the Pittsburgh Steelers. There's a lot in place that, you know, goes back, you know, generations. And, you know, I'm very mindful of that and how we, you know, do all the little things that lead up to a game. And so that part of it is fun. You know, there's things that we'll correct and, you know, change up for next week. But, you know, it was great to get that first home game win because, you know, winning is important. I know it's only the preseason, but, you know, you have to learn to win again. And that's something that's true each and every year.

1:25:32Pat McAfee:Yeah, a lot different bus ride home, you know, just as a metaphor, after a dub as opposed to a loss. You know, not that you got to—

1:25:38Kirk Herbstreit:I had the ultimate ride home last night. I just—I had a police escort. So, I mean, I think I made it to, I think I made it home in about seven minutes. Look at this. This is what it's like, though. Only if you win. This is what we're talking about. This is Yinzer, this is Yinzer King stuff. You know, Bill Karr, you should see Karr. They do that for Karr already right now. No doubt. Yeah, no doubt. It's a special place. Special place. Look at you getting police escort back to the house. Hell yeah. So, Jackie. Hey, welcome back. Hey, go win, Mikey. Like Elvis. Grab a Peroni. Go win, Mikey. Come on in.

1:26:12A Peroni. Whatever. I don't know what they're called. Hey, Tony has the last question for you, Coach. Yeah, Coach, obviously it was a great night, but you and I both know when we sit down, we watched the All-22 today. It wasn't all candy and rainbows last night. So what do you think when we sit down today, me and you together, we're going to see that we need to work on coming up here in the future?

1:26:31Kirk Herbstreit:All the little things. I mean, you can start with the fundamentals. I mean, that's always the case. I think the big one that jumps out at you is the penalties. You know, this is really a normal process. I know my personal experience, when you get out there and you want to be ultra competitive and once you're placed down to physicality and, you know, you get down to, you know, how you're performing at the whistle. So we'll definitely, we have some reviewing there that will take the time to go through it. But, yeah, the fundamentals is really the thing that always comes out of these games. So, you know, it starts in the trenches and we call it the Steeler Six, you know, the Steeler way of doing fundamentals.

1:27:10Kirk Herbstreit:So that's what we'll be highlighting when we get together with the players tomorrow. I didn't see. I didn't pay close enough attention.

1:27:17Pat McAfee:You guys didn't tackle good, right? Was that something? Because you said you guys weren't tackling. How was the tackling last night? Were we looking?

1:27:23Kirk Herbstreit:You're hilarious. That was a big conversation. People weren't happy. Yeah, it was a huge. I don't know. Give me your view. How did we tackle? I don't remember thinking, wow, this is soft football. I don't remember thinking. I do remember thinking about an Iowa guy a couple of times. Yeah, Coach. Well, I got the all-time leading tackler right there, A.J. Hawk. Hey, how did we do? What did you think? I thought you guys did great, especially I think people are worried about the Packers tackling, I think, coming out of that game, not your guys' tackling. No, I did. I thought we got off to a good start in a number of areas, but there's always plenty to do.

1:27:58As a coach, you always like to win,

1:28:02Kirk Herbstreit:but more importantly, it gives you more energy when you take it into the emphasis of being accountable to do it the right way. I love that you said, yeah, all right, so we did tackle good.

1:28:12Pat McAfee:Okay, just so we can put that to bed, he got pretty loud there for a while. Okay, all-time leading tackle for the Green Bay Packers right there. Not me, just so. This guy says, actual last question, and we apologize for taking up your time. Go ahead, Ty. Yeah, Coach, I mean, listen, I'm watching that game last night. I was looking at Caden Weechin, and I obviously knew what he can do. I think a lot of people maybe didn't. I said, God damn, that's a young Randall Cobb out there. And I don't know if you guys drafted him envisioning that, or maybe he was just going to be mostly a return guy, because I think he had maybe more receiving yards last night than he did in four years at Iowa.

1:28:44But is this something that we can maybe envision a little bit more moving forward? Is he going to be heavily involved as a receiver, or is it another one of those things where it's just, hey, it's the preseason, he's a young guy, we wanted to kind of see what he could do out there?

1:28:59Kirk Herbstreit:No, I mean, he definitely has to do more than being a returner. I mean, it's important for your players to always have two jobs. I mean, that's something I firmly believe in philosophically, you know, as far as your offensive, defensive responsibility and your special teams responsibility. So, I mean, I hope to God he could be a Randall Call. Randall Call was an absolute stud for us during his career. But, you know, that was a big play. That was a big play in the game. And, you know, it's a basic five-step drop that we've run a million times. and it was great to see Drew sticking in there on time and to see Caden, you know, obviously, you know, get after it there for a huge play in the game.

1:29:40Yeah, huge play, a lot of explosives. Preseason football has been fun this year. Can't wait to watch your team continue to go. You playing Aaron Rodgers ever? Because I heard you were going to play him. He didn't want to play, right? Remember? That's what I said. That's what I heard.

1:29:51Kirk Herbstreit:Well, hell, just put him on your show again. Jesus Christ.

1:29:57Kirk Herbstreit:I thought we were on the same team here. The head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers here, Coach Mike McCarthy. Thank you. The head coach. Perfect.

1:30:15Jesus Christ. He's the best. He is. He's the absolute best. Can you imagine next time? He's like, hey, Aaron, you got to give me a heads up. You're going on McAfee. You got to hang up and tell me about this. Jeez, Elise. Golly. So I can watch. How about him walking?

1:30:29Pat McAfee:How about him walking off that stage that day, and Aaron's there, right, with DK, I do believe. Yeah, and Mark, yeah. And Mike goes, all right, Aaron, you going on there next? Aaron goes, yeah, I'm about to go. He goes, all right, Aaron, okay, man, good luck. Yeah, whatever. Walks his way, gets in a golf cart. They drive him up to a meeting. Hey, just break down a couple things, just happen to practice. Boom, bang, pow, gets out of the meeting. Did you hear? Everybody's buzzing. About what? What Aaron said on McAfee. And his immediate, what, what? Oh, geez. And then they start reading it off to him.

1:31:01So he didn't say anything about me? No. That team?

1:31:04Kirk Herbstreit:No. Thank God. People are going to be mad about that, though, right? Yeah. All right, let's move along. Let's move along. I need to have a meeting with the senior counsel. Yeah. I think he did. He said we had a meeting with the senior counsel.

1:31:14Pat McAfee:The next day, he was asked about it. He said the locker room's good. Everybody's good. I'm just trying to make the football team better. Burt Lawton put out a statement. There's a lot of different opinions in the locker room. I promise you that, Pittsburgh Steelers. But we are a football team moving forward. I like Burt's statement, too, about it. It was great. He didn't throw Aaron under the bus either, even though Aaron's an adult. Aaron knows exactly what he's saying and what he signed up for. And normally, you know, that'd be a good time or an easy time for a franchise to kind of, you know, just kind of separate themselves.

1:31:43Instead, Burt was like, listen, there's a lot of opinions in the locker room.

1:31:47Pat McAfee:These are adults here. This guy's 40-plus years old, been living on this earth a long time. He has his opinions. He's been through his own thing. I like the way they handled it all, and I do think it brought that team. Close together, for sure. Because the reaction from team whenever Aaron walked off that was big. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, it was not everybody. Okay, not everybody in the roster, not everybody in the locker room, which is what Burt was saying. Like, obviously, there's people that feel differently about that entire thing. But it was like, it felt like the lads were pretty like, man, this guy really, this guy's got big gut sack just to kind of, and Aaron's like, yeah, man, I don't care anymore.

1:32:20Double middle finger. That thing's everywhere. I'm seeing that. That's a great video, great gif. Yeah, that should be used all football season. I'm seeing that GIF absolutely everywhere. And I hope it's used for the good reasons, because just like we were talking about with Beerbert,

1:32:31Pat McAfee:they'll potentially bring that back up if he plays bad. If the Spitzberg Steelers team plays bad, obviously there's going to be a lot of people. That's kind of how it goes. But you see that offense last night, you can't help but think to yourself, when Aaron's in this thing and they got all the guys, if they can protect them, this might be a real team to be a problem with. But on that note, it is preseason game one. Let's move along. We should highlight some highlights, though, should we not? Let's go to the Colts-Patriots game. Spencer Schrader back off a broken leg, torn ACL. I forget what it was.

1:32:59Pat McAfee:He was terrible. Middle of the season, he was great. Hits from 61 yards to tie this thing up. Crazy. In the fourth. Yeah. You want to tie a ball game in the preseason? Of course you do. Send Spence out there. 61 yarder to tie it up. Beautiful work. He and Blake Groupie now have both hit 61 yarders in games for the Colts this preseason game. And they have two kickers that are going to be in the NFL, AJ. And I told the story earlier about some kicker on some team that thinks he gets the job because the other kicker gets fired or whatever on cut day. And then, literally, as you know, he's having lunch, and then he's never going in that back building again because one of these guys, as soon as they get cut, is going to another team.

1:33:39Pat McAfee:Congrats to them. Also, Bryce Boettcher, former baseball player. Did you see this, H? Great player. Oregon? Bryce Boettcher potentially. Brayton Feaster's, you know, kind of filling in what Bryce Boettcher is. in this entire thing. He's a thumper. We love having him on our team. I will let you know that. Is there any Patriots highlights? Uh-uh. But let's go to Will Mallory. Tight end for the Colts. Incredible catch. Incredible show. And Anthony Richardson had a night. Riley Leonard had a night. And this guy right here. Ah, dog. Colts are about to win it all. Okay, that's what I learned last night.

1:34:20Pat McAfee:Tied the AFC champions. A ton of catches. Tied the AFC champions. Not too shabby. I do feel like we're missing a couple great throws from Tommy Tuchin's two cutlets to Kyle Williams. But, yeah, Betcher was damn near the most impressive player, especially out of the rookies last night. Yeah, and Will, this Will fella, Mallory, this is how we're going to use our tight ends this year. I'm pumped. And if he's going to get added into the entire thing, I'm excited about that. First preseason game, tough to see anything, but maybe get a chance to see what some trends are going to be. Let's go to the Titans and the 49ers.

1:34:48Pat McAfee:Obviously, Robert Sala taking his Titans back to the San Francisco 49ers, where he was the defensive coordinator. I love what I'm seeing out of Cam Ward. Hey, Cam Ward and a Brian Dayball offense, we talked about this, might be the perfect match, perfect pairing. What are expectations for the Tennessee Titans? Well, their uniforms are awesome. Yeah, they are. Their uniforms are – I like it. Yeah, I love the uniforms. I love that they got a new stadium coming. I love that there's a new vibe down there. And I love that Cam Ward is potentially matched up with a perfect offensive coordinator for him with a lot of talent.

1:35:18Pat McAfee:Are the Titans actually going to do some shit this year, AJ? What is their over-under? Do we know what they put on them? I actually have high expectations for them. I think they're going to be much improved. Obviously, Day Bowl and Cam Ward actually 100 % seem like a great little pairing. Watching Cam Ward on the Netflix quarterback series, I have a ton of respect for that guy and his family and how he handles his business. Six and a half is the over-under for the Tennessee Titans. I think a lot of people in this room thought that sports draft kings would be disrespecting the Titans more than that, maybe a 3.5 or 4.5, which would have been that.

1:35:51Pat McAfee:6.5, I'm still going with the over. I like the way their team is operating, and I like the fact that Robert Salah's going to have a good defense. Like we know Salah's going to have – never has not had a good defense. That was one of those stats that we pulled up yesterday about defenses who go from 32nd to top five. I believe that was Bob Salah's Jets team that went from like 32nd in the league to seventh in the league or whatever. And also we know from at least the last couple years, whoever spends that top-tier money in free agency, that does actually result in more wins. I think they were second after the Raiders in spent.

1:36:21Everybody says you can't win a Super Bowl in April.

1:36:23Pat McAfee:It's like, actually. You can win about 10 games. Yeah, that actually is kind of what's been happening as of late. The more money you spend in the free agency, the quicker it's been hitting. Every salary cap gymnast seemingly does well. Have we seen any really bad Saints, maybe? Saints? They had a few down. They paid the piper eventually. Yeah, but I'm saying, is that the only one we've really seen? The Rams had to for, what, a year? But they didn't really. But they bounced right back. And they bounced back. And they're big with just the picks. It's not even as much as them paying the Piper as it's just they're just paying the draft guy.

1:36:56Pat McAfee:Yeah, there's a lot of conversation about spending money in free agency. And if you do it, you win. That's why. Who got paid for the Colts? Everybody. Yeah. Yeah. Well, that's the thing. They've never paid the Piper, and they've never benefited from the Piper. Well, right now, the Piper is nowhere near because I'm watching Alec Pierce walk up hills. What? I'm watching him do stretchy stretches. What? Pretty good. Is he almost back? Is he coming back soon? I'm not a doctor, but I don't know if we are. That's what it is. I don't know if he's going preseason game, too. Remember, this is a heel. Yeah, he just.

1:37:29His skin and muscles there. I saw a picture the other day where it was just his bones, so that's not true.

1:37:33Pat McAfee:No, yes, he is still an absolutely jacked freakazoid, okay? This guy is going to catch a deep ball on your team at some point this year. Had a heel thing. Had a surgery in March, I do believe. The goal was to get him back by week one. This video hit the internet. Everybody's like, oh, there's a guy scared to death to be standing on two feet right there. So a lot of question marks in that. But Alec Pierce is a dog, and they said they're hoping he's back by week one, which probably means like week three. Hope is normally a word that is used for like, yeah, we can. But I think they'd be wording it a little bit differently.

1:38:03Pat McAfee:As long as he gets back, we're A-OK. But I don't like what I'm seeing from the videos, and I do love what the possibility is of him and DJ getting back on the field together. Oh, and that's the biggest thing out of anything is that the McCourty's were at the practice the other day, and they said it doesn't even look like Dan Jones got surgery on his Achilles. So you should just be happy with that, and who cares who's playing wide receiver? You've got Tyler Warren at tight end. Exactly. That's probably going to be our number one receiver. And two. And maybe our number two receiver as well. He might be the one that resets tight end market.

1:38:32Pat McAfee:Brock Bowers as well. Yeah, you're right. Those two might, because Tyler Warren was our number one receiver last year, That's not going to change, especially if you look at what they were doing to Will Mallory last night. It feels like they're drawing up a lot of tight end stuff that's happening. Running behind him. Yeah, and there's a good reason. That guy's unbelievable. If he can stay healthy, his head also. I mean, he's got one of these things. Yeah, great hair. Yeah, he's an actual Sasquatch. That guy's a Sasquatch. The clock just went out. Did we lose power? Is everything okay? We still got two clocks over here.

1:39:02Pat McAfee:All right, sounds good. Just kind of dropped off. You know, there's been some power issues with the storms that we've been having. Maybe we're clear there? Has the storm passed? I don't know. It's been raining for a week. It's supposed to rain all weekend, too. We've been in the middle of it, man. The Midwest, I think, as a whole and everybody, it's been a little bit. But you know what? On the other side is some good times coming. You know, we got football coming right now. 26. We got more preseason football today and this weekend. And we got some quarterbacks playing. Okay, we got some quarterbacks playing.

1:39:27Pat McAfee:This is obviously something you have to look at whenever you're thinking about dabbling and potentially responsibly put a little action on a preseason football game. Now, this does not mean that this team is going to win because third and fourth quarters can be devastating with a bunch of players that you know nothing about, which is why if you're gambling on preseason football with the best sports book on earth, DraftKings, you definitely need to be super, super cautious. Yeah, passive. Yeah, this is chill. It's passive gambling. Do not be an asshole here, okay? You're betting on preseason football.

1:39:57Pat McAfee:Let's not be an asshole. If you're of age, we'd love for you to come join us on DraftKings. Looks you're undefeated. Yeah. Now, we're seeing it pretty good right now for the preseason, but we're doing it responsibly. Tone, what should we be looking at here with who's playing and who's not playing today and tomorrow? Yeah, I mean, similar situations to yesterday. The one yesterday that popped out was the Titans were starting their starters against the Niners, and the Niners didn't have their starters. Bengals had their starters, and the Lions didn't have their starters. Both of the dogs in that situation covered.

1:40:25The Jets are in that situation tonight where they're playing their starters, and the Bucs are not. And then the Finns are also playing their starters, and the Commanders are not. That's kind of the situation that's happening tonight. Looking forward to tomorrow. The Panthers and Bills are both going with starters. You're going to see Josh Allen versus Bryce Young. That'll be a good one tomorrow. So, you know, just make sure you look who's starting. And we've done that for you here. You're welcome. But just make sure you know who's going. People will thank us. They should. They always do. They always do.

1:40:55That's kind of the fun part of this whole thing. Yep. Young quarterbacks have been very good, too.

1:40:58Pat McAfee:The gratitude on the other side of stuff. You know, that is very cool, people, to do that. But I do think the young quarterbacks have been good. and that goes back to the NIL college football. Agreed. A lot of snaps. You know, C.J. Stroud did it first. Yes, before Jaden Daniels. Yes, C.J. Stroud comes in, dominates rookie year. This is never going to happen again. Okay, that's what everybody says. Never going to happen again. Never going to have a rookie be able to play like this. I don't think he threw an interception for like 11 weeks or something like that. Yeah, a lot of time. I forget what it was.

1:41:29Pat McAfee:It was absurd. He was making window throws. No rookie quarterback is ever going to be able to do this. Jayden Daniels came in next year, did the same thing, had a record-breaking year. And then we all had to start thinking, like, never going to happen again is our thoughts. And then now it's kind of happening here on a regular basis. Why is it? The amount of snaps and plays and games that these guys are getting in college, especially at the elite level that they're getting paid at, and they're already having to deal with money, so that's not really a distraction. The business isn't really a problem.

1:41:56Pat McAfee:I think these guys are more professional coming in, both on the field and off the field. And I think that's why we see Carson Beck no-looking in a Hall of Fame game. I don't think you would have seen that many years back with a rookie quarterback, especially drafted that late, so who knows how many reps and everything they're going for. That's Fernando turning around immediately. I mean, that guy's played so much football in college in big moments. I think that's a huge asset to the NFL. Drew Aller, same thing, a lot of football, a lot of big moments. Had adversity, money, you name it, already dealt with it all.

1:42:27Pat McAfee:It's like, I think that's really an asset to the NFL going forward, I think, AJ. I think it's huge. Obviously, reps, I think, are the number one thing, no matter what school you're at as a quarterback. The reps that he has, especially the game reps, but when you're playing in big-time games over and over again, and you have so many banked reps where you've seen so many coverages and everything, I think they are coming in as true professionals. And now with the NIL situation, the majority of these large college programs are ran very much like an NFL franchise. So I think we're kind of seeing that with these young guys stepping in and feeling comfortable early.

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1:44:20Pat McAfee:All right, it's Friday. That means we got to wrap up the week. And, you know, every once in a while, you show some highlights and it gets people excited. Our favorite thing is showing like the oh no's of the week. And I'm going to be honest. This year or this week, we took a trip outside of the football universe. Yes. Good. Yeah, we had to. Do we got the one? Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to hop on the oh no train. And this one was in everybody's algos. We have never seen a man lose this bad just to everything around him. Uh-huh. Guy shows up with a beer. You've seen it. Ring camera.

1:45:00Hey. Beer explodes on him. Cheeks are out. Heads off the wall. Person he's coming to see opens the door and goes, what the? Just. God damn. He immediately attacks him. So this is maybe the biggest. Oh, no. We've seen in some time.

1:45:19Pat McAfee:And we'd like to let him know we're happy he's wearing his Crocs in casual mode, not in sport mode. Okay. He's got them things unlatched. He never expected that. And the way he – I'm happy he's still alive. He took a header off a door. The beer spit in his face. I mean, immediately after – and then his cheeks are all over the place. So, I mean, it's just a colossal oh no for Buddy, but we want to let him know. We appreciate the mindset he was in and where he was headed at the time. What a legend. Yeah, without a doubt. And I think if I know anything about this guy, he went inside, went right to his fridge, and cracked the fresh beer.

1:45:55This did not deter him at all. I mean, what could you need at this moment? Another one. Not Kobe. Exactly. Maybe give me a long day. Nick has a Kobe.

1:46:07Pat McAfee:It's kind of baseball. I didn't know this was happening. We had a soccer player, remember, try to get into the portal afterwards? People falling down. It's got baseball. Los Angeles Dodgers. The people that are breaking baseball, ruining football, ruining baseball. Freddie Freeman, legend, icon. Oh, no. Oh, there you go, kid. Is he okay? That's what everybody was saying. Someone should be there to break his fall. Be where your feet are, Freddie. Well, I mean, that's the problem is because where his feet was, there was nothing to tell him that there was nothing coming. You know, normally your knees would at least touch something, get the flip to slow down.

1:46:39Pat McAfee:That is just an absolute fall off cliff right on the cement. Yeah. Now, did he make the catch? I don't think so, but we're happy he got back up. This is absurd. I didn't know this was possible, but wow, what a terrible misfortune here for Freddie on where that exactly was. Yeah, and I don't think if you don't know and you've never seen that, from the field level to the bottom of the dugout, it's a steep drop. And a lot of people were saying that was the Royals' dugout and you're not going to help a guy catch it. But typically, a couple players would be there to make sure that a guy from the other team doesn't potentially take a header off the cement.

1:47:14So scary situation, but Freddie's okay. He's going to be okay. He'll be just fine. Yeah, they said he avoided all injuries. And Freddie Freeman's a dog, of course. Tossed on a bitch. I mean, what if he would have lost some of them teeth? Yeah, not good. That's kind of a tooth losser. Oh, yeah. He's got a great smile. He's listed as day-to-day with total body soreness.

1:47:32Pat McAfee:That makes sense. I swear to God. I like that. Hey, what hurts? Not so much here. Not so much here. Just mostly kind of the whole thing. My head, you see. Wear and tear. And then my shoulder, I think, kind of, man, terrible that it just so happened to be right there. It's not the only one. I don't know if you guys saw this. Jumbotron down in Illinois. Obviously, we're putting this up. I love the addition to make high school athletics even better. I like that there's, you know, chance for replays and highlights happening. We got a chance to be a part of something with that. Oh, no! You got insurance on that?

1:48:11Oh, no!

1:48:15Pat McAfee:I assume there's some sort of insurance, especially because, you know, it's on the company that's kind of putting it in right now. or probably some contract signed there. The amount of time it took to piece that thing together and the LED boards, if we know anything about them, they're just tiny, tiny, tiny little things connecting like this. So like a car crash where if you hit like a bumper, it offsets everything else in the car. This whole entire thing, I assume, totaled because all you need to do is just accidentally bump one of these things and they're not connected. The amount of money that is worth too, a huge amount of money.

1:48:47Pat McAfee:Obviously, nobody dying is a huge thing. But I appreciate the fact that they were going to do this for the high school. To do it again, it's going to take a lot of money. They're going to have to rebuild this entire thing. There's a company called Daktronics that did great work for Plum High School, which we definitely appreciate and respect. But the amount of time it takes to kind of piece these together long, can't be having them fall just moments before they get hung for the first time. The boys feel terrible. They'll get back on it. But you can't help but watch us and just go, oh, no. Kind of a bummer, Tom.

1:49:17Yeah, absolute bummer. And now they'll know, though, when they go to put the next one up, hey, we can't use floss, just run-of-the-mill floss that you buy at Walgreens to hang this thing from the ceiling because it kind of looks like that's maybe what they were trying to hang this thing up with. But like you said, I mean, you're just – this thing has got two crushed dead people written all over it, so thank God that didn't happen.

1:49:37Pat McAfee:Yeah, thank God because you do think about that probably as it's going up in the sky. Man, if this was the fall and somebody's going to be a final destination situation, and then let me get out of here, and then it actually falls. Exactly. I don't like driving behind things that are sticking out. No, no, you can't. You've got to pass those people immediately. Yeah, it freaks me out a little bit, I'm going to be honest. It has to. Yeah, it just... That's what makes the movies the movies. Yeah, why is that thing looking at me a little bit right there? Mm-hmm. You know, and it's almost worse when they put a little dangler on it, you know, because it's almost like, hey, hey, hey, hey.

1:50:05See a ratchet strap kind of bouncing around a little bit.

1:50:07Pat McAfee:Yeah, and then you look at the person, that person's never used a ratchet strap. It's easy to tell they never... Yeah. Never in their life. I'm going to get in this lane here. I'm going to go to the gas station and let them get on down the way. And I'm going to get out of here. Thank God nobody died. Shout out to that high school. They're putting that in. That's huge investment. Well, trying to. Now I've got to redo the floor. The decision was made, though, to invest in this. So I respect and appreciate that decision. And now they said, fuck it. Let's just buy a bunch of history books and be done with this thing.

1:50:36We're not doing this again. Our basketball team sucks anyways. What are we doing? I don't know. I see a lot of banners up there, don't I? Yeah. We've got just other schools in the conference, maybe. No, look at that one. I bet they're great. That one up there in the middle, right to the right of the record, there's a lot of numbers on that one. You think that's maybe just like records? I know that's like a popular high school gym thing. Yeah, but then the one right next to it is also. I think this is a good school. Yeah, down below there, you might be right. We might have got sectional championships, conference championships.

1:51:05Good looking gym. It's a big gym. I mean, they're putting that big ass. They are.

1:51:10Pat McAfee:They've got to move a little bit of product, you could say. As we wrap up here on this glorious Feel Good Friday, some things that we Haven't chatted about College football, obviously in the middle of some insanity We believe That the Protect College Sports Act is going to be First thing on the docket whenever These centers get back from lunch Recess They're out there on the Monkey bars And going down the slides Big slides are doing that They're on recess right now, obviously getting back to their constituents, touching base, seeing what they want. When they come back, the Protect College Sports Act allegedly on the docket at the beginning.

1:51:49Pat McAfee:I think there are some amendments that still are potentially going to be made or they have already been made. I would like to say that I have tried my best to be like, hey, we do need something. Even though I don't want to get into that world, I don't understand it entirely on how it all works because I think there's people maybe putting things in the back of bills potentially that politics happen that I don't think. but I do believe there is still positive momentum to get that done. Okay, good. Now, on that note, that does not mean it's all smooth sailing for all these schools right now. Texas Tech can't find an opponent.

1:52:19Pat McAfee:Did you hear about this? Not great. They can't find an opponent. Nobody will book them. So whenever they play some tiny school that just takes a paycheck, people are going to say, well, who are they playing? Why do they get a chance? It's like, well, they're coming out saying we're trying, and nobody wants it. Remember, Cody came on and was like, we'll drop our first game. We'll play Tech. We will pay our people to leave. we want to play Texas week one. They could probably do it. And if they don't have the boosters be able to do it, we'll pay for them to do it. It's like, this is the first really successful college football team that has openly and publicly been like, we're trying to stack our schedule and nobody wants any.

1:52:52Pat McAfee:They're kind of exposing the entire process, I think, a little bit. Yeah, that is how they're spinning it. Jeez, Todd. Well, I think this has a lot to do with a lot of teams and programs and conferences remember what they tried to do this offseason. Come on. Now it didn't end up working out for them, and they, you know, because of public backlash and all that, had to, you know, cut ties with Brendan Sorsby, but nobody forgot about that situation. Yeah, we're the most hated team in college football, and I absolutely love it, Joey McGuire told his team in a meeting. Exactly. Everybody hates us, buddy.

1:53:23And do you see what David Bailey's doing right now? Have you heard about him at camp?

1:53:26Pat McAfee:Yes. Just absolutely slaughtering. They say he looks like a 10-year vet out there. See him tonight. I think that's only going to continue down there at Texas Tech. Let's see. Did you see the prices for everything, for every college football position came out? And who knows? Talk to agents, talk to players, yada, yada, yada. Quarterbacks, one to three million. If you're up there, though, four or five million if you're one of the number one or number two, especially if a school's got a good booster. $300 ,000 to$800 ,000. Definitely running backs getting paid a million. We know a school that had$2 million running backs happening.

1:53:54Pat McAfee:Wide receivers, you can get one million bucks. Know that there's more money than them as well. This is just an average, I would assume, because there's certainly some outstanding ones, like Jeremiah Smith, we assume he's making a ridiculous amount. Tight ends, that's the number. Kickers are making half a million at this point. Love that. I love how much everybody's making. We don't think that money needs to go away, but we do think there needs to be some sort of something. Definitive. There needs to be something going on out there to keep it all, at least some sort of rules. If you can't measure it, you can't manage it.

1:54:22Pat McAfee:So if we can get that done for college sports, we'd all be pumped. And I love how much money everybody's making. I love how good sports have been to everybody. and I love that football is changing lives, just like we had today with the Feaster family. That's right. That was awesome. Unbelievable. We are so incredibly lucky that we get a chance to do this every single day. Thank you all so much for following along and allowing us all to live the dumbest life of all time. Myself, definitely. The Diary of a Polarizing Figure, I'm very proud of it. A lot of work went into this. I cannot wait to perform it live for the first time at the Ratskeller here in the next couple weeks whenever they find out that that's happening.

1:54:54Pat McAfee:I hope you all enjoy it. I can't thank all the people that performed and played on that album enough. I hope you have the greatest weekend of all time. We got preseason football today. Tomorrow, big time golf on Sunday. Back on Monday. AJ, anything to say? Have a great one. Be a friend, tell a friend something nice. Might change your life. Goodbye. Well done. One of the best. Hey, AJ, we really hit that one, I think. I think we really hit that one. In and out, yeah. Good work, Hawk. Is it true that we are no longer allowed to do five things that aren't us? Why? What's that all about? Jane Daniels.

1:55:29Thank you. Tony. That was chef's kiss, Tony. Let me just take your hat off. Wow. Unbelievable. That was just... On that note, there's no reason for us to... The internet, it was good internet yesterday. Great memes.

1:55:45Pat McAfee:I mean, what was it? Fucking StubHub or something came out. Yeah, StubHub. No longer selling in Groups 5. $5 footlong is gone. This is, I mean, well, that's been long gone, okay? But, okay, as somebody that was in that era and in Indiana at the time, I think those are kind of long gone. But, yes, to your point, I hope that Jaden Dano's team is happy. Yeah, bad decision. How about Jaden had to come out and be like, I'm fucking football, dude. What a win. On a national football team. You didn't want to bury his team either. Things are certainly going to have to get worked out here, obviously, or something going on.

1:56:19But, jeez, I didn't expect just to become a laughingstock. He's a Heisman winner. Yeah. He's got one of the Heisman. Yes. Now you got other LSU people coming out being like, yeah, I mean, you were here, dude, but, you know? Yeah. It's like fucking. They asked Burrow about it after the game last night.

1:56:36Pat McAfee:He said, I haven't looked. I don't know enough about it. I don't know. They did tell me that they weren't going to get my number out after we won the national championship or whatever. Yeah, I did that whole thing, but I don't know enough about it. And then you got other people coming out talking about it. It's like, got a lot of good players down here, man. It's like, holy shit, dude. And Jaden's just sitting there like, how'd this happen? Well, we sent this one letter. It was kind of like, hey, we don't want to be associated with you anymore if you want to disrespect us. We thought there would be a little give and take.

1:57:04Pat McAfee:Turns out they were like, okay, fucking run it. Send it out there. This is what's going to happen. Tough situation. I mean. So does his team pull it back away from him, or what do they do now? Jayden put out that post, that statement, and hopefully that's the end of it because now we've got Tony Diggs here thinking he's some super genius. Yep. You know. Oh, I forgot we also used the word five for this. Kind of what happened. That was great. God, the internet's so good. They are. Even when they're being like really mean to you, they're so funny. You got to tip your cap. They are so funny. Creative.

1:57:37Very creative.

1:57:38Pat McAfee:I think that's a good way to describe that. Creative. Talented. Yeah. Not always nice, but very creative. Yeah. Yeah, I'd say the opposite normally, but that is what is kind of the whole thing. Yeah. It's kind of the whole thing. And then a wave comes and they go to the next one. There's been a couple of waves here. It's been a lot of fun. Yeah. Wrote an album about it. Mm-hmm. I hope you get a chance to enjoy it. AJ, thank you for the positive text. You're very kind. To all the boys, thank you for being so supportive. That's awesome. To everybody that watches this show, to all of you, thank you for allowing us to live this dumbass life that we live.

1:58:10Pat McAfee:We are so grateful and thankful. I hope you understand that, genuinely. Because if it wasn't for all of you, I mean, I'd be flipping burgers. I mean, maybe writing songs, actually, if I would have ever found my way into that, potentially. Sounds like some of them are okay. I hope people feel that way. Maybe chasing that. Who knows if it ever actually works. I was so incredibly lucky to have the network of humans around me that were able to set me up to be able to do this. But I'm probably flipping burgers or making sandwiches at some point. If it wasn't for football, for sports, and for all of you.

1:58:45Great work this week, Talks of the Table. Good to see you guys. Hey, you too, dude. Congrats, you too. One half of the hammer. God. Cowboys, eh, P-Tone? Steel City. Good work out of you this week. Oh, God. Me too. More gigs. Way to represent.

1:59:01Pat McAfee:Boys in the back, great work this week, boys. Good work, boys. Way to go. What a trip. Good work, boys. Good work, boys. Fox, do you ever think about decorating that wall up there above the window, you know? Because, like, in the truck, you guys have such a cool... Yeah. Don't they have, like, such a cool thing? Yeah. You know, I actually never have, but now that I'm looking at it right now, That's a pretty good idea. Well, in my head, because what, like little Christmas lights you could elicit. That'd be neat. We have a jam sign that would fit perfectly right there. Oh, I don't know. It might be jamming the jams in there a little bit, but sell it, actually.

1:59:31Pat McAfee:I have Mitt, like paint a mural up there. That's a good idea, too. Very good idea. Mitt. He needs to sell some stuff. He knows that. He might have Mitt's in the lemonade stand here in a little bit. If you do a paint by numbers, he can get the nine or eight, eight or nine. All right. Tony. Come on. On that note, graphic design boys, way to go. GGB. Good work, boys. Zeet, Tim, great work this week. There you go, boys. Good work, boys. All right. And now we have the greatest weekend of all time. Let's go. Hell yeah. Can't wait. Holy shit. We are, aren't we? Yeah. Let's go get boozed up right now.

2:00:07Let's go right now. Hell yeah. Okay. Well, we got a lot to celebrate, obviously. Yeah, let's go get fucked up. Okay. All right. I got kids. You know, there's multiple others. but I do like what you're saying. My in-laws are coming to town. Let's go get fucked up. Let's go get fucked up. Okay, because he's got parental responsibilities as well.

2:00:27Pat McAfee:Sounds like he's opting out of those because he's already got a set. They're covered, yep. Yeah. I'm having a glass of Wayno's whiskey right after this show. What? Are you having a Wayno in diet? Oh, yeah. Maple flavored. It's so good. I just got an email too. Everybody who has kids, they don't have any responsibilities this weekend. Everyone can get fucked up. You got that email? I just got that text right now. Dear Carter, everyone can get fucked up. Nice. Who did it come from? God. It said G-A-W-D and I guess we'll have to check that later. And it was on God. I don't think it's actual who we're thinking.

2:01:07Pat McAfee:It could be anybody, obviously. AJ, great work this week, pal. All right. Let's get the hell out of here. I'm excited to see what happens here over the next few hours. Tomorrow we'll be celebrating the hell out of D-Bone. Oh, man. Going down in the deepest basement in Indianapolis, and we're celebrating shit out of D-Bone. Sirloin carving station. Really? Yeah. It's only Big Macs at the station. But still. I'm cool with that. Could you imagine if they were cutting? That would be sweet. Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese. Right here, just cutting that thing off. Like the Brazilian steakhouses.

2:01:45Yeah, Fogo. Yeah. Oh, you're going to want. Fogo and Bone. Bone, you want this one. You're going to want this one. Yeah, this one's a good one. He actually doesn't like Big Macs, though, because it's got the sauce. Yeah, ooey. Yeah. Lettuce. I think he said he's doing no icks.

2:01:58Pat McAfee:No ickies on Saturday. Okay. Hickies only, he said. No ickies. So great love. We appreciate that, Bone. Good for you, Bone. Way to go, Bone. Congratulations, Bone-O. Bone-O. Running late to work? But you want a protein bowl? Throw some steak and meatballs together in a container and call it a day. Hashtag life hack. Okay, bud. Was that today? Dog shit meat. I didn't see that. Was that today? That was amazing. So good. Dog shit meat. That was back when he was doing the life hacks. Do you remember that? Oh, yeah. Hey, you know what? When you're out in the sun, you wear long sleeves. You don't get burnt.

2:02:30Hashtag life hack. Life hack. Hey, when you go to McDonald's, you can actually order three 10-piece McNuggets and get a 30-piece for cheaper than the 24-piece that they have available.

2:02:41Pat McAfee:hashtag lifehacks. That's what Bone was doing there for a while. I remember being so disgusted by it. Do you remember my immediate reaction? So Bone, you think these are things that people don't know about? He goes, these are just my lifehacks. I go, okay.

2:02:54Kirk Herbstreit:I'm surprised he didn't do one for the caller on that bed sheet the other day. I think he was dressed very nice. He took a selfie with sunglasses on the other day. I almost threw up when I saw it.

2:03:03Pat McAfee:I FaceTimed him the other day. He was at his apartment, and he had hat, Ford, sunglasses on in his kitchen. Rappers everywhere. He gets headaches, you know, because he doesn't drink any water. Oh, yeah, and the lights give him Mickey. Yeah. Yeah, the lights give him Mickey. Congrats, Bone. We can't wait to celebrate you. Congrats, Bone. Kendall is a, I mean, an absolute saint. Yeah. An absolute saint. Putting up with that smell? Yeah.

2:03:32Come on. He set a world record this week. He was a part of a world record dunk. Me and Bone are walking to Mordor. Me and him are starting on the treadmill next week, walking to Mordor. It's like 500 miles. Don't do this to yourself, dude. We're doing it. And I'm saying it on here, so he has to do it.

2:03:49Pat McAfee:Yeah, a little public pressure. I like that. I also appreciate that you're looking out for your teammate, just like we always are. Life hack. I love you guys. Hashtag. Hashtag life hack. Exactly. I love you guys. I appreciate you guys. Thank you for supporting me through this entire album process. Excited for a football season. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. if we're in this thing together. Team on me, team on three, for the good of sport, baby. One, two, three, team. Goodbye. You know when you're locked in, focused, and fearless.

2:04:19Welcome to the WNBA. Your vision narrows. You can't look away. Every assist, every stop, every logo three. From beyond the logo. Every did you see that moment. You bet. What records are going to be broken this season? All of it, right here.

2:04:39Kirk Herbstreit:Lock in. It's the WNBA on ESPN. All season long.