The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz – Big Suey: Happy Thanksgiling Day 2 Pt. 2! (ft. Domonique Foxworth)

Date: November 28, 2025
Location: Live from the Elser Hotel, Downtown Miami
Main Guest: Domonique Foxworth (former NFL cornerback, ESPN analyst, host of The Domonique Foxworth Show)

Episode Overview

This episode is a lively, free-flowing holiday installment of the Big Suey, featuring the usual cast along with Domonique Foxworth. The conversation oscillates between deep football analysis, relatable parenting gripes, pop culture, and characteristic show absurdity. Notable topics include aging in sports, the realities of playing cornerback, the Cincinnati Bengals’ resurgence with Joe Flacco, parenting microaggressions, pop-culture disconnect, and more, all delivered in the show’s signature blend of candor and humor.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Aging in Sports and Ron McGill's Retirement

• Dan opens up with nostalgia about Ron McGill’s impending retirement from Zoo Miami, sparking jokes about age, career endings, and celebrating legends.
• Dan: “This is a day for celebration of old people. Thursday marked the first time ever that a 40 year old starting pitcher won a major league baseball postseason game while a starting quarterback won on the NFL in the same day.” (04:44)
• Comparison of sports longevity vs. actual human aging: “Ron is 25 years older than the oldest people in sports; Ron is toward the end of his life and career.” (04:54)

2. Cornerback Analysis: Jalen Ramsey’s Performance

• Dan presses Domonique for an honest take on Jalen Ramsey’s struggles against T. Higgins.
• Domonique: “He’s an incredible football player… it’s a really tough position especially when the guys that you’re going up against are in their prime. And you may not quite be there anymore.” (06:01)
• On the harsh realities for NFL corners: "They give you a really hard job...when you get back to the locker room, guys are either saying good job, high five, or saying it ain't that big a deal, man, we'd be all right. It happens to everybody like that." (07:23)
• Domonique makes clear that cornerbacks seldom get a fair shake—if you get beat even once at the worst moment, "you can't say you played well." (07:31)

3. Joe Flacco and the Bengals’ Dead Cat Bounce

• The group marvels at Joe Flacco’s late-career resurgence, poking fun at his possible motivations.
• Domonique: "I don't love nothing as much as Joe Flacco loves to play football." (09:56)
• The panel jokes about Flacco possibly just avoiding his family:
  • “Or he hates his family.” (10:47)
  • “Or he hates Mike Tomlin.” (10:49)
• Discussion on parental respect and kids rooting for other teams with their parents' money:
  • Domonique: “That's a tough household where your sons who are eating the food that you buy…Still like, you know what? Jameer Gibbs. That’s my guy.” (11:07)
• Domonique observes the unpredictability of Thursday Night Football and how sometimes player intangibles and “emotional impact” matter more than analytics:
  • “As I've gone through, like, my evolution of an analyst...I can figure things out to these numbers to now back around on that cycle to, like, football guy, where it's like, man, get these damn Bobs right and hit somebody.” (12:02)

4. Analytics and ‘Football Guy’ Culture

• Domonique explains how "analytics" is just a new word for "tendencies" longtime players have always exploited.
• Domonique: “We were always using analytics. We just called them tendencies.” (18:10)
• “The most important thing...especially at the position of cornerback, you have to take chances…If you take chances and you gamble and those chances are calculated, things will work out for you. I think that’s all analytics are.” (18:41)

5. Parenting, Microaggressions, and Respect

• The show pivots into an honest and hilarious conversation about the microaggressions parents endure from their kids.
• Domonique: “If I put [the laundry] there, I know that you’ve walked by it four times. I heard you. It’s two days now. It’s still sitting there untouched. That’s disrespect.” (23:00)
• The group likens stepping over laundry to an NBA player disrespectfully stepping over a fallen opponent.
• Dominique expands on the theme: "That's the misconception about everything...when I get to be a parent, adult, I'm gonna have so much power and control…That's not how it works.” (25:39)
• Amin: “Dominique, what you’re describing is microaggressions. That’s what children are great at.” (28:41)

6. Pop Culture Disconnect and TikTok Dances

• The panel acknowledges growing generational divides as they struggle to identify new player celebrations.
• Domonique: “I know I'm old because I don't recognize these player celebrations anymore. That was a thing that I used to, like, see a celebration and be like, ah, I get that right away…Now I know I'm old, almost day and age.” (36:19)
• The TikTok origin of celebrations marks a clear generational gap:
  • “Most of them now seem like they're TikTok dances…There's this, like, booty shaking song where all the guys—it's a woman's song, 'Take Me Through There,' I think is what it's called…” (37:35)

7. NFL Team Tiers and Playoff Contentions

• Dan pokes Domonique to name teams who are truly good; the response is refreshingly skeptical.
• Domonique: “There are no teams that are as good as the Eagles were last year. The whole league…some of the bad teams have gotten a little bit better, and some of the great teams have gotten a little bit worse.” (38:59)
• Chiefs analysis: “They’re fun again. The defense…I have faith in the defense that when they need a play, they’re going to be able to get that play...But they're not going to need that play as much as they used to because the offense, if anything, is back.” (39:12)

8. Show Self-Awareness and Inside Jokes

• The crew teases Dan about his circuitous questions and tendency to let stray thoughts crowd his sentences.
• Amin: “You got Dan’s words getting into a club, which is his mouth, and they’re all going there. All right, how many got with all these guys? And then there’s one word that kind of sneaks in in the back…” (33:38)

9. Behind the Scenes: Show Culture and Laughter

• Billy delivers the “Epic Sound of the Day,” revisiting the famous Demi Lovato “favorite dish” clip (“I like mugs because they're very comfortable in your hand and they hold hot things…” – 21:48).
• This segues into a classic bit about what is and isn’t a “dish,” adding to the show’s absurdity (22:33).

10. NFL Sideline Stories: Not Knowing the Play

• Dan cites Marquise “Hollywood” Brown scoring a TD on a play he didn’t know:
  • Dan: “Hollywood Brown comes up to the line of scrimmage, clearly has no idea what the play is. Turns to Juju Smith-Schuster and says, ‘What do I have to do here?’ ...and then scores a touchdown.” (44:01)
• Domonique: “Every team has at least one guy who never knows what's going on and another guy who knows everyone's job...In their defense, some of this stuff is unnecessarily Byzantine and complicated.” (44:32)

Notable Quotes & Moments

• “No one ever abides this much disrespect except from their children.” – Dan (24:40)
• “I don't love nothing as much as Joe Flacco loves to play football.” – Domonique (09:56)
• “We were always using analytics. We just called them tendencies.” – Domonique (18:10)
• “If I put it there, I know that you've walked by it four times. I heard you…That's disrespect.” – Domonique (23:00)
• “You got Dan’s words getting into a club, which is his mouth…” – Amin (33:38)
• On parenting: “That's the thing about love, is love and fear. But…I've been MF’d by plenty of coaches…but sometimes me and Ray Lewis disagree and I'm like, you right, Ray.” – Domonique (25:19)
• Billy’s Epic Sound:
  • Interviewer: “Your favorite dish?”
  • Demi Lovato: “I like mugs because they're very comfortable in your hand and they hold the hot things that you don't have to touch.” (21:48)

Timestamps for Major Segments

• 02:43 – Dan on Ron McGill's career winding down
• 06:01 – Foxworth on Jalen Ramsey and playing cornerback
• 09:56 – Foxworth on Joe Flacco’s love of football
• 12:02 – Emotion and intangibles in NFL analysis
• 18:10 – Analytics vs. “tendencies” when Foxworth played
• 23:00 – Foxworth’s parenting “microaggressions”
• 28:41 – Kids’ disrespect & microaggressions (Amin)
• 36:19 – Generational pop culture and player celebrations
• 38:59 – The NFL’s mediocre team tiers
• 44:01 – Sideline story: Hollywood Brown TD confusion
• 21:48 – Demi Lovato “mug” sound of the day

Tone & Takeaways

• Tone: Free-wheeling, rapid-fire, irreverent, self-deprecating, familial, occasionally poignant.
• Takeaways:
  • The NFL is in a state of parity and confusion—true dominance is scarce, and little moments (or players, like Flacco) can swing narratives.
  • Analytics are only as good as their storytelling; on the field, belief and emotional connection matter, too.
  • Parenting is full of daily indignities and microaggressions, and the same lessons of humility from sports apply at home.
  • The show prospers on inside jokes, self-mockery, and the ability to see both the gravity and joy in sports and everyday life.

This summary captures the humor, depth, and quirky spirit that make The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz a distinctive sports and culture listen.