Dan Patrick (4:00)

You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on FOX Sports Radio. Welcome. It's a meat Friday. Dan and the Danettes, Dan Patrick Show A lot of will recap last night. Look ahead to this weekend 877-3-DP show operator Tyler sitting by. He'll take your phone calls. We have a poll question. Play of the day, Stat of the day, all of that forthcoming. Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you for allowing us into your homes and our radio affiliates around the country as well. We have an email address dp@danpatrick.com twitter handle @dpshow and Satan will do the honors with the poll question coming up. Well, it was a moral victory if you there's no column when you see one or loss or time. There's not one for moral victory or a quality loss because the Dolphins could have won that game. They went toe to toe and they gave you that glimpse of this is who they really should be. And you're tied at 21. You have the roughing the punter and then that changed the game right there. You know, you're an eyelash away from getting a finger on that punt. And then all of a sudden the game probably changes changes in Miami's position. But you don't block the punt. You rough the punter. And then all of a sudden the Buffalo bills tack on 10 more, end up winning. Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the program. They've been doing it for over 40 years. Tire racks Been helping you find the right tires for how and what and where you drive. Ship fast and free backed by free road hazard protection Convenient installation options Mobile tire installation tire rack.com the way tire buying should be the merchandise store is open for business please visit danpatrick.com some new gear there Barry Jackson, Great columnist with the Miami Herald had some questions about the Miami Dolphins after the loss. Now I've said it. I wouldn't have given to that contract extension because he hasn't earned it. Hadn't earned it. Plus you look at his record and then you look at his health and I never would have given him a $167 million contract after the 2023 season. In that season he went 11 in six against good teams and they couldn't score more than 22 points. The Dolphins gave him a four year $212 million contract in 2024. They didn't have to because they controlled him through 2026 fifth year option. Then they could have used the franchise tag on him a couple of times. So this isn't revisionist history on my part. I just couldn't trust him to stay healthy and I didn't think he was playing great football, you know, for an offensive minded head Coach and Mike McDaniel and you have Tyree Kill, Jalen Waddle, Tua. They're supposed to lead with their offense. They're supposed to be a team scoring at least 30 points a game. But even last night, 22 of 34, 1 61, 2 touchdowns, had the interception passer rating 81. But the Dolphins are 2 and 10 in his last 12 starts against good teams. But if you look at the point total, that's the thing that stood out for me. Granted, they could have won that game. You get 17 against Philadelphia, 20 against Buffalo, 14 against Kansas City, 22 against Dallas, 19 against Baltimore, 17 against Buffalo, seven versus Kansas City, 27 versus the Bills, 23 versus the Rams, 17 versus Green Bay, 12 versus Houston and then 21 last night against Buffalo. So one game where Tua was the quarterback, they went over 23 points against a good opponent. It's not good enough. Won't get it done. And it's not just on him, but that's where you start him and the head coach, Mike McDaniel and Tua should be on the hot seat. Can't fire the quarterback, but you can fire the coach. But they gave you an idea of they can play, they can be competitive. But two, it got hit once so it wasn't like, man, Buffalo's defense. Buffalo's defense isn't great, at least not right now. And I thought Buffalo played an okay game, but you got to, you know, at some point, you got to win these games if you, if you stole that game and then you win the standalone game Monday night against the Jets. Okay, now we've called off the dogs. The heat dies down a little bit. You're two and two. But now you gotta win the game against the jets, and that'll be standalone game on a Monday night, and all your problems come forward. Everything is on display. Now, sometimes that's great when you go, hey, we're going to showcase our talent. This is like, oh, boy. Hope they spend a little more time on the jets than they do us. But here is the Dolphins head coach, Mike McDaniel. After the loss, expectation was to come in here and win the game. And we knew we had to not turn the ball over. And we knew we had to, you know, try to get at least plus or at least even with him in the takeaway department. And we had to play good football, make some plays. And, you know, we had turnover in a critical situation. We had a critical penalty against on a punt. Those types of things can. That's how these types of games are decided. So it feels like a loss and feels like we have a lot of.

Paulie (9:36)

Motivation to get back to work.

Dan Patrick (9:39)

It feels like when Mike is at the microphone, it's like the press secretary for the White House, like, I'm gonna translate, I'm gonna tell you some things. It's not the president who's going to be speaking, it's the press secretary. But it's just didn't sound inspiring. And I think we go back to that first loss to the Colts that set the tone. And then you have a players only meeting. When you have a players only meeting after one week, that's doom and gloom. There's no excuse like this the first game of the season. I. I'm always amazed when a coach says, hey, we weren't ready to play. How's that possible? You had seven months to get ready to play a game. We weren't ready, huh? It wasn't like, hey, you have this game and you got a game in four days. It was seven months to get ready. And to a. It was just, you know, just kind of a. To a performance there. And it's not all on him, but, man, we give the quarterbacks too much credit and too much blame. And that's the case right here.

Marvin (10:48)

Yes, Bart, football is the one sport where I will not Take we weren't ready to play as an excuse. You had seven days. Every single week you have seven days to prepare for the next team. What do you mean? NBA, mlb, NHL. You play every day. Basically you had seven days. What do you mean you're not ready?

Dan Patrick (11:07)

Well, they weren't ready for the opening week against the Colts either.

Marvin (11:11)

Seven days, seven months. Either way, they weren't ready.

Dan Patrick (11:14)

So the Bills hold off the dolphins 31, 21. They're now three and oh, the dolphins are oh and three. Is it just me or does every Bills tight end sound like he has the same name? They got. They got some Dawson and Dalton and like Paulie, there's three tight ends there and it feels like they're on the wb. They're on a show. Yeah.

Paulie (11:35)

Their quarterback room, as people like to say, is Dalton Kincaid, Dawson Knox and Jackson Hawes.

Dan Patrick (11:43)

I don't want to wait for our lives to be over.

Marvin (11:47)

Coming next on the wb.

Dan Patrick (11:49)

Oh, yeah, Dawson.

Marvin (11:51)

Break it up with John. Coming up next.

Dan Patrick (11:54)

I kept thinking, I'm trying to. I'm getting confused. Is it Dalton Knox? Is it Dawson Knox? Is it Dalton K. There you go. Yeah, it does sound like the starting rotation for Mississippi State's baseball team.

Todd Fritz (12:06)

Yes.

Dan Patrick (12:07)

Yeah, we got Dawson out there and then we're going to bring in Dalton.

Paulie (12:10)

Out there bringing Carter Hendrick off the bench.

Dan Patrick (12:14)

These, they sounded like fake names to me. Like. Okay, and. And they love their tight ends there in Buffalo. All right, Seaton, What's. Oh, it's a meat Friday. Here is the menu. Beef and chorizo chili, jalapeno cheddar, cornbread, bacon cornbread. Oh, has it better than we do. Nobody. Beef and chorizo chili.

Paulie (12:43)

Yes, Paul, I am a huge chorizo supporter from way back.

Dan Patrick (12:46)

That's good.

Paulie (12:47)

My concern though is the guy behind me has having chorizo and then a drive home.

Dan Patrick (12:51)

Yeah, well, it's about an hour drive. You are a grown up, so I'll let you handle accordingly.

Todd Fritz (12:56)

Maybe I don't do the whole fill up the plate like a big pictures.

Paulie (12:58)

Now and bowl of chilies on a plate.

Dan Patrick (13:00)

Yeah, why don't you just hold your chorizo there?

Todd Fritz (13:04)

I'm just gonna pace myself.

Dan Patrick (13:04)

Yeah, yeah. Long drive home. But it's a Friday. Oh, that's right.

Todd Fritz (13:09)

Yeah. Stop at a mobile or a Sonoco. Do what you gotta do.

Dan Patrick (13:12)

Do you know the codes? The bathroom codes? I kind of do.

Todd Fritz (13:15)

One of them has the key with like a brick attached to it. This other guy, he sends me into some back room.

Dan Patrick (13:20)

Do buy gasoline when you go into.

Todd Fritz (13:23)

These gas stations, rarely, I'm more likely get a bag of chips and like a Coke.

Dan Patrick (13:28)

They're like, oh, here comes that guy again. Great.

Todd Fritz (13:31)

Might as well close up shop till tomorrow.

Dan Patrick (13:33)

We're closed.

Todd Fritz (13:33)

We're not selling anything.

Dan Patrick (13:35)

Do they do police tape outside?

Todd Fritz (13:37)

Do not cross. It's embarrassing when they start putting the tape around you while you're still in there.

Dan Patrick (13:43)

All right, so we'll run down the football matchups, NFL and college over the weekend. Our good buddy Clayton Kershaw to retire after the playoffs. We'll talk about that. He's pitched really well this year, and I love that you can come to that decision. That's a really hard decision, especially when you're playing well. So many athletes go, I can't go like Travis Kelsey and I can't go out this way. You can't, but you might go out in a worse way the, the following season. But Clayton Kershaw has pitched well. They've needed him to pitch well. And when you start to look at these pitchers like true pitchers, you got Scherzer, Verlander, Kershaw, and pretty much after that, the ace is done with Major League Baseball. And I wonder how we're going to look at numbers for pitchers for the hall of Fame. Because it used to be if you got to 200, 250, okay, maybe a little more than that, now it's going to be 150. I mean, Jacob deGrom is kind of a dinosaur in there as well. But for the most part, the starting pitcher and how we view them is going to change dramatically because you won't have, I mean, Verlander's pitch pretty well second half of the season. I think he wants to pitch again. I think he wants to get 300. I don't know where he is. He's pretty close. And then Scherzer is in there. He wants to continue to pitch. But Clayton Kershaw, wonderful season and first ballot hall of Famer. He was a great, great pitcher. We hope to have him on before the end of the regular season or the postseason. All right, Seaton, you got a poll question for me?

Caller/Listener (15:28)

Not only do I have a poll.

Dan Patrick (15:29)

Question for you, but I was lucky.

Julian Edelman (15:30)

Enough to get three from Todd at 2:30am last night.

Dan Patrick (15:33)

I don't know if Todd. I know they're very important. These are the things that are on Todd's mind if you want wants to share sleep.

Todd Fritz (15:38)

I was very restless.

Dan Patrick (15:40)

And then I got a recap email after that saying, here, I put all three just in one email now for convenience. Okay, Very thoughtful. I will warn the audience. Fritz, he got a little loose Yesterday on the 12:15 podcast. It's the wrap up with the back room guys and it feels like that's a spillover. And it's Friday. Fritzi on full display. All right, Todd, would you like to give us the three poll questions that you came up with at 2 in the morning?

Todd Fritz (16:04)

The first one you've already touched on or we've already touched on was last night a moral victory for the Dolphins in Buffalo. The choices being? Absolutely. They stood toe to toe with a much better opponent. That's keeping it positive. Absolutely not. They still lost by double digits. Third choice. There are no moral victories, only losses. Especially at the.03 mark of your season.

Dan Patrick (16:23)

I think it depends on what the expectation level was or is for the team. The Dolphins are supposed to be a playoff team or at least on the cusp of being a playoff team. I don't think you can have moral victories if you're a team that's supposed to be a playoff contender. I think the Browns can have a moral victory or Carolina can have a moral victory. A couple of these teams, but not many because I think the NFL is built in a way that everybody should be kind of hovering around seven, eight or nine wins and the Dolphins should be that kind of team. I don't think it's a moral victory. I think this is who they're supposed to be. It's not like they played out of their minds. Where we go, wow, that was a big surprise. It wasn't a surprise to me because they're built for offense and they stayed in the game. And when it came to crunch time, two is, you know, qbr, if you follow that, is terrible. In the, the, you know, the last five minutes of a game in a one score game, he has a terrible qbr. I mean, that's where these games are won and lost. That's the difference between my quarterback and your quarterback. How many times did we do that with Brady? How much time's left? Two minutes. What's he need? Needs touchdown. Damn, you guys are going to lose. Mahomes, Montana. I mean, Elway run down the list of great quarterbacks of all time. Now, two is not in that category, but I expect Josh Allen to do that. I expect Lamar Jackson to do that. I don't expect Tuatanga Violoa to do it. If I do, I'm surprised. But he does have weapons. He's got two of the fastest guys in the NFL. He's got the fastest guy in the NFL. Oh yeah, I, I, I just two yard passes here. That's all I need to do. It's, it's two yards and you take it 30. We both get credit for, you know, a 30 yard touchdown pass, but I don't, that's not a moral victory. All right, what else do you have?

Todd Fritz (18:20)

The second one is the best NFL Week 3 matchup is and this is just an alphabetical order. Not because I'm a Bronco fan. Broncos, Chargers, Rams, Eagles, Lions, Ravens, Monday Night Football or other. Could there be something other than those three as the best game of week three?

Dan Patrick (18:35)

Now I would say the rematch with the Rams and the Eagles, but I mean even the Bengals, Vikings with the backup quarterbacks is kind of interesting to me. Broncos, Chargers is big and Lions, Ravens, but I would say Rams and the Eagles because I thought the Rams were a better team in the second half of that game. I know you got to play a full game, but I thought the Rams were going to win that playoff game. All right, what else?

Todd Fritz (19:00)

And the last one, a little off the board. I think. The other day we were talking about Haley Joel Osment. I don't know if it was on the air, off the air that, and we've said many times that he should have won the Academy Award over Michael Caine. So if you had the sixth sense, if you had that ability, I guess it's maybe a disability. It's a horrible thing in that movie to have that. Which group of dead people would you.

Dan Patrick (19:17)

Think he's happy to have? The six.

Todd Fritz (19:18)

He looked very upset when he was telling Bruce Willis that he's got this thing. I don't think it was affliction, whatever you want to call it. Nobody wants to see dead people popping around. It's kind of scary. But if you had the sixth sense, which group of dead people would you most want to see floating around around you? Actors, actresses, athletes, family slash pets, musicians, presidents, supermodels. Supermodels in their prime. Not when they're 80 and they passed away of natural causes.

Dan Patrick (19:44)

So this is what you're doing at.

Todd Fritz (19:46)

2 in the morning between 2:15 and 2:45 in the morning. I was tossing him like. And just a few of these poll questions. The first two are fairly obvious. The third one was a little odd to be thinking about.

Dan Patrick (19:54)

No, it's very odd. But there's only one right answer and that's your family.

Todd Fritz (19:58)

You would think. But I don't know if it's going to completely run away with. I'm Very curious.

Dan Patrick (20:01)

When's the last time you said, man, I'm thinking of that supermodel who was 80 years. Like, I'm not thinking of Bridget Bardot or Raquel Welch or any of these women who passed away.

Todd Fritz (20:12)

One of my uncles I liked, but if it was between Uncle Joe, he was a little weird sometimes at the Seder, at the Passover table, I might have to go with one of the supermodels that passed away. It's not everyone, but I'm curious. Is that going to be 100%? And obviously you feel, like, compelled. You got to pick family and pets.

Dan Patrick (20:27)

I got to put a hard cap on you today. I think there has to be.

Todd Fritz (20:31)

It's a valid question. Do you guys think it's 100% of the vote is going to go to family?

Dan Patrick (20:34)

Okay, if I said you could revisit with your father?

Todd Fritz (20:36)

Oh, forget. Of course.

Dan Patrick (20:37)

But I'm saying not everyone loves the answer.

Todd Fritz (20:40)

It's the right answer. But not everyone is like, oh, I wish I could go see my grandma or my dad again. Some are like, screw that. I want to see dead famous athletes to hang out with or walk around or just see them floating by. It could happen.

Dan Patrick (20:51)

Yeah.

Paulie (20:52)

I was thinking I'd go with Charles Groden over my dad. That's what I was thinking about.

Dan Patrick (20:59)

Yes, Marvin.

Marvin (21:00)

Sorry, everyone. Fritzi was on the 12:15 podcast. I put a disclaimer up because he was like this yesterday. And we could have put a hard cap on it, like you guys did.

Todd Fritz (21:10)

Like Aunt Michelle, Johnny Unitis. Grandma's kind of smelled, and I didn't like her. We'd go to her house for dinner.

Dan Patrick (21:17)

Okay. All right, we're gonna take a break here, and we'll come up with a legitimate poll question here, at least for the first time with the program. But thank you, Todd, for your contributions. All right, we'll take a break. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartrad. Hey, it's me, Rob Parker.

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Todd Fritz (25:38)

They sold that? Yes.

Dan Patrick (25:39)

Might want to go back to the Colts stadium. Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that. Yeah.

Todd Fritz (25:43)

I thought the shape we had with.

Dan Patrick (25:44)

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Paulie (26:27)

Yeah, I think this one's really tough to answer. Going back to the 2020 draft, which quarterback will end up having the best career? Joe Burrow. Justin Herbert. Jalen Hurts. Jordan Love, Tua. Best career.

Dan Patrick (26:42)

Jalen hurts. Jalen hurts. The other guys who have far better stats, but Jalen Hurts will have. If there's one more super bowl in there. I mean, he's hall of Famer. I can't say that about the other quarterbacks. If Joe Burrow wins one and he went to one, okay, we could have a discussion, but, you know, you start to look at the injuries and the age, and then next thing you know, you're Patrick Mahomes. You're 30 now. He's done an awful lot before 30, but these other quarterbacks are knocking on the door of 28, 29, 30 years of age. And I know they're playing longer, but it feels like it's really difficult to Stay healthy for an entire season, no matter. Tua didn't get hit. He got hit one time last night and still put up kind of pedestrian numbers against a defense that's not great, maybe opportunistic, but I would say Jalen Hurts. Just because he's going to win games, he's going to be in big games. And I know that we look at our quarterbacks and Jalen Hurts may be the modern day version of. Yes. Marvin Trachman bloop. Yes. Where we look at. If you look at Troy stats and you're like, he's a Hall of Famer. Well, he did it for the Cowboys and they won three Super Bowls. And Jalen Hurts. I don't think he's thrown for over 200 yards yet this year in the first two games. Yeah, Paulie, if we did this poll.

Paulie (28:15)

Question two and a half years ago, Joe Burrow would have got 95% of it.

Dan Patrick (28:18)

Probably. Yeah.

Paulie (28:19)

Is there any wiggle room or consideration for you guys with Justin Herbert now that he's got Jim Harbaugh, he's got.

Dan Patrick (28:25)

To win a playoff game. Like he's melted down in a couple of playoff games. And yes, he does like the infrastructure is there and he should be great. But I gotta see you. He, he's to a lesser, far lesser degree than Lamar Jackson. But I want to see what you do in the postseason. I'm surprised when Justin Herbert isn't great, but I want to see what you do in the postseason. And Jalen Hurts has come up big. I mean, they thought about him as the MVP in a losing effort in the Super Bowl. He played that well. But I would say Jalen Hurts would be the guy.

Caller/Listener (29:05)

All right.

Dan Patrick (29:06)

8, 7, 7, 3. DP show email address dp@danpatrick.com Twitter handle it DP Show Buddha in San Francisco. Good morning, Buddha.

Caller/Listener (29:16)

Nobody happy me Friday, boys. Every day, the Super Bowl. Fritzi, let's go.

Dan Patrick (29:23)

Let's go, Dan.

Caller/Listener (29:26)

Real quick set of the day. Josh Allen has 45 touchdowns in 15 games against the Dolphins. That is wild. And I couldn't help but think about all the people, Dan, who took the Bills last night for their survivor pick. They were a lot given 12 points, but, man, that was interesting for at least a half. I mean, Dolphins had America's attention at halftime and then it all turned out to be not good.

Dan Patrick (29:57)

Thank you, Buddha. Zach in Knoxville. Hi, Zach. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (30:03)

Thanks for taking my call. The Buffalo Bills tight ends. That is first team, all white American trust fund baby names right there. But here in Knoxville, we have an influx of kids named Peyton. And in the 90s, you had an influx of kids named Jalen after Jalen Rose. Was there a name, a sports figure in the areas that you or the Dana Dannettes grew up in that was like, really popular amongst kids?

Dan Patrick (30:29)

I don't remember somebody being named after an athlete when I was growing up. It's a good question. I. But I, I'm just doing the Rolodex. Of all the people I knew and I can't remember somebody saying, oh, he's named after Joe Namath or Johnny Unit. I never ran into that. I mean, there might have been people in Cincinnati with Johnny Bench or Pete Rose maybe, but I. I don't recall them. Nathan in Indiana. Hey, Nate, what's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (31:04)

Hey, Dan, how you doing? Good, good. So the only poll question that matters today in light of polys is chili. Do you prefer classic chili, chili with noodles or white chicken chili?

Dan Patrick (31:18)

Okay, Paul, Noodles.

Paulie (31:22)

I almost fell out of my chair. That's Cincinnati, right?

Dan Patrick (31:25)

Well, they do spaghetti, not noodles, but.

Paulie (31:27)

Yeah, yeah, they take chili, put it on top of pasta noodles. Yes, that's. That's not really a chili. It's a chili on top of something. Yes, I like beef chili, Texas style, mostly.

Dan Patrick (31:38)

Hopefully that answered your question. Keith in Ohio. Hi, Keith. Or no, Chico, I'm sorry. Hi, Keith.

Caller/Listener (31:46)

Hey, Dan and Dan. Good morning.

Dan Patrick (31:47)

Morning.

Caller/Listener (31:49)

5, 6 and a soft 170. Wanted to talk about the Lions and ask a question. After the dominant win over the Bears last week, they somewhat have recaptured their offensive prowess and firepower. Granted, the Bears did not play well and now Detroit travels to Baltimore for a huge Monday night matchup. If the Lions win that game, how will that change your perception of them in terms of their coaching staff, personnel and where they stand in the nfc? Obviously it's still the Eagles and Packers at the top of the nfc, but with win over Baltimore, that will probably shake things up a little bit. Thank you guys. Happy meat Friday.

Dan Patrick (32:27)

All right, thank you, Keith. Well, I have the Lions going to the super bowl, so I'm not surprised if they win this game. They are getting four and a half against the Ravens. The Chiefs are giving six against the Giants. Is this a must win for the Chiefs? Like have we gotten to must win situation? Because I think after that the Chiefs play the Ravens, that would be the must. Must. If you lose this one and then I think you got Jacksonville as well and you can't say, well, they'll be Jacksonville if you, if you don't beat the Giants. You can't say. Well, they'll beat Jacksonville. See the Cowboys minus one and a half in Chicago. Is that going to be 38? 37 final packers minus 8 1/2 against the Browns. Jets getting 7 against the Bucks. The Rams getting 3 1/2 against the Eagles. My Colts minus 4 1/2 against the Titans. See, that's the game the Colts lose. They do a lot of hype. Danny Dimes. Hey, look at what they're doing. The Raiders at the Commanders. Raiders getting three and a half. Steelers minus one and a half against the Patriots. The Bengals getting three at the Vikings and the backup quarterback Bash. Broncos plus two and a half at the Chargers. Just some of the point spreads there. For entertainment purposes only.

Paulie (33:56)

Yes, Paul, going back to that caller who mentioned baby names and you ever name your kid after an athlete? The name Jordan for boys in America back in the 70s was like in the 450s. It was not popular in any way. Not Even the top 100 after Michael Jordan became MVP a decade later it was 52nd of boys names in the in America at one point got up to the 18th most popular boys name in America in the early 90s.

Dan Patrick (34:23)

But there have to be numbers of the most popular name that was after an athlete or an entertainment attainer or an actor. I'm guessing they probably have lists that say this because it's got to be at the height of this person's fame where you go, I mean, how many tailors are going to be out there for Taylor Swift and Travis's?

Paulie (34:47)

You brought up the name Elvis was almost unused before 1950 in America and it became the 80th most popular name in America 10 years later.

Dan Patrick (34:57)

Okay, Tom in North Carolina is back. Hi Tom. Hey, dp.

Caller/Listener (35:06)

I don't remember. I unfortunately I haven't been with the DP show from, you know, day one, Inception. But you know, being a convert, you know, being a die hard, I've been looking back at some of the old YouTube clips, some of the things like that and I remember you guys used to, you know, kind of maybe like a big news event or something like that, Fritzi would make a mock headline or something like that. And with Clayton Kershaw retiring, you know, I think it's only fitting. But wait, I'm just getting word. There is a clip of Fritzi doing a mock headline of Clayton Kershaw, but it's not about him retiring obviously, but there's a lot of substance in that video. Dan, It's a six minute clip. I, I don't know if, you know, if you're on the YouTube channel, the Dan Patrick YouTube channel, you know, it's Captain Obvious mock failure. You know, it's a day that Paulie's out. You know, he blames you. I don't want to give it all away, but, you know, if you guys want to show that that's, you know, it was one of the things that actually when I, you know, first saw. It's one of the. The ones that I put on my favorites that I watch quite a bit.

Dan Patrick (36:15)

All right, thank you, Tom. It's kind of a long winded way of almost telling me what we said in that clip without telling me. I can't look at it now, Tom. I'm. I'm busy doing a show six minute clip there. Todd, you remember your mock headlines? Did you make fun of Clayton Kershaw?

Todd Fritz (36:35)

I hope I didn't. I love Clayton Kershaw. I don't know what he could have done that would have been, you know, garnered me having to make fun of him with a mock headline.

Dan Patrick (36:41)

Well, maybe it was a poor playoff performance.

Todd Fritz (36:43)

Could have been.

Dan Patrick (36:44)

Could have been. All right.

Todd Fritz (36:45)

Not sure what rhymes with Clayton or Kershaw, but it doesn't have to be a rhyme. We'll have to look for that.

Dan Patrick (36:50)

Yeah, sometimes your rhymes aren't rhymes.

Todd Fritz (36:52)

Often my rhymes are like a fork and Falk and all that kind of stuff.

Dan Patrick (36:57)

Yeah, we're not. We don't need that again. Fork, Falk, Marshall, fork. When you come to the fork in.

Todd Fritz (37:05)

The road legend and probably need to go to see some auditory specialist or something.

Dan Patrick (37:11)

Lucas in Texas, I. Luke, what's on your mind?

Caller/Listener (37:15)

Hey, Dan. Good morning.

Dan Patrick (37:16)

Good morning.

Caller/Listener (37:18)

All right, I'll. I'll air out our own family's history a little bit. I am named after an athlete, and I have three boys named after athletes. My middle name is Ryan and my. The only reason my name is not Nolan Ryan is because my dad lost an argument and so they eventually settled on Lucas. And then I have three boys. And the short answer is I like shorter names for our boys and kind of older fashion, I guess, that aren't as common. So being big Astro fans, my oldest is Craig. Right after we had Craig, the Astros won their first World Series MVP of that series was George Springer. So a couple years later, we had another boy. We named him George. And then we had to go way down on the debt chart, depth chart to find someone, but we've always liked the name John, and we found a John way down on the depth chart. So either directly or somewhat indirectly. Yes. There are people that are crazy enough to name their kids after athletes. It's the most inspiration we can find in a moment of desperation when having to name a kid.

Dan Patrick (38:22)

Thank you, Lucas. Let's see. Arnold in St. Pete. Hi, Arnold.

Caller/Listener (38:28)

What's up, Dan?

Dan Patrick (38:29)

Hey, bud.

Caller/Listener (38:29)

20561. My dad, huge golfer, named me Arnold Palmer. That is my name. Arnold Palmer Evans.

Dan Patrick (38:41)

So your middle name is Palmer?

Caller/Listener (38:44)

Yeah, everybody calls me Palmer, but it's Arnold Palmer for sure. I get all kinds of stuff. You wouldn't believe it.

Dan Patrick (38:50)

Is there any downside to that?

Caller/Listener (38:53)

Yes, it is, because I used to get in school time. Remember Green Acres, Arnold the pig? Yeah, yeah, I used to get that quite a bit.

Dan Patrick (39:03)

All right, well, hang in there, Arnold. You've made it this far. I'm looking at the most popular baby names. This according to BET experts. Or is that what this is? Or BET sports, Todd.

Todd Fritz (39:17)

I believe that sports.

Dan Patrick (39:17)

All right. Kobe, David Beckham, Serena. So they inspired most names between 20 and 2021. Yeah.

Todd Fritz (39:29)

Big jumps in some of those names.

Dan Patrick (39:31)

The. The top five most popular sports inspired names in the United States for 21 years was Kobe, David Beckham, Serena, Sydney Crosby, Carly Lloyd. Now would you call. I'm wondering if people use the name Beckham instead of David.

Paulie (39:54)

I think that's what they mean. Beckham.

Dan Patrick (39:56)

Okay.

Paulie (39:57)

I looked up Also in the 90s, the name Shaquille had never been tracked before. Before 1990, there's no tracking of the name Shaquille ever breaking the top 1000. In 1993, it got up to 181 for boys names in America.

Dan Patrick (40:14)

In the 12 month period following Kobe's death, his name increased by 200%. There's some other names in here. Floyd Mayweather. Huh? Venus, Marshawn Lynch, LeBron, and Tiger. Tiger's a nickname. Hey, I'm trying to see if anybody. Derek Jeter's on here. Kawhi Akee Talib is on here. Hey, Akeem. Yes, Marvin.

Marvin (40:59)

I think the one seed is probably Jalen Rose when it comes to current athletes. Because think of all the times we say Jalen. From Jalen Brunson to Jalen Ramsey, you can keep going down the list. Jalen is so popular among like pro athletes.

Dan Patrick (41:11)

A Jordan would be up there.

Marvin (41:13)

What current athletes named Jordan?

Dan Patrick (41:15)

Yeah, I would say there's probably a lot of guys. Right? That sound right? I mean, the last 30 years, I would say, but I don't understand that Jalen Rose that. All of a sudden people go, I'm gonna name my son after Jalen. Rose. Yes, Marvin.

Marvin (41:32)

I know somebody named Jalen. I was born in 1995. It wasn't. Jalen was my favorite player. They heard the name, they were like, I love that name. And that's how it happened. It wasn't, oh, I love the Denver Nuggets in 1994. So much. So I'm going to name my baby Jalen. It was I love that name. And one of our neighbors had a baby name was Jalen.

Dan Patrick (41:52)

All right, we'll take a break. We'll get to more phone calls here. And up next, it's our play of the day. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

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Todd Fritz (45:46)

They sold that? Yes.

Dan Patrick (45:47)

Might want to go back to the Colts stadium. Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that. Yeah, I thought the shape we had with pretzels was working pretty well. It's worked for generations. We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go. I hope I'm as youthful as Pete Carroll is at his age. He's a young 73. He is a young 73. He is spry. I wouldn't fight him. I would listen to NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

Caller/Listener (46:22)

Oh my God.

Dan Patrick (46:23)

The play of the day. This is the play of the day. Check this out. Here's the snap. Back to pass.

Todd Fritz (46:34)

Fires.

Dan Patrick (46:35)

It's intercepted. Picked off by Terrell Bernard coming the other way and out of bounds at the 40 yard line.

Todd Fritz (46:42)

Terrell Bernard. Bernard Mr. Fourth quarter comes up huge.

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He read Tua like a book, courtesy of the Bills radio network. That was the only turnover in the game by either team. The Bills have zero turnovers through the first three games of the season. That's your play of the day. Play of the day brought to you by brought to you by the great folks at Simply Safe Home Security. You know, when you talk about home security, be proactive, not reactive. And that's what Simply Safe is. Get 50% off your new Simply Safe system at SimpliSafedan.com There is no safe like Simplisafe. Paul in Iowa. Hi, Paul. What's on your mind today?

Caller/Listener (47:27)

Hey, Dan. Well, you're talking about baby names, and as a child of the mid-90s, I can confirm the skyrocketing percentage of Jordans. I had a graduating class of 94 with three boy Jordans and one girl with a Y. But in Iowa right now, I'll give you one guess of what's taken over the baby names for girls.

Dan Patrick (47:48)

Caitlin.

Caller/Listener (47:50)

You got it. Ding, ding.

Dan Patrick (47:52)

All right, thank you, Paul. Brian in Milwaukee. Hi, Brian.

Caller/Listener (47:57)

Good morning, guys. Happy meet Friday. Also wanted you to guess who I was named after. Dan.

Dan Patrick (48:03)

Born in Green Bay, been going to.

Caller/Listener (48:05)

Games in the season ticket holder since I was five. Then my mom one day tells me you were named after a Chicago Bear. I was like, you got to be kidding me. You take a guess of which Brian I was named after?

Dan Patrick (48:17)

Well, you're too old to be Brian or locker.

Caller/Listener (48:20)

That's correct. See, you're deducting this.

Dan Patrick (48:22)

Very good. So, Brian Piccolo.

Caller/Listener (48:25)

Yes. She saw the movie Brian Song and said, I'm naming my son Brian. So I'm like, here I am, a diehard Packer fan, named after a bear, but it's a good guy.

Dan Patrick (48:34)

Yeah, that's a great name. Great person to be named after Sauce in Maine. Hi, Sauce. What's on your mind?

Caller/Listener (48:41)

ADP. Long first time. Long time. Six 1. A dwindling 225. Grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, and came across two reps in my life and then had some folks I knew name their children. Cow. There's three of those, so I wonder if they're regretting that. Also, on the Meat Friday note, I was invited to a get together tonight having moose steak. Didn't know if you'd ever had it. I haven't, so curious to find out.

Dan Patrick (49:12)

I have none. I have non sauce. But next time I'm up in Maine, I'll ask about that. I'm going up in a couple of weeks. Christian in New York. Hi, Christian.

Caller/Listener (49:23)

Hey, good morning, dad. First time caller six two. About 170 soaking wet. So, great story. My father and my parents, Christian Laitner's older brother, ironically, Chris, we knew them from sports. And my family babysat Christian Laettner all through his younger years up in Angola, New York. And my dad made my mom watch every single Duke game. And I was named after Christian Laidner.

Dan Patrick (49:51)

All right, I always. I don't understand that. His brother was named Chris and Christian Laitner is named Christian. Would feel like that would be a kind of confusing if you're calling for, you know, one of them to come. But Christian Laitner's brother is Chris.

Paulie (50:09)

Yes, Paulie, I'm looking at the baby name tracker, and it had a big rise in the early 90s. Kids named Christian right on cue.

Dan Patrick (50:19)

But then to have a brother named Chris, that's disturbing. Yes. Or you'll get a guy named Ben, and then his last name begins with Ben. And then you're going, really? Yes. Todd.

Todd Fritz (50:32)

That's just obnoxious when parents do that. You know, kids are going to deal with a certain amount of abuse growing up. You may have zits or you're just kind of nerdy or whatever.

Caller/Listener (50:39)

Why.

Todd Fritz (50:39)

Why have a name that everyone's just going to totally abuse you? Why would you do that to your kid?

Dan Patrick (50:43)

Yes.

Marvin (50:44)

What, like Marvin?

Dan Patrick (50:47)

It's not a bad name. I mean, you're named after Marvin Gaye.

Marvin (50:51)

Bloop. And kids are mean. Oh, kids are mean.

Dan Patrick (50:57)

Okay. Did you. Oh, so you made the mistake of telling them that you're named after the musician Marvin.

Marvin (51:04)

Well, that's the only Marvin people knew. There's no Marvin.

Dan Patrick (51:07)

How about Marvin Gardens with Monopoly?

Marvin (51:10)

Okay, but the general public, like, Marvin. Like Marvin Gaye?

Caller/Listener (51:14)

Yes.

Marvin (51:16)

Like, oh, you guys trying to be funny?

Dan Patrick (51:17)

Yeah. You got picked on, little babe. Yeah. Yeah. Yes, Todd, I take.

Todd Fritz (51:23)

Marvin gave a. Marvin Marvinson. If that was your name, that'd be, like, ridiculous.

Dan Patrick (51:27)

Marvin Webster, the human eraser.

Marvin (51:32)

I don't think kids in 1995 knew.

Dan Patrick (51:34)

Him, but they probably didn't know Marvin Gaye either.

Marvin (51:38)

I think Marvin Gaye was pretty ubiquitous. Like, you. You at least knew who he was. You knew he was a singer.

Dan Patrick (51:43)

Okay, well, I haven't been invited to the neighborhood, so I don't know your environment. I've asked if I could go to the cookout.

Marvin (51:51)

I invited you on Labor Day on the gambling podcast as Shay. Ask Dylan.

Dan Patrick (51:55)

I invited you on a podcast. You didn't invite me. Where you said, hey, dp and you text me. I would have. I would have done a drive by.

Marvin (52:04)

I can't wait to get my rapid radio. It just.

Dan Patrick (52:07)

You can do that. All right. Yes. And then if you. I said you can invite me. I want to. I want to hear the dynamics, see the dynamic. And I. I hope we do like that dance line. Do you do the dancing?

Marvin (52:18)

Oh, the soul train line.

Dan Patrick (52:19)

Yeah.

Marvin (52:19)

Nah. See, I got a family full of academics, so they're like, let's play like the cookout music is going to be jamming.

Julian Edelman (52:26)

You don't get an electric slide in there though.

Marvin (52:28)

We don't. We'll play a mean game of Scattergories.

Dan Patrick (52:30)

Though, because I like to ride the pony when I'm doing that soul train line.

Marvin (52:34)

I mean, they'll let you do it.

Dan Patrick (52:35)

Oh, no, I'll do it. Yeah. There's no letting. I'm doing it. Seaton. Would you update the poll results from the first hour of this award nominated program? Well, I put up Paul's Hammer poll, but I had to tweak it slightly in that I did from the 2020 NFL Draft. Other than Jalen hurts. Other who will end up having the best career? Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert, Tua Tungavailoa or Jordan Love. Okay. Results pending. Okay. But yeah, I had to. I took out the super bowl winner. Todd. Did people make fun of you at all growing up with your name? They did.

Todd Fritz (53:12)

I don't know if I can say the second word, can I? What I. What I said to you there? They called me Fritz. Blank potato chips. A body part on a female that rhymes with Fritz. And the kid thought it was so funny and I think it's so stupid. Fritz potato chips okay.

Dan Patrick (53:27)

Hilarious.

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