A (0:00)

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. This is Rob Gronkowski from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and jewels for the second season in a row, I partnered with T Mobile's Friday night 5G lights, powering up hometown football across America. This year, T mobile invested over $4 million in prizes to help schools take their Friday nights to the next level. Now it's time to crown our $1 million grand prize winner. A huge congrats to Derrick's High school in Derrick's, Arkansas, home of the Outlaws and your 2020 5T mobile Friday night 5G lights champion. They scored a home field upgrade, Gronk Fitness weight room, a 2026 tailgate party and an all expense paid trip to the SEC Championship game. To every school that competed, posted and rallied your communities. Thank you and a big thanks to T Mobile for making it all possible and helping communities shine under the Friday night lights. This season may be over, but the story isn't. Stay tuned for season three in 2026. So you're telling me that the AI that's meant to make everyone's job easier to manage just adds more to manage? On top of the thousands of apps the IT department already manages? Funny how that works. Any business can add AI. IBM helps you scale and manage AI to change how you do business. Let's create Smile to Business IBM. This is Sophie Cunningham from Show Me Something. Do you know the symptoms of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea, or OSA in adults with obesity? They may be happening to you without you knowing. If anyone has ever said you snore loudly, or if you spend your days fighting off excessive tiredness, irritability and concentration issues. It may be due to osa. OSA is a serious condition where your airway partially or completely collapses during sleep, which may cause breathing interruptions and oxygen deprivation. Learn more at don'tsleep onosa.com this information is provided by Lilly, a medicine company. Okay, only 10 more presents to wrap. You're almost at the finish line. But first, There the last one. Enjoy a Coca Cola for a pause that refreshes. Running a business is hard enough. Don't make it harder with a dozen apps that don't talk to each other. One for sales, another for inventory, a separate one for accounting. That's software overload. Odoo is the all in one platform that replaces them all. CRM, Accounting, Inventory, E Commerce, hr. Fully integrated, easy to use, and built to grow. With your business, thousands have already made the switch. Why not you try odoo for free@odoo.com that's odoo.com you are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Hope you had a great weekend. Everybody is here, fully assembled. Fritzy Seaton, Marv Polyers truly in the back room. Guys. Football tonight. Dolphins at the Steelers. The Dolphins could move to.500. They're not totally eliminated from the playoff picture. We'll talk about those teams that are including your Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes is out. Have an mri. MRI on that knee because there's different grades there. If It's a grade one, grade two, grade three is the worst and that could be a 12 month recovery period. But it'll be somewhere between six and 12 months. Take it from me having experienced that. Bills over the Patriots, Broncos over the packers, the injuries with the packers, the Rams and the Lions, Panthers right on cue, just as scripted. I said on Friday they shouldn't lose. People are going to buy into them and it's usually the team that's not as good in that division that wins. And here are the Saints winning again. Philip Rivers did okay. Seahawks pull out the win. You got a big game coming up on Thursday between the seahawks and the rams. 8773 DP Show Email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle the DP Show Good morning those watching on Peacock or NBC Sports Network. Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the program. Good morning to all of our great radio affiliates around the country. Over 400 cities carrying this program. Last day to get guaranteed Christmas delivery of everything@danpatrick.com all of the boathouse gear, 25% off. Calendars are 30% off. Take advantage of this. Today is the last day. First hour brought to you by the folks who've been doing it for over 40 years. Tirerack.com the right tires for how and what and where you drive ship fast and free backed by free road hazard protection with convenient installation options like mobile tire installation and tirerack.com the way tire buying should be. Play of the day Poll question Stat of the day. All of that coming up. No movement on Michigan's coaching front. Kaylin DeBoer keeps saying he's not interested in any other jobs, but he is still the leading candidate on a lot of these different websites. As far as best odds to become the next Michigan head coach Fernando Mendoza wins the Heisman. And that was the story of the year. Indiana number one team. They beat Ohio State. Mendoza's numbers were good. Gave A wonderful speech. Leave it to Fritzi to go. I don't know. Seemed a little too nice in that speech. Not phony, just like almost eerie nice. Like it's not like a Disney employee nice, but it's over the top. What are you doing? I thought it was a great speech. I thought it was wonderful speech. He gave part of it in Spanish, thanked his parents. I thought it was great. Can you be that nice? I'm going to do some digging. There's got to be something on this guy. I'm on a mission. I think it's because you felt worse about yourself because of. But there's got to be an ill advised tweet when he was in junior high school or some kind of racial comment. There's got to be something with this guy. What's going on with this? So perfectly nice. Well, let's hope there isn't. Okay, so Patrick Mahomes is out. We'll talk to Nick Wright, Kansas City Chiefs fan, Fox Sports 1 host. He'll join us coming up. Best and worst of the week on your phone calls are always welcome. 877-3DP show and a poll question in the first hour of the program. Seaton will provide that. You start to look at the afc, you look at, you know, some of these quarterbacks who might not be in the playoffs. Joe Burrow, boy, what had happened, what happened to the Bengals, you know, you beat the Ravens and then all of a sudden you get shut out at home against the Ravens. But Patrick Mahomes, Chargers, what's going to get lost in the Patrick Mahomes injury is the Chargers winning that game. That was a big game. Big game. Winning it in that climate. And you know, you got the Chargers and the Jags and I don't know if you, everybody or I don't know how many of you are all in on those two teams. Yes, the Jags haven't played anybody second half of the year, but they've won those games. It's weekend and week out where we go, how did you lose to that team? So I, I do have to give them credit. You know, granted they beat up on the Jets. Trevor Lawrence looked great. Liam Cohen has done a really good job with Jacksonville. Came over from Tampa as their offensive coordinator. He's done a really good job just like he did with Baker Mayfield. And you know, the Kansas City loss, the Chargers did just enough to win that game. And that's all you need to do when you get to the playoffs. You know, there's degree of difficulty. It doesn't matter. You don't get stylized points, you just win the game. But you start to look at Josh Allen and what he did in the second half, you know, that's what you need. That was a playoff like performance. You're down 21 to nothing, you're in New England and all of a sudden social media's got your coach fired and the Bills will never win a Super Bowl. And the, you know, the Patriots could be the best team in football to Buffalo ends up winning that game. And now you don't have Mahomes in there, you don't have Joe Burrow. I don't know if we're going to have Lamar Jackson, but you do have Josh Allen. And Josh Allen is the best quarterback right now in football. If I was going to look at, can that guy win a game? That guy, you know, Stafford's probably going to be your mvp, but I'm looking at one guy dominating and Josh Allen is that guy. Now I don't think the team is great. They might be good, but what he's doing and now what we expect him to do, this isn't the best Buffalo team. I love James Cook, you know, he runs hard. I just, I don't know if they have enough, but maybe they don't need enough this year because we're not sure about Jacksonville, the Texans, Chargers. Denver looked really good. That, that defense was impressive, really impressive. And you know, that's what you want. You, you beat a Green Bay team and now all of a sudden Michael Parsons is out probably for the rest of the year. It looks like the injuries with the packers, now it's up to can Jordan Love be that kind of guy? Can he win you games? You get to this point in the season and you look at your quarterback and say, can you be the difference? Can Justin Herbert be the difference? Bo Nix sometimes can be the difference, but he doesn't have to be the difference all the time because that defense is really good. But Bo Nix, when he plays well and that defense, they could be the best team in the afc, the best team in the NFL. The Rams. We've seen them where they're like unbelievable. And then we see them where we go, wait a minute, what happened? Stafford played well. I still think that's a really balanced team. I want to make sure that, you know, injuries with the Rams, because this time of the year everybody's dealing with this. And I think that's the, that's the key is let's win, let's stay healthy too. And then you got the game Tonight with the Steelers and the Dolphins. All right, Seaton's poll question today. Well, we got a bunch of teams in the hunt here. So if we were to run down this list. Lions, Cowboys, Panthers, Colts, Ravens, Dolphins. Who gets in? I probably have to take a closer look at all of that. I mean, the Lions are in a tough division. Bears ended up winning. I mean, the Vikings beat the Cowboys, but they're out of the playoff picture. So I'd have to look at how you measure up in your division here. There are some teams that jump out just by name value that you're like, oh, they're obviously in. And others that are in there that are like, obviously not. Like, the Lions to me is like, obviously they're gonna make it. They should. They should. They should. Right? The Ravens, to me, is still the same thing. I know there's a weird Ravens team, but I still have it in my head of like. But obviously, depending on the week, they could be the best team you ever saw, the worst. And you're in that division where it might be the first team to nine wins gets into the postseason. Yes, Todd, I want to believe in the Panthers, but then they have that egg against the Saints in their last three games. They got to play the Bucks twice, which will tell us a lot about that division. And the Seahawks between those two Bucks games for Carolina. Yeah. Even Seattle, like, I'm still not sure. They could have lost. They could have lost that game at home to a grandpa. And I'm watching the game and look, if Philip Rivers came on the show, I would say, I think my arm might be stronger than yours. And he would probably agree, but he did okay. I keep. And, you know, after the game, he was really emotional for the opportunity to be able to come back and play. Grateful. I mean, grateful. Running out for warm ups and all that. And out there from the anthem. And as the game just got going, I was just thankful. Grateful that I was out there. And it was a blast. It was a blast. But obviously the emotions now are disappointment. Right? Disappointment. You know, this isn't about me. You know, we had a team that is scrapping like crazy to try to stay alive and get into postseason. So obviously, we're all disappointed. Yeah. But he did a pretty good job. But really, the star for the Colts, to me, was their defense keeping Seattle in check in Seattle. But Philip Rivers threw a touchdown pass and they had a chance to win. But give credit to Seattle, you end up winning that game. That's a big game. And then you got the game coming up On Thursday night against the Rams. But this was about comebacks. Six teams. Bills, Falcons, Saints, Rams, Seahawks, Chargers. Rallied from at least 10 down to win in week 15. That's the second time this season six teams have rallied to win after trailing by 10 or more. Stat of the day brought to you by panini America. Also with Justin Herbert. He now has almost 3200 passing yards, 23 touchdown passes. And the reason why I bring that up, the only players in the history of the NFL with at least 3,000 passing yards and at least 20 passing touchdowns in east each of their first six seasons, Peyton Manning and Russell Wilson. Start of the day, Start of the day. Start of the day. Start of the day. This is the start out of the day. And how about my Raiders? Yes. At the beginning of the year, I bet Fritzy the raiders would have a better record than the Broncos. They were shut out 31 to nothing. Now, keep in mind, I can go back to week seven when they were shut out 31 to nothing by the Chiefs. Yes. They're the first team to be shut out by the super bowl teams from the previous year since the Colts in 1972. And they were shut out by the identical score. Congratulations, Raiders. Congratulations. Like how Pete Carroll said, no, this team hadn't quit. You know, the scary part is, like, if they. If he said no, I think we quit. Okay. The fact that he says, no, we didn't quit and you lost 31 to nothing. That. That's the problem. Yes, Todd. And that was a Super Bowl 15 rematch. You got to get up for these kind of games. I don't understand. Thank you, Todd. All righty, seat. Now, any other poll questions today? Yeah, this is a. A little off the beaten path, baby. But se. Off the seat path. Which quarterback had the best weekend? Ooh. Okay. I'll give you four options. All right. Brock Pury. Okay. It was against the Titans, but. Okay, well, you're going to be able to say that against all these guys, but these, to me, are all guys that needed a big weekend and got it. Oh, also, Josh Allen's not on this list. Josh Allen is on this list. He's the next quarterback. Oh, yeah. But he beat the Patriots in New England. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, that's better than Brock Purdy beating the Titans. Brock Purdy, he needed a big weekend. Okay. Okay. Josh Allen, obviously. Monster weekend. CJ Stroud, he's sort of up and down, especially this third year. You know, I don't even know what his numbers were. And he gets. He gets that sort of Label of, like, well, his defense is carrying it. Yeah, that's true. Which may or may not be true. However, he still had a. He still had a pretty great weekend. Okay. Trevor Lawrence. Ooh. Maybe had one of the best games of his career. Probably right. Has to be the best game. Accounted for six touchdowns. I mean, that's. Yeah, that was great. Those are your four options. Okay. Brock purdy, Josh Allen, C.J. stroud. Trevor Lawrence. Maybe there's others. If anyone else would like to populate, I would put Trevor Lawrence in there because, like, we still want to see this. And the fact that he showed that he's capable of doing this, you know, that. That's what surprised me. I mean, everybody's played the. You know, those who played the Jets. How many, you know, quarterbacks have put up these kind of numbers? We're still waiting to see with a real Trevor Lawrence. Please stand up. That's. Yeah, you keep. We keep getting. Every once in a while, every couple of weeks, you get a glimpse of Trevor Lawrence, the one that we expected to see. Yeah. And the one that we all want to see. And you're like, see, there it is. That's the guy. If he could just do that every week, he'd be an mvp. He'd be a Hall of Famer. Yeah. Yes. Paulie. I got to throw Phil Rivers in there. I mean, what people expected from him, people said that would be a disaster. NFL reporters and analysts said to be a disaster. He was 18 for 27, 120 in a touchdown, and he kept him in it. He was only sacked once. He didn't run for a yard because he didn't want to, but he had that. He drove them down just enough to get a field goal to take the lead. He didn't give it up. Yes, Todd. I would vote for Trevor Lawrence, but I think at least an also ran. Oh, Knicks. Four touchdowns, over 300 yards against Green Bay should be mentioned. Yeah. Shocker. Shocker. It should be in the mix of the discussion. Yeah. In case you're not watching on Peacock, Todd is decked out in his Broncos gear. A Hanukkah Bronco shirt. Yeah. Now, could I wear that in lieu of taking a pie to the face? If I wore that sweater on Friday, the entire day seems like an easy way out. You know, in spirit. In the spirit of the holidays, I would probably. Probably allow it so that you don't have to get the pie in the face, because I'm a good guy like that. I think that would be a noble gesture. I thought you doubled down on Friday, wasn't it? I had the bet with the Wisconsin lady. And then you jumped in on that. No, I, it was going to take away my pie if Green Bay won. I didn't double down. He. You know, we had a caller who said, hey, if Green Bay wins, then Dan doesn't take the pie to the face and whatever the other wording was with that bet. But I, it was either I was getting a pie or not. I'm going to get a pie on Friday. And when people call in, you know, I'm assuming that this is true. If you lose, they have to send in an actual. Right. Video so we can have fun with it with a look at and see that they actually took the pie to the face. They can't just say, we. I got a pie to the face. No, we have people who send them in, Todd. I know, but I almost make sure everyone does that. Well, why don't you write them down then? I should. Why don't you keep track? And are you owed a pie to the face? Yeah. Well, from her for the Packer Bronco bed and us with the 12 and 2. 2 and 12 Broncos rating. No, no, no. You don't get a pie to the face. Do you not? Yeah. Okay. Marvin's got one and I've got one. I don't know. Seaton's got to get a spray tan. We got to clean all this up by the end of the year. But I'll be happy to take a pie to the face on Friday or I'll wear your Hanukkah Broncos sweater the entire show. That's pretty wild. Yes. Didn't we just. We used to have someone on social media that would keep track of these bets. I don't know if that person's out of business or how accurate it was, but I remember seeing that on Twitter. There was a while when they were literally listing all the different bets that were going, what exactly? What kind of business is that that you keep track of? Pie to the face. Not gonna get very wealthy doing that. It's a nice little fun side. How about we take a break? We'll get to some phone calls. Coming up. 877-3-DP show best and worst of the weekend. Right after this, Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, is Cabino and Rich from Fox Sports Radio now? In addition to hearing us live weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. We're excited to announce a brand new YouTube channel for the show. Yup, that's right. You can now watch Covino and rich live on YouTube every day. Oh yeah. To do Search COVINO and RICH FSR on YouTube again go to YouTube search COVINOENRICH FSR. Check us out on YouTube. Subscribe. Hit that thumbs up icon and comment away. So let me get this straight. Your company has data here, there and everywhere, but your AI can't use the data because it's here, there and everywhere? Seems like something's missing. Every business has unique data. IBM helps your AI access your data wherever it lives. To change how you do business. Let's create Smarter Business IBM. Hey, Ryan Reynolds here wishing you a very happy half off holiday because right now Mint Mobile is offering you the gift of 50% off unlimited. To be clear, that's half half price, not half the service. Mint is still premium unlimited wireless for a great price. So that means half day. Yeah, give it a try@mintmobile.com Switch upfront payment of $45 for a free month plan equivalent to $15 per month required new customer offer for first three months only. Speed slow after 35 gigabytes of networks busy taxes and fees extra. See mint mobile.com this message is brought to you by Apple Card Apple Card members can earn unlimited daily cash back on everyday purchases wherever they shop. This means you could be earning daily cash on just about anything, like a slice of pizza from your local pizza place or a latte from the corner coffee shop. Apply for Apple Card in the Wallet app to see your credit limit offer in minutes. Subject to credit approval. Apple Card issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA Salt Lake City Branch terms and more at applecard.com Lil dude wipes because lil butts make big Messes the first step to becoming a winner is proper training and and if you're potty training your little athlete, start with the game changing Clean of Little Dude Wipes. They're gentle enough for little cheeks and strong enough for toddler streaks. So they can be the first generation that never has to suffer the inadequate clean of dry tp. Don't just protect your kid's blind side, protect their backside with Lil Dude Wipes Flushable Wipes for kids. They're free of chemical binders and alcohol so they get the safest possible clean without the itch and burn of dry tp. So so you can safeguard their tender tush. When kids play hard, they can work up quite the funk. So clean it up with Lil Dude Wipes Bubble bum the bubble gum scented Flushable wipes for your little stinker. Also available in fragrance free. When your little one goes number two, make them feel like number one with Lil Dude Wipes. The Flushable wipes for kids. They give you the confident clean you need with 100% plant based natural fibers so you can do your part for nature while cleaning their part with Lil Dude Wipes. Available exclusively at Walmart Nationwide. Tires matter. They're the only part of your vehicle that touches the road and they're responsible for everything. Acceleration, braking, steering, handling, tread confidently with new tires from Tire Rack. Whether you know exactly what you want or you're looking for expert recommendations, Tire Rack has everything you need. You get started. They are shipped fast and free. Free road hazard protection, convenient installation options including mobile tire installation. They bring the tires to your home or office and install them on site and of course the best selection, including the full lineup of Falken tires. And they don't just sell tires, they test them on the road on the test track. Learn how the tires you want tackle evasive maneuvers, drive and stop in the rain or just handle your everyday commute. They think of everything. @ TireRack.com Dan you'll see their Falcon test results, tire ratings and consumer reviews. And be sure to check out all the current special offers. That's tirerack.com Dan the way tire buying should be 8773 DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle DP Show Kansas City Chief fan Nick Wright will join us in an hour from now. The Dolphins getting three against the Steelers over under his 42 and a half for entertainment purposes only. The MVP odds they are certainly leaning towards Matthew Stafford here. Certainly after that performance Drake may played well. That New England defense couldn't get a stop. So Matthew Stafford is your MVP favorite right now. Minus 300. Then it's Drake. Maybe Josh Allen is creeping in. This was a two man race. Now all of a sudden it's Josh Allen in there at +550. Drake May +425 Super bowl odds it's the Rams, then it's Seattle, then it's the Broncos, then the Bills, Eagles, Texans, Patriots, packers with three weeks to go for those teams. But the Rams and Seahawks Thursday night Broncos look good. That defense really good. And if you get above average play from Bo Nicks and no turnovers, they're going to win. Bills. That was magical because you kept thinking man, New England looks unbelievable and then all of a sudden it's Buffalo looks unbelievable and then Buffalo ends up winning that game. The Eagles, they needed a game like that. I know it's against the Raiders, but this is where Jalen hurts, throws three touchdown passes, A.J. brown got one. So, you know, now it kind of simmers a little bit. It quiets down a little bit. The Texans still look good. Then you have the Patriots. The packers are banged up. 8773 DP Show Email address dp@danpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Chris in Syracuse leads us off Good morning Chris. What's on your mind today? Hey, thanks Dan. Hey, I got a best and worst for you and a request of you and the toddler. My best Fernando Mendoza's Heisman acceptance speech thanking his mom and also thanking his coaches for, as he said, countless hours of film sessions and meetings. And I read Indiana spends a lot more time in film sessions and meetings than most big time college football programs. And maybe less time on the practice field can keeps your players fresher. And I guess mental reps are as important as physical ones. And also most schools complain that the NCAA hamstrings them by limiting their weekly practice hours on the field to only 20 a week. The Indiana Hoosiers football program this year only spent between five and six hours a week on the practice field, so obviously working for them. And my worst seds dad, Dan Said's dad, dead actor Peter Green, who played Zed in Pulp Fiction, passed away at only 60 this weekend. And the article I read said he was a fantastic guy and it also said he's considered to be one of the greatest character actors on the planet. Yeah, I loved him in Pulp Fiction. And yeah, he'll be missed, definitely. And Dan, I was wondering if maybe later in the show so Todd has a little time to prepare in honor of this year's Heisman Trophy winner. If Fritz, he could belt out a few bars of the classic song Fernando. And with Todd's comments in the opening segment today, maybe yo's Fernando a little love. Yeah, yeah. I don't know Todd, Are you kidding? Good song by abba. Yeah, of course they're all good songs by abba. Diego Pavia had some social media comments. He has since walked those back and said basically what he should have said. Hey, Fernando Mendoza, wonderful year in Indiana. Wonderful year and wish them well. And hey, I'm about being an underdog and I finished second. That's an honor in my team and we look forward to playing in the whatever bowl that we're playing in. But when you say F the voters and you talk about how close you came. You didn't come close, you finished second. But you know, you, you were 400 first place votes, I think behind Fernando Mendoza. And you had a wonderful year, but it feels like he wants to be Johnny Manziel. I hope he doesn't want to be like Johnny Manzel. Great story. What he did Vandy the past two years. You put them into the playoff contention, Heisman vote. Just all the goodwill you undid with a couple of social media and, and you know, you're with your buds and all of a sudden you put something out there and you know you do away with a lot of the goodwill that you build up this year. Yeah, Marvin, he just feels like he's going to be doing celebrity boxing in about three or four years. Just his personality, how he came off this weekend, I know at a club, you know, saying bleep Indiana. Yeah, like, come on. Well, that's where, you know, you get with your buds. I don't know if people are drinking, but you're at a club and everybody is having a good time and somebody gets a squirrely idea and then next thing you know, you're posting that he had a great year. Had a great year last year. He's fun to watch, but you know, Fernando Mando, now we can look at Fernando Mendoza's season and say, was he the best player? He was the best player on the team that had the best story. And sometimes that's how it works. I mean, it used to be you had the number one team, you had to give it to somebody. Gino Toretta or Jason White at Oklahoma, Eric Crouch at Nebraska, Mark Ingram at Alabama. So not everybody has a great year. It's, it's a great story as well because a lot of voters and, and me being one of them. How many are watching games, how many are watching highlights, how many are reading what somebody is putting in the time to give you that information? And then all of a sudden, you know, you go, I, I got an informed decision here, an informed opinion. Okay. I mean, I voted Jeremiah Love second and Diego third on my list. You know, I don't apologize for that. And I thought Fernando played well. He beat Ohio State, he won the Big Ten. They went undefeated. And yes. Did they have a close game against Penn State? Yes, they did. He came up with a big play there. And then all of a sudden it felt like the, you know, the, the propaganda campaign was on and everybody was saying, oh, it's going to be Fernando Mendoza. I mean, he was a transfer that came in and I Go back to when Kirk, Herb street said in the preseason, keep an eye on Fernando Mendoza. Now, I don't know the exact words, but you know, they got him. That's a big transfer. And now, you know, you're the number one team in the country. Did he have the best numbers? No, he did not. I mean, Julian, say, and at Ohio State had an incredible year. You're completing 80% of your passes, but you're also throwing to a couple of wide receivers who are going to be first round draft picks. And people probably factored that in as well. Yes, Marv. And he probably had the best road win in all of college football this year, winning at Oregon. Anytime they had a big game, they came up big. Yeah, that was a big deal. When they beat Oregon, that's when I think they appeared on the radar of, oh, this year's Indiana is going to be Indiana. Because we were looking for, you know, Indiana was that team last year who's going to be Indiana this year turned out to be Indiana. All right. Derek in Indiana. Hi, Derek. What's on your mind today? Yeah, Dan. 5, 6, 200 pounds. Yeah. I want to call in best of the weekend. Obviously, I'm a big Indiana fan. Mendoza, one of the Heisman. Something I'd never say in my lifetime. 42 years old. Worst of the weekend, John Mellencamp on 60 Minutes smoking a cigarette. John's gonna smoke. He's not stopping. He's not giving it up. Doesn't matter. He's gonna smoke heaters till he dies. So I. I'd be surprised if he wasn't smoking. Let's put it that way. David in Ohio. Hi, David. Welcome back. Hey, Dan. Best and worst of the weekend, watching Todd's Broncos taking control of the AFC West. It's great to see somebody not the Chiefs doing well in that division. And the worst is the Patriots collapse in dramatic fashion against the Buffalo Bills that of the day. The last time the New England Patriots blew a lead that big to the Buffalo Bills was September 25, 2011. Pats led 21, nothing and still lost 34 to 31. Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. I was really curious how Joe Burrow was going to play this weekend because of the comments earlier in the week where it sounded really dark, like, do I want to play if I'm not having fun? What am I doing? Just turn 29 and then you watch, man. Put a stamp on it and mail it in. That was embarrassing. Embarrassing. Look, the Ravens are potentially a good team. They're not that much better than the Bengals. And this is a Bengal team that beat Baltimore a couple of weeks ago in Baltimore. But you start to wonder as they kind of limp to the finish line, what is the off season going to be like? There are a couple of teams you start thinking about like Kansas City. Now you got some real decisions to make here, and that is okay. Mahomes and that injury, when is he going to be healthy? They still haven't shored up the offensive line. I know they had injury. Everybody has injuries. The wide receivers maybe aren't who we thought they were. Travis Kelsey, I would say this is it. I mean, you gotta. Andy Reid, is he going to continue to coach? Is he in for rebuild? And it feels like rebuildish. I don't think this is reloadish. It's rebuildish. And andy Reid is 70, maybe somewhere probably close to that. Yeah, Paulie. Yeah. He's 67 years old. Okay. He'll be 68 next season. I did the math. But is it one of those things where you don't want to go out like this, where whether it be Reed or. I don't even want to get into Kelsey, but Reed has to think to himself, I'm not going out like this. I don't. I mean, you're a Hall of Fame coach. You may walk off after a Super Bowl. That's. That's the likely move. Yeah. But then you go, oh, why wouldn't we run this back? There's no perfect timing. No. Travis Kelsey is done. I think, I mean, it. It under unbelievable first ballot. But I don't think he can say, I don't want to go out this way because I don't know if he can be any better. He's been healthy. I think for the most part it's just Patrick Mahomes takes way more hits than you think. He might take more hits than any other quarterback this season. I'd have to look at the numbers, but I think it's really close. But also people are going to make this comparison. Hey, at this stage of his career, Tom Brady suffered a knee injury. And now Patrick Mahomes, maybe same number of years in the NFL or at the same age suffering, you know, a knee injury. Well, the difference is Tom Brady doesn't use his knees other than to stand in the pocket. Mahomes is constantly on the move. That's the biggest difference here. But you gotta the offensive line. I mean, even yesterday you're taking a lot of hits. And yes, he does run the ball far more than Brady did. So when you go, oh, they both had, you know, same knee injury at similar times in their career. Well, one doesn't use his legs and one really relies on his legs. That's a big difference here. Greg in Michigan. Hi, Greg. What's on your mind? Brilliant. And the man, Mr. Positive. Boom shakalaka. I gotta tell you, Josh, Elvis Allen is the mvp. Yes, maybe Stafford, but Josh Elvis is the most important person on the team. No ifs, ands or buts. It would be how you would define an MVP that going forward, it has to be Josh Elvis, I gotta tell you, Dan, and real quick, my brother Chris wants to know. He knows that you played basketball. You were great. What is the best decade ever in the NBA? I don't know. Not on a football Monday, the 60s. There's too much football today for me to dissect the. The decades here. But, you know, with Josh Allen, he's in that category that Giannis is in and some of these basketball players that we take him for granted. Josh Allen is already a Hall of Famer. I mean, these numbers are crazy. He's going to end up with a hundred touchdowns, probably rushing. He's getting to 300 touchdowns faster than anybody. And this year, more than any other year, it feels like it's Josh Allen, like he's gotten into that. Hey, games on the line. Well, they got him. We did this with Brady, we've done this with Mahomes. Josh Allen is in that small, small category there. Yeah, Marvin, now that the Chiefs are eliminated, do you think locally, in Buffalo they're like, all right, this is the year because you don't have Patrick Mahomes to go through anymore. You should feel that way. But you still have to beat these other teams. They lost at home to New England. Now, they won this game, but I don't think Buffalo is a great team. I think they have the capability of playing great. I just don't think that defense is great. You know, Bosa played well. I mean, they have guys who can make plays. I just don't think they're a great team. Yes, yes, Mark. But the Bills, they cannot lose to Jacksonville or Denver. It's going to be a real problem locally, I think. Sean McDermott. No, you can't lose to Jacksonville. You. I would take Denver over Buffalo. Denver is. Man, that defense is awesome. And if Bo Nix plays well, you're not beating them. And if they have home field advantage, I just don't think you'll beat them there. Yeah, Paulie. Denver hit Jordan Love 15 times yesterday. That's the most in the league. They tied the Broncos a month ago when they hit a quarterback 15 times. Yeah, they're putting their hands on you. I mean, that, that's impressive. But Josh Allen has graduated to the take him for granted category. But what he did against New England, and that's where you could easily panic and try to get too much and try to do too much, and he did a great job. All right, we'll take a break. Play of the day. Up next, 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. So let me get this straight. Your company has data here, there and everywhere, but your AI can't use the data because it's here, there and everywhere? Seems like something's missing. Every business has unique data. IBM helps your AI access your data wherever it lives. To change how you do business, let's create smarter Business IBM. This message is brought to you by Apple Card. Apple Card members can earn unlimited daily cash back on everyday purchases wherever they shop. This means you could be earning daily cash on just about anything, like a slice of pizza from your local pizza place or a latte from the corner coffee shop. Apply for Apple Card in the Wallet app to see your credit limit offer in minutes. Subject to credit approval. Apple Card issued by Goldman Sachs Bank USA Salt Lake City Branch terms and more at applecard.com if you want to win in the bathroom, you got to team up with the goat of Clean Dude Wipes. Because there's nothing like the confident clean you get with Wet Extra Large Dude Wipes. Handle your business with the best clean pants down. Confidently clean true champions. Pay attention to the details. So why would anyone use dry toilet paper that leaves debris behind on your behind? That's why there's Wet Extra Large Dude Wipes, the MVP of cleaning your keister. So make the trade of the season and switch from TP to Wet Extra Large Dude Wipes. And in sports, winning starts with having the right gear and going to the bathroom is no different. So score big with Extra Large Dude Wipes. Because when you got to cover a lot of territory or clean up after a messy situation, you can be Confident Dude Wipes has you covered. When it comes to good hygiene, don't fumble the ball by relying on dry toilet paper. Make sure you bring along Wet Dude Wipes so no matter where you go, you have the home team advantage. When you go number two, bring the number one product and clean Dude Wipes they give you the confident clean you need with 100% plant based natural fibers. Available at Amazon and major retailers nationwide. Dude Wipes Best Clean Pants Down Tires matter. They're the only part of your vehicle that touches the road and they're responsible for everything. Acceleration, braking, steering, handling. Tread confidently with new tires from Tire Rack Whether you know exactly what you want or you're looking for expert recommendations, Tire Rack has everything you need. You get started. They are shipped fast and free. Free road hazard protection, convenient installation options and including mobile tire installation. They bring the tires to your home or office and install them on site. And of course, the best selection of the full lineup of Goodyear tires. And they don't just sell tires, they test them on the road on the test track. Learn how the tires you want tackle evasive maneuvers, drive and stop in the rain, or just handle your everyday commute. They think of everything@ TireRack.com Dan See their Goodyear test results, tire ratings and consumer reviews and be sure to check out the current special offers. That's tirerack.com dan the way tire Buying Should Be this is Rob Gronkowski from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and jewels. For the second season in a row I partner with T Mobile's Friday night 5G lights powering up hometown football across America. This year T mobile invested over $4 million in prizes to help schools take their Friday nights to to the next level. The votes are in. And now it's time to crown our $1 million grand prize winner. Congratulations to Derrick's High school and Derrick's Arkansas, home of the outlaws and your 2020 5T mobile Friday night 5G lights champion. The Outlaws and their community rallied to help them score a game changing home field upgrade, a Gronk Fitness weight room makeover and an epic 2026 tailgate party. And a VIP trip to the SEC championship game. To every school that competed, posted and rallied your communities. Thank you and to T Mobile for making it all possible. This season may be over, but the story isn't. Stay tuned for season three in 2026. Congratulations again to Derek's high school Outlaws. Oh my God. Play it and play it. This is the play of the day. Check this out. First down and 10 of the 22. They call it snap play fake roll was right. Caleb running out of time. Going to gun it into the end zone. Back of the end zone. D.J. moore touchdown bears. You thought that play was a throwaway and Caleb Williams launched it to DJ Moore in the end zone. 23 Bears. Courtesy of the Bears Radio Network. Chicago's 104 first season with double digit wins since winning the NFC north in 2018 when they went 12 and 4. Caleb Williams went 17 28, 242 and 2 touchdowns and ended a streak of six consecutive games with a completion percentage below 60%. Your play of the day, brought to you by Mako. Your car could probably use a little tlc. At Mako, they bring your car back to life. Affordable paint jobs like collision repairs, get a free estimate today. Oh, better get Mako. Fritz. He just forwarded me a tweet from James Benson in capital letters. Do not let Dan weasel his way out of a pie to the face. He wouldn't let you do that. Do not let him wear your sweater. He should get two pies now for even making the suggestion. I'm disappointed in Dan. Very passionate. Yes, he is. On early Monday morning. That's why you sent it to me. Of course. Yes. I just thought wearing your Bronco sweater for three hours was a lot of punishment. More than just a pie to the face at the end of the show. James doesn't feel that way. Okay. He wants to see you get a pie in the face, and we do a pie to the face on Friday. All right. Sounds good to me. Sounds good. So we've settled this? I think we have. Okay. All right. A couple more phone calls in here. Robert in San Antonio. Hi, Robert. What's on your mind today? Hey, morning, DP. Second time, long time. 5, 10, 173 this morning. I don't have any worse, to be honest with you. Two best, my spurs taking care of OKC in Vegas. Down 16, coming back. We'll be the unicorn. I mean, I think it's safe to say. And my second best is my Vikings taking care of business. All right. Hey, I mean, you know, it's weird. When I'm watching the game, all I could think of was Justin Jefferson. That was it. I think he had two catches for like 11 yards. And then, I wonder, now, he's widely considered the best wide receiver or one of the two or three best wide receivers. But. But when you don't get your touches, you know, that's when things get interesting. Dangerous. Now, they did win the game, and McCarthy played pretty well, but you have certain players where you go, how many. How many touches did they get? Just feels like it could make things a little more uncomfortable. Yes, Marvin, who should be more frustrated, Miles Garrett or Justin Jefferson? Oh, well, okay. Miles Garrett knew what he was getting into. He stayed. He got Paid. He could have forced his way out of Cleveland. He stayed. Justin Jefferson's like, all right. Sam Darnold, all right, I'm getting some catches here. I'm doing Kirk Cousins. I'm all right. I'm the focal point. And then all of a sudden, you're not the focal point. And then you got J.J. mcCarthy in there. So I would say J.J. mcCarthy. Yeah. Paul, three years ago, Justin Jefferson, 128 catches, 1800 yards. And they moved on from Cousins, they moved on from Darnold. And now this year, he's on pace for fewer than 80 catches. Yeah. Which for him is low. Oh, yeah. Way low. Absolutely. By the way, if you look at the last four Heisman Trophy winners, all spent some time in the conference formerly known as the Pac 12. So Caleb Williams in 2022, he was at USC. Jaden Daniels was air at Arizona State for a couple years. In 2023, Travis Hunter wanted in 2024, Colorado. And now Fernando Mendoza, this year's winner, he spent one year at Cal in 2023. Stat of the day. Stat of the day. Of the day. Stat of the day. Here comes that. What? Stat of the day. Saint, would you update the poll results from the first hour of the program? Yeah, we put two of them up there. Who makes it to the playoffs, Steelers or Ravens? Right Now, Ravens have 55% of that vote. That's. That's all that's left in the AFC as far as playoff picture. Those two teams. Who decides who's going to win the AFC North? Not officially, but basically. Okay. Basically, that's just left. And then which team is more surprising to currently be out of the playoffs, Ravens or the lions? Lions have 73% of that vote. Yeah, my super bowl picks the Chiefs and the Lions. With the Lions winning the Super Bowl. Well, the Lions, I guess, could still win the super bowl, but the Chiefs will not be in the playoff picture. And once again, I think Mahomes having an mri. I don't know if it's today. You have to let the swelling go down. I know this firsthand. But, you know, you're trying to figure out what grade is this and if It's a grade three. Now you're talking six to 12 months. And it's a weird window there of how long you need to rehab. You know, there's certain couple of months with this, a couple months with that, and then you get to a point where you can all all of a sudden be a little bit more active. But also you have to factor in he uses his Legs more than Tom Brady certainly did. And when, that's when people make these comparisons, is he capable of a second act like Tom Brady? And by the way, we make it seem like, oh man, The Patriots went 10 years without winning a Super Bowl. They played in two Super. They weren't bums. They just didn't win Super Bowls. If you look at they got into the playoffs, we're like, yeah, they didn't win. They did lose two incredibly close Super Bowls there. Now can Patrick Mahomes do that? Yes, Marvin. Tom Brady in those nine or 10 years had an MV. He had a Hall of Fame career. I think he went like two or three MVPs in that span of time as he had three hall of Fame careers. Yes. Yeah. So now that's going to be the test from homes and Andy Reid. Yeah, Paulie, it's absolutely right. The best years passing with the, you know, the Randy Moss years and otherwise. Tom Brady has two more. You. The one thing about that is the injury led to Matt Castle and then he comes back the next year and they totally revamped their offensive roster. Yeah. I think, you know, the difference is Belichick was there. Does Andy Reid want to be there? That, that I think is the key. All right, one hour in the books. Two more to go on this Monday. Best and worst of the weekend. What you saw that you liked, you didn't like. Operator Tyler sitting by to take your phone calls. Make sure you check out danpatrick.com last day to get guaranteed Christmas delivery of everything that's on our website. And all the boathouse gears. 25% off. Calendars are 30% off. Gotta order today. Nick Wright will stop by in a half hour from now. Dan and the Danette Stan Patrick show. Did you know Tide has been upgraded to provide an even better clean in cold water? Tide is specifically designed to fight any stain you throw at it. Even in cold butter. Yup. Chocolate ice cream. Sure thing. Barbecue sauce. Tide's got you covered. You don't need to use warm water. Additionally, Tide pods let you confidently fight tough stains with new coldzyme technology. Just remember, if it's gotta be clean, it's gotta be Tide. This is Julian Edelman from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and Jewels. Sunday mornings I've got my game day ritual. Coffee, lucky socks and now new morning uncrustable sandwiches. It's all about that 12 gram protein boost with the new uncrustables. Bright eyed berry or up and apple flavors. Bright eye Berries. Got a feisty receiver energy up an apple. Your classic do it all tight end, soft, pillowy, packed with protein and easy enough for Gronk to grab from the freezer. Whether you're on the couch, driving to the tailgate or heading to the locker room, New Morning Uncrustable Sandwiches are the MVP of snacks. Your new Sunday kickoff ritual starts here with new morning Uncrustable sandwiches packed with 12 grams of protein. We finally switched to T Mobile because with them we can be connected here and there. Dad, the cousins in Mexico have surprised prize for you and enjoy the gift of staying connected. Switch and start saving today. Get four Samsung Galaxy S25 phones with Galaxy AI on us and four lines for just 25 bucks per line plus nonstop talk, text and data between us and Mexico. Visit a store t mobile.com or call 1-800-T-Mobile 1-800-T-Mobile. See details@t mobile.com Only one movie answers the call. Hello, it's me, SpongeBob. For the biggest comedy event of the holiday season, you know what the best part is? What is it? Patrick? No, I'm asking. The Spongebob movie rated DT Friday. Okay, only 10 more presents to wrap. You're almost at the finish line. But first, There the last one. Enjoy a Coca Cola for a pause that refreshes. This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed.