Hour 1 – No Faith in Anybody, USC Punts on Notre Dame

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 1

Episode: No Faith in Anybody, USC Punts on Notre Dame
Date: December 23, 2025
Podcast: The Dan Patrick Show (iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network)

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Overview

In the pre-holiday episode, Dan Patrick and the Danettes dive into the unpredictable 2025 NFL season and the uncertainty surrounding playoff hopefuls, coaching changes at Michigan, and the end of the historic Notre Dame–USC rivalry. The crew mixes in its usual humor and polls about holiday traditions, all while previewing upcoming guests Jason Garrett and Reggie Miller.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NFL Parity & Playoff Uncertainty

• Main Discussion: Dan opens by reflecting on how few NFL teams inspire confidence this year, with many potential playoff teams looking vulnerable or inconsistent.

  • "I really don't know how good [the 49ers] are, but let's count the number of teams you could say that about." (03:03)

• Standouts:

  • 49ers clinch a playoff berth, Brock Purdy throws five touchdowns, but Dan notes he wouldn’t be shocked if they lost their first playoff game (03:09).
  • The Colts' collapse, Steelers’ unpredictability, the Bills’ wild card potential, and questions about teams like the Bears, Patriots, Chargers, Seattle, etc.
  • The AFC appears wide open without a dominant Kansas City presence.

• Notable Stats:

  • "The Niners scored points in 23 consecutive quarters. The punter hasn’t punted in the last two games." (07:33)

2. Holiday Spirit & Poll Questions

• Segment: Crew banter about hosting vs. traveling for holiday gatherings, and Todd shares a series of “grinchy” poll questions relating to holiday stress and traditions (10:08–13:03).

  • "The holiday season makes me feel very cheerful, depressed, anxious, peaceful." (10:30, Todd)
  • "What do you do with those photos? Display them, throw them in the trash, wonder if they're remotely as happy as they look." (10:48, Todd)

• Humor: Discussion about the burden of hosting family events and the dubious merits of the cookies people bring (11:51).

  • “I could go without the cookies if it meant going without hosting the party.” (12:14, Dan)

3. Michigan Football Head Coach Rumors

• Main Topic: Dan floats an “educated suggestion” for Michigan’s coaching vacancy — Brian Griese, former Michigan QB and ex-49ers assistant (19:47).

  • "Would Brian Griese be somebody that you could bring in? He’s one of your own... Maybe he could help ease in transition." (19:57, Dan)
  • Emphasizes the “mess” in Michigan’s athletic department and cautions top coaches to "wait until they clean up" before considering the job (16:40, 20:31).

• Analogue: Paulie compares taking Michigan’s job now to "taking a table at a restaurant that hasn’t been cleaned yet." (21:29)

• Other Names: Jeff Brohm of Louisville, Kenny Dillingham of Arizona State — but Dan sees most big names waiting for Michigan to stabilize.

4. End of USC–Notre Dame Rivalry

• News: USC is dropping the annual Notre Dame matchup due to Big Ten scheduling demands, with BYU filling in as ND’s opponent (22:43).
• Keyshawn Johnson’s Reaction:
  • "We got people in there that… are not Trojans... We’re running from teams now. We’re running from Notre Dame, Alabama, Auburn. Why would we cancel our biggest rivalry? Because we can’t beat them?" (24:00, Keyshawn Johnson audio, paraphrased)
• Dan's Take: Sees it as a scheduling necessity but understands alumni outrage.

5. NFL Player Awards: Debates & Odds

• OPOY/Comeback Player:

  • Dan reviews mid-season picks: "I mentioned at the start of the year that Christian McCaffrey would be my guy for Offensive Player of the Year… for NFL Comeback Player, he’s number one at -700." (25:34)
  • Paulie lists other contenders: Jaxon Smith-Njigba (“JSN”), Jameer Gibbs, Puka Nacua, Jonathan Taylor (25:46).
  • Reflection on 49ers’ offensive success and roster patchwork — despite missing stars like Bosa and Warner, they’ve clinched the playoffs (26:06).

• Philip Rivers’ Recent Performance:

  • Despite being well past his prime, Philip Rivers is a “godsend” emergency QB for the Colts:

    • "There were moments where he was the best player on his team last night." (06:51)
    • Rivers’ humility and perspective: "You get to play an NFL football game again. So… job is to go, stick, and do the work. What we’ve been asked to do is give our best effort." (27:27, Rivers quote)

  • Dan firmly dismisses the idea of Rivers returning as the full-time starter next year: "No, no, this is an emergency.” (28:13, Dan)

6. Other NFL Hot Topics

• DK Metcalf Suspension:

  • Dan discusses DK Metcalf’s two-game suspension for a fan confrontation, noting the significant financial ramifications and voiding of future guarantees (34:15).
  • "It just is the line you do not cross. I have no problem with the two-game suspension." (36:28, Caller)

• Steelers/Baltimore Drama:

  • Discussion of Pittsburgh’s resilience under Mike Tomlin and uncertainty around the Ravens and Derek Henry’s odd benching.

7. Banter & Listener Interaction

• Most and Least Valuable Danette Votes:

  • Ongoing friendly rivalry; listeners chime in with votes and criticisms.
    • Notable: “Least valuable Fritzi, I love you, buddy, but we haven’t had that explosion of content like we have in past years.” (44:11, Caller)
    • “Back to Santa's Workshop for me.” (44:28, Todd/Fritzi)

• Light-hearted Christmas card analysis:

  • “Their Christmas card, nobody smiles. Just the kids. No one else. And there’s always a lyric out of some famous song.” (32:08, Dan)

• Boxing Nostalgia:

  • A caller reminisces with Dan about classic boxing eras and the lost spectacle in today’s sport (45:31).

• College Football Playoff Length:

  • Listener challenges Dan about concern for expanded playoff schedules, comparing D3 to D1 (47:02).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On NFL Parity:

  • "Your opinion in October... doesn't mean anything. It’s fun in the moment... but then all of a sudden, he’s not around." (06:02, Dan)

• On Michigan’s Coaching Vacancy:

  • "I would stay interim head coach, play your bowl game, clean up whatever you need to clean up, and then... be open for business the entire next season." (17:31, Dan)
  • “Michigan is a table that hasn’t been cleaned yet. And I’m going to wait before I sit down and take that job.” (21:43, Dan paraphrasing Paulie)

• Keyshawn Johnson on USC–Notre Dame:

  • "...we’re running from teams now. We’re running from Notre Dame... Why would we cancel our biggest rivalry? Because we can’t beat them?" (24:00, Keyshawn Johnson)

• On holiday hosting:

  • "I could go without the cookies if it meant going without hosting the party." (12:14, Dan)

• On Philip Rivers:

  • "No, no, this is an emergency… break glass in case of emergency, that’s it." (28:13, Dan)

• On DK Metcalf’s Suspension:

  • "You can’t involve [yourself] with the fan. It just is the line you do not cross." (36:28, Caller)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 03:03 — NFL Playoff Uncertainty & Team Analysis
• 10:08–13:03 — Holiday Poll Questions & Banter
• 16:40, 19:47–22:40 — Michigan Coaching Search Rumors
• 22:43–25:45 — End of Notre Dame–USC Rivalry, Keyshawn Johnson’s Remarks
• 25:34–28:13 — NFL Player Awards and Philip Rivers’ Situation
• 34:15–37:03 — DK Metcalf Suspension and Financial Impacts
• 44:00–45:33 — Danette Voting & Year-End Listener Banter
• 45:31–47:02 — Boxing Nostalgia Call
• 47:02–48:37 — College Football Playoff Length & D3 Comparison

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Tone & Style

The episode maintains a conversational, humorous, and candid atmosphere, blending serious sports analysis with playful team ribbing, relatable holiday talk, and unfiltered listener engagement.

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Note:
Upcoming guests include Jason Garrett and Reggie Miller in later hours. Todd’s “holiday sports names” segment is teased for hour two. Voting for Most and Least Valuable Danette is open until 11am EST on danpatrick.com.

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This summary skips ads, promos, and focuses purely on the substantive content of the episode.

Transcript

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Gimme3fox1 we live for live stream dreaming. Now you are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Made it to a Tuesday Dan and the Danette's Dan Patrick show and this is our last show before the Christmas holidays. And I thought we won't have a Meat Friday. How about a Meat Tuesday Biscuits and gravy, steak and eggs, bacon, hash browns. Who has it better than we do? Nobody. Yeah. Dylan's out there whipping up a breakfast a brunchy, and I thought, why not? Festive holiday spirit. Why not? Yeah.

[Paulie Fusco]

Paul, did you say biscuits and gravy?

[Dan Patrick]

I did say biscuits and gravy.

[Paulie Fusco]

It's like we're hungover and we're going to the Waffle House at 7am well.

[Dan Patrick]

It'S a meat Tuesday. Come on in. Stay a while. We say good morning if you're watching on Peacock. Thank you for downloading the app. You can watch all of this unfold. You can even tune in and see Fritz's festive hat that he has on. Also my Rudolph the Red nosed Reindeer sweater that I'm wearing as well. 8 7, 7, 3, DP show email address [e-mail] Twitter handle @DP Show Poll Question Play of the day Stat of the day all of that forthcoming 49ers over the Colts. Rock Purdy throws for five touchdowns. The Niners are now 11 and 4. The Colts are 8 and 7. There was a point in the season where The Colts were 7 and 1. We were talking about super bowl contender, home field advantage, maybe MVP candidate and Jonathan Taylor. And then all of a sudden it went south. Not AFC south, but south. In the AFC South. The Niners, meanwhile, they lost Bosa, they lost Fred Warner, they even lost Purdy. Brandon Iuk is a no show this year. And then all of a sudden they end up 11 and 4. So if you go back to earlier in the season and you go, okay, where are these two teams headed? The Niners could host the Super Bowl. It's in San Francisco. So technically they will be as a franchise hosting the Super Bowl. They could have home field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. And I, I could see them in the super bowl or bowing out with their first playoff game. I really don't know how good they are, but let's count the number of teams that you could say that about. Steelers. All right, Another winning season, maybe you win the division, you could lose in the first round. How about Carolina or Tampa? They could lose their first playoff game. Jacksonville could lose its first playoff game. I guess the Eagles could. Although I think the Eagles, you know, could turn out to be the best team in the nfc. Like, they might figure it out here and, and then they could be the best team in the NFL. The question is, it's just been choppy, it's been uneven, and you're not quite sure, but that's why you bring up the playoffs? I don't know how good the Texans are. I know they played extremely well. They didn't play well earlier in the season. Now they're playing well. Buffalo. Buffalo's a wild card. That's dangerous as well. The Bears. Are you all in on the Bears? I mean this season you're not quite sure? Like New England. Drake may big moment. Is he going to be a great, you know, an MVP candidate? I don't know. And that's why these playoffs will be wide open. Fascinating. We don't have Kansas City now. It's open for everybody in the afc. But you know, we saw Denver lose and get blown out by 14 at home. I have no idea. Chargers? I have no idea. Seattle? I have no idea. You think you got them figured out? We thought we had the Colts figured out. We thought we had the Niners figured out months ago. But your opinion in October. My opinion in October doesn't mean anything. It's fun in the moment to say, boy, Daniel Dimes is doing great, great work. You got Jonathan Taylor, they're going to give their quarterback a Sam Darnold kind of contract. And then all of a sudden he's not around. And you bring in Philip Rivers who last night played pretty well. And it might sound strange to say this, there were some moments where he was the best player on his team last night. But where was the defense that was in Seattle that kept them in that game because it wasn't there last night. And give credit to the Niners because you score points in 23 consecutive quarters. The punter hasn't punted in the last two games. This is the stat of the day. Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. First hour brought to you by Panini America. Hottest rookies, biggest superstars, the all time greats. You can collect them. The official trading cards of the DP show A1 stop shop. Autograph cards, memorabilia cards, rare inserts. Starter. Continue your collection now. Paniniamerica.net you have two hours to get your votes in for most valuable least valuable Danette. Also I will choose the most valuable backroom guy. That will be at 11 o' clock. And yes, the Danets can vote if they would like. So Fritzi, Seaton, Marv and Paulie and then the backroom guys, Mario, the eyes and ears of the show, the defending champ as most valuable backroom guy. He wanted to know if it's possible to go back to back. I said yes, it is. He won it last year and he could be back to back Rio. Yes.

[Todd]

Todd, where's the line of demarcation for the director's chair and room? To the back room.

[Dan Patrick]

That's.

[Todd]

That gets a little confusing for me. A back room guy versus the.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm the one that has to decide, not you.

[Todd]

That's tricky.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. You just take care of you and you provide.

[Todd]

Any thoughts as to how you draw that. That police line, do not cross kind of yellow tape?

[Dan Patrick]

If you're out here, you're not back there. And if you're back there, you're not out here. You understand that?

[Todd]

I do, but there's like that middle room between here at the back.

[Dan Patrick]

But they're not out here.

[Todd]

They're not.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

All right. There you go.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you want to have an in between back room? Exactly. That's what you just tried to do. Once again, most valuable, least valuable. Dan. Ed, you can go to danpatrick.com and cast your vote. Any words of wisdom, advice, anything you'd like to say to the voters? Todd, I'll start with you.

[Todd]

I'd like to wish everyone a happy, healthy holiday season and a happy, healthy new year. And I hope everyone has a relaxing, fun couple days or weeks, whatever time you have.

[Dan Patrick]

Do you have anything you'd like?

[Todd]

Me?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I know. Let's just speed it up. Okay. Wish everyone a happy, healthy. Marvin, you got anything grateful?

[Todd]

Either way.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Paul.

[Paulie Fusco]

Fritz. He stole the minimum kindness attitude. I can't do it.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right. Poll question. What are we gonna go with? Seaton? Would you like Todd's Grinch poll questions? Oh, we're gonna go grinchy a little bit. What we do. Okay.

[Todd]

Little wise wiseacre.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd]

You ready?

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Todd]

Okay. With regard. I was waiting for some kind of drums or music. With regard to travel over the.

[Dan Patrick]

Have you done this show before?

[Todd]

I'm just. It's my first day. With regard to travel over the holidays, I prefer to have family and friends come to me, take a trip to see loved ones be left alone altogether. Should I just continue reading them?

[Dan Patrick]

Go. We're not voting in general.

[Todd]

The holiday season makes me feel very cheerful, Depressed, anxious, peaceful. How much holiday gift buying do you do this time of the year? A lot. Very little. None. I don't want to give or receive anything. Thank you. What do you do with those? Pose. Look at me and my family. Seasons greetings cards. Display them around my home, throw them in the trash, wonder if they're even remotely close to being as happy as the photo portrays, then put in the Recycling.

[Dan Patrick]

That's pretty good.

[Todd]

And the final one was when greeting cards sent my way list all the awesome things happening in their lives and how blessed and grateful they are. I'm inclined to think good for them. They deserve all the happiness in the world.

[Dan Patrick]

Bleep them.

[Todd]

That's going to be short lived. Karma is a comment.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow.

[Todd]

Season screams.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, any other poll questions? Seaton. Well, you know, I do think it's interesting for the holidays if you'd rather host or travel because if you have to go to someone's house, you can always just you choose when you get to leave. How far do I have to go in my travels? Because you get on a plane, you go to the airport. Anything less than two hours, I'd rather host it. Anything less than.

[Paulie Fusco]

So you would rap. But if you had to fly somewhere, then you're kind of stuck there.

[Dan Patrick]

No, I'm not going there. Oh, you don't? Yeah, I don't want anything over two hours. I, I don't want any party. Yeah, yeah, I would, I would host it then. Yeah, yeah. But no going to the airport. No even driving. No, no. And I've already hosted the Christmas party though. I have to host my wife's family coming up on Christmas. So I get double duty. You get to do. Yeah, yeah. I get to have that permanent smile on my face. I. Merry Christmas. How are you? Come here. Oh. Oh, wow. What did you bring? Oh, you brought some cookies. That's nice. I like cookies. Yeah. Sort of like the best things about hosting is but I endless supply of an array of cookies. I could go without the cookies if it meant going without hosting the party. Like it's not a boy man. I'm gonna host because I get to have some cookies. You would trade. Yeah. By the way, holiday sports names, they are ready. Todd has reminded me and he's tried to add a few new ones. Let's have a build up, you know, for that. Todd, you don't want to give that to them right now.

[Todd]

No.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right, so maybe we'll do that next hour.

[Todd]

Okay, we could do that.

[Dan Patrick]

Jason Garrett, on loan from NBC will join us. Reggie Miller will stop by as well. I have, I don't even know if it's a dark horse candidate for the Michigan job, but I'm going to have that for you coming up in about 10 minutes and I don't have any information on it at all. Well, I, I Let me, let me, let me rephrase that. The person who I spoke to about this, I don't know if they had information on it as much as just a educated suggestion. How about that educated suggestion? Now, the latest rumor mill is Jeff Brahm at Louisville. They're going to try to make a run at him or they're vetting him, I think was the description. I would not hire anybody. There's a mess going on inside that athletic department right now. They are looking for names. There could be a purging going on in there. And if I'm a coach, I don't want to walk into that. We don't even know what else is attached to Sharon Moore. We don't even know is the athletic director going to keep his job. Like there's some people who need to be held accountable for everything that went on in there. And if I'm a coach, a big time coach, I don't care what you're paying me, I don't want to walk in now, a year from now. Now you can get my attention. Because if I'm Michigan, I wait. I was told they want to have a coach. They wanted to have a coach by their bowl game, which is December 31st. I don't know if that's going to happen because once again, you're walking in to a book that is still being written and you may not like those final chapters here. So I would stay interim head coach, play your bowl game, clean up whatever you need to clean up, and then all of a sudden you can have this. You can be open for business the entire next season. Then maybe you can pick and choose who you want. Maybe you'll have coaches who aren't just using this to get a contract extension. And that's what happens. These guys who are, hey, I never, I never interviewed there, but they're getting contract extensions. You want to find somebody who really wants to coach Michigan, but I'll have that suggestion for you coming up. 877-3-DP show email address DP dan patrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Once again, Reggie, a little bit later on we'll hear from Philip Rivers. Jason Garrett, on loan from NBC Sports, will stop by as well. BYU is taking USC's place against Notre Dame. The former USC great Keyshawn Johnson had some strong words about that. We'll have that for you coming up. We'll take a break this Tuesday. Dan and the Danettes. Dan PATRICK Show 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. Paulie Fusco here with Tony Fusco. Yo as everybody knows, we're the host of the award winning Paulie and Tony Fusco show. Yeah, but instead of us telling you how great we are here, here's how.

[Todd]

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[Todd]

Oh, yeah? Well, after this promo, I'm going to.

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[Dan Patrick]

One of my college sources said to me yesterday, we are having a discussion about a variety of things. And he said, I got a name for you. And he said, I've spoken to somebody at Michigan about this name. This person has not been interviewed, but this person does have ties to Michigan. The name is Brian Greasy, former quarterback at Michigan. He was instrumental in developing Brock purdy with the 49ers. He did take this year off to be with his family. Now, I don't know anything more about that situation other than would Brian Greasy be somebody that you could bring in. He's one of your own former quarterback there and maybe he could help ease in transition in. Now, that's the, that's all the information I had. But the more I thought about it with Brian Greasy, former analyst for the Mothership Monday Night Football and then helping Kyle Shanahan with the Niners in Brock Purdy, he doesn't have head coaching experience. I don't even know if he'd be interested. Maybe you, you interview him. But I haven't seen anything, heard anything other than that. But that was told to me yesterday by one of my college football sources who did speak to somebody with Michigan about this topic. I don't know where it went from there or internally how that was received. But Brian Greasy, does he want that job? Would that interest him? Would Michigan be interested? Because I, I do think you got to be really careful right now. And as Paulie says, the Michigan job is kind of like when you go to a restaurant, you're waiting for a table and you see the table that's got drinks on it and food, napkins, and they go, oh, you'll have that table. We're gonna wait. How about you clean up the table and then we'll go sit down. You can go there, sit down now. No, no, no. That's the way I would view this. Michigan is a table that hasn't been cleaned yet. And I'm going to wait. I'm going to wait before I sit down and take that job. Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie Fusco]

And that has to be what Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State was thinking, because any other time, if Michigan called the Arizona State head coach, he's going. But right now, Arizona State is a safer play for your career than Michigan is in the month of December.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, he can leave in a couple of years and take another job. I mean, nobody's attached to any of these jobs. So Dillingham is going to be wanted by, you know, schools from now on. As long as he continues this pace, this energy, this excitement, he's going to be a wanted man. And he's young. Is he 35? He's going to make his money. And then all of a sudden, he might say, oh, there's an opening there. I'm going to take that job. That could happen.

[Caller]

All right.

[Dan Patrick]

8 7, 7, 3 DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Notre Dame and USC that rivalry is ending. If USC was still in the PAC12, then this rivalry would not go away. But the fact that USC is in the Big Ten, their schedule is so much tougher. They don't want to have another tough game because the Big Ten schedule is already tough enough. If they were in the Pac 12, this rivalry would continue, but it's going away, and Notre Dame has just signed up to face BYU the next two years. Keyshawn Johnson, former USC Trojan, had this to say. Man, you know what? I've heard it all. I've seen it all. I can't believe what I just heard, but I just heard that we're not playing Notre Dame. I think that the series is getting ready to end, like, in the next year or so. Here's what I'm gonna say. Man, I don't know what the F is going on with our athletic department, okay? We got people in there that not that are not Trojans, that don't know anything about being a Trojan. Running our athletic department, we got a head coach that knows nothing about being a Trojan. Why don't we just not play football? How about that? We running from teams now. We running from Notre Dame, Alabama, Arbor. Okay? They ain't canceling that. Why would we cancel our biggest rivalry? Because we can't beat them. I don't think they're going to drop football, Keyshawn. But if I'm a USC Trojan, I'm alumni I like what I'm hearing here. Are we running away from Notre Dame? Yeah, it certainly appears that way. Notre Dame didn't say we don't want to face you. It was like, guess we're not going to continue this. It's because look at the schedule we have. When we were in the PAC 12, we had room for you in the Big Ten. We do not. Stat of the Day is always brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. By the way, I mentioned at the start of the year that Christian McCaffrey would be my guy for the offensive player of the year. I don't know where he ranks right now with the odds to be the offensive player of the year. Who would be a better choice? Because it's always a non quarterback or usually a non quarterback who wins the offensive player of the year. I got Christian McCaffrey for NFL comeback player of the year. He is number one and a big number one. Followed by Trevor Lawrence and then Philip Rivers and then Dak Prescott. But McCaffrey is minus 700. He's got a big lead for comeback player of the year. Then Trevor Lawrence and then Philip Rivers and Dak Prescott. But I'm wondering offensive player of the year, is there somebody who is having a better season than Christian McCaffrey?

[Paulie Fusco]

Paul Based off a few different sites, the OPOY JSN from the Seahawks, a lot of people like him. Jameer Gibbs of The Lions, Jonathan Taylor's kind of off the board there. McCaffrey is in the top five. Puka Nakua is in the top five.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, yeah. I don't know what the odds were to start this year, but if you look at what McCaffrey's doing and he's clearly not what he once was, but if you still see what he does, it's incredible. Like I said this yesterday. You watch the Niners and you go, I don't know. You lose your two best defensive players. They spent money ill advised on Brandon Iuk. Debo's gone. I mean, you use Christian McCaffrey, you're going to run him 25 times. You're going to try to get maybe eight to 10 receptions out of him. Kittle's played really well. They've had two different quarterbacks this year and they won 11 games and they could. If they win out, they're the number one seed in the NFC and I wouldn't be surprised if they lost their first playoff game. I don't know how they're doing it, but it's an Impressive. You know, they're a top 10 offense and you just wouldn't, you wouldn't think that. And Brock Purdy played really well, but Mac Jones is Brock Purdy's older brother. I mean, they're basically the same quarterback there. But you're watching the Niners, and I go, they could end up with the home field advantage in the super bowl if they get there. And then with the Colts, I was just waiting for a little bit of defense because Philip Rivers played pretty well. Here is Rivers after the loss. This is the National Football League, and you've all dreamed of playing in this game as a kid. And if someone asked you again, you know, would you play if y' all were going to be for it? 2 and 14, like some of these teams are if you had two games left, heck yeah. What do you mean? We get to play an NFL football game again. So I think those are the two simplest routes to take. But it's first and foremost our job to go stick and, you know, do the work we've been asked to do and, and you know, we've come up short. But what we've been asked to do is give our best effort. And so that's what has to be done. You know, these next few days of preparation, which are a short week with, with Christmas on Thursday and then a division opponent that's on fire right now. So we'll have to bounce back.

[Caller]

Hurry.

[Dan Patrick]

I even heard a couple of analysts this morning and last night say, would the Colts bring back Philip Rivers as their starting quarterback next year? And I'm thinking, no, no, this, this is an emergency. You know, break glass in case of an emergency, that's it. If you can't find a quarterback walking somewhere on planet Earth, that says a lot about the front office. Philip Rivers has been a wonderful surprise, a godsend for the team. But no, you're not bringing him back. Now I hear Steve Young, who's 64, he says he could come back and play. Brady says I could come back and play. Otto Graham's not alive. I don't think so. He's not coming back. Sammy Boss not coming back. I gotta get. I gotta talk to Steve Young. I love you, Steve, but at 64, no, that probably not a good idea. Brady. I still think Brady is the Raiders best quarterback. And now you got that big showdown between the Giants and the Raiders this weekend. Could be for the number one overall pick. Do you think Fernando Mendoza is going to be watching that game just in case he could end up in the silver and black? Now The Giants already have their quarterback if they have the number one pick in the draft. But then, you know, that's something that you could really add some pieces to your team. You could trade that pick.

[Todd]

Yes, Tom and his Mendoza Raider material, he's so clean cut to go to the silver and black and all the things that come with that history.

[Dan Patrick]

Seems like they had the system, Todd. They're not like that anymore.

[Todd]

No, but when you think about that, at least I do.

[Dan Patrick]

That's the problem. They're not like the way they used to be.

[Todd]

But it just seems like the evil silver and black, that's not where Mendoza should be.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, they got Tom Brady as their owner.

[Todd]

Yeah, but he's in the background.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know, maybe not too much more in the background. Speaking of Kyle Shanahan, he talked about his team's performance and doesn't want to talk playoffs right now. Last night was the first time I mentioned anything about that. Just because we we got in the playoffs last night. You know, I told him all year I don't want to talk about that. And but last year, last night we got in so I was to talk about that. And when you know you're in the playoffs that then you shift your goals next and that's trying to make the playoffs the best situation we can possibly do. So we love to try to try to play a home game of Levi's and the only way to do that was to win tonight versus the Colts and we got that done and now we got a luck to do that versus Chicago. You got the Bears in Seattle. You got two playoff teams and if you get through through those two there will be the number one seed in the nfc. Back to Philip Rivers. Rob in Boise joins us. Hey Rob.

[Caller]

Dan, good morning. First time, long time. 511 and age 210. So after the game last night, sitting there with my son listening to Joe Buck comment on how he thought these last two games were kind of a feather in the cap of Philip Rivers and he was now considering him to be a Hall of Fame quarterback. And he just doesn't pass the stim test for me.

[Dan Patrick]

Dan.

[Caller]

I don't see him opening the box with the yellow jacket and I just wondered your thoughts. And I also thought it'd be a better poll question than anything that Fritzi came up with this morning.

[Dan Patrick]

Fritzi probably hurting his chances as most valuable. Dan, at with those grinchy kind of poll questions.

[Todd]

I skewed negative a little bit.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you did.

[Todd]

But I think some of those questions had to Be asked. We're all thinking about it in the.

[Paulie Fusco]

Back of our mind.

[Todd]

No one verbalizes it.

[Dan Patrick]

But I. I did like your Christmas card. One where you're looking and you have. That family is so happy. Are they always this way?

[Todd]

They're in Italy somewhere. There's an ocean in the background. Really? Nobody's that happy. Maybe if you won the lottery. And even then, I don't even know.

[Dan Patrick]

I do have an acquaintance. Their Christmas card. Nobody smiles. No one smiles. Just the kids. No one smiles. And they always give you a lyric of some famous song. And I think that they don't smile on purpose because I've been around their kids, and they are, you know, very animated, friendly, smiling, but they do not smile. It's almost like, you know, the old pictures that you saw with your grandparents or great grandparents. Nobody's smiling. No one's smiling at all. That's what it feels like. And then there's always like a paragraph out of, you know, a YouTube song. Yeah. Yes, Marvin.

[Todd]

I mean, my family, we don't smile in our Christmas cards either, but we're a different breed.

[Dan Patrick]

Why don't you smile?

[Todd]

I mean. Well, we did the Death Row.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Todd]

We. We never tried to make it. Oh, season's greetings. Now we got Tupac quotes over here.

[Dan Patrick]

Chris in Syracuse. Good morning, Chris. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Thanks, Dan. Hey, first. First off, I want to apologize for yesterday's awful phone call. I've been around long enough. I should know better. Stay on topic and keep it brief. It's very simple. So I'm sorry.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, hey, it's all right.

[Caller]

Thanks, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. You've had so many great calls. Don't worry about that. You know, it was kind of like Tom Brady losing a Super Bowl. Okay.

[Caller]

Every day is a Super Bowl.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, it is.

[Caller]

Thanks, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. You.

[Caller]

You covered both my topics in Notre Dame and. And the 49ers not punting. So I guess I'll throw out there DK Metcalf. Two games suspended. He's going to lose over half million salary. I mean, I don't know what he was thinking. Just do what the NBA players do. Point out the fan who's crossed the line, and security will escort him out. And I also heard during last night's. I think it was during the broadcast, San Fran called Philip Rivers a few year back, years back during the Trey Lance days. And Dan, merry Christmas to you and your family, and thanks for all that you do.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Chris. Yeah. The Niners reached out to Brady. They Reached out to Philip Rivers. DK Metcalf's confrontation with the Lions fan will cost him over a half a million dollars in salary. Now he's going to appeal the two game suspension. I thought he would get one. He's getting two. And conduct detrimental now voids at least $45 million in future guaranteed money. This according to CBS Sports. Now he can get that back. But according to cbs, his contract says that he fails to practice or play with the club for any reason. Player suspension by the NFL or club for conduct detrimental, his guarantees will be null and void. The voided guarantees are more important in 2027. $20 million in salary has been injury protected. If he suffers a major injury in 2026, then he would be guaranteed $20 million. Now he can still get this back. I don't think the Steelers are going to move on from him. But he is 28 years of age and he's having, I guess you would say the least productive year of his career. He's got 59 catches, 850 yards. So that would be the lowest numbers in his seven seasons there. But you know, I don't know how much that has to do with the offensive philosophy of the Steelers having Aaron Rodgers there. But DK Metcalf is going to cost himself, it looks like at least a half a million dollars. Dave in Arkansas. Hi Dave. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

They call me Pittsburgh Dave and Merry Christmas to you and everyone there. I've got to get in my votes. Todd. Most valuable Danette just because he likes Zubaz just like I do. I got a brand new set in just the other day. Least valuable done it.

[Dan Patrick]

I gotta go.

[Caller]

I gotta give it to Marvin. I mean he probably couldn't even hold on to the trophy anyway with the small hands. Wow. But DK Metcalf.

[Dan Patrick]

I read a lot.

[Caller]

On social media yesterday about we're being picked on Jamar Chase only got a game. How come DK is getting two games and I'm sitting there going no, you can't involve with the fan. It just is the line you do not cross. I have no problem with the two game suspension. It's going to hurt us. I think they can live without him. Well to beat Cleveland, but if it comes down to the last game of the year with Baltimore, I'm a little worried. But again, everybody have a merry Christmas and we'll see y' all next year.

[Dan Patrick]

All righty. Thank you, Dave. Yeah, Pittsburgh still feels like they're going to get in. I mean Baltimore feels like a mess like, I don't know, Lamar Jackson situation. Derek Henry not playing after scoring a touchdown. Did he take himself out of the game? Was he hurt? Just. It's odd. It's just an odd. And. And now you're probably seeing similar treatment. Maybe it's not as vocal. John Harbaugh as the coach of this team moving forward, just like Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh. But Mike Tomlin's righty the ship, you know, another winning season, going to make the playoffs, it looks like, and you're going to have home field advantage. And the fact that they won that game in, in such a dominating way, I mean, the running game was unbelievable. And if you have that now, they'll get T.J. watt back and, you know, maybe Rogers sprinkles in a couple of passes and maybe you're dangerous, E. Maybe you win a game for a change. All right, we'll take a break. We'll settle on our poll question. Todd's got his holiday sports names. Jason Garrett, little later on, Reggie Miller will stop by as well. Up next, our play of the day. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

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[Todd]

All.

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[Paulie Fusco]

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[Caller]

Good morning, Dan Dennett. Thanks for taking my call. And happy holidays to everyone. Especially in the words of Adam Sandler, marry everything. Hey, just had a quick start of the day at the end, but yeah, the Niners looked really vulnerable last, almost maybe their best game of the year. I know they don't even have all their players healthy just yet, but they look like a real contender. Brock Purdy's five TDs, the first time a Niners QB has thrown five TDs in a game since friend of the show Steve Young in Super Bowl 29. Guys, thanks for another great year. My votes, most valuable Dan at Seaton. I think it's downplayed how much it takes to drive a van across country. Meet the sponsors for the show. Come on, guys, nobody else is willing to do that. Least valuable Fritzi, I love you, buddy, but we haven't had that explosion of content like we have in past years. So, hey, just my vote. Sorry, guys.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Todd]

That's a strong. Some strong comments, right?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah. All right, Andrew with a vote for Seaton and a vote in a negative way for Tom.

[Todd]

Back to Santa's Workshop for me.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, Paul, that was kind of harsh.

[Paulie Fusco]

A blanket over the entire year for Fritzi. That was mean spirit. I don't agree with it.

[Dan Patrick]

Johnny O in Michigan. Hi, Johnny.

[Caller]

Man, I'll tell you what. You know, first time caller, long time listener, 6 foot 1, 205 pounds. Now, Dan, I just, I wanted to bring up something that you brought up yesterday, and that was the whole Jake Paul fight. So I agree with you. I think it's great for entertainment. But I served four years in the Marine Corps and during that four years, I got the box, you know, wasn't very good at it. So I picked up the microphone and I. And I started announcing. And I've been doing that for about 18 years now. But, you know, when you talk about boxing, you're talking about, you know, Arturo Gatti, Katya Zoo Zuma, Nelson, Julio Caesar Chavez, you know, obviously the Mayweathers, but, man, he's the pride of Zanesville, Ohio. He's the undefeated, the undisputed Dan El Matador, Patrick. Love you guys. Keep up the good work.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Johnny. Thank you.

[Todd]

Like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, man. I was treated to great boxing when I was working in New York. And you would have Hagler and Hearns, you'd have Vito and A Firmo, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard and all these middleweights. And then, then I was around Tyson, Jerry Cooney, Ken Norton. There was just so much great. These were great fighters. When you went to a fight, you knew it was going to be a great fight. Now, unfortunately, I mean, give credit to ufc. They've, they've, they've taken all of the spotlight there. The personalities are there. What Dana White has done, you know, boxing misses Bob Arum and Don King, and I never thought I would ever say that, but I am saying that having been around Don and Bob Arum, you need the hype, and they don't have that anymore. And I don't know if you have people growing up, kids growing up, wanting to be a great boxer because they may say, I want to do mixed martial arts, may want to do ufc, but I got to see, you know, a few heavyweight title fights and, and, and so, you know, what the sport can be. I just don't know if it's going to be that ever again. And there's, you know, there's a lot of reasons for that, but I was treated to some great, great boxing. Mark and St. Cloud. Hi, Mark. Welcome back.

[Caller]

Hey, Dan. Last week, did you say, and were you against college football players playing like, 14 or 15 games to determine a champion?

[Dan Patrick]

I just want to make sure we, we have some kind of cap here, like, how many games are going to be enough to decide this? Because I know with, you know, the smaller schools, fbs, you know, they, they play a lot of games. I just want to make sure that we understand what's at stake. Somebody might go to class, maybe they might go to class. I don't know if they do anymore, but maybe we need to treat them kind of as college students. Yeah. So you had a problem with me last week?

[Caller]

Yeah, a little bit. Because D3 has been doing this for years. I mean, when I started in 2000, following St. John's we went five states, five weekends, had a blast, lost the national championship game to Mount Union. But they're doing it, and they are true student athletes. These kids go to class, and I just beg to differ with you. I think it can be handled. And D1, you know, they're flying, they're pampered, They've got all the money in the world. D3, you're taking buses everywhere. If you're going within 600 miles, 5, 600 miles. Otherwise, you do get to fly. But, hey, here's the other thing, Dan. You said when you were tired, you wanted to go to all these D3 or all these football stadiums you haven't had a chance to go to. I want to personally invite you to college, Bill. Be part of the tailgate. In addition to that, I want you out there flipping the coin to start the game.

[Dan Patrick]

And this is St. Cloud.

[Caller]

Collegeville, Minnesota. Collegeville. It's just down the road from St.

[Dan Patrick]

Cloud.

[Caller]

St. John's University. Great tailgate. Love to have you. Couple years, we can plan it out. Let's get her done.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Mark. Thank you. Yeah, I don't. I want to see some of these rivalry games. I want to be able to go to certain places that I was never able to go, and there's a few. Few on my list. Yeah. Paul.

[Paulie Fusco]

St. John's University. I just looked it up. The town is called Collegeville.

[Dan Patrick]

I mean, it's a.

[Paulie Fusco]

What's more college than that?

[Dan Patrick]

Doesn't it sound like a Dr. Pepper commercial? Dr. Pepper. Yeah. Welcome to Collegeville. All right, one hour in the books. Two more to go. Yes. Fritzi will have his holiday sports names. Okay. And you have one more hour to vote because 11am Eastern. Voting is closed. Most valuable, Least valuable. Dan. That, and also I'm picking the most valuable backroom guy. There's a lot of tension, a lot of drama, some backstabbing going on, and I love it. It's content. Jason Garrett will join us. Reggie Miller, in the final two hours. Seton, Fritzi, Paulie, Marvin, yours truly.

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