Hour 1 – Questions for the Cardinals about Kyler Murray, JJ Watt

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 1

Date: November 6, 2025
Main Theme:
A candid, insightful look at the evolving quarterback situation with the Arizona Cardinals—centered on Kyler Murray—and a wide-ranging, humor-laden interview with future Hall of Famer J.J. Watt. The episode explores NFL contract dilemmas, the pressures of sports stardom, and the differing lifestyles and challenges across major leagues, with reflections on leadership, injuries, and career choices.

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Main Topics & Key Discussion Points

1. Arizona Cardinals: Kyler Murray's Status and Organizational Questions

• Kyler Murray's IR Placement

  • The Cardinals placed Kyler Murray on injured reserve (IR), making him ineligible for at least four weeks.
  • Contradictory messaging: Coach Jonathan Gannon had just reaffirmed Murray as starter, but soon after, Jacoby Brissett was announced as the starter, and Murray was sidelined for a month.
    Dan Patrick (04:16): “I said I thought something was up… Just feels like there's something going on there. It just doesn't match up that he's our quarterback to maybe not this week to now he's going to be put on the injured reserve list.”

• Contract Dilemmas & Leadership Questions

  • Dan compares the Kyler Murray and Tua situations; both were paid big contracts early despite lingering doubts.

  • “When you start to pay somebody and you pay them a year early... you have to, and it's just 50 million a year, I could be giving you 250 million. I reserve the right to be able to say to you, I want to see one more year.” (Dan Patrick, 06:22)

  • Cites concerns from inside sources (callers, reports) about Murray’s off-field habits and leadership.

• Poll Question Teasers

  • “Whose career would you like? J.J. Watt or Clayton Kershaw?”—sparking discussion about rings, lifestyle, and health.
    Poll debate starts: (17:03)

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2. J.J. Watt Joins the Show

Watt’s Injury History

• Reveals the true toll of his playing career regarding procedures and surgeries.
  • “It’s definitely double digits.” (J.J. Watt, 25:22)
  • Watt jokes about a gruesome leg injury photo:
    • “I have a picture on my phone still of when I broke my leg and they opened it up and I don't know why they showed me that picture... It'll make you squirmish.” (J.J. Watt, 25:24)

Career Comparison: Watt vs. Kershaw

• “Championships won, I go Clayton.” (J.J. Watt, 27:04)
• Considers longevity, money, and health as factors.
  • “He’s probably made a quarter of a billion… Oh, 320 million. He probably hasn’t had double digit surgeries either, so that’s a plus.” (J.J. Watt, 27:39)

Inside Perspective: Kyler Murray and the Cardinals

• Input of players on IR decisions:
  • “They have some say... Are you going to be good in four weeks or not?” (28:16)
• Watt's take on the situation:
  • “There’s a lot of awkward stuff in the NFL… you have to find a way to win football games or you’re going to be out the door.” (29:14)

Transition to Broadcasting

• On broadcasting his brother’s games:
  • “Honestly, it's not nearly as bad as people think… I have consciously tried to keep it extremely unbiased.” (31:27)
• Prefers stadium energy over studio:
  • “I love the adrenaline, I love the atmosphere... It’s much more like being a player.” (32:11)

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3. Rapid-Fire Q&A and Memorable Moments

Quarterback Stories & On-Field Tales

• Never sacked Patrick Mahomes; got Aaron Rodgers twice in one game (“did the belt celebration... he threw six touchdowns over my head, so that was a mistake.” – J.J. Watt, 36:10)
• Andrew Luck’s legendary politeness—“What a hit, J.J. what a nice hit, man.” (36:58)
• Respects QBs who take hits in stride; dislikes when they beg for flags.

Soccer Ownership and Family

• Updates on Watt’s soccer teams (Espanyol and Burnley) and jokes about his son’s probable lack of soccer endurance:
  • “Let’s be honest here, Dan, he’s in the 99th percentile for height and weight. He’s not going to have the endurance to be out there running for 90 minutes... he’s a big boy.” (J.J. Watt, 39:17)

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Notable Quotes & Highlights (with Timestamps)

• Dan Patrick (06:22):

  “When you start to pay somebody and you pay them a year early... I reserve the right to be able to say to you, I want to see one more year. You may be bothered by that. I need to see one more year.”

• J.J. Watt (25:24):

  “When you can look inside and see your own bone and see all the vessels and everything and your muscles, it’ll make you squirmish.”

• J.J. Watt (27:04):

  “Championships won, I go Clayton.”

• J.J. Watt (29:14):

  “You have to find a way to win football games or you’re going to be out the door and whatever that takes... it’s a cover your ass society in this business.”

• J.J. Watt (36:58):

  “What a hit, J.J. what a nice hit, man.” (on Andrew Luck’s polite compliments after sacks)

• Dan Patrick (35:06):

  “Your goal is to find players like Sauce Gardner and Quincy Williams, isn’t it?”

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Important Timestamps

• 04:16–11:00: Detailed breakdown of the Kyler Murray situation and NFL contract analysis
• 17:03–17:58: Poll question debate, Kershaw vs. Watt
• 24:26–27:52: Watt joins, injury history, career comparison, and transition
• 28:16–29:57: Watt’s take on IR decisions and Cardinals’ quarterback instability
• 31:27–33:07: On broadcasting, studio vs. stadium, and working with family
• 36:10–39:32: Watt’s favorite QB stories, transition to soccer ownership, thoughts on legacy

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Tone and Style

• Dan Patrick: Wry, skeptical, analytical—probing deeply into league dynamics while keeping conversations light and relatable.
• J.J. Watt: Honest, dryly funny, resilient—a blend of warrior mentality and self-deprecating humor.

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Summary Takeaway

Hour 1 of The Dan Patrick Show dives into NFL uncertainties and the realities of superstar careers, touching on everything from Kyler Murray’s problematic situation in Arizona to the deeply personal tradeoffs in sports—glory, pain, money, and lifestyle. J.J. Watt’s candor about injuries, coaching politics, and the lure of baseball stardom paint a full spectrum of what it means to be a modern athlete. Throughout, the show’s signature humor keeps the discussion lively and accessible.

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Transcript

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[Dan Patrick]

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[J.J. Watt]

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[Dan Patrick]

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That's jlab.com all right, we have A poll question player today, stat of the day. All of that forthcoming. And our phone number, 877-3-DP. Show operator Tyler sitting by. He'll take your call. So J.J. watt will join us coming up in about 20 minutes from now. Clayton Kershaw in the final hour of the program with football coming up tonight, Raiders at the Broncos. Cardinals put Kyler Murray on the ir, so he's out at least four more weeks. Okay, I said I thought something was up. And then all of a sudden, Jacoby Brissette wins. They have their coach go to the press conference, Jonathan Gannon. He's asked about who's the starting quarterback, and he says that his starting quarterback is Kyler Murray. Very quickly said that. And now all of a sudden we find out that maybe that foot is not healthy. Then we find out Jacoby Brissette's going to start this next weekend. And then all of a sudden he gets put on the injured reserve list with a foot injury. And now he's going to be out for four more weeks. How close was he to playing? I know he wasn't suited up for the Dallas game. Just feels like there's something going on there. It just doesn't match up that he's our quarterback to maybe not this week to now. He's going to be put on the injured reserve list. Like what happened after the game. Kyler Murray didn't play and Jonathan Gannon says, no, Kyler Murray's our starting quarterback. I understand you don't want to have a quarterback controversy, but you know what you did? You created a quarterback controversy here because Jacoby Brissette is going to start at least four more games. And do I think he's better for this team right now? I do. He knows how to play the position. But the whole. I mean, you're spending a lot of money on Kyler Murray and you owe him a lot of money next year as well. But this is a situation where these teams, you go and give your quarterback his money early. They did that with Kyler, they did that with tua. I understand it can be smart. You can have a Josh Allen situation, maybe Joe Burrow situation. Okay? But these are two quarterbacks that I had questions about from the beginning. And now you owe Tua $54 million. You're going to have a new coach, a new GM. You're not going to have Tyreek Hill. Is Tua going to be there next year? Does he have to be there next year? Feels like the answer is yes. Kyler Murray, is he going to be There next year, you're going to owe him $50 million and he's not going to be starting for you. Are you going to move on from him? So these are, these are those dilemmas you have when you start to pay somebody and you pay them a year early. And I know that it probably ruffles feathers with these players and their agent, but I would be saying, I want to see more. If I'm giving you $50 million, you have to, and it's just 50 million a year, I could be giving you 250 million. I reserve the right to be able to say to you, I want to see one more year. You may be bothered by that. I need to see one more year. Now, unless you say Josh Allen checks all the boxes, we're gonna, you know, he is our franchise, He's a Hall of Famer. And you say that about Joe Burrow. I just don't want to rush. You don't need to rush. There's nothing wrong with saying one more year because I would have given to. I would have looked at franchising him, you know, give him one more year. I even, I would never given him long term contracts. I, I don't think he's a long term quarterback. Just size, health. I wouldn't, it doesn't make any sense. Kyler Murray, you have a clause in his contract that says no video games. You must study. I know a caddy who caddied for a famous player. And the player would never practice, but he would tell his caddy that he would be practicing. So the caddy put in a piece of paper into the, the driver, the, the COVID that goes on the driver. And he, he would check whenever they went out to, you know, play in a tournament, he would lift up the COVID on the driver and the paper would fall out. So he knew that he wasn't practicing. So, Kyler Murray, you got to put in a clause in his contract to say, hey, can you do less video, more studying? That's not, that's not somebody I want. Thank you. And I. Look, I don't know how he is in the locker room. He doesn't strike me as a leader. If you play well, it's amazing how good your leadership is. But he's not playing well. And now the foot just got worse. And now he's out for four more games, four more weeks, man. This is how coaches get fired, you know, or you can keep your job, but if I'm going into the Dolphin situation and I'm going to have to hire a coach, and then is that my quarterback? And are you sold on that? I wouldn't be. Yeah. Paulie, I'm reading the timeline of all this on the Arizona Central newspaper. They cover, you know, the Cardinals every day. Three weeks ago, in week six, Kyler Murray was a game time decision with his foot injury. And while not playing, somehow it got worse. Jonathan Gannon, their head coach, talked about the decision to put him on the IR yesterday. And he said, quote, talking with him, talking to other people. Obviously a collective decision here. Yeah. I wonder if putting people on iron is a discussion and it was agreed upon by both parties and they don't have to worry about him. In, in a uniform when Jacoby Brissette's playing for the next four weeks, the fact that he wasn't even in uniform against the Cowboys, but then he's our starting quarterback and then he's not your starting quarterback and now he's out for another month. I don't know. This just feels like Cardinals going to have a different quarterback next year. But I, I'll ask J.J. watt. How much power input does a player have if he is going to go in the IR or doesn't want to go in the IR because it's automatic. It's four weeks. Yeah. Seaton. There's a timeline going around right now that you can see exactly where you are in the Kyler Murray story. It starts with Kyler's day to day. Kyler's questionable. Jacoby will start, but Kyler might play. And Kyler's output still our starter. Then Jacoby's our starter, but Kyler will be back soon. Kyler's on the ir. That's where we are right now that Kyler's done for the season. Kyler is traded and Jacoby is the super bowl mvp. I don't know who put that together. It's very funny. Some of those things haven't happened yet. Here is Jonathan Gannon, the Cardinals head coach. Today. Kyler is going to go on ir. Feel like that's the best thing for.

[J.J. Watt]

Him and for us.

[Dan Patrick]

He's not fully healthy, ready to go yet. So that makes the most sense. Obviously that's a change, but we just.

[J.J. Watt]

Felt, you know, looking at it right.

[Dan Patrick]

Now, that's the best thing for him and us. Like I just said, he's fully committed right now. What he's going to concentrate on is getting healthy.

[J.J. Watt]

He's healthy. He's not healthy enough to play. He needs to get healthy so he.

[Dan Patrick]

Can get back to playing football. So that's what we're doing okay. I'm going to take the coach at his word, but it almost feels like we need you to stand in front of the media and come up with something here. Just, he's, he's all in and we're committed and. Okay. Feels like there's something else going on here. John in Fort Lauderdale. Morning, John. What's on your mind? Good morning, Dan. Listen to you all the time. First time calling you. I have personal knowledge because I know someone that plays on the team. They're done with Kyler. He's always late to practice. He doesn't mingle with the players. He sits there with his headsets on. He doesn't talk to the receivers. He shows up for practice in his basically underwear. Yeah, but, John, I, I, I mean, I can't go with that. That's not fair to the situation. You might know somebody, but you're not going to tell me who that person is. Nobody wants to be on record with this, so I got to be fair to the situation here. Now, I've heard variety of things about Kyler Murray, but I got to be fair to him. Yeah. That means that Kyler Murray's last play with the Cardinals potentially is a botched snap that hit him in the face, and there was a turnover to the Titans. Well, do I think Kyler will be there next year? I don't, but I've kind of been in that position for a while. I think he's an incredible talent. But as we've said before, you have to learn how to play the position. Some people are just gifted to be able to play, but after a while, you slow down, they speed up. Guys understand the game, and it just doesn't feel like, you know, he's a student of the game and all the greats, you have to be a student of the game. I don't, I don't care how talented you are, at some point, you need to figure this out with your mind and not just your body, not just your athleticism. And you got to be committed. It's the toughest position to play in all the sports. Yeah. Paul, looking at Kyler Murray's contract, he's fully under contract next year for at least $45 million. There's other incentives, but this could be one of those Russell Wilson situations where Denver wanted to move on so badly that they paid him to play for Pittsburgh. When Pittsburgh acquired Russell Wilson in 2024, they paid him $1.2 million to play that season. The other $39 million were paid by the Broncos.

[J.J. Watt]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And I know I brought this up yesterday. I didn't have any information. And that is, could I see where the jets bring in Kyler Murray? I. I mean, I just throw that out there. That. Do I think that he can be saved? Yeah, because he has that much talent. Although I don't know if going into a Jet situation is best for him. But same with tua. If I'm the GM and I'm coming in and I'm bringing in coach, the first thing I'm saying as a coach is, what are we doing with our quarterbacking situation? And I don't know if you have answers there, and that's tricky. All right, our one poll question. Satan, whose career would you like? J.J. watt? Clayton Kershaw. Oh. Oh, yeah. Boom. Oh, I. I thought you were. Boom. I thought you were going to ask me which quarterback would I want to. Or Kyler. Which quarterback would you like? TUA or Kyler? Since we have JJ Coming up, we'll. We'll do that one. So both are first ballot hall of Famers. Correct. You know, it's weird if. If you make two plays and you're a defensive player, you can have a great game in people's minds. Let's say J.J. watt has two sacks and you didn't watch the game, you go, oh, my God, at two. All right. If Clayton Kershaw gives up two mistakes, he has a bad game. So here's JJ who can have two great plays. Clayton can have two bad pitches and have a bad game. One of them seems to have a lot more pressure on their shoulders throughout the entire game. I mean, obviously, J.J. watts job is very difficult, but Clayton Kershaw, you're standing on the mound by yourself. You're giving up those hits, you're giving up those earned runs. You know, you're doing all of that. J.J. watt, you could theoretically disappear into the game, and it would take a while to notice. Like, man, JJ hasn't done much today. Yes, Todd.

[J.J. Watt]

Or you could have three rings or no rings.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, all right, Todd, who you taking. Whose career? That's the reason why I would lean towards Clean Christian. Three titles.

[J.J. Watt]

That's three Cy Youngs.

[Dan Patrick]

How about you, Seaton? Yeah, I think, respectfully, taking Clayton Kershaw because he's won, he's made a great living, played for a long time, which I think is pretty great, too. Marvin. Clayton Kershaw, and he was on the Dodgers like he was a Dodger. Paul. I'm going Kershaw. But not because of the titles. It's because of the lifestyle. Football is violent and painful and you only get to play 17 games a year. In baseball, you get to go to the park every day. You don't have to go to practice or meetings. And being a starting pitcher is the ultimate lifestyle in sports. All right, do we ask JJ Watt whose career he would want?

[J.J. Watt]

Absolutely.

[Dan Patrick]

Gotta ask him. All right, we'll ask him. It'd be funny if he said, oh, I'd take Clayton Kershaw's, man, that guy's healthy. He has no, no surgery. No way. Probably had a surgery or two. All right, we'll take a break. We'll talk to JJ Clayton Kershaw on the final hour of the program. We're back. 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, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from the Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio. And in addition to hearing us live weeknights from 7 to 10pm Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we are excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show. That's right, you can now watch the Odd Couple Live on YouTube every day. All you gotta do, search Odd Couple.

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[J.J. Watt]

Stepping in, getting a stop on 4th and goal. Get the.

[Dan Patrick]

The old mo back on your side. It was a lot of good defensive stops, including in the game of the day. This week's games, we previewed him. He is the best quarterback in the league this year. He reminds me a little bit of Tom Brady in his later years, and this is a compliment. He's no longer hanging in quite as much to take those big hits because he's playing the long game. They're not going to get pressure on him. I. News flash, it's not going to happen. I think they smoke him. And so much more. For all you football sickos, listen to NFL daily on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thursday night football Raiders getting nine and a half at the Broncos. Get to your phone calls. Coming up. Are we going to play the J.J. watt game before we bring on J.J. watt? Paulie, we have to play it and have him give the answer. Okay. Okay. Are you ready? Yeah. Music. Marvin. Okay. Okay. The game is. Total number of surgeries during. During J.J. watts football career. Total number. I know the answer, so I can't give it out, but, Dan, you're gonna go last. Fritzi. I'm gonna go with my favorite number of 11. Marvin. 18. Seaton. 15. Damn. Nine procedures count. So it's total number of surgeries and procedures.

[J.J. Watt]

Oh.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. See, hold on now. I feel like we just added procedures. We said. You were saying surgeries now.

[J.J. Watt]

Surgeries and procedures.

[Dan Patrick]

Tough guys don't have procedures. That's illegal. Pro part right there. Bring in the guest. All right, let's bring in J.J. watt. How many surgeries and procedures did you have while you were playing?

[J.J. Watt]

I got a few questions before I even answer that. How does Paulie know the answer? Because I don't have the answer.

[Dan Patrick]

That's what I do here. Okay.

[J.J. Watt]

I don't have. You can't possibly have the answer because I. I mean, there's a few reasons why you can't, but I.

[Dan Patrick]

It's.

[J.J. Watt]

It's significant.

[Dan Patrick]

What.

[J.J. Watt]

What number do you have, Paulie?

[Dan Patrick]

I. I have. I have 9. Without breaking any HIPAA laws.

[J.J. Watt]

Way more than that.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Okay. Did you hide Some procedures and surgeries? Is that what you're saying?

[J.J. Watt]

No, not hidden, but like, there'd be a scope in the off season that's not reported anywhere that nobody ever knows about, you know, like that. Just because it's in the middle of.

[Dan Patrick]

The off season, what would you guess?

[J.J. Watt]

I mean, if you're talking, like, depends on what you consider a procedure. Like, obviously, like, I don't think, like PRP shots and things like that are. No procedures. No, but I mean, actually going into my body, it's. It's. It's definitely double digits.

[Dan Patrick]

Maybe like 15.

[J.J. Watt]

Yeah, I mean, it's. Dude, it's brutal. I mean, I have a picture on my phone still of when I broke my leg and they opened it up and I don't know why they showed me that picture. I don't know why they sent it to me, but you can. When you can look inside and see your own bone and see all the vessels and everything and your muscles, it's. It'll make you squirmish.

[Dan Patrick]

Damn. Okay, but you kept it. It's on your phone, so.

[J.J. Watt]

Yeah, I mean, it's a bad ass picture.

[Dan Patrick]

Can you.

[J.J. Watt]

It's.

[Dan Patrick]

Can you hold it up and show us?

[J.J. Watt]

No, I literally don't know if it would be allowed on television. It's. It's a gaping hole about that big because they take it and they put calipers on it and they spread your leg apart and then they have to get down to the bone. And so my bone was in, like, it was shattered. So it was just dozens of pieces. So they stick this huge metal plate up against it and put nine screws in there, and it's still in there today.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm wondering, your hall of Fame bust, can we do the one where you got blood coming down your.

[J.J. Watt]

I hope so.

[Dan Patrick]

Now, do you have any control, any say in when you go in, what your bus looks like?

[J.J. Watt]

I have no idea. I have no idea how any of that works. I'm not even. I'm not even. I don't know how that works.

[Dan Patrick]

I think Peyton Manning had forehead approval. Like, you know. Yeah.

[J.J. Watt]

Like, you get to. I assume you got to be able to pick your picture, right? You can't. I don't think you can have accessories, and I feel like blood would be an accessory.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, we have a poll question. Whose career would you want, Yours or Clayton Kershaw's? He joins us.

[J.J. Watt]

Championships one championships. I go, Clayton.

[Dan Patrick]

You would go with Clayton? Yeah. Okay, let's.

[J.J. Watt]

There's three, right?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, let's take away Titles.

[J.J. Watt]

Okay, well then what, what are you comparing? Because he did it for a really long time at a really, really high level.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[J.J. Watt]

So you would probably say doing it longer is better. Baseball is a very long season, 162 games. You're on the road away from family a lot. Part of the reason I retired was to be by family. So he's probably made, I mean baseball, he's probably made a quarter of a billion.

[Dan Patrick]

At least he's made 320.

[J.J. Watt]

Oh yeah, nice. But he probably hasn't had double digit surgeries either, so that's a plus.

[Dan Patrick]

I opened the show talking about this Kyler Murray situation because I'm, I'm baffled by this. That doesn't feel like he's your franchise quarterback too much longer there in Arizona. Now he's on the ir. Let me just start with that question. How much does the player have to say or input of going on the ir, not going on an ir?

[J.J. Watt]

I mean, it, they, I would say they have some say because it IR is like, can you play or not? I mean there's, you know, there's situations early in the year in training camp where you stash guys and things like that. But I mean, especially in today's world where you can come back off the IR after four weeks, it's, it's, there's a part of that conversation is, are you going to be good in four weeks or not? Or are you going to be good in less than four weeks?

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, what is, what do you think is going on with the Cardinals and Kyler Murray?

[J.J. Watt]

I mean, I, I mean, just literally looking at it from an outside. First of all, I couldn't watch the game on Monday night, so I don't know what that game looked like, but it sounds like Jacoby played pretty well. But it's, I mean, it seems like from what I've seen, what I've read that they are comfortable with with percent playing quarterback and operating office.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but you got a backup making $45 million.

[J.J. Watt]

Atlanta does.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but that's awkward too.

[J.J. Watt]

I mean, there's a lot of awkward stuff in the NFL. There's a whole lot of awkward stuff in the NFL. I mean, I think that they're also probably a coaching staff who feels some pressure. Like at some point you gotta win football games. It can't be purely potential for a coaching staff before you're the one on the way out. So it becomes, how do we win football games right now? And what do I think as my job on the line? You know, how it is and it's a cover your ass society in this business and you have to find a way to win football games or you're going to be out the door and whatever that takes. I mean there's situations all over the league where coaches are trying to do whatever's and GMs are trying to do whatever's best to keep them in that seat the longest.

[Dan Patrick]

We're talking to J.J. watt, he'll be on the booth. The Jags and Texans. That's at 1 Eastern on CBS. You were there for the Colts and the Steelers. What stood out with the Colts that would make you still believe that they are going to be there at the end of the season?

[J.J. Watt]

I mean they, they fought back all the way to the end. I mean they had an onside kick which we all know is not a real chance, but they fought it back all the way to the end and even with six takeaways they were within the potential of one score at the end of the game. So that fight and drive was there. It's their first true punch in the mouth and it didn't go well. I mean six takeaways and everything that came along with the muff, a punt and they, they just ran into a bit of a buzzsaw on that day. And I watched their offense and the thing I see with their offense is when they are on schedule and when they are doing what they do best, which is first down success leading to a very efficient drive, they're unbelievable and so hard to stop. That game starts to put just the slightest question in you of okay, if they aren't on schedule, which for most teams is difficult and they have to drop back and teams kind of just are going one dimensional. Adam, can they do that? And that's what we'll have to see going forward. If another team has a chance to punch them in the mouth and shut that run game down the way the Steelers did, can they pass their way out of it?

[Dan Patrick]

How's it been broadcasting a game in which your brother's playing in?

[J.J. Watt]

It's been. Honestly, it's not nearly as bad as I think people think it would be. It's a job. Like it's a job. You're up there and I know how to be professional. I know how to do my job. I talk to him before the game, I talk to him after the game. But during the game, like iron handles the play by play anyway. So I have like a 3 or 4 second buffer when he makes a strip sack fumble where iron is doing his job really well, and then I break down the play and I. From the fan reaction, I'm very appreciative of all the opposing fans who have been so kind because I have consciously tried to keep it extremely unbiased.

[Dan Patrick]

The difference. And I think I know the answer. But going out to a game as opposed to be in studio.

[J.J. Watt]

Yeah, I mean, for. For me personally, like, I miss the guys in the studio, but I love being in the stadium. I love the adrenaline, I love the atmosphere. I love the unpredictability of you're calling the game as it happens. So you need to be on your toes. It's much more kind of challenging for me. And it also, during the week, is much more like being a player. You're watching more film, deeper, talking to coordinators. I really like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, that's what I told Drew Brees because he was going to be in studio with Football Night in America. And I said, you got to be ready for it because there's no energy there when you go to a game. There's energy. Like, it's. It's tangible. When you're like, I feel this, like, that's as close as you'll get to playing again. And now I just saw where Drew is going to be an analyst being out on the road with Fox. But that energy, that's as close as you can replicate it to actually playing in a game.

[J.J. Watt]

Yeah. And like you said, like, for athletes who have been in it before, it's. It tricks you into getting back into that mindset where you can get as close to that flow state as possible, where you're just letting your instincts and everything take over. Whereas kind of like you said, in a studio, you have to manufacture it for yourself a little bit more to get it going.

[Dan Patrick]

Best team you've seen this year is who.

[J.J. Watt]

When the Colts offense is humming. The Colts offense for sure. I would. Team as a whole, the Rams is very good. We saw the Rams early on. The Rams are very good. And again, this is just teams that I've called this year. We haven't called some of the others, but that Colts offense, man, we watch them against the Chargers and it was play at will. Like Tyler Warren running wide open, Jonathan Taylor running down. They got Alec Pierce going like that. Offense, when it is at its best is unstoppable.

[Dan Patrick]

You know, some people looked at the jets and said they did great at the trade deadline. What do you think when you unload a couple of star players?

[J.J. Watt]

I think they got a good haul for what they gave away. I think it's the question of what are they going to do with that and what gives you confidence in that? Because you gave away young players that you drafted with a very similar haul that you just got. So, you know, I, I love seeing the graphic that people just put out where like the last time they had those three first round picks it was, you know, Bree Hall, I think saw like. And you're like, okay, so you're giving away young, talented players to hopefully find more young, talented players. Yeah, I just don't know where the, what the plan is there and where the confidence should come in finding that success.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, that's what would make me nervous is when, you know, fans will say, we got all these draft picks. And I say, well, who's drafting? Because that's really the key. And your goal is to find players like Sauce Gardner and Quinn and Williams, isn't it?

[J.J. Watt]

Yes, that's, that's my thing is like, we can have, you can have all the draft picks in the world. A Sauce Gardner and a Quinn and Williams. Those are hard to hit on and you had two of them in your building and now you're going to have to go out and replicate it. But it goes very back to our conversation from earlier. A GM can come in and say, those weren't my guys. Now you got to give me time to get my guys, give me these draft picks and you start now. Maybe they do it. Maybe it's. Maybe it works incredibly well, but it's extremely hard to hit in the draft.

[Dan Patrick]

Is there a quarterback you didn't get that you've seen when you've gone to a game?

[J.J. Watt]

What do you mean sacked? Oh, Pat. I've never, I never sacked Pat Mahomes. So. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Does he remind you of that?

[J.J. Watt]

We saw him last summer and we talked about a little bit. But no, he, he's good, man. He's good. Tom. Tom likes to say that. I never got him. We've had this conversation 100 times, but I got him in the playoffs. It just doesn't count as an official sack.

[Dan Patrick]

What about Rogers?

[J.J. Watt]

I got Rogers twice in one game. I did the belt celebration after the first one and he threw six touchdowns over my head. So that was a mistake.

[Dan Patrick]

Who talked the most out of Mahomes? Brady and Aaron Rodgers.

[J.J. Watt]

Not a ton of talking, not a ton of talking. Rogers a little bit Brady. If you got him fired up, like, you could get. You get him fired up. Pat, Pat wasn't. Didn't talk a whole lot. Now Andrew Luck talked a lot, but that was just nice. Like we would Just have full blown conversations, just literal, like, did it, did.

[Dan Patrick]

It, did it sound like this? Oh, you're a great defensive end. High motor.

[J.J. Watt]

What a hit, J.J. what a nice hit, man.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, he had a defensive mentality to playing offense.

[J.J. Watt]

It felt like he was the best man. I love playing Andrew, like, literally had the most respect for him. Hit him probably harder than I've hit anybody else besides Ryan Fitzpatrick. And every time he popped back up.

[Dan Patrick]

What happened to Ryan Fitzpatrick?

[J.J. Watt]

I, I had a game where I had. I got 15 quarterback hits, zero sacks, and I was just laying the hammer time after time after time. And they were on a two minute drive at the end of the game. And I'm, I swear I hit him four times in a row. Four knockdowns. Every time I was like, that's it. He's not getting back up. And every time, he popped back up. So we eventually were teammates after that, and I shared those stories and I don't know what it is, but that man, he's got a little. He's got some juice to his game. I love, I love Fitz.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I remember Michael Strahan was telling me he had so much respect for Tom Brady when they hit him in that super. Like, they, they were, they dominated that super bowl. That defensive line. He said, we hit him. We hit him every time. He said he never complained. He complained about his offensive line, but he never said, you just say good hit and get back up. But is that, is that more frustrating if a quarterback goes, hey, good hit, and he pops back up?

[J.J. Watt]

It's no, because I don't want him to be hurt. Like, that's like a common misconception. But it's more frustrating to me when he looks at the referral flag because that does work. Like, the ref will eventually throw that flag. So I don't want, like, I can't stand it when they just. I love it. I would respect the quarterback when he just pops up and he appreciates that this is a violent game.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, but do you say, like, stop being a wuss?

[J.J. Watt]

No. You got to be a real punk to get me to say something like that. Like, there's, there's some young kids there. There are a couple young kids who later in my career, I'd hit him and they would whine and I'd be like, you don't have the right to whine here, man.

[Dan Patrick]

How's your soccer team?

[J.J. Watt]

We're doing good, man. We're doing good. Espanol's doing really well. We're in sixth in La Liga and Burnley's currently out of the relegation zone in the Premier League. Big match coming up this weekend, so a lot of fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Is your son going to play football or soccer?

[J.J. Watt]

We're definitely going to have him in soccer to start because of the ball skills and the agility. But, I mean, let's be honest here, Dan, he's in the 99th percentile for height and weight. He's. He's not going to have the endurance to be out there running around for 90 minutes on a pitch. He's a big boy.

[Dan Patrick]

Is he bench, is he bench pressing?

[J.J. Watt]

He does wheelbarrow walks right now, so he's big on the wheelbarrow walks. So, yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Old, old school. I like it. Hey, great to talk to you. Safe travels and thanks for joining us.

[J.J. Watt]

Thank you. You guys have a great day. Miss y'. All.

[Dan Patrick]

That's jj. He's got the Jags and the Texans coming up. One of his old teams there had the Colts and the Steelers and Burnley. Burnley is out of relegation. Seaton. I think so. Yeah. That was a espanol hat that he was wearing, too. So he's this. He's got a little foot in Spain, foot in England. It's pretty good. It's pretty good. All right, we'll take a break. More phone calls coming up. And once again, Clayton Kershaw a little later on in the program. Our play of the day is next. 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.

[Wilmer Valderrama]

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[Dan Patrick]

From cleaning canary cages to this night here in New York, it's a long.

[Wilmer Valderrama]

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[Dan Patrick]

She said Johnny, the kids didn't come home last night. Along the central Texas plains, teens are dying, suicides that don't make sense, strange accidents and brutal murders in what seems to be a plot ripped straight out of Breaking Bad. Drugs, alcohol, trafficking of people. There are people out there that absolutely know what happened. Listen to Paper Ghosts, the Texas Teen murders on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. On the podcast Health Stuff, we are tackling all the health questions that keep you up at night. Yes, I'm Dr. Priyanka Walley, a double board certified physician. And I'm Hari Kondabolu, a comedian and someone who once googled do I have scurvy at 3am on health stuff, we're talking about health in a different way. It's not only about what we can do to improve our health, but also what our health says about us and the way we're living. Like our episode where we look at diabetes in the United states. I mean, 50% of Americans are pre diabetic. How preventable is type 2? Extremely. Or our in depth analysis of how incredible mangoes are. Oh, it's hard to explain to rest of the world that like your mangoes are fine because mangoes are incredible, but like you don't even know. You don't know, you don't know. It's going to be a fun ride. So tune in, listen to health stuff on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[J.J. Watt]

Hey y', all, it's me, your man, M.G. marcus Grant.

[Dan Patrick]

And I'm Michael F. Florio.

[J.J. Watt]

And I'm Laquan Jones. If you're looking to win your fantasy football league, you need to tune in to the NFL Fantasy Football Podcast. It's right there in the name. Every week, Florio, LQ and I bring you the latest news from around the league. We break down every matchup, give you our analysis and advice so you know who to start. Sit, drop and trade to bring that championship trophy home. I just want to remind everyone how good Rasheed Rice was last season. In these three healthy games, he was the wide receiver. Two in fantasy I think Rasheed Rice.

[Dan Patrick]

Just goes off this week. The Chiefs come on a flip pass to Rice near side. Touchdown. Ramandre Stevens is my sleeper this week. This is a Matchup where I think I can slide in Stevenson in my flex position and he could deliver double digit points this week. Drake takes the snap, hands it off. Ramanre running it right and running into the end zone zone. Touchdown.

[J.J. Watt]

It's never too late to turn your fantasy season around. Subscribe to the NFL Fantasy Football podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan Patrick]

Hey, it's Greg Rosenthal, host of NFL Daily. No matter the day, NFL Daily has fresh content in your feed. Last week's games, we recapped them. The unexpected happened in so many of these games and, and I love it. This week was like the defensive line.

[J.J. Watt]

Stepping in, getting a stop on 4th and goal.

[Dan Patrick]

Get the the old mo back on your side. It was a lot of good defensive stops, including in the game. This week's games we previewed him. He is the best quarterback in the league this year. He reminds me a little bit of Tom Brady in his later years and this is a compliment. He's no longer hanging in quite as much to take those big hits because he's playing the long game. They're not going to get pressure on him. I news flash, it's not going to happen. I think they smoke them and so much more. For all you football sickos, listen to NFL daily on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[J.J. Watt]

Oh my God.

[Dan Patrick]

The play of the day. This is the play of the day. Check this out. Lost it there to Ovechkin. Quick relay comes to the point. Checkering fires, just miss. Ovechkin turns. He scores. The Great Eight is the one and only at 900. That's courtesy of Sportsnet. Alex Ovechkin, number 900. Of his 47 goals since the start of last season, three have come against Jordan Bennington. He gave up number 900 Wednesday night. I don't know if he was being playful or not, but he did grab the puck and he was trying to put it like in his pads and they asked Ovechkin about it and he didn't want to comment of the goalie trying to take the historical puck. I don't, I don't know if he was having fun with it. I don't know if it's fun when I think they lost 6 to 1. But maybe playful Play of the Day, brought to you by Rapid Radio is the official walkie talkie. The DP show push to talk nationwide LTE coverage. That means no subscriptions required. Business owners, stay connected with your employees anywhere visit rapidradios.com up to 60% off and free shipping. Lucas in Texas. Hi, Luke. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan. Good morning. Good morning. I've got two questions for you. One semi serious and one quite serious. My semi serious one relates to the College football playoff rankings. I know the top three teams, they're all undefeated and none of them are going to play each other. And I just would like to, you know, play the scenario. If all three went out, what do you think has the best win amongst the 3? A and M at Notre Dame, Indiana at Oregon, and then Ohio State with Texas at the beginning of the year. My super serious question, however, relates to our guest from the previous block, Mr. Watts. I'm a lifelong fan. I've always loved watching him. And I just have to say I noticed on. On the broadcast with cbs, his hair is looking pretty good to the point where I think we just have to do the honest and real journalism saying, are there any performance enhancers when it comes to that game day float? It looks very good. I think we need to ask the I team to do some work here.

[J.J. Watt]

Wow. Slanderous.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I thought he was letting it grow a little bit and he parted it down the middle. Isn't that whip. We. We noticed that a couple of weeks ago. Yes. Paul. I think he was having a little fun with it. Going for the look from the boss in the movie Office Space with the glasses and the hair. It's called a butt cut, Dan. Yeah. Oh, it is. Yes, it's called the butt cut. Another phrase. Oh, okay. Yeah. I don't know if there's. I mean, I. I would not want to be labeling somebody a performance enhancer. Yes. Does that count as a procedure that we were just having the bet about how many procedures people have with a. Depending on how invasive is getting scalp procedure might be, I'd say that's a procedure, not a surgery. No, no, no, no, no. More of a craft. Yeah, I would. I would say that. That. Todd, did somebody bring out the Mark Davis wig? We did, but the thought was is it going to ruin the reveal tomorrow to see what it looks like ahead of time? Is it worth saving or that's. It's your call. Okay. I have it right next to me by the microphone. I just want to make sure it fits.

[J.J. Watt]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

I have not tried it on yet. I could try it on an air or off air. We can do it off air if you want.

[J.J. Watt]

Make sure that.

[Dan Patrick]

But if the Broncos win by at least 10, then you don't have to Wear.

[J.J. Watt]

Exactly. But the Denver doesn't need to win.

[Dan Patrick]

By double digits, which is asking a lot in a division game. All right, Curtis in Illinois. Hi, Curtis. What's on your mind today? Morning, dp Just a comment and a poll question idea. First is just, I don't know what it is about Kyler Murray that kind of drives me nuts. Like when he's scrambling with the ball, it just reminds me of a toddler, like with the remote and the dad's trying to chase him. But for the poll question, you guys brought it up yesterday. But like in three years, what's Kyler Murray going to be doing playing for the Cardinals? Playing for another team or playing baseball. But I think the fourth option you need to throw in there is playing esports leagues. Yeah, he might be doing both. Yeah, he's a gamer. It's just not the NFL game. John in Texas. Good morning, John, what's on your mind today? Good morning, guys. 58165. Thank you. Hey, I have the best walk off show I did possible. So hear me out on this one. You guys need to have a championship victory parade, get a couple floats together, one for you and the guys, one for the BRGs. You can end up at the man cave, right? And you can have all your celebrity guests, fans of the show there. And better yet, this would really be sticking it to the sports image selection committee. Yeah, but we would need to win a championship to have a parade, John. But, but thank you. I like where your, your heart said yes, Todd. You have connections with like the mayor, you think she wants get the key to the town or the city. So like they can maybe you put something together to let you go up and down, block off some streets. No, we could do that, but we. It's a championship parade. Like they don't have second place parades until 2028. No, we gotta win. We gotta win. Let's see. Mo in Arizona. Hi, Mo. What's on your mind? Morning, Dan. Dan, no disrespect, J.J. watt, great interview, but I can't believe that's even a poll question comparing him with Clayton first. What better way to go out, you know, championship in your last year, play all your season with one team. And like any, it's pretty not significant in the World Series, but he did have his signature moment. So what's better way to go out? I'm thinking Kershaw. All right, well, thank you, Mo. Yeah. Some people want to be a football player, but lifestyle, Clayton Kershaw, I'd certainly take that. And you're. I mean, J.J. watt telling you all these surgeries that he had, procedures that he had. I go back. Mark Schlerith played, you know, offensive line for the Broncos. I think he had 22 knee surgeries. And it's like when somebody says, how many procedures or surgeries? And you go, I don't know. That's. I mean, that's kind of scary. It's like when somebody says, oh, how many cars do you have? And you go, I don't know, like Jay Leno. How many cars do you have, Jay? Well, let me get Daniel in here from Tennessee. Hi, Dan. Hey, Dan.

[J.J. Watt]

Good morning.

[Dan Patrick]

Morning. I like to follow up your conversation from yesterday about best football state. I'm gonna throw my hat in the ring for Tennessee. I know you're gonna say the Titans. Let's just not talk about that. Let's talk about ut, Vanderbilt, Memphis. I know Vanderbilt not or I know Memphis not recently. But we look at them in the past two weeks, both in the Vanderbilt for sure. Vanderbilt, Tennessee and Memphis were in the playoffs. Yeah, but I said yesterday you had it have at least one pro team in there if you took college football. Yes. And Memphis has played really well, and Vandy is still kind of in the picture there and ut. But you got to have one of your professional teams in there, football wise. One hour in the books on this Thursday, we'll update the poll results. We'll get another poll coming up in the second hour of the program. Clayton Kershaw will stop by in the final hour of the program. Raiders at the Broncos. And the Broncos are favored by nine and a half. Do the Raiders get it together this year at some point? Do they have a moment? Do they have a game? Is this the game? Maybe not. 877-3-DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show Hour 2 on the program right after this. And Doug, here we have the Limu emu in its natural habitat, helping people customize their car insurance and save hundreds with Liberty Mutual. Fascinating. It's accompanied by his natural ally, Doug. Uh, limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us. Cut the camera. They see us. Only pay for what you [e-mail] Liberty, Liberty, Liberty, Liberty Savings. Very unwritten by Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and affiliates. Excludes Massachusetts.

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[Dan Patrick]

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[J.J. Watt]

Even talk to me. Ancient Athenians used to scratch names onto.

[Dan Patrick]

Oyster shells to vote politicians into exile. So our word ostracize is related to the word oyster. No way. Bring back the ostracon. Listen to Hungry for history on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. This is an iHeart podcast.