Hour 1 – Remembering Andrew Luck’s Surprise Retirement, Bigger Dumper

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show — Hour 1

Date: August 26, 2025
Episode Theme:
A wide-ranging discussion focused on NFL cut day, remembering Andrew Luck's shock retirement, quarterback moves around the league, and a deep dive into Cal Raleigh’s historic 50-home run season, including musings on shocking athlete retirements and the value of defensive positions.

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Main Topics Breakdown

1. NFL Cut Down Day and QB Shake-Ups

Timestamps: 02:37–06:47

• Dan opens on NFL roster moves, focusing on:
  • Kenny Pickett being sent to the Raiders after Aiden O’Connell’s injury; Pickett likely serving as Las Vegas’ backup (04:48).
  • Cleveland Browns QB depth: Joe Flacco as starter, Dylan Gabriel second string, Shedeur Sanders third (04:48–05:00).
  • Emphasizes the transactional nature of quarterbacks, especially backup/3rd-string options in today’s NFL.

2. Remembering Andrew Luck’s Stunning Retirement

Timestamps: 06:22–09:56; 32:20–35:40; 48:32–49:59

• Anniversary Reflection: Six years ago this week, Luck retired at age 29 after a strong season.

  • “Imagine if Josh Allen said, I'm done now. Josh hasn't battled the injuries that Andrew Luck did.” (06:47)

• Context: Links Luck’s retirement with other abrupt departures such as Barry Sanders, Calvin Johnson, and Jim Brown.

• On “Loving” Football:

  • “There are guys who are really good at their sport, but they may not love their sport. ... I didn't know if Andrew Luck loved football as much as he was just really good at football.” (08:36)

• Fan Reaction in Indianapolis:

  • Caller JR highlights lingering resentment: “Andrew Luck is not here in Indianapolis…looked at in a very good light. We all understand he was beat up a lot, but the way he retired, right at the cusp of the season…” (30:54)
  • Dan’s reply: “The point was, could you imagine if Joe Burrow or Josh Allen decided this weekend they were going to retire? Because that's what happened with Andrew Luck.” (32:20)

• Speculation on Luck’s Career:

  • Caller Bill says, “If he would have played a full career, there's no doubt in my mind he would have been one of the greatest quarterbacks to play. ... However, we all play this game called life … why the hell not [walk away]?” (48:32–49:05)

• Stat Highlight:

  • Paulie: “Luck was coming off a very good season in 2018. Sixteen starts, 10 and 6 as a starter, 4,700 yards and 39 touchdowns. Both of those were second in the NFL to Mahomes.” (09:39)

3. The Value and Evolution of NFL Defensive Positions

Timestamps: 12:15–17:31; 45:23–47:57

• Poll Question Debate:

  • Seaton: “We had a conversation before the show about the value of edge rushers … average salary … top three or four positions in the game. But they still seem to be somehow undervalued.” (13:52)
  • Dan: “Aaron Donald is as valuable as any defensive player in the last 25 years … He would go up the middle, disrupt everything and then make the quarterback choose…” (14:14–16:21)
  • Comparison to edge rushers: “The edge rusher, it’s great … but you give me a Jalen Carter, Chris Jones, Aaron Donald, those guys disrupt…” (15:48)

• Notable Defensive Names Discussed:

  • Mean Joe Green, Warren Sapp, Ndamukong Suh, Aaron Donald, T.J. Watt, Chris Jones
    • On Suh: “When Indomin Suh was at Nebraska, it looked like one of those movies where there's a kid who's way too big playing with high school kids.” (17:06–17:14)

• Poll Options (Seaton):

  • “If you could sign one in their prime: Aaron Donald, T.J. Watt, Chris Jones, or Ray Lewis?” (45:23)
    • Dan: “Aaron Donald. No question.” (45:36)
  • Expanded: “Aaron Donald, Myles Garrett, Luke Keuchly, Darrelle Revis?” (46:06)
    • Dan: “Aaron Donald. He’s going to make every other defender better…” (46:33)

4. Cal Raleigh’s Historic Season & the “Big Dumper” Discussion

Timestamps: 24:39–29:17; 35:40–36:15; 44:18–45:23

• Cal Raleigh hits 50th HR:
  • “He joins Mickey Mantle. Only switch hitters in baseball hit history to hit 50 or more home runs in a season.” (24:39)
  • “First player in baseball history to have 20 home runs from each side of the plate in a single season. He has 30 from the left side, 20 from the right side.” (44:18)
• Nickname Debate:
  • “I wish he didn’t have the nickname ‘the Big Dumper.’ ... It feels gimmicky, like ... he's a catcher doing this.” (27:30)
  • Todd: “Will Cal Raleigh’s nickname be stronger or … weaker if he continues to produce over the next few years?” (29:17)
  • Dan: “I hope that he has, I'm not going to say outgrown it, but outperformed that.” (29:37)
• Catcher Workload:
  • Paulie: “Catchers play the least amount of total games per season compared to other position players, naturally because of the wear and tear…” (28:49)
• DH Solution:
  • Caller Dave in Denver: “Since the All Star break, the Mariners have been putting Cal Raleigh on the DH more often than not … They let Mitch Garber catch, and so that’s what we’ve been doing to hopefully save him.” (35:40)
• AL MVP Race:
  • Dan: “If you look at the AL MVP odds now, you got a race going on here because Aaron Judge at minus 160, Cal Raleigh is plus 100. And he's doing it now at the end of August... that's a big deal.” (26:31)

5. Shocking Retirements in Sports — Broader Reflections

Timestamps: 33:50–34:47; 49:59–51:26

• Jim Brown’s sudden exit:
  • “He was still at his peak his last year in the league. 14 games, 1544 yards, 17 touchdowns overall. MVP. And he just got bored. He wanted to go make movies because ... I don’t remember Jim Brown ever being injured. It felt like he injured people.” (33:50)
  • Tim in Vegas: “Jim Brown at the time, an activist, very big personality, said, you know what, Art? I'm out.” (49:59)
• Cultural Perception of Athlete Retirements compared to musicians (age 27 “club”)—some quit at their actual athletic/physical peak.
• Misc: Brief reference to Wilt Chamberlain never fouling out, Jim Brown never missing a game (34:27).

6. Giants’ QB Situation: Jackson Dart vs. Russell Wilson

Timestamps: 36:29–39:29

• Caller Gerald: Asks about Jackson Dart’s chances to become Giants starting QB.
  • Dan: “There’s nothing wrong with him sitting... There’s a couple of coaching situations I find really interesting because I think coaches’ jobs may hang in the balance here and that would be Brian Daboll with the Giants...” (36:59)
  • “I've been a big Jackson Dart fan. … He’s athletic … feels like he's ready to be able to be a starter in the NFL. But if I'm Brian Dable and I'm coaching for my job in the toughest schedule in the NFL this year, I'm not going to play Jackson Dart.” (36:59)
  • On Russ Wilson in practice: “Nobody wants to hear that Russ is looking great … If you're a Giants fan, you're like, hey, Jackson Dart, man...” (38:23)
  • Predicts Dart could start depending on Giants’ record mid-season.

7. Listener Interactions

Timestamps: Throughout

• Lively calls on Andrew Luck’s reputation, Cal Raleigh’s usage in Seattle, and poll question suggestions (notably about Keegan Bradley in the Ryder Cup).
• Example: “Should Keegan Bradley call his own number in the Ryder Cup?” (50:54)
  • Dan: “I hope he doesn't pick himself. I think it's a great story, but you're kind of setting yourself up if you don't win...” (51:26)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Luck Retirement Shock:

  • “Imagine if Josh Allen said, I'm done now. Josh hasn't battled the injuries that Andrew Luck did.” — Dan Patrick (06:47)
  • “Andrew Luck is not here in Indianapolis…looked at in a very good light…” — JR, listener (30:54)
  • “You got to know how Andrew Luck is wired or Barry Sanders is wired. It's just different…” — Dan Patrick (49:05)

• On Defensive Value:

  • “Aaron Donald is as valuable as any defensive player in the last 25 years. … He would go up the middle, disrupt everything and then make the quarterback choose…” — Dan Patrick (14:14)
  • “If you could sign one in their prime: Aaron Donald, T.J. Watt, Chris Jones, or Ray Lewis?” — Seaton (45:23)

• On Cal Raleigh’s Nickname:

  • “I wish he didn’t have the nickname ‘the Big Dumper.’ … It feels gimmicky, like ... he's a catcher doing this.” — Dan Patrick (27:30)

• On Callers’ Insight:

  • “If he would have played a full career, there's no doubt in my mind he would have been one of the greatest quarterbacks to play. ... However, we all play this game called life … why the hell not [walk away]?” — Bill, caller (48:32)

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Key Timestamps for Important Segments

• 02:37 — Show proper begins; NFL cut day talk, QB carousel breakdown.
• 06:47 — Andrew Luck’s retirement revisited; “What if Josh Allen retired now?”
• 09:39 — Stat of the Day: Andrew Luck’s last season performance.
• 12:15–17:31 — Defensive position value discussion; edge rushers vs. tackles.
• 24:39 — Cal Raleigh’s 50th home run; the historic and positional context.
• 29:17 — “The Big Dumper” nickname debate.
• 32:20, 48:32 — Local and national perspectives on Andrew Luck’s legacy.
• 33:50 — Jim Brown and other legendary retirements.
• 36:29 — Giants' QB situation: Jackson Dart vs. Russell Wilson.
• 44:18 — Mariners Radio call: Cal Raleigh's milestone.
• 45:23 — Defensive MVP poll question.
• 50:54 — Listener poll suggestion: Keegan Bradley and Ryder Cup.

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Episode Tone & Takeaways

As always, the show is marked by Dan’s thoughtful, often humorous insight, lively banter among Danettes, and true fan engagement. The major narrative is thoughtful retrospection—on shocking NFL retirements, the human side of football decisions, and the statistical, historical, and emotional resonance of sports milestones.

For listeners:

• The episode offers a rich football education (contract nuance, positional value) and is a love letter to the unpredictable nature of athletes’ careers—from the boards (QBs) to the diamond (catchers like Raleigh) to gridiron icons calling it quits.
• The audience is part of the narrative—whether sharing strong emotions about Luck, or providing on-the-ground Mariners perspectives.
• “Big Dumper” may finally stick as more than a punchline if Cal Raleigh continues his historic pace.

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[Paulie]

Yes Paul, I have the Browns current depth chart. Joe Flacco first string Kenny Pickett gone. Dylan Gabriel second string, Shador, third string yeah, not surprised.

[Dan Patrick]

The Raiders made it be known that they needed a backup quarterback after they lost Aiden o'. Connell. And you get Kenny Pickett, who's bounced around a little bit. He was on the Eagles roster when they won the super bowl last year. You go into Cleveland and Joe Flacco has earned it and it almost by default. Nobody really challenged him that it was going to be Joe Flacco unless somebody really blew away the coaching staff. But even then, you're not going to start a rookie. From what I was told, that Dylan Gabriel will probably get a chance and maybe Shador Sanders as well. But it's Joe Flacco right now. All right. 8773 DP Show Email Address DP dan patrick.com Twitter Handle @DP Show it's hard to believe, but let's say I came in today and I told you Josh Allen just retired. You'd go, why? Like you wouldn't believe that if somebody told you. And Adam Schefter, Ian Rapoport said, hey, I'm hearing Josh Allen is retiring. Well, it was six years ago this week when Andrew Luck shocked everybody and said he's retiring. And when you think of shocking retirements now, I had been in touch with Barry Sanders and his agent and the season ended and he was going to London on a flight overnight and he was retiring. Calvin Johnson walked away. I mean, we've seen players who walk away and they still have years left. But Andrew Luck was a three time Pro bowl quarterback and I think Josh Allen is around a three or four time Pro Bowl. Now he did win an mvp, but I'm talking about the age, the age of Josh Allen I think is what, 28. And Andrew Luck I think was 28 or 20. 29.

[Paulie]

Both 29.

[Dan Patrick]

29. Okay, but imagine that that was a Saturday night, the Colts were at home and Andrew Luck is on the sidelines and Shefty gets word he's at a wedding and he breaks the news. Andrew Luck is going to announce his retirement, I think on Monday or on Sunday, but we didn't believe it. And so Andrew Luck is on the sidelines and you can tell with the crowd that everybody is sort of going, wait a minute, I've just wait a minute, I'm getting this from Schefter here. So Andrew Luck doesn't know that the story's out there. And then they had to walk him out and he got booed. That was six years ago this week. Now he's the general manager with the Stanford football team. But imagine if Josh Allen said, I'm done now. Josh hasn't battled the injuries that Andrew Luck did. And I said for years, you have this unbelievable talent and you do not have a good offensive line. It's like I got this unbelievable engine, but I don't have tires that are filled up. That's what you had with the Colts. And it came back to haunt them because Andrew Luck got banged up. And I think he just got to that point where he realized there's more than just football. But it still surprised us because that's where you go kicking and screaming that I'm going to continue to play. They're going to have to carry me out of here. Well, that's not who Barry Sanders was and that's not who Andrew Luck was. Calvin Johnson, I don't know. But Calvin Johnson may have just said, hey, I don't like what's going on with the franchise. We're not going anywhere. And he decided to retire, I think, at the age of 30. Barry Sanders around that same age. But you know, once again, we, we think we know an athlete when we see them. How could you walk away all that money? A chance to be a starting quarterback, a chance to be super bowl winning quarterback. But that's why we are truly all different, because what our goals are, our motives are. Andrew Luck had a bigger picture, maybe a bigger calling than just being a professional quarterback. He struck me as there's certain players, and I've said this before, there are guys who are really good at their sport, but they may not love their sport. There are guys who are in the gym all the time, in the weight room all the time. There are other guys that they're just really good at this. And I didn't know if Andrew Luck loved football as much as he was just really good at football. And then he may have gotten to the point where he said, I can walk away from this. But six years ago this week, Andrew Luck in one of the most surprising retirements in sports history. Yeah, Paul.

[Paulie]

And Luck was coming off a very good season in 2018. Sixteen starts, 10 and 6 as a starter, 4,700 yards and 39 touchdowns. Both of those were second in the NFL to Mahomes. And they were coming off a season, the Colts, where they had won a playoff game. They didn't stink.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, let me go back to the Trey Hendrickson situation with the Browns, that they doubled his salary. But. And this is a win, win for both. It's not a good look for the Bengals, but I understand why they're doing this. You get Trey Hendrickson, who now is going to make $30 million, which he should compared to everybody else. And considering what he's done the last two years. And you're going to make him a free agent, total free agent the following season. He can go wherever he wants and you know, the Bengals don't get anything in return. This is where you go, I'm going to ball out and I'm going to have a great year and then I'll go play for the Texans or Dolphins or whoever it might be. But the Bengals, they get him and they get him really, this is a contract year because he wants to prove that he's a TJ Watt, Miles Garrett kind of talent there. But I think you look at the age now, Terry McLaren apparently wasn't old at 30 as a wide receiver, but Trey Hendrickson felt older as a 30 year old defensive end. But I think what happened with the Commanders with Terry McLaurin is it's Jaden Daniels. This is his coming in his second year. He had a great year. Went to the playoffs. You had everything worked for you. Let's not mess this up. You brought in Debo Samuel, but that's a beat up, you know, banged up Debo Samuel. You need Terry McLaurin. Terry McLaurin there every day for you, every game for you. Not flashy. He's one of those where you see after the game, I'll be Damn. He had eight catches, 91 yards and a touchdown. They had to have him. Now the Bengals, Bengals had Trey Hendrickson last year and didn't make the playoffs like it. This is while they got him, which is great. I don't know if they solved everything. That offense is going to be great. They'll be fun, be exciting. But you didn't make the playoffs last year and this feels like for that coaching staff, you got to make the playoffs this year. They spent a whole lot of money on their offense, but Terry McLaurin got paid and I think in large part because they needed him. Jaden Daniels needed him. All right, let's pull question today. Seaton. Yeah.

[Seaton]

I almost feel like too that Josh Allen comparison is a little. Josh Allen I think is a little too accomplished.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

But at the same time, then the next person that I would go down to or that came to mind was Joe Burrow. If Joe Burrow retired today, I would be pretty shocked. But he's actually Andrew Luck is probably more accomplished than Joe Burrow is at this point. So he occupies this funny spot there.

[Dan Patrick]

And Joe's been banged up he's had a lot of injuries.

[Seaton]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They. They. That.

[Seaton]

There's a couple of comparisons there that I think are pretty apt.

[Dan Patrick]

How about most touchdown passes in their first six seasons in NFL history? Dan Marino, 196. Patrick Mahomes, 192, third on the list all time. Most touchdown passes first six seasons. Andrew Luck. Then it's Josh Allen, Peyton Manning, Russell Wilson, Matt Ryan, Brett Favre, Derek Carr, Dak Prescott. That's a pretty impressive list.

[Seaton]

Look at Russ.

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Yeah, Russ is up there. Come on. Russ Cook. Oh, he's cooking. Hall of Famer.

[Seaton]

Come on, let's get that fire back, kid.

[Dan Patrick]

Come on. Yeah, but those guys are sort of, you know, Mahomes and Luck and Josh Allen, Peyton Manning, Russ, Matt Ryan, Derek Kardak. That's modern. You know, that's. That's the new NFL. When Marino was doing it, that was the old NFL where you might throw 30 touchdown passes. He threw 48 one year far. Been there as well, at 147. All right, so the poll question or poll questions that we're considering today.

[Seaton]

Well, we had a conversation before the show about the value of edge rushers. And if they're. I mean, they've got to be average salary, they've got to be, what, like top three or four.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Seaton]

Positions in the game.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Seaton]

Right. But they still seem to be somehow undervalued in a way, or maybe not as respected as they could be.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I think Aaron Donald is as valuable as any defensive player in the last 25 years. And I could even look at his, you know, his value to offensive players, and you'd be hard pressed to find somebody other than a quarterback. Now, there. There are other positions, you know, McCaffrey and Saquon Barkley and, you know, Derek Henry. I understand that what Aaron Donald did was disrupt everything and edge rusher, if I know Bose is over here or TJ Watt is over here. Okay, now I can adjust. Aaron Donald would go up the middle, disrupt everything, and then he would make the quarterback choose if he was rolling right or left. The edge rusher might not do that. Now he's there, we can have two guys on him, and you could still stay in the pocket. Aaron Donald, with what he did. And, you know, I'll go back to, you know, when I talk about winning Super Bowls, it comes down to defense, in my opinion. You know, when Chris Jones, Jalen Carter, Aaron Donald, you know, this is just recently. These are guys that disrupt and their defensive linemen, defensive tackles, or they used to Be called nose tackles. Having that guy, to me is just as, if not more valuable than having that edge rusher. The edge rusher. It's great we get to see you. You get to do your sack dance. But if you give me. Because Jalen Carter had like four sacks and 32 tackles, but that's not his impact. Aaron Donald was unbelievable. Aaron Donald won the super bowl for the Rams because if Joe Burrow has one more second, one more second, he's got Jamar Chase because Jalen Ramsey fell down. It was a sack off. In the Super Bowl. Has that ever been used? We said sack off the day after a sack off.

[Seaton]

That was a mock headline where you write the headline, something about a sack off.

[Dan Patrick]

Sack off. But Aaron Donald, those guys, Warren Sapp, you know, your interior lineman, Mean Joe Green, those guys who play defensive tackle or nose tackle, those are the guys who I love. And it feels like every year when I'm watching college football, go, man, that Danny Shelton, he's a great nose tackle. And Dominican sue, you know, I, I.

[Seaton]

Oh, man, that dude killer.

[Dan Patrick]

He should have been one of the Heisman. He should have been. He should have been great.

[Seaton]

Yes, he should have been.

[Dan Patrick]

Should have been. Good career. Not a great career. He should have been something more.

[Seaton]

Known for the wrong things his career ended up being. Somehow it made a wrong turn.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Paulie.

[Paulie]

There were times when Indomin sue was at Nebraska. It looked like one of those movies where there's a kid who's way too big playing with high school kids.

[Dan Patrick]

It was awesome. Yeah.

[Seaton]

Like, why does this guy have to play college? Just let him go to the NFL.

[Dan Patrick]

And I remember talking to somebody who played at Nebraska and they were like, we were scared of him. You know, everybody's a football player, but he's got pads on. But he said we were scared of Indomicant Sue.

[Seaton]

Okay, stop me, you know?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I don't know. Again. All right, let me take a break. We'll come up with a poll question here. We got a lot of things to get to today, and I thought it would be interesting to have Ben Denucci on. Former NFL quarterback, if you follow social media, he posted a picture of him at the airport, and he was having a beer on Saturday, had just gotten cut for the seventh time. Now, I did have that one game during COVID Cowboys, Eagles. And he started for the Cowboys. And I thought we could talk to him about what this life is like where you're not quite sure and, you know, quarterback's a great position to play, but he's been cut seven different times. And I don't know when you get to that point where you say, all right, enough, but we'll talk to him coming up a little bit later on. We'll settle on our poll question as well. We're back after this and the Dan Patrick Show.

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[Seaton]

Uh huh.

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Join us all season long, all year long, as we ride the roller coaster of this ridiculous sport.

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Whether you're a die hard fan or a casual observer, we'll help you make sense of all the chaos and of course, celebrate the madness. Tune in for previews, recaps, bits you won't hear anywhere else, and all the emotional support you need as a college football fan.

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[Ty (Solid Verbal Podcast)]

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[Dan Patrick]

Should you? That's what the real question is. Stand without good access is not a good stand.

[Dan and Ty (Solid Verbal Podcast) / Jake Hofer (Back 40)]

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[Paulie]

Paulie, I hate to deliver the bad.

[Dan Patrick]

News to you in America, you know.

[Paulie]

Brace yourself, Dan. The New York Giants will begin the season without Tommy DeVito. He's been cut. Tommy Cutlets cut. He too easy. Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston and Jackson Dart. So if Tommy DeVito's career is over, at least in New York. Three for five as a starter, eight touchdowns, three picks. Nice stats.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, this is the start of the day. Brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick Show. I could see him being a local legend there. Maybe a set up a restaurant or a bar close to the Meadowlands. Come on out. Tommy DeVito's where? Your jersey? Yes, Marvin. Do they rename a rest stop after him on the New Jersey Turnpike? No, no, I said Tommy DeVito. You know what I said, right? Yeah, but he's not Vince Lombardi or Bon Jovi to you. Yeah, but it's close. Yeah. If I compare resumes with Vince Lombardi and Tommy Cutlets. Yeah, close. But I'm going to say no right now. I'm needed a little bit more on that resume. Speaking of resumes, Cal Raleigh it is.50th home run. He joins Mickey Mantle. Only switch hitters in baseball hit history to hit 50 or more home runs in a season. They weren't even pitching to him last night. He hit one of those like Manny Ramirez used to hit some of the they like a bad ball hitter. He was unbelievable down by his ankles and he hit the go ahead home run and the third American League player, first non Yankee to reach 50 before the end of August. Aaron Judge did it twice and Roger Maris did it. This is big time stuff, man. Mariners beat the Padres. See that? More importantly, you're winning big games and you're putting heat on the Astros, the Yankees for the playoff spot there. And if you look at the AL MVP odds now, you got a race going on here because Aaron Judge at minus 160, Cal Raleigh is plus 100. And he's doing it now at the end of August. And if you can have this creep over in September, if he did this in May and June, then his odds wouldn't be very good, but he's doing it now. These are big games. NLMBP odds. Shohei Otani -8000. Kyle Schwerber is + 1300. So that one is over. But Aaron Judge and Cal Raleigh. I wish he didn't have the nickname the Big Dumper. Yeah, because it feels gimmicky, like he's. He's not a. I mean, he's a catcher doing this. Now, granted, once you heard the nickname, we had him on and we talked about that. But playing the position of catcher should. I don't know how the voters will look at this, but I just remember when you look at great catchers, you got to still catch every single game or a majority of the game, and the beating that you take in being a catcher. And then you're going to hit 50 home runs. That's why when I look at Johnny Bench, who I think is the greatest catcher of all time, he was an unbelievable catcher, great army fielder, revolutionized the position. But he's also hitting over 40 home runs a couple of times. Cal Raleigh has done a great job and he's done it in Seattle, where you're not going to get much fanfare. Probably not putting you on Sunday Night Baseball. And, you know, good for him. And to do it as a. A switch hitter and at that position, that's what's remarkable. So I'm hoping, and I don't know how much they would factor in, he's doing it as a catcher. That should be factored in. Yes. Marvin, if you're the Mariners, do you try to move him off of catching just to save him? I think you got to get into September. I don't know what other position he plays. I'm guessing, you know, Johnny Bench could play third base and he could catch and he could play first base. I don't know if Cal Raleigh or make him a Dharma. Yeah. I'm not familiar enough with his backstory of other positions he could play, but you can always park somebody at first base. Yeah.

[Paulie]

Paulie, I saw a couple stats the other day about catchers and why they may have never hit 50 home runs before. Catchers play the least amount of total games per season compared to other position players, naturally because of the wear and tear. So a guy like Johnny Bench rarely played over 155 games and he was as tough as they get. He'd play 152, 148. And same with guys like Salvador Perez or Cal Raleigh. They're going to get a couple extra days off which may keep them from that 50 threshold.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Todd, will Cal Raleigh's nickname be stronger or could you make the argument weaker? If he continues to prove beyond this year that he's not like some one hit wonder that this just wasn't an aberration. So it's not as gimmicky. Maybe they get off of the big dumper thing. If he just continues to produce over the next few years. What do you think? I think it would be. I think it would maybe lose a little bit of its luster that it's. It's easy to give something a name for like that one season and then maybe they wouldn't be calling him that as much if he continued to do that. All right, thank you, Todd. I think, I hope that he has, I'm not going to say outgrown it, but outperformed that. That he's more than just that great nickname or you know, an interesting nickname. But to hit 50 home runs and you're right in the MVP race and your teams in the playoff hunt, that's a big deal that, that should not be forgotten. You know, when it comes to what you want out of your mvp, that now is when you want that. And Aaron Judge has struggled. Aaron Judge has struggled. I got some numbers here. Judge came off the injured list August 5th. He's hit 210. That's his average. But Cal Raleigh was plus 1,000 to win the MVP not too long ago now. Plus 100 and got a race going on here. That's great. Let me see. JR in Indiana. Hi, Junior. What's on your mind today?

[Callers / Listeners]

Hey, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

How are you? Good, sir.

[Callers / Listeners]

Hey, pleasure to talk to you guys. First time, long time. Listen, for years I never felt really overly compelled to call. I'm driving around and you mentioned Andrew Luck's name and expletives was flying out of my mouth. I was telling your screener, Andrew Luck is not here in Indianapolis is not looked at a very good light. We all understand he was beat up a lot, but the way he retired, you know, right at the cusp of the season, one of his injuries that he had was Voldo accounts he was snowboarding, kind of lied about that. And then they even drugged, you know, Peyton Manning out to do a little dog and pony show. To say that Luck was looking good, looking great and was not. And then to icing on the cake was basically Jim ursay gave him 20 or 25 million there at the end, and Luck basically took it. And the reason that was because I think Irsay thought Luck would think about it and come back after a year. So now, every year, especially in Indianapolis, two or three times a year, we got to hear about this Andrew Luck saga. We're tired of hearing about it, number one. Number two, that with the Anthony Richardson debacle, all that set in motion pretty much set the Indianapolis Colts back at least a decade. So he's not seen in a real big light year in Indianapolis.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, well, that wasn't the point that I was bringing up, junior, But I certainly understand your frustration. The point was, could you imagine if Joe Burrow or Josh Allen decided this weekend they were going to retire? Because that's what happened with Andrew Luck. As far as Andrew Luck and how he's viewed in Indianapolis. Yeah, I've heard the same thing. Absolutely. I'm just talking about shocking retirements there. And. Yes. Did that set the Colts back? Yes. But you know what set the Colts back? They had a crappy offensive line for years. Years. And Andrew Luck took a beating and that helped lead to that decision there. So what came first? I'd start with a bad offensive line. Andrew Luck got banged up. He was a Pro bowl quarterback. You made the playoffs. And he probably just got to that point where he said, I. I don't want to go through this anymore. Yes, Mark, I'm sure sports media was way different back then, but where do you rank Jim Brown's retirement as far as shocking retirements? Well, I wasn't old enough to process it, other than he. I think he led the league in rushing with like 1800 yards or whatever. 1500 yards. And then he just walked away. Your league MVP, you rushed for 1500 yards, and that might have been in 12 games back then. I. Yeah, Paulie, yeah, you're right.

[Paulie]

He was still at his peak his last year in the league. 14 games, 1544 yards, 17 touchdowns overall. MVP.

[Dan Patrick]

And he just got bored. He wanted to go make movies because I don't Remember Jim Brown ever being injured. It felt like he injured people, and he decided that he wanted to make movies. We talk about Wilt Chamberlain, you know, Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game in his career. Jim Brown never missed a game in his career. So nine years, he played every single game. And then all of a sudden he goes, yeah, you know, and I think he was 29. Maybe that's the. That's the number 28, 29. It's like musicians who are 27. Oh, you want to live to be 28 as a musician. But it's. You know, sports careers can end at 28, 29. It feels like, yeah, Jim Brown, I just remember. And. But they had Leroy Kelly after Jim Brown, and Leroy Kelly, that thinks a Hall of Famer, but he wasn't Jim Brown. But the Browns did have another running back who came in there, and Leroy Kelly was wonderful. But, yeah, that. That was. That was a big deal. Now, if that happened, now that somebody said, hey, you know what? I'm. Joe Burrow walks in and goes, you know what? I'm gonna retire. Saquon Barkley says, I'm gonna retire. I'm gonna be in movies. That's what it would be like. Back when Jim Brown did it, we were going, wait, what? Yeah, yeah, I'm done. I've done everything I can do in the NFL, and now I'm going to go make movies. Dave in Denver. Hi, Dave. What's on your mind today?

[Callers / Listeners]

Hey, what up, dp? Lifelong Mariner fan here. I've watched most of the Mariner games this year, and. And what I've. What we've noticed is that, like, since the All Star break, the Mariners have been putting Cal Raleigh on the DH more often than not. And so he's not playing first base. So when he needs a break, he goes to dh. And they let Mitch Garber catch. And so that's what we've been doing to hopefully save him. Hopefully. Oh, gosh. Hopefully we can do something here and make it to the playoffs.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. I. I love your excitement there, Dave. Yeah. So you put him at dh. Rest him, maybe certain games you have him catch Gerald in Connecticut. Hi, Gerald. What's on your mind today?

[Callers / Listeners]

Hey, good morning, fellas. So, it's. I had a quick question about Jackson Dart, but yesterday I turned on the.

[Dan Patrick]

Show when I was on my way.

[Callers / Listeners]

To work, and I randomly caught. All I heard was, my mom is dead, so I really knew I was in for a ride of a show out of nowhere. And. But about Jackson Dart, I'M just curious. So I don't know. I really think he's poised to be the starter sooner rather than later. I just feel like Wilson's this inevitable end which I think everyone knew, but I feel like it's going to happen really, really soon. So I just curious about your take about him because he looks really good so far.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. But once again, let's just be careful. You know, the light is yellow, it's caution, it's blinking. There's nothing wrong with him sitting. As I've said before, there's a couple of coaching situations I find really interesting because I think coaches jobs may hang in the balance here and that would be Brian Dable with the Giants. If ownership says you keep your job, you've got it, you know, for this entire year, you'll be coaching next year. Now I think my approach is a little different. I have Russ start, but I have a short leash that I, I don't have any qualms. I'm not. There's no trepidation of putting Jackson Dart in there. I've been a big Jackson Dart fan. I think Orlovsky and myself were the two who said early he was, he got a first round grade, he was going to be a first round draft pick. Now it was at the end of the first round, but still he's a first round draft pick and he is athletic. He, you know, playing for Lane Kiffin, played in a, you know, a great offense and feels like he's ready to be able to be a starter in the NFL. But if I'm Brian Dable and I'm coaching for my job in the toughest schedule in the NFL this year, I'm not going to play Jackson Dart. I'm just not. I gotta, I gotta win a couple of games here and I think he's coaching for his job. Maybe it's in November. Let, let's see what their record is going to be after the first 10 games. Eight games, then you'll probably get an idea of what management wants. Do they want to see Jackson Dart? Now you're not going to make the playoffs. Maybe you're kind of in the conversation for the playoffs. If that's the case, then maybe you still stay with Russell Wilson. I had somebody who's been to practice. They went to three practices and they said Russ looks great. I, I said okay. But you know, I was thinking about that. Nobody wants to hear that Russ is looking great because that's. We've seen that. If you're a Giants fan, you're like hey, Jackson Dart man. Hey, I'm here in Jackson Dart, you know. Hey, Russ is looking great. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But what about Jackson Dart? Because that's the future here and I think that's going to be a big, big issue for the Giants coaching staff this year. They are coaching for their jobs and those first eight games, there's no let up there. Going to be tough. All right. More phone calls coming up. And coming up next though, Play of.

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I'm Dan, he's Ty. Hello and we're the Solid Verbal College Football Podcast.

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College football season is here and you know what that means.

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[Dan Patrick]

Should you? That's what the real question is. Stand without good access is not a good stand.

[Dan and Ty (Solid Verbal Podcast) / Jake Hofer (Back 40)]

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[Mandy Money (Brown Ambition)]

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[Mandy Money (Brown Ambition)]

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[Dan Patrick]

Oh, my God. The play. The play of the day. Play of the day. Check this out. The 3, 2 on the way to Cal. Swinging a well hit ball deep to left field. Head into the upper deck. Stay fair, upper deck. Goodbye. Baseball number 50 for Cal Raleigh. He becomes one of only 33 members of the 50 Home Run Club. And the magical season just continues for Cal Raleigh. First player in baseball history to have 20 home runs from each side of the plate in a single season. He has 30 from the left side, 20 from the right side. That's courtesy of the Mariners Radio Network. That's your play of the Day play. Play of the Day is brought to you by Mako. How about a little TLC for your car? From dense to faded paint, they got you covered. Get a free estimate today. Oh, better get Mako. Update the poll results if you can. Seaton for the first 4:46 minutes of the program.

[Seaton]

Well, I'm kind of kicking around one right now, but it might be a little crazy. I had two actually. If you could sign one in their Prime, Aaron Donald, T.J. watt of Chris Jones and Ray Lewis.

[Dan Patrick]

Aaron Donald, no question. Yes, yes. Well, Ray Lewis now wouldn't be as impactful. Yeah, Aaron Donald is going to be impactful in any generation. T.J. watt, Miles Garrett, all great players. Give me Aaron Donald.

[Seaton]

So I'm going through sort of like the last 20 years or so and who are the most valuable defensive player based on like all of these different metrics. And the two names that come up over and over again is Aaron Donald and T.J. watt.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

Are by far apparently just for value. They are the guys, right. Chris Jones and Ray Lewis are also mentioned a whole bunch of times. But then I have another one that if you could sign one of these guys in their prime, and this is expanding to different positions, sort of the best in their group. Aaron Donald, Miles Garrett, Luke Keakley comes up a lot in terms of valuable or value. And then Darrell Rivas, Aaron Donald still Aaron Donald.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. Aaron Donald's going to make every other defender better because he's already putting pressure on the quarterback. He disrupting everything. You know, Reavis is probably one of the few people in NFL history who is a Hall of Famer, but we really don't remember any of his plays, right? Not, not During a game. Yeah, maybe you would see him, Josh jostling with a wide receiver, but they wouldn't throw his way. Who was it that Dion won? The defensive mvp, but there was a defensive back who was bragging that he had more interceptions than Dion that year. Yes, Marvin Asante Samuel has more career interceptions than Deion Sanders, but he probably got thrown to way more than Deion Sanders. Yes, that's what I want to know. How many throws were in your direction so you could get all those inners. There's a reason why you got all those interceptions. They, they, they're not throwing to Rebus. They're not throwing to Dion. Yeah. Paulie.

[Paulie]

Darrell Reavis's third year in the NFL. He had six picks and he was AP first team second for defensive player of the year. His next season he had zero interceptions and was first team all pro. That's got to be a record zero.

[Dan Patrick]

Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. Luke Keakley is one of the more underrated players in NFL history, certainly modern era, because I think he played eight years, but he was great. And he was really good in coverage as well and had to retire due to concussions. But he was 29 years of age when he retired. But Luke Keakley is a Hall of Famer. He was a great player. Great player. All right, a couple more phone calls. Bill in Washington. Hi, Bill. What's on your mind today?

[Callers / Listeners]

Well, hey, boys, you got yourself a sweet 66320. So I just want to weigh in on the Andrew Luck situation. If he would have played a full career, there's no doubt in my mind he would have been one of the greatest quarterbacks to play. He would have won Super Bowls. They would have built a team around him. They would have given him an O line. He would have succeeded. However, we all play this game called life. So if you have a chance to become a millionaire, walk away, provide for your family, still stay healthy, why the hell not?

[Dan Patrick]

All right, well, thank you, Bill. It's, you know, we wonder why somebody does something or doesn't do something. You got to know how Andrew Luck is wired or Barry Sanders is wired. It's just different because what we think would be really hard to walk away from, and it probably was for them, they have to have, they have to be at peace when they make that decision. And I remember talking to Barry because he always wanted to play for the Raiders. And when I had a chance to talk to him after he retired and he said there were teams that reached out and wanted to see if he would play in a different location, that maybe that would spark his interest, that he would be excited to play for a good team. And Barry was like, nope, made my. He made his mind up. And that was it. He was not coming back. Tim in Vegas. Hi, Tim. What's on your mind today?

[Callers / Listeners]

Hey, Dan. I just want to touch on the Jim Brown retirement a little bit. He was in London filming the iconic movie the Dirty Dozen when he gets a phone call from art model that says, you need to come to training camp or you're out. Jim Brown at the time, an activist, very big personality, said, you know what, Art? I'm out. Thanks again, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Thank you, Tim. Who is it? Lee Marvin. Was he in the Dirty Dozen? Who else was in that movie? There were some big time stars in there.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paulie, Lee Marvin, Telly Savalas, Donald Sutherland, Ernest Borgnine and Charles Bronson.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. Yeah, I like that. Wow. Jeff in Denver. Hi, Jeff. What do you have for me?

[Callers / Listeners]

Morning, dp. How are you?

[Dan Patrick]

Good, sir.

[Callers / Listeners]

Good. Hey, first time, long time. Six two and a firm 195. I got a suggestion for a poll question this morning. Should Keegan Bradley call his own number in the Ryder Cup? Last person to do it was Arnold Palmer, 1963. If Keegan wasn't captain, he would for sure be on the team. Probably should have been on in 23. Just wanted to get your and everybody else's thoughts on that. Thanks very much.

[Dan Patrick]

I hope he doesn't pick himself. I think it's a great story, but you're kind of setting yourself up if you don't win. Were you devoting your time to what you needed to vote your time to? And if you don't play well in the Ryder cup, is your head elsewhere? I just. And I like Keegan. In fact, I think. Do I still have that belt, Paulie, the white belt? I think it's a red belt. I have to check. I have. When he won the. What PGA Championship, he sent me that red belt, and I thought I had it up front here. Do you see it? Then Paulie's coming in to see. Let me see. There it is. Okay. If you're watching on Peacock, that's. That's an Oakley red belt there with Keegan Bradley. I got so many silly pieces of memorabilia, but that's. He might have put on a little weight when he was. Dang. What's that all about? Take to his face. Yeah. Shaming. Yeah. Yeah. So I. I have the belt from when he. I think he won the BJ championship, but I, I, I just don't want him to be set up for failure that if they don't us doesn't win, you know, and he's playing then he should have been just coaching. Yes, Marvin, Sorry. Going back to Asante Samuel, Emi Deion has more career interceptions, but Asante Samuel had more interceptions in a single season than Deion. Okay, thank you. Clearing that up. Yeah, thank you. No, no, trust me. Because hey. Well, actually social media will be on me if I got it wrong. Okay, that was it. Good. Thank you. Yeah, we sometimes get it right sometimes. What?

[Seaton]

That just changed our poll question for hour two, I'll tell you that.

[Dan Patrick]

What's it like to get cut seven times? Ben Denucci, who did start a game for the Cowboys during COVID against the Eagles and he got cut over the weekend. He'll join us. Coming up. One hour in the books. Two more to go. Fritzi, Seaton, Marv, Paulie, and yours truly.

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Listen to the solid verbal college football podcasts on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Dan and Ty (Solid Verbal Podcast) / Jake Hofer (Back 40)]

We don't just love college football, Ty, we live it. I'm Jake Hofer and this is back 40, a limited series show on Wire to Hunt, part of Meat Eaters Podcast Network. Each episode I'll be asking eight whitetail hunting pros, a focused, thought provoking question about hunting and land management. How do I hunt the best part of the farm with less than ideal access?

[Dan Patrick]

Should you? That's what the real question is. Stand without good access is not a good stand.

[Dan and Ty (Solid Verbal Podcast) / Jake Hofer (Back 40)]

Listen to Back 40 on iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[Mandy Money (Brown Ambition)]

Do we really need another podcast with a condescending finance bro trying to tell us how to spend our own money? No, thank you. Instead, check out Brown Embo. Each week I your host, Mandy Money gives you real talk, real advice with a heavy dose of I feel useless. Like on Fridays when I take your questions for the baqa, whether you're trying to invest for your future, navigate a toxic workplace. I got you. Listen to Brown ambition on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[Ebony / Dr. Lea Tritate]

If you're looking for another heavy podcast about trauma, this ain't it? This is for the ones who had to survive and still show up as brilliant, loud, soft and whole. The Unwanted Sorority is where Black women, femmes and gender expansive survivors of sexual violence rewrite the rules on healing, support and what happens after. And I'm your host and co president of this organization, Dr. Lea Tritate. Listen to the Unwanted Sorority. New episodes every Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Callers / Listeners]

It's Black Business Month and Money and wealth podcast with John Hope Bryant is tapping in. I'm breaking down how to build wealth.

[Dan Patrick]

Create opportunities and move from surviving to thriving. It's time to talk about ownership, equity.

[Callers / Listeners]

And everything in between. Black and brown communities have historically been last in line.

[Dan Patrick]

Let me just say this AI is.

[Callers / Listeners]

Moving faster than civil rights legislation ever did. Listen to Money and Wealth from the.

[Dan Patrick]

Black Effect podcast network on iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Ebony / Dr. Lea Tritate]

This is an iHeart podcast.