Hour 2 – Biggest Surprises, Albert Breer

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 2: Biggest Surprises, Albert Breer

Date: January 5, 2026
Host: Dan Patrick
Notable Guests: Albert Breer (Senior NFL Reporter, Monday Morning Quarterback)
Main Themes: NFL coaching changes and playoff surprises, upcoming head coach moves, quarterback trust, Super Bowl scenarios, and a touch of Hollywood with movie reviews.

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Episode Overview

Dan Patrick and the Danettes (Todd, Seton, Paul, Marvin) ring in the New Year by dissecting football’s biggest surprises as the NFL postseason takes shape. The group debates wide-ranging NFL storylines, from coaching firings and future openings to who’s the most trusted playoff quarterback. Senior NFL Reporter Albert Breer joins for deep-dive analysis on Cleveland’s head coaching move, the Deshaun Watson conundrum, Tom Brady's role as an NFL owner, and potential seismic shifts in Baltimore and Pittsburgh. The hour closes with best/worst weekend moments and a riotous multi-Danette review of the new Timothy Chalamet ping pong movie, Marty Supreme.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Kicking Off the New Year & Playoff Picture

• Opening Banter: Dan and the Danettes debate: Is it "Happy New Year" or "Happy New Year's"? (00:00–00:43)
  • Seton: "I think people say Happy New Year's because it's a New Year's Eve. But it's really Happy New Year." (00:34)
  • Paul: "New Year. Singular. New Year's. Plural is incorrect grammar wise." (00:43)
• NFL Coaching News:
  • Kevin Stefanski out as Cleveland Browns head coach announced just prior to show.
  • Atlanta Falcons also moving on from their coach and general manager.
  • Other "hanging in the balance" coaching situations previewed.
• Playoff Seeding & Road Favorites:
  • Dan notes several road playoff teams are favorites, unusual for postseason.
  • College football playoff lines: Miami favored against Ole Miss; Indiana over Oregon.

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2. Poll Question: Most Shocking AFC Playoff Snub

• Results from Hour 1: (03:05)
  • Seton: "The Chiefs have 54% of that vote, followed by the Ravens. Bengals, it's kind of sad nobody is surprised they didn't make the playoffs."
• Cincinnati’s Shortfall:
  • Dan: "Joe Burrow fought to get back but...there’s no defense there. If you’re letting Shador Sanders go down the field with a minute to go and get in field goal range, that's a bad defense." (03:23)
• Team Regressions Mentioned:
  • Discussion on Detroit and Dan Campbell's critical upcoming year.
  • Consideration of the Browns’ draft strategy and Colts’ coaching consistency.

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3. QB Trust Factor & Super Bowl Odds Musings

(Timestamp ~09:00+)

• Dan runs through which playoff QBs he trusts in big games:
  • Dan: "Matthew Stafford, yes. Bo Nix, no. Jalen Hurts, yes. Drake May, not yet. Josh Allen – I have trust in him. Trevor Lawrence, trust. C.J. Stroud, trust. Jordan Love... Those are your postseason quarterbacks." (09:50)
• Super Bowl Odds:
  • Top odds: Seahawks, Rams, Broncos, Eagles, Patriots.
  • Noteworthy: Jaguars again overlooked, and Dan says that's just fine for them, citing Trevor Lawrence’s steadiness.

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4. Dream Super Bowl Matchups

• Marvin: "When we get to San Francisco, what would be the dream scenario as far as QB matchup?" (10:23)
• Dan: "Sam Darnold in the Seahawks in the Super Bowl would be pretty fascinating... Rams, Bills, maybe a walk off with Stafford." (10:34)
  • Paul: "I'd like to see Green Bay, Pittsburgh in the Super Bowl... Two underdogs." (11:06)

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5. Fan Calls: Football Joy and the Pressure Game

• James in Virginia (12:25–13:43): Celebrates "amazing" playoff field, is shocked by Ole Miss’s run, highlights the pressure mounting each week for the Bills.
  • James: "The Bills, each week that they stay in it, that pressure is just going to mount and mount."
• Gus in LA (13:43–14:45): A week can change everything for Steelers’ Mike Tomlin; unpredictable year but he’ll “ride it out till the wheels fall off.”

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6. Albert Breer: NFL Insider Deep Dive

(Starts 18:30)

6.1 Cleveland Browns Firing Stefanski

• Albert Breer: "It's just a water under the bridge type thing...the damage done by the Deshaun [Watson] trade. It kicks out your ability to draft...keeps you from fixing the quarterback position." (18:43)
• Albert: "It's going to be tough to find a better one than Kevin Stefanski...the amount of interest he's going to get from other teams..." (20:10)

6.2 The Deshaun Watson Dilemma

• Browns are “already paying him for next year,” so logic suggests sticking it out unless they land a top rookie QB and want a clean slate. (20:20–22:51)
  • Albert: "If the plan is to bring in, you know, Kirk Cousins to compete with Shador Sanders and Dylan Gabriel...I’m not sure I see the harm in taking one more swing at it with Deshaun Watson...but if you've got a young quarterback you want to go all-in on, you might want to take him out of the equation." (22:08)

6.3 Better Head Coach Opening: Cleveland or Atlanta?

• Albert: "Maybe lean Cleveland because you get to do your thing at quarterback...you have two first-round picks...but it's close." (22:56)

6.4 Vegas & Tom Brady’s Ownership Learning Curve

• Albert (on Tom Brady): "Tom Brady's got to learn how to run a football team...It's not the same thing as building a team and managing a football operation." (24:51)
• Reflects on John Elway’s early humility as a model for Brady; need for cohesion instead of assembling disjointed “all-star staff.”

6.5 Tom Brady: Broadcaster or Owner?

• Albert: "Broadcaster now, I’d say. So many people...have been humbled moving into ownership roles.” (27:16)
• Dan: Jokes about owners thinking they can buy success, but football humbles all.

6.6 Other Coaching Carousel Notes

• Dolphins likely keeping Mike McDaniel, but QB Tua’s future in doubt. Albert: "I think that's likely..." (32:45)
• John Harbaugh’s fate in Baltimore is a "coin flip"—massive expectations, potential for big changes tied to Lamar Jackson's contract. (33:07)
• Jonathan Gannon safe in Arizona, but Kyler Murray’s future is up in the air. Albert: "Kyler Murray's future is certainly tied to all of that..." (33:59)
• On Mike Tomlin’s future: "A pretty substantial reset is coming [in Pittsburgh]...Does Mike Tomlin want to go through a rebuild, or do they look elsewhere?" (34:44)
• Albert on best advice for Tom Brady as a broadcaster: "Just be yourself. The more Tom doesn't try to sound like an analyst, the better.” (30:10)

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7. Best & Worst of the Weekend (36:31)

• Todd (Best): Seahawks defense holds Niners to 173 yards; three points is their lowest under Kyle Shanahan since 2017.
• Todd (Worst): Alabama blown out 38–3.
• Seton (Best): Mike Tirico’s superb game call; Mike Tomlin and Aaron Rodgers both needed those wins.
• Marvin (Best): Mitch Trubisky (as a Bill): 22–29, 259 yards, 4 TDs.
• Marvin (Worst): Jets finish with zero interceptions on defense across entire season.
• Paul (Best): Ole Miss QB Trinidad Chambliss’s playoff heroics; D-III River Falls wins first national title.
• Paul (Worst): None cited.

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8. Marty Supreme: Movie Review by the Danettes (39:06)

• Dan, Todd, and Seton all saw the new Timothy Chalamet ping pong film, Marty Supreme.
  • Todd: "Compelling and kept my interest, but a bit too odd...trying too hard to stand out...and it’s a lot of ping pong." (39:22)
  • Seton: "Awesome. One of the most unique movies I've ever seen. Borderline brilliant. I think it takes Timothy Chalamet to a whole other level." (39:38)
  • Dan: Praises Chalamet’s performance & the Safdie brothers’ direction; feels 20 minutes could be cut. "Shot in a way...the Safdie brothers feel like they’re the modern day Coen brothers." (39:49)
  • Fun fact: Real NBA cameos (e.g., George Gervin) appear as Globetrotters.
  • Seton: "Feels like you took Uncut Gems and mashed it with Forrest Gump." (40:23)
  • Dan: “It’s every bit of two and a half hours…times you don’t know what’s happening, but Chalamet will be nominated [for an Oscar]."
  • Paul: "Is this the greatest ping pong movie of all time?" (41:17)
  • Group verdict: Thumbs up, with some caveats on its weirdness and runtime.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On NFL Owners’ Hubris:

  • Albert Breer (27:46): "Every one of them comes in, 'We're gonna be the Microsoft of football.' And that's why you see so many of these owners, like, stock up on analytics...Well, there's an art to how this whole thing works and it's not as easy as just saying, 'I'm gonna throw money at the problem.'"

• On Stefanski’s Firing:

  • Albert Breer (18:43): "It's just a water under the bridge type thing...They’ve been through a lot together...the damage done by the Deshaun [Watson] trade."

• On Tom Brady as Broadcaster:

  • Dan Patrick (30:10): "Don’t try to be too structural. This is fun. Have fun, pick your spots, give us insight, tell us things we don’t know."

• On Movie Magic:

  • Seton (40:23): "Feels like you took Uncut Gems and mashed it with Forrest Gump—that’s 'Marty Supreme.'"

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• New Year’s Banter & NFL coaching changes: 00:00–02:30
• Poll Question – AFC Playoff Misses: 03:05–05:00
• Quarterback Trust/Playoff Odds: 09:00–11:00
• Dream Super Bowl Matchups: 10:23–11:18
• Dan & Danettes on Movie Reviews: 05:18 + 39:06–41:37
• Fan Calls – James, Gus: 12:25–14:45
• Albert Breer, NFL Coaching Carousel: 18:30–36:31
• Best & Worst of the Weekend: 36:31–39:06
• Marty Supreme Movie Review: 39:06–41:37

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Tone & Language

• Conversational, debate-driven, with signature Dan Patrick Show humor and pop-culture interplay.
• Guest segments (Albert Breer) shift into NFL insider tone—measured, direct, candid.

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Summary Takeaway

This episode threads together the NFL’s most surprising playoff outcomes, dissects the league’s looming coaching changes, and delivers insider analysis on evolving quarterback situations. Dan Patrick and his crew inject wit, self-awareness, and a touch of Hollywood into the mix—making it must-listen for sports fans looking for both depth and fun.

Transcript

[Dan Patrick]

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. You are listening to the Dan Patrick show on Fox Sports Radio. Happy New Year. You can say it today. Then that's it. Is it Happy New Year or Happy New Year's Because I thought it was singular. Todd, let me ask you, being the highly educated Danette, I would go with Happy New year.

[Todd]

I'm not 100% sure, but happy New Year. It's the New Year years. I don't know.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Where do we get Happy New Year's?

[Todd]

Because like New Year's Eve. So I guess sometimes the apostrophe s gets attached further than it should.

[Seton]

Seton, I think Todd just nailed it. I think people say Happy New Year's because it's a New Year's Eve. Okay, but it's really Happy New Year.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seton]

It's a new year. One of them.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paul]

Paul, Double checking. Yeah. New Year. Singular. New Year's. Plural is incorrect grammar wise.

[Dan Patrick]

New Year. The Cleveland Browns have a new head coach. Segway. Kevin Stefanski fired earlier this morning. Also, the Atlanta Falcons need a new head coach and a general manager. And Albert Brear, the Monday morning quarterback, will stop by in about 20 minutes. Any other coaches that could be hanging in the balance? Weather Futures877 3DP Show Operator Tyler sitting by. He'll take your phone calls. Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, you get to watch this show. Download the app if you haven't done so. Stat of the day is always brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show poll question from hour one. We'll give you the final results and we'll have a new one in hour two. Steve Young, a little later on. Gary Danielson, great college football analyst, will join us as well. The seating is set interesting with the matchups here and you could see where three or four teams are going to win on the road. The Rams, they are favored by nine and a half at Carolina. Packers are favored at the Bears by one and a half. The Bills on the road favored by one and a half against the Jags. The Texans favored by three and a half against the Steelers. The Niners on the road getting points, three and a half. Chargers on the road against the Patriots getting three and a half as well. And for entertainment purposes only, in case you're following the college football playoffs, Miami is a 3 1/2 point favorite against Ole Miss and Indiana a 4 point favorite against Oregon. By the way, the new Michigan head coach, Kyle Whittingham, he'll join us on the program tomorrow. Talk about that surprise move out of nowhere in Michigan. They salvaged this. I didn't think they were going to. I thought they were going to stay with an interim head coach, get through the mess that they have in the athletic department and then you're going to have a lot of people interested in that job. But they, they got lucky because Kyle Winningham is a as, as respected as any coach in America. He will join us coming up. We'll ask him how good he is at cleaning up messes here because he's got a couple of spills. Aisle five, aisle two. But we'll talk to him on the program tomorrow night. Seaton poll question results from hour one. And then what are we going with Hour two?

[Seton]

Most surprising playoff miss from the afc. Your options? Bengals, Chiefs, Colts, Ravens. Right now The Chiefs have 54% of that vote, followed by the Ravens. Okay, Bengals. It's kind of sad that nobody is surprised that they didn't make the playoffs.

[Dan Patrick]

But you know what? Joe Burrow fought to get back and they should have been a playoff team when he got back. They had time to be a playoff team because nobody in the AFC north is good. Pittsburgh just survived. And that's where you look at it and you go, you guys had a chance here. And then losing to Cleveland yesterday in dramatic fashion in Cincinnati against Cleveland and Joe Burrow played pretty well. But, you know, once again, there's no defense there. If you're letting Shador Sanders go down the field with a minute to go and get in field goal range, that's a bad defense. Bad defense. And I wonder if Trey Hendrickson will even be there next year. You know, I saw where in. Once again, this is just people throwing things against the wall. Maybe Max Crosby in Cincinnati, but I'm Max Crosby and I'm not happy with the Raiders. I don't know how happy I'm going to be in Cincinnati. But yeah, you start to look at these, it's easy to look at the teams advancing sometimes. You got to look at the teams that didn't advance. Like Detroit is really interesting from this perspective. Dan Campbell's future next season, how important will that season be for his future? Because they're regressing a little bit here. The Browns are going to get a new head coach. What are they going to do in the draft? You're going to draft a quarterback. You know, the Colts situation, they're having their coach, their coaching staff is coming back. Riley Leonard looked pretty good. I mean, he looked athletic. I don't know how good he did my voice go up with Ben. He looked pretty good. Yeah.

[Paul]

Compared to the 44 year old.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. I was gonna say he looked athletic, but then you know, Philip Rivers. And then you bring in Riley Leonard, who he did okay, you know, against a really good defense. Yes.

[Marvin]

Marvin, you sounded like when somebody asked you, oh, how'd that girl look?

[Dan Patrick]

She was nice personality. We'll get to your phone calls. Coming up, poll question for hour two is going to be what? By the way, I went to see the movie Marty supreme with Timothy Chalamet. I can do a review maybe a little later on this hour. Anybody else see Marty Supreme? Oh, Back row. Todd. Todd out to see a movie.

[Paul]

Todd. Is there nudity in it?

[Todd]

I. I almost went to see the Housemaid. That's what my wife thought I was going to pick. But I said we'll go see the ping pong movie we have with Shallow.

[Dan Patrick]

And.

[Todd]

And did you want to say what.

[Dan Patrick]

I thought of it? No, no, no. I just asked you that.

[Seton]

You.

[Dan Patrick]

You said you went.

[Todd]

Yes. And we almost went to see Song Sung Blue. That was a possibility, but we ended up going with Chalamet.

[Dan Patrick]

I heard Song Sung Blue is very good with Hugh Jackman and what's her name in the rom com.

[Todd]

It was Kate Hudson.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Kate Hudson.

[Todd]

And it wasn't about. It was about a cover for Neil Diamond. Some people think it was about like Neil diamond and his life, but that's more like the Jazz Singers. And this was just about a cover band for Neil Diamond.

[Dan Patrick]

It's a husband. Yes. And then they go to Vegas and they have their. Their. A Neil diamond cover band. Seaton. You saw Timothy Chalamet and Marty Supreme. I did. Okay.

[Seton]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

We'll give you our opinions, our reviews coming up a little bit later on.

[Marvin]

Yes, Marv, I did see Go. I did go see the Housemaid.

[Dan Patrick]

How was that?

[Marvin]

Suspenseful.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, what is it about?

[Marvin]

So it's about a maid that moves in to someone's house a la the name. And the wife, played by Amanda Siegfried, is crazy. And then there's a twist that threw me for a loop. My wife had read the book. Marvin, we have to go see this movie. Do you want to go see it? And I say sure. And the twist threw me for a loop. It's really good.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Marvin]

I liked it.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. And your wife's voice is not that.

[Marvin]

Deep in my story.

[Dan Patrick]

Sounds just like this. Whenever I hear your wife talking. When I saw the Christmas party, you know, she's such a sweet person and I always think of your Deep voice like she's a smoker. Yes.

[Todd]

Todd, twist my arm to see Sydney Sweeney on the screen for a couple hours. It's got to be a tough decision to make.

[Dan Patrick]

But you didn't go and see him.

[Todd]

Didn't. Because I, I thought my wife was playing a little trick on me to test me. And I'm like, no, we don't have to see Sydney Sweeney. We'll go see Charlamagne play ping pong.

[Dan Patrick]

Timothy Chalamet. Yeah. All right, let's see. I got a couple other things here. Super bowl odds. This just sent over. DraftKings. Seahawks, then the Rams. Third favorite, Broncos, then the Eagles. Eagles and Patriots are tied, followed by the Bills, the Jags, the Texans, the Packers. Wow. Bears, Niners, Chargers, Steelers, then the Panthers. So Seahawks plus 350. Rams plus 425. Then the Broncos 650. The Eagles and Patriots plus 950. Then the Bills plus 1,000. Once again, the Jaguars not getting any recognition. But you know what, that's good. It's okay. You can keep proving us wrong. You did a great job this season. Wonderful season. Certainly Trevor Lawrence looked like he's supposed to a number one pick overall, a franchise quarterback. But if I said Seahawks or the Rams. See, it comes down to this. I trust Matthew Stafford. That's it. I trust Sean McVeigh. Mike McDonald did a great job. Just ask the Baltimore Ravens. They lost their defensive coordinator and he did an unbelievable job with Seattle. But I, you know, it gets to these moments here, like, can I trust b. Knicks? I know the Eagles. Like Jalen hurts. I can trust in a big game. He's proven that. Drake may. He's going to have to show big game. I can win the Bills. Josh Allen, like, you know, how much trust do you have in. Let's just go down the list of these quarterbacks. Sam Darnold, No. Matthew Stafford, Yes. Bo Nix, no. Jalen Hurts, yes. Drake May. Not yet. Josh Allen. I'm gonna say yes. No, no. I, I think he plays well. I don't think his team always plays well. I think he, he, I, I have trust in him. Trevor Lawrence. Trust C.J. stroud. Trust Jordan Love. Caleb Williams, Brock Purdy, Justin Herbert, Aaron Rodgers, Bryce Young. Those are your postseason quarterbacks. Yes. Marvin.

[Marvin]

Storyline wise. When we get to San Francisco, what would be the dream scenario as far as QB matchup?

[Dan Patrick]

I guess Sam Darnold in the Seahawks in the super bowl would be pretty fascinating. Well, for me, I'm just saying, with everything that's happened with Sam Darnold and If he's in the Super Bowl, Stafford again. People aren't going to want to see the Eagles, Patriots, Bills. It'd be the Buffalo Bills. Who would you put in there? How about Bill's Rams?

[Paul]

Yes, Paulie, I'm gonna go off the board and it's very unlikely, but I would like to see Green Bay, Pittsburgh in the super bowl because two underdogs and put it to bed for Aaron Rodgers. Unlikely people.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, it is unlikely. Okay. Is there a dream matchup here? Now if I'm programming this. All right, NBC's got the super bowl, so we're programming this. The Bills have to be in. Have to be. Is there a better story? Rams, Bills, maybe a walk off with Stafford. I don't know. I don't know if he. He was the only reason why I didn't pick them to go to the Super Bowl. I thought, he can't stay healthy. Now he's going to be the mvp followed by Drake. May your title odds for college football, it's Miami second, followed by Oregon and then Ole Miss. So Indiana plus 130. Then it's Miami 310, Oregon 320 and then Ole Miss plus 600. James in Virginia. James, Happy New Year.

[Caller]

Oh, thank you for taking my call, brother. Happy Monday, D E Dan. Salute the commanders, man. Big time, all the time, every time, man. And happy New Year to you guys.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow.

[Caller]

As a football fan, how could you not be happy with what we have in store, man? The final four in the college football playoffs, man. I called in way back when ole Ms. Beat LSU and Shambless, this guy is amazing. Just seen him for the first time, had no idea about a story. Did not think they were going to make a run right now in the playoffs, but one game away from the national championship, that is amazing to me. And then in the NFL, wow. I did not think that a team with seven losses would make it. And outside of the NFC south and AFC north, no other team has six or more more than six losses. It's going to be a great playoff. I think a dream scenario would be Bills, Bears, but. And I think the Bills have the most pressure on them. That game this weekend against Jacksonville, to me is the game of the weekend. I think you could say Niners, Eagles could be great. But man, the Bills, each week that they stay in it, that pressure is just going to mountain mount. But I like to see what happens, man. Salute the commanders. Say, hey. Went off on the W, man. Went off on the W. You guys have a great day. Thanks for Taking my call.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Love the energy there. It's a gap year for you. All right. You know, you'll get them next year. Gus in la. Hi, Gus. Best and worst of the weekend.

[Caller]

Good morning, Mr. Patrick. Hope you're in. The boys had a great break. Larry David says I'm only allowed to have three days to wish you happy New Year. So I just wish you boys have a great year. Man, what a tale of two weeks. If this phone call took place a week ago, I was calling into scorchers and saying, everybody's got to go. Tomlin's got to go. Everybody in coaching. Steph's got to go there. Bye. And then this morning I'm like, you know, I mean, he can hang around for a few more weeks. You know, we'll see what happens. Yeah, but I mean, truly, I like, I don't. I don't know anymore. Like, it's, it's. I don't know which Stewart team is going to show up. I mean, this team's been blown out this year. They've shown up this year. I don't get it. It is the most unpredictable year in Steeler football. I mean, I'm going to ride it out until the wheels fall off, but I don't know. I think this may be Tomlins last year, even though we won a great.

[Dan Patrick]

Game, the Raven, we having problems with the phones today? Yeah, it feels like it. Or is that just Chris and Buddha?

[Marvin]

That might be just those guys.

[Dan Patrick]

Those guys are in California.

[Marvin]

Yeah, maybe. I'll check.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you. Get some of your best people on that. Yeah, it's nice to say, hey, we're gonna roll with Tomlin and the Steelers until they lose this next game where they're an underdog at home against the Texans. That's not going to go over well. All right, Albert Brear, Monday morning quarterback, will join us. Get his thoughts on what the Browns did firing Kevin Stefanski. The Falcons moving on from coach and general manager. And who's next? Take a break. Back after this Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from the Odd Couple on Fox Sports Radio. And in addition to hearing us live.

[Caller]

Weeknights from 7 to 10pm Eastern on Fox Sports Sports Radio, we are excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show.

[Albert Breer]

That's right, you can now watch the Odd Couple Live on YouTube every day.

[Caller]

All you gotta do. Search Odd Couple FSR on YouTube again.

[Marvin]

YouTube.

[Caller]

Just search Odd Couple FSR. Check us out on YouTube and subscribe.

[Dan Patrick]

The show is not officially over the week. Not officially over until Friday, right at around noon Eastern time. That's when I take out a Miller Light and I open it up and it's legendary moments. Start with Miller Light. You're guaranteed great taste. They've been doing this for 50 years. The original light beer since 1975 and still iconic more than 50 years later. It's a great taste. You take a sip, you look around at your friends and you go, yep, that was the right call. There's a moment of connecting with people, just like my holiday party coming up over the weekend. Miller Light on tap. Yes, indeed. It's Miller Time. Legendary moments. Go to millerlight.com Patrick. You'll find delivery options near you. Or you can pick up some Miller, like pretty much anywhere they sell beer. Miller time. Always a good time. Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 96 calories, 3.2 carbs for 12 ounces. More of your phone calls coming up. We will give you our best and worst of the weekend and a movie review of Marty supreme with Timothy Chalamet. You know, I'm watching the movie and all of a sudden I go, that's George Gervin. So Ice Gervin is in the movie. I think Tracy McGrady might be in the movie.

[Todd]

Yeah, he was like one of the Globetrotters or something.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, you're watching, you're going to. That's George Gervin. And I know Timothy Chalamet is a big NBA fan. I don't know if he said to the Safdie brothers, hey, let's put in George Gervin. Yes.

[Seton]

I saw an interview while we were on break because I don't know if you've caught this, but he's been doing interviews. Timothy Chalamet. But they. I forget who he's talking about. I forget exactly what the question was. But it was basically along the lines of like, what's the best part of like your life right now? Or being famous? And he's like, oh, access to the Knicks. Greatest thing that's ever happened to me is access to. I get Knicks tickets whenever I want. I could sit when I talk to whoever I wanted. Access to the Knicks is by far the best thing that's happened to me.

[Dan Patrick]

But imagine you're a kid growing up in New York City. You're a die hard Knicks fan. Next thing you know, your front row, Timothee Chalamet, 20 minutes from now, we'll give you our movie review.

[Todd]

Yes, Todd Kemba Walker was with T Mac playing Harlem Globetrotron in the movie. That's fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Little cameo action there. Albert Breer, the Monday morning quarterback, senior NFL reporter. We had Kevin Stefanski fired an hour ago. Why was he fired?

[Albert Breer]

You know, I, I think it's just a like a water under the bridge type thing.

[Dan Patrick]

Dan.

[Albert Breer]

They've been through a lot together over the last six years and you know, this goes back, of course, the desean Watson trade. They've done a lot of good things there. They made the playoffs in 20, they made the playoffs in 20, 23, you know, and they had a really good roster. He and, he and Andrew Barry that they, they, they inherited. Some of those guys that they inherited are still there. Miles Garrett, Denzel Ward, Joel Batonio, Wyatt Teller, like top shelf guys, you know, and you know, I just think like the inability to, to, to, to really to, to take the next step was part of it. Right. And how that all tied to a single move. I mean you think about the damage done by the desean trade. It kicks your, kicks out your ability to draft because you lose three first round picks, it kills your salary cap and then it keeps you from doing anything else, at least for a short period of time to fix the quarterback position. And so I think there's an acknowledgment in the building that everybody had their hands tied behind their backs because of the trade and everybody's got blood on their hands because of it. I just think because of all that history that they had, had been through and that, that Kevin had been through with the players. You know, it seems to me like Jimmy just made this decision. It's just tough to move forward with the status quo. And so I, I will say this. It's going to be tough to find a better one than Kevin Stefanski. And I think everybody's going to find out over the next two or three days how much the rest of the league thinks is Stefanski. With the amount of interest he's going to get from other teams, is there.

[Dan Patrick]

A chance DeSean Watson's the starting quarterback for the Brown?

[Albert Breer]

I mean, I don't think it's impossible, it's impossible to know for sure until we know who the coach is.

[Dan Patrick]

Right. But if he's healthy and under contract.

[Albert Breer]

I mean that's the thing. Like so you've already, so we already know that they're going to pay DeSean Watson $46 million for next year.

[Dan Patrick]

Right.

[Albert Breer]

Like, if they cut him, somebody would sign him for the minimum. And so it would be 45. It'd be like $45 million. You know, so you're already sinking that into it. You've already sunk three first round picks into him. You know, I, I think the worst thing for the Browns at this point would be feeling like, all right, like, you know, we're going to move on and then having him go have great success somewhere else. So I could certainly see the logic in like saying, like, you know, we're paying him anyway. We might as well bring him back. Here's the one caveat to that. The one caveat to that for me would be if you are going to go all in on a young quarterback, right. And if there's somebody and I. I can't remember where their pick is, you have it in front of you, Dan. It's. I think there's four or five somewhere in there, right? They're not five. The Giants are five, but they're somewhere in there.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, six.

[Albert Breer]

Six. Okay. So, like, let's say they decide we're going to go on Fernando Mendoza or Dante Moore and somehow they get in position to draft one of them, then I could see where it's like, okay, it's just not worth it having that around, you know what I mean? Like having kind of the ghost of quarterbacks past here in the building, you know, and you want to go with a clean slate for your young quarterback. But if the plan is to go and bring in, you know, Kirk Cousins to compete with Shador Sanders and Dylan Gabriel next year, if it's something like that, then I don't.

[Todd]

I.

[Albert Breer]

Not sure I see the harm in taking one more swing at it with desean Watson just to make sure that you got that wrong, even as every indication is that you have gotten it wrong. And my understanding is just in the, in the, in the. In the near term, like, he's actually been pretty good, you know, in the building and through his rehab over the course of this season. So that would be the logic and taking a swing at it and that you've already sunk so much into it, you're already paying him for next year, so why not give it a run again to me, like the one. The one. The one. The one caveat there would be. If you've got a young quarterback that you want to go all in on, you might want to take him out of the equation, Agent, just to give the new guy a clean environment, better.

[Dan Patrick]

Opening, Atlanta or Cleveland.

[Todd]

You know, it.

[Albert Breer]

Depends on what you think of Michael Penix, you know what I mean? Like, I, I, you know, you, you would think that whoever's coming in there is going to have at least a year and maybe two years with, with Penix. They both have pretty solid young cores. Like, I think, you know, you look at Atlanta, a good veteran offensive line, one of the best players in all football in any position in B. John, I don't know if Kyle Pitts will be there, but it looks like he turned a corner. You've got some young pieces on defense that you like, that you might like, you know, and the young pass rushers, you know, Walker and Pierce that you drafted in the first round last year, but you don't have a first round pick. And I think I probably maybe lean Cleveland because you get to do your thing at quarterback, right? So you get to make your decision at quarterback. You've got that great young draft class and all those guys are going to be on rookie contracts for the next few years. And Mason Graham and Carson Swersinger and Harold Fannin and the two running backs, Judkins and Sampson, and, and you have two first round picks, you know, I mean, so you've got the ability to kind of build there with the core. You have a couple of older pieces in Warden Garrett. I might lean Cleveland, but it's close. There's there that's not a bare cupboard in either.

[Dan Patrick]

Albert Breer, the Monday morning quarterback, a senior NFL reporter. What should Vegas do?

[Albert Breer]

Well, I think, you know, I, I'd be surprised if Pete Carroll made it today. You know, I think Vegas needs to figure out how they're going to be set up going forward. You know, I think Tom Brady's got to learn how to run a football team. And it sounds weird coming from me. You know what I mean? It's the greatest player of all time. So I don't want to sound like, like, I don't want to sound like an idiot saying that, but I do think that there's parts of, of it that, you know, people who work there.

[Dan Patrick]

So there's a difference between running an offense.

[Albert Breer]

Difference, yeah. John Elway, I could just tell you this. John Elway, when he got back to Denver in 2011, he eventually became kind of difficult to work for, but at the beginning, like, there was a very real acknowledgment on John's part of, of, of what he didn't know, you know, like, and he really rolled his sleeves up and learned how to, how to scout and how to evaluate and like that, you know, that isn't as simple as, like, yeah, well, I, you know, I played in the league for a couple of decades, so I have an idea of what I'm looking at. Of course you do, but it's not the same thing as building a team and, and managing a football operation, you know, so, you know, is going. Going forward, what's, you know, what's his role in all of that is. Is he committed to. To learning to run the show? Because a lot of people there refer to him as. As the boss, you know, whether, you know, he's there day to day or not. And he's not there day to day. A lot of people there look at him as the boss of the football operation. So there's that piece of it. You know, how does Alex Guerrero fit into that? There's a bunch of people in that building who report Alex Guerrero. How does, you know, John Spitek, the general manager? I, you know, I expect he'll be back. You know, what's his role in picking the coach? And, and then how does the coach fit into the mosaic of all of that? You know, I think like, a huge part of the issue this year was they kind of pieced everything together, right? Like, so it was like, all right, like, let's put together an all star staff. Like, we love Pat Graham as the D.C. he's going to work with Pete Carroll, who, by the way, has run a completely different defensive system. And now, like, let's go get Chip Kelly out of Ohio State for $6 million per year and let's show our might and we can go and get these sorts of guys now as a new day for the Raiders. Well, how did all those pieces fit together? You know, I think that's the biggest piece of this is like, so now with Tom Brady, you know, you know, ostensibly like the guy who is in charge, how. What does that look like going forward? And how do all those pieces fit together? To me, that's the biggest piece of what I think will be a coaching search coming up here in the next few days and weeks is like, how does the coach fit into what you've built? Otherwise, are you reconfiguring anything, any of what you've already got there? There are big picture questions that the Raiders need to. Need to answer, and obviously a very, very big decision coming in April when it comes to what to do with.

[Dan Patrick]

The first overall pick, Tom Brady, a better broadcaster or owner?

[Albert Breer]

Broadcaster now, I'd say. I mean, we'll see. What is ownership? I mean, I, I would say there are, there are so Many people that have been so intelligent, that have been humbled moving into ownership roles, you know. You know, I always get that question, like, how can this guy who built this empire in business not know what he's doing in football? I'm sure you have, too, right? Yeah, like, I get that question. It's not the same thing.

[Dan Patrick]

It's like the Mets owner, he just thinks, I can buy. I buy everything right? In the NFL, you can't buy everything.

[Albert Breer]

Right? And a lot of them get humbled. I mean, every one of them comes in, and we're going to be the Microsoft in football, you know what I mean? Like, and we're going to reinvent everything. And that's why you see so many of these owners, like, stock up on analytics when they first get in the role. It's like, oh, all of these idiots, like, are hiring gym teachers and we're going to do it a different way. Well, like, there's an art to how this whole thing works and how you put the whole thing together. And it's not as easy as just saying, I'm gonna throw money at the problem, and I'm gonna apply the lessons I learned in my other business. This is a unique business, you know. So, like, I do think, like, Tom's got some. Some. I, I think he's.

[Marvin]

He's.

[Albert Breer]

He's got some. He's got a lot to learn when it comes to. To being in that role atop, you know, an organization. And, you know, Mark Davis has empowered him to. To be a big voice in that organ. He's got to find his voice. I actually think he's gotten really good at broadcasting, too, Dan. Like, I, I was skeptical at first. Like, I thought as great as he is, like, you know, he. I think at the beginning was like, a little. And I'm not, you know, I guess we, you know, I don't know if you want the media conversation here, but he's a little. He could be a little stiff that first year. And I think he's really kind of found his way with that, you know? Like, I think he's gotten really, really good at calling games.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't even notice it anymore. Like. Like, I don't really care who's doing a game. You know, I used to, you know, where it was Madden doing just feels like there's, you know, this plethora of football that they're just a lot of voices that are there.

[Seton]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

Now there's some that do it better than others, but I. I'm not watching. I couldn't Tell you what game Tom did this weekend.

[Albert Breer]

Yeah, I mean, look, that's the thing for me, too, is, like, I'll get a better, like, idea of the whole thing when we get to the playoffs. I'm following so much. I mean, I, I honestly, like, I have a better idea of how, you know, Herb street and Collinsworth and Aikman call a game just because they're standalone games. Like, there's just. I'm paying attention to too much, like in those 1 o' clock and 4 o' clock windows on Sunday. So it's hard for me to really dive in. But what I have seen of Brady, it does seem like he's gotten really good. And I, I, you know, I remember hearing this a couple years ago that he was studying Johnny Miller and trying to learn how to be critical. And I thought that was really interesting, you know, So I do think he's taking the job seriously. Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

And, you know, I talked to somebody who's friends with him, and he even said, hey, would you talk to Tom? I said, tom doesn't need my input. And then he said, well, what would you tell him? I would say, don't try to be too structural. Like, like, this is fun. Have fun. You know, pick your spots. You know, say what you need to say. Give us insight. Tell us things that we don't know. We don't. A lot of times I found out that these guys who played don't know that we don't know something, and they'll be like, oh, you know this. Oh, you know what? Watch that. I would never think that. And I think the more that Tom doesn't sound. Try to sound like an analyst, the better that he'll be like, you know, Collinsworth and Herb Street, Aikman, Tony, you know, they kind of go, you know what? I'm just going to be myself. And that's really hard to do. They tell people in this business, just be yourself.

[Todd]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

I've been working for 40 years trying to figure out who I am, so I can't expect Tom to be himself. He may not know who he is as a person in the spotlight. I'm.

[Albert Breer]

I'm with you because I remember when I started doing TV, you know, 20 years ago, I remember somebody telling me, you want to be almost like one and a half of yourself. And so then there's a tendency to get out there and be Mr. Announcer Guy with everything and try to enunciate everything correctly and all that different stuff. And, you know, I, I sort of, like, I tell younger people now who ask me. I'm like, there'll be a point when you feel like Mr. Announcer Guy and then there will be a point when you're talking to a camera and you start to feel like yourself. And I feel like that's when you're starting to get it right, like when you're doing both. When it's like, yeah, I'm not talking like I'd normally be talking to my friends, but I do sound like myself. Does that make sense?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And my, in my job, part of my job is to make you forget that you're on TV or on radio.

[Albert Breer]

Which you're pretty good at.

[Dan Patrick]

So we just have a conversation like that. That's the goal each time. All right, Before I let you go, other possible openings.

[Albert Breer]

Yeah. So, yeah, I think the Dolphins want to move Forward with Mike McDaniel. I know they're meeting and recapping the season here today. I don't anticipate anything today, but in the next couple of days, you know, I think they'll make that decision and you know, they're going to have a little bit of a different structure. Brandon Shore has been elevated there. He's, you know, he's reporting directly to ownership. That's their cap guy. So they're going to have like sort of a three headed monster where they're going to hire the new gm, will be a scouting type and they'll move.

[Dan Patrick]

On from TUA in Miami.

[Albert Breer]

I, I, I, I think that's, that's likely. Yeah, I think that's likely. I, I do think McDaniel's fate could be tied in at least in some way to maybe what's available out there. You know, does Stansky is now available? Does John Harbaugh become available? So that's something. And I'm just kind of like looking through some of my notes here.

[Dan Patrick]

Does John Harbaugh become available?

[Albert Breer]

I, I, I think that's a, a little bit of a coin flip right now. You know, I think you have those discussions. I, I wouldn't move on from him if I were the Ravens, but I would say this. I had people there tell me that they believe this is the best roster they'd ever had going into the season. That level of expectation with the team, you've got a looming contract negotiation with Lamar Jackson. There's just a lot to sort through and digging out from underneath the season there. And you know, I think that that provokes those big picture questions. So I wouldn't say I'm 100% one way or the other. On the Ravens, the Cardinals, I'd expect they're going to hang on to their general manager, Monty Austin for it. They really like Jonathan Gannon, their head coach. Obviously they end the season the way they've ended, which I don't think they've won a game since September, October. But, you know, I think.

[Dan Patrick]

And they move on from Kyler Murray as well, I think.

[Albert Breer]

Well, I think with Gannon, the thing is like I think it may come down to. And Gannon's a really loyal guy. I wonder if they ask him to make changes on his coaching staff and that leads to something. You know, we've seen that before. So, you know, does, does, does, does he go down with the ship? I think that that's a fair question. Kyler Murray's future is certainly tied to all of that, you know, as well.

[Dan Patrick]

And how about real quick before I, before I have to go more likely to move on from their team, Harbaugh in Baltimore or Tomlin in Pittsburgh right now?

[Albert Breer]

Because the Steelers are in, I would say Harbaugh and Baltimore.

[Dan Patrick]

But if they lose that game at home, if they make that kick last night, if they make this strangest. I know.

[Albert Breer]

Here's the thing about the Steelers, though, Dan. The Steelers have T.J. watt, Cam Hayward, Jalen Ramsey, Aaron Rodgers. All these guys are older players, right? And so a pretty, pretty substantial reset is coming. That's when that conversation happens, right? Like Duke. Does Mike Tomlin want to go through a two or a three or four year rebuild, right? Do the Steelers see him as the voice they want in there leading that rebuild? If you're Tomlin, do you look at it and say what I do, Do I want to do that or do I want to take a year in TV and then maybe go to a situation in 27 that's a little bit more ready made because their season is still going on. I don't think they fully confronted those questions. You know, I think both are, you know, I again, like I, that those are, those are two more where I just, I think, you know, Baltimore and Pittsburgh are both a little bit up in the air, but that's what you get when guys have been in those positions for as long as John and Mike have been.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, bud. Appreciate it. Albert. That's Albert Breer. Monday morning quarterback Matt Ryan, it looks like there's a chance that he is going to join the Falcons, I believe. Jay Glazer from Fox Sports is reporting this. This has been in the works here for a little while. Adam Schefter reporting. Atlanta expected to hire Matt Ryan as the new president of football operations. We'll take a break. We will give you our best and worst of the weekend and a movie review of Marty supreme with Timothy Chalamet. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at FoxSportsRadio do and within the iHeartRadio app, search FSR to listen live. Best and worst of the weekend. Todd, I'll start with you.

[Todd]

Best the Seahawks defense Saturday night in Santa clara, allowing just 173 total yards, which is the Niners fewest in a regular season game since Kyle Shanahan took over as head coach in 2017. Also three points, their fewest since they scored that amount in Shanahan's coaching debut with the Niners. Seattle kept them to just nine first downs, none in the first quarter. Thought that was pretty impressive. Worst I know that QB got banged up Ty Simpson a little bit, but Alabama losing 38 to 3. Yikes.

[Dan Patrick]

Satan O'. Connor. Best and worst.

[Seton]

I'm gonna go two bests. My best from last night, actually. Both of them are from the same game, now that I think about it. Mike Tirico, I thought, had a great game last night. He did really well and he matched that. There are only a few times where I think that you could say a broadcaster helped make the game better. I feel like Mike Tirico really did that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, he did. He and Chris were kind of trying to make that an interesting game for three quarters, and then all of a sudden. And Mike matched the moment there at the very end with. Do we have his call of the field goal, Marvin, or was that on our play of the day?

[Marvin]

That was our play of the day. And also that was the Pittsburgh Steelers home call.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. All right. And your other besters?

[Seton]

Oh, my other bester was Mike Tomlin and Aaron Rodgers. That was kind of awesome. I really feel like they, like you said, they both sort of needed that win. Maybe they both overperformed a little bit there, too. But that felt good to see if.

[Dan Patrick]

Matt Ryan is going to go to the Falcons and be their president of football operations. There's a chair open on the NFL Today on cbs. You could have Bill Cower and Mike Tomlin on there. Nate Burleson put Aaron Rodgers in that slot, too.

[Seton]

I mean, next year.

[Dan Patrick]

Marvin. Best and worst of the weekend.

[Marvin]

All right, Best of the weekend, former Bears legend Mitch Trubisky, who's now the Bill starting quarterback or backup quarterback. 22, 29, 259 yards, 4 touchdowns. Worst of the weekend. We touched on this earlier. The jets just finished out their season horrendous, 35 to 8. Like you said, first team in NFL history to not have an interception during the season.

[Dan Patrick]

Not even like a tip over 500 passes.

[Marvin]

No RCIs. Not even that.

[Dan Patrick]

I know. Receiver. Cause interception. All right, Paul. Best and worst.

[Paul]

I'm gonna go back a few days. Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss, man, he was a magician and saved that game against the Georgia Bulldogs. And the other best of the weekend, just last night, a really good game. The Division 3 national title game. The heavyweight North Central out of Naperville, Illinois, lost, believe it or not, to UW River Falls, Wisconsin. River Falls. They got further than ever. Their court. Their coach had been there a long time. He got them their first ever national title.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Marty. Supreme. I went to see it. Todd went to see it. Seaton went to see it. Not at the same time. And it is a ping pong movie. It is a sports movie, I guess, and Timothy Chalamet is the star of that. Todd, give your review?

[Todd]

I thought it was compelling and kept my interest, but I found it at times a bit too odd, as if the producer and directors were trying too hard to stand out among other films to hope to win awards of some sort. That's just how I experience it. And it's a lot of ping pong to us.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, Seton?

[Seton]

I thought it was awesome. Awesome. One of the most unique movies I've ever seen. Borderline brilliant. I think it takes Timothy Chalamet to a whole other level of actor.

[Dan Patrick]

There is no doubt about his ability. No doubt because he's not a good guy in this movie. There aren't too many good guys in this movie, but it's shot in a way one of the Safdie brothers. Just the way it looks is. Is different. I thought they could have cut out 20 minutes and I wouldn't have missed it. But there are some pretty crazy moments, fun moments. It almost felt like the Coen brothers. If you're, you know, fans of the Coen brothers, the Safdie brothers feel like they're the modern day incarnation of them. Yes.

[Seton]

It feels like if you took Uncut Gems and mashed it with Forrest Gump, this is the movie that would come out.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Seton]

It like it never from the moment like in Uncut Gems. It's constant tension. It never takes its foot off the gas from the beginning scene to the very end. There's never any moments that are down or not full of tension. And somehow this dude lives a life that you're like, what the heck?

[Dan Patrick]

And it's based on a true story, loosely based on a true story. But it is every bit of two and a half hours. But it, you know, it'll keep your attention. There are times where you go, I don't know what that scene had to do with anything. But I thought, you know, he'll be nominated for an Academy Award. I don't think there's any question about that. And maybe he's gonna single handedly bring ping pong back.

[Paul]

Yes, Paul, like rounders with poker, maybe.

[Dan Patrick]

Is this the greatest kingpin? You know bowling?

[Paul]

Can you guys say this is the greatest ping pong movie of all time?

[Dan Patrick]

Forrest Gump does play ping pong.

[Paul]

I found five other ping pong movies. Balls of Fury, Ping Pong Summer, Top Spin and King of Ping Pong. And as one, I found seven different ping pong related movies.

[Dan Patrick]

I would like to see Forrest Gump against Timothy Chalamet, Marty supreme, because I would take Forest Gump, but the actual, the guy that he competes with, Japanese player, is actually, I believe, a world class ping pong player in real life. So I would say that the collective here says thumbs up for Marty Supreme. It was very good, very good. I thought he was great. I thought the movie was good. I don't know if there'll be a sequel. Marty's Supremer Final hour on the way. Steve Young will stop by the great college football analyst Gary Danielson and more phone calls. Best and worst of the weekend, final hour right after this.

[Albert Breer]

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