Seaton O'Connor (2:50)

See, we got a few of them up here. More surprising, Broncos are in the playoffs or the Bengals are not. Right now, 59% have the Bengals not in the playoffs. Who would you rather have in the playoffs, the Bengals or the Broncos? Right now, 70% would rather have the Bengals.

Dan Patrick (3:04)

Yes.

Seaton O'Connor (3:05)

And then the Raiders should. This is one Paulie just threw out the Raiders should A, trade up for Shador Sanders or B, keep the pick, sign Rogers, bring back Devonte Adams.

Dan Patrick (3:17)

Oh, my goodness, if those are my only options, I don't want to trade up for Shador Sanders. I Cam Ward and Shador Sanders, I don't know if they are day one starters. That doesn't mean they don't develop into starters here. You know, look at Bryce Young. Remember Carolina? There were, there were talks, there were rumors, there were reports. They, they were fielding trade offers for Bryce Young. I said, what are you doing? He's a kid. He's learning. All of a sudden you don't see what you think you're supposed to see, or CJ Stout is far more than what you have. Therefore, you're going to move on. First two months, Bryce Young had three touchdowns, six interceptions. So they benched him. And I said, yes, let him sit, let him understand. And then next time around, then you'll get a better assessment. The last two months, 12 touchdowns, three interceptions. Let him learn. Give him time. You are bad. It's a, it's not a good situation as far as talent goes. But I thought he played really, he played with confidence, and it looked like he actually understood concepts there. You get to the line of scrimmage, you might change something. You're comfortable. Anthony Richardson is not there yet, but I said the same thing. Sit him down. Now. He did take himself out of the game. That's not good. But he is young. You know, when they're 21 or 22 years of age, you know, Bo Nix is 24. Jaden Daniels is probably 24. They. They've got experience. These guys don't. Certainly Anthony Richardson, but you know, the cold situation, they're keeping their coaching staff in place. And the Giants are keeping their coaching staff in place as well.

Marvin (5:15)

Yes, Marvin and Bryce Young's got a ton of confidence. Now did you see the look away touchdown pass?

Dan Patrick (5:19)

He went Steph Curry. It was great. You know, when Steph would take the shot and turn around, that's what he did. Now Lamar did it on Saturday. So here's Bryce Young one. Hey, I'll do that too. He throws the pass and turn around, turns around and then raises his hand signaling touchdown. Pretty good. Now I don't want that. But I, I thought it, it was entertaining. Yes.

Paulie (5:43)

Paul, that play makes me nervous.

Dan Patrick (5:44)

Yes.

Paulie (5:45)

Someone's gonna throw a strike and you did your job and you're do the turnaround. Larry Bird to the sky and your guy's gonna drop it.

Dan Patrick (5:53)

Yeah, but Larry had built up a reputation as, hey, three, three point shooting contest. Fingers going up in the air. You guys are playing for second place. You're Bryce Young and you're playing in Carolina. All right, email address dp@danpatrick.com Twitter handle @tp show. Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you for downloading the app and our radio affiliates around the country. I heart radio. Fox Sports Radio odds to be the number one overall pick according to DraftKings this morning, Shador Sanders is your favorite. Then it's Cam Ward. Then it's Travis Hunter. The Titans looks like they will draft a quarterback, Will Levis. You know, they gave him an opportunity. I just didn't think he was consistent enough to be a starting quarterback. And it might be one of those and we see this where it doesn't work in one situation and then you go to another team, you're a backup quarterback and then you get your chance. And then maybe it does work for Will that Will Levis was right out of central casting. If we were doing a TV movie on the Titans, you'd go, well, we're going to cast Will Levis. That's the way it felt. And that team is nondescript. If you want to bring in Shador Sanders, you're certainly going to bring in a personality. Travis Hunter and, and Cam Ward. Those are the three favorites to be the number one overall pick. All right. Do we have another firing in the NFL, Paul?

Paulie (7:23)

We do. It's not a head coaching firing, but it's a surprising firing because this gentleman was considered. He's one of the more. You know, when you watch the games, they always say defensive coordinator blank. And they mentioned his name. This guy's mentioned all the time.

Dan Patrick (7:35)

Okay.

Paulie (7:35)

As a future head coaching candidate. The Bengals have fired defensive coordinator Lou Andarumo.

Dan Patrick (7:41)

Uh oh, he's catching the blame. And I remember last Year you had analysts, you had insiders saying he deserves a head coaching position. Boy, that changes quickly. Man, our defense is really good, and then your defense is really bad because you can't put to. Can we find out statistically a team that's had the top quarterback and the top wide receiver and the. The overall leader in sacks, and they don't make the playoff? I. I don't know if that's ever been done before. Joe Burrow led in passing yards and touchdowns, Jamar Chase won the triple crown, and Trey Hendrickson ended up with 17 and a half sacks. That's amazing. But when you lose your first three, you mail it in that first week, you're acting like the Patriots game is a preseason game and it cost you. You look back on some of these losses early in the season, and this is what we talk about every year, because you can say, well, it's early. You know, it's a loss. That's early. You can make up for that. No, you can't. You can try, but how many teams are, you know, gonna have nine wins or 10 wins or eight wins? It feels like the league is full of that. Although this was historically a great season, this is the first time since 2012, every playoff team has at least 10 wins. Now they've gone to 17 games, but still, since 2012, every team has at least 10 wins. And then the situation, you have the Vikings on the road, they're going to the Rams. What could go wrong? Yes, Marva, do you think they should.

Marvin (9:28)

Change the rules where if you win the division or it should go by best records, where if you win, you don't get an automatic home playoff win? Home playoff game, you just get into the playoffs.

Dan Patrick (9:41)

So is this like the college football playoffs where Boise State and Arizona State shouldn't get first round buys?

Marvin (9:47)

Correct.

Dan Patrick (9:47)

Okay, what if you did? If I did? If you win your division, home field advantage, and then I go by record after that, wins. Could you do that? Could you do winning records, strength of schedule type thing? How you seed the rest of the playoffs? Yes, Marvin.

Marvin (10:13)

I would just put the best records, get a home playoff game.

Dan Patrick (10:18)

Oh, so doesn't matter if you win your division?

Marvin (10:21)

No, because sometimes some divisions are strong one year and sometimes they're not.

Dan Patrick (10:25)

Okay. Yes, Todd, is Albert Brer not able to join us?

T-Mobile (10:33)

He's on the phone. Maybe there's some kind of breaking news. He's going to join us. Top of next hour now.

Dan Patrick (10:37)

Oh, he's busy. Oh, so he's too busy for us? He's probably doing his job, his actual job being the Monday morning quarterback Ross Tucker is going to have time for us coming up here in a little.

Seaton O'Connor (10:51)

He will not be too busy to join.

Dan Patrick (10:52)

He will not. I love you guys. So the Cincinnati Bengals have moved on from their defensive coordinator, according to Adam Schefter. Still waiting to see what happens in Dallas with Mike McCarthy. There were a lot of reports. Go figure. It's the Cowboys. That and I felt probably the last two months they were keeping Mike McCarthy. And then you had this. It wasn't a report. It was that Mike McCarthy could be interested in the Chicago Bears. So if you're going to have, you can't report on a belief. Even when Adam Schefter or, you know, any of these other insiders give you a, hey, that could happen, or they're leaning toward, like, you need a report. Because if they say it now, all of a sudden it becomes a report. And a lot of times, you know, we'll have insiders say, hey, I'm going to say this, I'm going to say it again. I'm not reporting this. This is my opinion. Even then, people still will say, did you hear what such and such had to say? Insiders have to be careful with this because you may want to be a personality, but your job is to be an informational atm. That's it. Do that. But don't be, hey, you know, leaning towards. Or that could happen. If. And even if you say, you know, I'm hearing, and look, I've been in this business for a long, long time. All you have to do is say sources. Doesn't mean you have to. You have them. And I'm gonna guess there are quite a few people who have reports who don't have sources. It becomes an opinion, and that's where it gets dangerous. Hey, sources. And it's always sources. Now, when I worked at espn, you had to have two sources. Since then, there are times my college football source is one guy that I trust and he's been dead on. I, I don't usually follow it up and go, ah, let me get a second source. There's certain people I have a track record with and I trust them. But if you say sources, okay, like, I can't argue with sources, can you? I had a source yesterday, sent me a text, hey, keep an eye on the Colts. They might be blowing it up now. That might be something the fans want. I'm surprised Chris Ballard survive. Shane Steichen, you know, they kept their jobs. And I think because of Jim Ursay and his Health, who's running the team? Pat McAfee came out scorched earth on the Colts a couple of weeks ago, which gave me the feeling of he must know something, that they're going to do something and they didn't do anything. Which I'm not rooting for anybody to lose their job. But there are certain situations where I'm surprised people hold on to their jobs. Hoss in South Bend, I Hoss, what's on your mind today? Morning, guys. Unfortunately, I don't have a best or worse because I didn't watch any sports this weekend. But I got two interesting questions if you guys could answer for me, please. And it's about Notre Dame football. Why are they independent? You got their basketball team and the acc and I believe their hockey team is. It's money. They got control. They got money that, that they have their own TV network. That's why they do it. Okay, now let's say by some act of God they decided to go to a conference. Where do you guys think would be a good fit for them? Well, I think the Big Ten has reached out to them. ACC has reached out to them, but there's no upside there. They are pretty much with a 12 team, maybe 14 team playoffs. They're guaranteed. If they're Notre Dame, they'll make the playoffs. Well, they made $18 million last week. They don't have to share that with anybody. All these other teams got to share that money with other teams in their conference. So you get standalone games, you get a TV network, NBC and Peacock, there's no reason to. Now you might say what, oh, what about strength of schedule? Are you going to be able to still play some of these schools? Yeah. I mean, are they going to lose out on usc? They're going to lose out on a couple of these normal teams, rivalry games, Michigan, I mean, I hope not, but that seems to be inevitable here. But if you're Notre Dame, you're still going to be in the playoffs. There's still a good draw for TV and that's why they're going to stay as an independent. Not going to change, by the way. Looking at the latest lines for the games later on this week. Notre Dame one and a half point favorite against Penn State. Ohio State is still a six point favorite against Texas. Ross Tucker will join us. Coming up, more of your phone calls. Best and worst of the weekend. We're back after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live.

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The Bengals are the only team to have the passing leader, the receiving leader and the sack leader in the same season. This since 1982 when they started keeping sacks as his stat and then you don't make the playoffs. So Joe Burrow, Jamar Chase, Trey Hendrickson, passing receiving sack leader and nothing to show for it. And their defensive coordinator was just fired about 15 minutes ago. Ross Tucker, CBS Sports, Westwood One and host of the Ross Tucker Football Podcast. He was on the call for the Texans and the Titans yesterday on CBS and he'll be working Steelers, Ravens Saturday night and then Sunday. He's got the packers and the Eagles. The man is always working. Let me start with the Titans here. Is there any chance now with the number one overall pick that they won't go quarterback in the draft?

T-Mobile (18:39)

The only way I can see that, Dan, is if they really like one of the other options, maybe that's Sam Darnold and they want to pay for them. I think that's tough, though. I. That would surprise me.

Dan Patrick (18:53)

You know, does get another year.

T-Mobile (18:57)

Was it Levis?

Dan Patrick (18:59)

Yeah. Would they give him another year?

T-Mobile (19:01)

No, no, I don't think so.

Dan Patrick (19:03)

Okay.

T-Mobile (19:03)

That was. I mean, they sat him down at two different times this year. He started the year, then they sat him down. He had an injury, whatever for a few weeks, came back, had a couple pretty good games, but then reverted back with the turnovers that I. I don't think that they will do that. I mean, if they did that, if Levis came back, there would be a veteran of some significant, some consequence on the roster with him. Like a Sam Darnold, like someone that you could sell to the fan base as a legitimate starter. I just think when you get that number one overall pick, we showed it five times during the broadcast yesterday. You know how bad teams the people put the bags on their head. Dan, One guy had a bag on his head, but on the front of the bag was a picture of Shador Sanders. That was what was on the front of the bag. So I think you get the number one pick. I think people want you to take a quarterback, whether that's Cam Ward or Shador Sanders or whoever. That doesn't mean they're going to. I think it's really hard not to because the fans get so excited about being able to have your pick, number one guy, despite the fact that people are not in love with this quarterback class.

Dan Patrick (20:18)

If you're Dion, do you want. Will you let your son go to an organization like the Titans?

T-Mobile (20:28)

A really good question, too. You know, they had a pretty good track record in history of winning for a long time. You know, when I was playing, they were always good. Even Vrabel had them going for a couple years. They've been down there like, I think it's three straight years with at least 10 losses. I don't know. I guess. Well, the way I look at something like that is what's his other alternatives that are so much better? The Raiders, The Giants? I mean, I guess the answer is yes. I don't. You know, maybe the Raiders and Giants have bigger fan bases or, you know, better tradition over a long stretch or whatever. Branding what? Whatever you want to look at. But if you look at the way they've been run lately, I don't think they're any better than the Titans.

Dan Patrick (21:23)

Well, I was wondering Carolina or the Titans Better organization moving forward?

T-Mobile (21:31)

Well, I guess I would say Carolina right Now because of the way Bryce Young played the second half of the year. I mean, it looks like they have their quarterback, which is just fascinating. I mean, he was bad, bad as a rookie. He wasn't just bad. He, he was bad, bad. And then even earlier this year, he was still not good. I mean, they went to Andy Dalton for a reason. There's a lesson there. I think that maybe we need to have a little bit more patience with these guys. Maybe we need to give them more opportunities. I mean, just think about Dan Baker, Mayfield or Sam Darnold. Both of those guys are on their fourth team and they both are definitely top 15, arguably top 10 starting quarterbacks in the NFL. They both had tremendous, tremendous years with their fourth NFL teams after being top five picks. So would that have happened if Baker stayed in Cleveland or Donald stay with the Jets? We don't think so. Probably not. But it still should tell us something, inform us something about maybe being more patient. Maybe you should give these guys a third and fourth chance.

Dan Patrick (22:41)

Fill in the blank. Next season, Aaron Rodgers will be.

T-Mobile (22:50)

Starting at quarterback for a disappointing team. I think that would be the way I would describe it. I don't think anybody wants him to be their quarterback. You know, you go down the list. I think they'd rather have Darnold in free agency. I think some of them would rather draft the young guy. I think Aaron Rodgers almost becomes like plan C at this point. And so a franchise that strikes out in free agency and or doesn't have a chance in the draft to get the kind of quarterback they really want. There will be a, a desperate times call for desperate measures franchise out there that will bring in Aaron Rodgers because they know they have to win this year. I mean, it's funny, I don't think they'll do this, but the first team that came to my mind, Dan, is the Giants. Right. Like Joe Shane and Brian Dabel have to win this year. I'm a little surprised they're both coming back. I thought Dable would. I didn't think Shane would. But they have to win this year. I don't think that the Mara family would want them to bring in Aaron Rodgers. But if you got to win, where else are they going to get a quarterback?

Dan Patrick (24:03)

He can keep his house, have to move. We're talking to Ross Tucker, CBS Sports, Westwood One. He'll be working the sidelines. Steelers, Ravens that Saturday night and then in the booth for the packers and the Eagles on Sunday. This game for the Steelers. How important is this now? I know Mike Tomlin. They Never have whispers or rumors that he could be fired or they move on from him. But if they're one and done again in the postseason, and this is a Hall of Fame coach, but when's the last time they won a playoff game? 2017. And Russell Wilson's future, what hinges on this outcome this weekend?

T-Mobile (24:46)

Yeah, I think it's gigantic. I think it could impact both guys. Certainly Russell Wilson more than Mike Tomlinson. And I'll say this too. If Zay Flowers can't play for the Ravens, that is significant. I think it sounds weird to say this, Dan. The Steelers, at least to make need to make it competitive. I mean, they were non competitive three games in a row there during that stretch where they had to play the Ravens, the Eagles, the Chiefs, it was clear that they were nowhere near that level of those teams. I don't think they need to necessarily beat the Ravens, but it's got to be a classic Steelers Ravens game that comes down to the end. I'll say this too, because I live in central Pennsylvania now, Dan. Like Hershey. Right. So there's a lot of Steelers fans here and I talk with them in Pittsburgh, too. There is no greater disconnect in the NFL than how people feel nationally about Mike Tomlinson versus how Steelers fans feel about Mike Tomlin. A lot of Steelers fans want him gone. They've won him gone for a while. They do not think he's nearly what the rest of us all seem to think he is. It's really fascinating because. And you can say about a lot of fan bases, not like this. I mean, it's like polar opposites. When you talk to Steelers fans about Mike Tomlin versus any other person about Mike Tomlin.

Dan Patrick (26:15)

Well, I think the national conversation and analysts are very careful what they say about Mike Tomlin nationally. You know, it's always great respect. You know, he wins. They always have winning records. They make the, you know, all of these things. But if you're a Pittsburgh fan and you have another one and done. As much as you may love his demeanor and his approach and tough guy and he won a Super bowl and you know, they don't fire. I mean, after a while, you know, I got to start. I have to at least question that, you know, well, look this.

T-Mobile (26:51)

The streak of winning records is impressive and the two things that he gets a lot of credit for and rightfully so, we love hearing him talk. We just all like, we just love his quotes. We love hearing him talk. And he's won a lot of games with quarterbacks that are not, not Elite. Not even close to elite, but even think about like the playoffs, right? You go right down the line. Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, LaMar Jackson, even CJ Straight. Russell Wilson is not in that category. They have not had a guy in that category to go toe to toe with. Even a Justin Herbert, obviously, Joe Burrow, they don't have that guy. And they haven't since Ben was healthy and in his prime.

Dan Patrick (27:38)

What are the Patriots doing?

T-Mobile (27:43)

That's a little bit of a head scratcher to me on multiple levels. Right. Because think about the conviction you have to have in a guy to name him the successor. Put that in his contract to put him out there for a year. And it's funny because most fan bases, Dan, when you say bad things about their team, they don't like it. But when I did the NFL Network game last week when they played the Chargers, I said the truth, which is they probably have the worst roster in the NFL. They probably have the worst O line, probably the worst receiving core. And even if you want to nitpick, they're at least in the conversation there. So when you start with that, I'm a little surprised that Mayo would only get one year. I actually would probably have made a change with the guys making the personnel decisions before I would Mayo. And here's the thing that's really they need to be very careful of. Right. Drake May looks really good and made a lot of progress that year under Alex Van Pelt, their offensive coordinator, despite the fact that they might have the worst O line and the worst receiving core.

Dan Patrick (28:50)

Yeah.

T-Mobile (28:50)

So now you might be stunning his progress. You know, it's. It'll be interesting to see who they hire, who is calling the offense, because I really think they're at a point right now where everything decision you make should be what's best for Drake May because he is the franchise. I'm not sure moving on from Van Pelt, moving on from the coaching staff is what will end up being best for Drake May. But it looks like it's what's going to happen.

Dan Patrick (29:16)

Can the Lions replicate what they did defensively last night against Minnesota when they get to the postseason?

T-Mobile (29:24)

Man, I hope so. That was awesome. I am so happy for them and their fans. You know, with all these injuries. I probably said to you a couple of times over the last couple of months, Dan, I thought it's just too much for them to overcome. And I think if they had lost last night, it would be right. Three road playoff games, I don't see that happening. But now, now they only need to win two home, home playoff games. That is different. Getting Anzalone back was gigantic. They have excellent safeties, Kirby, Joseph and Branch, who they now move to nickel. Aaron Glenn called an incredible game and they have a legitimate chance now to get to the first super bowl in franchise history. With the way they played on defense last night, no wonder Aaron Glenn is getting all these head coaching interviews. That was, that was masterful last night.

Dan Patrick (30:17)

How was it locally the reaction with Saquon Barkley not playing in this regular season finale with a chance to become the all time single season rushing leader?

T-Mobile (30:27)

Well, this will probably surprise you, Dan, that this would be the case in the city of Philadelphia, but it was very polarizing. Very polarizing. Right. I mean, they talked about it on the local radio all week. And, you know, the interesting thing was the quotes from some of the guys, you know, even if you felt one way or the other, when Saquon said, you know, my dad was the most upset because it would have meant a lot for us to have our name in the record books forever, you know, when you heard him talk a little bit. But then he kind of backed off of that a little bit. The problem is, you know, and I realize the other guys would love to be a part of the record, too, but you're not going to put them out there with the second string offensive line. And so then you got to have Lane Johnson at like 34, 35. You have to have those guys out there. And I think Sirianni made the right decision. The only way you really look dumb, and I love history and I love Saquon, all that stuff. The only way you really look dumb is if you lose one of your best players in a game that has no significance whatsoever. You're locked in as the number two seed. And then you don't have those guys when you're playing the packers on Sunday who are one of the better teams in the NFL.

Dan Patrick (31:41)

Good to catch up with you. Safe travels. Thanks for joining us.

T-Mobile (31:45)

Of course. Thank you, Dan. Appreciate it.

Dan Patrick (31:47)

Ross Tucker, host of the Ross Tucker Football podcast, CBS Sports, Westwood One. And he'll be there with the Steelers, Ravens, and then he's got the packers and the Eagles coming up. Barry in Santa Fe is back. Hi, Barry. Good morning, fellas. Good morning, chat row. Todd, I hope you had some celebration mushu and spare rib for your Broncos.

T-Mobile (32:10)

No, I did.

Dan Patrick (32:13)

Yesterday's jet game made me furious. This guy waits 18 weeks to wake up and have a, and have a decent game. We could add a decent season. And for guys like Lewis, Riddick and Mike Vrabel, you guys are too good men to get caught up in that nonsense. Walk away. Thank you, Barry. It was just enough of a tease. When you're watching Aaron Rodgers, where you go, all right, okay, this is what it was. Now if you look at Aaron Rodgers numbers, if I just said, here are the numbers, you don't know anything else about the jets this season? What is he, 27 touchdowns, 11 interceptions, I think, Is that his numbers? You'd go, okay, 28 and 11, 4,000 yards, you'd go, all right, yeah. What was their record? I think you'd be surprised. He was 5 and 12. I think he's gonna play next year. I do. And he might do it despite everybody. I don't know. I, you know, it's trying to figure out, you know, what goes through these guys mind like Tom Brady. If you said, hey, he's not going to broadcast anymore next year, I wouldn't be surprised. Hey, he wants to come back and play, I wouldn't be surprised. Like, they're just certain guys who are wired that that's who they are. And Aaron Rodgers probably says, yeah, you know what, maybe I'll just do it again. It always feel the last two years, it feels like he's doing us a favor when he plays. Like, I, I don't know, I might be getting around to it, you know, look, I got a party to go. You know, I'm stop in for a couple of quarters here and then I gotta go. Okay. All right. When we come back, we'll give you our best and worst of the weekend. But we're going to play. Fill in the blank. That's where I give a statement. And then you fill in the blank right after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And the iHeartRadio appointment.

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Remember when Hank Williams would say, you ready for some football? How about Notre Dame? Penn State, Thursday, Ohio State, Texas, Friday, Chargers, Texan, Steelers, Ravens, Saturday, Broncos, Bills, Packers, Eagles, Commanders, Bucks, Sunday. And then you have Monday, Vikings and the Rams.

T-Mobile (35:18)

Let's go wow.

Dan Patrick (35:20)

Good stuff. Good stuff. All right, Time to play. Fill in the blank. I'll read a statement and then you fill in the blank. Todd, I'll start with you. The Patriots weekend was.

T-Mobile (35:32)

The Patriots weekend was Hellman's. Even though they won no mail. And went from first to fourth pick in the draft. Hellmans.

Dan Patrick (35:40)

Okay. Seaton O'Connor. Patriots weekend was blank. Goofy, Marvin.

Marvin (35:49)

Puzzling.

Dan Patrick (35:51)

Paul.

Paulie (35:52)

Self defeating.

Dan Patrick (35:54)

The Patriots weekend was sad. The Buccaneers in the playoffs are blank. Todd.

T-Mobile (36:02)

The Buccaneers and the playoffs are temporary. They may be a quick out against Jaden Daniels and the Commanders. Sorry, temporary.

Dan Patrick (36:10)

Okay. Temporary.

T-Mobile (36:11)

Maybe one and done.

Dan Patrick (36:12)

Okay.

T-Mobile (36:13)

Just a Tampa temporary situation.

Dan Patrick (36:14)

All right. See?

Seaton O'Connor (36:17)

Baking up something special. And they may field questions after their win from the press.

Dan Patrick (36:27)

One of these days you're going to take this serious.

Seaton O'Connor (36:29)

I'm just trying to do what Todd just did.

Dan Patrick (36:31)

All right. Marvin.

Marvin (36:34)

Typical. They've been there the last five years.

Dan Patrick (36:37)

Okay. Paulie.

Paulie (36:39)

Must avoid. You don't want to face them.

Dan Patrick (36:43)

The Buccaneers in the playoffs are tantalizing. Tantalizing. The Lions running back Jameer Gibbs is blank. Todd.

T-Mobile (36:55)

Like the lion in the wizard of Oz. Courageous. Like the way that guy runs. Goes after defense.

Seaton O'Connor (37:00)

That dude is tough as hell.

Dan Patrick (37:02)

Yeah.

Seaton O'Connor (37:02)

He got crushed.

Dan Patrick (37:03)

He did.

Seaton O'Connor (37:04)

He got absolutely crushed.

Dan Patrick (37:06)

Yeah.

Seaton O'Connor (37:06)

Weekend. And pop right back.

Dan Patrick (37:07)

He was down a little bit. Like. Let me get back up. Marvin.

Marvin (37:12)

Jack of all trades. Rushing, receiving, blocking. He does it all.

Dan Patrick (37:16)

Paul.

Paulie (37:16)

Jameer Gibbs is transfixing.

Dan Patrick (37:19)

The Lions running back Jir Gibbs is Falkian. Ooh, Marshall Falk.

Paulie (37:26)

Good for you.

Dan Patrick (37:26)

Yes. Millennial Falk in Aaron Rodgers future is blank. Todd.

T-Mobile (37:34)

I wonder if anyone cares.

Dan Patrick (37:38)

So the Ayahuasca. All right. Still. Still sticking to that Seaton written in the stars. Okay. Marvin Farvish. Yeah. But Farb left the jets and took the Vikings to the NFC title game.

Marvin (37:54)

I just mean a great career somewhere and then just becomes like a journeyman of some sort.

Dan Patrick (38:00)

Paul.

Paulie (38:01)

In Vegas.

Dan Patrick (38:02)

Yeah. Aaron Rodgers. Future is Elvis.

Seaton O'Connor (38:08)

Like the Steelers fat and sequined in Vegas.

Dan Patrick (38:14)

In Vegas, the Steelers offense is blank. Todd.

T-Mobile (38:19)

Rusty. The heck's going on there?

Dan Patrick (38:23)

Satan Fieldsing.

Seaton O'Connor (38:28)

Questions about their future.

Dan Patrick (38:29)

Marvin.

Marvin (38:30)

Slim pickings.

Dan Patrick (38:32)

Okay. George. Paulie.

Paulie (38:36)

The Steelers offense is occasional.

Dan Patrick (38:39)

The Steelers offense is a rumor. Todd. Final one. The Titans having the number one pick in the draft is blank.

T-Mobile (38:48)

Patriotic. The Patriots had the number one pick and now they drop to four. The Titans number one pick is Patriotic.

Dan Patrick (38:55)

Seaton useless. Marvin.

Marvin (39:00)

Necessary.

Dan Patrick (39:03)

Paul.

Paulie (39:04)

Temporary.

Dan Patrick (39:06)

The Titans having the number one overall pick in the draft is a Shador thing.

T-Mobile (39:13)

Okay.

T-Mobile (39:15)

Yeah. Nice one.

Dan Patrick (39:16)

Take that one. Todd.

T-Mobile (39:17)

I like that a lot.

Dan Patrick (39:18)

Yeah. All right. How about best and worst of the weekend? Todd, I'm going to start with you. Best and worst of the weekend.

T-Mobile (39:25)

My best of the weekend. Shockingly, even though they sat several of their top players. The Broncos dominant win over the Chiefs at mile high grabbing the seven seed. Their first postseason appearance in nine years. For the worst they went NBA Anthony Edwards scores a career high 53 points including 10 three pointers in Detroit Saturday night. They still lose by 14. 119, 105. What a waste.

Seaton O'Connor (39:45)

Seaton My best of the weekend. It's easily one of the best interceptions you're ever going to see in your entire life. Ravens defensive lineman Michael pierce. Dudes like 6ft foot tall, 355 pounds had to drop back in coverage. Nobody looked more like a fish out of war than that dude. Ends the ball. He's got great hands. Caught the ball and he immediately went down. But it was hilarious watching his teammates reaction to was was really spectacular. My worst of the weekend is the Patriots. Not because they won that game. I'm actually happy that they won that game. I hate tanking. It's the worst part of sports for me. But how do you push out a legend and the architect of one of the greatest runs in sports history for a guy that you're then just going to fire after one season?

Dan Patrick (40:28)

Marvin Best and worst of the weekend.

Marvin (40:30)

My best of the weekend. I have two best actually. Lamar Jackson, Bryce Young. No, look, touchdown passes. Love that. Very Steph Curry esque of them. My are the best. The Chicago Bulls announcing that they're going to retire Derrick Rose's jersey up in the rafters. Well deserved. He's a one seed for me as of what could have been.

Dan Patrick (40:50)

Okay. Yeah, he was emotional with that. I didn't want to see a statue like we, we sometimes get a little statue heavy like we don't. Everybody doesn't deserve a statue, you know. It was nice. What could have been. And they retire his jersey. Paul Best and worst of the weekend.

Paulie (41:09)

Best of the weekend Bryce Young. Watching him play football and having fun doing it well like he did in college. It looks like his future is bright again. Nobody wants to see a bust. The other best I like the Buccaneers and the team and the coach and the quarterback. Giving Mike Evans a five yard pass at the end to get a $3 million bonus and keeping his streak alive of 1,000 yard seasons.

Dan Patrick (41:28)

Very cool. Yeah, he's tied with Jerry Rice now. Most consecutive 1000 yard receiving seasons his 11th and that's one of those that goes a long way for goodwill. Now, ownership may be like, all right, maybe we get out paying $3 million. Mike Evans is a Hall of Famer, and he's probably been a bargain for you. I'm glad he got it. Yes.

Seaton O'Connor (41:53)

I think Sean Payton, too, did something similar where they cooked up a play to get somebody, like a $500,000 bonus or something. I forget who the.

Dan Patrick (42:01)

Was that Sutton?

Seaton O'Connor (42:02)

Maybe it was Sutton, but he was just like, we need to. This dude, he needs one more catch for, like, 500 grand. And you could see them working it out on the sideline, let's go do this, or whatever. And then the flip side of that, Jerry Jones, he cost Cooper rush $250,000 by not playing him that day. Man, if you're looking at what franchises to play for and what ones to not, I start right there with those kinds of things.

Dan Patrick (42:24)

Well, no, Jerry does overspend when it comes to contracts. Maybe it's slipped his mind. If I knew that Cooper Rush was, you know, he had the ability, if he played all the stamps yesterday, that he'd get a $500,000 bonus. So if I knew it, I would assume that the owner would know that. Also, the New Orleans Saints knew that Mike Evans needed five yards, and I think that they allowed that to happen. I don't think they were contesting it, because I think everybody knew when Baker wasn't taking a knee that they were going to throw the ball to Mike Evans. It was pretty good. It was pretty cool. Those bonuses make me nervous, though. You know, get towards the end of the year, guy can be in the huddle. Like, dude, you got to get me the ball, man. I like how Micah Parsons, he had two and a half sack. Like, he. He took care of his bonus. Like, felt like it was right away. He just blew through the offensive line. Yes, Paulie.

Paulie (43:25)

A couple of years ago, there's an NFL Films video of Gronkowski saying he needs one more catch for a million dollars. And Brady goes, what's that? And he overheard it. And he goes, next play, next play. And they did it for Gronk.

Dan Patrick (43:37)

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