Hour 2 – Devin McCourty, The Best Week

Summary

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The Dan Patrick Show

Episode: Hour 2 – Devin McCourty, The Best Week
Date: September 19, 2025
Host: Dan Patrick & the Danettes (Fritzi, Seaton, Marvin, Paulie)
Notable Guest: Devin McCourty (NBC/Former Patriots DB)

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Dan Patrick Show combines classic humor, insightful sports debate, and a healthy dose of nostalgia as Dan and the guys discuss the week in football, quirky stories of sports-inspired baby names, and welcome three-time Super Bowl champion Devin McCourty for expert analysis. The hour is packed with discussion about must-win games, NFL officiating controversies, intriguing match-ups, and a rapid-fire phone segment about sports names and their unexpected legacies.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Seaton's Game Day Plans and Show Housekeeping

• Timestamps: 04:00–04:50
  Dan asks Seaton about his plans for the Oklahoma-Auburn game tailgate, and plugs show merchandise.
  • Seaton discusses his excitement and the Fox Sports Radio tailgate tour:
    "Look for a big trailer that says tailgate...I'll be right there." (04:32)

2. Dolphins vs. Bills Recap and NFL 'Must Win' Game Debate

• Timestamps: 04:50–08:18
  Discussion of the Dolphins' loss to the Bills and the concept of a "must-win" game.
  • Dan emphasizes the significance of Miami's 0-3 start and the Bills' clean play with zero turnovers:
    "The Bills didn't commit a turnover...first time in franchise history." (05:19)
  • Josh Allen (audio clip):
    "Sometimes you've gotta put the pedal down a little more...just understanding where you're at." (05:51)

3. Eli Manning’s Restaurant Story & Athletes Asking for Favors

• Timestamps: 08:18–11:38
  Amusing anecdote about Jackson Dart asking Eli Manning for a reservation at the ultra-exclusive Four Charles Prime Rib.
  • Dan:
    "He's asking, hey, could you get me in?...There’s eight tables, 6:30." (08:32)
  • Todd Fritz weighs in:
    "Don't you have to warm things up with Eli with a couple football related questions before you ask for a reservation?" (09:23)
  • Seaton brings athlete hierarchy:
    "Even though you're, you know, an NFL quarterback, there's still a hierarchy of people over you that get access to things like that." (11:59)

4. Poll Question: 2020 Quarterback Class

• Timestamps: 12:50–13:29
  Seaton mentions the poll: "Besides Jalen Hurts, which 2020 draft QB will have the best career?"
  • Justin Herbert leading, Tua with just 1% of the vote.
  • Dan notes Hurts "should be" in—but is already considered best.

5. College Football Preview

• Timestamps: 13:29–14:32
  Dan previews Michigan vs. Nebraska and other games, wondering if Notre Dame is "done" with another loss.

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Notable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)

On NFL 'Must Win' Games

• Dan Patrick:
  "Miami, you don’t think of must-win games like the third week of the season. Like the Chiefs feel like a must-win situation against the Giants." (06:23)

On Eli Manning & Restaurant Clout

• Dan Patrick:
  "That’s a great set up by Eli, by the way. Four Charles is one of the tougher restaurants to get into." (08:32)
• Todd Fritz:
  "Even if it’s phony, don’t you have to warm things up with Eli with a couple football-related questions before you ask for a reservation…?" (09:23)

On Baby Names Inspired by Athletes

• Dan Patrick (about a caller):
  "You have a friend who named his kid Four? ...Oh, Thor!" (15:12)
• Paulie:
  "There’s a pressure to be jacked if your name’s Thor." (16:18)
• Devin McCourty:
  "One of my good friends, his son's 8 now, and he's a Brady. When you're walking around, you meet so many kids named Brady..." (32:26)
• Caller:
  "My full name is Otto Graham. Like the hall of fame quarterback from the Cleveland Browns who I never saw play." (38:08)

On Childhood Nicknames

• Todd Fritz, on his own:
  "I was always like Fritzi or, you know, Toddy Joe, because my middle name is Joseph or TJ a little bit once in a while. Little Biff, my manager, called me in Little League…” (18:35)
• Dan Patrick:
  "You're clearly over it." (19:09)

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Featured Interview: Devin McCourty

Timestamps: 25:03–36:14

Segment Highlights

- NFL Officiating & The “Tush Push”

Dan: “Why didn’t the officials call those false starts on the Eagles?” (26:21)
Devin:
"I think...it's tougher than we think...But when you lose in a close three-point game, that letter [warning] doesn't help you at all.” (26:33)

- Chiefs vs. Giants: “Must-Win” Status

Dan: “Is this a must win situation for the Chiefs against the Giants?” (27:08)
Devin:
"I think so. You can't go 0-3 and just keep losing and hoping...your championship pedigree is gonna make them feel like they have to go win this game." (27:13)

- Dolphins vs. Bills, and What Miami Lacks

Devin:
"They need Tua to be the guy that we watch Buffalo and Josh Allen, that no matter how the game goes, if I get enough chances, I'll go win the game...I think they need to start to see that from Tua." (28:32)

- On Defending QBs Who Won’t Go Deep

Dan: “How does it affect you defensively if a QB won’t throw downfield?” (29:37)
Devin:
“As a DB, it tells you: be aggressive. They're not throwing the ball really deep...So you see Buffalo, they're packing the middle of the field.” (29:57)

- Defending Against Speedsters:

Devin:
"When you're out there, you know he's faster than you...you got to have a plan...I'm not gonna have to cover this fast dude for eight seconds because the ball should be coming out fast.” (31:08)

- Baby Names: Would He Ever Name His Kid “Brady”?

Dan: “You wouldn’t have named your children Brady, would you?” (32:44)
Devin:
"I love Tom, but Brady wasn't coming in my house. No kids Brady." (32:48)

- Rams vs. Eagles Outlook

Devin:
"The Rams are itching at this rematch...I think the key for the Eagles is going to be to get the passing game going." (33:26)

- Which QB Would Devin Rather Face?

Dan: "If I said you had to face Herbert, Hurts, Allen, Jackson, who do you want to play?” (35:27)
Devin:
"I would pick Herbert...Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, we're not even signing up for that." (35:37)

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Other Listener & Crew Highlights

Callers Share Funny/Awkward Athlete-Inspired Name Stories

• Jacob McMahon, Thor (misheard as “Four”); “Poseidon”, “Atlas”, “MacGyver” (16:35); “Tyson” after Tyson Fury (17:36); “Peyton” from Peyton Manning (49:33); “Turner” for Justin Turner, “Davis” after Davis Love (51:37).
• One caller’s girlfriend was almost named Payne Stewart (48:12).

Best Week in Sports Segment

• Todd Fritz: Seattle Mariners' win streak (46:22)
• Seaton: Noah Lyles, track world champion (46:39)
• Marvin: Texas A&M football (46:59)
• Paulie: Clayton Kershaw’s retirement trajectory (47:09)
• Quote: Dan: "I don’t think they’re the favorites to win the World Series. I think the Phillies are..." (47:41)

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Segment Timestamps Guide

• 04:00 Seaton's tailgate plans; show updates
• 05:19 Bills/Dolphins recap; Josh Allen comments
• 08:18 Eli Manning story; athlete perks
• 12:50 Poll question: best 2020 draft QB
• 13:29 CFB weekend preview
• 25:03 Devin McCourty interview (Main content)
• 36:14 Callers discuss wild athlete-inspired names
• 46:22 “Best Week in Sports” crew picks segment

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Tone, Style, & Feel

Light-hearted, conversational, full of inside jokes and accessible sports analysis. The chemistry between Dan and his crew fosters a sharp mix of sports intellect and banter, making the topic switches—between legitimate NFL breakdowns and the absurdity of “MacGyver” as a baby name—seamless and entertaining.

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Summary Takeaway

If you love NFL talk with both humor and gravitas, quirky asides about sports names, and real insight from recent players (Devin McCourty), this hour delivers. You’ll leave with a clear sense of the NFL’s week ahead, the sometimes odd relationship between fame and everyday requests (even for NFL QBs), and a reminder that “Brady” may be the sports baby name of the decade—but “Belichick” is safe for now.

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[Todd Fritz]

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[Dan Patrick]

Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live hour two on this meet Friday with the boys. All here for Friday. Fritzi, Seaton, Marv Paulie, yours truly, the backroom guys. Seaton will be at the Oklahoma Auburn game. Look for him tomorrow. How will they find you, Seaton, in the tailgate section of the program?

[Seaton]

I'm going to be down by campus corner.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

Which I haven't been to before, but I hear that's where sort of everything happens in Norman before the game. Look for a big trailer that says tailgate. I'm gonna be right there. I'll be right over by the There's a Fox Sports Radio tailgate tour. There's a big area there. I'll be in there for a little bit. So yeah, we'll be around.

[Dan Patrick]

The merchandise store is open for business. DanPatrick.com Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the DP Show. From the crew that brought you the office comes the new comedy of underdogs with major issues. The paper streaming now only on Peacock moral victory. But if you're the Dolphins, that's not going to keep your coach employed. You got to win that game. You had a chance. You went toe to toe. Buffalo is a really good team. They haven't committed a turnover so far through three games, and that might be the big difference with them. Miami, you know you're tied at 21. You go for a block punt, you Miss it and then you pay the price. But you know, the Bills didn't commit a turnover. They have zero turnovers through the first game, three games of the season. That's first time in franchise history. And The Dolphins now, Owen 3 winless through the first three games of the season for the first time since 2019. Here is Josh Allen. After the win last night.

[Caller]

I think there's obviously times throughout games where the situation dictates you to maybe put the pedal down a little bit more. And there's sometimes where it's like, hey.

[Dan Patrick]

Just take it easy, relax.

[Caller]

I wouldn't say play the long game, but just understanding where you're at, you know, within the situation of the game and not trying to force anything. And we saw that tonight, just kind of staying same as calm as possible, you know, and just being prepared for any situation that we were going to be in. You know, it was going to be either a two minute at the end there or four minute and Terrell Bernard makes a fantastic play and we can, we can be in a four minute drill there.

[Dan Patrick]

Now the Dolphins have some time to get ready for the Jets. I mean it's a standalone game, it'll be a week from Monday night and they better win this game. Like you, you don't think of must win games like the third week of the season. Like the Chiefs feel like a must win situation against the Giants. I don't know if there are other teams where you go, you got to win that game. Well, Miami, I didn't think they were going to win, but I would have taken the points in that game. But you're looking at teams where you go, okay, three weeks, four weeks, Chiefs got the Ravens coming up. But you know, you start to look at these teams and you go, okay, something better happen and better happen soon. You know, the Texans are at the Jags, they're getting one and a half. Could they be out of, I mean this must win situation for them. I don't know if there's another must win situation other than the Chiefs against the Giants. And the Giants are six point underdogs and I didn't think that week three we'd be going, you know, must see TV that Sunday night game, Chiefs in the Giants. By the way, speaking of the Giants, Eli Manning was on with Peter Schrager on his podcast and Eli wanted to be a good Giant quarterback and he reached out to Jackson Dart and he said if there's anything I can help you with, you let me know. And the Giants rookie quarterback did reach out to Eli Manning. And he asked for a favor. So I told Jackson, if you have any questions about anything, you know, I'm here for you. You know, football related or just, you know, when you're deciding, you know, what town you want to live in or this or that or also it's training camp. He calls me, you know, one day, he's like, hey, you got it? You got a minute? I'm like, yeah, of course. So you know, such a similar situation we're in, like, you know, bringing in a veteran like, like Russell Wilson.

[Todd Fritz]

They brought Kurt Warner.

[Caller]

Yeah, sure.

[Dan Patrick]

I was like, maybe this is dealing with that or something. Just, can you give me a reservation at Ford Charles tonight at 6:30? French dip in America.

[Caller]

I was like, no, no, that's not.

[Dan Patrick]

Part of the deal. Like when I said I'm happy to help out, I like, I'm not doing. That's great setup by Eli, by the way. For Charles is one of the tougher restaurants to get into, certainly in New York City. And to say, hey, can you get me in there tonight? Is impossible. But even if you have that kind of relationship where he's helping you out and you're, you know, on the day of and you want to go to a restaurant that I think has eight tables in it, I, I waited three months. My sister in law got me in there and it was like, okay, but you're waiting for a long, long time. Not that I'm anybody, but you're just waiting to get in. And he's asking, hey, could you get me in? You know, there's eight table 6:30.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Todd, even if it's phony, don't you have to warm things up with Eli with a couple of football related questions? Even if you're not interested in the answer at all before you ask for a reservation at a restaurant that's so hard to get into the same night of all things, you know.

[Dan Patrick]

You know, this cover three is bothering me a little bit. You know, the too high safety and taking the top off and could you give me a reservation? That's where you go, hey man, I'm just trying to figure everything out, navigate in the city and you got restaurants that you really like. And then Eli would probably say, oh yeah, you know, I got a couple of them here. Hey, what about you know, four prime or four whatever it is, it's on Charles street, but. And then you could go, could you get. I, I know this is asking a lot. Could you get me in maybe tonight, you know, bring my mom.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Todd, you can even say Like I'll never get in there. But I have like this dream when I'm hearing about this restaurant. I wish there's anyone that if you know anybody that has an in there that can get me and it's something I'd really want to experience.

[Dan Patrick]

My sister in law said I didn't get you into the restaurant. That was your, my, my wife, my, my son's wife. That'd be my daughter in law. Is that right? Is that how this works? Yeah. I just got word. Yes, Martin, if we asked you for.

[Todd Fritz]

A favor, how much notice would you like to have?

[Dan Patrick]

A week? Yeah, a week.

[Todd Fritz]

I'll talk to you after the show.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. Thank you. Yes, Paulie.

[Devin McCourty]

Yeah.

[Paulie]

Four Charles prime rib. I think the day of ask is the big faux pas. If you said, hey, sometime this season, can you get me in there? You keep it open ended, then it's a fair ask. Ish.

[Dan Patrick]

I think there's only eight tables in this restaurant. And now once again, the food was spectacular, service was great. I mean everything about it. But you know, my daughter in law waited three months to, to get in there. And Jackson Dart now if Eli calls, then. Okay, I don't even know if you can get through. That's one of those where you call and then you get an answering machine.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Todd, it seems a little rooted inappropriate of Dart, but is any part of that flattering? He thinks so highly of Eli Manning that if anyone could get him on a few hours notice into this restaurant, the great Eli Manning with the two super bowl rings can pull that off.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know. I'm going to question Jackson Dart's field awareness. Like I think this comes into football decisions. Yes.

[Seaton]

Jackson Dart is still operating under the idea that. But I'm a professional athlete, so anything works. Just maybe not for me, but I know the guy that can get me in there and that, that really isn't the way that it works.

[Dan Patrick]

Actually.

[Seaton]

There is still a hierarchy. Even though you're, you know, an NFL quarterback, there's still a hierarchy of people over you that get access to things like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Like, you know, at Ole Miss, you know, we, we got to go wherever we wanted and you know, Eli, you be in a former Ole Miss quarterback. Can you get me into one of the toughest restaurants in the city? But I did. Eli told that. That's a great story. He set that up nicely. All right. 8773 DP show email address [e-mail] Twitter handle the DP Show. Good morning. If you're Watching on Peacock. It is a meat Friday. Beef and chorizo chili, jalapeno, cheddar, cornbread, Bacon cornbread. Who has it better than we do?

[Todd Fritz]

Nobody.

[Dan Patrick]

All righty, we'll get to phone calls here. Do we have a poll question for hour two? Seaton.

[Seaton]

Yeah, Let me update you here. We just got this one up from Paul.

[Dan Patrick]

Really?

[Seaton]

His hammer. Paul's hammer.

[Dan Patrick]

Poke. Paul's hammer.

[Seaton]

Of the quarterbacks from the 2020 draft, other than Jalen Hurts, who will end up having the best career? Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert. To a tongue of I Loa or Jordan Love. Right now, Justin Herbert has about 38% of that vote, followed by Joe Burrow. Tua has 1% of the vote.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, I pick Jalen Hurts.

[Seaton]

Yeah, but he's out of it. He's not on the pool question.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Oh, he should be.

[Seaton]

He's already had the best career.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. So college football this weekend. I'm looking at, you know, the Michigan, Nebraska game is really interesting. I'm waiting for Nebraska to kind of be Nebraska. And Michigan is a one and a half point favorite there at Nebraska, Tulane and Ole Miss. That should be a shootout. That's fun. Notre Dame is favored by 24 and a half against Purdue. Let's see. Illinois, Indiana. Spicy, I think. Contrasting styles. Illinois likes to pound the ball in Indiana kind of wide open. Michigan State's getting 18 and a half at USC. Gotta keep USC winning. And Notre Dame better start winning because we're going out. It's four weeks from yesterday that we will be there in South Bend, Indiana.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Todd, but if they don't beat the Boilermakers, is Notre Dame done with another loss this weekend? Is that officially no scenario?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, this wouldn't be a quality loss if they lost to Purdue. That would be extremely damaging. Let's see. Steven, Ohio. Hi, Steve. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Oh, I was just calling in about where you talk about kids names. And I was a huge fan growing up of Jim McMahon. So I asked my wife, I said, what do you think about the middle name of McMahon? And she's like, you find me one person that would think that's good. So I called up a good friend of mine who didn't have kids at the time and he wanted to name his kid4? So I asked him and he said, yes, it's a great name. So hence, I have a Jacob McMahon in my family.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait a minute. You have a friend who named his kid 4?

[Caller]

4. He wanted to.

[Dan Patrick]

His wife wouldn't let him like the number four.

[Caller]

No, four. Like the superhero.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, oh, Thor. Yeah. So I knew that dude being. Oh, my. I'm thinking four. It's Brett Favre, but, you know, if you're calling. Yeah, okay, my bad, my bad.

[Todd Fritz]

I thought he said four also.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I didn't hear that one. I ran into somebody who has a child named Atticus. And I have somebody I ran into who has some friend who has a child named Poseidon.

[Todd Fritz]

That kid's gonna have a live adventures coming up.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd. Yes, Eaton.

[Seaton]

I know several kids who have the middle name Messi.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, yeah.

[Seaton]

Multiple.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Yes, Todd.

[Todd Fritz]

And the kid's actually very clean and obsessive compulsive at washing his hands. So having the name messy is weird.

[Dan Patrick]

Mexan. Yes.

[Paulie]

Thor is a popular first name in Denmark and Norway. Not so much elsewhere.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but I. I understand it there. But right Thor here.

[Paulie]

There'S a pressure to be jacked if your name's Thor.

[Dan Patrick]

Also somebody that I've met, then they have a son named Atlas. That feels like they're carrying the weight of the world.

[Todd Fritz]

You can't find the way around, though, which is really weird. What a dichotomy.

[Paulie]

Yes, Paulie, one of the all timers, our friend Ryan Leaf, he called me the day his baby was born. His son was born. He goes, I had the boy. I go, cool, what's the name? He goes, macgyver. I'm like, excuse me. And I assume he's, you know, messing with me. He named his son MacGyver after the.

[Dan Patrick]

TV show MacGyver Patrick in California. Hi, Patrick. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey. Morning. DP1 Vanettes. Six foot in shoes, a soft 200 pounds. Okay, so going back to the famous celebrity names or sports people's names. I was born in 93. My dad's a big San Francisco Niners fan, so he asked my mom if he could name me Joseph Montana Elliot. To which she said no. They were shortly divorced thereafter. Don't know why, but good one. There another one, my brother in 2020, his wife was pregnant with his first son. My brother's a big boxing fan, named his son Tyson after Tyson Fury, who was named after Mike Tyson.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, Marvin, you could have gone with Marvin Hagler. You could have told the kids in your. In your school. So they didn't make fun of you.

[Todd Fritz]

And they would said, who's Marvin Hagler?

[Dan Patrick]

But they would have known Marvin Gaye.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, absolutely. More people know Marvin Gaye than Marvin Hagler.

[Dan Patrick]

But back then and.

[Todd Fritz]

All right, so when I'm in school, this is 1993, 4, 5, 6.

[Dan Patrick]

But Marvin Gaye had been dead for 20 years.

[Todd Fritz]

But that music lives forever.

[Dan Patrick]

What's going on? One of my favorite artists, by the way. Yes.

[Seaton]

It doesn't matter who Marvin was named after. Just the fact that someone named Marvin Gaye existed opens Marvin up to then that name. It really doesn't matter who he could have been named after his uncle Marvin. It really doesn't matter.

[Dan Patrick]

And then, Todd, I don't know how they came up with your nickname.

[Todd Fritz]

I've had a lot of. Oh, the one with the Fritz potato chips. That was just one kid and then. Which was kind of stupid.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. But I thought you were like.

[Caller]

But I was.

[Todd Fritz]

I was always like Fritzi or, you know, Toddy Joe, because my middle name is Joseph or TJ a little bit once in a while. Little Biff, my manager, called me in little League because he was a big Braves fan. And Biff Pokarovo was one of the. My brother was Biff, and I was Little Biff. I didn't know for quite a while until I got his baseball card. Oh, that's what he's talking about. Braves catcher Biff Poker.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm little Biff, but the Fritz.

[Todd Fritz]

Fritz. Female body part. Potato chips. Oh, here comes Fritz. Bleep potato chips. All right, that's stupid. Why is everybody giggling? It's not even funny. It doesn't even rhyme. Chips and Fritz, You're.

[Dan Patrick]

You're clearly over it.

[Seaton]

I'm totally over what was happening in the. With the rhyming schemes there in your neighborhood, Todd.

[Dan Patrick]

That.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, I took it over for them. Now I'm such a great rhymer. Based on that, I think that's where it all started. I'm like, eight years old and playing kickball in the park in Brooklyn. Fritz beat potato chips. We're gonna do that again.

[Dan Patrick]

Dang, Fritz. It's potato chips. Yeah. Dang.

[Todd Fritz]

He couldn't. He thought he came up with the most clever thing in the history of the world.

[Dan Patrick]

It is pretty far off. It's pretty good.

[Todd Fritz]

Pretty good.

[Dan Patrick]

It's pretty great. Yeah. I mean, it's rando, but still, it's. It's pretty awesome.

[Todd Fritz]

Those three things have, like, nothing to do with each other, you know, separate.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you never know. One thing leads to another.

[Todd Fritz]

You never know.

[Dan Patrick]

You never know, Todd.

[Todd Fritz]

Fair enough.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, we'll take a break. Coming up, we'll talk to Devin McCourty, former defensive back, now with NBC Football Night in America. He'll stop by, we'll talk some football, not only from last night, but games coming up this weekend and is it a must win situation for the Chiefs against the Giants on Sunday night? We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox SP Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey, it's me, Rob Parker. Check out my weekly MLB podcast Inside.

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[Todd Fritz]

Hey, this is Matt Jones. I'm Drew Franklin, and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining and twice a week. That is exactly what you're going to get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different. Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game. What was that? Looks like something that should not be sold. Oh my. So that was my other big Colts takeaway. Sold that. Yes. Might want to go back to the Colts stadium. Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that. Yeah, I thought the shape we had with pretzels was working pretty well for generations. We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the year. And let's go. I hope I'm as youthful as Pete.

[Devin McCourty]

Carroll is at his age.

[Todd Fritz]

He's a young 73. He is a young 73. He is spry. I wouldn't fight him. I would listen. NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin, iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.

[Dan Patrick]

Mark Masky, great football writer for the Washington Post, said that the NFL officials deem Philadelphia should have been called for a false start on Sunday and warned that officials would call those plays tight moving forward. Okay, so the Eagles have been warned. Here's my problem. How about I warn the officials? This isn't on the Eagles. The Eagles are going to try to get away with whatever they can. This is on the officials. It was Obvious. You had two players on the offensive line who jumped. That's. I mean, just call it. The Tush push is here. It's here to stay this year and then it'll probably be gone. But the NFL put themselves in this position when they. There used to be a rule that said you can't push somebody from behind. And then they changed that I think in 2005. I don't know why you brought it back, but the Tush pushes here, the Eagles have done it. It's part of, you know, their regimen and they do it really well. But the NFL putting the Eagles on notice. I would put your officials on notice. Who missed those calls? Devin McCourty. He's a three time Super bowl champ, former defensive back, three time All Pro. You can catch him on football night in America. It'll be the Chiefs and the Giants. They'll be at MetLife Stadium, 820 Eastern. Okay. Why didn't the officials call those false starts on. On the Eagles with the Tush push?

[Devin McCourty]

I think it's, it's tougher than we think. I think everybody's so zeroed in and looking to see if they're offsides or not. I mean it's a, it's a clear miss of the play and I think like if I'm, if I'm the Chiefs, I'm pissed because to me, like you can't miss that on that play. Like everyone's been complaining about it. You can't now give them an advantage of the false start because I think if usually when a guy's on defense, lineup offsides, that was like an emphasis last year. So obviously it'll be watching a close call now. But when you lose in a close three point game last week, that letter doesn't help you at all.

[Dan Patrick]

Is this a must win situation for the Chiefs against the Giants?

[Devin McCourty]

I think so. I think for them and to get back to feeling like yourselves and to rally, you can't fall too far behind. The Chargers are already starting two and oh, I don't like you can't go 03 and just keep losing and hoping that Rashi Rice gets back and hoping worthy like you still got to go find a way to win and I think your championship pedigree is going to make them feel like they have to go win this game.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. I just wonder if maybe it's right there in front of us and maybe, maybe this is where the Chiefs aren't who we thought they were, that they're not going to win this division. Maybe they're a Wild card team. I mean, how, how far along do you need to get before you think you got a handle on who the Chiefs are?

[Devin McCourty]

I mean, for them, it won't. We won't believe it until they lose in the playoffs or they don't make the. Like that's the only way because they're. The way they've lost these first two games is the same way they won games last year instead of last year against the Chargers, they get the defensive stop, then Mahomes goes down and scores. This year against the Eagles, they would have got the defensive snap stop, and then he goes and scores. So it's the same thing is that close of a line in the NFL, they're not far off.

[Dan Patrick]

The Dolphins last night had a chance to win that game. They were going toe to toe with Buffalo. What, what are they missing?

[Devin McCourty]

I think the way their team is constructed, TUA has to go be that guy. And I know everybody's going to talk about the sealer penalty to extend the drive. The truth of the matter is they. Buffalo goes up seven with, I think seven minutes and 17 seconds left in the fourth quarter. Plenty of time. Miami drives right down the field and then it comes to you throw Terrell Bernard an interception and then they go down. Buffalo goes down, kicks a field goal with 20 something seconds left. And that's the game. And I think we're not even talking about the seal or penalty if TUA can take the team down and go score. Because they did. Like everyone expected their defense not to get any stops last night. They got two big stops in the third, a stop in the fourth quarter to try to get this team to lead. I just think, you know, and obviously the offensive line isn't perfect. They need TUA to be the guy that we watch Buffalo and Josh Allen, that no matter how the game goes, if I get enough chances, I'll go win the game. I'll go take the game away from the other team. I think they need to start to see that from Tua.

[Dan Patrick]

But being a former defensive back, if you know that quarterback's not going to throw, he's not even looking downfield. Everything is, you know, five yards, you know, maybe occasionally it's a little bit more than that. If he scrambles like he did last night. But how does that affect how you play your position if you know he's not really going to challenge you down the field?

[Devin McCourty]

Yeah, I remember playing in games and Coach Belichick would come and tell us, like, this team's not trying to throw the ball down the field. And he would say, like, at most, I think the ball might go 40, 45 yards down the field. If you watch last night's game, he threw one post at Tyreek Hill that probably should have been intercepted. Hung in the air forever. So it. It tells you, be aggressive, don't. And I know they have two of the fastest receivers in the league, and it sounds crazy to say be aggressive, but they're not throwing the ball really deep or really outside that much. So you see Buffalo, they're packing the middle of the field, and guys are aggressive coming downhill. The linebackers play a little deeper to take away that middle part. And they say, beat us checking the ball down, beat us throwing it underneath the whole time. And that's how everybody's playing them. And so far, it's worked because it's led to. We're going to continue to make you play that way and hope that you make a mistake. And two has made those mistakes. I think it's four interceptions and the first three games.

[Dan Patrick]

What's it like to line up against one of the fat, you know, the fastest guy in the NFL when. When you're out there, you know he's faster than you. But what is that like as a defensive back where you go, all right, it's me on an island, you got.

[Devin McCourty]

To have a plan. I think that's the key thing. So whenever you do see last night, it was bent for it a lot on Tyreek Hill. When he was up in his face, that pressure was coming. They were blitzing. They were doing different things. So as a corner, you take the mentality and have the confidence in the rest of your guys that are. I'm not gonna have to cover this fast dude for eight seconds because the ball should be coming out fast. And I think that's the blend of your rush and your coverage. You gotta have both. You can't chase Tyreek Hill around the field without pass rush and think you're gonna have success.

[Dan Patrick]

Who was the guy, though, that when you're out on an island, you're like, oh, boy.

[Caller]

Oh.

[Devin McCourty]

I mean, who wasn't a guy? You think about Antonio Brown in my era, Julio Jones being a top two when I was a young guy. The first time we went to Detroit on Thanksgiving, and you lined up against Calvin Johnson and you got in a stance and you were, like, looking up at him. Like, those were the times that you were like, man, mom. And you're like, mom, did I really sign up to do this? But that. That's the challenge and the fun of playing defensive back.

[Dan Patrick]

We're talking to Devin McCourty. You can see him on Football Night America, the studio analyst, three time super bowl champ with the patri. We were talking about baby names. Where can you name your child after a sports personality? I'm wondering in New England how many babies were named Brady?

[Devin McCourty]

One of my good friends, his son's 8 now, and he's a Brady. I mean, when you're walking around, you. You meet so many kids named Brady because, you know, Tom's just not enough. Like, you can be any Tom, but that Brady first name, it's. It's very popular in all the New England states.

[Dan Patrick]

You wouldn't have named your children Brady, would you?

[Devin McCourty]

I love Tom, but Brady Brady wasn't coming in my house. No. No kids Brady.

[Dan Patrick]

And nobody's naming their kid Belichick.

[Devin McCourty]

Yeah, I'm not seeing that. Maybe there's some. Maybe there's some Bills out there, though, William. And they call them Bill out there.

[Dan Patrick]

The Rams Eagles game is interesting because I don't know if we've seen the best the Eagles have, but the Rams, I think the Rams are so dangerous. And well, we saw that last year in this game that they, they might have won that game if it was a little bit longer, but obviously it wasn't. But handicapped that game here. What do you expect to happen in this rematch?

[Devin McCourty]

I think the biggest thing, I think the Rams are itching at this rematch because if you remember, in that playoff game, Saquon Barkley had like two runs that were huge runs that made up all of those yards. And I hate saying this because every football game goes that way, but I'm sure they're sitting there saying, if we just don't give up those two plays in the running game, we successfully go out there and we kind of slow down Saquon Barkley. So I think that's a big part. Like, everybody knows when the Rams can get in passing situations, you don't want to go against that defensive front. But I think the key thing for the Eagles is I think they're going to have to get the passing game going. I think the Rams, even more than last year, are going to devout so many people to stop. And Saquon Barclay, because even though we say only two plays, that's the danger of Saquon Barkley that on any given play he can go to distance. So I think they're really going to say, you know what? Don't hold a disguise as long. Don't do this as a. Just get down there, stop Them, stop them. And I think that's going to force the Eagles to use and open up this passing game. And so far that's yet to be seen how the passing game is really going to look this year. We know they have the players but like, is there a confidence level to go out there and execute the passing game at a high level? Because eventually I see Stafford and Puka Nakua and Devonte Adams, I see them starting to be able to make some plays in this game. We saw week one opposite pointy on Mitchell is a little bit of an issue and with two guys that they have with Stafford throwing the ball, I think that can create some problems.

[Dan Patrick]

Are you all in on the Chargers?

[Devin McCourty]

I've liked what I've seen from the Chargers. I really do. I think, you know, we had the hall of Fame game this year and we, we all sat around the desk talking Justin Herbert and my whole thing was I was tired of hearing about his talent and everything he could do. It was time to actually see it done. And I think in these first two weeks they've answered the bell. They've come and they've showed they can dominate a game, they can win different ways. It's not just a running game. It's drop back passes, everything. So I do, I think they're for real this year.

[Dan Patrick]

If I said you had to face Herbert, Jalen hurts, Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, who do you want to face out of that group?

[Devin McCourty]

Who do I want to face? I would, I would pick the, I would pick Herbert, I would pick the Chargers. And playing against Herbert, I'm not picking. The other two guys are. You might as well not even say it. Josh Allen, Lamar Jackson, we're not even signing up for that. But I think the Eagles are defending champs with Jalen Hurst. He plays his best games and the biggest moments and I, I give a ton of credit to that. That's how I came into the league and grew up in the league. Was Belichick telling us your best players have to be their best and the biggest games and Hearst has been that.

[Dan Patrick]

Good to talk to you again. Have a fun weekend. Thank you again, Devin.

[Devin McCourty]

No problem. Good to see you, dan.

[Dan Patrick]

That's Devin McCourty, three time Super bowl champ with the Patriots and Football Night in America. It'll be the Chiefs and the Giants. Tony in Orlando. Hi, Tony.

[Caller]

Hey, Dan. Well, it's good to follow up around one of the greatest safety and colonial twins in history. Of course. I'm a big Patriots fan. I'll start by saying this. It's funny you talk about the whole baby name thing. When I played high school football, my football coach was somebody in greedy. I'm like, oh, Tom. And then I'm from New England. And they're like, no, it's the number 10, the quarterback from Michigan in the late 90s. Anyways, I just want to call up with the Patriots. I think everyone's underestimating them this year. They got a good coach, Mike Ravel. I think he's going to go far, hopefully many years. Former player. I like Drake May and I mean, yeah, I like Stefan Diggs, but I wish we got Shaquan Buckley.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, well, thank you, Tony. Glad, glad you love the Patriots. Mike Vrabel's a good coach.

[Paulie]

Yes, Paul, the patriots right now. 14th ranked offense, 18th ranked defense, much improved.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, yeah's all in. Jacob in Colorado. Hi, Jake. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Hey, morning, guys. Hey. I lived in Utah when Jimmer Burdett was tearing it up down to byu and let's just say that Jimmer mania was not limited only to the basketball court in that era. There's a lot of little Jimmers running around down there now.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, well, thank you. Jacob Jimmer. Interesting name, though. But was that his given name? I think we talked to him about that. Otto in Atlanta. Hi, Otto. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Hey, good morning, guys. Talking about children's names. My last name is Graham and I'm a junior, so my full name is Otto Graham. Like the hall of fame quarterback from the Cleveland Browns who I never saw play.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, thank you, Otto. Yes. Paulie Jimmer.

[Paulie]

Fredette's real name is James Taft. Fredette, his mother, when he's a kid, just wanted to give him a fun nickname. Called him Jimmer.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, okay. Jason in Maryland. Hi, Jace.

[Caller]

Dan, thanks for taking my call. I was just, I was thinking as a modern sports fan, like these days it would be super hard to name your kid after like a, you know, you just drafted, you know, say a Cowboys fan. You just got mic apart in your. In your name and your kid Micah. And then, you know, three, four years later you're like, okay, Micah's gone. So. So you gotta think you now you got this kid lying around. It's, you know, Micah.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't know if the kid's lying around, but I think that is laying around. Yeah, that kid just laying around here. I think that's when you change his name to Mike instead of Micah. Or wait till the player retires if you want to Shuffles in. Phoenix is back. Hi, Shuff.

[Caller]

Good morning. And hearing Marvin talk about his namesake being Marvin Gaye and then talking about his fantastic childhood nickname. I thought of STP as a short term so you don't have to bring up anything that might get anyone in trouble. But for some reason, my mind went to Pandora and FTP singing a reunite. Reunited. Like Peaches and Herb. When you open up and you actually have your outdoor kitchen and you get everything set up there, that would be my genius idea. Pandora and FTP singing Peaches and Herb reunited. That's my idea.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you. Thank you. Shuffles. I'll take the idea. I'll keep the ideas.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Todd, that's kind of thinking. Tonight I celebrate my love for you. But we could do that.

[Dan Patrick]

I know we're not doing that.

[Todd Fritz]

There'll be no distance between us.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, we'll take a break. When we come back, who had the best week in sports? More of your phone calls as well. Back after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

[Julian Edelman]

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[Todd Fritz]

Hey, this is Matt Jones. I'm Drew Franklin and this is NFL Cover Zero. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining and twice a week. That is exactly, exactly what you're going to get. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspective a little bit different. Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game. What was that? Looks like something that should not be sold. Oh my. So that was my other big Colts takeaway. They sold that? Yes. Might want to go back at the Colts stadium. Yeah, I might want to go back to the drawing board on that. Yeah, I thought the shape we had with Pretzels was working pretty well.

[Dan Patrick]

It's worked for generations.

[Todd Fritz]

We're just here trying to enjoy it. We hope you all will join us throughout the the year. And let's go. I hope I'm as youthful as Pete.

[Dan Patrick]

Carol is at his age.

[Todd Fritz]

He's a young 73. He is a young 73. He is spry. I wouldn't fight him. I would listen. NFL Cover 0 with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcast or wherever you get your podcast.

[Dan Patrick]

Rams at the Eagles and rematch of the best postseason game, Broncos at the Chargers. Broncos coming off a tough loss. It's a big divisional rival game and this is at the Chargers where Chargers are a slight favor. Chiefs of the Giants. The Chiefs are six point favorites against the G man, college number 17, Texas Tech against number 16, Utah. That to me is spicy. I like that one. That could be an early preview of the Big 12 title game. And then Illinois and Indiana. It's not basketball, it's actually football. And who would have thought both are ranked in the top 20. Let me see. When the last time. Okay. The last time these two teams met in a game where they were both ranked inside the top 25. 1950. Illinois beat Indiana 20 to nothing in champagne. Illinois next. Oh, no. It's okay. Brought you by Panini America Kings Hawaiian slide into the weekend. Make it a slider Sunday or if you're a college football fan, a slider Saturday. Get all the recipes@kings hawaiian.com all right, who had the best week in sports? The best week in sports? Todd.

[Todd Fritz]

I'm gonna give it to the Seattle Mariners. They've won 10 of their last 11. They had won every game of the last 12 except for Wednesday to the Royals. They're now tied for first place with Hughtown and the AL West. How about those Seattle Mariners and the big dumper.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. See, no, Connor, the big dumper.

[Seaton]

I'm giving it to Noah Lyles. Noah Lyles at the world athletics championships in Tokyo. He just won the 200 meter again. This is fourth world title. That ties Usain Bolt. Anytime that you're tying Usain Bolt in anything, that is a massive week for you and your brand. That was well done, Noah.

[Dan Patrick]

Marvin.

[Todd Fritz]

I'm going to go with Texas A and M football. After beating Notre Dame, they moved up six spots from number 16. Now they're a top 10 team in the nation.

[Dan Patrick]

Paul, best week in sports.

[Paulie]

Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers. 18 years with one franchise having a nice year at 10 and two going out on his own terms and in the playoffs. Fantastic career.

[Dan Patrick]

Here's Clayton Kershaw yesterday talking about the announcement.

[Caller]

Yeah, I can't think of a better.

[Dan Patrick]

Season to go go out. And we still have a lot to accomplish, obviously, this month. And the last thing I want to.

[Caller]

Do is be a distraction to anybody.

[Dan Patrick]

For accomplishing our ultimate goal to win.

[Caller]

In the last game of the season. So we're going to get through this today. And then we're going to go win the rest of the games and be good.

[Dan Patrick]

Gonna win them and be good. And I don't think they're the favorites to win the World Series. I think, I think the Phillies are now the favorites to win the World Series. At least the last odds that I saw. But it's going to be fun. This doesn't feel like it's, you know, whoever gets into the World Series from the American League is going to be a sacrificial lamb. It feels like it'll be pretty competitive there. At least I'm hoping it is. Garrett in Illinois. Hi, Garrett. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Hey, just thanks for having me. So regarding the whole sports names topic. Yeah, my mom wanted, my mom wanted to name me Payne Stewart Carlson. My dad was not having any of it. So anyways, fast forward 10 years later, we're at the Western Open in by Chicago and while in a bathroom my dad asked who we're gonna be following on the course. And my dad said Payne Stewart. And right when he said that pain Stewart walked into the bathroom and just how, you know, upbeat. He was just, oh really? And so my dad ended up telling him this whole story while he's going to the bathroom. And so he ended up tossing me a golf ball on the course and I got a signature on the program. But it was only a couple years later of course what happened. But yeah, that was, I thought, pretty cool.

[Dan Patrick]

He had a lot of energy. Thank you, Garrett. He had a lot of energy. He was confident, cocky, but came up big. Alex in Tennessee. Hi Alex. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Hey, Dan, what's going on man? First time, long time. 5, 10, 2, 15. I just calling in about the sports names. I live about an hour outside of Knoxville. We're Titan season ticket holders and it's nothing that you can handle. Even worse than going to a Titans game, seeing a bunch of blue 18 jersey showing up and everybody is named Peyton.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah, I'll bet there might have been more babies named after Peyton Manning than Tom Brady. Peyton's great name. Paulie's daughter's name Peyton. Willie in Cleveland. Hi Willie.

[Caller]

Hey Dan, thanks for calling me back. First time, long time. Six feet, a 60 year old ex linebacker, hard 240. My, my full name is Robert William Mays. My dad was a sports writer in northwestern Pennsylvania and he had me convinced for the first 12 or 15 years of my life that I was named after Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays. I get to college, I'm playing Linebacker and head coach has a hard time remembering my name. And he starts calling me Willie, although it is my middle name. And it stuck with me. And I'm now 60, and for the last 40 years of my life, I've been Willie made.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you. Thank you, Willie. A great player to be named after. I'm gonna guess Mickey for Mickey Mantle. Probably. If you start to look, you know, some of those names, like, they became larger than life because they weren't on TV all the time. You didn't get to see them. The American League played the American League, National League played the National League. But there are probably some names where you go, man, the. Almost like the mythology of that person. Yeah. Paulie.

[Paulie]

I met the baby named Tracker. And Mickey had a big spike in the mid-50s, as you'd expect.

[Dan Patrick]

Donnie in Fresno. Hi, Donnie.

[Caller]

Hi, Dan. First time, long time. 62260. So my son was born a little over seven years ago. And something that happened in the nine months before that was the Justin Turner walk off. And nine months later, my wife and I have a son named Turner. First name, middle name Davis, after Davis. Love.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, all right. Hey, as long as you can get it by the goalie. You know, when your wife is delivered. I still go back to Brad Johnson. Brad Johnson, quarterback, convinced his wife to name their son Maximus Johnson.

[Paulie]

You give your kid that name, he may go into a different industry.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I think he's still playing college quarterback. I think he's still Max Johnson. We had him on, and I said, how did you pull that off?

[Paulie]

He's 24 years old and he's on the Tar Heels.

[Dan Patrick]

He's Max Johnson. Yeah, yeah, with Bill Belichick. Bill Belichick out my. Max Johnson.

[Paulie]

Max Johnson. No middle name.

[Dan Patrick]

Just let it be Maximus.

[Paulie]

No room for a middle name.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Trent in Virginia, I. Trent.

[Caller]

Oh, speaking of being named after athletes. So funny story. My wife was born in April of 94. She was a few months premature, so her parents hadn't really decided on a name yet. And there was this name, Tanya, all over the news, so they named her Tanya. Then later they found out what Tanya Harding was on the news for.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, boy. Oh, boy. Thank you, Trent. Tanya Harding. Special, special place in my heart for Tanya Harding. What do you think Tanya's doing now? Maybe a greeter at Walmart or something?

[Paulie]

Checking.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, yes.

[Todd Fritz]

What's this bodyguard Paul up to that interrupted that.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, I know.

[Todd Fritz]

We're gonna keep it. We're gonna keep it cool.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Dan Patrick]

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