Hour 2 – NFL Franchises in Bad Shape, Maurice Jones-Drew

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show: Hour 2 – NFL Franchises in Bad Shape with Maurice Jones-Drew Release Date: December 17, 2024

Hosts:

• Dan Patrick (Host)
• Greg Olsen (Co-host)
• Todd Fritz (Co-host)
• Paul Pabst (Co-host)
• Maurice Jones-Drew (Guest, NFL Network Analyst and Former NFL Running Back)

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1. Introduction and Poll on Struggling NFL Franchises

Timestamp: [04:07]

The episode kicks off with a poll question aimed at listeners: "Which NFL franchise feels like it is in the worst shape?"
Options: Giants, Browns, Raiders, Bears, Panthers, Jaguars, Titans, or Other.

Poll Results:

• Giants: 27.5%
• Browns: 24%
• Raiders: Following the Giants and Browns in the poll results.

Greg Olsen initiates a discussion on the poll results, expressing skepticism about the Bears being in dire straits compared to other teams due to what he perceives as management instability and questionable decisions in coaching and player acquisitions.

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2. Chicago Bears' Struggles and Management Issues

Timestamp: [04:46] - [07:04]

Greg Olsen delves into why he believes the Bears are struggling:

• Coaching Instability: "They’ve had a bad situation with the head coach. You’ve got to have stability."

• Questionable Decisions:
  "This is a franchise that passed on Tom Brady late in Tom's career and they passed on Jim Harbaugh. They don't make good decisions normally."

• Quarterback Conundrum:
  "Now you have the future of Caleb Williams at your fingertips. You’ve got to make sure you make the right decision."

Olsen criticizes the Bears for past decisions like not signing Bill Belichick and questions whether their current acquisitions, such as Ben Johnson from the Lions, are sufficient to change the team’s culture.

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3. Recap of Recent Games and Team Performances

Timestamp: [07:12] - [15:00]

Maurice Jones-Drew provides a recap of last night’s games:

• Vikings vs. Bears: "The Bears have lost eight in a row, 30 to 12. The final Vikings now 12 and 2. Bears dropped to 4 and 10."

• Falcons vs. Raiders: "Falcons are 7 and 7. That didn't feel like a win."

• Raiders' Performance:
  "The Raiders dropped to two and 12. If you're the Raiders, if you're Mark Davis, you want to make sure that you get the number one pick in the draft."

Jones-Drew discusses the Raiders’ poor performance, highlighting the need for better quarterback options and questioning the owner’s strategies.

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4. Listener Calls and Personal Anecdotes

Timestamp: [13:14] - [37:22]

Listeners share personal stories and interact with the hosts:

• June from Virginia Beach: Celebrates her son Marty’s 43rd birthday and his battle with ALS. She shares Marty’s lifelong passion for sports and his favorite athlete, Barry Sanders.
  Quote: "He learned to read when he was three years old because he wanted to read the sports page and read about his football teams." ([13:14])

• Andrew from Washington: Discusses upcoming shoulder surgery and inquires about the hosts' recovery experiences.
  Quote: "I wanted to see how yours was going, what your recovery is like, what your PT was and how you are today." ([15:07])

• Personal Stories:
  Todd Fritz and Greg Olsen exchange humorous anecdotes about church attendance and childhood experiences, adding a personal and relatable touch to the show.

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5. The Bears' Ongoing Challenges and Giants' Mismanagement

Timestamp: [25:32] - [31:35]

Maurice Jones-Drew elaborates on the Bears’ difficulties and critiques the Giants’ management:

• Giants' Free Agency Decisions:
  "You let go of ... players that are playing well for their McKinney and Green Bay, obviously Saquon and Philly. You just can't let talent hit free agency and not bring them back."

• Giants' Organizational Disarray:
  "Now you’re sitting there in disarray trying to figure out what's going on."

Jones-Drew underscores the Giants' mismanagement, particularly their handling of star players like Saquon Barkley, which has led to internal chaos and a tough season.

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6. Vikings’ Strength and Sam Darnold’s Role

Timestamp: [26:30] - [35:43]

Jones-Drew shifts focus to the Minnesota Vikings, discussing their strengths and quarterback situation:

• Vikings’ Potential:
  "When Sam Darnold is playing the way he's playing, they can beat anyone, especially in the NFC North now with Detroit going through all those injuries."

• Sam Darnold’s Performance and Future:
  "If Sam can continue to play this way, I think the Vikings have a great chance to continue to build a roster with him and then obviously move on from him in a year, two years, and then put J.J. McCarthy in there."

Jones-Drew expresses support for Darnold, suggesting that the Vikings should secure his role with a 2-3 year deal while developing a younger quarterback as a long-term strategy.

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7. Coaching Opportunities for Michael Vick

Timestamp: [37:06] - [52:34]

A discussion ensues about former NFL quarterback Michael Vick potentially taking on coaching roles at college programs like Sacramento State or Norfolk State:

• Potential Impact:
  "Michael Vick was just there just to get people's attention. And then Florida State didn't hire him."

• Coaching Challenges:
  "Can he relate to these players, his personality? How's that going to come across?"

• Vick’s Redemption and Influence:
  "Tony Dungy took him under his wing and said, look, I want to help you."

• Listener Opinion:
  Todd Fritz emphasizes the draw of Michael Vick’s name for recruits:
  "If my kid was 20 and Michael Vick walked in, I'd be super excited." ([51:54])

The hosts debate Vick’s suitability for coaching roles, weighing his charismatic influence against his prior controversies and lack of formal coaching experience.

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8. Final Thoughts and Stat of the Day

Timestamp: [37:22] - [44:20]

• Stat of the Day:
  "Over the last three games, the Bears have been outscored 53 to nothing in the first half. Chicago's the first team to have three consecutive scoreless first halves since the 2018 Jacksonville Jaguars."
  Presented by: Panini America.

• Concluding Discussion:
  The hosts reflect on the Bears’ performance and discuss potential strategies for improvement, emphasizing the importance of focusing on the second half of games for a more enjoyable viewing experience.

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Key Quotes:

• Greg Olsen on Bears' Management:
  "This is a franchise that passed on Tom Brady late in Tom's career and they passed on Jim Harbaugh. They don't make good decisions normally." ([04:34])

• Maurice Jones-Drew on Sam Darnold:
  "If Sam can continue to play this way, I think the Vikings have a great chance to continue to build a roster with him and then obviously move on from him in a year, two years, and then put J.J. McCarthy in there." ([27:17])

• June on Marty’s Birthday:
  "He just celebrated seven years of battling ALS. It has taken his body, but it's not taken his spirit or his intelligence or his sense of humor." ([13:14])

• Greg Olsen on Coaching Michael Vick:
  "Michael Vick was just there just to get people's attention." ([48:03])

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Conclusion

In this episode, The Dan Patrick Show provides an in-depth analysis of struggling NFL franchises, with a particular focus on the Chicago Bears’ management issues and the Minnesota Vikings' promising performance under Sam Darnold. Maurice Jones-Drew offers valuable insights into team dynamics, quarterback strategies, and potential coaching opportunities for former players like Michael Vick. Engaging listener interactions and personal anecdotes add a relatable dimension to the sports discussions, making it a comprehensive and engaging episode for NFL enthusiasts.

Transcript

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd Fritz]

Which NFL franchise feels like it is in the worst shape? Giants, Browns, Raiders, Bears, Panthers, Jags, Titans, or if you're so inclined, other and we have some early results that you're interested.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay, I am interested.

[Todd Fritz]

The Giants.

[Greg Olsen]

How about we guess?

[Todd Fritz]

Okay, Giants are not in first place, Marvin, maybe they are the Titans.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay, Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

After last night, the Bears.

[Greg Olsen]

I'm going to say the giants.

[Todd Fritz]

We've got 27 and a half percent, say giants, 24% browns, followed by Raiders, Bears, Panthers.

[Greg Olsen]

I don't think the Bears are in a bad situation. I think they've had a bad situation with the head coach. You got to have stability. If you have a rookie quarterback, you got to have the same coach, offensive coordinator, head coach and maybe you get that, you know, stability. This is a franchise that passed on Tom Brady late in Tom's career and they passed on Jim Harbaugh. They don't make good decisions normally. And now you have the future of Caleb Williams at your fingertips. You got to make sure you make the right decision. Here they passed on Bill Belichick. Are they getting Ben Johnson from the Lions? And is that enough to change the culture of the Chicago Bears? We'll talk to Mojo and Greg Olson NFL and Fox will stop by as well. Vikings handled the Bears. Bears have lost eight in a row, 30 to 12. The final Vikings now 12 and 2. Bears dropped to 4 and 10. Falcons beat the Raiders. Falcons are 7 and 7. That didn't feel like a win. And once again with Kirk Cousins, he is not done. Well, he's got one touchdown pass, nine picks in the last five games. The Raiders dropped to two and 12. See, I thought that was going to be a game the Raiders would win and then screw things up. Because if you're the Raiders, if you're Mark Davis, the owner, you want to make sure that you get the number one pick in the draft. Worst case scenario, maybe the second pick in there. You got to get a quarterback. You can get Shador Sanders or Cam Ward. If they grayed out and they've, you know, it feels like that's who you want or you get Travis Hunter. But I look at the Raiders and Max Crosby will be back. I don't know if Antonio Pierce will be back. It. It feels like I have no information on this. But getting that number one pick maybe attracts more attention with coaching candidates. There's. Did you leave your microphone on, Marvin?

[Todd Fritz]

I sure did.

[Greg Olsen]

I was with you Preach.

[Todd Fritz]

Dp.

[Greg Olsen]

I like that.

[Paul Pabst]

Go on with your bad self.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah. Like when you're in a movie theater and there's something that's getting ready bad gonna happen, and then you start to say something.

[Todd Fritz]

It definitely felt very churchy.

[Greg Olsen]

Oh, okay.

[Todd Fritz]

From my part growing up in the church preach.

[Greg Olsen]

Pastor.

[Todd Fritz]

Sorry.

[Greg Olsen]

Did you sing in the church choir?

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah, in the children's choir.

[Greg Olsen]

Oh, you did?

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Mount Zion Baptist Church Children's Choir.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

From about 8 to 11.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay.

[Todd Fritz]

That's how long church service was from.

[Greg Olsen]

8 in the morning until 11.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah.

[Greg Olsen]

Wow. I needed a pitch clock in church. You know, I needed them to speed it up a little bit there because. Because it used to be like an hour when you go for a Catholic mass, and then all of a sudden it's like, well, we. We cut. Cut short some things here. Let's speed up some things here. You want to get more people to go to church? Make it 35 minutes. And why. Why was my family always late to church now? You know, granted, my mom had to get six kids together, throw all of us in a station wagon. But even now, when my wife goes to church, we're late because you go. You wait till the last minute to get out the door when it goes to church, at least in my family, it's like, let me see it's going to take seven minutes to get there. Let's leave. And six and a half minutes, they can't find parking. Then you walk in. Because my wife's always like, oh, God, I hate to walk in late. You know, Then you got to walk and there's bad seats and it's like, it's okay. All right. I'd rather sit in the choir. All the way up where the organ is. Yes, Paul.

[Paul Pabst]

And the families that walk in late, the door creaks open and breaks the silence and everyone does the judgmental turnback look to the late family, it's not.

[Todd Fritz]

That important to that family, not that important.

[Paul Pabst]

And then you have to like, like you're breaking into a building. You tiptoe to your seat.

[Greg Olsen]

Excuse me. Or you leave right after communion. Oh, that was, that was a great move by me. Although I, I have to admit. Well, I did admit finally too. My, you know what I didn't admit? My, my brothers and sisters, they ratted me out. I used to drop them off for church and I would carry a pair of Converse and put them in the trunk. So I'd drop them off and I would have my younger brother, my two younger sisters. I drop them off and I'd say, hey, get me, you know, a leaflet. Give me the. Yes. Yes. I go shoot basketball. And then I'd. So I'd get my. Put my cons on and then I would go shoot and then I'd come back and pick them up and then we go home and, you know, I had proof. And then they finally ratted me out. They said, you know, Dan doesn't go to church. And my mom's like, danny, I go, what? Dave says that you don't go to church. I go, I go to church. I don't go into church. Although there was a two year window. I pulled off one of the great ones. I said to my mom, Notre Dame football re air Sunday morning. Lindsay Nelson and Paul Horning. And you got to watch a truncated, you know, they would cut down the Notre Dame game. And I said to my mom, I said, mom, it's kind of like church. It's Notre Dame football. And my mom let me get away with that for two years. And then all of a sudden, my brother and then my sisters and then everybody became a Notre Dame fan. And then that, that ruined it. So then I had to go back. Going to church. I had to go to church every single morning when I was growing up, every day. But Saturday. Get dressed up, go in there, little guy, sit there. I Had no idea what was going on. I just knew that I was already in trouble. I already had a sin, and the original sin. And I said to my mom, what did I do? And she said, you didn't do anything. I said, I got a sin. I can't even get rid of it. I can't even go to confession. And then she goes, don't worry about it. It's a really minor sin. I said, I didn't do anything. And she said, you'll get a chance to get rid of it. Yes.

[Todd Fritz]

Todd, how long did you get away with playing basketball? And what made them finally decide this is bull. I'm gonna. We're gonna rat Dan out. There's no way he can get away with this.

[Greg Olsen]

I don't know. I don't know why they turned on me, but, you know, snitches get stitches and, you know, I'd take matters into my own hands with my younger brother. I said, you do it again. No, you know, they're. It's, you know, siblings. They're gonna turn on you. Can't trust them, even now. Turn on me now.

[Paul Pabst]

Yes, Paul, I think the eighth commandment is thou shall not narc, isn't it? Checking my notes. I was an altar boy.

[Greg Olsen]

I think it's thou shalt not shoot hoops. Because my mom goes, don't you want to be closer to God and be an altar boy? And I go, no, no, Mom, I gotta make jumpers. Like, I'm gonna. I'm gonna make it rain. I'm gonna buy you a house. All right, Maybe I'll get you a dishwasher. Yes, Martin.

[Todd Fritz]

Yeah. Being All States, way more important than getting heaven.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

I think Pete Maravich said that if you.

[Greg Olsen]

If you said heaven or be in Allstate.

[Todd Fritz]

Oh, Allstate.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

Careful.

[Greg Olsen]

Third team, All State. Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Wait, it's got to be first team.

[Greg Olsen]

No, I wasn't first team. That's 13. That's. All right. I'll take it. I'll take it. Maybe a shooting contest with me and Stephen. A. Maybe. Maybe set that up there, Fritzi. Yeah, good.

[Todd Fritz]

Look into that.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Why not?

[Greg Olsen]

That sounds fun. I might worry about Van Peasy more than I would Stephen A. I think I played one pickup game with Van.

[Paul Pabst]

Pelt from the free throw line.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah, I think he's probably got some nice form, you know, Shooter. All right. Dang. I got sidetracked there. June in Virginia Beach. Hi, June. Thanks for holding. What's on your mind today?

[June]

Good morning, Dan. And, Dan, it's. I call you every year around this time. Today is my son Marty's 43rd birthday and he just celebrated seven years of beating Alfred. It has taken his body, but it's not taken his spirit or his intelligence or his sense of humor. And Marty was almost born with a love of sports. He learned to read when he was three years old because he wanted to read the sports page and read about his football teams. And he picked the Detroit Lions when he was three years old as his team. So there have been a lot of lean years, but he stuck with them. Barry Sanders is his all time favorite athlete. And I just like every year for you guys to sing Happy Birthday to him and give them a little list. And I know that I'm going to be calling you until you retire every year for Marty's birthday because he's convinced that he has the Stephen Hawking kind of als. It's going to take his body, but it's figured out it not going to kill him. So it's going to leave him alone. So he's looking forward to a long life.

[Greg Olsen]

Well, June, you might have to call me when I retire from this just so we can say and sing the following. Happy birthday party.

[Paul Pabst]

Great mom, June.

[June]

Thank you very much.

[Greg Olsen]

Yes, love you.

[June]

Well, we love you too.

[Greg Olsen]

Thank you very, very nice that you call in. And June in Virginia Beach, Andrew in Washington. Hi, Andrew. Good morning, Dan Dennett.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Thanks for taking my call. Have a follow that up. Happy birthday, Marty. I now want the Lions to win the super bowl this year just for Marty.

[Greg Olsen]

Seriously.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

On another note, there's no bad ideas about the NBA. How about every player on the active roster on the bench has to play sometime. You bring it back to, you know, when you were in grade school and everybody got a rotation. So maybe that's an option that everybody has to play. But Dan, I did call because I'm going to join the surgery, the shoulder surgery group tomorrow and I wanted to see how yours was going, what your recovery is like, what your PT was and how you are today.

[Greg Olsen]

Everything's good. I do PT a couple of times a week here in the man cave and, and making great progress there. So good luck with that, Andrew. Shoulders, they don't have it down yet. It's hips. They do knees pretty good. Shoulders, that feels like an inexact science just from my own personal surgeries that I've had. But once again, minor surgery is when it's on someone else, whenever they put you under. It's not minor surgery. Just say, let me see Rick in Grand Rapids. Hi, Rick. First one line, Line one. Marv. Hey, Rick or Rodney.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

This is Rod.

[Greg Olsen]

Hey, Rod, how's it going? Good. What's on your mind?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Good, good.

[Greg Olsen]

Hey, first time caller.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Long, long time listener.

[Greg Olsen]

Appreciate what you guys do.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

No bad ideas for the NBA. Since I'm in the heartland of NBA in northwest Iowa here, how about we just make everything a three pointer except for inside the box.

[Greg Olsen]

I, I don't want more three pointers. I don't. But once again, no bad ideas. I don't know if they do something with the court. I don't. And once again, we talked about this at length in the first hour. Baseball's trying, but baseball needed to try. The NBA has had a, you know, a steady decline in the last 10 years. Baseball's had. Baseball had a great year this year. And there are things to build on the gold net bat. Do I like it? No. That doesn't mean that I would reject it. I'd like to see it. If you did it in spring training, I mean, that's how it started with the pitch count. Like, let's just see it before you go. That's stupid. If I would have said a red, white and blue basketball and a three point shot back when the ABA came into business, you'd be like, what a gimmicky. That's silly. A lot of this, the stuff that was going on in the aba, the NBA adopted, the NFL has adopted. Like you, you have to adapt or you get steamrolled and you're going against this behemoth in the NFL. Now they're going to play games on Christmas Day. That was the NBA's coming out party. They don't care. They want to eat everything in front of them. The gambling, everything. And baseball and basketball trying to keep up, having gambling, it's, it's nothing compared to the NFL. Yes, Todd.

[Todd Fritz]

What if you miss a three and they subtract three points from your score? That'll kind of reduce the number of three points, especially the ones that aren't very good at taking them. What did you just do? We were up 71, 63.

[Greg Olsen]

Now it's 68, 63.

[Todd Fritz]

What are you doing?

[Greg Olsen]

There's no bad ideas today.

[Todd Fritz]

Lose three points when you missed it.

[Greg Olsen]

There is no, no bad ideas today. None. All right, we'll take a break. Maurice Jones, Drew will join us asking which team feels the most hopeless right now. We'll take a break. 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. Hey, it's Steve Covino and I'm Rich Davis and together we're Covino and Rich on Fox Sports Radio. You can catch us weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. And of course the iHeartRadio app. Why should you listen to Covino and Rich? We talk about everything. Life, sports, relationships, what's going on in the world. We have a lot of fun talking about the stories behind the stories in the world of sports and pop culture. Stories that, well, other shows don't seem to have the time to discuss. And the fact that we've been friends for the last 20 years and still work together, I mean, that says something, right? So check us out. We like to get you involved, to take your phone calls, chop it up as they say. I'd say the most interactive show on Fox Sports Radio, maybe the most interactive show on planet Earth. Be sure to check out Covino and Rich live on Fox Sports radio and the iHeartradio app from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific. And if you miss any of the live show, just search Kobe no Rich, wherever you get your podcast. And of course on social media, that's Covino and Rich.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Well, first and foremost, Dan, great to be back. Second, no Jaguar slander will be allowed while I'm on here. No more Jaguar slander. We've had enough.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay. Okay.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

We've had enough.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Start of the day, you know, unless it's positive. We don't, we don't want to talk anything negative about the Jags. All right. Start of the day was a little. That was a little tough for me to hear you say that.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay. All right. I've learned my lesson. I'll try to be nice. Let me see if I can find something nicer. How about we'll do it when.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

I was gonna say it's okay. We can move on.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

You know.

[Greg Olsen]

All right.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

You know, Jags near and dear to our hearts here in the Jones Drew household. Been a tough season, but we can move forward.

[Greg Olsen]

Well, I did have this one. The Raiders have trailed by double digits in all 14 games this season.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Yeah, that does, that doesn't. That doesn't help either. That doesn't help. We're going the wrong way. Let's talk about the Vikings.

[Greg Olsen]

Okay. How threatening are the Vikings?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

To me, I think the Vikings, when Sam Darnold is playing the way he's playing, they can beat anyone, especially in the NFC north now with Detroit going through all those injuries. And I know Dan Campbell's fired up about the, the, the challenge that'll be for his team, but in the NFL, it's about the creme de la creme. It's about the, the talent that you have on that roster and misses so many guys that they have right now on defense. David Montgomery out for the season. That's going to be Tough to overcome. I'm not saying they can't do it, but the way the Vikings are playing, they're my favorite right now to win the NFC North.

[Greg Olsen]

What would you do with Sam Darnold's contract moving forward?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

I would. I would actually sign Sam to a two to three year deal. Continue to let JJ McCarthy sit and learn. Very similar to what kind of packers do with Jordan Love. If Sam can continue to play this way, I think the Vikings have a great chance to continue to build a roster with him and then obviously move on from him in a year, two years, and then put J.J. mcCarthy in there. You're ready to roll. You got it. You got a winner. So to me, I think they put themselves in a position. Now, let me be honest, I wasn't a believer in Sam Darnold. I don't think many were because of what he did in New York. And I know he played better in Carolina. I know he sat with the Niners. But what we saw from him as a full starter in New York was tough to watch, right? A lot of turnovers, a lot of mistakes being made. But kudos to him for working on himself, working on his game and going into Minnesota into a situation where you have a lot of weapons around you and he's really taking advantage of this opportunity. So to me, he's earned the right to play again next year. Especially being what they're 12 and 2 right now and you have a chance to win the North. To me that's a huge accomplishment for not only does the Vikings organization, but for Sam himself.

[Greg Olsen]

Fritzi, give Mojo the poll question.

[Todd Fritz]

The poll question is which NFL franchise feels like it is in the worst shape? Bears, Giants, Panthers, Raiders, Browns, Jaguars, Titans, what in that group, who's in the worst shape moving forward?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

You know, again, I told you, no Jaguar slander.

[Todd Fritz]

My mistake.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

So you didn't have to put them in there. You know, also Brian Callahan is a great friend of mine. No Titan slander. I feel like that franchise is on the rise, that they're, they have a good defense, they're rolling. To me, it has to be the Giants. And the reason being is you let go of, I want to say two or three players in free agency that are playing well for their McKinney and Green Bay, obviously Saquon and Philly. And I wanted to say there was another player that's actually playing really well that they let go of free agency. You just can't let talent hit free agency and not bring them back. You just can't do that. And Lot of that was because they paid Daniel Jones a ton of money. Now you let you. You let him go, right? And now you're sitting there in disarray trying to figure out what's going on. Another tough season for them. And what makes it worse for me is that they did the off season hard knocks and the way they were talking about their players.

[Todd Fritz]

Right.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

And that to me just is this kind of like, I don't know now, yes, the Browns have a tough situation. I think all those teams are in pretty volatile situations, but to me, the Giants, just how it went about it, what it looked like from the outside and then getting in peak on the inside, it looked exactly what we thought it was going to look like. And then the season you have just doesn't work well for me.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah, I, I was really surprised that they allowed those behind the scenes phone calls. And you have the, you know, the GM talking to Saquon Barkley and it just, it was embarrassing because, I mean, not having, you know, read the room understand what you're saying. You're saying it on TV cameras and you're basically saying to Saquon Barkley, yeah, go ahead and see if somebody likes you. But, you know, come back to us and let us know, man, I'd be out the door, be like, nope, not going to look back on this.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Well, yeah, shout out to the scout tour. The one of the personnel people was like, are you sure you want to do this right? He was there to make sure. Like, are you sure you want to let Saquon walk? And they were kind of like, yeah, yeah, we're not going to pay a quarterback $40 million to turn around and hand off to a $13 million back. Like, well, guess what? Philly is more than happy to do that. And you know, to be quite honest, he shouldn't be. He should be paid 10 times that amount, what he's done for Philadelphia and their offense, right. In a situation where he won them a couple games while guys were hurting, he's been the focal point of that offense. He needs to go back, you know, if it's me. And I'm glad I'm not his agent because we'd be going back to the table, sir. I'd be knocking on the door like, we need a couple, a little bit more of this pie that you got going around here, you know?

[Greg Olsen]

Maurice Jones, Drew NFL Network analyst, I don't know if Kirk Cousins is your friend, but I have to ask you, is it time to bench Kirk Cousins in Atlanta?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Yeah. Okay, so this is the thing I, I, we had this conversation. I do a show every Monday for the people in the UK and Ireland for NFL and it's a, we do a Monday night show. We talk about it like, Kurt is a great guy, he's great in the locker room, but you can't continue to turn the ball over at the rate he turned the ball over. And to me I believe, look, if you want, if you're fighting for this spot and you want to win and maybe you feel like, hey, Michael Penix isn't ready yet or I gotta go see that, I can't sit back and have this guy not throw a touchdown for what, four or five weeks, continue to lose games that are winnable games and put us in a position where we're, we're not playing well. Now he does do a great job off of play action pass, but they've been in some, some drop back passing situations where he's just made bad decisions. And to be quite frank with you, I don't know if he's still hurt or if Father Time is tied up to him, but sometimes when he throws a football, it doesn't seem like he has a lot of that pizzazz that he had on him when he was in Minnesota. And so for me, I just think it's time to see what we have. And I know they're in the race and I know they're still winning. And I love Raheem Morris, so I'm going to believe and trust in him. But if I was the coach, I would have pulled Kirk a while ago and saw the young guy was going to do.

[Greg Olsen]

What's the difference with Josh Allen this year as opposed to maybe the last couple of years?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Yeah. Okay. So first and foremost, I think he's just playing with the confidence and understanding of this offense. It must be the same offense, you know, obviously Joe Brady there and their connection, but watching him versus the Rams. So you got to remember this is again, I work, you said I work for the Rams. Big Rams fan. That's why I said no slander for the Rams, Jags or Raiders. We refused that. And the Titans because my guy, Brian Callahan and Nick Holtz. But I saw Saquon Barkley versus the Rams and I was like, this is the best player I've ever seen in football. And my God, like this is crazy, you know, then double back a couple weeks later, the next week or something crazy like that. Here comes Josh Allen. And I was like, no, this is the best player ever. Right? He was throwing the ball, he had a Couple throws, if they were arrows, they would have killed some of those receivers away. Just hit him square in the chest like he was putting the ball in positions. The Rams defenders were in great position and he was the throw to Mac Hollins for a touchdown. A couple of those are Mari Cooper and then his ability to take off and run and he's, he's again your bigger, he's your biggest runner, right? So he, the goal line opportunities. Then you see the way he's running and taking the time. Well, he picks his spots when he wants to be Superman, if that makes sense. I think that's what, that's, what's the difference we've seen between Josh Allen now and Josh Allen before. He always wanted to be Superman. Always wanted to make the throws, always want to do all these things. Now he allows the game to come to him, meaning they're going to run the football. He's not going to take chances. And then they have play calls where they probably talked him throughout the week. Like, all right, this is where you could be Superman if you need to be. These are the moments where we need you to be Superman. We need you to run the ball here, we need you to extend the play and throw the ball down the field here on this third down. Like there must be a code word that they tell him where he turns from, you know, Clark into Superman and he goes out and does it. And again a guy like, like I said, like he's clearly right now, you know, obviously I'm a running back enthusiast and I love Arby's and I'm all over. But what he's done the last couple weeks, scoring 40 points in back to back games against defenses that have played really well throughout this season. And I mean, what's that? You had 48 last week. He has 42 the week before. Whatever it might have been like, like, my goodness. And so to me he's just, he's really learning his. When the moment is for him to go out and show what he can do, but he's relying on his teammates and that's, that's what's great to see.

[Greg Olsen]

Great to talk to you as always. Hope you're doing well.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Oh, always. Well, we'll get going. Look, listen, I'm gonna be honest with you. I had youth football, I had high school football. We lost the state championship game to the number one team in the country. I'm still. I haven't moved out of my bed in three days.

[Greg Olsen]

Did you, did you cry?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

No, I don't cry. Just. I just you know, replay the game over and over and over again. But our kids played really well. We just. We did. We had some opportunities we didn't take advantage of. And so I watched the tape. I'm sitting here. I mean, I silent cried, which means I didn't like boohoo, but like a couple tears dropped.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Because, you know, just losing. Losing is hard, but you can learn from losing. And I'm learning that I'm a terrible loser. And I'm gonna get working back to the drawing board. We're ready to go see the kids in a couple weeks. You know, is gonna do Christmas.

[Greg Olsen]

What?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Kids don't even get Christmas this year. Santa doesn't come to losers houses. You know what I'm saying? So the kids already know, like Santa doesn't come. He doesn't like that. He loves winners. So we gotta. We gotta read. We gotta. We got to figure this thing back out again.

[Greg Olsen]

Is your son being recruited?

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

He is. He is being recruited. He has offers by Cal in Utah right now as a couple other schools talking to him. So he's a sophomore, but he had a. He had a really good sophomore year and we're getting ready for our junior year here. Like I said, back. Back to it. No Christmas this year.

[Greg Olsen]

Good to talk.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Good to talk to you as well.

[Greg Olsen]

Thank you, Mojo. That's Maurice Jones, Drew. He has the most rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, scrimmage yards, scrimmage, touchdowns of any NFL player. Five, seven or shorter.

[Todd Fritz]

That's something.

[Greg Olsen]

Here comes that one stat of the day. Okay. All right. I have to hang your hat on. Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

I have to reach a little higher to hang the hat on, but you gotta hang that.

[Greg Olsen]

Well, does Mugsy Bogues have the best stats of any player 5 foot 5 and under in NBA history?

[Todd Fritz]

Likely, yeah. I gotta google Earl Boykins.

[Greg Olsen]

Oh, who? Earl Mugsy was pretty.

[Todd Fritz]

Mugsy was a starter in the league.

[Greg Olsen]

Mugsy was pretty good. Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

Paul, if we did greatest American sports athlete under 510 because you can't go international because the Messi ruins the whole thing for everybody. That would be a fun topic.

[Greg Olsen]

The best American athlete 5, 10, or shorter or we going.

[Paul Pabst]

Because that's. That's the cutoff. Is it under 510 or 510 and under? Your call.

[Greg Olsen]

Well, who. That's when guys will lie about their height. That's when they'll go, hey, I'm not five, five, ten and a half. I'm actually five, nine and three quarters. Is Jack Nicklaus five, ten or under? I think he might now he's probably listed in the program at 5:10, but when I met Jack, he wasn't 5:10.

[Paul Pabst]

Yes, Paul, you know old school basketball. Calvin Murphy, the NBA guard.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah, he was great.

[Paul Pabst]

Hall of Famer. Yeah, he's clearly under 5 10, I think.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah, I think 5, 9. Can we check and see what Jack Nicklaus.

[Paul Pabst]

Barry Sanders.

[Greg Olsen]

Barry Sanders.

[Paul Pabst]

Oh boy.

[Greg Olsen]

Pretty great. He was five nine. Let me see if we can get Jack Nicholas's height there. Todd, are you googling right now?

[Todd Fritz]

I was texting a upcoming guest something.

[Greg Olsen]

Oh, okay.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, yes, Mark, it says Jack Nicholas is listed at 5:10.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

So he's really 5:9?

[Greg Olsen]

Well, no, I don't think he's 5'Ten.

[Paul Pabst]

But he's barely 5.

[Greg Olsen]

Bear Golden. Barely. Okay, I respect that one. Thank you, Todd. Who else would be under 5, 5, 10 and under? I think you have to do 5 10. There's a lot of people who listed at 5 10, 510 or under. All right, let me take a break. Michael, Vicky and a couple of college jobs. We'll talk about that. More phone calls as well. Back 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 app.

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[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Marv, the NBA should go with the Elam ending. They had it in the All Star Game a couple years. Where there's a target score.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Where it always ends on a made basket. Almost like pickup basketball.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah.

[Todd Fritz]

Instead of all they run the clock out. Somebody's, you know, winning by 50 points or 30 points or whatever. It's always going to be a tight game and you're always playing to win.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah it's drastic, but it was interesting. There was a curiosity factor there. Once again, no bad ideas. Speaking of which, Michael Vick, maybe two coaching opportunities. Good idea, bad idea. I don't know how much coaching experience he has. One is Norfolk State. Now, he was obviously very big time athlete in Newport News, Virginia, that area, and Sacramento State. SAC State wants to get into the PAC 12, and they've been a successful smaller school. What is that? Fbs. Fbs, FPS. And you know, they want to up the ante. They want to get into the Pac 12, you know, the new and improved Pac 12. And Michael Vick. I don't know if there's any ties to Michael Vick with Sacramento, we certainly know with Norfolk, but I could see that happening. I could see. And you're starting to see this. You know, Eddie George is coaching in college. Dion, of course, took a college job. Ed Reed almost took a college job. And these are smaller schools, historically black colleges and universities, giving them an opportunity. But Norfolk State with Michael Vick, I don't know. You know, what is any coaching experience? Maybe high school, but I don't know. But see, everybody, everybody wants to get. To get the Deion Sanders effect. That's what North Carolina is hoping for. Bill Belichick, you got your Dion. Well, no, there's only one Dion. You can have Eddie George. Eddie George, a wonderful guy. Not Dion. Ed Reed, he's not dia. Michael Vick, not Dion. You gotta have personality. And he has more than enough. But he has been in our world, in our life, for 30 years. We've seen prime, we've seen all of this good, bad, great. Took the job at Jackson State. Everybody's like, what. What are you doing there? He was just there just to get people's attention. And then Florida State didn't hire him. Travis Hunter was going to go to Florida State. Dion's like, hey, I'm bringing my boys and why don't you come with me? We're going to Colorado. And I, I think even Travis Hunter's like, damn, it's cold there. And Shador's like, I don't know. We'll, we'll. We'll heat it up, end up winning the Heisman. They had a great year, almost qualified for the college football playoffs. But if you think you're getting a Deion Sanders, think again in one guy. That's it. But if I'm Sacramento State, all right, you got people's attention with Mike Norfolk. I get that one. Just, you know, geographically, but trying to get a coach that kids are Going to want to play for that. They know who he is. And, you know, Mike's. Mike's kind of reserved. He's shy almost. Now, he wasn't when he was on the field. That was his personality. If you're recruiting like, this is what. This is, the knock on Belichick. Can he relate to these players, his personality? How's that going to come across? I don't know how Michael Vick will be in the room with, you know, these parents, zoom calls kids want to be a dual threat, you know, quarterback. I don't know. I don't have any idea what Norfolk State football program has been like the last 10 years, five years. I know Sacramento State has played playoff games. FBS.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Marvin, there's every single college, college coach need to be charismatic.

[Greg Olsen]

I think if you're trying to get Dion Effect, then, like, if I'm hiring you, what am I hiring you to do? Like, I need you to go in there and you're the face. So be in the face. You got to be out in front. You got to be recruiting. You got to. You know, when you're at the press conference, when you're being interviewed, you're there all the time. You're. You're out front. And this is what Belichick's going to have to do. Hey, we need you to go to the basketball game. Hey, you know, we got booster meeting here. Hey, we have this, we have that. We. That's what college is. Now, you can delegate to a certain degree, but if you're going to be that focal point, that figurehead, we want to see you, then it comes down to, I know Belichick can coach. Belichick gives you an advantage over every coach in America because he's a better coach than any coach in America. So you always have an advantage going into a game. I don't know. Now, Michael Vick was a player coach then. Might be a little more interesting for me, but good. If he gets an opportunity. I. Look, I've spent time with Mike. I've mentioned this before. You know, we know what he did with dog fighting. Everybody knows that. He went to prison. He paid a price. He went to hardcore prison. And when he got out, Tony Dungy took him under his wing and said, look, I want to help you. And one of the things he did, he said, I want you to go and talk to these kids at a prison outside of Tampa. And Tony asked me. Tony had done me a favor, and he said, I want you to do me a favor. I want you to come down here with me, with Mike. And I got to see Mike in a prison yard, And I'm guessing 95% were African American, and probably 95% were under 25 years of age. But they listened to him when he spoke. They listened, and he went around. There were even. There were guys who were in their jail cells who weren't allowed out in the yard that, you know, they had done something where they were on lockdown. Mike went in and walked around and talked to everybody who was there in their jail cell through the. Through the bars and spoke to them. And you could see the reaction from these kids. And they were kids 25 and under, it felt like. And Tony Dungy wanted. Wanted Michael to kind of share his experience. He had been in prison, and I, I, you know, I do root for him. I like Mike. Did he make a terrible mistake? Yes, he did. Yes. I went to dinner with him, with Tony Dungy one night in Tampa. And, you know, he was very reserved, very quiet, and probably not trusting of me because I was a member of the media. But, you know, I could. I could tell where he just looked around the whole night. We were in a booth, and I think it was Leroy Selman's restaurant, and he just looking around constantly because people would walk by and he didn't know how they were going to react to him. But, I mean, we've had him on subsequently, and we've talked football and, you know, he. He knows what happened, and, you know, he could even have a dog and want to have a dog for his kids. And, you know, so there's a lot tied up in all of that. And I don't know, it sounds like, you know, these universities may be past that and giving him an opportunity to coach. So maybe he can walk in and, you know, he doesn't have the same impact that Dion had, but nobody does. But maybe they'll listen to him. Maybe you can recruit. Maybe he can build something there at Norfolk State or Sacramento State.

[Todd Fritz]

Yes, Mark, because maybe sometimes the name is enough if you're a quarterback and you're the parents. So the parents might be more geek to meet Michael Vic than. It's almost like the Deion Sanders thing. Like, they don't know Deion as a player, but their parents love him. So if my kid was 20 and Michael Vic walked in, I'd be super excited. No matter how charismatic he might or might not be, just the name alone rings bells to where, you know what? Let's give Sacramento State a shot.

[Greg Olsen]

Yeah, maybe. Maybe. Yeah.

[Paul Pabst]

Paul, I'm reading the Sacramento be this morning and the reporter said it's premature to say Michael Vic is the next coach. They're talking to a number of coaches and his name leaked out.

[Greg Olsen]

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[Dan Patrick]

Game on because ESPN content is now available on Disney for bundle subscribers. You can watch your favorites on Disney, the boldest stories from Hulu and the greatest in sports from ESPN. Together like never before with ESPN Plus. Unwrap a full day of NBA action streaming December 25th. Then with Hulu, watch the terrifying sci fi thriller Romulus. Now streaming and on Disney, follow a new adventure across the galaxy in Star Skeleton Crew. Now streaming terms apply. Visit disneyplus.com for details.

[Maurice Jones-Drew]

Hey, what's up guys? I'm Nick Chubb, running back for the Cleveland Browns. The holidays get really busy for me, but I still want to pull up to events. Looking nice. Abercrombie's latest job of party looks is taking me through the season for dinner with the fam, drinks with the guys, and even New Year's Eve. They have outfits for every occasion. I'm mainly a jeans and T shirt guy, but Abercrombie has the dressier fits that keep me comfortable. Shop Abercrombie for every night out.

[Greg Olsen]

Welcome to TGL, presented by SoFi, golf's newest league. It's sharp and it's electric. How is it sharp? How is it electric? Good questions. Try this on for size. Two hours of hammer dropping, overtime forcing playoffs on the line. Golf with 24 of the best players from the PGA Tour split into six teams Atlanta, Boston, Jupiter, L.A. new York and the Bay. This isn't your average Sunday pickup game. Catch the inaugural TGL match January 7th.

[Todd Fritz]

Only on ESPN.

[Paul Pabst]

Keep up.

[Dan Patrick]

It's golf.