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Paulie (6:45)

I mean, grateful. Running out for warmups and all that and out there for the anthem and.

Dan Patrick (6:50)

As the game just got going and.

Paulie (6:51)

I was just thankful.

Dan Patrick (6:52)

Grateful that I was out there.

Paulie (6:57)

And it was a blast. It was a blast. But obviously the emotions now are disappointment, right? Disappointment. You know, this isn't about me. You know, we had a team that.

Dan Patrick (7:07)

Was scrapping like crazy.

Paulie (7:08)

They're trying to stay alive and get in the postseason. So obviously we're all disappointed.

Dan Patrick (7:12)

And yes, it was about him, but the bigger picture is about your team. And I thought, I mean, they needed a last second field goal to beat you at home. The Patrick Mahomes injury, Andy Reid spoke about that. After the loss, Patrick hurt his left knee.

Paulie (7:30)

We'll get an MRI tomorrow or this evening. Whenever they get him in there, it didn't look good.

Dan Patrick (7:37)

So, I mean, you guys saw it, so we'll just see where, where it goes. They were still in the game. Plus, when you get injured this late in the season, it impacts next season. And players know when they're hurt. I mean, they, you can tell Michael Parsons knew it was serious. Even the players when Mahomes was down, they knew it was serious. There's, you know, when Aaron Rodgers went down, he knew when he blew out his Achilles. Kevin Durant, you know, when you see these athletes and they'll know Better, quicker than anybody else because that feeling, boom, it hits you. And Mahomes knew that this was serious. Michael Parsons knew it was serious. So, you know, I think when we look at them, and I always look to see how the players react around them, does that sometimes will tell you they know the difference. They know when somebody's down and not getting back up. And you saw that with Mahomes and he already, he's had a bulky knee. I mean, he's had knee issues. But I wonder, does this change his approach at all? Because he does use his legs far more than you think. And also he gets hit far more than you think. He might not get sacked, but he gets hit. And that's what Denver did. Jordan Love, they hit him 15 times after a while. And I forget who was on with us who talked about Aaron Rodgers getting hit to then trying to play differently, to not get hit. I forget who we had on last week. Was it maybe Steve Young? But maybe talking about how, you know, as a younger quarterback, you know, you got to stay in the pocket or you got to stay in there and you're going to take that hit as you get older, you make business decisions. And whoever it was who was on with us talked about that's where Aaron Rodgers is now. Whereas Green Bay days, I'm going to stay in here and then all of a sudden you're not. Like I watched Jackson dart and as much as I, I like him, I thought he was going to be a first round pick. I think he's exciting. But once again he's going to be in the blue tent. He's going to be in the blue tent far more than he should be. And you saw that yesterday. The officials sent him to the sidelines. It wasn't the Giants, it was the officials who said, hey, get him out. And now they're looking for that with Jackson dart. But if you're in the blue tent, you're in concussion protocol three, four, five times a year. I mean, we haven't brought up TUA and concussions in a long, long time. And I hope that I didn't jinx him with the game tonight. But you got to understand what you can and can't do. You're young and hey, I'm going to take advantage of that. I don't have any problems with you running. I have a problem with you getting hit. When you run and he wants to take contact and you're watching and you're going, do you want to have a 10 year career or do you want to have a five year career because I don't think that you can play the way you're playing and have a 10 year career. Yeah.

Paulie (10:48)

Paulie, I just went back and looked at the dart hit yesterday. He's right by the goal line. He puts his head down and the two defenders and when he's on the ground, he stays down there a second. He asked for a hand up and. And when he gets up, he does the head shake and the officials two feet away and sends him right over the sidelines.

Dan Patrick (11:05)

When you see the shake, that's when that's like, damn, I got stars, bells ringing, cobwebs. And you're playing a position where you got to have. You got to be sharp, acute. All right, poll question for second hour of the program is going to be what? Seaton. Yeah, man, that's tough. That's a lot of concussions for that kid. Yeah, let's say we got two up there right now. NFL playoff related.

Paulie (11:34)

Which team is more surprising to currently be out of the playoffs, the Ravens or the lions? Lions have 75% of that vote. And then who will make the playoffs, Steelers or Ravens?

Dan Patrick (11:43)

That one's a lot closer. 52% have the Ravens. And then, I don't know. Can TJ Watt play after having a collapsed or punctured lung? Because that came out and I'm like, wait a minute. He went in for treatment and came out with a punctured lung? Yeah. Paulie.

Paulie (12:00)

According to J.J. watt, TJ had successful surgery to stabilize a partially collapsed lung. No details on the recovery timeline, but when you hear timeline, it doesn't seem, oh my God. By the way, J.J. watt once played with no lungs. Remember that? 2007, I think it was zero lungs, didn't need them.

Dan Patrick (12:18)

Tyler in Illinois. Hi, Tyler. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan 510 dad Bod 205 Hey, I was curious about your relationship as far as it goes with your insiders. Is this a just an in, a trading of information? Do you have it where you guys are buying each other dinner? Or do you even go as far as having anybody on your payroll as far as getting information back and forth to each other? No, no. There's no quid pro quo. Haven't bought dinners. If I see them, it's just a casual conversation. But no, I'm not buying gifts for people. I've known a couple of these sources for over 30 years and this went back to the Sports center days. And now all I ask, and this can be people who have been on the air or Even they're not on the show. It just keep me honest on something, give me a heads up if I'm going the right direction. So all I'm doing is protecting, you know, what I've built up for 40 years. I just want to make sure that what I get is right and I can give it to you. But, you know, these people aren't looking for any kind of attribution. They're. They just will. They listen to the show. And that's all they're doing is giving me information. Now, it's not always correct, but it does come from a good place of people that I've trusted for a long, long time. And I'm very lucky to have those kind of people in my life who will look out for me. You know, information on the Big Ten or information on Michigan. Go, go down the list of things. You know, we've had a lot of success with a lot of college football information. Used to be I had a ton of baseball information, broke stories with baseball, NBA. But, you know, once again, people who I have trusted, some have gotten out of the business, some have retired. You know, that kind of goes along with cultivating, constantly cultivating sources. Somebody who can tell you something, somebody's willing to tell you something. And the benefit, the payoff is. I'm able to relay that to you. But no, I'm not getting Christmas gifts or, you know, sending chocolates to teams, as some insiders do.

Paulie (14:48)

Muffin baskets.

Dan Patrick (14:49)

Yeah, we're not doing that. Zach in Knoxville. Good morning, Zach. What's on your mind today?

Paulie (14:56)

Adp. Thanks for taking my call. I just want to piggyback on the Diego Pavia stuff. And he was asked before, and I think all the candidates were, who's the.

Dan Patrick (15:07)

Best college football player in history?

Paulie (15:10)

And he said himself. And I just wanted to remind him that Johnny Manziel rushed for 38 more yards and three more touchdowns than Jeremiah.

Dan Patrick (15:19)

Love did his Heisman season. And.

Paulie (15:25)

I also have a poll question. If you think Diego Pavia within the.

Dan Patrick (15:31)

Next three years, do you think that.

Paulie (15:33)

He will start a game in the NFL or fight Jake Paul, that old one?

Dan Patrick (15:42)

I don't know any information about Diego and the NFL because the people I trust, they're. They're not doing that right now. And it would be just conjecture. I, you know, I don't want to do that because I don't know that. The only thing I heard from. And one of my sources talked about Fernando Mendoza didn't do anything great, but he didn't have weaknesses. And, you know, this A pocket quarterback. So that's the only analysis, I guess, if you want to factor that in. Of what? I don't know. It's only a couple of sentences because I was just curious. I watch him and I go, okay, he's good. I mean, it could be like, Sam Bradford, like, okay, but I don't know if he's great. You know, Dante Moore could turn out to be a better quarterback. Sellers could turn out. I mean, you know, you don't know. Sellers is coming back to South Carolina. Yes. Marvin.

Paulie (16:40)

Yeah. With Pavia and Mendoza, this almost feels like a Cam Ward, Shador Sanders situation.

Dan Patrick (16:45)

Where somebody might be the better quarterback.

Paulie (16:47)

But the other person is a lightning rod.

Dan Patrick (16:49)

He's a star.

Paulie (16:50)

He gets more clicks.

Dan Patrick (16:51)

It feels like that type of situation.

Paulie (16:53)

Yeah.

Dan Patrick (16:53)

And you, you know, you're watching Cam Ward yesterday, he has a couple of plays. It's not a good team. Shador didn't look good at all against the Bears. Give the Bears credit, though. I mean, the Bears, you know, dominated that game and a lot of takeaways there. You know, Shador is looking like a rookie quarterback. There are going to be moments, but right now he's not a good quarterback, but there's potential there. And he's got three more games. Maybe. Maybe you see something, they see something where they go, you know what? Let's keep him. Yeah, Paulie.

Paulie (17:30)

Yeah. And they have draft picks. It'd be interesting if they tried to build their roster and then bring in a quarterback instead. The other way around, which the Browns usually go for the quarterback, and hopefully the roster is decent.

Dan Patrick (17:40)

Well, there was speculation, and I think I brought that to people's attention, that they could trade Shador. But what are you getting in return? And are they going to take a quarterback? Are you showcasing him that maybe somebody would trade for him? I don't know if people look at him as a starting quarterback, but he is now. He's gotten an opportunity. This is what all the analysts wanted. Everybody who was, you know, Pro Dion, Pro Shador. Oh, give him a chance. First team. Let's see. Okay, he's getting that. He's going to give you some highlights. That's where you're misled. Watch somebody an entire game, you'll get a real sense of just how good they are. But we're in a highlight driven world where it's like, man, that guy looked great. And you go, he had four really good throws. What about the other 16 that he had? All right, we'll take a break. Nick Wright set to join us on loan From Fox Sports, we will bring you our best and worst of the weekend. We take a break. We're back after this Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. Hey is Cavino and Rich from Fox Sports Radio. Now, in addition to hearing us live weekdays from 5 to 7pm Eastern, 2 to 4 Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, we're excited to announce a brand new.

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Paulie (22:42)

So whose rookie stats would you want? Whose rookie stats would you want? Quarterback 1. He's played 14 games, 2700 yards, 59% passer, 11 touchdowns, seven picks. His quarterback rating so far this season. There's your hint. Is 76.5. Quarterback two. 12 games as a rookie, 2100 yards, 53 passer, 10 touchdowns, 12 picks. His quarterback rating was 67.9. So lesser in every category. Quarterback one is Cam Ward.

Dan Patrick (23:16)

Yeah.

Paulie (23:17)

Quarterback two is Josh Allen.

Dan Patrick (23:19)

Oh, oh, I thought you were talking about rookies this year.

Paulie (23:21)

Now like all time. Just compare like.

Dan Patrick (23:24)

Okay.

Paulie (23:24)

Before we decide on Cam Ward or anybody.

Dan Patrick (23:27)

Yeah, I don't know about Cam Ward. I once again, I just see him and he does have some throws. But you're not really sitting through a Titans game unless you have to. Unless you know somebody playing for the Titans. But maybe people watch a little bit more because they were playing against the 49ers. Nick Wright joining us on the program on loan from first things first bus, CTV, afternoons on Fox Sports. One, what's right with Nick Wright on YouTube, wherever you get your podcast. What was the overall feeling going into yesterday's game?

Paulie (24:01)

Well, I'm not answering that question to start with, Dan. First I'm gonna say this. I have found out what it takes to get a long awaited return Invite after months off the show and evidently it's buying you a very expensive bottle of wine. Multiple after dinner, drinks and dinner and my football team having the worst moment of the decade. So glad to be back under such glorious circumstances. Dan, what was your question? You know, what was my mood?

Dan Patrick (24:38)

The. The dinner didn't have any impact on bringing you back. It was really about the Chiefs dying.

Paulie (24:44)

Yeah, you know what, I thought that might have been the case and shout out to Fritzi who just really is great at this job but honestly I'm not gonna try to be ableist in any way but might just have a little thing. I mean I think, I think that CBS was cutting to Mahomes, hobbling into the locker room when I got the text and there was just a cursory Sorry, today's tough for you. Are you available tomorrow? Listen, my mood yesterday was going into the game that if they won I thought they had a very good chance of making the playoffs because I, I thought that sports media in general didn't do a. They made the Chiefs path to playoffs going into yesterday seem very complicated when it wasn't. It was simply the Colts with the grandfather playing quarterback lose at least twice against a brutal schedule. And if the Chiefs went out and the Chargers lose to Denver in Week 18 plus one other game to either Houston or the Cowboys. And I was like, well, all those things are super doable once the game got going when the only reason I am not catatonic today is because to me the chief season ended on the Chargers drive before halftime when they got that touchdown with 40 seconds left. Because that was the seventh different distinct instance this season where the Chiefs showed you they're just not a championship caliber team. There have been so many times this year that Chiefs teams of the past stand up and make the big moments. I've compared them to the great tennis player that knows there's only four or five points that actually will decide this match and that's when I'll be at my best. And the Chiefs team last year and in years past always were at their best there. This year they were the opposite. So I was resigned to the loss really and that even okay, maybe they'll win this game, but they're not going to go on any type of run. The Patrick injury is, is obviously devastating for him, for the team. You know, was that the last moment with he and Kelsey on the field together? I, I would, I, I don't know that for sure, but it certainly is on more than on the board. It's probably likely all of that. But I, I, I believe in sports gods and I believe in that history, you know, repeats itself in sports a lot. And I've said more times than I can count that in year seven, Tom Brady was going for super bowl four, walked onto the field knowing if I win this game, we are the greatest team of all time. And the next year they lost that game and the next year he blew out his knee. Year 7, Patrick Mahomes was going for Super Bowl 4, walked onto the field knowing if we win this game, we're the greatest team of all time. And then what I'd been saying is and he didn't blow out his knee, but they've had the season from hell. And now he also blew out his knee. And so it just is what it is. Dano I wish I could be more positive, but it sucks. Just really sucks. It's sports, it happens. Packer fans are almost just as sick. Like Packer fans are sick in a different way today. And so because they don't, I think this somehow feels worse if the Chiefs went into that game 10 and 3 than 6 and 7 if you and that's how packers fans feel this morning. Like man, this, this season is a real chance. But I just feel awful for Patrick and for the guys.

Dan Patrick (28:43)

The Chiefs missed the playoffs because they.

Paulie (28:47)

Deserve to they a combination of things, man. It is they the playing in three straight Super Bowls and playing in five of the last six and seven straight conference championship games. The more than extra season of football that they have played caught up to them to a degree. They were not great. In fact they were awful. And as I said, those winning moments, those little things that determine so many pro football games, Patrick for some reason this year was at incredibly shaky on deep passes which allowed the defense to constrict and the progression of the young receivers did not happen the way I thought it would. They had no running game other than Patrick whatsoever and they couldn't get a pass rush all and by the way, the special teams weren't that good. So like you add all that up, that's a bad team. And I there were moments this year like when Baltimore looked like a good team. They housed them. When the lot the Lions are a good team, just probably not good enough. They housed them. But for some reason after the buy they played poorly in every single game, even the one game they have won. Post bye the Colts game, they're down 11 in the fourth quarter. Like it took a miracle to get back in that they just weren't good enough. Like this is shout out to Jim Kelly. This is why it's so hard to make four straight Super Bowls, I suppose. And they just weren't able to get over the hump at any point this year.

Dan Patrick (30:34)

Andy Reid's future is what?

Paulie (30:37)

Head coach, the Kansas City Chiefs. Like that. That is. I am. There are some Chiefs fans that wish it were different. There's a name for those people.

Dan Patrick (30:47)

Idiots.

Paulie (30:48)

Listen, I think Andy. There are. There are some moments this year Andy would like back and you know, did they. Have they at times gotten spoiled by Patrick's ability to make the most out of maybe a scheme that has gotten a little stale? Ish. Sure. But Andy Reid is one of the three greatest coaches in the history of the sport and is currently, as we sit here today, the three time defending AFC champion coach. Like, dude. Now would I like to see some updates to the offense? Schematically? Sure. Am I going to probably put an unfair level of blame on Matt Nagy? Maybe. But Andy Reid's the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs until he doesn't want to be.

Dan Patrick (31:39)

In my eyes, you start to look at the running game or lack thereof. The offensive line. Patrick takes a lot of hits. Too many second in the league in hits. Now I know that he does try to extend plays. The receivers we waited. Kelsey. He looks like he's laboring out there, not having that Chris Jones impactful season. So it felt like it all kind of just came to a head. Yeah, yeah.

Paulie (32:09)

Can I say something? Listen. Last year, the offensive line being a reason the offense wasn't explosive was not an excuse. It was an explanation. I want to say something about because the Chiefs should not spend draft resources this year on the offensive line. They have an all pro center. They have an all pro right guard. The right guard was out injured yesterday. The left guard is the kid they drafted to play tackle in the second round two years ago. He hasn't been. Wasn't good at tackle. He was very solid at left guard this year. And the left tackle, Josh Simmons again, he. He was out with a personal matter for a month and then a few weeks ago he got his wrist broken by a teammate accidentally trying to help him on a block. So he's been out. When he was out there, he was as good as any rookie tackle in football this year. That's 4/5 of your offensive line. And the right tackle has been Juwan Taylor, who again, he was hurt yesterday. The last couple of weeks he's probably gone because of cap reasons. But the offensive line's not a problem. The offensive line's been a problem the last two weeks because they were down of their top eight offensive linemen, they were down five of them. Like the injuries were the problem. But the Patrick's never had a thousand yard rusher, a thousand yard rusher, never. And they they spin a first round pick on Clyde Edwards Allaire after winning the first super bowl and seem almost gun shy to spend any resources at that position since then. But no, that must be addressed and I think it will be addressed this offseason.

Dan Patrick (33:45)

Talking to Nick Wright, host of First Things first. And you can watch that every afternoon Monday through Friday on Fox Sports 1 what's right with Nick Wright on YouTube, wherever you get your podcast. Best team in the AFC moving forward is who.

Paulie (34:01)

The I mean the best team the team that has earned that right now distinction is the Broncos. But the the team to beats the Bills. And this is this is not me trying to heap extra pressure on Josh Allen. This is though a very matter of fact point which is if not now win for Josh Allen. If it since Josh Allen's been a great player, either Patrick Mahomes or Joe Burrow have knocked him out of the playoffs every single year. Patrick four times. Joe once they're not in the playoffs. The other big time, you know, hall of Fame caliber quarterback that's been in the playoffs all of those years or most of them is Lamar. That team yesterday notwithstanding, is broken. He has had no one in the division to deal with and now he does have a real team in the division in the Patriots moving forward. But I think it's I think it would reason to believe that Drake May this as good as Drake May is. This is the worst Drake May will be over the next five years because he's just going to get better. This has to be the Bill's moment to finally get to a Super Bowl.

Dan Patrick (35:22)

It feels like Josh Allen's making a late charge here for mvp.

Paulie (35:27)

Yeah, I I listen I hope not in this regard. I hope we don't turn MVP into player of the month for December like Matthew and there has been too much of that recently where the odds shift dramatically in these late season games. Matthew Stafford's been the MVP of this league basically wire to wire. And as the Matthew Stafford's had one bad game this year. Josh has had like four really grisly games. I you can say that this that Josh is with Mahomes injured the best player in the league. That's fine. I do think he is the second best quarterback in the league over a large sample. But Matthew Stafford's been the MVP of the league. And the by the way, the Rams, they just keep winning and they play a Thursday night game that they're going to play without devonte Adams against Seattle, that if they lose, they are staring at a wild card. Like they win that game, they're going to be the one seeding the huge favorites. They lose and they're, you know, on the road in Week 1 of the playoffs.

Dan Patrick (36:44)

Yeah, that's what I wonder what this standalone game is going to do because it does impact people's thoughts, good or bad, with a team or a player. And if the Rams would happen to lose that game.

Paulie (36:56)

Yeah.

Dan Patrick (36:56)

And then they would go. I it just feels like there is this groundswell now. I got to give Josh Allen credit for closing these games in the month of December. The hardest games, you know, to close with the pressure on him and Drake May, if he had won yesterday, then I think we have a legitimate two man battle there between Drake, May and Matthew Stafford.

Paulie (37:18)

No, I agree that and it feels like it's been between May and Staff. May was the favorite two weeks ago when Stafford had the one bad game he's had this year. But then Drake had a buy, got penalized for having a buy and st. And then Stafford was excellent Once again. I no, I think the standalone game, absolutely they do have a disparate impact on the award. But here's the other thing for Stafford. If he went like he has more on the line for this MVP than any player in recent memory in this regard, no matter what happens in this postseason, if he wins mvp, Dan, he's a Hall of Famer. Like if he has a Super bowl championship plus a league mvp, he's just going to be a Hall of Famer. Now if he doesn't win MVP and they win the championship, then he'll be a Hall of Famer that way as well. But if somehow Allen runs him down for MVP and they get clipped in a brutal NFC playoffs, then his hall of Fame resume becomes very thin in a way that I don't necessarily think is fair. But I think he's only like a two time Pro Bowler has never, you know, come close to an mvp. Like, but so he has. He wins MVP and he's a Hall of Famer, which would be pretty sick.

Dan Patrick (38:41)

But the Lions get the blame for all of that, not Stafford.

Paulie (38:46)

Yes they do. But it is, it's going to get. One of the reasons I think Philip Rivers coming back was beneficial for him was I think it raises his his chances of being a Hall of Famer, because there's about to be this quarterback kind of log jam where Breeze is going to get in this year. So Rivers will have to wait. Eli's already waiting. In two years, Brady comes available, and by resetting the clock, there's about to be this quarterback kind of gap of hall of Fame Cal. It'll just be Rivers, who's eligible in five years, and Rogers. And there's not going to be anybody else in the three or four years that follow. Because think about it. Who are the hall of Fame caliber quarterbacks playing right now? None of them are old guys except for Rogers. So they're, you know, like the Dakota is. Stafford is the one that I'm talking about.

Dan Patrick (39:48)

What about Russell Wilson.

Paulie (39:53)

Man? He's going to be an interesting case. I, I, you know, this is because.

Dan Patrick (39:59)

You can make a case more for Russell than Matthew Stafford.

Paulie (40:02)

Correct. Oh. As we sit here today, Russell has a stronger case, which is why I'm saying if Stafford wins mvp, if Stafford wins mvp, then you have just enough of the credentials to go along with the eye test that people have always loved.

Dan Patrick (40:21)

Thanks again for dinner.

Paulie (40:24)

No problem. Wow. I'm really. Somehow I filibustered about MVP Matt Stafford's hall of Fame chances to avoid the fall of the Chiefs. I don't know if that's what you brought me on for, but I gotta say, I was impressed by myself there.

Dan Patrick (40:40)

No, you filibustered about the Chiefs for at least 10 minutes. Then we brought it. Then we brought it to, you know what, what the country would be interested in. And that's the MVP with Matthew Stafford. But once again, it was just a thank you for dinner. It was great. Yeah, great comments.

Paulie (40:55)

No problem. What do I have to do to qualify to get one of the blurry signed photos behind you?

Dan Patrick (41:05)

You mean have one up? Yeah, yeah, send it to me.

Paulie (41:08)

Oh, yeah. Wow. Okay. Me next to Michael's. What a. What a dream.

Dan Patrick (41:15)

Yeah. Okay. Yeah. All right.

Paulie (41:17)

I'm sitting that in.

Dan Patrick (41:19)

Wait, what?

Paulie (41:20)

Next to Al Michaels?

Dan Patrick (41:22)

I don't know about that placement just yet.

Paulie (41:23)

Pump the brakes a little. We love you. I just. There's not many openings I got. Was that Paulie?

Dan Patrick (41:29)

Yes, it was.

Paulie (41:30)

As part of the collective.

Dan Patrick (41:31)

I got a whole man cave here, Nick. Okay, maybe, maybe, you know what? Maybe I'll create a shrine. You believe in miracles? Maybe a shrine for you.

Paulie (41:41)

I'll. I'll see you guys.

Dan Patrick (41:42)

All right. Thanks again. That's Nick Wright. It's been a tough 24 hours, but, you know, he had a great, you know, Friday night Got to buy me dinner. Yeah. See? Well, I'm just glad we found a.

Paulie (41:55)

Way to make it just a little worse.

Dan Patrick (41:59)

I'll be more than happy to put a photo of Nick right up. I don't know, about right next to Al.

Paulie (42:03)

I mean, that's a little aggressive.

Dan Patrick (42:04)

You gotta earn. You gotta earn that. He does tears on his show. Different levels of greatness. Nick is great. He's great. But Ish Albino. Yeah. He's not up there with Jim Nance and Al Michaels. Somewhere between Costas and Michael. Come on, come on, come on. The different tiers here with the photos. He's probably in tears right now. Let's take a break. When we come back, our best and worst of the weekend. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app search FSR to listen live. What a matchup we got, y'. All.

Paulie (42:46)

This is that classic HBCU vibe.

Dan Patrick (42:49)

Non stop action.

Paulie (42:50)

The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chance echo drum beat, everybody showing that school pride game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola. Ah, crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right there.

Dan Patrick (43:06)

Mmm.

Paulie (43:07)

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Paulie (46:18)

Sweatshirt? I.

Dan Patrick (46:18)

Do.

Paulie (46:19)

Yes. Paulie Resplendent. Being attractive and impressive through being richly.

Dan Patrick (46:23)

Colorful.

Paulie (46:24)

Okay. I think you nailed.

Dan Patrick (46:25)

It. You're resplendent. There you go. I'll take that. All right. Best and worst of the weekend. Shockingly, my best. The Broncos winning their 11th straight game against a tough packers team clinching spot with three games still left in the regular season. Worst Bengals getting shut out at home 24 nothing against division rival Baltimore. Burrow throws two more picks, including a pick six in consecutive weeks. Cincinnati eliminated from the playoffs and reports that the Bengals did not adequately clear snow from the fan seats. They got to sit on piles of snow watching their team lose 24 nothing. That is a violation. I don't know what happens. I don't know. Seaton Best in words to the weekend. My best of the weekend is.

Paulie (47:01)

The Chiefs not making the.

Dan Patrick (47:02)

Playoffs. That is just delicious. You called it. Yeah. Nailed.

Paulie (47:06)

It. Hot take.

Dan Patrick (47:06)

Draft. Yeah. You called.

Paulie (47:08)

It. I think. June 3rd, if I'm not mistaken.

Dan Patrick (47:10)

Okay, anybody wants to pull that sound, it's gonna be a holiday. I don't know if we have that or not, but my worst of the.

Paulie (47:15)

Weekend. Lathan Ransom is a rookie safety for the.

Dan Patrick (47:19)

Panthers. Closing seconds of the game, he got, I don't know if it was a good call or not, but he.

Paulie (47:25)

Got flagged for like unnecessary roughness. Tyler Schuck had gone into a slide and Ransom just clobber him, hit him.

Dan Patrick (47:32)

Hard. But I don't know, it seemed like a bang bang play to me. Might have been a garbage flag. However, that took a 62 yard.

Paulie (47:38)

Field goal and turned it into a 47 yard field goal. And that's the ball.

Dan Patrick (47:41)

Game. Yeah. And you wonder they don't make the playoffs. You might look back on that. Marvin. Best and worst of the.

Paulie (47:46)

Weekend. Best and worst of the weekend. Jordan Smith from South Carolina State, the wide receiver, nine receptions, 152 yards.

Dan Patrick (47:53)

Two touchdowns as South Carolina State beats.

Paulie (47:55)

Prairie View A and M in four.

Dan Patrick (47:57)

Overtime. That was exciting. I actually watched it that full game. Yeah, I don't have much going on because I watched it because after that it was Army Navy. Paulie Best and worst army versus.

Paulie (48:06)

Navy. The wide receiver for a Navy, Eli Heidenreich. Six catches, 72 yards, six catches for a Navy wide receiver is like 30 to any other college receiver. He's fantastic and I really hope, I really hope, Dan, you gotta stay on this one. They must keep this a standalone weekend. You have Army Navy, then you have games like the SWAC and then the FCS.

Dan Patrick (48:28)

Playoffs. I don't think so. I think with, with playoffs coming up. Extended.

Paulie (48:32)

Playoffs. Yeah. We're going to have to get a little patriotic on them because the Army Navy game gets a big rating because of that. And the other, the worst of the weekend, Washington Huskies 38. The Bronco State Broncos. Boise State Broncos 10 in the bucked up LA Bowl. You know, that's just not the Bucked Up LA bowl that I grew up.

Dan Patrick (48:50)

On. Well, that's the Gronk bowl, Gus, in LA. Hi, Gus. What's on your mind today? Good morning, Mr. Patrick. Hope you and the boys had a great weekend. Yo, best of the weekend. Have been calling it for weeks, man. Fernando Mendoza, man, the kid is polished, man. That's what I got to say about him and everything. I pray to God that the Raiders don't ruin his career that fast after he goes number one. Worst of the weekend. The war of attrition is here, man. You've seen all these, you know, all these players go down with injuries. Hopefully it doesn't derail their playoff hopes for their respective teams. Except obviously for Patty Mahomes. This is kind of an odd one for me. This isn't a worse of the weekend, but over the weekend I saw a lot of universities do something that I guess is going to be the new normal moving forward from now on in athletics and that is the announcement of re signing of their players. Yeah, it's like a little weird, but it's like I saw a bunch of that like, like usc, they announced the resigning of like eight players and.

Paulie (49:53)

I'm like it's a little.

Dan Patrick (49:55)

Odd. I mean I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but it's weird to be like we agreed to terms to re sign our cornerback and I'm like, oh, that's, that's a little weird. You boys have a great week. Take care. All righty, buddy. Thank you, Gus. Yeah. Resigning your players, you know, once again it's just another reason to have social media reinforcing what you have. That that's all this is content to put out. Hey, look who we're keeping now. It didn't happen that way before but then there wasn't the transfer portal. Now there is. So it's a big deal. Like I want to know is Michigan keeping their quarterback who would have to come in to make sure you kept him because it certainly feels like. And he started. Bryce Underwood started following LSU on his social media like oh, and that was the school he was going to go to until Michigan came in with some heavy hitters. Two hours in the books. One more to go on this Monday. Best and worst of the weekend. 8773 DP show. More phone calls coming up final hour on this Monday after this. This is Julian Edelman from Dudes on Dudes with Gronk and Jewels. Sunday mornings I've got my game day ritual. Coffee, lucky socks and now new morning uncrustable.

Paulie (51:13)

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Paulie (52:43)

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Dan Patrick (52:44)

Asking. The spongebob movie rated DG Friday. What a matchup we got, y'.

Paulie (52:50)

All. This is that classic HBCU.

Dan Patrick (52:52)

Vibe. Non stop.

Paulie (52:54)

Action. The band is rocking and the crowd lit. Chance echo drum beat everybody showing that school pride game like this. Yeah, it calls for an ice cold Coca Cola.

Dan Patrick (53:06)

Ah.

Paulie (53:06)

Ah. Crisp and refreshing. That's a game changer right.

Dan Patrick (53:09)

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Paulie (53:10)

Mmm. Yeah, that taste always hits the right note. Just like the band at halftime. And just like that, we're back at it. Passionate fans, school colors everywhere and an ice cold Coca Cola. That's a winning combo. No matter the sport, no matter the yard. Everybody knows fan work is thirsty work. So grab a Coca Cola and keep that HBCU pride.

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