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Reese Davis
You are listening to the Dan Patrick.
Kurt Warner
Show on Fox Sports Radio, hour two on this meat Friday. And quite a meat Friday it is. We have two of the best from Traeger, Julie and her sous chef Chad. And they have whipped up some great things. The Traegers fired up and so are we. Duck confit, beef tenderloin, duck fat potatoes, sausage and apple, stuffed acorn squash, cauliflower, groton maple balsamic, brussels sprouts, sausage balls, gingerbread bunt kick and something called glue wine, which is a winter wine that you drink who's got it better than we do. And we are deciding the most valuable Danette. So thank you to tire Rack, the official tire expert of the show. They are donating four new tires to the most valuable Danette and the most valuable backroom guy as well. Stat of the day brought to you by Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. And you can vote. You can go to danpatrick.com and we will have the results at the end of the show. Al Michaels next hour. Kurt Warner in about 20 minutes. Reese Davis, host of College Game Day, will join us. Is Reese in South Bend? Because the game is coming up tonight. Todd, do we know where Reese is?
Todd Fritz
I believe he's in South Bend by now for the game.
Kurt Warner
You believe he is?
Todd Fritz
College Game Day is doing back to back action Friday and Saturday, South Bend and Columbus.
Kurt Warner
All right, well, why don't we find out where Rhys Davis is? ESPN College Game Day host live. They will be at Notre dame from, well, 3:30 until 8 on the mothership. Then they go to Columbus for a second show. Are they paying you for both of these College game days, Reese?
Marvin
Not extra. Dan. I think they, they took the original hour and a half show and made it four and a half hours. You know how that works at espn. Yeah, but I'm actually, I'm actually thrilled by it. I can't, I can't think of a better place to be to start this playoff than on campus at Notre Dame. I was even advocating before we knew the pairings that we needed to be at Notre Dame Saturday morning regardless of when the game was. But I think it's even better that they're playing the first one and we're here on Friday afternoon into Friday night.
Kurt Warner
Can you open up the curtains, look outside and give me a weather forecast?
Marvin
Yeah, I mean, it might look terrible, but I'm right on campus at the beautiful Morris Inn. Let's see if we can see a little snow out There.
Kurt Warner
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Marvin
It's. It's nice and it's nice and chilly. We're just a few steps away here from. From the Golden Dome, and we'll be beneath the Word of Life mural. I like to be official. People sometimes call it Touchdown Jesus, Dan, but it's the Word of Life mural giving. Giving the gospel and good news to teams like Indiana who've made the playoff.
Kurt Warner
I guess the pressure on Notre Dame when you're facing Indiana. So this is in state, and Indiana never gets this opportunity, and now you have it. How much pressure? You just gave Marcus Freeman a contract extension as well. Vegas loves Notre Dame this year in the playoffs. So how much pressure?
Marvin
You know, I think if the game gets close, there might be some game pressure. But right now, both these teams are really similar. And, you know, someone asked earlier this week what the rivalry situation was, and I said, there is no rivalry. I said, historically, the only thing that's consequential about Indiana to Notre Dame football is that they're in the same state. I mean, this. Indiana's lost more games than anybody in the history of the sport. And Notre Dame has the greatest tradition in terms of being a storied tradition of any. So it's, you know, they're 200 miles apart, but separated by worlds, you know, historically separate. So if it gets tight late, I would imagine Notre Dame could start. Could start feeling. Feeling some of that pressure.
Kurt Warner
Somebody's going to lose. There's a home team that it feels like is going to lose this weekend. It just. The odds are somebody's going to lose. Who do you think that would be?
Marvin
I think even though I think they're going to win, I might be overly influenced by spending time there earlier, earlier this week, but I think if a home team is going to lose, it would be Ohio State because I think that they are facing the best team in Tennessee, and they also are facing a team with a particular strength that is opposed by a particular weakness of Ohio State, meaning the defensive front. We saw what Michigan's defensive front did to Ohio State's revamped offensive line because of injuries. In Tennessee's defensive front is just as good. It's a little bit different, but there it's deeper and maybe a little better on the edges, but they have a particular strength that could give Ohio State trouble. So I think that is the most likely one. If. If a home team is to lose.
Kurt Warner
Why is it open season on Ryan Day?
Marvin
I don't know. I mean. I mean, I understand rivalry. I understand the importance of it, Dan. It's kind of ridiculous. I mean, really, this loss to Michigan is the only one that was a bad one. It's not your birthright to beat Michigan every year. And you know, this, this was a bad loss. There is no way around it. They, they played tight, they played poorly, and they should have won the game. The previous three Michigan had better teams than they did, you know, so it's, they're the, they're the winningest program in the history of the sport. And, and this small faction, I think generally of Ohio State fans that act as if it's their birthright, that they have some type of. That they're entitled to beat Michigan every year is preposterous. Guy 66 and 10, you know, I think he's. I think this is his fourth playoff appearance. It's really preposterous. Guy's good football coach. And you know, you got to be careful what you wish for. You know, if they're trying to push him out, they better be careful what they wish for.
Kurt Warner
What tweaks would you suggest for the format next year?
Marvin
Man, the first one, they've got to do away with this. Only conference champions getting the buy. The reward for winning your conference champion is inclusion into the field. Didn't just see the tournament because. And that's what it is. They have taken the team that's been best all season, Oregon, and created a more difficult path for Oregon than they did for Penn State, which lost to both Ohio State and to Oregon in the Big Ten championship game. I mean, all of these teams are good and capable, but Oregon's got to play the winner of Ohio State. Tennessee. Penn State starts at home against smu. Good team. If they win, they, you know, they get Boise State. Would you take that, you know, to get to the semifinals? I think you would. So they have to, they have to change that immediately. Dan. I think that they did it this way because they want to value conference championships and it was a mechanism to get it done to get the other conferences to agree. Well, you're not going to go backwards now. So just see the tournament.
Reese Davis
Whoever.
Marvin
If it's four Big Ten teams that get to buy, so be it. The way it goes.
Kurt Warner
Talking to Reese Davis, ESPN college game day host and he will be working tonight. This afternoon, 3:30 until 8 on the mothership at Notre Dame and then goes Saturday morning, 9am until noon with the matchup of the Buckeyes and Tennessee. Yeah, I'm, you know, if I'm Oregon, you probably wish you would have lost the game. To Penn State because you would gladly, I think, change, exchange places with them.
Marvin
You know, I like the way I agree with you and I think in all practicality it's an easier path than dealing with one of the other two. But I do like the way Dan Lanning has approached it. He's like, you know, we're just, we're just going to try to win the games that are in front of us. We're good and we think we can beat anybody. So I think he's handled it just the right way. But the unintended consequence of seeding the field like this is, is a problem. And really the whole bottom half of the bracket now, Georgia is where it deserves to be, but if they're playing a backup quarterback, then you have, you know, you have that part of the bracket with Boise, three seed Georgia the two seed with the backup quarterback. And, you know, some of that's luck of the draw. I understand injuries, part of it are going to happen. But the bracket is imbalanced top and bottom, more power teams, including Texas at the top. Then at the bottom.
Kurt Warner
If there was an MVP vote for college game day, who would.
Marvin
How about, how, how about, how about co MVP or you think you really want to get me with this? I thought I was saving Maxv and Herb street. All CO MVPs. Desmond also CO MVP. I'm just out there trying to, you know, help him get a first.
Kurt Warner
Oh, look at you. Look at you. And, and you know better than that. I was trying. I was trying and. Looks like you're channeling Jim Harbaugh with your look.
Marvin
I've been, I've been mistaken for him at times. I'm a big Harbaugh guy. We have a, we have. One of our, one of our runners on college game has been with us for a couple of years. A woman called Ruby Dreher, who is married to a former Ole Miss player who played for Jim with the Chargers. And when she came back this year, I told Ruby, I said the part of your contract, if you've read the fine print, is that you owe me one Harbaugh story every week. So, so she would, she would bring in these odd Harbaugh stories. But now AJ her husband is playing for the Seahawks. So I'm, I'm. We've, we've run to the end of the Harbaugh stories. But yeah, I'm a big fan of Jim's. He cracks me up. I think he said it best. If you like football, you probably like Jim.
Reese Davis
So.
Marvin
And I do.
Kurt Warner
Georgia seems vulnerable. You Know, as you mentioned now with Carson back done for the rest of the season here, you know, losing lad McConkey and Brock Bowers, I mean that's a had a really big impact on Carson Beck and that offense here. So what is this team or who is this team now?
Marvin
They're still really good on defense and they're going that defense should keep you in every game. Now, are they as good as they were a couple of years ago? They are not their team that struggles to run the ball a little bit at times. And you know, I've had some issues on the offensive line. They've certainly had issues as you've alluded to with playmakers on the outside, but they still are probably one of the two or three most talented rosters in this field. So I think, you know, Gunner Stockton plays effectively. If they can, they can run it well enough and he, you know, he's able to make, make enough throws that Georgia still has a chance to win it all because they, they've got as many good players as anybody, as many elite players in most positions as anyone in this field.
Kurt Warner
Give me if there is a juxtaposition the environment at South Bend tonight and what you think you'll get in Columbus tomorrow.
Marvin
Pure electricity here. I mean I walked in, I'm staying at this place on campus called the Morris and I walked in yesterday and there was a guy playing bagpipes in here. I grabbed dinner with Richard Digger Phelps last night. You could just feel the buzz around town. They were so excited they moved finals Dan to this week typically finish a week earlier in anticipation and hoping that they might have a home game and they do. So everybody is like all in same direction pulling Columbus. Based on being there Sunday. I think there will be excitement that is, that is just waiting for something to go wrong and then there will be angst. No. The first time they don't convert a third down. The first time Tennessee completes a 15 yard pass or something or Dylan Sampson, you know, gets loose for a 20 yard run. There will be anxiety in that building and I think how, how day and the players respond to that internally will be really, really important Saturday night. It's, it's more of an angsty like there's still the paw hanging over and they're just wondering if something's going to happen, if the shoe is going to drop in here. It, it's all seashells and balloons for right now in Notre Dame. They're excited.
Kurt Warner
Good to talk to you. Have fun tonight. We'll be watching.
Marvin
All right, buddy. Thanks a lot. Always.
Kurt Warner
That's Rhys Davis. College game day. They'll be live the two first first round playoff sites. It'll be Notre Dame that they started 3:30 this afternoon. They go till 8 and then it's game time. And then they go to Columbus. It'll be 9am Saturday. And then they go to noon ahead of the Buckeyes matchup with Tennessee. Update the poll results if you can. Seaton.
Seton
Yep, we got up there right now. If you could only watch one this week in college football or pro football. College football has 71% of that vote. We also put up college football playoff bye weeks. Yay or nay. Right now the nays have 60 of that vote.
Kurt Warner
Yeah.
Seton
And about 60% would rather be a great guitar player than singer.
Kurt Warner
Yeah, yeah, I would. I wish I would have picked that up. You can either sing or you can. It feels like you can teach yourself to play guitar at a, you know, a decent level. I don't know if you can teach yourself how. How to sing at a high level like Fritzy. We have the sing off coming up. It's Marvin v. Fritzy and song Choice. You get 20 seconds of your favorite song and this is to be crowned the best singer on the Dan Patrick show. Todd, do you have your song?
Todd Fritz
I have five songs but I've narrowed it down to the one that I'm gonna go with.
Kurt Warner
What is the song you're gonna go with?
Todd Fritz
I am going to go with. Let me take it out here.
Kurt Warner
Did you need to.
Todd Fritz
No, because I have a lot of papers that I was narrowing it down to two actually. But I'm gonna go with someone you loved. Lewis Capaldi.
Kurt Warner
Someone you love.
Todd Fritz
Try to make it a little difficult.
Seton
Dang. Why are you making it so difficult?
Kurt Warner
That's. That's.
Todd Fritz
I think you get points for that. Paul, you say you get a couple points for making it more difficult.
Seton
So you're making is following Paul's advice.
Kurt Warner
Paul was setting you up for failure.
Seton
In 20 years. That's never worked out well for you.
Kurt Warner
Yes.
Todd Fritz
I had the searches over Chicago. Carried away George Strait. She's got away Billy Joel. These were some of the things I was considering.
Kurt Warner
Marvin, your song choice when you go against Fritzi in about 35, 40 minutes from now. Lately by Stevie wonder.
Seton
Lately.
Kurt Warner
Okay.
Seton
It's a good song.
Kurt Warner
Once again, this will be to be. Now this could impact most valuable. Danette. I'm not going to joke and not kidding around here. Yes, Todd?
Todd Fritz
If the verse of our songs goes closer to 30 seconds, how tight is the 20? Because then it'll be cutting you off right in the middle of, you know, a couple of lines. If you're gonna sound.
Kurt Warner
If you sound good, let it go, Then I'll let you go.
Todd Fritz
Get the buzz. You get the buzz?
Kurt Warner
Yes. If not, then I'm gonna go, Marvin.
Seton
Are you doing the Stevie Wonder version or the Jodecy version?
Kurt Warner
If I do the Jodeci version, I gotta take my shirt off.
Todd Fritz
Take it up anyway. So I'm gonna go with the Stevie Wonder version.
Kurt Warner
Yeah. I'll go blind if you do the Jodeci one with your shirt off. Just letting you know. Bloop. Thank you. And Lewis Capaldi is an interesting choice because he's got a unique voice. I don't know.
Todd Fritz
Could get dicey. It could go sideways, as they like to say.
Kurt Warner
And you don't. You're not getting extra credit because you're taking on a tougher song. I want you to sing again. This is to win the contest.
Todd Fritz
I just. I happen to like that song and I've sung it a few times in the shower.
Kurt Warner
Todd, There's a lot of songs I like and I can't sing it. Okay.
Todd Fritz
And this one that I pick could very well be one of those.
Kurt Warner
All righty.
Seton
How do you not learn?
Kurt Warner
See, this is when the audience goes, you pick on Fritzi. I try to give you guidance. For 22 years, I've tried to give you guidance.
Todd Fritz
Then there's the good content argument of like, it was so bad. It was good content kind of thing.
Kurt Warner
Yeah. But you're never in on it so bad that it's good content. You're like, is it really that bad?
Todd Fritz
Yeah. Then I drive home teary eyed.
Kurt Warner
Was I really. Was it really that bad?
Todd Fritz
Sounds great.
Kurt Warner
In the shower, like, let's. You know, when you did the Olivia Newton John tribute, I nailed that one.
Todd Fritz
Everyone. You guys can make a point of it anymore.
Kurt Warner
Okay. I had. Kurt Warner is going to join us. We'll have him analyze the games coming up on Saturday, should Patrick Mahomes be playing in this game? And why can't Lamar Jackson beat the Steelers? That'll be coming up next. Dan Patrick show.
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Kurt Warner
You can vote on the most valuable danette. Go to danpatrick.com and thanks to Tire Rack for donating four new tires to the winner the most Valuable Danet Award. He's Kurt Warner. He's got a couple of MVPs and he's a Hall of Famer. He's joining joining us courtesy of NFL Network's Game Day morning this Sunday. And he's calling the Cardinals Rams for NFL Network next Saturday, December 28th at 8 Eastern. Where are the MVPs?
Reese Davis
I don't know, to tell you the truth. Sometimes they're behind me, sometimes they're in my outside office. I don't know, Dan, Wait.
Kurt Warner
Steve Young said the same thing. He didn't know where his MVPs are.
Reese Davis
I mean, it's about the memories more than it's about the, the trophies, Dan. So sometimes my wife will put them up, you know, to kind of decorate the the office a little bit and, and look cool. But yeah, I'm with Steve. I don't know more about thinking back to those Great memories than it is, you know, looking at the trophies.
Kurt Warner
Well, Steve said if I walked in his house, I'd never know what he did for a living. Is that the same in your house?
Reese Davis
Yeah, you wouldn't know unless you came into this office. My rings are back behind me somewhere. Obviously some football helmets, and there's a Super Bowl MVP trophy, I guess, is up there on the top. So outside of this office, you would have no idea. My wife is not a football fan at all. So I don't have. I don't have different pictures or anything displayed anywhere. No.
Kurt Warner
Does that help if your wife is not into football?
Reese Davis
You know, I think it helps when you're playing because it's nice to be able to get away from it. Now that I cover the sport. I wish she liked football more. So she would sit down with me on Sunday afternoons or whatever and watch football. Because now, you know, I've got to kind of watch it and cover it all the different days of the week that it's on. And, you know, she could care less. She doesn't want to be around it. She doesn't want it to be on tv. So it's a little bit harder now that I cover it. But it was nice when I was playing, whether it was the kids or my wife, none of them were really football junkies. So you came home and you could just be that.
Kurt Warner
If you were Kirk Cousins, what would you think about your future?
Reese Davis
Well, I was Kirk Cousins a couple times in. In my career. You found myself in that situation. Yeah, I think if I'm Kirk Cousins in Atlanta, you probably think your career in Atlanta is over for sure. And I think when I went through it a couple times, so, you know, leave the Rams, go to the Giants and, you know, then be benched. When I was, you know, with the Giants nine games in, you know, my mindset was I still felt I could play, but I didn't know if anybody else would give me a shot right now. Now this is two organizations that have kind of, you know, moved on from me, so to speak. And that was my, you know, that was the secondary thought in my mind was, man, is anybody going to give me a shot after, you know, this season? Because obviously my year with the Giants was completely different brand of football than we played in St. Louis. So if you just looked at stats, you know, numbers, whatever it was, you'd be like, oh, my gosh, this guy's a shell of himself in New York from what he was in St. Louis, so he's probably not a starter Anymore. And I think you could say the same thing about Kirk Cousins with this last stretch that he's had there. I'm sure there's a lot of people wondering, are his best years behind him? Can he ever get back to the form that. That he had, you know, prior to this season? So I'm sure, you know, part of that is going through his mind is, what. What is the future? Is there a future for me as a starter in the National Football League?
Kurt Warner
Yeah, but what's that like to play at a peak level with the Rams and then you get benched with a giant? Like, how does. How do you go from that high to that low and then go back to that high with Arizona and go to the Super Bowl?
Reese Davis
The bottom line, Dan, is, is you've got to be realistic with your situation, and you've got to take ownership of the stuff that's yours. And then you also know that there's a lot of stuff going on around you that isn't always on you, although it looks like it's on you. Right? I mean, I broke down Kirk's, you know, the interceptions when he had that four interception game, and there was a couple of plays where I felt like his receivers, you know, kind of duped him a little bit, and he ends up throwing an interception. And so to me, as a quarterback, you've got to go back and look at those things and go, you know what? You know, that wasn't on me. And those kinds of things help you to hold your confidence. Even when the stats may not say you're playing really, really good football. You hang on to what you know about yourself. You learn from those moments. Like, yeah, that was a dumb decision. What, you know, what am I thinking in that situation? But you don't just, like, all of us on the outside are looking at Kirk Cousins and just going, oh, my gosh, he's terrible. He can't play anymore. And when you watch the film, I don't think that's the case. I don't think he was ever comfortable in Atlanta. I don't think he's ever been comfortable in this offense. I think there's a lot of, you know, continuity issues between the guys around him and himself, and it's led to a lot of this stuff that hasn't played into his strengths. And if I'm Kirk Cousins, I'm thinking, okay, that's not who I am. This offense didn't fit me. I need to find an offense that fits me because I believe I can still play at a high level. And that's how you hold on to that confidence even when you're going through moments like this or you find yourself being benched.
Kurt Warner
We're talking to Kurt Warner, the Hall of Famer. You can catch him on NFL Network's Game day morning. Rich Eisen, your host on Sunday, and he's calling the Cardinals Rams for NFL Network. Now, did they tab you for this because these are two of your former teams?
Reese Davis
I don't know. I mean, it works out beautifully for a lot of different reasons because we're going to be in LA on Sunday morning, so we don't have to travel far after the game. Obviously, you know, we joke around that it's the Kurt Warner bowl when. When these two teams play, because they play a couple of times a year and obviously it's a big game. You know, that NFC west is going to come down to the end. So I'm not sure why, but. But I like it. Yeah, I like all those different factors, and I think it's going to be a really good football game. It's going to mean something. So I'm excited about.
Kurt Warner
Would you play Patrick Mahomes this weekend?
Reese Davis
You know, I am a firm believer that if a player is healthy enough to play, then you play them. And I understand all the different things. Oh, you know, if we could save him for this game. And that's just what we do, Dan. Like if, if we get injured, but it's not so bad that it stops us from playing. We want to be out there playing. And that's what you do in every other scenario, right? We're trying to look at this down the stretch, but in every other scenario, you do the same thing. If you're in week four and, you know, your guy tells you, hey, I can play, I'm good. I can practice all week and I can play. You play that guy. You don't. You know, that's just the nature of what this business is all about is we want our best out there, and our guys want to compete every chance they get. And you don't pull that competitiveness from them in any situation unless you see the guy and you go, okay, that's not our guy. That guy can't protect himself or that guy can't play at the level you know, we need him to play. Other than that, if he says he can go and he's out there practicing.
Kurt Warner
He goes, why do the Steelers have Lamar Jackson's number?
Reese Davis
That's a great question, and I don't really know the answer to it, but I think what We. We all know is that there are certain teams that just get into our mind that we struggle against. When I played it was a Tampa Bay Bucks defense is that I just knew how good they were. I knew what they were going to do. It wasn't a surprise. You know, they didn't fool me. They were just really, really good at what they did, and they matched up really well against us. And that's another thing I don't think we consider enough is matchups and how important matchups are. Dan, in the course of things, like, we just want to look at a team, well, this team's better than that team. But matchups become so critical, and inside divisions, you know, certain teams are built to stop other teams. And I just feel like the Steelers have a real good gauge on what the Ravens want to do, how Lamar Jackson plays football, because they've played against him and they've watched him so much, and. And they just match up very, very well. And like I said, you know, as a quarterback, there's times you have teams where you're just like, man, I just know I've got to be perfect in this game if I'm going to have success. And going out and trying to play perfect usually leads in the other direction. You know, instead of just going in free and believing, hey, doesn't matter, you know, we're going to take this team. I love the matchup we've got, and we're going to go out and sling it around. You sometimes can get a little bit tighter, hesitate a little bit more, and against good teams, that's all it takes.
Kurt Warner
Explain to me, and you said this before, years ago to me, that you loved when somebody blitzed, that somebody was open, but you got to take that hit sometimes. Like you. You may like, it's I the risk and the reward with that, but what's that? How do you process that of that guy's coming? And I'm probably going to get hit, but it does open up this route for, you know, Isaac Bruce. Yeah.
Reese Davis
Yeah. All I can say, Dan, is that the hits never hurt as much when you complete. And so, you know when that's coming and you know there's a guy open and you're going to hit him, and it's going to be some kind of play, that adrenaline or whatever it is. Most of the time you don't even feel the hit. Like, it's just like, I gotcha. And you're thinking of it from that perspective, not, oh, my gosh, this guy is going to hit me. I'm thinking to myself, well, I just won. You can come and hit me all you want, but I just won because there's an opening there and I'm getting it to one of these guys. It's going to make a big play against you. And so I just. I loved that aspect of things. And, you know, the other challenge, too, Dan, was I'm going to try to get the ball out before you can even hit me. Like that was. To me, one of the fun parts of it is how fast can I see it and. And beat you? So you think you're going to get a free hit on me, Dan, and then the ball's out and you got to stop. And you're just thinking, that was awful because, you know, you know, these guys are licking their chops. As soon as they see the tackle step down, this defensive end is coming right at you, and then, boom, all of a sudden the ball's out and they've got to stop there. There is no better feeling when I play than that aspect, is that when a team thought they had you with the blitz and they had an overload and somebody's coming free and you just flip the ball out and you get a big play and you just know the frustration that they're feeling.
Kurt Warner
These rookie quarterbacks rank the performances so far, not who you would take in the future, just what you've seen this year from all of these guys who have played.
Reese Davis
Jaden Daniels is number one for me. Been the most consistent from day one to now. You know, there's so many big plays. I love the way he plays in control, his poise. I put him at number one. I would put Bo Nix at number two. You know, not as good early, but I think he's played some really, really good football. He's been helped by Sean Payton, who does a great job of dialing up some easy things and giving him some opportunities. But I think he's played really, really well. And what we saw in college has really Translated to the NFL. I would go Drake May3, and he's probably the biggest surprise for me of all of these guys. A lot of ups and downs his last year in college and a lot of footwork stuff. And didn't think he saw it really quickly in college. I have been overly impressed since he got in there, especially with the situation and they don't have a lot of pieces. He's not surrounded by, you know, what some of these other guys have, and he has seen the field extremely well. He's played fast, he's made a Lot of plays and, and made them competitive. So I would put him at three and then I would put Caleb at four. Even though we've seen glimpses, you know, there's just, there's a long way to go in terms of speeding up the processing, getting the ball out, being more consistent, playing the game. And so, yeah, that's how I would rank him at this point.
Kurt Warner
Is Caleb the problem or the Bears the problem? If you were going to pick one or the other?
Reese Davis
Oh, man, if I was going to pick one or the other, I would, I would probably pick the scheme as being the problem for the young quarterback. Like, I, I still, I think Caleb's got some issues he's got to get better at. He's got to see it and process faster. But then I've talked a lot about, you know, some of these teams run these pure progression type systems and what that does is it forces a quarterback to have to look and, and read a play the exact same way, no matter what the defense is. And I think that hurts quarterbacks because just because they're looking at a receiver, they don't get to see the entirety of the field. And so as he tries to work back across some of that stuff, he's completely lost to what's going on on the backside because he wasn't really worried about it to begin with. Like, oh, I'm not worried about what's going on over there. I'm going to read over here first. And I just see that hurting him over and over and over again. And I believe that can be a problem across the league. You know, some teams do it better than others, but I believe that scheme has really caused Caleb Williams to play slower and play more deliberate. Where I think he's been at his best is when he's been free and he's looking, doesn't have it, he reacts and he plays just like he did in college. And I think that system has really hindered him from doing that. So young quarterback, room to grow. But I wish they were giving him some different opportunities in terms of the scheme that they ran or they run because, because I think that's hurting.
Kurt Warner
My best to the family. Happy holidays and thanks for joining us as always.
Reese Davis
You got it. Happy holidays to you as well.
Kurt Warner
It's Kurt Warner. He'll be on the call for Cardinals, Rams, NFL Network. That's next Saturday, December 28th, but you can see him on NFL game day morning this Sunday. We'll take a break. Some phone calls coming up. We do the best week in sports. Who had the best week in sports. Al Michaels will join us, but coming up next, it's Marvin versus Fritzi. Who is the best singer on the Dan Patrick Show? We'll find out next.
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It's the moment you haven't been waiting for. But we're still going to do it. It's Marvin versus Fritzi. They got to pick their favorite song. Who is the best singer on the Dan patrick show. And I'm going to take myself out of the equation here, but it's a new segment called america doesn't have talent. And it'll be fritzi picking his song, Marvin picking his song. And, Marvin, I'm gonna let you start.
Todd Fritz
All right.
Kurt Warner
Your song choice is lately by Stevie wonder. Okay. All right. I'm sorry, everybody in advance. Okay. It's okay. Here we go.
Todd Fritz
Well, I'm a man of many wishes I hope my premonition misses. But what I really feel my eyes won't let me hide? Cause they all always start to cry.
Kurt Warner
Let's go.
Seton
Let's go.
Kurt Warner
Marvin put a little pressure on you. I see the gamesmanship. Marvin won the toss. He elected to sing. And now it's Todd Fritz. He's shared the stage with Darius rucker.
Seton
Let's go, Fritzy.
Kurt Warner
And your song choice is.
Todd Fritz
Someone you loved by Lewis capaldi.
Kurt Warner
Okay. All right.
Todd Fritz
I'm going under. And this time out there there's no one to save me this all or nothing really got a way of driving me crazy? I need somebody to heal Somebody to know Somebody to have Somebody to hold it's easy to say but it's never the same I guess I kinda like the way you numbed all the pain now the day bleeds into nightfall and you're not here to get me through it.
Kurt Warner
Let's go. Alrighty.
Dan Patrick
Can I get his last three lines?
Kurt Warner
No.
Todd Fritz
It's just three lines.
Kurt Warner
No, go ahead. No, we have rules.
Seton
Don't listen to him.
Todd Fritz
Really comes. This finishes strong with the less we want.
Kurt Warner
Once again. You never listen to me. Go ahead.
Todd Fritz
I let my God down, Then you pull the rug. I was getting kind of used to being someone you loved. Okay, I'm going.
Kurt Warner
All right, Paul, stop that. You lose points the longer you go.
Marvin
Paul.
J
Marvin did a really nice job. Stevie Wonder. There's very much potential with Marvin being a real singer. Fritz, he took some chances. And about five seconds in, I said to myself, this sounds really nice. And it's a really tough.
Kurt Warner
What about 10 seconds in?
J
I actually think it got better.
Kurt Warner
Okay.
J
I enjoyed both of them. Todd took a little more chances.
Kurt Warner
All right. Seaton, what about you?
Seton
Oh, man, it's tough. I'll tell you one thing I know we need a duet. That's for sure.
Todd Fritz
Yeah, let's go.
Kurt Warner
Oh, can you guys do a duet?
Todd Fritz
Never gonna give you a. I just wanna do the.
Reese Davis
Can we do a duet?
Todd Fritz
I'll do the female voice. Let's pick one where there's a. You know, like, tonight I celebrate my love for you guys.
Kurt Warner
Do.
Seton
What's it, Leather and lace? Please.
Kurt Warner
You do Stevie Nicks.
Seton
You could be Stevie Nicks.
Kurt Warner
And Don Henley.
Seton
Yeah. Marvin could be Don Henley, huh?
Kurt Warner
Mark Seaton, who's your pick?
Seton
You know what? I'm going to. Todd, I thought started off really, really shaky, but finished super strong. I think if Marvin had gone second, Marvin might have been the best singer. But he went first. I'm gonna. I'm gonna stick with the toddler.
Kurt Warner
Yeah, I am. I'm gonna take Todd. Yeah. Started a little shaky, but then you finished up strong. I think Marvin's was there. I just think Marvin needed some more reps with that. Yes, Paul.
J
That said, Marvin's was really nice.
Reese Davis
Yeah.
J
And that is a tough singer to take on.
Kurt Warner
Yeah. I wouldn't have taken on that song. That was. That. That was a tough song. But Fritz, he took on a tough song, too.
Todd Fritz
He did.
Kurt Warner
Yes, he did.
Todd Fritz
His rendition of Perry Como, whoever.
Kurt Warner
That was really good.
J
Little hands coming out.
Kurt Warner
Harry Como.
Todd Fritz
Five gold in rings come with the Christmas.
Kurt Warner
But every song that Fritzy sings sounds the same.
Seton
Yeah.
Paulie
Yeah.
Seton
That should take points off. Gotta admit.
Kurt Warner
All right, Marvin is the winner. All right, Marvin, you win. Yeah. Your kisses.
Todd Fritz
I'm a listen up with questions that I know you like. It makes good sports radio conversation.
Kurt Warner
See, this is where you're singing the female part. It didn't go well.
Todd Fritz
You know what I mean? Don't think the performance was underrated.
Kurt Warner
Okay. How about the most Must win game of the weekend? We have that. And who had the best week in sports. We'll do that and we'll slide into the weekend as well. Let me run down slide into the weekend, brought to you by King Swine. Tennessee at Ohio State. Clemson at Texas, Steelers at the Ravens. Oh, man, this is. I mean, you got to win this game if you're the Ravens. Yeah, you have to win this game. Eagles at the Commanders. Man, there's some good games. Texans at the Chiefs and Mahomes is a go for that game. So you got Saturday and Sunday. You got college football tonight. College football on Saturday might be too much football that's sliding into the weekend. Brought to you by the great folks at Kings Hawaiian. All your recipe inspiration. Kings hawaiian.com. who had the best week in sports? Todd, I'll start with you. Best week in sports.
Todd Fritz
I'm going to say Recency bias. That was a huge win for the Chargers, and that puts them very much in the playoff picture, which could have been very dicey if they fell to 8 and 7 last night.
Kurt Warner
All right, Seaton. Best week in sports.
Seton
Say Michael Penix Jr.
Kurt Warner
Okay, these are yours, lads. Let it rip, Marvin. Carl Anthony Towns last night, returned to.
Todd Fritz
Minnesota, had 32 points, 20 rebounds.
Kurt Warner
Yeah, 32 and 20 as the Knicks beat the Timberwolves. I was watching Golden State last night, or at least I thought I was. I think they were losing by 50. When I tuned in, Steph Curry didn't hit a basket. I was like, what just happened here, Paul? Who had the best week in sports?
J
I'm also going with Jim Harbaugh. He's three weeks away from being in a playoff his first year in the NFL. First next stint in the NFL.
Kurt Warner
Okay, that's the. Who had the best week in sports? I'm going to say the offensive lineman for the San Francisco Giant or 49ers. They didn't earn those trucks that Brock Purdy gave them, but 10 of his offensive linemen. So you had the starters and then the backups, and they all got trucks for a team not going to the playoffs. Brock Purdy has a Toyota deal, dealership or deal before. You know, he makes $55 million, but he makes a million. So he probably spent $700,000 on trucks for his offensive lineman. Update the poll results if you can. Seaton.
Seton
Let me see here. Would you. If you could only watch one.
Kurt Warner
Yeah.
Seton
This weekend it would be college football or pro football. College football. Crushing. Absolutely crushing.
Kurt Warner
Yeah, because it means something. Yeah, yeah, I got that. Yes.
J
Paulie, I got a text from our good friend Rich Eisen.
Kurt Warner
Yeah.
J
He said he loved the song contest and would love to hear a duet. Don't go breaking my heart with these two gentlemen.
Kurt Warner
Can you guys pull that, cobble that together at the top of the hour. Could you guys get together? Maybe you guys could go in the back and rehearse a little bit. You guys do a duet? Yeah. Okay. All right. And we aim to please. Even if Rich Eisen's the only one who cares about it. We. We will give that for Rich. Merry Christmas, Rich. Happy Hanukkah. Yes.
Seton
Social media, by the way. Overwhelmingly. Right now we're going to put this up as a poll question, but siding with Marvin as a better singer. Overwhelmingly.
Kurt Warner
Wow.
Seton
Yeah.
Kurt Warner
Okay. Are we talking better singer or better performance? Is Todd a better performer? Marvin could be a better singer. Is that possible?
Todd Fritz
Yeah, but I perform with my hands down my pants.
Kurt Warner
No, your hands are in your pocket, not down your pants.
J
Depends.
Todd Fritz
Pockets are attached to the pants.
Kurt Warner
Yes.
Seton
Marvin.
Dan Patrick
Nothing.
Todd Fritz
What is Fritz he doing?
Kurt Warner
I have no idea. He's got his hands down his pants.
Todd Fritz
Got mocked for that performance of My hands in my pocket.
Kurt Warner
Yeah.
Todd Fritz
So what kind of performer does that?
Kurt Warner
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Summary of "The Dan Patrick Show" – Episode: Hour 2 with Reese Davis and Kurt Warner
Release Date: December 20, 2024
Hosts: Dan Patrick, with guests Reese Davis and Kurt Warner.
The second hour of "The Dan Patrick Show" launches with host Dan Patrick welcoming listeners and introducing the esteemed guests for the episode: Kurt Warner, a Hall of Fame quarterback, and Reese Davis, host of ESPN's College Game Day. The conversation is set to delve into the current college football playoff landscape, team performances, coaching strategies, and a fun musical segment later in the show.
Reese Davis provides insights into his role covering College Game Day, emphasizing the excitement surrounding Notre Dame's playoff appearance. He shares his experiences on campus at the Morris Inn, highlighting the vibrant atmosphere and the iconic Word of Life mural nestled beneath the Golden Dome.
The discussion shifts to Notre Dame's matchup against Indiana in the playoffs. Kurt Warner inquires about the pressure Notre Dame faces, given Indiana's historical performance and the significance of their in-state rivalry.
Warner and Davis analyze the potential outcomes, with Davis predicting that Ohio State may face challenges against Tennessee's robust defense, potentially impacting their playoff trajectory.
Reese Davis voices his concerns regarding the existing playoff structure, advocating for a more inclusive approach that considers teams based on their season performance rather than solely on conference championships. He uses Oregon's case to illustrate how deserving teams might be sidelined due to the current format.
The conversation turns to Ohio State's coach, Ryan Day, with Davis defending him against fan criticisms. They discuss the unrealistic expectations placed upon Day, especially regarding perennial rival Michigan, and emphasize the importance of fair evaluation based on team performance rather than rivalry biases.
Warner questions the fanbase's relentless scrutiny of Day, to which Davis responds by highlighting Day's coaching acumen and the erroneous notion that Ohio State should secure annual victories against tough competitors.
Delving deeper into player dynamics, Reese Davis examines quarterback Kirk Cousins' performance trajectory. He discusses how Cousins has navigated different coaching systems and the challenges posed by mismatches between his skills and the offensive schemes he's been part of.
Davis emphasizes the significance of quarterbacks adapting to systems that complement their strengths, suggesting that misalignment can hinder their potential despite evident talent.
The hosts analyze Georgia's current standing, acknowledging their strong defensive capabilities while pointing out weaknesses in their offensive line and running game. Davis remains optimistic about Georgia's talent pool, suggesting that their roster possesses the depth to compete fiercely in the playoffs.
Injecting some lighthearted competition, the show features a singing contest between Marvin and Fritzi. Both contestants perform selected songs, with the audience and hosts evaluating their performances. Marvin's rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Lately" and Fritzi's choice of Lewis Capaldi's "Someone You Loved" are critiqued, leading to Marvin being declared the winner for his strong performance.
The show features real-time poll results, reflecting audience preferences on various topics such as the most valuable Danette and preferences between watching college versus pro football. The majority lean towards college football, indicating its strong following among listeners.
As the episode draws to a close, Davis and Warner recap the key discussions, offer final thoughts on upcoming games, and extend holiday greetings to listeners. Kurt Warner highlights his upcoming appearances on NFL Network's Game Day, promising further analysis and insights.
This episode of "The Dan Patrick Show" offers a comprehensive blend of sports analysis, strategic critiques, and entertaining segments. With expert guests Reese Davis and Kurt Warner, listeners gain valuable perspectives on college football dynamics, coaching strategies, and player performances. The engaging musical competition adds a touch of levity, making the episode both informative and enjoyable for sports enthusiasts.
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