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Show on Fox Sports Radio, Hour two on this Friday. It's a Meat Friday. Meatball subs, bratwurst, bacon, cheeseburgers and all courtesy of our new sponsor, Heartland Steaks Co. Finest Steaks you'll get in America. And they're our new sponsor for Meat Friday. Who has it better than we do? Nobody. All right, we got football coming up tonight out of the country. Chiefs are favored by three against the Chargers. I'm looking at some of the other point spreads. Bengals 4 1/2 point favorites against the Browns. The Giants getting six against the Commanders. You got the Steelers are favored by three against the Jets. Now I'm looking for like the the Buccaneers are one and a half point favorite against the Falcons. Used to be Tampa Bay, New Orleans, Atlanta. It felt like they, it was always back and forth. It didn't matter what your record was. Sometimes take the team that's not as good as the other one, they'll pull off the surprise. The Dolphins, they're getting one and a half against the Colts. The Niners against the Seahawks. The Niners are one and a half point favorites. The Lions getting two and a half at the Packers. And then you got the big Sunday night game. The Ravens are one and a half point favorites against the Buffalo Bills. There are certain teams, there are certain players that the regular season is kind of a curiosity. Like Lamar Jackson. I'm curious how good he's going to be. Can he win another mvp? Josh Allen, can he win another mvp? I'm curious. But their answers, their final answer is in the postseason, there's certain players. The regular season doesn't matter. I want to know what you're going to do in the postseason because we've seen you be decorated and win an MVP or a couple MVPs, it comes back to there's no other sport where a championship will be attached to one player like football, and that's your quarterback. We give them too much credit. We give them too much blame. But Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson, that's all I care about. It doesn't matter who win wins this game on Sunday night, as long as both are staying healthy. You know, I'm curious what Baltimore does with Derrick Henry, how much they use him? Do they save him a little bit? Are they going to be one dimensional when they get to the postseason? Will Josh Allen have help because he's played well, his numbers look pretty good. Joe Burrow got to make the postseason. Feels like you got a coach whose job may be hanging in the balance there. The Browns with that mess. You may have a coach whose job is hanging in the balance, the Giants. So there's certain players, certain coaches that I'm keeping an eye on as we start the season. I will have my super bowl pick coming up in the final hour of the program. Sal Palantonio, the great reporter for the mothership, he was there in Philadelphia last night, will get his thoughts not only on the game that was turned in by Jalen Hurts, but also is Jalen Carter, in his opinion, going to be disciplined further with another game? Or maybe he'll be fined. 877-3-DP show email address dpdanpatrick.com Twitter handle @DP show also looking at the college football schedule, as Paulie would say, a little choppy. You have Michigan and Oklahoma. Okay. Iowa, Iowa State will be fun. Oklahoma State against Oregon, Arizona State and Michigan State. So there's a couple of games, you know, not the Texas, Ohio State right out of the gate, but Oklahoma, Michigan. I'm curious, is Oklahoma back? Yeah, Paulie.

Paulie (7:12)

So week two in college football has a tradition of heavyweights playing no offense, lightweights after usually a tough game to start out, like Penn State host Florida International. Florida State's hosting East Texas A and M, Indiana's hold hosting Kennesaw State and so on and so on. Ohio State is hosting Grambling. Often happens week two of college football.

Dan Patrick (7:35)

Stat of the Day brought to you by Panini America, the official trading cards of the program. The merchandise store@danpatrick.com is open and stocked up with new gear. From the crew that brought you the office comes a new comedy of underdogs with major issues. The paper streaming now only on Peacock, which is where you can find this program if you're Watching. Thank you for downloading the app. We'll get to more phone calls coming up. 877-3-DP show email address dp dan patrick.com Twitter handle @DP Show I don't know if this was done on purpose last night, but it did feel like we have a news dump and we're going to hide the fact that Caitlyn Clark is done for the season. That came out last night, I think before 8:30 Eastern. So right around kickoff, the news came out that Caitlin Clark is done for the season. Now you got the playoffs and I was surprised that she's done for the season. But you know, sometimes leagues will strategize on when they're going to release information giving, you know, both sides the opportunity to talk about the Steve Ballmer situation. We've, you know, heard from Pablo Torre who was saying that, you know, this is what went on with his investigation. Steve Ballmer, Clipper's owner, sat down with Ramon, Ramona Shelburne and talked about the Kawhi Leonard scandal.

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Dan Patrick (9:10)

No, I didn't. And more importantly, we, the Clippers did not. We didn't give him direction. We made an introduction as is appropriate under the rules. A lot of sponsors do like to, they call it activate by doing something also with players. We made the introduction that was that Kawaii's business is Kawaii's business, but we've always done the right thing.

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Have you spoken to Kwai about any of these allegations since the podcast came out on Wednesday?

Dan Patrick (9:37)

I have not, no.

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Would you be interested to see what he has to say?

Dan Patrick (9:41)

It's really his business with aspiration.

Matt Jones (9:43)

So, you know, I wouldn't ask about it, no.

Dan Patrick (9:46)

Okay. And, and Ramona was asking some good follow up questions there, but Steve was adamant saying he didn't or anybody associated with the Clippers. It's, it's one of those that when the optics are bad because you want to get Kawhi and you're not sure if you're going to get Kawhi, then you get Kawhi and maybe you didn't have to pay him full market value there. And then you find out a company you've invested in is going to give him $28 million and they are one of your sponsors and you were going to have a patch on the uniform, I believe. And then all of a sudden that there was a, you know, you know, the CEO went to prison. I mean, there's a lot of Things that happened there. But. Hey, guys. Hey, guys. Hey, you guys, I can hear you. Okay. You're. I can hear you through the, the glass here or somebody's microphone. So. But, you know, once again, Steve Ballmer denied it. And I just, you know, thought giving both sides. We have invited everybody on and this is just a point of, you know, you get all the owners are going to be in New York next week. Now, that was scheduled and I guess this will be a topic of conversation is, does it go any further than this? I don't know what Adam Silver is going to ask, but I'm going to guess he's going to say, well, privately with Steve, you know, how did this, you know, tell me your side of the story. Does the commissioner reach out to Kawhi Leonard? Pablo Torre has a source on record saying that this was done to circumvent the salary cap. So there's, there's evidence here. But we wanted to hear from Steve Ballmer. We invited him on. He sat down with Ramona Shelburne. And, you know, that's all, you know, we wanted to get both sides to this to be fair or as fair as possible here. Okay, poll question, first hour had to do with Jalen Carter. If he should be further disciplined. Why don't you update that seaton and then what are we going to go with in hour two of the program?

Marvin (11:53)

Jalen Carter should be suspended further or. Last night was enough. Last night was enough. Right now has about 57% of that vote. That's a lot of people, though, that want him to be suspended further than that.

Dan Patrick (12:04)

Yeah. I think understand the context of Dak Prescott played a role in this. And I think once the commissioner looks at both sides of this, that, yes, on surface, Jalen Carter is spitting on the shield, literally spitting on the shield. But if you look at the context of it, Dak Prescott, in my opinion, helped initiate or get this started or baited. Jalen Carter. Yes.

Marvin (12:29)

Yeah, I think you, you keep saying the word baited. I think that's exactly right. You know, and that's, that's part. That's the reason why you clap in somebody's face. You're just trying to beat them. There's nothing wrong clapping, kind of clapping in your direction, whatever you're trying to get them to push you, then bang, there you go. That's the flag, you know, and he did it very well.

Dan Patrick (12:46)

And he's already been suspended again. So I would, I would factor that in. Maybe he's fined, but we'll talk to Salantonio about it. We're. We'll get to your phone calls as well. 877-3-DP show email address dp dan patrick.com twitter handle @dpshow but through it all, with everything that happened, the weather delay. Jaylen Herz played a wonderful football game last night, and it. It's. He took advantage of whatever was there. And he didn't have great performances from his wide receivers. He didn't have a great, great performance by Saquan. I mean, he outrushed Saquon Barkley. You get two rushing touchdowns, and you could make a case. Dallas should have won that game. CD Lamb Good in the first half, bad in the second half, couple of drops, there was a fumble. And we could be talking about Dallas Cowboys maybe are better than what we think. And maybe the Eagles with those different starters on defense, gonna take them a little while to get up to speed, like championship speed. All right, couple of phone calls. Buddha in San Francisco. Hi, Buddha. What's on your mind?

Caller (14:00)

Nobody? Happy meat Friday, boys. My passion bucket is full today, Dan. Overflowing as today is my birthday. And I can't think of anything better than to be able to call into the show, say, every day's a Super Bowl. Fritzy. Let's go, baby.

Sal Palantonio (14:21)

Let's go.

Caller (14:23)

And as far as Jalen Carter goes, dp, he's a dummy. That's as much attention as I will give. That foolish behavior and watching the Eagles escape a disastrous start last night just left me shaking my head. And I know that when Dallas loses, America wins. Shout out to my man Gus in la. But I just found myself rooting for Dallas and Shane Irving last night after that incident because, like, I mean, they. They had a chance to win, like you just said, Dan, to your point, but you often mentioned your affinity for cigars and tequila. I was just wondering, Dan, which tequila do you prefer and if you ever had Fortaleza? Tequila?

Dan Patrick (15:04)

Yeah. Happy birthday, Buddha. You can't get Fortaleza. Certainly the reposado. It. It's. It's weird. I. I had that tequila all the time, and then all of a sudden, you can't get it anymore. And. But it's great tequila. Great cigar. Had a Hoya. Great cigar last night. Shay brought me a Bolivar. Great cigar. Had two cigars last night. Tequila. And I slept here, by the way. Slept in the man cave. Yeah. And a little overnighter.

Marvin (15:40)

Why'd you do that?

Dan Patrick (15:41)

Well, I didn't want to drive. I'd been drinking, so I didn't want to drive. Oh, you're yes. And you know you're on camera when I'm doing this watch party and people are watching. You know, they don't know what's in my mug. But I was drinking tequila and I thought, you know what, let's just. I said to the wife, I said, I'm going to stay at the man cave and then I'll. I was heading out of the parking lot this morning and Marvin's coming in and he's like waving to me. And I went home, took a shower, picked up the dog and then. Then came back. Let's see. Michael in Salt Lake. Hi, Mike. What's on your mind today?

Caller (16:17)

Hey, Dan. How's it going?

Dan Patrick (16:19)

Good.

Caller (16:21)

Hey, I'm getting married tomorrow. Oh, I should have told you. 6 7-235-I'm getting married tomorrow. You guys got for me.

Dan Patrick (16:31)

And it's going to be in Salt Lake.

Caller (16:34)

Yeah, it's in Salt Lake.

Dan Patrick (16:36)

Okay. Yeah.

Marvin (16:38)

I'm just curious, Michael, you're six seven. How tall is your future wife?

Caller (16:43)

This is funny. She's actually five three.

Dan Patrick (16:49)

I love that. Can you send us a picture?

Caller (16:53)

I actually sent you guys an invitation in the mail.

Dan Patrick (16:55)

Oh, you did? Well, I gotta be honest. We get a lot of wedding invitations and we get a lot of graduation invitations, which, you know, I appreciate that, but let me see. He needs some advice. What advice? What, Paul?

Paulie (17:12)

High of 83 in Salt Lake tomorrow. Extra deodorant. Maybe a T shirt under the tuck shirt to prevent the sweat through.

Dan Patrick (17:19)

Okay. Okay. Yes.

Marvin (17:21)

Remember to smile all the time. Get a lot of people taking pictures. Make sure you're smiling.

Dan Patrick (17:27)

It's her day. Just remember that, Mike, it's her day and her mom's day, not yours.

Caller (17:35)

From homes. Day two.

Dan Patrick (17:36)

Yes, this is.

Caller (17:38)

Oh, brother.

Dan Patrick (17:43)

Michael, you know what? Maybe we should have gone to this wedding. It sounds like it might be entertaining. Yes, your mother in law and your fiance. It's their day.

Caller (17:56)

All right.

Dan Patrick (18:00)

He's already in trouble. Good luck, Michael. They're all counting on you. Nobody Paul in Iowa. Then we'll take a break. Sal Palantonio set to join us. Hi, Paul.

Caller (18:13)

Hey, Dan. Well, it's hate week here in Iowa. Go Cyclones. Gonna beat the Hawkeyes again tomorrow. But I wanted to call in because I'm calling a high school football game tonight and there's an NFL game and I just don't agree with the NFL getting bigger and bigger. Like Mark Cuban said, you know, the fat or the pig right before the slaughter. Now, taking over Friday nights, should that be reserved for the sanctity of the high school players.

Dan Patrick (18:37)

Well, going forward it will be, yes, we wondered that. But going forward, you won't have that competition on Friday night. And that's, and that's a law that goes back to the early 60s. And I want them to keep Friday for high school football. I, you know, that they should. All right, we'll take a break. We'll talk to South Palantonio. Does he think that Jalen Carter will be further disciplined? And what did last night say about both of these teams? We'll take a break. We're back after this. Dan Patrick Show. Be sure to catch the live edition.

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Yes.

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Dan Patrick (24:52)

I know the Clippers owner Steve Ballmer denied knowing about any of this with Kawhi Leonard, with Ramona Shelburne. Last night on the Mothership, Pablo Torre, who is doing the investigation, sent out a tweet saying that that he can now confirm that Aspiration, the company that gave Kawhi leonard A secret 20 million dollar side deal, combined with Kawhi's secret $28 million no show endorsement deal, that adds up to $48 million. Pablo Torre then says, we previously reported Steve Ballmer's personal aspiration investment was $50 million. A lot of smoke here. A lot of smoke. Now maybe Steve found a loophole. Maybe that's what this is found, a loophole. And maybe the NBA closes these loopholes. I'd be curious if Steve introduced Kawhi to Aspiration, one of the sponsors of the team. What other players has he introduced to other sponsors of the team? Is this commonplace Is this commonplace with other NBA owners and players, maybe other sports as well? Hey, we're going to get you a side deal. Well, a side deal might be maybe a five million dollar endorsement deal, spokesperson, something that's $48 million. And Steve Ballmer invested $50 million. It's not a big leap to go 48, 50, circumvent the salary cap. We'll, we'll let you know when we get more on this. Sal Palantonio, ESPN national correspondent covering the NFL. Sal, pal, how are you, buddy?

Sal Palantonio (26:42)

Dan, great to be with you this morning. Thanks for having me on the show.

Dan Patrick (26:45)

Let me start with the bigger picture, the actual performance of the game. Then we'll get to Jalen Carter. But what did last night tell you about the Eagles?

Sal Palantonio (26:55)

That Jalen Hurst can get you out of anything. I think, you know, that's been talked about for the last 12 hours, but it's true. So here comes Matt Eberfluous, the new defensive coordinator of the Cowboys, and he decides to play Match Zone and they take away A.J. brown and they limit Devonta Smith and they stack the box on Saquon Barkley. But you know, it's sort of a pick your poison thing with the Eagles offense because if you don't have some kind of spy operation, effective spy operation, or spy who can match up to Jalen Hurts as a runner, you're dead, you're diw. You got no chance because this guy's too strong, too smart. He understands how to decipher it pre snap. He gets that snapshot, that Peyton Manning snapshot pre snap. Then the ball is snapped and he's got another snapshot and he is recognizing and deciphering what defenses are doing. He did it against Steve Spagnolo in Super Bowl 59. It's one of the more unheralded stories about Super Bowl 59. And the reason why Jalen Hurts won this, the MVP in Super Bowl 59 is because he's really become an effective recognition guy. And I mean, I disagree with Tom Brady. I think Jalen, you know, he's got great athletic skill, but he's really great at deciphering what defenses are doing pre and post.

Dan Patrick (28:33)

Now, what was Brady's criticism?

Sal Palantonio (28:36)

Well, Brady said that I think last week he was doing one of those media tours and he said that right now quarterbacks are not as cerebral they once were. And that may be true in a general sense, but I think the two guys that were in the super bowl last year, that's not true. Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts it's certainly not true for Lamar Jackson, Joe Burrow and Josh Allen and certainly not true for Jaden Daniels.

Dan Patrick (29:06)

Yeah, that feels like it's. You guys get by on your athleticism, whereas, you know, me and Breeze and Peyton, we got by on outsmarting the opposition. And you're right with Mahomes. Mahomes in any generation. And I thought Jaylen Herz last night, a ti. Aside from the two Super Bowls, like that's a game that you. I'm going to pin on him. He won the game last night. He won the game by making smart decisions. They take away everybody and when they needed big play, they got it. And, and I loved it. And I've said before I didn't consider him a great quarterback. I think he's, he's great as the quarterback of the Eagles. He's the right guy for that team and I might have to upgrade that to being a great quarterback. I don't know if he cares about where he's ranked in those kind of lists, but man, the guy wants. He, he's a winner, I think. And that might be the ultimate compliment that you give any athlete. He's a winner.

Sal Palantonio (30:05)

I was in Brazil last year for their opener, as you remember, he turned the ball over three times. They still won the game last night. Super efficient, didn't turn the ball over. And you know, they had 38 rushing attempts. If you have 38 rushing attempts in the National Football League to go along with 23 completions, you take those two numbers. That's the vermeil formula. It is rushing attempts and completions. And you're going to win a lot of football games if you don't turn the ball over because of the efficiency. I agree with Sirianni's post game comments about that. But to dovetail to the Jalen Carter deal, if I'm Jalen Carter, Dan, I walk across the locker room and I say to Jalen Hurts, let me write a big fat check to your charity for bailing me out. Because if Jalen Hurts doesn't bail out the Eagles last night and bail out by me, I mean Jalen Carter, we're all talking about only the Eagles losing because Jalen Carter was thrown out for spitting before the ball was snapped, there's.

Dan Patrick (31:14)

A lot more to that, like giving it context of looking at it. And you know, I've had the benefit to look at it all morning long of seeing Dak Prescott's role because Dak does play a role in this, Sal, and now it doesn't exonerate Jalen Carter. But if you look at Dakota, where he is, and he said, well, I couldn't spit on my alignment. Well, he's, he's like seven yards back and then walks up in between his linemen and then spits and then I think there's a wink to Jalen Carter. Jalen Carter then goes, wait a minute, what's going on? They're. They're jawing back and forth and he spits on him. How do you think the NFL will assess Jalen Carter any punishment after this?

Sal Palantonio (31:57)

Good question. Don't know. The forensics are obvious. You just laid it out. They're going to go through that, and they're going to go through that with an eye towards their point of emphasis in the off season, which is we want to cut down on the unsportsmanlike behavior of NFL players. So there's that lens that we have to put on it. And we also have to put on it the fact that Jalen Carter has been penalized, what, 14 times in the last two seasons, his first two years with four personal fouls, which is tied for most in the league. So this is an NFL problem right now that they have to figure out what to do. I don't think they should suspend Jalen Carter. I don't, because he already really served the full game suspension, in my view, by getting ejected before the ball was snapped. I think he's already. It's time served.

Dan Patrick (32:54)

Yeah.

Sal Palantonio (32:56)

So. And looking at Dak Prescott's role, I agree with you. Both of them will probably get fined a big fat fine and maybe there'll be a suspension, but I don't think that Jalen Carter should be suspended. But the other thing, too, Dan, is big picture. Widen out the lens here. Jalen Carter wrecked the divisional game against the Rams, wrecked the NFC championship game, wrecked the super bowl, and allowing Josh Sweat and Milton Williams to climb all over Patrick Mahomes the second in that football game. He's the. And I study some film. Not as much as my colleagues at NFL Films. And I get the numbers from our guys. He's the most double team defensive tackle in the NFL last year. So that allows so many other things to operate. Because he's on the field. I'm going to throw the name out there. He's Jerome Brown 2.0 because of the way he occupies the middle of the field. And as Nick Sirianni said last night, we got to have this guy on the field. So it's up to the Eagles front office, the players council. I talked to Lane Johnson after The game last night, he said the players council is going to get involved, figure out how to fix Jalen Carter, who, by the way, Dan, he's on a track to be one of the highest paid defensive players ever at D tackle. The Eagles let a lot of guys go because they know they gotta pay Jalen Carter, but if this continues, what do they do?

Dan Patrick (34:36)

Talking to Sal Palantonio, ESPN national correspondent covering the NFL. Yeah, I picked him as my defensive player of the year. He has entered that Aaron Donald category of he. He is going to disrupt. And you're right, you know, those kind of players, they're few and far between. But he's almost going down that endemic and sue path where, you know, it's. It's not the opposition, it's him. It's the personality that he brings onto the football field.

Sal Palantonio (35:07)

Well, you know, I've been around him a little bit. He's, he's, he's a tremendous player. But they've got to figure out how, as Sirianni said last night, and I agree with Nick about this, he said, I want my players to play with passion, but within the rules. And so now they've got to make sure this guy gets it right. However they're going to do that. He has to get it right because, you know, he's. You're right. He's on the doorstep of defensive player of the year.

Dan Patrick (35:39)

I guess everybody would say the same thing watching the game, that if they had a spy on Jalen Hurts, that spy did a good job of staying undercover because we never really saw him. Does Micah Parsons make that much of a difference last night? If they have him and they don't have Clark?

Sal Palantonio (35:57)

Yes, 100%. They, they're, you know, Michael Parsons is just so athletic and so smart. Line him up anywhere and he disrupts his speed. He can track down guys. Including Jalen hurts. Yes, 100%. Michael Parsons. I mean, imagine you're Matt Eberfloss and your head coach and they're saying, we're going to have this guy on the field week one, and then all of a sudden, poof, he's gone. By the way, I'll have what Howie Roseman's having because the Giants just sort of give up on Saquon Barkley and then the Cowboys the next year, trade Micah Parsons. I mean, Howie didn't have to lift a finger. And two division rivals got rid of their best two players.

Dan Patrick (36:40)

Dan, great to talk to you as always. Congrats. Contract extension.

Sal Palantonio (36:47)

That is correct. Contract extension. I'm still here, Dan. Still Here.

Dan Patrick (36:51)

How many years?

Sal Palantonio (36:52)

This is year 30 at the mothership, as you like to call it. And listen, as you know, you have great support and love here, and it's fantastic.

Dan Patrick (37:03)

Thanks for joining us, Sal. Congrats. Sal Palantonio, ESPN national correspondent covering the NFL. Thirty years. I survived 18. Yeah.

Paulie (37:15)

Paulie, Sal dropped the phrase dead in the water, diw. Because he was in the Navy years ago. And that reminds me of the Houston super bowl incident where you and that guy and the. Sal was right to the right of you.

Dan Patrick (37:28)

Wait, did we find out if Sal was a Navy seal? Is Sal still up there? Sal, were you a Navy seal?

Sal Palantonio (37:33)

I was not a Navy seal, Dan. We actually talked about this in Scottsdale. I was a surface warfare officer.

Dan Patrick (37:40)

Okay.

Sal Palantonio (37:42)

I do remember that incident in Houston, and this is where I get out of the zoom call right now, okay?

Dan Patrick (37:49)

It wasn't an incident. It could have been an incident.

Sal Palantonio (37:53)

Yes, that's true.

Dan Patrick (37:54)

Okay, thank you, Sal. Yes.

Paulie (37:57)

Paulie, to me, complimentary to Sal as a wingman. This guy was in your face a little bit in a bar, and it was a lively bar, and it felt like something might happen. And Sal was right next to you. He had his arms cocked like he was gonna make a tackle, like he was ready if an incident happened.

Dan Patrick (38:13)

Yeah, he was. This guy was upset about something. I don't know, like, you guys make fun of or why don't you cover? Or. I have no idea. And I realize it's starting to get serious, and Sal is right next to me, and Sal has got his eyes right on this guy. Right. Right on him. And. And if it. If the guy lifts his arm up, Sal's going after him. And I was like, damn, this is getting a little. A little tense. Sal's right here to my right, and I'm going, all right. If the guy hits me, then, you know, Sal will take care of him. And I just. For some reason, it kind of quieted town a little bit. Now, there's part of me that wanted to see Sal in action here because I'm like, all right, I'm here. He's a Navy seal. I go, he's a Navy seal, all right? So I always. If Sal was going to be out or I'd see Sal, I'd. I don't. You know, I'd hang out with Sal. I think probably more so that he was a Navy SEAL than I enjoyed his company. It was like anything happens. I got Sal Palantonio here. Maybe not as much now because he's not a Navy seal, but whatever he Was. It sounded pretty important there, Sal. So thank you again for. For having my back or my front or my side or whatever it was. Yes, Paulie.

Paulie (39:35)

I also heard that Ed Werder was CIA black ops back in the day. Is that true?

Matt Jones (39:39)

I heard that that's going around lately.

Dan Patrick (39:42)

Yeah. Yeah. John Clayton worked for Mossad. He was a massage agent. Yeah. People don't realize that, but, yeah. Johnny, Johnny. Good times. Yep. That was the good old days there, Dave, in South Dakota. Hi, Dave. What's on your mind today?

Caller (39:59)

Hey, Dan. Thanks. Taking the call? No, buddy, I have. I want to widen the lens even further on Jalen Carter and ask, why was Jalen on the cowboy side of the ball in the first place? Where were the Eagles coaches? Where were the officials? Jalen and the Cowboys are out there. Nothing good can happen.

Dan Patrick (40:20)

You're right. You're right. He was three yards on the other side. You're right. And that's where somebody has to know. There's. There's certain guys where you go, keep an eye on him, like in Dominican sue, you know, got to keep an eye on him. His teammates keep an eye on him. And that was the situation where, you know, now maybe you're saying to yourself, okay, it's. We haven't even started yet. What's going to happen? But if he's approaching, then all of a sudden it's like, I got. Somebody got to grab him and just say, get. What are we doing? Let's go. You know, how about. How about be proactive here, not reactive. Chris in Maryland. Hi, Chris. What's on your mind today?

Caller (41:07)

What's going on, Dan?

Dan Patrick (41:08)

Hey, Chris.

Caller (41:10)

Okay, quick question. So after an incident like last night, when the refs get ready for the next game with Jalen Cardo, will they talk about him specifically and be like, hey, we got to be on the lookout for that guy, or does that create a bias?

Dan Patrick (41:25)

No, I think that, you know, maybe subconsciously, like, if I'm going to look at this honestly, I would say maybe subconsciously, but do I expect Jalen Carter to be in a situation like that? Again, I do not. But this is about his team. With him now, it's about him, but it's about his team as well, not about the officials. Yes, Marvin.

Matt Jones (41:47)

I have a strong inkling that Nick Sirianni is going to really give him a good pep talk about not going over the other side of the line of scrimmage.

Dan Patrick (41:55)

Just wait until the game to go. On the other side of scrimmage. Yes. Yes. All right, we'll take a break. Best week in sports. We will have super bowl picks coming up. Steve Smith senior will join us a little bit later on more of your phone calls as well. We're back after this.

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Yes.

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I might want to go back to the Colt Stadium.

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Super bowl picks, are we ready? I got the super bowl odds in front of me. According to DraftKings, Bills and Ravens are tied at the top. Then it's the Eagles, Chiefs, Packers, Lions, commanders, Niners, Rams, Broncos. Then you can throw in Bengals. Buccaneers getting a lot of love. They're plus 2500, same as the Chargers. Then it's the Vikings, Steelers, and the Texans. That's a lot of teams that could go to the Super Bowl. Usually the league is top heavy and you might have five, six, seven teams that could win it. I mean, you could see the Bills, Ravens, Eagles, Chiefs, Packers, Lions, Commanders, you know, if you want to. If you believe in the Niners turnaround, the Rams were there at the doorstep. The Broncos made the playoffs. Bengals, you know, got a great offense. Buccaneers, they can win that division. They could end up home field advantage. Chargers, playoffs, Vikings, JJ McCarthy, but still a great defense. Got, you know, Justin Jefferson, Steelers, maybe, and the Texans. So that's like it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. That's 16 teams that you could, that could conceivably make the super bowl or let's say the AFC or NFC title game. NBA feels like it's six. Major League Baseball feels like it's five or six. That's a lot for the NFL. That's half the league, Dan, thanks to. I just double checked. Thank you, Todd. Yeah.

Matt Jones (49:01)

16 over 32 is 1 over 2.

Dan Patrick (49:03)

It'll be a half. Thank you, Todd. All right, let's go around the room. Super bowl picks. Todd.

Matt Jones (49:10)

The Baltimore Ravens will defeat The Detroit Lions 27 19. We've been going to give you the score.

Dan Patrick (49:15)

Okay? Ravens 10, 27. Lions. Ravens over the Lions. Seat, no counter.

Marvin (49:20)

Great. The Baltimore Ravens will beat The Philadelphia Eagles 2723.

Dan Patrick (49:26)

Hey, Marvin.

Matt Jones (49:30)

The Detroit Lions will defeat the Cincinnati Bengals in the Super Bowl.

Paulie (49:36)

Okay, Paul, Second year in a row, wishful picking. Lions over Bills in the Super Bowl.

Dan Patrick (49:43)

All right. I was factoring in a few teams for the Super Bowl. Okay, Now, Bills and Ravens, I hope that the Bills get success. Like, I root for that because I root for that fan base. The Ravens have won a Super bowl before, but Lamar Jackson, I'd hate for him to have all those MVPs and not a Super bowl appearance. The Eagles, they've been there. The Chiefs have been there. The packers, easy to root for that team. The Lions, the Commanders, I think, take a step back. The niners. The Christian McCaffrey injury really concerns me and he's going to open up, you know, I guess maybe probable or questionable. You know, this is going to be there all season long with him. Matthew Stafford. I love the Rams, but can I have Matthew Stafford stay healthy? Broncos don't think they make the playoffs this year.

Caller (50:45)

Wow.

Dan Patrick (50:48)

In the face. We already have the Broncos. Raiders. Yeah.

Matt Jones (50:51)

You think the Raiders are going to.

Dan Patrick (50:52)

Do better than Denver? Yes. The Bengals. You better make the playoffs. Buccaneers. Man, there's a lot of love for the Buccaneers because it's a bad division. You got a good team, good coach and a very, very winnable division. And you could rack up a lot of victories there. Chargers, you know, I can't do it. I just can't. Vikings, that's asking a lot of J.J. mcCarthy. The Steelers, I don't know. I get the feeling it's the last year for Aaron Rodgers and the last year Mike Tomlin in Pittsburgh. And the Texans, once again a winnable division. This is similar to the Buccaneers that they could have, you know, 12 wins, have home field advantage. My super pole picks, it'll be the Lions and the Chiefs in the Super Bowl. Lions, Chiefs. With the Lions winning the Super Bowl. Okay, now bonus MVP this year.

Matt Jones (52:02)

Todd, I am going to go based.

Dan Patrick (52:06)

On my super bowl pick.

Matt Jones (52:07)

I'm gonna have to go with Lamar Jackson.

Dan Patrick (52:09)

I feel as the the MVP of the league. Okay, once again, this is just for the regular season. Seaton mvp.

Marvin (52:17)

I should be feeling like this is more solidarity with my back row mate, but I hate this. But I'm actually doing the rare combo of regular season mvp. Super Bowl MVP will be Lamar Jackson.

Dan Patrick (52:29)

Okay. All right, Marvin.

Matt Jones (52:33)

Since I got the Bengals going to the Super Bowl. Joe Burrow, league mvp.

Dan Patrick (52:37)

All right. Oh, all right.

Paulie (52:39)

I'm gonna try to go a little saucy here. Regular season MVP is Jordan Love of the Packers.

Dan Patrick (52:45)

Okay. I'm gonna go with Jalen Hurts. MVP.

Marvin (53:00)

I like it.

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Bring on the game now.

Dan Patrick (53:30)

Yes. Marvin. Miss that guy.

Matt Jones (53:32)

Now if you have Jalen Hurts winning league mvp, how many games will the Eagles win during the regular season?

Dan Patrick (53:40)

I'm gonna say majority of them all goes well. A majority of them many gutsy. I'm gonna say. I'm gonna say 12.

Matt Jones (53:47)

They gotta win 15 for him to be league MVP.

Dan Patrick (53:50)

Well, he's not going to have the numbers, but I'm, I'm telling you what value is. It's not necessarily the stats as much as the value of what he does when he needs to do it. Just like last night. And then we see what he does when he gets to the Super Bowl. Plays great. Steve Smith Sr. Will join us coming up. Final hour. Man, that was quick. Todd's here, Seaton's here. Marv, Paulie, yours truly. Final hour after this time for a sofa upgrade.

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