Hour 3 - NFL Draft Conundrum, All-Time NCAA Starting 5

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show — Hour 3 Podcast Summary
Episode Date: March 18, 2026
Main Themes: NFL Draft Speculation, NCAA All-Time Starting 5, Leadership in Sports, Show Banter

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Episode Overview

In the third hour of this episode, Dan Patrick and the Danettes dig into the chaos of NFL Draft season, particularly the shifting narratives around Alabama QB Ty Simpson. The team also embarks on a lively debate over the all-time NCAA basketball starting five — with much banter, nostalgia, and generational differences. As always, the conversation is peppered with humor, listener call-ins, playful jabs, and reflections about leadership in sports, sponsorship changes, and the importance of brackets for March Madness.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. NFL Draft Rumors and Quarterback Scrutiny

Timestamps: 04:49–10:11

• The show opens with Dan discussing the conflicting reports about Alabama’s Ty Simpson, whose draft stock is apparently “tumbling” just weeks before the draft.
• Dan Patrick: “He hasn't played a game in how many months, now all of a sudden people are surprised that he's 6'1", 211? ... This is where teams talk themselves into or out of a good player.” (06:34)
• Paulie: Throws the "BS flag," implying media manipulation: “Anytime there’s a story that comes out weeks before the draft that a player is tumbling down the draft boards, that sounds like an agenda.” (06:18)
• Discussion on the constant recycling of “next year’s QB class is better” trope.
• Skepticism about teams getting desperate and making risky choices at quarterback: “It’s the only position where you get desperate, and that’s the position you shouldn’t be desperate in.” (09:42)

2. Poll Question Update — World Baseball Classic

Timestamps: 10:12–10:40, 51:29

• The team checks in on audience sentiment about the World Baseball Classic (WBC), whether it should be part of the preseason or All-Star break: “55% want to keep it in the preseason, but moving it to the All-Star break is gaining curiosity.” (10:12 and 51:29)

3. Bracket Challenge & Celebrity Entrants

Timestamps: 04:44, 51:12–53:13

• Dan reveals some big names joining their March Madness Celebrity Bracket Challenge: Darius Rucker (after phone tag issues), Alex Ovechkin, Philip Rivers, and Guy Fieri have all submitted brackets.
• Todd: Humorously lists celebrities who declined or haven't responded: “Christina Applegate said no. Jennifer Lawrence said no. Marisa Tomei has not said anything yet... For the 20th year in a row Adriana Lima said no.” (52:05)
• The deadline for bracket submissions is discussed: 10am Eastern tomorrow is preferred for statistical reasons.

4. Sponsorship Update: Traeger Partnership Ending

Timestamps: 15:48–17:36

• Dan shares bittersweet news: the show's ten-year partnership with Traeger Grills is ending, but “Meat Friday” (the cooking segment) will continue—possibly “caveman style” over a fire pit.

5. NCAA All-Time Starting Five: Heated Generational Debates

Timestamps: 24:17–34:01

• Dan kicks off a discussion on the best men’s college basketball starting five ever, emphasizing performance strictly at the college level.
• Names mentioned: Kareem (Lew Alcindor), Bill Walton, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Tyler Hansbrough, Tim Duncan, Grant Hill, Patrick Ewing, Christian Laettner, Carmelo Anthony, and David Thompson among others.
• Caller: “If you’re talking about the five greatest basketball players in college, you have to bring up David Thompson.” (28:15)
• Marvin shares his personal five, favoring more recent players: Jay Williams, Ray Allen, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Webber, Anthony Davis.
  • Dan: Pushes back on Anthony Davis for being less dominant offensively in the title game but acknowledges his defensive dominance.
  • Lively, humorous debate follows about generational bias: “I know I said there’s no wrong answers, but Marvin proved me wrong.” (31:51)
• Reflection on how “one-and-done” culture complicates selecting modern college greats.

Notable Quotes:

• Paulie on Hansbrough: “Tyler Hansborough is the Frank Gore of college basketball. He was good for a long, long time.” (25:05)
• Dan: “You’ve got to be just good enough to put up big numbers, but not that good where you leave after one or two years.” (25:18)

6. Leadership in Sports: Jordan vs LeBron

Timestamps: 37:26–39:52

• A caller asks: Who was the better leader, Michael Jordan or LeBron James?
• Dan: “Leadership is when you go out and do something. That’s the way I always viewed it—lead by example... Mike was a leader, just because you had to keep up with him, he demanded perfection. He wasn't a great teammate, not huggable or cuddly.”
• Dan: On LeBron: “I don't know if who said, Boy, LeBron's a great leader. Great leaders—when you come out and score 25 consecutive points in a playoff game, like, you lead the league in scoring. You play for 22 years, like, that is the kind of leader. But they led in different ways.”
• Marvin: “First Take would have been on—would have been a four-hour show” if LeBron had punched a teammate like Jordan did. (39:31)

7. Show Banter, Call-Ins, and Internal Jokes

• Numerous humorous moments and playful ribbing, including:
  • Comparing Dan & the Danettes to characters from the classic sitcom “Cheers” (12:02–13:54).
  • Joking about a past “F-bomb” that made it on air and the resulting “stare of death” from Dan to Marvin (33:07–36:46).
  • Todd trying (not always successfully) to shift attention to his own mishaps or “scoreboard” segments.

8. Numerology, Broncos, and Super Bowl Hopes

Timestamps: 47:46–49:07

• Todd shares a numerology story tying Jalen Waddle’s jersey number, the date, salary, and Bo Nix’s number to—possibly—the Broncos winning Super Bowl 61.
• Dan: “I thought it was good. You went deep and there was a payoff.”
• Todd admits it originated from social media via his wife, Jen.

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Memorable Moments & Quotes

• Dan Patrick on draft smears: “Is there a smear campaign going on—everyone suddenly puts out their mock draft and has the same opinion on Ty Simpson? ... Shady, nefarious stuff.” (07:29)
• Marvin: “Anthony Davis dominated without scoring.” (29:09)
• Dan: “If LeBron did what Michael did, like, just do the Steve Kerr punching in the face. I mean, how would social media deal with LeBron?” (38:14)
• Seaton: “I think being compared to Norm from Cheers is one of the greatest compliments I've ever got.” (13:35)
• Paulie: “He’s got a sweater retired at a clothing store. No offense.” (31:22, on Anthony Davis)

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Noteworthy Timestamps

• Ty Simpson draft conundrum: 04:49–10:11
• Traeger partnership ends: 15:48–17:36
• NCAA All-Time Starting 5 debate begins: 24:17
• Caller on David Thompson: 28:15
• Anthony Davis debates: 29:07–31:32
• Leadership discussion—Jordan vs LeBron: 37:26–39:52
• Celebrity bracket challenge roll call: 51:12–52:56
• Todd’s numerology/Broncos story: 47:46–49:07

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Overall Tone & Style

The discussion fluidly shifts between serious sports analysis and light, self-aware banter. Dan acts as both moderator and good-natured provoker, with sports opinions underpinning most of the humor. Laughter, gentle roasting among the team, and plenty of callbacks to past show moments create an atmosphere akin to a sports bar debate among friends—but with deep sports knowledge and occasional nostalgia.

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Summary prepared for those who want the fun spirit, sports analysis, and memorable debate from The Dan Patrick Show—no ads, no filler, just the best of Hour 3.

Transcript

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[Marvin]

Come on.

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[Seaton]

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[Marvin]

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[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd]

Maybe I didn't. I said something then. Maybe it didn't get to him. But I'm glad he reached out and said that he wants to participate.

[Dan Patrick]

So let's go. All right. So Darius is going to be in there among the luminaries who are going to be in the celebrity bracket challenge. You know, we talked about this on Tuesday when Mel Kuiper had his mock draft and he had Ty Simpson going to the Jets, I think at 16. And then I just saw this article that here's the headline. Alabama's quarterback Ty Simpson appears to be tumbling down draft boards. The ringers. Todd McShay said that an AFC north team isn't even looking at the quarterback. Instead they're looking at Carson Beck. See, what else do we have? Multiple scouts don't view Ty Simpson as a first rounder. NFL media's Daniel Jeremiah published his third mock draft on Tuesday. Had no team selecting Simpson in the first round. Somebody else said he's seen as more of a third round pick who might get pushed up into the second round because of a weak overall class. He's only 61 2, 11, lacks prototypical size for an NFL quarterback and elite arm talent. Let's see anything else in here? Okay, what changed? Like what. What change? Wait, are you throwing the BS flag?

[Paulie]

I am, Dan. Okay, paper and.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, I see it.

[Paulie]

We need a real BS flag.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Paulie]

Anytime there's a story that comes out weeks before the draft that a player is tumbling down the draft boards, that sounds like an agenda. That sounds like blank team who's picking 22nd wants him to go down the draft board. So they get him and they use media to do so.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, but he hasn't played a game in how many months now all of a sudden people are surprised that he's 61 2, 11. He's not your prototypical type quarterback, size wise. Like, nothing changed here. This is where I'm always. This is where teams talk their way into trouble or they talk their way out of a, you know, a good player like you overthink it. But based off what he did during the season, I, he looks like a pro quarterback. And he, I thought he kind of handled the adversity pretty well. And if you're not taking him, are you taking Carson Beckman? And I'm, I talked to somebody yesterday to say, hey, if the Steelers take a quarterback, they're going to take Carson Beck over Ty Simpson. I said, all right. I don't know. I don't think I'd take either one. Once again, why do you need to take a quarterback this year if next year he's going to be so great? But it's always. Next year is always so great. But if, if you're, don't take one now, unless that's the guy you really want, it's like, well, I don't know, we got to get a backup quarterback or let's take a chance on. All right, Carson Beck, Ty Simpson. But this is what teams do. Like. And, and is there a smear campaign going on that all of a sudden everybody put out their mock draft? Everybody had the same opinion on Tyson? I don't know, it could be some, some shady, nefarious stuff going on here. Tarnishing Ty Simpson. How dare you. Yes, Paulie.

[Paulie]

And if you look around, you can find a story 24 hours ago. The jets are high on Ty Simpson at the 16th pick.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but that doesn't mean, you know what you're going. That doesn't mean the other people aren't wrong. Just because the jets go. You know what? In fact, it might strengthen the argument with all the other, you know, teams are letting him tumble. The jets are like, he's our guy. Yes, Todd.

[Todd]

And our analysts, I guess they are analyst insiders. So quick to either be first or try to get a story out and get some quotes, even if they know deep down it might be BS like Paulie was saying, and they're being used in some fashion. Why are they in such a rush to be used as a journalist to throw stuff out there that could be blatantly false?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, I don't know. I don't know if they're being used. I'm just saying the coincidence of this. But then you had Mel Kuiper saying that the jets, he had them taking ty Simpson, number 16. But the fact that this week you've got three different publications or people who are putting their name to Ty Simpson is tumbling down the draft boards. I don't know, because this is what happens. There's going to be the love for Ty Simpson, which maybe we've had, and, yeah, the negative Ty Simpson stories. And then maybe he stages a comeback even though he's not playing, not playing in the game. But now all of a sudden it's like, you know, Ty Simpson, the comeback story now. But maybe he is a third round pick. Maybe he'll be in the second round because somebody will get desperate for a quarterback. That's the problem I have. It's the only position where you get desperate, and that's the position you shouldn't be desperate in trying to get somebody. But teams do it every single year. But that, that just came down, came out. So I was a little bit surprised. All right, Seaton poll question for the final hour of the program is going to be what?

[Seaton]

Yeah, let me update you here from the first two. We had a couple of World Baseball Classic poll questions. The World Baseball Classic should stay in the preseason or go to the All Star break. That's at about 55% right now. Have it staying in the preseason. I think people are pretty curious about moving it over to the All Star break, though.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Seaton]

That's kind of fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Seaton]

And then we also have the World Baseball Classic should be played every four years, three years, two years, four years. Edging them out.

[Dan Patrick]

My source says Howard University got 2.1 for making the tournament. Another 2.1 for winning last night. That's a lot of money for the athletic department there.

[Paulie]

Yeah, Paulie, I saw this story, too, about the payments. They're spread out over years at 355 per year.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. In fact, my source says. Let's see, the next six years. Howard's win, they get 4.2 million total over the next six years. So that and the MIAC, the conference that they're in. So it's spread out over that? Yes.

[Todd]

Todd, you don't have the option to take it in one lump sum.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't think it's like winning the lottery. Yes, Paul.

[Paulie]

And the MEAC is not the Mac with two A's.

[Dan Patrick]

Right. It's. This is M, E, A, C, not maa, Mac. We've been discussing the retiring of numbers because Matt Leiner at USC has asked him a couple of times to have him unretire his Jersey number number 11. And Matt says no. JB in San Antonio. Hi, JB. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Good morning, Dan. Good morning, Dan. I'm sorry about that. 632-3-0. Dan, I'm. I'm about your age, so I'm getting ready to age myself. When I watch your show. I'm watching Cheers. By that, I mean you would be Sam, the alcoholic who now owns a bar that would be recovering.

[Dan Patrick]

Recovering alcohol.

[Caller]

Okay? Recovery. Now, you have to think reimagined, like the new shows. Paulie is Frazier, the same way Coach was all things baseball. Marvin is all things sports. Marvin is coach.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Caller]

Everybody loves when Norm walks in the bar. There's nothing funnier when Seaton laughs at. We're seeing laughs at Fritzi. Okay. Nothing funny.

[Dan Patrick]

And then who's Fritz?

[Caller]

Would be Fritzi. Everybody loves to hate. I love Fritzi because he brings that it to the show that nobody else can. And you hate him. For instance, the passhole. We killed him. Fritzi is Cliff Clavin.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right. So we're. We're kind of Cheers. Everybody knows. Who's Shelley Long? I mean, I guess Dylan. Dylan is.

[Seaton]

I mean, I wear a dress, so.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Yeah. Yes.

[Seaton]

I think being compared to Norm from Cheers is one of the greatest compliments I've ever got in my entire life.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And to be fair, Sam Malone was. He didn't drink when he owned Cheers.

[Seaton]

Hairpiece, though. What are your thoughts on that?

[Dan Patrick]

Whoa. I don't have a hairpiece. No, I don't.

[Seaton]

Just compared to a guy who has

[Dan Patrick]

a hairpiece, I thought it was a pretty good hairpiece. Back then, it was with Sam Malone. Like, I didn't know too many people who had a hairpiece. And. And if they did, it was usually, you know, some old guy who couldn't decide which way to put it on in the morning. And everybody knew that it was like, Howard Cosell. You knew it was a hairpiece. Yeah, Paul.

[Paulie]

So Ted Danson had a hairpiece when he was young on Cheers?

[Dan Patrick]

I believe so.

[Paulie]

Oh, I thought he got it years, years later.

[Dan Patrick]

No, this is a revelation.

[Seaton]

I'm pretty sure they had an episode about it in Cheers where his, like, hairpiece got popped off and there was like a.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, I did go to the bar Cheers in Boston.

[Seaton]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Yeah. I did the tour. I did the tourist thing.

[Seaton]

Definitely 100%.

[Dan Patrick]

There's the sign. Yeah, I know. Yeah. Thank you, JB. Let's see. David in Connecticut. Hi, David. What's on your mind?

[Caller]

Dan Dennis, good morning. Thank you for taking my call. New listener, first time caller, 6, 2, 2, 35, 32.5 inch, arm length. Calling in support and to honor my friend Peter Gogalak, longtime patient and friend. If you guys know anything about how these guys got into getting big money, you'll know that Pete was the one who jumped from the Bills to the Giants, which started, I don't know what the term is I'll call it. He undermined the no poaching law, which then erupted into these multi, multi, multi million dollar contracts that we're seeing today.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, you had contracts with the AFL and the NFL as well that created large contracts, but thank you, David. I think Gogalak's number was three. Does that sound right? But the AFL and the NFL, because there was a bidding war with Joe Namath, you know, he had players that were going or, you know, had. They could decide between the AFL and NFL. One other item that I want to bring to your attention. I found out yesterday that our partnership with Traeger is coming to an end. And, you know, 10 years and so. And look, this is business. But they were an integral part of this show for 10 years. And I hope to maintain friendship so with people there at Traeger, but, you know, they're going in a different direction. They're trying to kind of reset what they're doing. And we wanted to be fair to them that if that's what they wanted to do, then, you know, fine. So, you know, we had been talking with Traeger for a little while, and that's why we, you know, didn't show, you know, us outside by the Traegers because we didn't know if they were going to stay. We had hoped that they would stay for the final two years of the show, but it was a great run and I'm very proud of the sponsors that we have and that we keep for years and years and years and years. And Traeger was, you know, right there at the front. We had great relationship, had a lot of fun. I go back to the Meet Friday songs that we had. And so it's it was a sad day yesterday when I found out, but I wanted to bring that to your attention. So the partnership with Traeger, we're still going to do Meet Friday. I don't know if we have to get build a fire pit out there and we'll just I've Dylan out there cooking the way we used to in the caveman.

[Seaton]

We going, yeah, back caveman style. Let's open flame it.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm okay with that. We're still doing Meat Friday. We created Meet Friday and that will continue. But the partnership with Traeger will come to an end. We'll take a break. More phone calls coming up. We're back after this DAN PATRICK Show. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9:00am Eastern, 6:00am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio in the iHeartRadio app. Hey, this is Jason McIntyre. Join me every weekday morning on my podcast Straight fire with Jason McIntyre. This isn't your typical sports pod, pushing the same tired narratives down your throat every day. Straight Fire gives you honest opinions on all the biggest sports headlines, accurate stats to help you win big at the sportsbook, and all the best guesses. Do yourself a favor and listen to Straight fire with Jason McIntyre on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Just because the big game is over doesn't mean you can't have people over. And if you're having people over, it'll be Miller time, still iconic 50 years later. The original light beer, by the way, 1975. And it's brewed for taste. Simply put, it just is different. Miller Time. It's the right time anytime. Simple ingredients, malted barley for rich balanced toffee note flavors and and the iconic golden color. There's something about that after every show we had in San Francisco. I'd say the show is not over until you'd hear that. And it was time for Miller Time Miller Lite, the perfect beer to kick off a small hang. Or maybe you're going to hang with people after work. 96 calories 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces. A great choice without weighing you down. You can get it pretty much anywhere that sells beer or go to millerlight.com Patrick to find delivery options. Miller Time Celebrate responsibly. Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, WI 96 calories 3.2 carbs per 12 ounces baseball fans

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[Dan Patrick]

All right guys, two words for you. Prostate exam. Yeah, you just clenched up a little bit. Are you imagining the finger right now? Yeah, relax. Prostate cancer screening starts with a simple finger free blood test. Around one in eight men in the United States will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. But that's no reason to re clench when caught early. At localized or even regional stages, prostate cancer can have over a 99% five year relative survival rate. Did your tight end just relax? Good. If you're over 40, 40 or older and have a prostate visit, relax. It's a blood test.com you'll find out if a PSA blood test is right for you. The PSA blood test can be the first step in screening. Talk to your doctor to evaluate your risk, determine when to get tested and discuss screening options and the next steps. Sponsored by Novartis. It's only natural you see these golfers mistaken the true green lawns for an actual golf course have you noticed that?

[Marvin]

Come on.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, I'm serious. Happens all the time. And you know, they're the official lawn care treatment provider, the PGA Tour, so they know what it takes to get golf course quality lawns.

[Seaton]

So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?

[Dan Patrick]

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[Paulie]

I feel like you see them everywhere.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Todd]

I'll play, but I'm not mowing.

[Dan Patrick]

I didn't think you were Your wife, Will or your son. Get your own golf course quality [e-mail] trugreen.com let the pros handle the lawn. Just don't be surprised when golfers show up. Join our celebrity friends this year's bracket challenge. Sign up now danpatrick.com or on our social media platforms. WNBA close to an agreement and some of the money, big, big pay increase, Big pay increase. And I think the minimum now with the new contract is more than the maximum before. So a significant upgrade for the wnba. All right, some more phone calls here. We kind of threw this out if you were, or yeah, maybe it was an audience member who said, hey, how about who's your all time starting five? And I thought I, I'd need time to think about it. But if I was, if it didn't matter what position that I was going to put somebody at, that I could have Lou Alcindor and Bill Walton on my front line and then I could have. Now this is just college. We're just basing this off college. I could put Larry Bird in there, I could put Magic in there. I mean, Mike, Michael Jordan wasn't a great college player. He wasn't even the best player on his own team. James Worthy was I think the national player of the year. But it, you know, we all know what he became. So it's not, you got to just look at the college career. That's it. I mean, Nick Wright brought up Tyler Hansbrough and before you go, Tyler Hansbro, for a long time he was the all time leading scorer in the acc. But a lot of these players, if you think about nowadays, they're only playing one year. You know, Tim Duncan played four, Grand Hill, Patrick Ewing, Leitner, Walton, they all played, they stayed. It's different because you get to see a full college career. Now it's just one year. Like you can take Carmelo if you want to for one year, but I mean, Magic played for a couple of years. He had two years at Michigan State. Yeah, Paulie.

[Paulie]

Tyler Hansborough is the Frank Gore of college basketball. He was good for a long, long time. No offense.

[Dan Patrick]

Is he still the all time leading score in ACC history? Yeah.

[Paulie]

Armando Bacot played about 11 years.

[Dan Patrick]

I don't, I don't.

[Paulie]

I think he caught him rebound wise.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. But it's a good poll by me. Tyler Hansboro is a, you know, he's a 2010 guy for six years.

[Seaton]

Put yourself on the back there, lad guy.

[Dan Patrick]

That's a good call by making. But if you think about a body, you got to be just good enough to put up these big numbers, but not that good where you leave after one or two years. I get a tricky formula where you go, man, he's the, he's going to be the all time leading scorer. That's because he's been there five years. Let me see Bob in Ohio. Hi, Bob. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

How's it going, brother? Hey, how about this one? I'm gonna throw this at you and you're gonna say you are 100, right? And the other guys are gonna have no idea. Roosevelt Chapman had the greatest four game run as a ud. That was probably about your time, right? We about the same age.

[Dan Patrick]

Velvet is a little younger than me.

[Caller]

Okay, so he had a run of 30. Then again. So Wayman Tisdale yet 41 and 16. You remember that?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Caller]

And then he comes back and I think it might have get Ben against Detliff Shrimp, he had another 28 or 29. So you talk greatest players. You know, Larry Bird to me was the all time great college player, but guys like that made this special.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, Velvet was only 6 4, but. And he wasn't a great shooter, but he would go up against seven footers. I remember the Dayton played Minnesota. Randy Brewer was 7:3 and I think Velvet dunked on him in traffic. And you know, Roosevelt wasn't a great pro because he was a six' four guy who played inside. But that run with Dayton, that's pretty incredible. They, they went toe to toe. But Velvet's not better than Donnie May. Donnie, Donnie May led the nation in rebounding at 65. He was a, he was a great shooter. Went to the Knicks, but Velvet had a great run. I mean, Dayton usually like, it feels like every seven to ten years they'll be like, oh, there's Jim Paxton. You know, there's Donald Smith, There is Donnie May, Velvet Chapman. Yes.

[Marvin]

Mark Covid stopped dating from a possible national championship. Obi Topping was the best player in college basketball.

[Dan Patrick]

Yep. Dayton might have won the national title that year. That's a good point there. Let me see Ben in North Carolina. Hi, Ben. What's on your mind today? Dan, turn down your radio.

[Caller]

If. If you. If you're talking about the five greatest basketball players in college, you have to bring up David Thompson.

[Dan Patrick]

He was great. Yeah, yeah. Look, there's no wrong answer here. I just. It's your opinion. If you want David Thompson in there, put him in there. If Nick wright wants Jerry McNamara in there, go ahead. Yes, Marv.

[Marvin]

In my top five, is it okay that I have two? One and done guys?

[Dan Patrick]

It's your five.

[Seaton]

We don't know if you can have

[Marvin]

one and done guys because they play college basketball.

[Dan Patrick]

Well, then tell me who your five is.

[Marvin]

All right, point guard. Point guard. Jay Williams. Duke shooting guard. Ray Allen.

[Caller]

All right.

[Marvin]

Carmelo Anthony. Chris Weber. Anthony Davis.

[Dan Patrick]

Anthony Davis.

[Marvin]

Anthony Davis dominated without scoring.

[Dan Patrick]

I wouldn't take pride. Then I went scoreless in the national title game. Marvin.

[Marvin]

He was dominating. He didn't have to.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, he did. He was supposed to score. But he didn't have to, though, because Kentucky was great.

[Marvin]

All thanks to Anthony Davis. Calipari had how many McDonald's all Americans? And he's got a national title because of who?

[Dan Patrick]

Well, who else was on the team with Anthony Day? You make it seem like he was Patrick Ewing.

[Marvin]

He had Michael Kidd, Gilchrist.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, who was what, the third pick overall?

[Marvin]

Second. But who's.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, second pick

[Paulie]

debunked.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm not up on my. Michael Kidd, Gilchrist, but.

[Marvin]

Oh, yeah, Darius Miller.

[Todd]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

You're asking who that is? Yeah, me too.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Marvin]

Okay.

[Todd]

That was it.

[MLB/NBA Sports Promo Announcer]

Yeah.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. That's your starting five.

[Marvin]

It is.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, that's fine.

[Marvin]

Ah, but you were giving me a little.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, You know, you're young. You don't know that much. Well,

[Marvin]

we're just going off of who I saw play.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, I know.

[Seaton]

By the way, Darius Miller played about 10 years in league and Sutton.

[Marvin]

He did.

[Seaton]

Just saying. That's a great accomplishment.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes. All right.

[Marvin]

You really disrespecting Anthony Davis's college career like that? He had more blocks than some teams.

[Dan Patrick]

Who is the first guy. Well, you weren't maybe around who came in and said, anthony Davis is going to be great in the NBA because he started out as a guard, grew into a seven footer and had a Great handle and he had great touch. I was a fan of Anthony Davis.

[Marvin]

It doesn't sound like it.

[Dan Patrick]

I was.

[Seaton]

Was he actually great in the NBA?

[Dan Patrick]

He's a Hall of Famer. Jersey retired. He'll get it. Does he get a. Where's his nickname again? Street clothes.

[Seaton]

Ah, man, that's a tough one. If you want to talk about greatness,

[Dan Patrick]

he did have a run there.

[Todd]

He did.

[Dan Patrick]

Where? Where. Where does he get his jersey? Retired.

[Seaton]

I honor his college career, but his NBA career.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Paul.

[Paulie]

He'll get a sweater. Retired at a clothing store. No offense.

[Seaton]

Some comfy clothes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, man.

[Marvin]

Good pull by you, Paula.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, yeah. Pat him on the back again.

[Paulie]

Beat me to it, Mark.

[Dan Patrick]

All right, that's fine. You know, Anthony Davis wouldn't be the guy that I would put in there, but, you know, if you didn't see Patrick Ewing or came then.

[Marvin]

Correct. I did not see those guys.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Seaton]

That's why you get to do yours, Dan, and Marvin gets to do his.

[Dan Patrick]

I know I said there's no wrong answers, but Marvin proved me wrong.

[Paulie]

Debunked.

[Dan Patrick]

Marvin proved me wrong. J Will. Okay. Yeah.

[Marvin]

Oh, my gosh.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait a minute. Let me see if I get it. Was. Was he the second overall pick by the Bulls?

[Marvin]

He was.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. Just want to make sure I got that one right.

[Marvin]

Yeah. Like Jay Williams was just some guy.

[Dan Patrick]

No, Jay was really good. He was really good, but in your history, he was really good, correct? Yes. Yeah, that's fine. Like, you didn't even see Len Bias.

[Marvin]

I did not know.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm just saying there's a lot of guys who've been really, really good and not for just one year.

[Marvin]

Correct. I'm. My all time, all time list would be much different than the guys that I saw. That's all I'm going off of.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, but we shouldn't be yelling at each other.

[Marvin]

No.

[Dan Patrick]

If we're yelling per se, I might have yelled.

[Marvin]

This might have been good sports radio conversation.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

Nice callback.

[Dan Patrick]

How would you rate your show so far, Marvin?

[Marvin]

How would you rate the Anthony Davis thing? I'm good with.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

Jay Williams. I'm good with. Oh, letting that F bomb go.

[Dan Patrick]

I'm not good with. We're listening to Matt Leiner and all of a sudden, boom. An F bomb. That was unfortunate. And if my stairs.

[Marvin]

I felt bad. Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

If my stare could have killed, we would have last rights for Marvin.

[Marvin]

Correct. Yes. I felt terrible. What I just said about the. My top five.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Marvin]

Not even close to feeling bad about that. This right here? Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd]

I'VE been there, my friend. Not a good stare. Not a good moment. It's not a good moment.

[Marvin]

No, it's the worst. Because the only thing I take serious is, like, trying to do a good job on the board, at least. And I let one slip past me.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you for taking it seriously.

[Todd]

You didn't book Daniel Jones, though, after a victory over the Cowboys on Monday night Football, so you're not so bad.

[Dan Patrick]

Wow.

[Todd]

We all have our sensitivities. We all have our memories, bad times.

[Dan Patrick]

Why are you just trying to help

[Todd]

Marvin out in case he was feeling bad that we've all been there. We've all got called into the back room. We've all had the distair. It's just not a good time.

[Dan Patrick]

Why are you bringing it back to you?

[Todd]

I've tried to share in what Marvin went through in that moment. That other. It happened to other people. It's not about bringing it to me. We can share and that we've all screwed up at a time, and it's. And when you get angry like that, it's upsetting. It's jarring.

[Dan Patrick]

It's jarring.

[Todd]

It's a jarring look that you gave.

[MLB/NBA Sports Promo Announcer]

Yeah.

[Todd]

It could last hours or days or weeks.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes.

[Paulie]

Paul Fritz, he found a way to make Marvin's bad day about him.

[Todd]

Pretty talented thing, to be honest with you.

[Dan Patrick]

You are. You. You are. Misdirection. You. You can. Mister. You had the. No look. Pass. You. You did it before anybody.

[Todd]

Enough about Marvin.

[Caller]

What about me?

[Dan Patrick]

I screwed up. Yeah. Congratulations. What grade would you give Marvin today?

[Todd]

I'm gonna say he had a lot of good basketball knowledge or something. I'm gonna go B minus slash C plus.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, Paul.

[Todd]

Nothing too horrible.

[Paulie]

Objectively, Marvin gets a hard F for today.

[Dan Patrick]

Whoa, whoa. That's the problem. An F bomb. Yes.

[Paulie]

No pun. Because the rest of it. You got to eat this one and move on.

[Dan Patrick]

And he is. Yeah. Yeah. Did you now? I gave you just a little talking to.

[Marvin]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Just a little. Did anybody else give you a talking to?

[Marvin]

A talking to? No.

[Dan Patrick]

Advice?

[Marvin]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Marvin]

Yes.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Todd]

For sure.

[Dan Patrick]

All right.

[Marvin]

But I legit feel bad whenever I.

[Todd]

Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

During commercial break, I walk out the door and Marvin keeps his headphones on.

[Todd]

That's what I would do.

[Dan Patrick]

He was just like. And I go, marvin, hey, hey. I'm really sorry about that. Okay? Okay. I said we don't make those mistakes. And that was it. We move on. It's a. It's a teaching moment is what it did. Say.

[Marvin]

That's not the lesson I Wanted to learn.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, it's a teaching what.

[Todd]

What is really the extent of the advice? All you could say is you got to list those before it goes on the air or you got to bleep out curses. Let's not make it sound like it's, you know, this here's a list of 73 things you did wrong here. Really very simple advice for even a beginner in broadcasting this really. You don't need some kind of 50 year veteran to say, here's where you're messed up. He knew immediately when that word came out what he did wrong.

[Dan Patrick]

Yes, Marv.

[Marvin]

I think the worst part about it is I bleeped out 18,000 F word from Max Crosby. I worked hard on bleeping out all those F bombs and S bombs from Max and Matt Leiner.

[Dan Patrick]

You know what? You ran out of bleeps? Yeah, no bleeps to give.

[Paulie]

Making content out of it.

[Dan Patrick]

You know what? We make a mistake, we move on and we laugh about it.

[Marvin]

Did we move on?

[Dan Patrick]

I am okay. Yeah, yeah. It was just, you know, it's content.

[Seaton]

But does Todd want to move on? That's what I.

[Todd]

Thank you, seed. I'm glad someone asked. I'm having trouble moving on.

[Seaton]

I give Marvin an F for today' because F is for Fritz and that's what really matters.

[Todd]

There you go. Now back to Dan Patrick already in progress.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, Todd, Tony in California. Good morning, Tony. What's on your mind today?

[Caller]

Hey, guys. Good morning.

[Dan Patrick]

So yesterday, Dan, you were talking about

[Caller]

LeBron deferring and I think it's so admirable of him at this stage of his career. But it got me thinking. Not about the goat, but who was a better leader?

[Dan Patrick]

Michael Jordan or lebr?

[Caller]

Jordan's a bowling and a punch in the face. But then you'll be Steve Kerr or LeBron Dragon, you know, Booby Gibson and J.R. smith. The championships.

[Dan Patrick]

Love, encouragement, powerful tool.

[Caller]

I'm not sure what the right answer is.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, I don't know about the leadership. Like I. Leadership is when you go out and do something. That's the way I always viewed it. It's not somebody who's going to give you words of wisdom because you just, you just go out there and you play and you lead by example. I always felt that I'm not going to ask you to do something that I'm not going to do. Follow me. Watch what I do. Like leadership chemistry. Those are always tricky words. We use them a lot. But you know, Mike was a leader. Just because you had. You had to keep up with him, he demanded perfection. He wasn't a great teammate. I don't think he was kind, nice, friendly to a lot of his. I mean, he's not a huggable, cuddly guy. And I don't know. I mean, I knew players who played with the Bulls. I don't know if who said, Boy, LeBron's a great leader. Great leaders. When you come out and score 25 consecutive points in a playoff game, like, you lead the league in scoring. You play for 22 years, like, that is the kind of leader. But they, they led in different ways. I mean, if. If LeBron did what Michael did, like, just do the Steve Kerr punching in the face. I mean, how would social Media deal with LeBron? Mike did it and like, yeah, man, that's what you want, man. He's gonna fight you. And what, he punched Steve Kerr in the face? Yes. Marvin.

[Marvin]

First take would have been on. It would have been a four hour show.

[Dan Patrick]

It would have been a marathon. They would have done a telethon on LeBron punching a teammate. Oh, my God. I. I have a friend who just said, fritzi is the guy who would figure out a way to make a no look pass to himself.

[Todd]

Well said.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah, but as far as leaders go, like, I don't know if Larry Bird was a great leader other than Larry Bird went out on the floor. And you go, I'm gonna follow him. I have faith in that guy. Confident. Cal Ripken played every single game. That's pretty good leadership. He's out there every single day. Yes, Mark.

[Todd]

Right?

[Marvin]

Like, Derek Jeter was the captain, but could you imagine him giving you a rah rah speech?

[Dan Patrick]

No.

[Marvin]

He's gonna go out there and do it.

[Dan Patrick]

No, he did have a funny line last night where.

[Marvin]

Who?

[Dan Patrick]

Jeter. Okay. Yeah. It was like somebody was saying, man, the wbc, it's kind of like the World Series. And then I think Jeter said, those who are saying that never played in a World Series, and he's right. I mean, the WBC is not the World Series. It's not. It's a big moment for Venezuela and we should never take anything away. Whatever it means to them, they can embrace it. But I think if you're watching the World Series, knowing the World Series, what it means, it's not something that, you know, is played in spring training. It's the culmination. And obviously what, you know, Jeter, he. He made his name playing in postseason games, World Series games. Alrighty. Let's take a break. Todd, anything else you would like to say?

[Todd]

I just want. You should have asked me first before you're gonna go to break.

[Paulie]

Yeah.

[Todd]

This is a good time to take a break.

[Dan Patrick]

Thank you, Todd. Thank you.

[Todd]

We want to have room for the last segment of the show, so you

[Dan Patrick]

should break sooner than that. We got scoreboard coming up.

[Todd]

We do?

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

All the more reason to make sure I have adequate time to do that.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. And this day in sports history. Yeah. Which is always very similar to scoreboard.

[Paulie]

We'll find out.

[Dan Patrick]

But, Paul, I blame you. You did tell Todd to do scoreboard

[Paulie]

Accurate when scoreboard was about numbers.

[Seaton]

You.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, Todd's got a numerology one. And it has to do with the Broncos winning the Super Bowl. All right, I'll let you do that when we come back. Okay, Fine.

[Todd]

Show some enthusiasm. What do you mean fine? I'm still upset that you're giving Marvin too much grief.

[Dan Patrick]

I did.

[Todd]

I'm sensitive about that stuff. I don't like.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay.

[Marvin]

I got over it. Real fat Freeze is taking it harder than I am.

[Dan Patrick]

I know.

[Todd]

I think everyone should just always get pats in the back and be told how wonderful they are. And if you got nothing negative to say, keep it to your man.

[Dan Patrick]

I wish I had a pie to smash you in the face even as

[Todd]

the boss got nothing negative. If that's something negative to say, just keep it under your hat.

[Seaton]

This is a monster you've created, Dan.

[Dan Patrick]

I know.

[Seaton]

You know this, right? You did this.

[Dan Patrick]

I did.

[Todd]

Congratulations.

[Dan Patrick]

How about we take a break? Okay. We're back after this. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our [e-mail] and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live baseball fans,

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[Marvin]

Come on.

[Dan Patrick]

No, no, I'm serious. Happens all the time. And you know, they're the official lawn care treatment provider, the PGA Tour. So they know what it takes to get golf course quality lawns.

[Seaton]

So you're saying we could host a tournament out back?

[Dan Patrick]

No, I mean we could make. Yeah, I guess we can. If Trugreen's doing all the work. No one makes it easier. They handle the treatments, the timing, everything.

[Paulie]

I feel like you see them everywhere.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah. Beautiful lawns. And you know it's true Green America's number one lawn care company. And chances are they're already in your neighborhood.

[Todd]

I'll play, but I'm not mowing.

[Dan Patrick]

I didn't think you were. Your wife, will or your son. Get your own golf course. Quality [e-mail] trugreen.com let the pros handle the lawn. Just don't be surprised when golfers show up.

[Marvin]

Nobody really prepares you for this part of life. When I had some guests stay with me recently, I realized I was missing a few key essentials. I hate when that happens. Really? No more paper towels. Down to the last pigs in A blanket so soon? I didn't want to interrupt our time together by running to the store or give off the impression that I was unprepared for my guests. Moments like that are a perfect example of how everyday life can surprise you. Some days go as planned and other days, well, life throws curve balls. It's not always convenient. That's why I went straight to Amazon. Amazon helps make it easier to manage both the routine and the unexpected. From household basics to last minute replacements you like to have on hand to be a great host. Amazon makes it so you can find everything that you need all in one place with reliable value and great prices. So when you run out of essentials right when the party's about to start, Amazon makes it easier to focus on your guests. Talk about saving the day.

[Dan Patrick]

Last call for phone calls. What we learn what's in store tomorrow. A new gambling podcast later today get you ready for March Madness. We're gonna have Dylan, we'll have Shay and Irving, Bad Larry. And it will be available this [e-mail] the Todd cast. New episode tomorrow with Todd, I believe. Yeah. Okay.

[Todd]

Hopefully every week until you pull the plug on it. Say, you know what? I didn't appreciate what you said in episode five. You're done.

[Dan Patrick]

I gotta be honest, I do listen to the 12:15 podcast, the wrap up with the Back Room guys every Friday. I have not listened to the content.

[Todd]

Thanks for your support.

[Dan Patrick]

And so language police might be out in full force here. Yeah.

[Todd]

All right then.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

I have a numerology Bronco related thing. We only have about five minutes left.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, Todd, give me. This is yesterday. He sends me numerology with the Jalen Waddle trade to the Bronco.

[Todd]

My wife sent it to me and I sent it to you. And that is kind of cool. Jaylen Waddle wears number 17. He was traded to the Broncos on the 17th day of the third month. He is guaranteed $17 million this year on his three year contract. 17 times 3 equals 51. Bo Nix wears number 10. 51 plus 10 equals 61. Super Bowl 61 champions, question mark. That's a long way to go, even for me. That's a, you know, that's a stretch, but I like where I gave you

[Dan Patrick]

credit because there was, you know, you went deep and there was a payoff.

[Todd]

But I didn't create this. I saw this on social media. I don't want to take credit for these numbers. Okay, maybe I didn't make that clear enough.

[Dan Patrick]

Wait, wait, wait.

[Todd]

You, Jen saw this on social media? My Wife, you sent it to me.

[Dan Patrick]

You didn't say, I saw this on social media. I didn't come up.

[Todd]

I thought I said. Well, I said, Jen said it to me, which I should have been more clear. My wife sent this to me because she saw this on social media. So I don't even know where this came from, but I thought it would be fun to share it and I don't want to take credit for it because I don't think it's that great anyway. Oh, if I would have come up with that, I would have said it was genius.

[Dan Patrick]

I thought it was. I thought it was good.

[Commercial Announcer]

It was fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Yeah.

[Todd]

I don't like when my team gets jinxed, even with numerology. Oh, the Broncos should be favorite to win the Super Bowl. Jalen Waddle. I don't like when they talk like that.

[Dan Patrick]

Brackets are due tomorrow at 11am Eastern. Does that sound okay? 11am Eastern.

[Paulie]

Historically, it's been 11.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, 11. Yeah.

[Todd]

The director, I think, wants it closer to 10am Eastern. He's kind of cracking the whip a little bit because it takes extra time to put things into. Into the machine, the computers and tabulations and so ideally 10am Eastern, if possible.

[Dan Patrick]

So Mario is the director.

[Todd]

Yes. Station. I had pre show with him. He would prefer make things a lot easier for a lot of people to make it a 10am Eastern conclusion to getting in your picks.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay. All right, so we'll have ours in at 10am tomorrow.

[Todd]

That would be nice.

[Dan Patrick]

Is that fun? Okay. Tracy McGrady will join us on the program tomorrow. How about this day in sports history? Paul?

[Paulie]

1892, Frederick Arthur Lord Stanley of Preston announced that he had purchased a trophy to be presented to the hockey champion of Canada. That is the Stanley Cup. And in 1970, NFL selected Wilson to be the football and scoreboard official timekeeper.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, that's it. 1985, I. I was covering this. Baseball reinstated Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle. They had been barred from baseball by Buoy Kun for their association with Atlantic City Casino. They were just greeters at the door. In fact, I went to Atlantic City and, you know, we, we watched Willie Mays creep people. Not exciting video, but, you know, we did see what time every time someone

[Todd]

walked in and go say, hey, that's all right. Really, dude, we get it.

[Dan Patrick]

David in Ohio. Hi, David. What's on your mind? Wait. We just heard from Philip Rivers to be in the bracket challenge, and he never even responded.

[Todd]

I think a third of the people that didn't respond, all of a sudden a sheet appears on my email.

[Dan Patrick]

And then Alex. Alex Ovechkin is back in again.

[Todd]

That was like 20 minutes ago.

[Marvin]

All of a sudden.

[Todd]

I got a note from the Capitals. Here's OV's sheet. Okay.

[Dan Patrick]

All right. All right. Yeah. All right. So you can be in the bracket challenge with Alex Ovechkin and Philip Rivers. Let's see anything else that needs to be mentioned here. Final results of the poll question. Seaton.

[Seaton]

Where should the World Baseball Classic run? Preseason or in the All Star break? Preseason is barely beating All Star break right now. Just a couple of percentage points. That's pretty good, though.

[Dan Patrick]

Guy Fieri. Just send in a bracket.

[Todd]

This is going to be fun.

[Dan Patrick]

Diners drive ins and dives.

[Todd]

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

[Dan Patrick]

Okay, Washington fan. All right, so let everybody know. They got to have their brackets in by tomorrow. What?

[Paulie]

Paul, we could dive in this tomorrow, but there's some other people that said no. Fritz's list of people, he asked, is diverse. Christina Applegate, the actress, said no. Didn't know she was on our list.

[Todd]

I got a little loose.

[Paulie]

Jennifer Lawrence said no. Marisa Tomei has not said anything yet.

[Dan Patrick]

Oh, she doesn't need to.

[Seaton]

Let's get her in the bracket.

[Paulie]

Giada De Laurentiis has not answered.

[Caller]

What?

[Dan Patrick]

What?

[Paulie]

I know.

[Todd]

Very upset about that.

[Seaton]

For the 20th year in a row, Adriana Lima has said no. I don't know what we're supposed.

[Dan Patrick]

Todd.

[Paulie]

Mila Kunis. No answer yet.

[Dan Patrick]

Ooh, that hurts. In particular, what about her husband?

[Todd]

I didn't invite him. I wanted the bad moms. Oh, Connor Hellebuck, though, the goalie on the Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal. He is expected to send in a sheet at some point today.

[Seaton]

Yeah, but you know what?

[Dan Patrick]

You know who said no?

[Seaton]

Rachel McAdams.

[Dan Patrick]

That's a bunch of crap.

[Seaton]

I thought for sure she was in.

[Todd]

I just saw a wedding crashes like last week.

[Dan Patrick]

I know, but why do you do this?

[Todd]

It's. I don't. It's. It's silly because. I don't know, it's some kind of secret crush fantasy that, like, just to be able to. That's the closest I'll ever get to any of these people that they sent in a bracket.

[Dan Patrick]

What did you learn today, Todd?

[Todd]

You think the Ravens got cold feet and that's why they pulled out of the Max Crosby deal?

[Dan Patrick]

Buyers remorse. What did you learn?

[Seaton]

I learned we have to change Marvin's T shirt from the hands to two

[Dan Patrick]

middle fingers up on the bird. Marvin, what did you learn?

[Marvin]

I had no more Fs to give.

[Dan Patrick]

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[Marvin]

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