Dan Patrick (2:29)

Steaks and sausages courtesy of Heartland Steak Co. Next month it's here. The Winter Olympics from Milan beginning Friday, February 6th on NBC and Peacock, we are bracing for a big snowstorm. And I said to the Danets and the backroom guys, if you want to stay here on Sunday and we kind of have a sleepover, then everybody can come in. We're just gonna need to get some sleeping bags. We do have our z Kliners, the reclining chairs that they arrived yesterday, that I can probably put them somewhere in the man cave out by the football field. But they're looking at at least a foot, maybe two feet of snow, and it's going to come in on Sunday. So I want to make sure you guys are here on Monday. And I don't know if any of you are going to take me up on the offer to stay here on Sunday. And then we all watch football. I got beer on tap. We'll have food. Todd, are you interested in staying here on Sunday?

Todd (3:32)

I think I'm going to stay in a hotel, especially because I can't be around anyone. We saw that, like with the super bowl, with the. With the Panthers. I just. I have to watch the game, you know, by myself. So I'm going to. I am going to stay in hotels so that I'm close to the studio for Monday.

Dan Patrick (3:46)

I'd like to have you in here. Camaraderie, sleepover, bonding.

Todd (3:50)

Normally I would take you up on that as long, especially if there's going to be food involved.

Dan Patrick (3:54)

If I. If I make you pay for your hotel. Are you going to stay in a hotel?

Todd (3:58)

If I have to pay for it, yeah.

Dan Patrick (4:00)

Yeah. Because I'm the one that has to pay for your hotel room.

Todd (4:02)

I probably lay like, I sleep right in this chair here. This. And just stay here from now until Monday or that. Or the couch.

Dan Patrick (4:08)

Okay. But if you're going to stay at a hotel, you got to make sure you get in here on Monday.

Todd (4:12)

Oh, definitely. That'll be the whole reason for giving up my whole weekend. Comfort of my house.

Dan Patrick (4:16)

I just. Just saying. Just saying.

Seaton (4:18)

Yes, if you want, I can save you. I have a deal to save both of us money.

Dan Patrick (4:22)

Okay.

Seaton (4:25)

What if I save you the hotel money and I also save me the expense of hiring someone to clear the snow and we zoom in on Monday. That doesn't work for you?

Dan Patrick (4:37)

No. We like being together. We do. Yeah. I mean, it's not Covid.

Seaton (4:43)

It's snow vid. Winter storm. Snow vid is happening. I just stay home. I zoom in in. We can do the poll question. We can do all that stuff. Then I can clear the snow where I need to clear it. You save the Money of the hotel room. Sounds like a win win to me. All in favor? I. I have it.

Todd (5:00)

Something to think about.

Dan Patrick (5:01)

Marvin, you're close enough by that you're gonna stay at home?

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (5:04)

Yeah, I'll be at the house.

Dan Patrick (5:05)

All right, Paulie.

Paulie (5:06)

At the house.

Dan Patrick (5:07)

Okay. I know the back room. I think everybody in the back room is going to be staying here on Sunday afternoon. And, and I said, hey, you know what? Have fun.

Seaton (5:18)

Is that a bonding move or an expense move? That's a lot of hotel rooms.

Dan Patrick (5:24)

Oh, they. No, no. The big German said if you guys want to get hotel rooms, you can. It's a. Your choice. I'm fine with it. We have a hotel nearby, so. I've already said if you want to stay at a hotel, great. If you want to come in here, you can. And once again, we have food, we got beer on tap, we got TVs, we got all the comforts of home. Yes, Paulie, couple things.

Paulie (5:47)

The Brgs are going to drink your bar dry.

Dan Patrick (5:49)

It's okay.

Paulie (5:50)

Guaranteed.

Dan Patrick (5:50)

It's okay.

Paulie (5:51)

Number two, we're setting the over under at 11 and a half inches in our parking lot. If anyone wants to get in on.

Dan Patrick (5:57)

That bet, I'm going to go over.

Paulie (5:59)

Okay. Lastly, Never forget the 2011 incident where Fritzi stayed at the local hotel. His car was snowed in and he asked the 17 year old girl at the front desk to dig him out, not borrow a shovel.

Todd (6:13)

You seem nice enough.

Dan Patrick (6:14)

Would you do me a favor?

Seaton (6:16)

Sturdy, sturdy back on her. You go ahead.

Dan Patrick (6:19)

Would you at least take a snow shovel with you when you go to the hotel on Sunday?

Todd (6:27)

I have one in the. In the back of the truck. Okay. I got my hat and gloves and like a small shovel, not one of these big ones. But I may have to consider a larger shovel.

Dan Patrick (6:35)

But do not ask the poor girl who's working overnight to go out and shovel the snow.

Todd (6:40)

Well, she was trying to show me some kind of way where you take like a mat and put it under the tire or something like that to give it some tread or some skid, whatever she was doing. But I just prefer when someone else does it.

Dan Patrick (6:49)

Final hour. Here we have the most must win game of the weekend and our predictions. Who had the best week in sports. So three o' clock on Sunday. Patriots. Broncos. The Broncos are four and a half point underdogs. They were five and a half yesterday. Rams at the Seahawks, 6:30 Eastern. The Rams are still getting two and a half. Good morning. If you're watching on Peacock, thank you, our streaming partner. Download the App if you haven't done so. I set the fan base on fire because I had the audacity earlier to say I would at least explore trading the number one overall pick if I'm the Raiders. Go back to the Bryce Young trade. So the Bears received. So they gave the Panthers the opportunity to take the number one overall pick and turned out to be Bryce Young. The Bears got D.J. moore. The Bears got the ninth overall pick in the first round. They got a second round pick 20, 24. They got a first round pick 20, 25, a second round pick. Well, this has helped them build a team that is, you know, dangerous now moving forward. Now you're sending Bryce Young to a team that wasn't very good and he struggled mightily those first couple of years. They make the playoffs with a losing record, but the Bears, you know, the Bears were a real threat in the playoffs. So the Bears did benefit from that by trading the number one overall pick. Carolina got him. They paid a lot for him. This is what I'm saying about the Raiders. If you say to the jets, you want, you want Fernando Mendoza, this is what we want. Two first this year, two first next year. Maybe they say you're crazy. Okay, Arizona, you interested? I mean, you could go down the list of a couple of teams that you go, hey, are you interested in overpaying? I think Carolina had the ninth overall pick and they traded up to get the number one pick. All right, no harm if, you know, somebody is not going to give you a treasure trove for it, but I'd certainly consider it. Yes, Paulie.

Paulie (9:01)

Yeah, the Bears turn that into, as you said, DJ Moore. But they also got Darnell Wright, he's a Pro bowl offensive tackle. They got Kayla Williams because the Carolina was so bad the next year. And they got Luther Burden, who's been a nice receiver this year. You got lots of time to make this pick.

Dan Patrick (9:15)

Yeah, and I mentioned maybe the Colts would be interested in Mendoza because you don't know about Danny Dimes coming back. Anthony Richardson's big question mark. Keep in mind, the Colts, they traded away their first round pick for the next two drafts for Sauce Gardner. Oops. Some phone calls coming up, by the way, Charles Barkley, who when Charles Barkley was leaving TNT going to the Mothership, and he said, oh, they better not put me on all those shows, Ocho and everything. And now all of a sudden I saw the headline, charles Barkley wants to work more. He repeatedly said this, that he didn't want to work on ESPN's other studio programming like get up. And first take, he was on Dan Levitard show and he talked about how he wants to work more.

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Dan Patrick (10:51)

Yeah. If I'm spending this money, I have them on once a week. Even if they're not leading into a game. I'd have them on at five o' clock Eastern. Maybe you just do a half hour roundtable. There's a lot of topics here they could lead into. Pardon the interruption. I, I, I need to see them. And you know, the schedule's been unbalanced. I think the head of ESPN president of content, Bert Magnus, called the Backloaded schedule an imperfect situation from our perspective. But I gotta have, I had, I gotta have these guys somewhere on the network. The problem is you can get lost on espn. You can, because there are so many people, so many shows. But I gotta make way so people know that Barkley and Shaq and Kenny Ernie, they're gonna be here on a more regular basis, consistent basis. But I, I mean, I don't know if Charles wants to work more. I think he would like to. I mean, you do miss the air time and you miss that time when you're together with one another. But it can't be disjointed like this for the amount of money that that show cost. And you're going to bring them in. It was a big deal. Like, I only watched TNT to watch them. I mean, I did watch Rizzoli and Isles. Yes, yes.

Seaton (12:19)

I do always get like a nice little, like, oh, a little Law and Order, whichever one it is. Like, I'll watch this for a couple minutes. That's fun.

Dan Patrick (12:26)

I haven't watched the Law and Order yet and I'm not going to know.

Todd (12:29)

That's insane to us.

Dan Patrick (12:31)

I have never seen a Law and Order.

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Dan Patrick (12:35)

No, no.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (12:35)

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Dan Patrick (12:37)

No, no.

Seaton (12:40)

I heat on that one. Mariska Hargitay and that svu. A lot of heat.

Todd (12:45)

Kelly Giddish, the blonde one? Come on, you met her.

Dan Patrick (12:47)

I did meet Kelly, yeah. I mean, for Maloney. Yeah, well, one of my best friends.

Paulie (12:54)

That show is hard to not watch. I mean, like, you could just be walking down the street. An episode will come out on a jumbo truck.

Dan Patrick (13:00)

I've never seen an episode of svu suv.

Paulie (13:04)

It's perfect for you because it's an easy watch. Someone dies, they investigate, the guy either goes to jail or gets off, move on.

Dan Patrick (13:12)

I just have no interest in it. None. Sorry, but I would only watch TNT because I was going to watch that show. But the mothership has got it. You got to carve out Must see tv. You know, they've lost that appointment viewing because they took away around the horn. You do have. Pardon the interruption. But, man, showcase it. Have them on and the number of things that they will say that then you can repurpose on other shows. You can repurpose on SportsCenter. Got to get your money's worth out of this. Look at me helping the Mothership once again. Yes, Paulie.

Paulie (13:49)

By the way, that Rizzoli and I'll show. I'd rob a bank for Angie Harmon to arrest me.

Dan Patrick (13:53)

Man, oh, man. When I saw Angie Harmon in person.

Paulie (13:57)

It'S like an eclipse.

Dan Patrick (13:58)

Yeah, Rizoli. And I know. I don't know. I don't know if the show is any good.

Paulie (14:03)

I don't know if it's any good either.

Dan Patrick (14:04)

I never saw the show.

Paulie (14:05)

I've seen 20 of them.

Dan Patrick (14:06)

I've only seen like the old. Here's the promo for it. But Angie Harmon in person. Dang. Yes, Marvin.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (14:14)

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Dan Patrick (14:28)

Anywho. Yeah. Oh, man. So Charles wants to work more. Yeah.

Seaton (14:37)

Whoever thought we'd say that?

Dan Patrick (14:38)

I know. I didn't think I would. He was doing his best to not work more. But every Thursday night they were on, right? You get done with dinner, you turn tune in. You know, I might not be interested in the game, but they weren't interested in the game for the most part. Perfect show. Let me just watch you guys do great tv. Yes. Morph.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (15:01)

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Dan Patrick (15:12)

Yeah, well, maybe they'll figure it out. So they've been on five times, I think, in three months. At this point last season, what were they on? 14 times.

Paulie (15:24)

It would have been 12 times at this point.

Dan Patrick (15:26)

Yeah, but we knew when they were going to be on. So what do I know? What do I know about programming here? Content.

Paulie (15:41)

I'd be okay getting falsely accused of a crime if Angie Harmon.

Dan Patrick (15:43)

If Angie Harmon arrested me.

Todd (15:45)

Yeah.

Dan Patrick (15:45)

I'd be like, all right.

Paulie (15:46)

Yep.

Dan Patrick (15:46)

Did it put me in handcuffs, please. Bonus coverage and then I'll put you in handcuffs.

Webull Ad Voice (15:53)

What?

Dan Patrick (15:53)

Come on. Todd Family Show. Get Angie Harmon on the phone, please.

Todd (15:57)

Line three.

Dan Patrick (15:58)

Yeah, what's poll question for the final hour of the program? This meet Friday on this meat Friday. Yeah. Let me update before we have a big sleepover.

Seaton (16:08)

Yeah. Yeah, let's go. Seeing weird pictures of Todd right now. I didn't plan on that. How do you feel when your team chirps before a big game? Love it or hate it? Right now, 77. Hate it. Nobody likes the chirping. That might be a. Fans hate it, media loves it. But I kind of situation.

Dan Patrick (16:26)

See, I don't know if this is really chirping. Sean Payton expects to win. And he said, hey, when we win this game, we'll get two weeks off before the Super Bowl. And then one of the Patriots says, oh, they're going to be resting in Cancun in two weeks. Okay? No one cares. Sean Payton. If he said, well, I hope we get a extra week's rest after, you know, maybe when we win this game. Sean Payton expects to win this game. Patriots expect to win this game. It's okay. Yes, Marvin.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (17:03)

And you don't need bulletin board material for the game to go to the Super Bowl. That's the last thing you need.

Dan Patrick (17:08)

I don't think you do.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (17:09)

You're already pumped up for it.

Dan Patrick (17:10)

I don't think you do. But, you know, it's a new era, new generation here, Marvin. Yes, Mark.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (17:18)

And the only bulletin board material is when the analysts make their picks and somebody says, see, see, nobody believed in us. That's the beef.

Dan Patrick (17:26)

Now, now that does work because it worked with the Patriots and the Texans and everybody on NFL Live, I think took the Texans and I kept going, are you guys crazy? The Patriots are playing at home, bad weather. I know that's a good defense, but we, we're, we're getting three points at home. And this one makes me nervous, too, that it's the Patriots favorite. It was five and a half. Now it's four and a half.

Seaton (17:55)

Oh, brother.

Dan Patrick (17:56)

Now it's like, oh, boy. Yes. Yes, Todd.

Todd (17:59)

And when it's 27, 23 Broncos.

Dan Patrick (18:01)

It'll be.

Todd (18:01)

Oh, they just missed it. It was just under with the four. So that's, that's. I thought a few days ago I was predicting 27, 23 Broncos. It's just interesting how it's creeping up closer to a four point margin.

Dan Patrick (18:12)

Yeah, but you're saying you win the.

Todd (18:14)

Game, but the Broncos would win outright 27.

Dan Patrick (18:16)

Yeah. Then you don't have to worry about the truth.

Todd (18:18)

I'm showing how much I know.

Dan Patrick (18:19)

You have no clue on how to.

Todd (18:21)

That actually in some way that I, I'm so clueless about betting. I think that's actually a good thing.

Dan Patrick (18:25)

Okay.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (18:26)

For me.

Todd (18:27)

Because if I got into that, I have an addictive personality and then I'd be one of those people calling the phone number that I just lost my kids scholarship money.

Dan Patrick (18:35)

If it was scholarship money, then you didn't lose it. It's a scholarship.

Todd (18:39)

Not doing that.

Dan Patrick (18:42)

This whole thing has messed you up today. When you were, when you were sitting down, we were having our morning meeting and I'm just looking at Seaton like, oh, boy, what is going on with this?

Todd (18:52)

I don't know why I got that upset over a point spread. Because I don't bad if I would have lost money onto something, you know, a bad beat. But I'm like five and a half. Show some respect.

Seaton (19:00)

Eyes darting around at everybody. Oh, you can't. All right, dude, that should be four and a half now.

Todd (19:05)

It should be three and a half mile high. This guy's a good quarterback.

Dan Patrick (19:08)

I said, todd, it doesn't matter. It doesn't. Oh. Apparently Jared Stern has never thrown a football before, so now apparently he can't even play.

Seaton (19:15)

This is what we're saying.

Todd (19:16)

The Patriots are going to play. Is it going to be the Rams?

Dan Patrick (19:18)

You got your. Your arms were waving. You got your Bronco sweatband. I flailed my arms.

Todd (19:24)

I don't do a lot of flailing, but I flailed.

Seaton (19:26)

23, 22, fourth quarter, comeback.

Dan Patrick (19:27)

24, 25, 23 what?

Seaton (19:31)

Fourth quarter, third quarter, three yard touch out.

Todd (19:34)

Tough place to play. They got a pretty good defense last I saw.

Dan Patrick (19:38)

It doesn't matter.

Todd (19:39)

It just doesn't matter.

Dan Patrick (19:41)

It doesn't matter what the point spread.

Todd (19:42)

Is, Especially since I don't even know what that means or who creates it or how it's created. It really shouldn't matter to me.

Dan Patrick (19:48)

When we come back, the most must win game of the weekend. We're back after this. Be sure to catch the live edition of the Dan Patrick show, weekdays at 9am Eastern, 6am Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.

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Paulie (23:43)

They feel like it.

Dan Patrick (23:44)

But what about if we singled out a quarterback or a coach now? Maybe a network, NBC the matchup that they would want for the Super Bowl. So the most must win game of the weekend. But who's going to benefit the most from that?

Todd (24:03)

Todd I'm going to lead up with Sean Payton and the reasons are a second super bowl winning with two different teams, Saints and Broncos, doing it with a backup quarterback. And he already kind of predicted they're going to win the game. So it's Sean Payton comes to mind first for me.

Dan Patrick (24:16)

Well, wait a minute. You're getting ahead of yourself. You're. This is just this game.

Todd (24:22)

Correct.

Dan Patrick (24:22)

So he would only be going into another Super Bowl. You're guaranteeing that he's going to win another Super.

Todd (24:28)

Okay, I guess I'm saying that if they get past New England then a.

Dan Patrick (24:31)

Little two weeks, eh?

Todd (24:33)

Yeah, it's meant to. If they get past New England with Stidham, then they're going to rally and take the whole thing.

Dan Patrick (24:38)

All right. Seaton Most must win game of the.

Seaton (24:41)

Weekend man, I'm going to say it's must win for Matthew Stafford and the Rams. You can't lose to a Sam Darnold led team. No offense. And I think if we're talking about legacy, another super bowl appearance, just appearance for Matthew Stafford might help his legacy quite a bit rather than bowing out.

Dan Patrick (25:04)

MVP season.

Seaton (25:05)

Yeah.

Dan Patrick (25:06)

Get to the super bowl at least and it'll make you a first ballot hall of Fame. If he would win another super bowl with the MVP and then the other super bowl, then, you know, the latter part of his career makes him a first ballot hall of Famer.

Seaton (25:20)

Finishing stronger too. Like he started out.

Dan Patrick (25:22)

Yeah.

Seaton (25:22)

Phenomenal and finished even stronger. That's a hell of a legacy.

Dan Patrick (25:26)

How about you, Marvin?

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (25:28)

I'm gonna go with Sam Darnold, I think, coming back from the Jets, Vikings now here. Let's do it.

Dan Patrick (25:36)

Yeah, I'm with you on that because everything that when we talk about Seattle, we talk about, well, Sam Darnold comes down to Sam Darnold. How well will Sam Darnold play? Yes, Paulie.

Paulie (25:48)

I'll go with the Patriots. I don't think the national media loves the Patriots or think they're great. You know, easier schedule this year, but they're way ahead of schedule and it may not happen again. If you're Drake May and you could kind of steal a Super bowl ring this early in your career, you become on scholarship for quite a long time.

Dan Patrick (26:05)

And we love to do this. Well, if they lose, they'll be back. There's no guarantee. Just ask Joe Burrow and go back to Dan Marino, win the game, get in the game, get in the super bowl. And there's no guarantee that you will be back, Obviously. Stat of the Day has been brought to you by great folks at Panini America. The official trading cards of the Dan Patrick show. Craig and Fort Wayne. Good morning, Craig. What's on your mind?

Caller (26:33)

All right. You've got two years.

Dan Patrick (26:36)

Yeah.

Caller (26:38)

And it doesn't matter if you're a GM or head coach. Would you prefer to be in the position of having the Falcons roster, which is really good, and having to find the QB or be somewhat like the Titans, have your QB and build the roster and these are for non playoff teams.

Dan Patrick (26:56)

Well, you do have two quarterbacks and Michael Pennocks, you know, might be a franchise quarterback. I never would have drafted him. Kirk Cousins, you'll have him for another year. I like having that roster because I got to surround Cam Ward and there's no guarantee that I'm surrounding him with great talent anytime soon. Falcons got some defensive players as well. They got a couple of good defensive players and you got some skilled position players. So I'd rather have the Falcons. Let's see. Jake and Buffalo. Good morning, Jake.

Caller (27:33)

Adp, I got a Stat of the Day with an easy trivia question for you at the end. Since January 23, 2011, there have not been an AFC championship game without either the Patriots or the Chiefs in it. On the other side, since that same day, January 23, 2011, every NFC team has played in at least one NFC championship game, except one team. Can you name them?

Dan Patrick (27:58)

The team that hasn't played in an NFC championship game.

Caller (28:03)

Correct. Since January 23rd, 2011. So 15 years.

Dan Patrick (28:10)

The Bears.

Caller (28:12)

Nope. It's Dallas Cowboys 96.

Dan Patrick (28:16)

Yep. Yep. Thank you, Jake. Gus in Brooklyn. Hi Gus. What's on your mind?

Caller (28:31)

Yo, Dan, thanks for taking the call.

Dan Patrick (28:32)

Yeah.

Caller (28:33)

5510190 ish calling because I have a newest member of Dan Nation here. His name is arlo. Came out 7lbs 13oz. Thank you calling because we're about two weeks in. I'm a producer in sports media still kind of early in the career, about like five years in. Kind of calling like for a little advice in terms of just like things that you remember kind of being early on, two week old newborn, kind of going into all of that as well as like Dan, that's just sort of like the memories and like kind of navigating that because, you know, we're, we're hanging in there. It's going well, but it's a lot, you know. So just kind of curious about that and kind of. You guys have any advice on that? And thank you so much. And sparty on.

Dan Patrick (29:16)

All right, thank you guys. When we first, when he had our first child and we brought my son home and I remember we propped him up on the bed, you know, with some pillows around him and we, my wife and I looked at each other like, oh my God, we're responsible. Now what do we do? It just happens. It just works. But I will say be as present as possible because I went back to work, you know, there's now you get three months off in some cases. And I think I took a day or two because my wife said just go back to work. And, and I was working second shift with when all of my kids were born. But be as present as, as possible and a helping hand or two, volunteer to do everything and give your wife breaks where you just say, hey, why don't you run errands? Or if you just want to go someplace, whatever it is, just get out of the house. I got this. And it, you know, as you add more it gets chaotic, but it gets to a point where it can't get more chaotic. When had four under the age of seven, it was chaos. But three under the age of six was chaos. Two under the age of four was, you know, so it just, it's chaotic. But be as present as you can. Chances are your hours will be crazy in this business. So you got to factor that in as well. Yes. Sleep.

Seaton (30:54)

When they sleep, don't worry about errands, don't worry about chores, don't worry about Doing the dishes and all of that crap. Don't worry about it. Sleep. When they sleep, and your life is going to be so much more manageable.

Dan Patrick (31:05)

But when they don't sleep and you're planning to sleep, man, that is tough.

Seaton (31:10)

Yeah.

Dan Patrick (31:11)

You're like, go to sleep. Come on. Yes, Marvin.

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Dan Patrick (31:31)

Yes. We were in intensive care with my first daughter, and you. You think, oh, my God. You know, she's in intensive care, and then you go down there with the preemies, and then you're like, oh, my God. Like, my daughter is healthy compared to them. And those nurses. Oh, my goodness. That is hero work, what they do. Yeah.

Paulie (31:53)

Paulie, remember when your baby would first start to fall asleep for chunks of time and you'd hear a little from the other room, and you just sit there holding your breath, breathing shallowly, not moving, not creaking. Don't turn in the bed.

Dan Patrick (32:11)

Like a bomb's gonna go off. I remember opening up a beer, and my wife was like, really? I go, I just opened a beer. What are you crazy? You were that outside, but you would look at that baby monitor. As if you could look at the monitor and tell your child to go back to sleep. Like you just gave it a death stare. Like, you better. And you got to master this. When the baby starts to cry that. You act like you don't hear the baby crying. I mean, I. I was pretty good at that. My wife would be like, oh, I want you. Get up. Why don't you get up with him? Huh? Is he. Oh. Oh, that's him crying.

Seaton (32:49)

That's part of that helping hand or.

Dan Patrick (32:50)

Two you were talking about there?

Seaton (32:52)

Yeah, it's two hands over your ears.

Dan Patrick (32:54)

So you can't hear. I can't. What are you saying? I don't know what you're saying. Yeah. Who had the best week in sports? Who had the best week in sports? Todd, I'll start with you.

Todd (33:07)

It's not the way you want to get such a huge opportunity, but I'm going to say Jared Stidham, he gets to host the AFC title game. Unfortunately, it's because Bo Nix got hurt. But that's the best week in sports. This Guy is in the total spotlight and is one win somehow away from the Super Bowl. Just like that.

Dan Patrick (33:22)

Okay, all right.

Todd (33:25)

How to put. How to get the Broncos in there? Somehow.

Dan Patrick (33:28)

Somehow. Stidham didn't do anything.

Todd (33:33)

He's about to have the best week in sports on Sunday.

Dan Patrick (33:35)

So Bo Nix was a good injury then?

Todd (33:38)

No, I'm saying for Jared Stidham, all of a sudden, he goes from backup quarterback to hosting the AFC title game as the starting quarterback.

Dan Patrick (33:44)

I don't think he's hosting.

Todd (33:47)

He's the host quarterback.

Seaton (33:48)

Hey, come on in, guys.

Dan Patrick (33:49)

Make yourself comfortable.

Seaton (33:50)

Can I get you a drink? You want some coffee, water, a juice?

Dan Patrick (33:53)

I think the Broncos are hosting.

Todd (33:55)

Shows the fans to their seats. Yeah, he's not as of time to do that.

Dan Patrick (33:57)

Seaton, how about you?

Seaton (33:58)

I'm gonna say Mike Rabel has had.

Dan Patrick (34:00)

The best week at sports.

Seaton (34:01)

Absolutely cooked the Texans. They're rolling through by far the easiest schedule in the world to cruise to another super bowl appearance. First year there.

Dan Patrick (34:09)

That's great. Okay. And the stakes are set Monday. And when the callers call in, the caller is always correct, no matter what they say. The loser in the back row bet. You have to agree with them, Todd. So if they say something negative about the Broncos or your wife or anybody.

Todd (34:28)

And I can't just agree with them. I have to sign, help support their point.

Dan Patrick (34:31)

Yes, you do, Marvin.

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Dan Patrick (34:38)

You're right, Paulie.

Paulie (34:40)

I'm there too. Kurt Signetti has college football and maybe sports immortality. It can never be taken away. And I'll. I'll say he may have the best 20, 26 when we recap this.

Seaton (34:49)

That's a good one by you guys. I didn't think of that one.

Dan Patrick (34:52)

Yeah, yeah.

Seaton (34:54)

Oh, Indiana.

Dan Patrick (34:55)

Yeah. That's a pretty good week. You're right. Getting a little snarky. Who saw them coming? I mean, not for now.

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Dan Patrick (35:03)

Would have whipped his head around and been like, can't you do something original for once? Can't you do the not obvious thing in the whole world?

Paulie (35:12)

I had Jared Stimos taken.

Todd (35:15)

Sorry about that.

Dan Patrick (35:16)

I didn't mean to steal your good Todd. Really.

Seaton (35:18)

Can't you do something that requires some thought?

Dan Patrick (35:20)

That's original.

Wells Fargo Ad Voice (35:25)

What did Jared Stidham do this week?

Dan Patrick (35:26)

Nothing. He didn't do anything.

Todd (35:30)

You could have the best week in sports by doing nothing. Just from some medical news.

Dan Patrick (35:33)

Look at you.

Todd (35:36)

20 minutes left in the week.

Paulie (35:38)

Now you think it's scripted?

Dan Patrick (35:39)

Yeah. Right into that. Yeah. Nothing. This show is not scripted.

Todd (35:44)

That's just cold and unnecessary is what that was.

Dan Patrick (35:46)

Okay, I'm gonna. I'm gonna cheer you up, though. I got wagyu steaks out there. Sausages.

Todd (35:53)

Well, you already tried some.

Dan Patrick (35:54)

Yes.

Todd (35:54)

The last ones to get a shot.

Dan Patrick (35:56)

Yes, I did. Yeah. I went out there and Mario, the eyes and ears of the show, is grabbing a piece of steak and I said, get the hell out of here. Go back and direct the show.

Todd (36:03)

Why does the host get to have it first? I don't get it.

Dan Patrick (36:05)

I know. McLovin said that one time. Man, did I want to smack him. Because, you know, I go out there occasionally, I'll taste it. And then McLovin went out and wanted to have. I said, what are you doing? He goes, well, you're having some. I said, my name is on the show.

Seaton (36:19)

It's my show.

Dan Patrick (36:20)

I bought. I bought this.

Paulie (36:22)

I own this meat.

Dan Patrick (36:23)

Get out of here.

Seaton (36:23)

It is funny when you go, it's my show.

Dan Patrick (36:25)

I know. I did my show. McLovin thought we were on equal footing, and I went, no, no, no, no, no, no. This is mine. I paid for it. Get out of here.

Todd (36:34)

Yes, Todd, that was wrong of McLovin, but that was kind of weak on your part to play the it's my show card. Really. Don't you know who I am? Don't you know who I am card to us. That's weak. You know it is. It's called the Dan Patrick show. It's not called the McLovin Show. So I will have some steak and you'll go back to your chair.

Seaton (36:53)

I get to eat these fries.

Dan Patrick (36:55)

If the Broncos weren't in the playoffs, you would not be this loose.

Todd (36:58)

I would not.

Dan Patrick (36:58)

You wouldn't?

Todd (36:59)

I would not.

Dan Patrick (36:59)

God, I'm rooting for the Patriots.

Todd (37:01)

That's so not nice. You're all about the best story. The best story would be the backup quarterback, Drake, maybe.

Dan Patrick (37:09)

Yeah. Mike Brable kicked to the curb.

Seaton (37:13)

Stefan Diggs.

Dan Patrick (37:14)

Drake May. Nobody thought. Oh, I played at North Carolina. Yeah, he can't play.

Todd (37:22)

Weak storyline you just put together.

Dan Patrick (37:24)

How about we take a break? Last call for phone calls. What we learned what's in store for Monday after this, Fox sports radio has the best sports talk lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows@foxsportsradio.com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to listen live.

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Dan Patrick (40:59)

Call for phone calls what we learned what's in store tomorrow. Whoa, look who is interviewing for the Buffalo Bills head coaching job today. A former quarterback. A former quarterback as recently as this past season is interviewing for a job with the Buffalo Bills. If you said Philip Rivers, you would be correct. Adam Schefter reporting. Philip rivers interviewing Mike McDaniel of the Dolphins reportedly will be interviewing today with the Buffalo Bills. Yes, Paul.

Paulie (41:32)

What kind of message does that send? No offense to Philip Rivers, a guy who's never coached a down even close to the NFL. I that that gives me a bad vibe when I hear that.

Dan Patrick (41:45)

I'm going to go back to what I said. Whenever it comes to interviewing coaching candidates, the more the better because I want you coming in and telling me what you see with my team. I want Philip Rivers to download what he thinks of Josh Allen, what he thinks of the offense. And maybe this is just a courtesy with Philip Rivers, but I would get all the intel I can. I would do more interviews, not less. Yes, John.

Todd (42:11)

And Rivers with all his super bowl experience could be a good mentor to Josh Allen. Help get him over the hump assault.

Dan Patrick (42:17)

Wow.

Todd (42:18)

That would need to be said.

Dan Patrick (42:19)

Who are you?

Todd (42:20)

You better get the job. He's gonna whine about it. He's gonna have to hire him now. I can't believe they didn't pick me. Jeepers.

Dan Patrick (42:27)

Man, oh man. Todd.

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Dan Patrick (42:32)

Nobody else will.

Paulie (42:36)

That was T ball.

Todd (42:37)

That was a great line.

Dan Patrick (42:37)

Thank you, Todd. Facts.

Todd (42:40)

Well, I have no retort for that.

Dan Patrick (42:42)

No. So I got good sources come back for that.

Todd (42:46)

No comeback.

Dan Patrick (42:48)

Okay, so Philip Rivers is interviewing with the Buffalo Bills and Mike McDaniel, formerly of the Dolphins, will be. Man, that's a completely opposite ends of the coaching perspective. Shoo. All right, let me see this day in sports history. Paul.

Paulie (43:07)

1982, Diana Ross did the national anthem at Super Bowl XVI. And guess who became the first Heisman Trophy winner to go to pro football's hall of fame? 1985. The first Heisman trophy winner to go to the hall of fame.

Dan Patrick (43:23)

19 what?

Paulie (43:23)

85. He went in O.J.

Dan Patrick (43:28)

Simpson. Oh, yeah. Okay. On this date, 1983, Bjorn Borg retires at 26. Still amazing at 26. All he accomplished and I just remember, like, why are you retiring? And the number of Wimbledons that he would have piled up, probably, you know, five or six more. And you would have. I always loved Borg when he started Wimbledon and then he'd grow his beard and then you knew you could tune in and you go, let me see where the beard is. Oh, boy. Yeah. Then you knew it was trouble for whoever he was facing. But age 26. Okay, what is the lead on Monday? Lead story is going to be what? Todd.

Todd (44:19)

Backup Broncos go to the bowl something along.

Dan Patrick (44:22)

I didn't need a headline.

Todd (44:24)

No, no, just Denver winning with. With Jared Stidham and getting to the Super Bowl.

Dan Patrick (44:28)

Okay. How about you, Seaton? Lead story is going to be.

Seaton (44:32)

You know, when I saw that Bo Nix was hurt, I immediately text the group future headline Super Bowl MVP Jarrett Stidham quarterback controversy in Denver. What are they going to do? Go with the Super Bowl MVP or Bo Nix? I'm gonna say that the. The lead is going to be the Patriots not beating Jared Stidham only because I want to see that prediction come true.

Dan Patrick (44:59)

Marvin.

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Dan Patrick (45:04)

Okay. All right. For him.

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Dan Patrick (45:07)

Yeah. Paulie.

Paulie (45:08)

I also have Sam Darnold retribution.

Dan Patrick (45:10)

Yeah, I was going to say Sam Darnold Seahawks get to the Super Bowl. Richie in Wisconsin. Hi, Richie. What's on your mind today?

Caller (45:21)

Hi, Dan. Thanks for taking my call. So my dad was a huge, huge Green Bay Packer fan. As I told Tyler for on the phone I'd said I was wouldn't be surprised if I would come home one day and the house would be painted green and gold. But anyway, his boss and a few of their friends, they had four tickets to the first Super Bowl. I have one unused super bowl ticket along with Sports Illustrated magazines that were kept to kind of show and tell the story after the packers had won the first two Super Bowls. Some old light beer commercial calendars and a few other sports memorabilia thing. And as I am a member of the DDC club and I'm going through all this stuff, I just was curious if I could send this stuff to you and you can do with it as you will.

Dan Patrick (46:13)

Absolutely, absolutely. Thank you. Richie Tyler will give you the address. I'd be honored to be able to display some of that. I of course keep everything and I'll make room in here. We'll figure out a place to. To put that. Let me see. Jim in California. Hi, Jim. What's on your mind today? Hey, Dan.

Caller (46:38)

Yeah, I just wanted to give a shout out to all the Nicu babies and parents out there. My son was in there, and now he is 6, 4, about 245, 27 years old. So, yeah, that's all. Just wanted to give shout out to all his parents out there with the babies.

Dan Patrick (46:54)

All right, thank you, Jim. Yeah. All you want. You know, when somebody says, oh, you're looking for a boy, hoping boy, girl, I go, I tell them, just get a healthy baby. Because when you don't have a healthy baby, when you're down in that intensive care unit and you realize there are premies that are going to fit in your hand, and that. That's where it snaps you back to reality of, you know, that that's when you don't know what's going to happen. And having gone through that with my oldest daughter and there I. They handed me her, and I go, she's turning blue. There were doors that opened up in the delivery room that I didn't know were doors. There had to be eight people came in. Boom, my daughter's gone. So my wife just gave birth and she goes, where's Grace? I go, they took her. I said, she looked like she was turning blue. And so for the next couple of days, you know, we're feeling sorry for ourselves. Then you go down there and you go, oh, we gotta stop, because this is. We're gonna have a healthy daughter. But these. These people, there's no guarantee there. So when you have all you want is a healthy baby, that's it. Well, it was a great week. A lot of fun today. Let's go around the room. If we learned anything on the program, Todd, in your Broncos gear, you got your hat on, your Carl Mecklenburg jersey, and my wristbands. You got your wristbands, you got your pajamas, you got your Adidas that are in Bronco colors. You're ready to go. What did you Learn today?

Todd (48:26)

Devin McCourty says the Patriots should give Jared Stan in many different looks and disguise what they're doing defensively.

Dan Patrick (48:31)

Seaton, what did you learn?

Seaton (48:33)

Give me a quick update to a poll. Question is what I learned. How many episodes of Law and Order have you watched? Your options are 0 or 1. Plus 41% have watched 0 episodes of Law and Order. That is a shockingly high number.

Dan Patrick (48:46)

That is me. I'm included in that. Todd, what did I learn?

Todd (48:50)

Ben Roethlisberger thinks the stills should wait two or three years before drafting a quarterback.

Dan Patrick (48:54)

Have a great weekend, everybody. We look forward to talking to you on Monday.

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