Hour 3: Xmas Talk, Picks Against The Spread

Summary

The Dan Patrick Show – Hour 3: Xmas Talk, Picks Against The Spread

Date: December 26, 2025
Hosts: Jonas Knox & Brady Quinn (in for Dan Patrick)
Podcast Produced by: iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network

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Overview

This post-Christmas episode features Jonas Knox and Brady Quinn—subbing in for Dan Patrick and the regular crew—delivering a humorous and relatable mix of holiday aftermath chat, gift-giving strategies, and a lively, competitive segment making NFL picks against the spread. The duo swaps stories about Christmas wrapping failures, debates gift card etiquette, and pivots into discussing the chaotic landscape of both college bowl games and the NFL playoff picture. The highlight of the hour is an in-depth, personality-packed "picks against the spread" segment—marked by banter, self-deprecating humor, and running jokes about their own track records.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Christmas Clean-Up & Gift Wrapping Woes

[03:06-07:44]

• The "Dad with the Trash Bag" Stereotype:
  Jonas opens with a wry observation about dads being ready to sweep up wrapping paper the moment gifts are unwrapped.

  • Quote: "Everyone enjoys the presents...then the dad is there with the trash bag ready to just...bang, bang, bang—gotta get it done. The mess, the clutter, can't stand it, bothers me." (03:28 — Jonas Knox)

• Confessions on Gift Wrapping Skills:
  Brady admits he's hopeless at wrapping gifts, hiding the messy bits underneath, and advocates using reusable gift bags instead.

  • Brady’s self-aware wrap strategy: "It's sitting on one side, it looks great. But don't turn that thing over because it looks disheveled." (04:31 — Brady Quinn)
  • Both hosts champion the gift bag approach for efficiency, cost-saving, and reuse streaks—even if it means enduring a little ridicule ("I used Christmas wrapping paper for a July wedding one year..." — 05:10, Jonas Knox).

• Creative (Inappropriate) Wrapping Paper:
  Brady shares a story about a coworker who made "eggplant" themed wrapping paper for gag gifts, which has since become a recurring (but hidden-from-children) tradition.

Gift Card Ethics & Strategies

[07:45-14:46]

• Gift Card One-Upmanship:
  The crew jokes about gifting the same gift card with just a dollar more, and whether that's clever, rude, or just gamesmanship.

  • "Is it more disrespectful that it's just $1 more?... I feel like the $1 more is just good Gamesmanship. $10 more is when it's like—what did I do to you?" (09:00 – 09:07, Chris Fett)

• Regifting and Creative Schemes:
  Jonas admits his wife gives him gifts she wants for herself; Brady reveals he trains his kids to opt for gift cards for their mom so, "there's a chance they'll take you with them and use part of it on you" (11:29).

• The "Nick Cundiff" Christmas Hack:
  Brady drops a unique gift strategy: buy several options for your significant other, have them choose one, then return the rest post-Christmas and use the refunds to take advantage of after-Christmas sales.

  • "You make them pick one of those gifts...then you take the others back after Christmas—you get the money back and can take advantage of post-Christmas discounts." (14:08, Brady Quinn)

College Football Bowl Games & Home Playoffs Debate

[15:16-19:15]

• Bowl Season as NFL Preseason:
  Jonas and Brady liken college bowl season to the NFL preseason—players opt out, and games often have limited stakes.

• Future of Bowls as Early-Season Matchups:
  Brady, as a member of the Orange Bowl committee, discusses how bowls could become neutral-site, non-conference games at the season's start, especially to boost attendance and relevance.

  • "It makes a lot of sense. I think for some cold weather destinations...you'd have a much easier time...if you moved these games earlier." (15:36 — Brady Quinn)

• Home Field Playoff Atmosphere:
  Both agree college football’s new playoff environment—with home field games—brings an electric atmosphere, arguing it doesn’t detract from the regular season but instead adds a win-or-go-home playoff energy.

  • "There's still that regular season excitement. Even when you get to home playoff games, it doesn't take away from what those big games feel like." (17:57 — Brady Quinn)
  • "You feel the difference, even on TV." (16:48 — Jonas Knox)

• Acknowledging Classic Bowl Destinations:
  Brady reflects on the reward aspect of classic bowl games and compares the experience to March Madness regional sites.

NFL Playoff Picture & Picks Against the Spread (Segment Highlight)

[27:40–44:50]

• Rooting for Underdogs:
  Jonas expresses support for Carolina’s struggles and hopes for a playoff berth. He also jokes about Panthers ownership mishaps.

  • "I'd just like to see all the negativity...with Bryce Young, the coaching change...It'd be nice to see Carolina get a shot..." (27:42)

• Explaining Their Unique Picks Format:
  The crew’s picks segment isn’t a standard spread-pick: they add a twist where a correct underdog moneyline pick is worth 2 points (but a miss is -2).

  • "Jonas is saying this because he's below .500. He stinks at picking games...that's why you're upset.” (30:31 — Brady Quinn, ribbing Jonas)

• Standings Recap & Ongoing Jokes:
  Jonas is having a rough season. Lavar Arrington (absent today) is in last place, using a "just pick the underdog moneyline every game" approach. Brady leads; Jonas defends his record but gets little sympathy.

  • "First of all, I'm not...bad. I'm just not that good." (44:28 — Jonas Knox)

Notable Quotes During Picks Segment

• “The point spread and the terminology surrounding it has been a struggle at times for certain.” (30:56 — Jonas Knox, alluding to Lavar’s style)
• “You make assumptions about me...I actually spent a lot of time during the holiday, spent time away from my son...doing game notes...” (41:12 — Jonas Knox, mocking his own process)
• “It literally is the equivalent to the person who has no idea who’s who in the NCAA tournament—they just pick whatever...‘Bear would beat an Eagle’...” (43:17 — Jonas Knox, on pick strategy)
• “Have you noticed how bad Jonas is at gambling?” (44:19 — Brady Quinn)

Picks (by timestamp — see details for full banter and arguments)

• Chargers vs. Texans (33:54)
• Jaguars vs. Colts (35:29)
• Seahawks vs. Panthers (37:01)
• Eagles vs. Bills (39:05)
• Bears vs. 49ers (40:49)
• Each pick is paired with generous banter, in-jokes, and consistent ribbing regarding luck, knowledge, and pick methods.

The Leftovers: Sports & Pop Culture Odds and Ends

[51:00–54:31]

• Ben Simmons: Professional Fishing?

  • The crew cracks jokes about a viral video of Simmons botching a fish throwback while "planning an NBA comeback."
  • "You couldn't hit water if you fell out of a boat...that's an actual thing" (52:02, Jonas Knox)

• Netflix's Rocky NFL Broadcast:
  Discussion of Christmas day games on Netflix, audio issues, efforts to be “everything” in the broadcast, and preferences between turkey legs (Fox) and Tomahawk steaks (Netflix/Cowboys).

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Memorable/Notable Moments & Quotes

Christmas Wrapping

• "But don't turn that thing over because it looks disheveled. It looks terrible." — Brady Quinn (04:31)
• "It's not that I'm bad, I'm just not that good." — Jonas Knox (44:28)

Gift Hacks

• "I've completely brainwashed my children into thinking gift cards are the greatest thing in the world..." — Brady Quinn (11:29)

Picks Trash Talk

• "Jonas is all, you know, butthurt about this, so that's what it is." — Brady Quinn (33:11)
• "It literally is the equivalent to the person who has no idea who's who in the NCAA tournament..." — Jonas Knox (43:17)
• "First of all, I'm not, it's not that I'm bad. I'm just not that good." — Jonas Knox (44:28)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

| Segment | Timestamp | |-----------------------------------------|---------------| | Christmas Clean-Up & Wrapping | 03:06–07:44 | | Gift Card One-Ups & Strategies | 07:45–14:46 | | College Football Bowl Game Debate | 15:16–19:15 | | Picks Against the Spread Introduction | 27:40–29:27 | | NFL Picks Segment (Game-by-Game) | 33:54–43:54 | | The Leftovers (Final Sports Bits) | 51:00–54:31 |

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Closing

The hour closes out with the now-trademark leftovers segment, banter about Ben Simmons’ side gig, and the challenges of NFL streaming on Netflix, all wrapped in the hosts’ irreverent, playful style. True to the show’s spirit, listeners get a mix of sports debate, relatable holiday gripes, gambling banter, and enough running jokes to keep the vibe light and engaging—ideal for sports fans and pop culture followers alike.

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Recommended for: Fans who appreciate irreverent sports talk, relatable holiday humor, and unfiltered banter about everything from gift-giving to playoff picks.

(Skip the intros, outros, and ad reads—Core show content is between 03:06 and 54:31)

Transcript

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[Jonas Knox]

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[Brady Quinn]

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[Jonas Knox]

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[Brady Quinn]

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[Jonas Knox]

Sure I do.

[Brady Quinn]

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[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Listening to Fox Sports Radio.

[Jonas Knox]

Oh, you bet your ass. It's a Dan Patrick show here on Fox Sports Radio. He's Brady Quinn. I'm Jonas Knox. Hanging out in for Dan and the guys. By the way, you can hear Brady and myself and the hell's that guy's name?

[Brady Quinn]

Why are you doing this? Why? Why do you have to do this?

[Jonas Knox]

What is lar. Oh, Lavar that's right. Yeah. Yeah. Lavar Arrington, you can hear us, the three of us on two. Never heard of Joe. Weekday mornings before the Dan Patrick show. You can check out our brand new YouTube channel. For that show. Just search 2 Pros F FSR on YouTube. Again, that's 2 Pros FSR. Be sure to hit the subscribe button. Don't stop there. Hit the thumbs up icon and comment away. Let us know who on the show you agree with, who you think is wrong. But check out our new channel on YouTube. Again, just search 2 pros FSR and subscribe. Happy day after Christmas to everybody who did the right thing and, and was smart about it. I feel like this is a guy thing. Like everybody enjoys the presents, they enjoy opening the gifts and then the dad is there with a trash bag ready to just right away, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. Got to get it done. The mess, the clutter, can't stand it bothers me. I don't know if that's ocd, but it feels like that's the thing we need to get done. You know, all the, all the wrapping paper, all of that, gone.

[Brady Quinn]

So that's the thing. I was thinking about this yesterday. Wrapping paper. I mean, as a guy, I obviously cannot wrap a gift for my life. It looks terrible. I do my best just to like, make sure I like fold it and hide everything underneath.

[Jonas Knox]

Right.

[Brady Quinn]

So it's sitting on one side. It looks great.

[Jonas Knox]

Yes.

[Brady Quinn]

But don't turn that thing over because it looks disheveled. It looks terrible.

[Jonas Knox]

Yes.

[Brady Quinn]

But I've also realized too, like, you know, a nice little gift bag with some tissue paper, that's easy. You throw something in there, a little tissue paper. It looks good too. I have been subtly trying to get my wife and anyone else who's bringing gifts. I'm like, oh, yeah, yeah, I throw the gift bag. I thought, you know, because you had reuse that we all throw away the tissue paper. But like the bag, I'll just take it out and you can reuse it for next year.

[Jonas Knox]

100%.

[Brady Quinn]

I have tried to sell them on the idea of being able to reuse gift bags in the future. It's only out of the motivation that I don't have to throw away the mess of wrapping paper and then have to wrap gifts myself. Is that selfish? Is that like a, is this a anti Christmas thing if I'm, if you're not wrapping gifts?

[Jonas Knox]

No, I, I think it's all about efficiency. And if, if you're going to, if it's going to save you time. Because I always, it's almost like, you know, moving. It always seems like it's not that much or it's going to go a lot quicker and then you're in the middle of it. And I was wrapping gifts and it's like, this is such a pain in the ass because I'm with you. I can't, I can't get the math right on the bottom of the box. Like I can't figure it out. And then there's like a sliver. I like I miscut it. And there's a sliver of the box showing. So I've got to take a separate piece or put a bow over it to try and cover up what's underneath. Yeah, the gift bag's easy, man. And plus those gift bags look nice. And as long as you don't have to write to who the gift is from on the gift bag or the little tag that's attached to it. Yeah, of course you can reuse that. Why not? Like, hey, listen, I, I've got, I've got Christmas paper. I actually somebody's wedding gift, they got married in July one year and I use Christmas wrapping paper for it and I got made fun of. So it's like, what do you want me to do? Like go, go spend money on, on wrapping paper for one, you know, wedding gift? No, you reuse your stuff and if people want to ridicule you for it, so be it is what it is. I'm with you.

[Brady Quinn]

I will say this, I'm not going to go into too many details on this, but there are some very creative wrapping paper out there. I was made aware of this a couple years ago where basically a gentleman that I think worked with my mother in law, he had made a wrapping paper of just, let's call it eggplants. All right. I think we can say that on air. Oh, and that was used for like an adult kind of gag gift. White elephant exchange gag gift is correct. And then part of the gift, part of the gift was you got the wrapping paper with it. So then it's since been used from that point moving forward.

[Jonas Knox]

Oh, no.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah. And so every single year there's also, there's also the idea of how do you mix in that gift but keep it away from the kids being able to see it.

[Jonas Knox]

That's. Yeah, that feels like that could be problematic. That's, that's a. Yeah, you gotta be, gotta be really creative and crafty when it comes to that. Yeah, I was, I was not familiar, but.

[Brady Quinn]

Oh yeah, you can, you can make that somewhere. I'm not sure where this dude made it, but it is. It is quite the scene. And also another reason why I'm doing my best to keep pushing out the idea of wrapping paper and just more. More gift bags.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah.

[Brady Quinn]

I don't have to look at that.

[Jonas Knox]

Every year or just, you know, you. I've known some people to do this where you get somebody the same exact gift card that they got. You just add a dollar more. Like, you could do that just to be a real pain in the ass. That could be.

[Brady Quinn]

Well, I mean, I don't know. Can we bring in, like, Patty, sweetie, or Chris? Perfect. Like, I feel like you've probably one upped them if you've gave him just a little bit more. Right. Isn't that how you'd look at a. A gift card if someone gave you, like, a dollar more than the person before you or they just being a jerk?

[Jonas Knox]

All right, so pure hypothetical, because this would never happen between Brady and I. Patrick, let's say you gave Chris, you know, a $20 gift card somewhere, and then he gave you the same exact gift card to the same exact place, but it was $21.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

I didn't really have.

[Brady Quinn]

That's a nice guy. That's a better friend.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah, yeah. But you, but you. But it would make you feel, like, less significant because you realized, oh, I just got one upped for the same exact.

[Brady Quinn]

That sticks for that guy. Yeah.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

I feel like there's some price is right rules involved here as well that we have to be mindful of.

[Jonas Knox]

I didn't know that you could.

[Brady Quinn]

Okay, but keep going, Chris. Like, we' this going.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

I guess, I guess I, I. I'm saying the point where it feels insignificant. It feels like there is a specific. It won't hit you at $1, but if you start going, like, I don't know, $10 more, that's where you start to yodel off the cliff.

[Brady Quinn]

Okay, so is it more disrespectful that it's just $1 more instead of 10?

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

No, I feel like the $1 more is just good Gamesman Shift. $10 more is when it starts to be, all right, what did I do to you?

[Jonas Knox]

That's correct.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah. If it was a competition, who won, then I guess is what I'm asking.

[Jonas Knox]

The person who gave the dollar, Right?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Yeah. The person that gave the dollar probably won the competition, But I'd be happy either way.

[Jonas Knox]

Congratulations, Brady. Quinn, you won. Yeah. You've won, Brady. Congratulations. Yay. Yay. You know, I actually thought about doing that, like, I thought about doing it, but I didn't realize that that was an option. Like I thought it was just round numbers only.

[Brady Quinn]

What you should have done was just send a $5 gift card after that, which would have trumped it all, by.

[Jonas Knox]

The way, at that place. That'll get you a napkin.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

I got to say, I think, I think Jonas had to send me two because there was one he sent me that was like over a limit or something. Like it got split into two gift cards.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah. Like some of these places, they'll, they'll give you a gift. Like if you buy a gift card, they'll send you an extra amount. Yeah. Additional. Like so. Yeah, that was, you know, and I was like, well, I wasn't going to keep that because I would felt, you know, kind of like a scumbag. So I just let Perfect have all of it. I was like, I don't want this. So you take it.

[Brady Quinn]

By the way, can I give that.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Gift card back to you?

[Jonas Knox]

Sure. Yeah, that's fine.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah.

[Brady Quinn]

Re gift it. And gift cards are great that way.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah.

[Brady Quinn]

By the way, I came up with a new strategy as I always take my three girls to go shop for their mom. But I usually wait and kind of procrastinate. And it's mostly because then I like, make sure because they know they're busy, they know it's a busy time of year. So then it forces them to really focus in, which is tough to do for a 9, 7 and 5 year old. But I also, as we're driving to the mall to go actually shop for something because again, I'm not going to order stuff online. These kids need instant gratification. That's the world we live in. As I'm driving there, I'm telling them, like, all right, let's think about gifts that are useful. Let's think about things that your, you know, mom needs or mom, you know, whatever she has. And so they're coming up with ideas of stuff. And I realized my 7 year old daughter is very, very detailed. She starts saying, well, we could get lip gloss and eyeliner and all and all this. I go, you know, that's true. But if you just get a gift certificate, you know, or a gift card, then they can go back and they can choose to pick whatever they want, which always works out well. But I go on top of it. You also get to go back with her, so maybe you get something out of it. So I've completely brainwashed my children into thinking that gift cards are the greatest thing in the world to get for people because there's a chance, especially if you're a parent, they will then take you with them and they'll use a portion of that gift card on you.

[Jonas Knox]

That's a good move. Yeah, that. No, that's a good. Yeah. And my wife pulls like little, little scams like that as well too. Like she got me a DVD like, or like some, like if it's like a DVD or like a Blu ray of something that I have zero interest of watching, but I know that she wants to watch. Like I like. It's. I don't even remember the name of it. I just looked it and said, what is this? She goes, you've never, you've never heard of that? I was like, no. She goes, oh yeah, it's great. Also you wanted this, so you basically got it for yourself. You just wanted. So yeah, like there's, there's a certain method too. If you want something and you want to get something out of the gift yourself. That is an approach you could take so the gift card would make sense. Like I myself personally, and I'll be on and I don't want to like call you out on the air on this, but like I was open to be gifted some, some college football picks at some point. And then I was taking a look down old Quinn's wins, which we do on our show. And I'm seeing here a, an interesting little number that jumped out to me as far as your college football pitch for the year that you're a game over.500. So you are going to sit on a one game over.500 lead and not make picks because you don't want to risk going below.500.

[Brady Quinn]

I want what is not the case.

[Jonas Knox]

What a pain in the ass.

[Brady Quinn]

Not the case.

[Jonas Knox]

Yes, it is. That is exactly.

[Brady Quinn]

Can I please, can I please explain myself?

[Jonas Knox]

Okay. You play to win the game.

[Brady Quinn]

So I knew, I knew that during this week and even next week there's a chance that there could be some family conflicts and making some of the shows and so not knowing when, if I'd be working. My thought was very similar to Notre Dame opting out of these exhibition bowl games. I will be doing the same until, until the ones that matter for the college football playoffs. So at a specific time before those games. All right, Especially with our college football bracket challenge that I give another little promo for. Go check it out. I will give the picks for those games that matter. I'm not dealing with all these opt outs, all these coaches with one foot out the door, half These players who play a half a football then sit out the second half because their agents texting them to get out of the game and not do anything. I'm not dealing with any of that. All right, that's the world of college football. That's going to go away eventually. I'm going to deal with the games that matter. And so I will make my picks when that time comes and when I can be sure that I'm on the show. So take your shot all you want. The last piece of gifting advice, by the way, it's too late for this, but for those next year, I call this the Nick Cundiff. All right. That's his name. He introduced this to me. You get a number of gifts for your significant other, wife, whatever, and you make them pick one of those gifts and then what you do is you take the others back after Christmas and you not only get back the money from what you spent on them, but you're also able to take advantage of the post Christmas discounts. So there you go. There's my Quinn's wins for this week and you can apply that moving forward for every Christmas.

[Jonas Knox]

Good move. I didn't. Yeah, that's, that is a, that's a great call because there's a lot of great, like sales. Like you know, end of the year.

[Brady Quinn]

Oh yeah, you're probably getting 20, 30 off something you bought on the 24th and the 26th today, right?

[Jonas Knox]

Hell yes. That's a, that's a great move. Good call. That. That is. I mean, it's still, you know, I would say that the bowl season does feel like the NFL preseason just in reverse. Like they wait till after the regular season. Like college football doesn't have a preseason, they just wait till bowl season nowadays.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah. And I've said this for years, I'm a part of the Orange bowl committee, so people might be upset with this, but you know, people want to act like it was a new revelation. Rick. New ho. As I said, I've said on this show for a while, you know, all these bulls should really think about trying to become a neutral site non conference game at some point before the year starts. And I think once that trend becomes, you know, more, you know, common than not, I think everyone would follow suit, but it would create a lot of excitement. It's going to be around though. Different conferences, teams that are obviously still on the hunt for their conference, the national championship. It just, it makes a lot of sense and I think even for some of the cold weather destinations that have a little bit Harder time, maybe this time of year, getting people to go there or even through the holidays, getting attendance. You would have a much easier time in my mind making, you know, this Bull season if you will work earlier in the year. I just, I think that's probably the future of where a lot of this stuff is going. And especially when you have head coaches like Dan Lanning, who, you know, he said, hey man, we should be going to Lubbock, Texas.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah.

[Brady Quinn]

You know, he's. It's outright saying it 100%, which I'm sure the Orange Bull's not excited about that. But, you know, that's just one man's opinion. But there's a lot of opinions about that, that this should really be played, you know, in the home stadium environments and teams should get credit for what they've done in the regular season and host those home play playoff games.

[Jonas Knox]

I. That's the one. I love the home atmosphere element of it. And, and I've said this, you, like, lavar was at State in State College. You were in South Bend for Indiana, Notre Dame, right?

[Brady Quinn]

I was in South Bend for that game. Then also for Ohio State, Tennessee.

[Jonas Knox]

Like, it's one of those things, even watching on television, you, you can feel the difference. Like, it does feel like a vibe, whether it was, you know, Texas A and M last week and even, look, last year it was a clean sweep for the home teams. This year it was split two and two. But you could still feel that it had an impact and just the energy, it felt like a different scene, a different environment altogether in the, in the postseason.

[Brady Quinn]

And this is, this is my argument for the, the thought that it takes away from the regular season, it doesn't take away from some of those bigger games because you don't know that you're going to get the host one. You don't know the matchup until we get there. So there's elements of that same excitement is still applied because there's, you know, even with like, for example, Ohio State, Texas to start this past season, you know, the environment around that, and we kind of kept saying it as a show for Big noon kickoff was it felt like a playoff game. You know, it felt like back in the day when you didn't have the playoff, you knew if you dropped one game, you might be out of playing for in the BCS National Championship. You know, it kind of had those vibes to it because there's so much football left to be played. You don't really know where this thing's going to go. And you know when, when you kind of get to that point of the season where you've got these home playoff games, that regular season game, none of that takes away from what those games feel like too, because they do become that legitimate sudden death scenario where, you know, you lose, you're going home, you win, you advance. So it would be cool and would be neat to see what it would be like for those games to continue to be played at home sites. But I will say this out of the other side of my mouth. There is a bit of a reward to going to a destination, to going somewhere else. The Bulls do a tremendous job. I played the sugar, I played in the Fiesta bowl as well. They do a great job of making it feel like you're rewarded for what you've been able to accomplish. And there is something to that. And I think if you look at the March Madness, obviously, you know that, you know, tournament and the size of it, it's built in a similar model where there is no home court advantage. You know, you get like the regional advantage, you're closer to where maybe your school's based on out of, but you don't get the same, you know, that same type of home court advantage. And it's similar in that light, I think as we move forward from the quarterfinal round, moving down. So I can see it both ways, but I can understand the excitement for those home playoff games.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah, no, it's, it's fun. And by the way, speaking of the College Football Playoff, we have a lot of success doing our college basketball bracket challenge each March. And we decided, you know what, why don't we do a bracket challenge for the College Football Playoff as well, too? That's right. Now that there are eight teams left standing, it is bracket challenge time. Compete against our FOX Sports Radio hosts and against fellow listeners to see who has the best college Football playoff bracket play for your Chance to win $1,000. Visit foxsportsradio.iheart.com to register, get rules and to fill out your bracket. And true will be open until just before kickoff at 7:30pm Eastern Time on New Year's Eve. Again, fill out your bracket atfox sports radio.iheart.com for your chance to win $1,000. It is Brady Quinn, Jonas Knox in for Dan and the guys here on the Dan Patrick Show. And up next, we will get into calling our shots on some NFL action this weekend. A lot of big games, some playoff beating potentially on the line. And it's yours next here on FOX Sports Radio. But let's talk about our friends at Panini America, the official trading card and NFT partner of the Dan Patrick show. Because Panini brings the premier collecting experience with the most coveted cards across the NFL, wnba, College, NASCAR and more. With the NFL playoff picture getting wild, you can hunt for top rookies and breakout stars like Ted McMillan. Listen, this guy's probably going to be the offensive rookie of the year year. You can get him along with the game's biggest names and legends on the award winning Panini Direct app. Looking for a gift? Anytime we're just talking about gifts. How about the Panini Direct app? It's the best place to grab gifts for collectors of any age. Delivered straight from Panini. Panini is also dominating nil collectibles, showcasing top college names like Julian Sane and Arch Manning and headliners like last year's first overall WNBA pick, Paige Beckers and MVP Asia Wilson. If you're into digital collectibles, check out Panini's NFT [e-mail] where record breaking sales continue every month and new auctions close daily. Lock in live moments with Panini instant cards made within minutes of iconic plays. Visit paniniamerica.net or download the Panini Direct app. Panini America, the official trading card and NFT partner of the Dan Patrick Show.

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[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

You took those clips totally out of context.

[Jonas Knox]

Oh, yeah? Well, after this promo, I'm gonna take you out and beat you. Let me put this into context.

[Brady Quinn]

Shut up.

[Jonas Knox]

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[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

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[Jonas Knox]

It's the Dan Patrick show here on FOX Sports Radio. He's Brady Quinn. I'm Jonas Knox in for Dan and the guys. Coming up in about 20 minutes from now, we will close up shop on this day after Christmas with another edition of the Leftovers. That's something we do on our weekday show Monday through Friday. We will bring that to you here again about 20 minutes from now. By the way, before we get to our, our picks against the, and the NFC playoff picture pretty much figured out. I mean, couple of seating issues that they got to worry about. But it does appear like the NFC south is, is, we're just waiting for that whole thing to get figured out. Whoever's going to win that division, whether it's going to be Carolina or Tampa Bay. And it does feel like we could be seeing those teams play for it all in week 18.

[Brady Quinn]

That'd be awesome.

[Jonas Knox]

And look, I just, you know, with how Tampa Bay's looked, it's very, been very underwhelming. I'm just, I'm just rooting for Carolina. You know, I shouldn't, I shouldn't be rooting for anybody. But I would just like to see all the negativity, all the doubts that Bryce Young has gotten since he's got into that awful situation there, the coaching change, then hiring Dave Canales. Like, it just, it would be nice to see Carolina get a shot at this whole thing. They won't do anything in the postseason, but at least, you know, get an opportunity and host a playoff game. There's be kind of fun.

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[Brady Quinn]

You know, yeah. Maybe be great.

[Jonas Knox]

Maybe David Tepper won't assault any, any bartenders or hosts at a restaurant that he doesn't like the signage of.

[Brady Quinn]

So I think that's a reckless allegation. I mean I used to ask the question about the sign and probably someone's hat there or when he walked in.

[Jonas Knox]

I mean, the guy threw battery acid on a fan in a suite, so.

[Brady Quinn]

I think was water.

[Jonas Knox]

Okay, well, Roundup, it's. It's radio, and it makes the story better. But it is time for us to do something here on this show. Now, during the course of the week during the football season, we will have different segments, like the leftovers that we mentioned, like, in case you missed it, that we did earlier, which you can listen to on the podcast. But one of the things we also do is a thing called spread them. We've got our picks against the spread in the NFL, but this is a little bit different. There's been a twist added to it because Brady and Lavar, who normally does a show with us, but he's not here today, they decided to throw a wrench into the whole thing. So we will explain what wrench that is, but right now, it is time for this.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Five lines. Not those kind of lines. Five picks. Five spreads. Time for picks against the spread.

[Jonas Knox]

All right, so would you explain why this isn't just your standard picking against the spread segment that most shows do? Because you guys needed to nickel and dime it and throw in other elements to this whole thing.

[Brady Quinn]

It actually makes perfect sense. I know you're not a math major, so this is hard for you, but we realized throughout the course of the NFL season, there'll be times when, you know, different guys on our show take off, different moments on the show. So because of that, the picks always all won't be the same number. So we decided to say this year, we'll have your normal point if you get a spread right, or if you'll be, you know, down one if you don't get one right. But we have applied the opportunity for everyone. This applies to everyone, which makes it very equal to get two points if they guess the money line and the team wins, or minus two points if they get some money line. They lose. So there's the equal downside upside to this. So that's how we've done it this year. Jonas is saying this because he's below.500. He stinks at picking games. He's always been a bad gambler and bad at picking sports in general.

[Jonas Knox]

What?

[Brady Quinn]

That's why you're upset about this, because once again, you're losing and you're sub 500 and you get upset about this. Well, meanwhile, at least Lavaro's got a very consistent strategy. He's in dead last place.

[Jonas Knox]

That's right.

[Brady Quinn]

But just playing the money on every single game moving forward.

[Jonas Knox]

Yes, because, because, you know, like that, that, that, you know, the point spread and the terminology surrounding the point spread has been a struggle at times for certain.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah, there's. There's a little confusion over what the -7 +7 means and, and how that applies to our bets. So. Wait, so I'm.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Sticks.

[Jonas Knox]

Wait, so I'm. I'm giving the. What. What do you mean I'm given. Wait, wait, I'm. Wait, am I getting. What am I getting? Just, you know, he's.

[Brady Quinn]

He's resorted to just picking the money line, so he's picking the underdog to win outright in every single game.

[Rob Gronkowski]

Oh, my God.

[Brady Quinn]

Which is a dead last. So the strategy has not worked out well for him.

[Jonas Knox]

All right, so Patrick Suica is our executive producer. He's got the games that he has picked by the. What were we last week? Patrick, do you have the results from last week and overall?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

I do. From last week. Well, one of. One of you guys is not applicable here on this, so na on that because Mr. Brady, Quinn, you were not in last and we did not get your picks in at the buzzer, so null and void there. Jonas on last week you went. Oh, boy. One in five.

[Jenna Kim Jones]

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[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

15 for Jonas Knox.

[Brady Quinn]

Classic, Jonas.

[Jonas Knox]

And that's. All right. Can I address some of this? Is it my fault that Tampa Bay stinks?

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Yes.

[Jonas Knox]

Is it my fault that Denver picked that game to. To melt down?

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Yes.

[Jonas Knox]

Is it my fault that, you know, the Indianapolis Colts started a guy who was born in the 1770s? Yes. That's not my fault. So why should I be punished based on those teams not holding up their end of the bargain? My analysis was correct on a lot of this stuff, and for some reason they didn't perform. They should be the ones that get doc points, not me.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Well, you know what? You make a compelling argument, but unfortunately, you still won five on this one, chief.

[Jonas Knox]

Fine. All right, let's go then.

[Brady Quinn]

The bed's. Don't get your math here, Patty. Sweet. I don't know we did this. Did Lavar not pick all money lines last week?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

No, he did not. He actually picked a. He picked money lines on 1, 2, 3. He did 3. And then he picked the Broncos and then he picked the Niners personally.

[Brady Quinn]

So three missed what, three point was like five and three.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Yeah, he's five and three. All right, so var one, five and three had a better week than you, Jonas on there. And then as far as all the Overall things there. Well, let's see.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah, Brady's running away with it.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Brady is. Brady's running away.

[Brady Quinn]

And that's. Look, I feel like the LA Rams right now like, and like a Matt Stafford. I'm clearly gonna win the mvp. There's really no debate to be had. Jonas is all, you know, butthurt about this, so that's what it is.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Will there be a Jonas or Lavar size Seahawks here to claim the the seat? We'll see. Probably not. But with that said, it's time to go with the new batch of games we have going for us. So the first game on the docket, guys, is Chargers. Thank you, Chris. That's right. We have the Houston Texans on the road taking on the Los Angeles Chargers. Chargers are home and with that they are a one and a half point favorite. Jonas, you get to go first.

[Jonas Knox]

I'll take the bolts. I don't feel great about it, but I'll take the. The LA Chargers minus one and a half. If I moneyline that, will I get extra credit or is that only on the underdog even though it's.

[Brady Quinn]

Well, just like everyone else. Jonas, if you moneyline it, yeah. You'd get two points if the Texans won.

[Jonas Knox]

Okay, so even a point and a half like that, that just that daunting task of, you know, even as a point and a half that gets you two extra credit points if they, if they went outright like that's.

[Brady Quinn]

We don't make the lines. All right. The odds makers do. You're under the same rules and conditions as everyone else.

[Jonas Knox]

I'll take the LA Chargers. This is a revenge game for them after what happened in the postseason last week.

[Brady Quinn]

Knox locks.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

All right, well, Lavar's not here today, everybody. So Lavar picked the money line. And I'll give you a hint. That may be a recurring theme for certain other games. We'll get to that a little later as we go.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Sticks picks.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Brady, what's yours?

[Brady Quinn]

I'm gonna go with the Texans here. I think that banged up Chargers offensive line, they're gonna have some issues with that front for Houston and I don't know, I just, I like Texans. The Texas been this one outright wins.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Wins.

[Brady Quinn]

Oh, I noticed we went with the PG version.

[Jonas Knox]

Different time slot.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

We tried, we tried looking for the other one. So that's the one we got.

[Brady Quinn]

Is it not there anymore?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

No, it's there. It's just, it's. Lorraine has kept that guarded in secret.

[Jonas Knox]

Oh, for good reason.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

It's my personal favorite one too, by the way. Next Game up on the docket we.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Jaguars at Colts.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

That is right. We have the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road taking on the Indianapolis Colts with Philip Rivers. Jags on the road are actually six and a half point favorites. And Brady, you get to go first on this one.

[Brady Quinn]

I'm gonna go with Indy here. An old man Rivers. I'm not saying they're gonna win, but I think the defense keeps them in this one. I think Rivers running game keeps it close. So I'm gonna take these six and a half points here and Indy wins.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Wins.

[Jonas Knox]

By the way, I am showing that that line is a six now.

[Brady Quinn]

Okay, well just, I still like it at six. I'll take the six points.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

All right.

[Jonas Knox]

Well, Jonas, I've been fading Jacksonville.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah.

[Jonas Knox]

For so long it's just been fade, fade, fade. I can't do it anymore. I'll take Jacksonville minus the six short week for Indianapolis. I'm gonna go with the Jags here. All right.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

And Lavar, everybody. Well, second verse, same as the first human moneyline here.

[Jonas Knox]

Of course he did.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Sticks picks.

[Jonas Knox]

What a stunner all. Wait, how much, how much time do you think he did he spent handicapping these games?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

I'll tell you what, when I texted him for his pitch, he got back to me so fast and it was the answers. Well, you're gonna find out are pretty, pretty similar here.

[Jonas Knox]

Copy and paste a little bit.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

So the next game on the docket for number three, we have my personal.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Favorite, the Seahawks at Panthers.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

That's right. We got my Seahawks on the road taking on against Big Mike's Carolina Panthers here. Seahawks are seven point favorites on the road.

[Jonas Knox]

Jesus.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

And Lavar. Well, I'm going to have Lavar go first on this. He went money line again.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Sticks picks.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Yeah, money line yet again. Brady, you get to go next.

[Brady Quinn]

Oh, it's a lot of points for a road team. How'd that work out too, this, this past Christmas? I don't think it worked out too well yesterday, but I'm going to, I'm going to lay the seven points in Seattle here. I just, I feel like there. I've underestimated what they'd be this year as a team. I've seen Carolina up close. I feel like it's a bad matchup for them. I don't especially if Seattle gets out to a lead. I just, I don't feel like that it's going to play to Carolina be able to come back from behind. So I'm delay the 7 points in Seattle plus wins.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Wins.

[Jonas Knox]

Forgot, forgot the Super Mario brothers Was. Was entering the conversation. Yeah. And I also, I, I, it feels like a letdown spot for Carolina. Last week was a. Was a nice win for them. And I look at this and I go, Seattle's got extra time to prepare. That wasn't their greatest effort against the Rams other than, you know, how the game wrapped up. So, yeah, I'm with you. I'm gonna go Seattle on the road here.

[Brady Quinn]

Can I ask this question, too? Does this game matter for Carolina? Does it all come down to next week's game?

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah. Like, that's, like, who, Whoever wins that game is in, like, Tampa Bay just gotta win out. Like, it really didn't do like that last week. Even Baker Mayfield said it was like, yeah, it's pretty simple. We just have to win out and we're in. Like, it's.

[Brady Quinn]

But even for Carolina, like, does this game matter? I think next week's only thing that really matters for them.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah. And I don't know. Look, as much as it's a great story, we've seen Carolina have some. Have some rough goes this year.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah. So I agree.

[Jonas Knox]

All right.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Thank you for picking my Seahawks guys. Love that. Next on the docket, we have Eagles and Bills. That's right. The Philadelphia Eagles are on the road taking on the Buffalo Bills in Buffalo for this weekend. And the Bills are, in fact, one and a half point favorites at home. Jonas, you get to go first.

[Jonas Knox]

I'm gonna take the Bills, I think. Look, I know last week wasn't pretty for Buffalo, but they still got it done. I'm gonna take Buffalo in this spot. They are surging. This could be. Look, no, Patrick Mahomes, you know, you got him out of the postseason, so there's that. And you're not having to deal with anybody like a Joe Burrow or even Lamar Jackson, as it looks like right now. I think, sneakily, this could be Buffalo's opportunity to get through, and I think they get it done at home against the Eagles.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Knox Locks.

[Brady Quinn]

Oh, yeah, I'm with you on this one. I just, I don't feel confident enough in what the Eagles offense would be. Even though the Bills defense has been. Has left a lot to be desired. I don't think they get after it, the opposing passer as much as I thought they would. I feel like they've, you know, given up some in the run game. So I'm gonna go with Buffalo. I'll lay the point a half here.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Wins. Wins.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

All right, now stop me if you've heard this before, guys. So Lavar picks, and I Quote Moneyline sticks picks.

[Brady Quinn]

Wow.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

It's four for four.

[Jonas Knox]

All effort on that handicap.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Gosh. All right, sorry.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Which side of the money line are these? Is he just taking the favorites, the underdogs?

[Jonas Knox]

Okay, okay. The underdog.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Well, we got a game full of underdogs in this one. Or maybe they're not. We'll see.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

But we have bears at 49ers.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

That's right. Jonas Knox's gutty little Bears on the road.

[Brady Quinn]

He's picking Chicago, taken on the San.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Francisco 49ers at home. Niners are three point favorites and you know what? No, Brady, you get to go first.

[Brady Quinn]

No, no, no, no, no.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

You want to go, Jonas?

[Brady Quinn]

Okay, first, I want, I want to. I want him to tell me he's not gonna pick the Bears. Money line.

[Jonas Knox]

God, Bears. I mean, like, why, why do you just assume. You make these assumptions about me. You don't even know what I'm gonna pick. I mean, like, I actually spent a lot of time during the holiday. I spent time away from my son. They wanted to break a pinata in half. And I'm like, hold on a second. I gotta do my due diligence here. Jeez. Going over my game notes.

[Brady Quinn]

Why is that crumbled up? Should that be just a plain, flat piece of paper?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

From our point of view, it really is. He's just crumpling and moving it around.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Pretty sure that's my 711 receipt.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

I think that is.

[Jonas Knox]

Wow.

[Brady Quinn]

I'm gonna go.

[Jonas Knox]

Bears money line. Hold on, hold on a second. This is a short week for the Niners. They've got to travel all the way from Indy, go back to the west Coast. The Bears last played on Saturday. I mean, I think this is an opportunity for Chicago to go in there and surprise the people and. And I need to get back in this thing because everything's been skewed because of these Money Line bandits, Brady and Lavar. So I'm gon go with the Bears on the money line.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

All right, Brady, you're up next.

[Brady Quinn]

All right, I'm. I'm laying the three points here with San Francisco. I think if you look at some of Chicago success is the last four weeks or just some of those close fourth quarter improbable comeback wins. That's all great. This team is wildly improved from what we thought they were going to be coming in this year. So credit to Ben Johnson, Caleb Williams, the whole crew. I don't see them beating this 49ers team. I think the 49ers better run the football. Brock Purdy is playing at a really high level since he's come back now. So I'm gonna lay the three points here in San Fran.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Wins. Wins.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

All right, it is now lavar's pick here. And you know what? There's a stunner here. Why is it a stunner, guys? He's gone five for five on moneylines.

[Jonas Knox]

Of course. I mean, of course.

[Brady Quinn]

Money line, baby.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Sticks, picks.

[Jonas Knox]

Why would it literally is the equivalent to the person who has no idea who's who in the NCAA tournament and they just pick whatever. Well, you know, a Bear would beat an Eagle and it's like, okay, favorite color of jerseys. Yeah, like this, this is what it is like. And you know what? Lavar's probably gonna end up going like five for five. Like, that's exactly how this is gonna go. So. But unfortunately, he's so far back. Brady's running away with this thing. So it does like him. And I have Lavar and I have no shot.

[Brady Quinn]

No, if, if he, you know, I mean, you have to look at it. If he went five for five on this, right. He probably could find a way of, of surpassing it in win percentage. I'm not that much further ahead, but.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah. Wow.

[Brady Quinn]

I would also have to stumble a bit. He needs some help. But he's definitely doing better than you are.

[Jonas Knox]

Okay. All right, well, you're.

[Brady Quinn]

I think you're in third place now based on last, last week's results.

[Jonas Knox]

I don't, I mean, you know, it feels like some of the math doesn't add up here. Maybe Patty speaks, uh, needs to spend, uh, some time on the math to get, get these. Get this right. That's what it feels like.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

I gotta put the math glasses on for that.

[Jonas Knox]

But it feels like to me, by.

[Brady Quinn]

The way, in the short amount of time we've worked together, have you noticed how bad Jonas is at gambling?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

You know, I'm starting to sense a recurring trend. And it's been two weeks, just maybe.

[Jonas Knox]

First of all, I'm not, it's not that I'm bad. I'm just not that good.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Like, isn't that the same thing?

[Jonas Knox]

There's a big, There's a big difference. Like, I'm not the difference there. I'm not going to look. I've had really bad days, but, you know, none of them have been my Knox locks for the, for my Saturday show.

[Brady Quinn]

No one listens to it. Stop talking about something that no one has a clue about.

[Jonas Knox]

It's the most listened to show in that time slot on this network. Like, so what are you talking about.

[Brady Quinn]

Show in that time slot on this network?

[Jonas Knox]

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[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

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[Brady Quinn]

And Doug, what a horrible call. Hey ref.

[Jonas Knox]

Open your eyes ref. You're really not gonna call that.

[Brady Quinn]

Come on.

[Jonas Knox]

Hey ref, why didn't you customize your car insurance with Liberty Mutual and save money?

[Brady Quinn]

I don't think you get what we're doing.

[Jonas Knox]

Sure I do.

[Brady Quinn]

We're all just giving him advice.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

You guys on sports, me on saving money.

[Brady Quinn]

Nope, that's not it.

[Jonas Knox]

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[Jonas Knox]

Let me start by saying it's a great day to be a gray shirt team Rubicon. You know, it truly is a team. Those folks, myself included, all had one desire, which is helping folks in disaster. Trying to be a little bit of hope in a really, really bad situation.

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[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Time to find out what's left.

[Jonas Knox]

Sounds incredible.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Here's the leftovers.

[Jonas Knox]

All right, Patrick Suica, executive producer. What do you got we haven't gotten to yet?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Hey, all right, my guys, it's time for the leftovers here, and we're gonna.

[Brady Quinn]

Have a little fun.

[Jonas Knox]

Interesting one.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

I got some. And then our technical producer, Christopher Fett also has some as well. But I'll start us off here. So here's one for you guys. Ben Simmons is chasing another passion that while also planning his NBA comeback. His passion is professional fishing. And there's more to that with. With this. There was actually a video of him on, like, some. Some boat fishing and all that good stuff. Right? Well, he caught a fish, and, you know, you're supposed to throw back in the ocean. Well, much like how he, you know, shoots three pointers and free throws and he misses. Missed throwing the fish back. And let me give you a breakdown of it. He throws it back, it hits the railing or something like that. Misses, hits the floor. The fish is still good. It flops back in. But he didn't even throw it into the ocean. Right.

[Jonas Knox]

So that whole. You couldn't hit water if you fell.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Out of a boat.

[Jonas Knox]

Like, that whole thing is. Yeah, like that's an actual thing.

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

Ben Simmons is literally a. An example of that.

[Jonas Knox]

Hey, buddy, know. Can't people leave the guy alone, all right? His career's over. He's made, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars.

[Brady Quinn]

Like he's trying to make a comeback. Killed him off.

[Jonas Knox]

Well, just. He's fishing now. He's on a boat fishing. I think he bought some, like, fishing.

[Brady Quinn]

What do you do with your free time? You want to go fishing?

[Jonas Knox]

No. Go sit on a boat and fish. No.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Yeah.

[Jonas Knox]

No, no, I'm good. Yeah, I'll find something else to do. I'll go weights, man.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah, there's something wrong with you. I hope you know that. I'll go.

[Jonas Knox]

I'll go. I'll go ride my echo bike.

[Brady Quinn]

You know, that's what I got. No problem with that. What I. What I'M curious of, have you ever seen these fishing competitions where they like, you know, they try to like weigh the, the biggest fish?

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Oh, yeah.

[Brady Quinn]

Like stuff the thing full.

[Jonas Knox]

Great. You know, you just, yeah. You put like little weights inside the gills. Yeah, it's awesome.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah.

[Brady Quinn]

I don't know.

[Jonas Knox]

That's fun.

[Brady Quinn]

Carefulness fishing competitions, man.

[Jonas Knox]

What else we got, Patty with that?

[Patrick Suica (Executive Producer)]

I'll actually give this over to Chris. All right.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

I don't know if you guys saw it. The Netflix broadcast for the Christmas games were kind of a mess. There was a Barry Sanders interview interrupting Panay Sewell down for the count. The only interesting thing coming out was the German calls. And we had Noah Eagle, though, being, being a real stand up guy for the brand. For the Netflix brand.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah. Oh, that was Iron Eagle, right?

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

Ian Eagle.

[Jonas Knox]

Excuse me.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

No, yeah, Iron Eagle was the older of the two Eagles. They get both Eagles for these games. So I screw it up.

[Jonas Knox]

Yeah. I mean, listen, stranger things back, you know, so. Yeah, for them. What else?

[Rob Gronkowski]

We got audio.

[Brady Quinn]

Did any of us have an issue with the audio? Listening to this broadcast? It just, it didn't, it didn't sound like it was a great, yeah, it wasn't good. Like the sound didn't sound like it was weird. The hits, everything else.

[Chris Fett (Technical Producer)]

I, I, I feel like Netflix wants to be everything in these broadcasts. They want to be the man in cast. They want to be. You notice how they had Tomahawk stakes the Cowboys game? That's because Fox has the turkey leg. They just want everything.

[Brady Quinn]

Yeah.

[Jonas Knox]

By the way, I'd rather, rather go with the, I'd rather go with the Tomahawk steak. Honest. You got to pick one or the other. That's, that's the, that's the move there. All right, well, it's been a fun one, everybody. Enjoy the, the busy football weekend, random bowl games, and we'll be back on two pros and a cup of Joe coming up next week. Here it's Brady Quinn, Jonas Knox in for the Dan Patrick show right here on Fox Sports Radio.

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[Brady Quinn]

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