PMS 2.0 1295 - OVERREACTION MONDAY, Super Bowl LIV Recap, Adam Schefter, Bradley Cooper, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

Summary

The Pat McAfee Show – Episode PMS 2.0 1295 Summary

Release Date: February 10, 2025
Title: OVERREACTION MONDAY, Super Bowl LIV Recap, Adam Schefter, Bradley Cooper, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk
Host: Pat McAfee, ESPN
Guests: AJ Hawk, Boston Connor, Ty Schmidt, Darius Butler, Bradley Cooper, Adam Schefter

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1. Super Bowl LIV Recap

Pat McAfee opens the show by celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles' decisive victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV, dubbing it an "absolutely beautiful thing." He commends both teams for their exemplary performances throughout the season, particularly highlighting the Chiefs' consistent presence in the Super Bowl.

Pat McAfee [00:00]: "Philadelphia hoisting the Lombardi is an absolutely beautiful thing."

Key Highlights:

• Saquon Barkley’s Performance: Despite being heavily targeted by the Chiefs' defense, Barkley had a subdued Super Bowl game but was a standout performer throughout the season.

  Pat McAfee [03:05]: "Saquon over did not hit."

• Jalen Hurts’ Offensive Prowess: Hurts led the Eagles to a 40+ point performance, showcasing his ability to throw accurately and make significant plays under pressure.

  Pat McAfee [04:35]: "Jalen Hurts touchdown. A lot of people thought that Gabe Aranci gave it to us +450 on Friday as one of his guarantees to happen."

• Defensive Dominance: The Eagles' defense, led by Vic Fangio, effectively neutralized Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, preventing the Chiefs from mounting a comeback.

  Pat McAfee [05:48]: "What the Eagles defense did to a Kansas City Chiefs team that we thought was still going to be in it, they're down 20 plus."

2. Insights from the Toxic Table

Boston Connor and Ty Schmidt join Pat at the Toxic Table to discuss standout performances and strategic plays from the Super Bowl.

Boston Connor’s Takeaways:

• Saquon Barkley’s Impact: Connor praises Barkley’s role as the "bell cow" for the Eagles, emphasizing his ability to draw defensive attention and create opportunities for teammates.

  Boston Connor [05:13]: "His entire story, you know, kind of didn't... almost got disrespected with some of the offers."

Ty Schmidt’s Observations:

• Jalen Hurts’ Quarterback Skills: Schmidt highlights Hurts' exceptional completion rate and leadership, noting his ability to manage the game effectively even under heavy scrutiny.

  Ty Schmidt [07:08]: "He's the only one whose completion percent is over 70%."

3. Special Guest: Bradley Cooper

In a unique segment, Bradley Cooper joins the show as a special guest, sharing his experiences related to the Super Bowl and his involvement with the Eagles.

Highlights:

• Introduction by Cooper: Cooper recounts his emotional experience at the Super Bowl, interacting with the team, and his admiration for players like Lane Johnson.

  Bradley Cooper [84:37]: "I just spend my time with you guys, you're a part of my life now."

• Personal Stories: Cooper shares anecdotes about meeting teammates, his family's support, and his passion for football, intertwining his Hollywood career with his love for the sport.

  Bradley Cooper [86:03]: "I love cooking and football... it's all interconnected for me."

4. NFL Insider: Adam Schefter

Adam Schefter, ESPN’s senior NFL Insider, provides expert analysis on coaching decisions, player contracts, and potential trades affecting the league's landscape.

Key Discussions:

• Nick Sirianni’s Future: Schefter anticipates an extension for Eagles' head coach Nick Sirianni, citing his successful season and the team's cultural alignment.

  Adam Schefter [36:30]: "I fully expect an extension north of Ben Johnson’s $13 million."

• Kellen Moore’s Potential Move: Schefter discusses offensive coordinator Kellen Moore’s likelihood of accepting a head coaching position with the New Orleans Saints, projecting a significant salary increase.

  Adam Schefter [40:59]: "I expect Kellen Moore to get that deal done and become the next head coach of the New Orleans Saints."

• Aaron Rodgers’ Status: Addressing rumors, Schefter suggests Rodgers is unlikely to return to the New York Jets due to the team's desire to rebuild under new management.

  Adam Schefter [43:07]: "Aaron Rodgers will go somewhere else. He may try to take Devonta Adams with him wherever he's going."

5. Betting Insights and Predictions

Pat McAfee and Tone Diggs delve into betting outcomes from the Super Bowl, discussing public betting trends and specific prop bets that either hit or missed.

Notable Bets:

• Public Betting Trends: Over 60% of bets were placed on the Eagles, resulting in significant payouts for those who backed them.

  Tone Diggs [17:46]: "There was a soak all night long from the first kick to the final whistle was Eagles all night."

• Prop Bets Missed: Specific player-based prop bets, such as Saquon over and Mahomes over rushing attempts, did not hit.

  Tone Diggs [18:30]: "Saquon over did not hit. Mahomes over rushing attempts did not hit."

6. Flag Football and Its Rising Popularity

The show shifts focus to the burgeoning popularity of flag football, especially as it gains traction in high schools and is eyed as a potential Olympic sport.

Key Points:

• Pat McAfee’s Advocacy: McAfee champions flag football as a way to grow the sport inclusively, highlighting a high school all-star game that showcased strategic and disciplined play.

  Pat McAfee [76:50]: "This game has evolved mightily... It's good ball."

• Bradley Cooper’s Involvement: Cooper discusses his role in promoting flag football through commercials and his belief in its potential to unify and inspire young athletes.

  Bradley Cooper [80:17]: "I love playing sports and flag football should be a varsity sport in high schools."

7. Upcoming Content and Closing Remarks

As the show wraps up, Pat McAfee teases upcoming segments related to the NFL Combine, draft season, and off-season strategies. The team reflects on the season's highlights, the emotional journeys of players and coaches, and the cultural impact of football.

Pat McAfee [145:58]: "Football season is the greatest season of all time. We love the sport that we get to talk about."

8. Notable Quotes

• Pat McAfee [00:00]: "Football. It's amazing. And yesterday we celebrated the hell out of that..."

• Darius Butler [10:18]: "Jalen Hurts is really the reason I became an Eagles fan."

• Bradley Cooper [84:37]: "This is so crazy, man... I was like, we did it."

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Conclusion

Episode 1295 of The Pat McAfee Show offers an in-depth and engaging recap of Super Bowl LIV, celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles' victory while dissecting key performances and strategic elements that led to their triumph. Through insightful discussions with guests like AJ Hawk and insights from ESPN's Adam Schefter, the show provides listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the game's pivotal moments and the broader NFL landscape. Additionally, the episode highlights the rise of flag football, emphasizing its significance in fostering inclusivity and athleticism among youth. The appearance of Hollywood star Bradley Cooper adds a unique and personal touch, bridging the worlds of sports and entertainment. Overall, the episode is a rich tapestry of analysis, celebration, and forward-looking discussions that encapsulate the essence of a thrilling NFL season.

Transcript

[Pat McAfee]

Hello beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the Thunderdome on this super bowl overreaction. Monday, February 10, 2025. This program starts now. Football. It's amazing. And yesterday we celebrated the hell out of that in a blowout game that saw us crown brand new world champions, the Philadelphia Eagles. The commercials were obviously a part of the discussion. The blowout was obviously a massive piece of it. And now people are wondering if there is a goat ins for the Kansas City Chiefs. It's gotten loud on the Internet with how big of a blowout that particular game was. A lot of people taking a lot of shots at the Kansas City Chiefs. A lot of people have been waiting for this moment to bury the Kansas City Chiefs. Well, we'd like to say to Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, Chris Jones and the boys over there, hey, congrats on a hell of a year. AFC champions still, yet again. I think they've been to six out of the last seven Super Bowls or something like that. What you're talking about in Kansas City is absolutely iconic. It is absurd. And we assume they'll rebuild and be back next year in the same exact conversation. With that being said, Philadelphia hoisting the Lombardi is an absolutely beautiful thing. Coach Sirianni, who was questioned all year, was able to rally the boys. Jalen Hurts who can't throw, threw it all over the yard. Saquon Barkley, who was a New York Giant, learn about his story a little bit during the Fox lead up coverage. Hey, Fox did a great job. I thought without a doubt, Fox did a great job with the lead in coverage. It's like five hours, different pieces, different stories, different superstars. A lot of this, a lot of that. I mean, Gronk interviewing Travis Kelce, brilliant. Tom Brady interviewing Patrick Mahomes, brilliant. Them having all the pieces that they have there, beautiful. I thought Fox did a great job in the coverage leading up. But I also learned a lot about Saquon in high school. Whenever I think he went to Zephyr or something like that, I believe was the name Z E P H Y R. Don't know if that was the school or the name of the team, so apologize for that. But when he was a sophomore, he was too small. They said he was too small whenever he was a sophomore in high school. Then he put him on the field. First play gone and all of a sudden the head coach said, I should have been playing this guy a little bit earlier. And then that's all she wrot right through high school, right into Penn State, where he was jumping all over people, all over the place. He actually talked about an Oklahoma drill, James Franklin. And I think we all saw it go mega viral where as an offensive lineman, a linebacker, and then I believe, a safety, and somehow the defense just demolished everybody that was blocking them. And it was Saquon Barkley versus four defenders. With his teams all around him in like a 5 yard radius space. Saquon boom, shakes the entirety, scores. And while he's scoring, he jumps through the end zone. His entire team goes crazy. Has always been beloved by his teammates, always been electrified. Nobody knew, though, if you could ride a running back in a run game in 20, 25, 2, a Super Bowl. They did. They absolutely did. Now, his worst game obviously comes in the super bowl because the defense was 100% focused on him. They weren't going to let him sneeze without being the first ones to say, God bless you, we hate you. He was all over the place all season last night. He was contained, but that opened up for everybody else. And what Jalen Hurts was able to do with that offense was beautiful. To the tune of 40 plus points in the Super Bowl. Are you kidding me? Obviously, Dotson catches the dot here, which leads to the tush push party. First points, first score. Jalen Hurts touchdown. A lot of people thought that Gabe Aranci gave it to us +450 on Friday as one of his guarantees to happen, but a lot of people were betting on that. And what happened after that would be an onslaught of domination from this Philadelphia Eagles offense with A.J. brown getting in, Devonta Smith getting into the action, Goddard got into it. And this guy, Jake Elliott, the kicker for the Philadelphia Eagles, had a rough year. By far his roughest year since he's come into the NFL. But when the playoffs started, he goes back to being playoff. Jake Elliott, absolutely apeshit. Pured every single kick. Then the exciting whites showed up in New Orleans in the second quarter where a rookie on his birthday, a Caucasoid named Bradley Cooper Dajean, has a pick six against Patrick Mahomes in his first ever year in the NFL. In his first ever super bowl in the NFL. I mean, this guy living an absolute dream yesterday. And from one thing to the next, Patrick Mahomes is out of sorts because this Eagles defense wants bananas. They want absolute ape shit. And there's Zach Bond, potential defensive player of the year. Back in New Orleans, when he played for the Saints, he was just a special teams guy. Now he's an absolute megastar for the Philadelphia Eagles. What we saw last Night was an ass beating, a drumming. It was something that the Chiefs had no answer for. And even the biggest Chiefs fans had to give up hope in that third quarter. You know, Patrick Mahomes could potentially make magic happen out of nowhere. That's part of his greatness. Travis Kelce can get open against anybody except for this Kansas City Chiefs team. They had six eyes on Travis Kelce damn near all the time. And somehow they weren't able to get anybody else open. Somehow they weren't able to really go until late in the fourth quarter. I think they had a total of 60 yards going into the third quarter after it all was said and done. So what the Eagles defense did to a Kansas City Chiefs team that we thought was still going to be in it, they're down 20 plus. We still think Patrick Mahomes going to do his thing. Smothered ended, Jalen Hurts continued to make massive plays in the Philadelphia Eagles, now world champions once again.

[Boston Connor]

Hell yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Was a hell of a year. Let's go to the toxic table at Boston Connor and at Ty Schmidt. What kind of stood out to you last night, con man?

[Boston Connor]

I think it was just the presence of Saquon, really. Like that last touchdown. We just showed Devonta Smith play action. You know, we've talked about it. The alumni section, middle of the field, they get a massive fourth down stop. First thing you do, hey, we're going to hand to Saquon. He's our bell cow. You get all those linebackers sucked up and then boom, touchdown. And that kind of was all she wrote. There were multiple times where I thought, hey, the Chiefs might go, the Chiefs might go. That was kind of it. It. But Saquon's just presence really, you know, of course he had what, less than 60 rush yards. He had 40 receiving yards. So still getting involved, but just his entire story, you know, kind of didn't. Almost got disrespected with some of the offers. You can't pay this guy $13 million. Yeah, you can, because he fulfilled it probably better than anyone in the history of running backs with a brand new team. Just an incredible story for him from Philly. A PA guy, you know, goes to Penn State, then wins it for the Eagles. It was just incredible. And the running back position is all the way back.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I think so. Especially if you got a super talent like Saquon Barkley. And the thing that adds to that story is he had two other offers that were bigger from somewhere else. Two other teams had bigger offers to Saquon Barkley to come be Their running back. And he picked the Philadelphia Eagles because of the offensive line, because of the setup, and because of the proximity to his home. I mean, I love whenever something works out how it's supposed to. And I think exactly how Saquon Barkley drew it up was exactly how this motherfucker worked out. He ends the season as the all time leading rusher in a season, has the most amount of yards that any running back has ever had in a season. Now that obviously adds in the playoffs, but those are the most important games. So he has the best season a running back has ever had back in his hometown team. That is in the division of the team that said, I don't think we could pay you that amount of money. And he wins the Super Bowl. Congrats to Saquon. You're right.

[Boston Connor]

I mean, three touchdowns in the NFC Championship game. So like people who are, you know, he was the favorite. He was minus 190 to score a touchdown down yesterday. Obviously didn't get in, but like he.

[Pat McAfee]

Got him there and he.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, he had some pretty cool highlights.

[Pat McAfee]

He did have some cool highlights.

[Boston Connor]

Put that in Madden. Even though Madden still stinks.

[Pat McAfee]

Speaking about how, whoa. Well, I don't know.

[Boston Connor]

I played it yesterday. I was like, you know what, it's 2:00, Super Bowl's coming on. I might as well play the game. The game, you know, I might as well see what's going to happen. Yeah, it still stinks.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, well, hopefully they'll get that fixed out sometime. That's. That's been a while. They've been figuring it out, right?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, yeah, they've been on their way.

[Ty Schmidt]

I hear they hear the fans. They hear them. We hear what you guys are saying. We're going to get it fixed.

[Pat McAfee]

And they appreciate.

[Ty Schmidt]

They do.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, they do.

[Pat McAfee]

It's you who we work hard every single day for, says Madden. Hopefully they get that worked out. Hopefully they get that fixed out. But nonetheless, let's go to a quarterback now that will be a world champion forever. Tosh, man.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, it's very tough not to be impressed with Jalen Hurts leading up into the week. And it wasn't just AQ who was saying, hey, they can't beat these guys. Regardless of how good their offensive line is, it's because of Jalen Hurts. Hambo put a stat out this morning. Of all quarterbacks who have played in at least two Super Bowls, he's the only one whose completion percent percentage is over 70%. So I think he takes a lot of heat just for people being like All. All he's going to do is try to run. Like, he can throw, you know, like, Jalen hurts actually can throw the football. And a lot of people don't like him. I don't know if it's his personality. I don't know if it's the way he carries himself or what, but, like, he just, you know, I mean, we talk about other people for the Eagles getting kind of on all season and, you know, just crucified pretty much. Like, he was right there. And you look at his stats and it's kind of weird. It's like, man, that, like, it almost doesn't add up, you know, I mean, but a lot of people said, hey, if they lose this game, it's because Jalen hurts, couldn't get it done.

[Pat McAfee]

He.

[Ty Schmidt]

He does not, you know, hold a candle to Patrick Mahomes in terms of the comparison between those two. He. He did whatever he wanted to, and every single time he had a rush lane, he took it. And. And they didn't.

[Pat McAfee]

They.

[Ty Schmidt]

They just had no answer for him. So. And we talked about the stat, too. Any super bowl rematches, the. The quarterback who won the first matchup had been undefeated. He's the first guy to actually go in there and beat the team that beat him the first time. So hats off to him. I mean, I think people forget, too. He's only 26 years old. Like, the Eagles are set up for a really long time now and then, outside of him, I'd just be remiss if I didn't say how proud and just how much, much pride I have in the fact that an Iowa guy, Cooper Jean, because I felt it all week. I really did. I said, this guy's going to score a defensive touchdown. He was a ball hawk, you know, like playmaker at Iowa. He hadn't had a turnover all year. And for him to get a pick six on his birthday in the super bowl as a rookie, like, as a. An exciting white, you know, that certainly doesn't hurt. But, like, that dude's an Iowa legend. You know, like, I mean, the same vein, like Kurt Warner. He didn't go to Iowa, but you get it. You know, it's like. Like people will talk about him forever, and kids are going to grow up wanting to be Cooper DeJean. Like, it's just as an Iowan, that's. That's really sweet.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, that is sweet. And shout out to Cooper having a mega football moment that he can cherish literally forever and sign autographs for forever. As a rookie, you know, so to say, it's been a successful run. I'd say yes, for Cooper De Jean in that entire Philadelphia Eagles defense. Nine year NFL vet Darius J. Butler.

[Darius Butler]

Yes sir.

[Pat McAfee]

What was your big takeaway from last night?

[Darius Butler]

I mean, obviously you got to start with the quarterback, so just kind of piggybacking off of what you said. Jalen Hurts is really the reason I became an Eagles fan. Just because of everything he's done, not only from the college level, but since coming into the NFL. But as he, even though he said it, defense wins championships and that's still always the case. Vic Fangio's been in the league a long, long time. His first year was actually the year I was born, 1986.

[Pat McAfee]

Wow.

[Darius Butler]

He was coaching the linebackers out in the Saints, the Dome Patrol, Ricky Jackson, a Pahokee legend, hall of Famer, Sam Mills, those guys. He was a linebacker coach there and has been a Def. Coordinator over 20 years in the National Football League. Now was.08 before this game against Patrick Mahomes. And just coming into this game, you know what, Vic Fangio, Brady mentioned it a couple times on the broadcast. He's going to play an umbrella defense, cover for Shell. He's going to rally his defense, going to tackle and he's going to get after you with four pass rushes. And these pass rushers absolutely dominated the game from the beginning. Milton Williams was a superstar, had two sacks, a strip sack late in the game. Josh, great. He had a couple sacks. Cooper De Jane, you mentioned the pick six. Obviously putting points on the board. Zach Bond had a pick deep into their territory, setting up for points as well. So coming to this game, you knew the ball was going to be key. Taking care of the ball and taking away the ball. They obviously won that battle there. The first nine possessions the Chiefs didn't pass midfield. So you're talking about an Andy Reid or Patrick Mahomes led Chiefs offense that couldn't get past midfield. One of the most dominating performances I've ever seen in the Super Bowl. So just hats off to this Philadelphia Eagles team and this defense specifically.

[Pat McAfee]

Matt Patricia last week whenever he stopped by the program, he said, you go out through the history of the super bowl or the NFL. Yeah, any team that has the number one defense and the number one rushing offense wins the Super Bowl. That's just a. That is literally a recipe that has been entrenched in football since the beginning. If you can run the football, guess what you can do. You keep the other team off the field. And if you have good defense, guess what that means. Three and out, they're off the field even less so whenever you talk about just strictly this being a possession territory sport, whenever your def is able to dominate the other team and hold all ground and whenever your offense is able to just matriculate and methodically take your land, I mean, that's a winning recipe since the beginning of time in football. And I love the fact, and, you know, I tweeted this last night, I love the fact that in 2025, a lot of things can be said about everything that has kind of happened over the last 10 years in our existence. Okay. A lot of things in football, you're always going to have to be tough.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Like that is just how the sport requires it. Now there's going to be some positions where less of it is required. For instance, I was a punter. Don't have to be as tough. Kickers. Don't have to be as tough. Long snappers kind of getting targeted last night.

[Boston Connor]

Don't love that little bit.

[Pat McAfee]

Don't love that. That's probably his motion every single snap and they called it. Probably don't have to be as tough. Still have to take hits. Have to be tougher than a modern human. But don't have to be as tough. But in football, you got to be tough. At some point, you're going to take a massive shot and you're going to be expected to get right back up. And the fact that the Philadelphia Eagles pride themselves on being dogs, like that's what Nick Sirianni says. We're dogs over here. What does dogs mean? Well, dogs probably means they're going to be mentally and physically tough. Like that is what a dog mentality is. That is what Coach Sirianni has been just pressing out to the world and also to his players and to Howie, as Howie has pieced this team together in a fantastic way. Truly an epic performance by Howie Roseman building this team back up. You know, a few years back, they win the super bowl, they get rid of everybody. They get rid of everybody. Basically, he has to rebuild this thing. New quarterback, new coach, new team, new vibes in the city. Everybody's expecting now championships because we already won it. And that's Philadelphia in a whole. We don't have time for transition era. We don't have time for turnover. How are you going to do it? Well, he somehow managed to keep an identity. We're going to be a tough football team. Finding dogs in free agency in the draft, hitting home runs in the draft on a very regular basis, whenever he's paying people or Bringing people in, they need to fit our culture. Everybody needs, needs to be row in the same direction, which Sirianni will kind of take care of. But also we're going to bring in superstars. By far the best roster we've seen in the NFL in a long time. You know, in college there's no cap. Well, yet, sure, allegedly, a cap is coming. Allegedly. Yeah, but in college there's no cap. You can pay whoever, whatever. So the teams that paid the most, you saw them in the end of the College Football Playoff, I mean, that is, it's not just them, it was other teams, but like whoever paid the most because you get the most amount of studs, your team's probably going to be better than the other team. Now, I'm not saying studs always win, but if you get a bunch of studs and they buy in, that team's probably going to beat a team that doesn't have studs and buys it. But now, granted, I think teams can over perform with how much of a team they are. You get it, it's certainly a team sport. But if you have a team filled with dudes that are making a shit ton of money because they're good at sports, you're probably having a better opportunity to win. Which is why whenever 31 other teams, fan bases go, pay them, get them, pay them, get him, pay them, get him. And your teams always say, we can't because it's a salary cap. Can't do that, can't pay this guy and also pay this guy. Howie's paid everybody, everybody on their team. Three of their offensive linemen are in the top 11 pays around the entire NFL. Three of them that's just on the offensive line, let alone a quarterback, two wide receivers, running back, and then on the defensive side having to do the same damn thing. Whenever you talk about putting together a roster, managing egos, managing expectations, you name it. What Howie Roseman and Sirianni have done over there with obviously Jeff Laurie at the top and Big Dom Pyzoning through the entirety of it all everywhere, it's like, congratulations to them too. Congratulations. I hope they're enjoying the hell. I hope they are. Literally, you know, you reap what you sow and all that type of stuff. I hope they're enjoying what the hell they sowed. That's not easy to do, especially in the world that we're in. So congratulations to Howie, putting a great team together. And on paper, going into the game, everybody with a brain was like, this.

[Ty Schmidt]

Eagles team, they're a lot Better.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, like whenever they do ranking for college football, they always look at the roster and it's like, well, this roster has this many five stars. It has to be better than this roster. And you know, it's hard not to get caught up in that in college ball because you never know who's going to show up week to week. But in the NFL, it's like this roster is healthy and this roster is loaded everywhere they're in the super bowl, let's assume they like each other. Okay? Let's assume they like each other at this point, which is what a team has to have to be great, have to have chemistry, have to amongst the people you play with if you want to make it to the Super Bowl. So it's like on roster, on paper, it was like, this team's going to win. This team right here has to win. This team might. This team might beat the shit out of this other team.

[Boston Connor]

The blowout question you asked on Friday.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. So we literally had that conversation. We said, do we think the Chiefs could blow out the Philadelphia Eagles?

[Ty Schmidt]

No, no.

[Pat McAfee]

Do we think Philadelphia Eagles could blow out the Chiefs?

[Boston Connor]

Absolutely.

[AJ Hawk]

Yes.

[Tone Diggs]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Everybody said yes. I think AJ actually brought it up. He'll be joining us here in a matter of moments. It's like it was certainly possible. We just thought the Chiefs magic, like literally, that's if you were betting on the Chiefs. You were only thinking of the Chiefs magic and the Patrick Mahomes magic. And there was a couple moments where he was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. And then all of a sudden the Eagles D line just said, nope, we ain't doing that shit. That ain't how we play it. A drop by D hop here. Obviously Travis Kelsey not getting targeted as much. They consider that wanted drop. Was that his ankle? I don't know if 22 year old Travis would have been able to get down to that. But nonetheless, he never got going. Just didn't look like the Chiefs that we thought could potentially make magic and get a win. So insane run by them, but what a team by the Eagles. Now let's go to one half of the hammer done Cowboys. AP Tone, how'd the bets fall out from last night?

[Tone Diggs]

The bets fell out well for the public as far as the game was concerned. Obviously everyone's hearts and souls wanted the Eagles to win and they. And they bet like that. Over 60% of the bets were on the Eagles and boy, it was like the Wet Bandits. It was a soak all night long from the first kick to the. To the final whistle was Eagles all night. There was never a worry in the world. The top five bets that were registered in the US ranging from $400,000 to a million dollars, were all on the Eagles. So those all did very well as well. Now the public got. Got crushed a little bit in the prop market, you know. Saquon over. Did not hit. Mahomes over. Rushing attempts. Did not hit. Goddard over, did not hit. Kelsey over did not hit. But as far as the game was concerned, everyone was on the Eagles. And that was a soak, my friend.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so let's talk about your bets that you gave out last week. Because it felt like I saw a lot of Jalen, a lot of Mahomes running.

[Tone Diggs]

Yeah, things went well there. So we had the fourth quarter rushing yards for both quarterbacks. Those both went over. Mahomes had seven. Jalen's. Jalen had 17. And then Kenny came in luckily, so we didn't have to worry about the kneel down. Thank you, Kenny. I appreciate it. Always on your side. Both quarterbacks to complete their first.

[Pat McAfee]

Kenny Pickett won Super Bowl. Super bowl champion. Congratulations. Thank you, Kenny. Kenny Pickett ended the super bowl for the Philadelphia Eagles.

[Boston Connor]

Think about that.

[Pat McAfee]

Think about that. Who's doing victory formation? Fucking victory. Kenny Pickett.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's right.

[Pat McAfee]

Super bowl champion Kenny Pickett. Congratulations to him. Especially with how it all went down in Pittsburgh. The place you went to school literally was in the same building at University of Pittsburgh. And then with the Steelers, and then it ends with everybody saying, get. Get him out of here. I don't think he deserved that. Kenny Pickett was always good to us. Congratulations on being a Super bowl champion. Kenny Pickett. And also him doing a kneel downs didn't take away any rush yards from Jay or. I'm sorry, from. Yeah, from Jalen. Yeah.

[Tone Diggs]

Kp, Congrats. He's a guy you could have a beer with and save that bet. Both quarterbacks to complete their first pass. You know, let's get the drives going. Let's go there. We're good there. We got that one. This wasn't on a graphic, but we had it when Gabe was on drew tranquil plus 750, leading tackler in the game. That was a nice one there. We talked on Tuesday. We had Goddard, Kelsey, first drive. Those didn't work out. Goddard had one the second drive. But we also said Worthy. Worthy did have one the first drive. So it was a nice little week for the. The gambling on the show.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, great work this year on the Goblin. Get the hammer done, boys. We appreciate you Gumpy, good work back there, pal. Even though you bet that cheese had to do it. Had to ride till the end. Gumby just didn't want Vic Fangy over to Super Bowl. A lot of Dolphins fans, they're supporting Vic Fangio now? Is that what I'm saying?

[Tone Diggs]

I think they were.

[Pat McAfee]

And also, the guy Javon Holland kicked rocks when we did the video. Kicking rocks. When Vic left and went to the.

[Tone Diggs]

Eagles, he was saying how great.

[Pat McAfee]

He called a game last night, so that was awesome. Well, he's kicking rocks because he was upset.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Tone Diggs]

He was actually one of the guys.

[Ty Schmidt]

That wanted Vic gone, so.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, thanks. Geez. Allegedly. Allegedly. We were. I mean, probably. I don't know. I did not follow the situation close enough. All I do know is the Dolphins fans were pumped that Vic Fangio was getting out of there. We were having conversations about, is Vic Fangio about to retire? Is this thing done?

[Ty Schmidt]

This guy's long in the tooth.

[Pat McAfee]

This thing done.

[Darius Butler]

He can retire now.

[Pat McAfee]

Super bowl champ. Guy got it done. You said 1986. He was doing what?

[Darius Butler]

1986 was his first year. His first NFL gig in New Orleans, actually. He got a text from the dome Patrol, too. He said it was waiting. Performing his phone.

[Pat McAfee]

That's awesome. How about Jaylen Carter? Swe. What was old buddy Milton.

[Darius Butler]

Milton Williams.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Mil. He ran a what, 461.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Nolan Smith, £300.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah. Bryce Huff showed up. He made some plays last night. I mean, just that whole. Especially in a world of where we get so caught up in exotics and overload blitzes and all these different things like Vic F. Hey, this is the defense I run. This is how I coach it. This is how it's executed for everybody over there to buy in and to turn, completely turn around that defense and what they are, who they are, and to put on a performance like this against a quarterback like that, just unbelievable. All time.

[Pat McAfee]

You think about how the Eagles season ended last year, and then you think about how it ended this year. Vastly different. Instead of falling off, they picked up.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

They played their best ball whenever they needed it. Congrats to the Eagles. Maybe Coach Sirianni isn't a big, dumb dipshit. Well, wait a second. Yeah. Coach Tyriani is stepping into a press conference right now, actually.

[Ty Schmidt]

Good afternoon, everybody. First and foremost, I'd like to apologize. I haven't gotten very much sleep last night. I know you may be wondering, Coach, favoring your back big time as you throw it out. Celebrating throwing your hands in the air. No. Believe it or not it. It does quite a number on your lower back and your whole back in general when you are carrying around two massive bowling balls in your jockstrap everywhere you go.

[Pat McAfee]

That's right.

[Ty Schmidt]

I did it. I believe I came on here not too long ago, told you guys, we are the best team in the NFL. We are going to win a Super bowl title. Did you watch the game last night? You know, we might as well have done. Intersquad scrimmage. I mean, anything we wanted to do. Offense, defense, special teams, you name it. We are the best team in the NFL. And I don't want to, you know, kind of take the parade route already, but I knew it all along. I knew it all along. Listen, I could say a lot of stuff up here today, but I think, first and foremost, boom. Drink that and everybody says, hey, go get you one of these. Guess what? Got one of these. Now, granted, this is the. Is the super bowl ring that I had made two years ago when we were in the last Super Bowl. So this is kind of just. This is my Monday ring. I. I wear this on Mondays after a big win. I will be getting a new one, or a real one, if you will. This is just a placeholder as far as what everybody said all year. Listen, I understand you're a head coach in a national Football league. You're going to get scrutiny from the fans. You're going to get criticism from the fans and the media. If I could respond, I would like to. You know, stealing the bridge line from one of my favorite poets, Curtis Jackson, once said, I know I'm here for a real reason, because some of these coaches got hit like I got hit, but they ain't breathing. And guess what? Fly, Eagles, fly. Not only are we breathing, we are soaring above the rest. A lot of people talking about my contract going into last year of my contract, Coach, what are you going to do? They wanted to fire you all. All year. You know, everybody at espn, in the Philly media, all the fans, they wanted you fired. Sorry. Looks like I'm gonna be around for a while. And listen, I'm not gonna get into public contract negotiations. That's not really my bag. I'll save that for my agent. But if Liam Cohen is making $14 million down in Jacksonville, I want 40 million a year. And, you know, I think I'm entitled to that. Once again, not going to hammer this home. Maybe just a mock mod come of respect. Just an ounce of respect. Fourier wins in my first two years. Okay, that's the. That's the second Highest all time in NFL history. George Seifert was the first. He was pretty good, I don't know, with those 49ers teams. So with that being said, listen, I'll. There will be plenty of time for me to go around and kind of drop my nuts on tables, take shots at people who have taken shots at me, do a real victory lap. And I'll be honest, I'm not going to be a gracious winner. I'll probably be a little bit of a dog, a little bit of an asshole. And let's just say I got a memory like an elephant. I remember everything that anybody has ever said about me going back to, you know, Mount Union and iup. So if you're an Eagles fan, you didn't love me. You didn't want to see me get used to it because the dog's coming back and the dog's gonna be in Philly for a long, long time. We got, we got a question, I suppose.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, Coach, this is Jack from the Philly John. What about Cullen Moore potentially leaving your team to go down there in New Orleans stand?

[Ty Schmidt]

That's a good question. Listen, I said last night on the broadcast, a lot of people, you know, another thing that, hey, another thing to shit on Coach Sirianni about. He uses, you know, colorful language after winning a Super, Super Bowl. I said, run that back, okay? I said, run that back with Kellen. And I said to Brandon Graham on the NFL Network set, run that back.

[Bradley Cooper]

Now.

[Ty Schmidt]

He didn't really seem like he wanted to Kellen more. You do what you gotta do. You won't go down to New Orleans and go, you know, 3 and 14 for the next couple years and get fired. That's fine by me. You go get your bag. We'll welcome you back home in Philly in a couple years time after you've been shit canned in New Orleans. I think I got time for one more if anyone's got one.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, Coach Dan Orlovsky, espn.

[Darius Butler]

Of course.

[Boston Connor]

I knew you guys were going to do great and I'm very.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I bet you did, Dan. I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna cut you off right there. Now listen, a lot of people want me to just storm out here be mad at you. You say you know Dan Orlovsky. This guy, this guy didn't, he didn't believe in me all year long. He's calling for my job, actually. Obviously I told you to tongue my beanbag last week. I would never do something like that again. I kind of looked internally and Realized that, you know, that wasn't very gracious. That is not what a man of God would do. What a man of God would do to someone like you in the media who's been calling for his job and saying he's no good, is. I'd say, Dan, if you wouldn't mind getting down on your knees, popping that. That mouth open that you love running so much and smooching the tip of my Lombardi. Okay. Enjoy, Dan. Fly, Eagles. Fly, baby. Super bowl champs.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. All right, that's coach Tyriani, obviously. One last score to settle with Dan Orlovsky there.

[Bradley Cooper]

Wow.

[Pat McAfee]

Let's talk about that trophy, though. It's gonna be carrying that thing around. Yeah. Saw Saquon with it last night. Saw Lane Johnson with it last night.

[Boston Connor]

I love it.

[Tone Diggs]

Howie Jalen.

[Pat McAfee]

Howie on the floor. Jalen sitting there with a cigar. That was cool.

[Tone Diggs]

People are saying that was staged.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't think it is the sit down one. Well, why would he have those people in the back then?

[Tone Diggs]

B.

[Pat McAfee]

Go. I don't think he would have those people back.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, he'd be in the bathroom solo.

[Pat McAfee]

I thought about that. There's no real private moments, huh?

[Darius Butler]

It's not. Not even, like, locker room, you know, those. I feel like those used to be, you know, kind of sacred almost. I almost feel kind of like violating watching it. But it's. It's 2025. It is what it is. But this picture, we do get some alltime moments. Remember when the Celtics woman Jason Tatum tried to create a lot of these?

[Boston Connor]

But, like, that's what happens because of, like, the not having any privacy. So, like, even if you want to take a moment, it's like, oh, this is staged. He's just doing this for the photo. It happened with the Celtics. It's happening with Jalen now. It's like, now maybe the guy just wanted to sit actually, right after the entire thing, he talked about how, like, I. I haven't really. It hasn't really set in for me yet. Like, I'm waiting for it to, like, set in, and maybe this is the moment, and then immediately, oh, this guy's.

[Pat McAfee]

Just setting it up. Literally, if that was a stage photo, I think he would ask for those people to get out of the back, you know, because that could be a very sick stage photo. Yeah, like, if we were going to make a stage photo, that would be nasty. Especially with the cigar. He's even got the goggles on his neck, you know, because the champagne campaign, you know, the whole entire. Whatever Shower. They're giving in there. Oh. I mean, that's a campaign.

[Darius Butler]

Did you see the Jordan brand commercial?

[Tone Diggs]

Oh, yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

That was sick.

[Darius Butler]

So sick. Love hurt.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Release the Mahomes one.

[Pat McAfee]

Why? Whoa.

[Boston Connor]

Well, they had one for both. I, I, we all know he's with Adidas. Yeah. So I want to see the Adidas one that they had three.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, they ship all the merch out.

[Boston Connor]

Exactly.

[Pat McAfee]

You should at least see what the.

[AJ Hawk]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

The advertising potential.

[Darius Butler]

We saw the Falcons super bowl shirt looked like.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, I think that was custom made. Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, is a man who's a Super bowl champion, a college football national champion, a Rider cup winner and the all time leading tackler for the Green Bay packers, ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawk Hawker. Thank you for joining us. Early Juicy. Coach Tyrioni seems like he's going to take a little victory tour. He said I will not be a gracious winner. Did you take anything else away from that?

[AJ Hawk]

That was my favorite part. The fact that he said he will not be a gracious winner. I think he deserves to have a little bit of a run here in these next couple weeks where he does not need to be a gracious winner. But he will. We know he's a classy dude, he's not going to take it too far. But he, he has every right to, to bask in this celebration. What an unbelievable win by him. And they, the Eagles won this game. The Chiefs did not lose. The Eagles just came out there and dominated from start to finish.

[Pat McAfee]

Agreed in all three phases. And that's his little boy right there. And little boy Pazon actually wrote a handwritten letter that he has, I think on his desk. And they were reading it during the pregame. I think it was Erin Andrews. Mm. Might have been EA I forget who did the story. I apologize to if it wasn't EA but she was talking to Nick Sirianni and it was the backdrop. You know, they're in a hotel room with the suite up in the top and it was pretty nice shot. And she starts talking about this letter that's on his desk. It's his kid handwritten letter like you do at school. And in there he talks about dog mentality. Hell yeah. His kid writes dog mentality. This is what dog mentality means to me. Or I hope you always remember to have a dog mentality. And it's in like little kids handwriting. And just seeing dog mentality written by a child, I like almost got like emotional. I'm like Coach Sirianni whenever he was reading that Letter. And, you know, his kids writing him a letter, handwritten letter. That's cool to begin with. I assume in the development stage of watching your kid grow, that's probably a cool thing. Putting together a full message. Obviously, being able to write it out seemed like there was no spelling errors. But then whenever at the bottom, it was like three quarters of the way down because they showed the thing. It was like dog mentality written out in there. He had to just start breaking down like, I got one. I'm reaching him. You know, I am. I'm reaching my boy. Because I think the way they're explaining is like, dog mentality about how many times you get knocked down, then you get right back up, and how many times you just keep going. It's like, this dude was mocked and ridiculed by everybody. Yeah, Eagles fans, we read him every single week.

[Darius Butler]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

Whenever we do our overreaction tweets, Eagles get a win. Who's pissed at Nick Sirianni? Eagles fans, it's like. And then the. The TV shows were like, yeah, us too, actually. And you gotta wonder why he mentioned to EA about how he's not what you think of when you think of an NFL head coach necessarily. The way he operates in the way he goes about his messaging, or the way he goes about relationship building with the boys, or whether he go how he goes about celebrating after a win. Maybe in a tunnel talking shit to people, maybe him talking to the fans, interacting with fans. Because, remember, this guy used to be a wide receiver, play college ball, so maybe he does have a little pizzazz. So maybe whenever people are talking shit, maybe he does want to interact, which most NFL coaches would never do. Obviously, NFL coaches say, keep the noise out. It's not about what they do. And then Sirianni is like, hey, how about a little credit here? We just won this game on his way out of there. But I think he's always like that, so I think his team loves him. I mean, once again, the wide receivers who have been asked to take a back seat to the running game all year, and they've been paid, Both of them, AJ, Brown, Devontae, they both been paid. They're the ones that are doing the Gatorade bath on Nick Sirianni, the head coach who inevitably has to sign off on everything that's happening with the team, I think that says a lot about how this guy goes about doing his thing. I think that says a lot about how his team feels about him. And if he's got his kid writing dog mentality, when he's five or six years old. It feels like everybody around him is like, hey, this guy's with us. This guy's loyal to us. This guy will take all the heat for us. And this guy will show up the next day and say, hey, let's go beat the shit out of this team. And he's young, his contract's up. And we heard in Coach Tyriani's press conference there, Liam Cohen allegedly getting 14 million. Ben Johnson getting 13 million. Aaron Glenn probably in that same ballpark with his job just getting hired over there. It's like, this guy is legend. This guy is amongst the legends of coaching. Whenever it comes to, like, winning percentage. Now he's a world champion and his contract's up. It's like, good time to be Nick Sirianni's agent. Who's that? Oh, I think a guy. I think a guy that knows it. He's Southern, I think white guy here. He's. Oh, college guy. He's a refrigerator. Sure. You know, I think he's a refrigerator.

[Darius Butler]

I saw him last night.

[Pat McAfee]

He was on tv. He was next to Big Dog.

[Adam Schefter]

He was.

[Pat McAfee]

Was Jimmy Sexton.

[Ty Schmidt]

Okay.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

He knows the ins and outs of these coaching contracts, I think. And I assume Sirianni wants to remain with the Eagles, obviously. I assume that is his number one goal. And I assume the Eagles would like him. But the Eagles in coaches. Interesting.

[Boston Connor]

Very.

[Pat McAfee]

Joining us.

[AJ Hawk]

It can happen quick, either way.

[Pat McAfee]

Statute could be made and then. Yeah, we don't think so. Yeah. And then, by the way, they win. He's been a place and gone. Yeah, Howie's probably just like I fucking said it would. Pretty good, aren't I? Joining us now, ladies and gentlemen, senior NFL Insider for espn, a man who crushed it all season, especially during super bowl week. Ladies and gentlemen, Adam Schefter.

[Adam Schefter]

What's going on, Shefty?

[Pat McAfee]

Is that the family there? Is that the actual insider behind you?

[Adam Schefter]

She's laughing. Yeah. She's fresh off her post game interviews last night on the field where I was her runner and assisting her in trying to get her whatever interviews I could. It was great. You know, everyone's doing their post game things. Dylan, get your head out of the.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, Dylan. Dylan, Dylan. Let us tell you this. Keep your dad as your booker. That job stinks. Let your dad do it. He knows everybody. Okay. And congrats on the great work this week, Dylan.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah, great job.

[Pat McAfee]

No problem. Keep crushing it. Okay, Shefty, we were just talking about it. Sirianni is going into last year of his Contract. We assume he won't be a lame duck coach. We assume there'll be an extension done this offseason. First of all, is that all accurate? And second of all, Liam, we just talked about it all these guys just signed for 13 million a year, which is obviously a big number. This guy's going to get paid the most of all time. Or how do you see this going with the Philadelphia Eagles? No.

[Adam Schefter]

Well, I think what will happen is they'll sit down to do the deal because Nick Sirianni is headed into the last year of his contract. You never want a head coach headed into the last year of his contract. Ben Johnson got $13 million a year, but not the other rookie coach. There are other rookie coaches this year didn't get that. I think the pace cycle for those guys was anywhere from 10 to $13 million per coach.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, got it. What about Liam? We heard liam was like 13 or 14. Is that not accurate? That would be in that same window.

[Adam Schefter]

That's not accurate. Okay, that's high. He did not beat Ben Johnson. Liam did fantastic and obviously tremendously elevated his salary. But no, Ben Johnson came in the highest of the rookie head coaches. So if you're Nick Sirianni and you won a Super bowl and you've got a year left and you're sitting down to talk about your deal, I'm sure the Eagles obviously want to keep that number down and Nick Sirianni is going to want to drive that number up. I think all of us right now could sit down and figure out what we believe to be a fair number. If Ben Johnson got 13, then Nick Sirianni is a Super bowl winning head coach is worth more than that. Right. So what is the number? Is that going to be 14? Is it going to be 15? I don't think they're going to pay him like the upper echelon coaches. I don't think so.

[Pat McAfee]

But why not?

[AJ Hawk]

Why not? Why not?

[Adam Schefter]

Well, okay, but by the way, that's. That's the job of his agent to argue that.

[Pat McAfee]

And his agent, Jimmy Sexton, we don't know everything about him, but we know enough. He's going to get a. He's going to get a good deal. Yeah. And I like for everybody, he does good business. That's why he's able to continue to do business with everybody. But I think he's going to lay out a very easy case if he just used the stats that we have from our show for who and where Sirianni ranks in the history. Now, granted, he understands that how he's been able to put together a phenomenal roster like this team, the players that he is coaching, all dogs. But he's the one that's getting all these dogs to bark in the same direction. So I think he has a lot of leverage, he has a lot of power, and hopefully they get a deal done. Because Philadelphia, with this style of guy, being their coach is awesome and it's obviously worked.

[Adam Schefter]

You know what's funny about that? Number one, I don't know, two, three months ago, people were calling for his job when he had some emotional outbursts. Number two, his players love him. His players love him like they believe in the guy. And they, I don't know, ever loved him as much as they do today when he's led them to the super bowl title and the players played great and he was the coach. But he's going to get a new deal. They'll redo it and we'll see where that comes in. But I obviously fully expect expected to be north of Ben Johnson.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Hopefully they get that deal done sooner than later. Let's talk about that coaching staff, though, because some things were said last night maybe that make us believe. Whoa. Maybe. Not so fast, my friend. Shout out to Lee Corso. Go ahead, A.J.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, shefty. What about offensive coordinator Kellen Moore, obviously? Is he just going to stay in New Orleans and take the gig? If he does, how much does he get paid? And is there a possibility that he is back in Philadelphia?

[Adam Schefter]

Look, there's always that possibility. I expect him to be the next head coach.

[Bradley Cooper]

And.

[Adam Schefter]

And the Saints are going to make sure they do everything here by the book. Because the last time the Eagles found evidence of the Cardinals tampering, it cost the Cardinals draft pick compensation in the end. And the New Orleans Saints, who have been in the crosshairs of the NFL before, don't want any part of that. So they've gone out of their way to make sure that they're doing everything by the book. But if they were hiring the Dolphins, Anthony Weaver, their defense quarterback, they could have done that. If they were hiring Darren Rizzi as their interim head coach full time, they could have done that. If they were hiring Mike Kafka, the Giants offense, they could have done it. They didn't do any of this.

[Darius Butler]

They just waited.

[Adam Schefter]

And they waited because they intend to hire Kellen Moore, assuming that they can get a new contract done. And again, that should not be a hard deal to do as well. Kellen Moore is making, we'll call it, $4 million a year. As the Eagles offensive coordinator, I'm not far off. I might be a little high, but I might not be. $4 million. The New Orleans Saints are going to come in and they're going to offer them, I don't know, I would say 10 or 11. Maybe it comes in at 12. I think it finishes up at 11. As the head coach, are you going to turn down a raise to go from 4 million a year to 11 million a year? Are you going to let that happen? And by the way, are you going to let that happen a year after Bobby Slowik was one of the heads hothead coaching candidates for the Houston Texans and a year later he's fired? Like when you're being offered a job and you're being offered a raise of roughly 7, $8 million a year, not you're not turning that down. You're getting that deal done. You're getting that deal done. And I would expect that Kellen Moore is going to get that deal done and become the next head coach of the New Orleans Saints.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't want to counter here, but I heard Nick Sirianni say this last night. Yeah, Vic's been a great coordinator in this league for decades and he was awesome today.

[Adam Schefter]

Kellen, you know, let's run this.

[Ty Schmidt]

Let's run this back.

[Pat McAfee]

Let's run this back. Congratulations, coach. Thank you. Okay, so Sirianni is selling, I bet behind the scenes on how special it is. But you said Bobby Slowik. Hold on, hold on. You said Bobby Slowik, which is certainly fair. I would argue Ben Johnson, though, with the Detroit Lions, where they dominated, took over, changed the offense. Jared Goff went crazy. That offense was the talk of the town in every town in the NFL. He got offered some head coaching jobs. He says, no, I want to go back. Now he's at the bears making 13 million a year because he's even more highly coveted. So with that being said, I understand what you're saying about taking the 7 to 8 million right now, but I think everybody on earth knows the Saints job is like two years out, right? At least they're saying like the way that looks is like a two year out thing. So if Nick Sirianni, and I'm not saying Kellen Moore shouldn't take a 7 to 8 million dollar bump. You do what you got to do for you and your family and your career and what your thoughts are. But in my head, Sirianni has a pretty good sell. Hey, we still got Saquon, we still got Jalen, we still got this offensive line. AJ And Devonte are dumping Gatorade on me. I think we're good there.

[Darius Butler]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

Vic Fangio is still here. That D line is young. That D line is young. So, Kellen, you could potentially run up the scoreboard here with the team that we have right now. Oh, yeah, I think that's how Sirianni sells that, right?

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah, that's definitely how it sells. Chip just got, you know, six, six a year. I think he's the highest paid coordinator right now. And obviously, it's much easier for us to sit here because we're not getting that seven, $8 million raise. And then, then, you know, however, four or five guaranteed. And coach Tyriani, you know, said, you know, flame out there, you could probably get another OC job there. And I'm sure Shefte has a response for that, though.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I assume so. There's some other big news that came out this week.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, I know Sirianni wants to run it back, but it seems as though they are not running it back with Aaron Rodgers up with the Jets. Reports came out about a meeting that happened and basically left that meeting with the understanding they would not be running it back with Aaron Rodgers in the New York Jets. You got any updates in that situation? You.

[Adam Schefter]

Well, I. Listen, I think we got a situation here where you got a new general manager, a new head coach, and when new general managers and new head coaches come in, they typically like to make changes and bring in their own people. There's a reason that a team is in the market for changing its general manager and head coach. And so when that happens, they like to reset the culture and establish their own culture. So I would think that that's a part of this, that the jets want to go in their own direction and they want to start over. There's no doubt that Aaron Rodgers still can play and still can play at a high level. But the jets are starting to build this again from the ground up, despite the fact that they've got some good talent on their roster. And so they're not expected to bring back Aaron Rodgers at this point in time. Aaron Rodgers will go somewhere else. He may try to take Devonte Adams with with him wherever he's going. I would think with Aaron Rodgers not back, Devonte Adams is not going to be back in New York either. So, again, you start to see those changes of the most notable changes that they'll make. But whenever there's a situation with new head coaches, new general managers, you're going to see a whole slew of changes. They Usually start with some of the most significant people. In this case, that'll be Aaron Rodgers and Devonte Adams, who I expect not to be back.

[Pat McAfee]

Both, I assumed. Okay, that's a nice piece of information, Shefty. We appreciate that. So I assumed early that if Aaron wanted to play again, it was not going to be for the New York jets, because new gm, new coach. To everything that you said then, he felt like there was a little bit of a groundswell, I think would be a right way to describe it. Like, no, maybe Aaron will actually stick around and then they'll draft somebody. And then the Jordan love thing where he's mentoring for a year as Aaron Glenn goes in there and then that the news drops from Jay Glazer. Scoopage. Hey, they talked. He's not being asked back or whatever. So we reached out to our source says what we've been told is that Aaron's potentially out of the country and when we come back, he's probably going to be on.

[Boston Connor]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Okay. So that's what our source says have told us. Now, I believe that that is maybe for some time to figure out what the hell is going on.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, I wonder how much has been figured out from this guy's side because I think walking away from the game, a lot of people would assume not possible, especially with how he played at the end and how everything went down. I've come to know that anything's possible. Yeah. With Aaron Rodgers.

[Boston Connor]

Amen.

[Pat McAfee]

Anything. Anything is possible with Aaron Rodgers. AJ do you agree with that sentiment, with what I just said?

[AJ Hawk]

Yes, I would agree.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I mean, we heard he was going into darkness. Super bowl radio row. We had no idea what was happening. Didn't even know that was possible. Didn't even know that was a thing. There's a lot of things that I've just learned exist through this Aaron Rodgers, you know, relationship. It's been cool getting done. He is. They called his docu series Enigma. I don't think there's ever been a better word for a human. You know, it's like he is a special, special football player. Special football player. I mean, it is. His accolades go crazy. Everybody that's ever played professional football loves every professional athlete's like, Aaron Rodgers is a dog. Like, that is literally how they talk about him. He thinks to his own drum. He goes along to the beat of his own drum.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Very clearly. Always has. But end of the day, he's like a hippie who just happens to be a genius and also a football savant. So it's, like, interesting. I've seen this guy in the middle of a living room, jamming out with a guitar, singing, shirtless, long hair, like. Just like, oh, I just walked into a hippie convention. Then I've been at a dinner where he's explaining something that I could never understand in my life. And then he starts talking about football, and he's recalling blitzes that were coming from 2006. It's like, this is a special guy, but I think he's very comfortable with who he is. He's very comfortable with where he is. So I'll be very intrigued to see what he does. I assume he's playing football. Me, I assumed at the very beginning he's gonna continue to play football. Not for the Jets. That was. Without talking to him, that was just like reading the Situation. I assume the same thing. Shefter, you assume the same thing. Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

Listen, we'll see what he has to say when he's back on your show as a special guest. And what your sources say, that's a taste, but that's a good taste to me. My guess would be that he winds up playing. He's going to want to continue playing. I would guess he'll want to do it at a place that wants him. Here's a guy that I think he's made more money than any NFL player in history right now. And so that gives him the ability to sit back and be selective about what he does and doesn't want to do. If there's a situation that he's not particularly enthralled with, he doesn't have to do it. But on the surface today, my guess would be he does want to play. He can help a team.

[Pat McAfee]

How many spots, Shefty? How many spots you think would want Aaron Rodgers service? Well, yeah, give us a little leverage here, you know, so whenever we talk to Aaron, you know, we could be like, hey, bud. Shaft, just telling us there's two, three spots.

[Boston Connor]

Take a one.

[Pat McAfee]

Something to think about.

[Adam Schefter]

No, it's a fluid, moving thing, right? You just don't know. There are seven guys. Is Minnesota gonna lose Sam Darnold? They're gonna bring him back. Is Sam Donald gonna go somewhere else?

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, the Brett Favre prophecy Can't do.

[Pat McAfee]

That with J.J. mcCarthy.

[Adam Schefter]

I. I think.

[Pat McAfee]

I think there's others. Oh, my God.

[Boston Connor]

There's another new owner who probably is a big fan of Aaron Rodgers. Tom Brady in Vegas.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, I didn't even think about it.

[Adam Schefter]

I think. I think the Raiders are gonna make a play for Sam Darnold. I think Sam Donald's added it to be the real quarterback. We'll see whether Minnesota lets him go or not, but let's see if that works out with Sam Darnold winding up in Vegas. And so if he goes there, then the Vikings have to bring in another quarterback. J.J. obviously is going to be there. J.J. is coming along and I think that was part of the reason they brought in Daniel Jones because they were kind of getting him up to speed in their system, their organization in the event that they do lose.

[Pat McAfee]

And Devonte Adams going out there. Justin Jefferson, he would never Devonte Adams, Addison Hawkins, TJ Hawkinson Cook in the.

[Darius Butler]

Kevin O'Connell Aaron Jones still at work.

[Boston Connor]

Oh yeah, there's a one year.

[Darius Butler]

Oh he signed what to do But.

[Pat McAfee]

Aaron Jones and Aaron Rodgers, guess what.

[Ty Schmidt]

They can dangle, you know.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I didn't even think about Minnesota. Holy shit. Okay, so he's coming back and playing football and he's going to Minnesota. That's what I'm going to believe.

[Tone Diggs]

Championship, right?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Time is a flat circle.

[Pat McAfee]

Could you fathom if he does to do anyways let's go to another team that would probably say, hey, we don't know about how much we're going to pay everybody but would love to have you a quarterback.

[Tone Diggs]

Yeah, Shefty. Not a new coach, not a new gm but it looks like there will be a new quarterback in Pittsburgh. As far as Russell Wilson, the reports are that Russell Wilson probably not returning. There hasn't been anything said about Justin fields yet, but Mr. Rooney in his end of season conference basically said we need to fix the quarterback room. Sounds like Russ is not going to be that guy. What do you have on that situation?

[Adam Schefter]

I was with Russell on Friday and I'm just telling you the tone that I got from him was entirely different than sports that are out there and we'll see what winds up happening whether or not he's back there. But I think he feels like there's definitely a chance he's going to be back there. Like he's having conversations with the organization about the future and where it's going to go now. Again, there's still a lot that's going to play out here, but I think he definitely, definitely thinks that he may be back in Pittsburgh.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. He said that to us in our conversation too. Like hey, want to be back at Pittsburgh? They're starting to early talks, maybe starting to strategize and then now you're saying you're with him on Friday at the Super Bowl. Who's at super bowl, everybody. So it's like a little combine conversation happening behind the scenes. For Shefty, fresh out of the big news business, Connor has a question for you.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, Shefty. More big news out of San Francisco. The 49ers gave Deebo Samuel permission to seek a trade. Are we going to see a lot of this? Because we've already seen Cooper cup being told by the team, you know, go ahead, we're going to trade you. And now Deebo, of course, with the Niners, a little bit of a different situation. But what teams are going to be in it for Deebo, do you think?

[Pat McAfee]

And we know you're plugged in over there.

[Boston Connor]

Uh huh.

[Pat McAfee]

Yep.

[Adam Schefter]

Well, I spoke to Deebo yesterday morning, so of course we didn't. We didn't go over the teams just yet. I. I would think that there'd be a lot of teams that could use a player like Debo. Obviously, I think the 49ers did a tremendous job at maximizing his talents. But think of all the teams that need wide receivers. There's so many of them, and there's still going to be so much wide receiver movement this off season that I don't know, like what. What happens if T. Higgins leaves Cincinnati? Would he be an option. Option there? What if Tyreek Hill gets traded for Miami? Is he an option there? What about.

[Pat McAfee]

He's back. He's all in, isn't he? I thought Tyreek was all in. Didn't he say he took back his. I'm out. His mom called him or something like that.

[Darius Butler]

I saw it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Yeah. What do you say?

[Boston Connor]

He says a lot.

[Adam Schefter]

I'm just saying there are a lot of outstanding. There are a lot of outstanding wide.

[Pat McAfee]

Well said.

[Adam Schefter]

I. I think it's hard to pinpoint right now where Debo would go. I think, look, I could see him in Pittsburgh, I could see him in Baltimore. I could see him in a lot of places. Like any of those, Any of those, Any of those AFC north teams makes.

[Pat McAfee]

It okay, we would love to have them here in Indy. You know, Debo's a dog.

[AJ Hawk]

Packers.

[Pat McAfee]

There's just always a situation seemingly out there with the Niners. There's always something brewing with the Niners. And I'll tell you, whenever I think about that team, I think they're great, but they're always dealing with, you know, I guess that's what great teams have to deal with. Except for the Philadelphia Eagles. So anyways, Ty has a question for you. Shefty.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, Shefty. Last time we were on with you. We the Miles Garrett news came out and I think, you know, everyone was kind of like, guys, this kind of just like a ploy maybe for him to get paid and stay there. But then he was down in New Orleans at Radio Row making the rounds, and basically on every show he kind of just said like, hey, we're going in two different directions. I don't believe we're on the same page of what we want. So it seems pretty clear that he absolutely wants out of there. This isn't just a money ploy. Now, who knows? That could just be what he was doing on these shows. But is there any movement there? Have you changed your way of thought in terms of whether or not he's going to be a Brown next season or whether or not you think he's going to get traded?

[Adam Schefter]

Well, I would say this. I think the Browns general manager Andrew Berry is adamant on not moving Miles Garrett, and I think it would be up to some team to offer them enough to even get him to try to change his mind, which right now he doesn't seem to be willing to do. I think that this one, again, has the potential to go on for a while, to linger, and I think there are a few inflection points where the Browns sort of have to make some decision, even though I think they feel like they've made their decision and their decision is not to trade Myles Garrett. The first one would be going into the new league year about a month from now. That would be the first time. The second time would be before the draft, and you'd like to think that if they're going to make a move that they would do it before the draft because of all the draft pick capital that would be involved. Except when you look back at the Kahlil Mack trade that was made on September 1st of that season, right before the start of the season. So there's no real deadline here. He wants to be traded. They don't want to trade him. Is there going to be a team that steps up? Like, I think there was a team that called Cleveland last week. I'm sure there are many teams that called Cleveland last week and they told him, you know, we're not interested in dealing him right now. Now is there going to be a team that just stays on the phone and keeps calling the Browns and say, okay, well, I know you're not dealing them, but. But here's what we'd be willing to offer if you are so. Or is Miles willing to sit this out beyond.

[Pat McAfee]

I love that.

[Adam Schefter]

Again, I want to point out this. In the last few years. We had Lamar Jackson drop a trade bomb request the morning of the owner's meetings as John Harbaugh was going to breakfast with reporters. A month later, he signed a new contract. We had Debo Samuel and Brandon Iuk both issue trade requests from the 49ers. Both wound up signing, getting new deals, although Debo obviously has another trade request now that the 49ers have told him that they're going to honor. So just because a player demands a trade doesn't always mean that he winds up getting traded. So this one still is in its embryonic stages and we'll see where it goes.

[Pat McAfee]

Great descriptor. Holy. That was a great descriptor. That's the Chef Duke difference.

[Boston Connor]

You know, that's Michigan.

[Pat McAfee]

That's a Michigan man right there. I like the teams are calling even though they're saying they're not going to trade them. Okay. We're just letting you know, though, here's the offer. Two ones. Two ones. Think about it and you can get this guy. Just sleep. Hey, I know you're not trading him. Why would you. But seems like I hate you guys. You're kind of. For the next couple years anyways to Sean Watson. What are you going to do with that? If you want to get this, it's available for you. Just something to think about when you lay your head down at night and Andrew Baron is like, we're not interested. It. And then at one point Andrew Barry's laying his head down and that comes floating. Oh, my God, look what the Eagles did with those picks. Look what the Eagles were able to do. Turn around their entire franchise. Hold on. With those picks. Look what. Look at the Washington commanders were able to do just with a couple good picks. If that could just even. Look what Denver Broncos just did with. I mean, there's so many.

[Adam Schefter]

There's. Do you see what the Eagles did with Carson Wentz?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Great tweet by you. I don't love it, you know, because I was the Colts, you know, on the other side of that.

[Adam Schefter]

By the way, that was a Colts single.

[Pat McAfee]

Thank you. Thank you. Schefter. Ladies and gentlemen, senior NFL Insider. Great year. We'll see you at the combine. Adam Schefter. See you, Dylan. See you, Dylan. You're a real star in a family. See you. She's in the back, chilling.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

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[Bradley Cooper]

Football.

[Pat McAfee]

It's awesome. And football has a new world champion. It is. Is the Philadelphia Eagles joining us now? You saw him on the back, but he's joining us for every minute of this particular program that we have left. Ladies and gentlemen, AJ Hawk. Foxy wanted you to get another introduction. I respect it because of how great of a year A.J. hawk has had. He had a great year. He has A.J. what a great year. Ohio State world national champion.

[Boston Connor]

Probably his best.

[Pat McAfee]

Holy hell. And you picked Philadelphia Eagles win Super Bowl. You say you haven't wavered either. He said that early. I think didn't now granted he thought the Commanders could beat the Eagles. True. Remember that was that. And then we watched that game unfold. He said wait a second, this Eagles team's a little bit different. Maybe you were waffling like Chuck Pagano, but in the end you Said, I want the Philadelphia Eagles. They did exactly what was possible, AJ and we talked about the question that was posed. Could the Chiefs blow out the Eagles? Nobody thought that was the case. Could the Eagles blow out the Chiefs? Mm. I think that is possible. And that's because they just are a dominating football team, A.J. yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

I mean, this shows you, like, we hear about this stuff all the time. Can you get four man pressure? And that's exactly what this Eagles team did. They're able to get four man pressure all night. And like, just the, I cannot imagine what the, the mic'd ups might sound like from the chief sidelines, from all their coaching staff, if we ever get to hear them trying to figure out, hey, how do we block these dudes? Like, hey, they're only, they're not bringing six, they're not bringing extra men. Like, how do we find a way to. Not only did they get good pressure and they got sacks and they, they this. The pressure. And also, like, getting in his way and getting the throwing lanes was great, but they didn't let him run at all. They, they were so disciplined. I know you guys talked about earlier, they say they play a little Cover 4 umbrella defense, as they called it going into the game. All their eyes are on Patrick Mahomes and they do a good job of setting hard edges on the outside and getting great interior rush. And when you do that, like, what are you supposed to do if you're Patrick Mahomes? I know they, they forced him into playing a bad game. Obviously. It's not like Patrick just came out there in perfect situations and just played terrible. Like, no, he just, he was under duress all night long and who knows how his body feels too. The dude was getting slammed every game.

[Pat McAfee]

Every play kept popping up. Even whenever he ran. He took a couple big shots early. I think he took a big shot in one of his runs and he kept bouncing up, you know, but it looked like the team just never got going. You know, we were watching the entire kickoff at the house a few hours leading up into the Super Bowl. It was actually kind of fun. I, like, really enjoyed it. Wife, kid, roaming around watching the pieces that they're creating. They started showing the guys on the field, warming up, up, and they showed Patrick Mahomes on the field. I mean, yeah, that's a big time. And they, they were showing Mahomes on the field, warming up and he yawned and my wife was like, I don't like that he's yawning on the field right now. And I was like, I don't think that means anything. And then Tom Brady got on the screen and he said, in my first super bowl that I played in, I actually fell asleep during the day. Like before the Super Bowl, I was able to just fall asleep. And he said, in my last Super Bowl, I wasn't able to sleep the night before or the day of because there's just so much to kind of figure out in the biggest game of all time. He said, so, you know, maybe the young guys might benefit from the Super Bowl. They don't know what they don't know. So it was like an interesting tale there of, like, Tom Brady. Whenever he fell asleep, it was because he just was like, yeah, it's just another game. Patrick Mahomes yawning, though my wife immediately was like, what was that all about? And I'm like, that's a good question. Then you start watching them play. They never got going. No. Like, never looked like the Chiefs. Like, not. Not one time early did they look like the Chiefs. Normally, he's got Max bravado, moxie, you know, even when they're not doing well, he's still bopping off the field. There's this number happening here. Travis Kelce's doing some sort of shit. You know, there's some shit happening. Even if he's not getting the ball. There's some, like, there's. There just was never a buzz from the Chiefs team. And I do wonder, you know, if, like, they weren't, I don't want to say mentally ready, but, like, just where their vibe's not at the level that they, you know.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Always are. And I wonder why that was the case.

[Darius Butler]

Everybody, you got it. I mean, it's back to back. Super bowl champs. Andy Reid, you would expect. Andy Reid got him ready. Spags got him ready. But we all, I mean, we all saw it. Like the Eagles were just, you know, it was better. Yeah, they were the better team. And AJ Mentioned it, like, not only were they getting pressured, but the way they got pressured, like, every time, you could see it just collapse in the end and keeping them in the pocket, forcing them to try to escape up the middle. And it never got done. So they were super disciplined from that standpoint. So like you said, he never got momentum outside of, I think, the first pass of the game. When he kind of hit juju in the first class, you say, okay, it might be a different game. And after that, nine straight possessions, not even being able to get past half field, not being able to convert on third down, they were the Best third down team all year long. They had one little moment when Cook got that interception on a free blitz where it's like, okay, this could be the moment that kind of turns the top. But then right after that, Zach Bond makes a play, sets his offense up. So it went kind of exactly how we all saw it outside of Saquon. We all thought Saquon probably have a big game for them to win. But even with him not having a big game, kind of hats off to Kellen Moore in that office, still calling 25 runs to kind of keep it balanced and then taking your shots and hitting the shots. Explosive plays too. That was always the big difference coming to this one. So they just out executed it and just got dominated from. From whistle to whistle.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, Kelsey said it in his post game. They were like, what happened? Basically? And he was like, we just never had a spark. Like our offense never got going. Obviously they had a lot of negative plays, some holding, illegal man downfield, a bunch of those kind of uncharacteristic things. But then when you think back to like the Brady's last Super bowl when it was Tampa versus Chiefs, it was kind of like this. Like they never had anything going on offense. Their O line was just getting dominated by Todd Bowles and the Tampa Bay D line. Like it was a very similar type game, just not to the, you know, 40 point drumming.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

And to your point there, immediately following that loss to Tampa Bay, they went and invested in the offensive line. Like, hey, this is. We understand what the issue was. And with that being said, I wonder if being in so many Super Bowls, going back to the Tampa super bowl, as soon as the entire team sees what's happening early, they go, oh, no, this is not. This is when we get beat. This is when we are not the best Chiefs that we've been. This is when the Chiefs is still not. Is not still the Chiefs when this type of pressure is happening to them. Which leads me to ask like AJ Or D, but either or here, like how early does that defense know? Like, oh, this is good. Like we.

[AJ Hawk]

Pretty early.

[Pat McAfee]

You think? You think like they.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, I don't know. I'm sure D Butt has an opinion too, but I think as a defense, defense, this Eagles team, they even talked about how they were pissed off leading up to this game, about the Talk of the 3 Pete and people talking about the Chiefs and all that stuff. I think they definitely were highly, highly motivated. But look at us, look at the, the second level defenders too. When you, when you get to play your zone or you match zone. Like all of the linebackers, your eyes are on the qb. So Mahomes knows, like, even if I somehow find a little lane to squirt out, it doesn't matter. We got Bond, Norrin, Burke sitting there waiting for me, like, I'm not gonna get those.

[Pat McAfee]

You got like three spies on every play. On.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, even on that.

[AJ Hawk]

That's gotta be overwhelming to think about.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah, like the pick six, like him trying to throw across his body, which you see Mahomes and Allen and Lamar do that week in and week out. But when you have that type of vision, patience, understanding, you can kind of bounce back where he never sees you. And then obviously you make a play with the ball in your hand. But, yeah, you know, pretty early. And I think even though there's a lot of new bodies out there, like cj, GJ kind of mentioned it from the first Super Bowl. Big thing coming out of that super bowl was like, hey, our D line never could get their footing because of the field. Like, everybody was slipping around. Slipping around. And remember that stat that kind of came out earlier in the week? Like the Eagles defense when they're on field turf, like how they give up 11 points a game. Oh, yeah, 5 and 0 with fans, Joe's defense. And we're kind of like, okay, what does that really mean? So when you got those guys that could just pin their ears back, get after a passer, do their job, and you know you got seven, that's why it's so valuable to be able to get home with four defenders. Because now you have have 14 eyes, not only in the quarterback, but on all these crossing routes and all these things. And they're just rallying, tackling force and turnover.

[Pat McAfee]

And while you keep talking about that, let's explain that a little bit more. As we've just kind of mentioned it a few different times, normally teams have to bring an extra guy. Yeah, there's four down linemen normally, or there's three with an outside linebacker who's going to rush. Four people normally rushing quarterback or trying to take care of the D line. Most teams would have to bring an extra linebacker or secondary person to get pressure. That's called a blitz. Whenever you bring more than four, it is a blitz. So if you're able to do the same pressure without having to add the extra person, that's vital in coverage.

[Darius Butler]

Very, very vital. Because defensively, like you said, if you're only sending four, the offensive line, obviously you have five offensive linemen. And typically you have either A back or A tight end in protection as well. So now you have six on four. So you can double team Jalen Carter, you can double team whoever it is, but when that other guy can win or both edges just create math problems, now you're winning even more because now you're. You may only can get four out in a route, and you got seven guys in coverage. So like you said, most defenses to apply pressure, you got to send five or six and kind of catch them off guard. But then when you send five or six, you're leaving those cornerbacks and those safeties on the island, which you saw when they hit Devonte Smith on the big play, when they hit A.J. brown on the back shoulder, even on the first big play on fourth down that they called back. That's what Jalen Hurts took advantage of when Spags on the flip side had to bring pressure because of how good and dominant that Philly offensive line is. And you put those DBs on the island to make big plays.

[Pat McAfee]

Such an advantage to have a D line, O line, D line, Howie, in the trenches, especially when you're that dominating, explosive. The footing thing is interesting. I hadn't thought about that until literally just now. You actually heard my dumb ass go, oh, yeah. Because you did bring up the turf thing. And I don't think. I think I even said, what does that mean? I don't know what that means. Means. What it means is your guys are in a track meet to get to the quarterback. That's what that means. Now, granted, there's some turf that is slick, but it's nowhere near some slick grass because that obviously helps out the slower person.

[Darius Butler]

Absolutely.

[Pat McAfee]

Whenever you don't have.

[AJ Hawk]

Oh lineman love that. Oh, linemen love a sloppy field because they know that D lineman can't get his cleats in the ground, can't turn the corner, can't get a get off like he normally has because we. We know, like, yeah, the offense knows where they're going. They know where they're going and stuff. So when it's sloppy like that, it's tough for the defense. It really is.

[Pat McAfee]

Didn't even think of that.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

And they're probably thinking that today. Or at least Philly fans, like, see if that feels.

[Tone Diggs]

Yeah, it also the gameplay, like how the game script, like, played out running. The Chiefs only ran the ball seven times.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Tone Diggs]

And because they were down early, like the D line's ears were pinned back the entire entire game. And on a fast track, it was just a recipe for disaster.

[Pat McAfee]

So that's. We talked about it earlier the cold, you know, when Peyton was here and Bill Polian was running the show and all the boys, great team, fun team to be a part of. During the tail end of it kind of unraveling here in Indianapolis, they invested a lot of money on the offense. Okay, we're going to score points and then we're going to have two pass rushers, Dwight Freeney, Robert Mathis, and they're going to get home. And then we're going to. And we are going to. We're going to pay somebody in the secondary and then everybody else is kind of, you know, we will replace this entire thing. And that was kind of the entire game plan. Like we are just going to get a lead and then Dwight Freeney and Robert Mathis are going to end the game and if they score, okay, that's going to. We're going to get got but inevitably we're going to get home. We're going to score if we have to. And that's why the conversation is always like, well, if Peyton had a better defense some of these times, I assume that team would go on to win more Super Bowls. And it was like, well, the team can structure was Peyton take the lead and then we're going to try to get home to the quarterback. It's like the Philadelphia Eagles, their offense just beats out of your defense and then their defense comes in and beats the hell out of your offense. It's like, that's a tough team. I like that. A tough team won in 2025. AJ football is always going to require that, I think.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, it is. And that's where that's the cool thing we have seen I think over the last couple years that's coming back into the NFL like a little bit more ground and pound. Like you, you can do whatever you want. You can spread guys out all you want. We all, we talk about a lot. You say a lot. Like there is going to be a moment when you're going to have to physically dominate. And whoever is physically dominated the trenches usually wins the game. And the fact like I'm going back to that pick that Mahomes threw from his own end zone to Zach Bond. That was huge. They're. They're down 17 nothing from your own end zone with like under two minutes to go in the first half. Like this was a gigantic play because.

[Ty Schmidt]

I'm thinking the ball.

[Pat McAfee]

Ball. Second half.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah. Didn't you think I as they have the ball here though, I'm like, all right, well, Mahomes goes down probably he goes and Scores to go to halftime, 17 7. Then the Chiefs, they can start running the ball more. The game is not out of reach. This happened. And I'm like, oh, oh, this is a tough path for victory now for the Kansas City Chiefs.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, this is when he thought it was over. You thought it was over at halftime, 24.

[AJ Hawk]

I didn't think it was over just because I knew, you know, what Tom did to the Falcons and how capable Mahomes is, but I knew pretty quickly. And then that deep ball, that thing was unbelievable.

[Boston Connor]

I thought.

[AJ Hawk]

I thought, Saquon's getting the ball. You know, like we say in the alumni zone in the third quarter.

[Pat McAfee]

Boom.

[AJ Hawk]

Devontae Smith. What? 46 yard TD over the top. That right there, you're like, all right, here we go. Game up.

[Pat McAfee]

27, nothing. Deep shot. What a play, dogs.

[Darius Butler]

We talk about all the sudden change. Sudden change. You better be ready for that shot, especially in that part of the field. I thought it was over at halftime.

[Pat McAfee]

You had no way.

[Darius Butler]

Because, I mean, you thought the way.

[Pat McAfee]

The Eagles are structured, I was kind.

[Darius Butler]

Of timeline kind of had me. Okay, maybe, maybe not. Maybe not. Because you kept saying, all right, bet Mahomes right here. I still think they got a chance, but just because of how they built, how they call their offense. And then Jalen hurts being able. You saw early on that he. Okay, he threw the pick with the pressure, but outside of that, hey, if I get beat with the pressure, I don't know what's going on. I'm going to take off and get 13, 14 yards. And that's a huge weapon to have that know Matt Ryan or most pocket quarterbacks don't have it.

[Pat McAfee]

So you thought going into half this game's over. Okay. Like that. So that means that the halftime show was like the main event of the evening.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, you kind of checked out after that just for the commercials. Everybody's thoughts on a halftime show. My take, I don't think I knew enough songs.

[Boston Connor]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

That were being sung so I couldn't sing along, which is what I certainly enjoy doing. Thought it was very well choreographed. I don't know how many people were all just on the exact same page. Like, that was pretty wild. Also, you know, with everything being said about the. The Drake lawsuit, say, Drake staring at the camera, that had to feel like. That had to feel pretty cool. He had to feel like the court.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

In the middle. Like when Brett Favre was suing us. Like, if I could have gone to the halftime. In the middle of the field at, like, on Camera and been like, like, say Brad, I hear you like to. And just went through his entire case. That's happening. I mean I probably walk out of that go like, that was pretty cool night. I thought.

[Tone Diggs]

I thought it was good.

[Pat McAfee]

So with all of that said, I wish I knew more songs. That's on me. But there's going to be people that hate every halftime show, without a doubt, no matter what. And there certainly was. And there certainly was. But I didn't think it was a drawback. I don't think get people left. I mean, maybe we'll see that the numbers are 24. Nothing at halftime. Maybe people checked out anyways through it all. But it's like, all right, I saw Kendrick Lamar halftime show. I'm excited to see who's next year. You know, I'm excited to see who's going to continue to take the biggest stage at halftime.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I mean I, I thought it was good. I'm a Kendrick fan, so I do like it. But I agree. I think. I wonder how much it has to do now with Apple Music running it where they're just like, hey, perform your new album. Like we're trying to. We're trying to get people to buy that we don't need. Like, you know, everyone's already downloaded your previous album.

[Pat McAfee]

So I've heard squabble up from the new album.

[Boston Connor]

Yes, right.

[Pat McAfee]

So I heard that one.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, that was.

[Darius Butler]

That was off the mustard at the end.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, mustard giving him credit, I think, because of the biggest of all time.

[Ty Schmidt]

Exactly.

[Boston Connor]

But.

[Ty Schmidt]

But you're right too. It's funny you mentioned it this morning and I had said it right before you came back out of the bathroom. You're like, I thought he was gonna bring Imagine Dragons out. Like, I thought there was a.

[Pat McAfee]

There's no real surprises. But like if.

[Ty Schmidt]

If they. If they want to just like kind of try to appease everybody and have no one really. No one really care, just be like, yeah, that was fine. Like, that's what you do. You get Imagine Dragons to do the. The halftime show. Cuz people aren't going to be up in arms about it. People aren't going to remember it. Like, it's crazy. But like we're at a stage now where like no matter who they pick, people are going to be pissed off. It doesn't matter. I mean, it was good enough. I think it didn't. It didn't feel like when it was over, like, like Jesus Christ. I just watched that for like an hour and a half. Like it. It felt like it Was pretty well paced. You know, when they got back to the game, like, so it's all going to come down. You know, like, if you were pissed off when they announced it was going to be Kendrick Lamar, I can't imagine you tuned in and afterwards. Right.

[Pat McAfee]

You know what I saw the Internet was telling me I missed a lot of things. Maybe.

[Darius Butler]

I think. I mean, I feel like that's always the case when it's something with Kendrick. People always make it deeper than it is. And sometimes it is. But I thought it was dope. I felt just like I'm a Kendrick fan, too. So $music. Definitely a fan of his new album. And obviously everybody wanted him to perform.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

And he knew that.

[Darius Butler]

He knew he had to do it, and he did it. And hearing the whole crowd kind of being in on it. Serena up there, Crip walking. Like, I thought. I thought the whole. Samuel being Uncle Sam. Like, I thought the whole choreography. I thought it all was. Was pretty dope. And I think anybody. I think people that. I feel like going into the super bowl, you knew going into it. If you were going to like the halftime short, not.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, that's life, I think, at this point.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Like, all right, Kendrick Lamar has. I'm going to hate it. It's going to be dumb. I don't know his songs. He's not a Super bowl act. And to be. I think super bowl is kind of one of those events where like, a pop artist or like one of those top 40 artists is going to get kind of the most traction, the most topical.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

You go hip hop, you go country, you go rock. You're going to cut out a lot of people. But I thought overall it was a good performance.

[Pat McAfee]

I think he won like five Grammys.

[Boston Connor]

Or whatever for just that song.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. And, you know, maybe not as much pizzazz. I saw some people saying, like, he's just walking around.

[Ty Schmidt]

Where's pizzazz?

[Pat McAfee]

They just walk around.

[Tone Diggs]

I thought it was good.

[Pat McAfee]

It's like Samuel L. Jackson was in there. I thought everything that was happening around. I mean, there was a lot of pizzazz.

[Boston Connor]

The bird's eye view, it was set up like a PlayStation controller. I don't know if you saw.

[Pat McAfee]

That's pretty sick. That is pretty sick. But I heard it was designed that way for a lot of other reasons, too.

[Boston Connor]

I thought it was. Cause it was a game. And then they had the game over thing.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I understand. But that. Have you seen the. He said everything. Kendra is much deeper. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

I need to dive in. I have not.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, they do.

[Boston Connor]

I Mean, I saw his chain was. It was an A minor.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. And. And to be clear, I'm not a big musical person. Love music.

[Ty Schmidt]

Love it.

[Pat McAfee]

Love music, Love everything about it. I don't know about the, you know, Nick Cannon drum. I can't read music.

[Boston Connor]

Sure.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, I don't know what these, these things are doing.

[Darius Butler]

You can feel it.

[Pat McAfee]

But I certainly. A minor. I learned, I know a lot about. I know that a minor is a musical note. Yeah. And quite a clever, Quite a clever little.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, everyone's. Everyone screams.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. It feels like everybody thinks that's a very singable part, you know, like sing us a song or Country Road, Take Me Home everybody.

[Ty Schmidt]

Right.

[Pat McAfee]

That's why Rocket Mortgage paid for Sing along to be one of their commercials, which is a great thing. Sounds like that. A minor thing. You start to become one of those. Yeah. Everybody sings along and that's pretty pivotal part of a song. And, you know, I'm excited to see the repercussions of all this.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

He didn't say it.

[Boston Connor]

He did the certified part, but he didn't do the second part.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I mean, I understand A minor is a, Is a musical nut.

[Ty Schmidt]

It is.

[Pat McAfee]

Certainly is. We've learned that.

[Tone Diggs]

We have.

[Pat McAfee]

Then I was in a commercial immediately after.

[Boston Connor]

Yep, great.

[Pat McAfee]

Not a big spot, but a good.

[AJ Hawk]

Spot a couple times earlier, though. Earlier though. They showed your other stuff earlier.

[Pat McAfee]

So many 15 second things throughout the day. I was watching that Fox thing and then all of a sudden my dumb ass is popping up on the screen. I was almost uncomfortable, you know, with the wife watching that, watching her, like, be proud of this. It was pretty cool. And I was like, honored, obviously that it was happening. But watching it as much as it was popping up on the screen yesterday was kind of weird. I was like, all right, we've, we've, we've done it. We. I appreciate it. And it was honored to be a part of. Very cool to be a part of one day shoot out there in San Diego, shout out to Chula Vista. I believe high school. I played soccer for ODP in Chula Vista at the Olympic Training Center. Whenever I was a teenager, it was like the biggest moment of my childhood sports life. You know, going to play Chula Vista with odp. It was a big deal. So then going back there for this particular thing, I remember, I'm like, chula Vista, look, I remember this town. And to work with Peter Berg and Justin Jefferson was there the day that I was there. And the whole thing, it was, it was wild to be a part of it had a trailer, had makeup department, two people doing my makeup, and Jackie throughout this entire thing. And then obviously, the mission to make flag football a varsity girls Sport in all 50 states is certainly one that I'm cool with, you know, especially with my daughter Mackenzie seemingly going to be good. Good. I think she's going to be good. She's not even two years old yet, but she's got good wiggle, you know, And I. I think that is something that's big in flag football. It's also an Olympic sport, so let's go ahead and be the best at that for sure, by far. And it's also a great way to grow the game. I did see people were mad, you know.

[Tone Diggs]

Oh, what?

[Pat McAfee]

No, they were saying, we're going to say that girls are better than boys at football. Maybe at Central high school in 1985, certainly a possible. And did you see the cleats that she was wearing versus the gear that they had?

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, exactly.

[Pat McAfee]

In 1980. I just think the whole goal here is for girls to get excited about ball even more than what they already are and to feel like they have an opportunity to be great. And I think flag football at the high school level is awesome. And if it's going to provide scholarships, maybe even later in life. I mean, there's. Now I saw everybody go, we're not making a women's professional flag football league. It's all like, you're right. This is just. This is for high school varsity sport. Just to kind of see what this could be. And I'll say this as somebody that was probably, you know, a little, okay, flag football at a time dudes were playing. Remember, it was on NFL Network. Then flag football quarterback said, I'm better than Patrick Mahomes. And we all said, okay, we're done with the flag football community.

[Boston Connor]

That's enough.

[Pat McAfee]

You know, that's. You remember that?

[Boston Connor]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Remember when we said that we saw.

[Boston Connor]

His highlights of him throwing.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, we want to watch, but we. We hate you, so we can't. It's kind of the thought that all football people had. But whenever I watched that high school girls all star game on the Pro Bowl Sunday, Pro bowl game Sunday, I was at Cheesecake Factory watching it on tv. No audio. I have no idea what Orlovsky, Laura Rutledge and whoever else is calling and saying, I'm just watching Strictly. They're zooming in on a safety. She's making checks is there changing formation, the amount of, like, audibles that are being made, the play that's Made the throws that I'm like, yo, this is. They're playing fucking ball right now. Like, this is. It's like good. I think it's something that they can really get into in a big way. And it's like, if my daughter has the opportunity to do that, I'm behind it. So getting a chance just to be a part of that thing was cool. It was a cool mission, cool message. And. And I tell you what, being a fatso, probably my future there. Bald, bald fatso. Certainly in the future, I think potentially stash. And I don't know if I can grow the mustache.

[Boston Connor]

Come on.

[Pat McAfee]

But I'll tell you what. My head, now granted, they did some stuff.

[Ty Schmidt]

Sure.

[Pat McAfee]

Maybe not that terrible of a bald guy. Okay.

[Boston Connor]

No.

[Pat McAfee]

Cuz I used to think I just got this blockhead. Cuz you see it here, you know, and when it screws out, it's not good. So when I'm. If I was to go bald, which is possible in my family, it is possible. Boy, it's gonna be a bad look. You know, I'm gonna become a hat guy full time. Probably cowboy hat in this entire thing. But then I saw me as a bald guy. He's like, not bad shape. Then he put the scarlet mullet on. Sure, sure. And that's when it really started looking terrible. And then, you know, the mustache goes. And then the thing goes. But it was, it was cool to be a part of. It was very cool to be a part of. And obviously it's the NFL super bowl commercial, so the NFL even asking me to be a part of it is cool. And maybe they don't hate us over there. Maybe, maybe, maybe we're not some bunch.

[Ty Schmidt]

Of big thumb dip shits.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, I don't know.

[Tone Diggs]

Well, probably still that, but some of us.

[Pat McAfee]

Definitely that. Definitely that. I saw somebody tweet. Well, how's he going to be a biased journalist if he's working for the NFL in their commercials?

[AJ Hawk]

What?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. I don't know. That's a good question. I will say this. Those refs early, they were certainly trying to perpetuate a narrative, weren't they?

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Adam Schefter]

First call.

[Tone Diggs]

It was time.

[Pat McAfee]

I mean, was there no self awareness? Was there no conversation about the reality of the conversation around football? Fourth down, calling that. It's like, whoa, I'm getting a call from a hater. Somebody that thinks definitely rigged.

[Darius Butler]

That was bad.

[Pat McAfee]

Not happy about it. FaceTime immediately. Huh? Huh. That's one first drive. Couldn't help themselves. Going crazy. Okay, so then obviously they call that call against The Chiefs. And it's like, hey, let's. Maybe the refs just stink. And I think it was same. Right?

[Darius Butler]

I thought it was a great job by them getting it. Getting it out the way. Makeup call, back to back. Terrible call. Money down.

[Bradley Cooper]

They were not letting the.

[Darius Butler]

Now we don't talk about it anymore.

[Pat McAfee]

I think that's genius. I agree with that entire thing. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now. He's a Super bowl champion. Ladies and gentlemen, joining us now is the man who welcomed the egg E A G L E S Eagles onto the field in this fashion. All right, from the city of Brotherly love, your 2024 NFC champions, the Eagle B. Had to feel so cool. Boots on the ground. Ladies and gentlemen, owner, co founder of Danny and Coops, the greatest cheese steak in your town, Bradley Cooper. What up? This is awesome.

[Bradley Cooper]

Wait, my mom wants to say hello real quick.

[Pat McAfee]

Ms. Gloria, good to see you. How are you? I love your show.

[Bradley Cooper]

You guys are so funny.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, my gosh. Thank you.

[Bradley Cooper]

I'm smart.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. All right. There you go. Don't be giving it away, Gloria. Please don't be doing that. We love you, too. Thank you for everything. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Hell yeah. Bye. Bye. That was awesome.

[Boston Connor]

See ya.

[Pat McAfee]

See ya. Hey. We looked her up on the Internet. Sounds like an Italian last name. If I would have said ciao and grass.

[Bradley Cooper]

My mom.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, yeah.

[Bradley Cooper]

Campano.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Does she know Italian? No.

[Darius Butler]

You know, when.

[Bradley Cooper]

When, when. When my grandparents came over here, you know, the whole thing was to assimilate into American culture. So they only spoke Italian in the kitchen. And they wanted their, you know, their children to become acclimated to and being American. So it was only her older brother who spoke Italian. But by the. She was the middle child. She didn't. She never learned it.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. So many Italians in Philadelphia. Obviously, you are one of them. You are one of the faces of this Philadelphia Eagles team. We just showed the introduction. You killed it. Yeah, you killed it.

[Bradley Cooper]

You know, it's so funny, though. So I was. I was so nervous I was going to misspell Eagles number one, obviously.

[Pat McAfee]

Yes.

[Bradley Cooper]

And. And then I started to think about how, you know, it does set the tone. Right. It is actually not. Nothing, like, if I screw this up, that's not a great omen.

[Pat McAfee]

Yes, agreed.

[Bradley Cooper]

And so. But. But I kept thinking I wanted to say NFC champions.

[Pat McAfee]

Yes. Could you imagine? And I kept.

[Bradley Cooper]

I kept, like, running people. And some people were like, fuck, yeah, you gotta do it. And other people are like, no, dude, don't. Don't do that.

[Pat McAfee]

We're happy you did it. I want to let you know, because we would have taken some heat somehow for ruining a moment. And if they don't win, because you say that, that would be.

[Bradley Cooper]

I thought it would. I thought it would have been great.

[Pat McAfee]

Nfc. That's good delivery there. I mean, maybe we go back in time. I assume you'll be able to figure it out without young.

[Ty Schmidt]

Look at this guy.

[Pat McAfee]

Look at this guy. Aging backwards. Benjamin Button. Let's talk about.

[Bradley Cooper]

How about. How about that kid Declan? Man, he was awesome.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so you give him tickets on the Today show, right? Am I accurate in the story? Who was he?

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah, so I didn't give him tickets. The NFL gave him tickets. But I had. I, I didn't. I wasn't aware of his story because I'm not on. I don't know if you had seen the tick tock thing, but I'm not on social media, so there's a whole, you know, section of reality that I. I'm never aware of unless someone tells me. But I was with my daughter at the Commander's game, and we were just walking in the field, and someone was.

[Pat McAfee]

Like, hey, hey, hey.

[Bradley Cooper]

And I turned around, it was a kid with a poster, and I just, like, blew him a kiss. I had no idea. But then I learned about his story that he's from Doylestown. He's nine years old, and two years ago, he was sort of. He was diagnosed with a pretty, you know, treacherous ailment of. Of arthritis. And he was in the hospital 17 times. And then they said, they sent me the TikTok video. I don't if you guys have seen it. No, but there's a guy who does a thing where he offers you something or something else. And he offered him $1,000 or another choice. He chose the other option, and it was tickets to the Commander's game. Then the guy also gave him the thousand dollars. And then they were in a dollar store. He was with his family at the dollar store. And the kid went around and gave everybody the money.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, my.

[Bradley Cooper]

And it was kind of incredible. And people were, like, losing their minds, like, what's happening? And so the Today show wanted me to come on and, like, do an interview with him. I was like, I don't know who he is. And I guarantee you he doesn't know who I am either. I just waved to him and he didn't. When I met him, he was like, I don't know. They're like rocket raccoons. He's like, oh, I know. Rocket Raccoon.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, that's an awesome.

[Bradley Cooper]

And then so I was like, but I'll give him the tickets. I'll go on and just give him the tickets with the. With the band and the cheerleaders. And then. So that was really cool. I went and just did that. And then the NFL asked me if I would introduce the team, and I thought, I'll only do it if he does it with me. That would be dope if he did it with me. So that's how. That's how it happened.

[Pat McAfee]

That is incredibly cool. I saw this clip of you running out of tunnel with the smoke coming around.

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah, exactly. I was like, I'll come out and do that. But. But he was awesome. He was so calm, and, I mean, I don't know. I was. I was nervous, and he was, like, calming me yesterday. It was awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, I love to hear that. Thank you for doing that. He's going to remember that for the rest of his life. And obviously I will. You will as well. But also, good karma into the football universe that you did that.

[Bradley Cooper]

It was a good moment, man. It was. It was a good moment. You could feel it, you know, after I said, like, all right. You could just feel that. That support. I mean, the truth is, in the stadium, it felt like a home game. It really did. I don't know how they did it, because optically, it looked like it was split red and green, but sonically, the Eagles fans were just totally amplified. It was nuts, man.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, could you have fathomed the game going that way? I think the reason why the Eagles fans were so crazy is because that place, first of all, known for being very loud, tough to play down there whenever the Saints are rolling, let alone everything going on, but it is built to be loud as. And then with the way the Eagles started that game, it felt like it gave you guys a lot to yell about how in your wildest dreams, and I know you're sitting up in the box and you just intro the team so you're like, a part of this entire thing. Could you have fathom the Eagles just beating the hell out of the Kansas City Chiefs in a Super Bowl?

[Bradley Cooper]

Well, the truth is, I thought that our best shot would be, obviously, like many people, we have to take an early lead. But I did think it would go either two ways. We're either either going to be a blowout by us, or it's going to be a close game that we lose. And I was just praying that would. It would be a blowout.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I think that was Kind of the read on the rosters throughout. Watching you go throughout the entire season has been awesome too, for us behind the scenes. Go ahead, aj.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, Coop, did you get to hang out with the team afterwards? Like, what would you do post game? You get to see who was performing at the postgame party and how excited are you for this Eagles team to hopefully go on a dynastic run as they keep talking, talking about, you know.

[Bradley Cooper]

Aj, first of all, this is so crazy.

[Pat McAfee]

I'm on the show.

[Bradley Cooper]

I. I sit here and write and watch it because you're on my phone right now. So the fact that I'm interacting with you, it's like I'm gonna wake up in some fever dream or something.

[AJ Hawk]

I feel the same.

[Pat McAfee]

We can't believe. Yeah, exactly. We can't believe. You watch.

[Bradley Cooper]

And by the way, thanks for all the shout outs. I mean, so literally every time I think I told you I like, tell, I was like, did you hear? He said my name.

[Pat McAfee]

Said my name. We are so lucky you watch the program. You are the coolest dude. And tell me something cool, bro.

[Bradley Cooper]

I. I watched the program.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, we appreciate that.

[Bradley Cooper]

So. So getting back to that was, you know, I was at the super bowl when we lost. I was at the super bowl when we won. And every time I just was sort of catatonic up in the box. And this time, even when we won in 2017, I never left the box. And I was just sitting there alone as everybody went down to the field. I don't even think they asked me to go to the field, though.

[Pat McAfee]

But.

[Bradley Cooper]

But today, but today, because we had already been there and we had our wristbands.

[Pat McAfee]

We.

[Bradley Cooper]

We are.

[Pat McAfee]

We.

[Bradley Cooper]

I. My daughter and I were like, we're going to go down. And I gotta say, man, it was. And. And you know, Lane Johnson, I just think he's maybe the best right tackle to ever play the game. And I just. I love everything about him. I love his work ethic. I. I just idolize the guy. And at the end, we were watching like, behind the. The fence, you know, the. The sort of makeshift fence on the stage. And then I was sort of waiting for Lane to come down on the right side, but I realized other Eagles were going down the left side. And I was like, lee, let's just walk. You know, it's mayhem. There's cameras and people, But I see this big Goliath walking away and I. I was like 8 years old, dude. And I'm like, run. I'm like, leah, Leah. I. I gotta, gotta see. And I'm like running to him and I'm like, lane, Lane.

[Pat McAfee]

What a moment. What a moment.

[Bradley Cooper]

And he turned around. He turned around and his.

[Pat McAfee]

He.

[Bradley Cooper]

It was so bulient and like wonderful. And like we hugged and you're hugging these guys after the game and you just. They're drenched in that smell. And these gladiators. These gladiators. And. And he. And it was like. It was weird because I felt like I was 8 and my daughter's 7 and I'm holding, but I felt like I was 8. It was, it was like one of the most incredible experiences. It was. And you know, I've been. I've had anxiety for two weeks and I thought maybe something's wrong with me. I'm sick. But I realized it was just the emotional angst of this game and I. I've only slept like three hours, but. But I feel so relaxed, man.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Well, congrats. You did it. You did it. Football is the greatest. Bradley Cooper feels like an 8 year old after a big time win. Which leads to this. Ty has a question for you. Coop.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, Coop, first and foremost, what a honor. This is so awesome that you're on the show. But so when you take all that into account, where does last night rank compared to, like your career accolades? Obviously you've been nominated for 12 Oscars. You haven't won yet. Won yet. But like, you're one of the most beloved and popular actors of your entire generation. But where does last night rank compared to like all the cool you've done in your career?

[Bradley Cooper]

Well, I didn't do anything but observe last night.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

John Ham voice cracked in the middle of that. Set the tone. They never were able to roll. They were never able to roll. Then you go, all right, let's go and get right into it. It's like Lane Johnson's right behind you. You talk about how much you love Lane. Lane's right behind you. You set the tone. You won the Super Bowl. You did it.

[Bradley Cooper]

And by the way, I worked at it. I was saying that thing for like two weeks up and down the street, like in weird public places, people like, what's he doing?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, I watched the Rock.

[Bradley Cooper]

I watched the rock do it, you know, in la, his like epic thing that he did. But you know, that experience, Ty of doing that, which I was nervous about, that felt as big as like singing at the Oscars. And, you know, I conducted the London Symphony Orchestra live in Ely, which was fucking terrifying. And then played at Glastonbury Music Festival for Starsborne in front of 90,000 people. People. Like, it felt like those things, those moments of like, holy, I'm on the moon right now.

[Pat McAfee]

Wow. We don't want to talk about that. Buzz had a commercial yesterday.

[Darius Butler]

Filmmaker. So, you know.

[Ty Schmidt]

Hey, you're on the moon.

[Pat McAfee]

Yes, you were. You were on the moon. So were we. So sure.

[Bradley Cooper]

That's right.

[Pat McAfee]

USA Buzz is natural. He's good at. No, no. He was actually kind of a stiff actor. No, you were about to say, he's.

[Boston Connor]

A real good actor.

[Pat McAfee]

No, no, no, no. I wasn't going to say that. Anyways, we're happy that you felt like that. You deserve to feel like that, brother. And then you just listening through some of the crazy things you've done. What a talent. What an absolute talent. Speaking of talents, coaches, DBUT has a question for you.

[Ty Schmidt]

Coop.

[Darius Butler]

Coop, gotta ask you, as an Eagles fan, we know a lot of the Eagles fans and media have been torn on Sirianni, and obviously everybody's over the moon right now as a negligence fan winning the Super Bowl. But what's your thoughts on Nick Sirianni? When did you know this game was over and the super bowl was in the books?

[Bradley Cooper]

Oh, I didn't know it until way late. Way late. I think it was that, that. That penultimate field goal when I was like, that's it. You know, because I just. But, you know, and no one in the box did, too. It was 10, man, up until like four. Late four minutes. Like, you remember that last field goal, the second last field goal? Then I was like. But up until then, I don't know, because, you know, two years ago, I went into halftime and I was talking to my buddy about, you know, how am I going to get to the parade? You know, and then I, you know, just got it slammed in my face. So I learned my lesson.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. All four quarters, head down, next play.

[Darius Butler]

Only thing about it, rip your heart out.

[Pat McAfee]

Yep. Absolutely. You're. Hold on one sec. You're sitting with the owner, right?

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

And GM up there or just owner?

[Bradley Cooper]

Oh, yeah, yeah. And only because, you know, I did this movie, Silver Linings playbook, back in 2010, and this is awesome doing. And Andy Reid used to be, you know, that's when he was the coach and he was. And. And they. And because we shot, you know, they allowed us access because we shot in the parking lot for the tailgating and all that stuff. And then because he had such a. He was obsessed with one of the players, I was able to go and spend some time with all them. And that's how I got to Know everybody. And that's when I started to be able to go to the games and got to meet Jeff and. And. And that's how that. That whole thing started. So at this point, I. You know, I've been through the ride with those guys, you know, just alongside. But it feels. It does feel a part of it. I mean, they know how emotionally connected I am. And, you know, and now my daughter is. Who's just. I started taking her when she was 2, and now she'll be 8, and, like, her evolution and her knowledge of football in these years, it's just. It's incredible.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Those moments, I assume, are amazing. You know, that's. That has to be such a cool feeling with your daughter.

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah, it's nuts, man.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, flag football. Yeah, flag football.

[Bradley Cooper]

I love it, by the way. I love it. Of course, it should be a varsity sport in high schools. And what are people even saying with the commercial? I thought that, too. I saw it online, that commercial. I thought, people are going to have issue with this, which is ridiculous.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, it's life. Poop.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

You know. Yeah. That is the world that we live in nowadays. And, you know, it's. You're never going to be able to please everybody, but somehow it seems like you have, you know, and it's not just.

[Bradley Cooper]

That's not true.

[Pat McAfee]

Not just with your acting. I'm sure there's people. But a majority of us are like, coop's the man. That's why as soon as we found out that you watched the show, remember, I FaceTimed you. Remember how this started? FaceTimed you. Out of nowhere, got a text from a random number. Hey, this is Bradley Cooper. Wanted to let you know. Okay, go yourself is my first thought. No response. No chance of that. So then I come in here and I tell the boys. I go. Got a text from a number acting like they were Bradley Cooper last night. And everybody. I think Connor led the way. He was like, cold FaceTime right now. So we FaceTime, you know, and you answer. And the response was, holy shit, this is Bradley Cooper. And we. We couldn't operate for like, two days after hearing that, so we appreciate the hell out of you. And, you know, when I had to do the acting thing, who do I text?

[Ty Schmidt]

Obviously Coop, the guy, Bradley Cooper.

[Pat McAfee]

And you gave me a quote that says, say what you mean and mean what you say.

[Bradley Cooper]

And I think it's my, yeah, James Cagney.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, yeah, James Cagney quote or whatever. Said, this is the only thing you need to know. Go out and be like, you wish me luck. So we appreciate you, Coop. We appreciate you.

[Bradley Cooper]

I appreciate you guys, man.

[Pat McAfee]

Know that. Not everybody gets that reaction with this particular crew.

[Ty Schmidt]

No.

[Pat McAfee]

So that he's saying, yeah, yeah, you do know. You do.

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah. I'm waiting to leave, and then you.

[Pat McAfee]

Just all over me. No, no, that ain't. That ain't the way it works, Coop. It's normally our first feeling is our forever feeling. That's kind of our problem and our gift. Anyways. Let's talk about a gift that you're giving to society that we weren't able to experience, but we were close. Connor has a question for you.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, Coop. How did the cheesesteak business come to be? Obviously, Danny and Coops, you know, you have a place in New York, and then obviously you have the. The food truck. You were handing it out. We tried. Pat just mentioned to get some. I mean, too many people were there, damn near. And there were some people running it too, that were real funny, real mouthy as well.

[Pat McAfee]

But how.

[Boston Connor]

How did that kind of come to be? And is that something you think you'll do forever?

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah, it just. It's all Danny Giampetro, man. He's. I. I went to Angelo's years ago, and I was like, this is the best steak sandwich I've ever had. And he and Jared and his whole crew, Gina, and. And then I live in New York, but I would always. I would. Then actually, we did this thing for one thing, and I realized he's such a nice guy. And then I said, hey, can I come and get your ingredients and just cook for my friends out here on weekends? And I did that for, like, two years. And then I. Then I said. I was like, you know, there's no good steak sandwich shop in New York. Would you ever want to, like, get a food truck and see if this could ever work? Like, let's just park on the side of a road. And then we did that, and it was. And it did well. And then we did it again. And then we're like, let's look for a place and open up just a cheesesteak place and make. You know, just do a couple of things to make it a little bit more just for us and what we like. And. And then that's what we just started doing, and we. It's been. It's been unbelievable. I take my daughter to school. I walk over, I go on the grill for four hours. I pick her up. It's like heaven, man.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, you. It was like 591 sandwiches or something. You Moved. And I forget how many hours on opening night there was people reporting the lines out the door for this place in New York, whenever you opened it up. And then obviously, people had photos of you cooking in the back. And I think people were like, oh, this is for show. It's like, no, this guy's actually cooking. And you mentioned it at the beginning there. Your grandparents were from Italy. They only spoke Italian in the kitchen. Did you grow up? How did you get into being a cook? Because I know you had that chef. You had a chef movie, right? Did you not burnt.

[Ty Schmidt]

Excuse me.

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah, I mean, I worked at. My grandmother was an incredible cook, and I used to always be with her all the time, and I. So I always loved it. I used to cook for my friends and my. And my parents when I was, like, my daughter's age. Like, and then I used to. And I started working in restaurants when I was 15. I was a busboy and then worked as a prep cook in Summers Point, New Jersey, at a place called Marabella's. And then I just always kept it up. And then I was a horrible waiter in college. And, yeah, back of the house was definitely more my speed. And then I did this TV show that I got to play in Cook called Kitchen Confidential. And then I got that. That move, which is incredible. And I got to train with all these unbelievable chefs, and I just. Yeah, I love to cook. I absolutely love to cook.

[Pat McAfee]

So we make food, we make movies. We're part of the ownership group of the Eagles. That's good.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's pretty good.

[Pat McAfee]

You did okay. You did okay. Could be better, though. Tony has a question for you. Yeah.

[Tone Diggs]

Coop, you talked about the last super bowl at halftime, making play plans for the parade. Are you going to be at the parade? Are you going to be a part of the parade this time? And are you gonna get a ring, too, or what?

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah, I. They just moved it to Friday, so. Because there's going to be snow on Thursday. It's tricky because I'm in prep now in a movie, and my daughter at school, so I'd have to juggle a lot of stuff, but I'm going to try to make it work. I think it starts at 11, so if I could. If we can get out early and there's not that much traffic, I'm gonna. Yeah, I mean, we gotta go.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Gotta be there.

[Darius Butler]

That one.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Yeah. We don't have school or out of school. You be your own dad, whatever the case is. But that sounds like we're missing school on Friday. And also you won the super bowl, bub. Yeah, you and Declan. You guys won this. You're a part of the entirety of it all. What movie we shooting? You said you're in prep for a movie. Is this you getting in shape right now?

[AJ Hawk]

What does that mean? What does that mean?

[Bradley Cooper]

Well, this is. Yeah, this is for. I play a guy who's an understudy actor, and he's understudying a play called the thirteen Disciples, and he's understudying all of them. So that's what this is about. But it's like a little comedy that Will Arnett is the star of, and Laura Dern and Andrew Dais in and Kieran. It's a great cast. And we started two and a half weeks, so it's. It's kind of crazy.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, so are you in? What. So you.

[Bradley Cooper]

I play, like. I play a small part. I just play his best friend, but those are the leads. But I'm. But I'm directing it, so.

[Pat McAfee]

What does that mean? Directing it? So. Because I just did this commercial shoot. I don't know who was what. I don't know who was what out there.

[Bradley Cooper]

What is it Means that, like, you know, it was a project, and then I rewrote it, and along with Will and Mark Chappie, and. And then I'm gonna. You know, I, like, conceive of it, and then we get a group and you direct it. You know, you're like. You know, you direct. You're making the movie, and then you're gonna edit the movie, and then you put it out, and hopefully this. The. You know, the. The studio likes it. You know, it's. Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Tell me if I'm wrong, though. You. Camera shooting.

[Bradley Cooper]

I just. I just joined the union.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Bradley Cooper]

So I'll operate B camera.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Bradley Cooper]

Which I'm very excited about because we did some. We did some stuff.

[AJ Hawk]

Stuff.

[Bradley Cooper]

We went down to Chinatown and. Yeah, it was. It's been amazing.

[Pat McAfee]

It's amazing. Yeah. Yeah. I've heard, you know, from text, but I think people need their. This dude's actually holding the camera.

[Boston Connor]

Unreal.

[Pat McAfee]

Like, I've. You're. You're like, maybe the most.

[Bradley Cooper]

You would love it, though. You. It's the closest thing in film. I mean, but, you know, filmmaking, truly, honestly, is very similar to sports team sports. Like, no question. It's all. All about creating a culture. It's all about just the shot you're in and not thinking about just the end of the movie. And very, very similar to football in particular. You know, if One of the 11 messes up, the whole thing screwed up. And people don't see that from the outside, but if you're in it, you know that very well. Same thing in a movie set, you know, that's why it's always interesting when you just talk about certain crew members. But anybody that's ever made a movie knows that the camera operator and the dolly grip and the sound mixer and the first ad. These are key positions that are as important as the actors or anybody else.

[Pat McAfee]

How long you been making these movies?

[Bradley Cooper]

I've been doing this since I. Since Wet Hot American Summer. So that was like 2000. And then I. I was lucky enough to be able to work with directors who let me into their process. But this will be, like, technically the third movie I've sort of written and directed.

[Pat McAfee]

Congrats. Dog mentality. Dog mentality. Tell me something cool. So whenever you were a horrible waiter and great chef, whenever you're coming through. Did you sing in the kitchen? How'd you get those chops, bro?

[Bradley Cooper]

I did. It's so funny you said that. We used to dance at the restaurant when I was a busboy called Alexander's. I got a question for you, Macy, real quick. Because one thing that I love is how fast your brain works. And because it's almost like watching a deposition, you know, because there's just no cutting. And I'm just watching you, you know, you guys cut the. But by the way, guys in the.

[Pat McAfee]

Back, you talk about team. This is real. Real, dude.

[Bradley Cooper]

You guys are just. It's awesome. It's awesome. I feel like you've created a couple new camera angles in the last month or so. I don't know. It feels like that.

[Pat McAfee]

That's Jabba. Thank you. Filmmakers understand, you know, Filmmakers understand if you can get.

[Bradley Cooper]

And at one point I thought, like, whatever you look at, like, if there's something you read. It felt like it was too high for a couple of shows. Then you lowered your eyes, and I was going to attempt to be like, what's going on? Your eye. Your eyeline's high.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay. Well, every once in a while, you know, there's places stacked on top of each other. You know, we don't have a full dolly team. We need. We need a full dolly team. And the grip. I'm sorry, the dolly grip. We need them out here. But we appreciate you watching. Yeah, I think it's. Oh.

[Bradley Cooper]

So what I was going to say was so. Because I can see how fast your brain works.

[Pat McAfee]

It's.

[Bradley Cooper]

It's fat. I love watching you because I Feel like you're weight.

[Pat McAfee]

You're.

[Bradley Cooper]

You're eight steps ahead of whoever you're talking, talking to, and you're just like. Then you're. Then you're just starting to, like, almost just pleasure yourself by thinking of other or doing something else because you're just waiting for them to catch up. It's one of the. One of the things I love watching the most in the show.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, is that accurate?

[Bradley Cooper]

My question is, is that accurate?

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, I don't know. I don't know. Shut up with that whole thing.

[Bradley Cooper]

No, no, no, ask me. No, answer me honestly, is that accurate?

[Pat McAfee]

I don't know. I. I don't know what you're referring to right now. Sounds like a compliment. Aj. Aj, that's wrong.

[Bradley Cooper]

Aj. Aj, Is that accurate?

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, I would say it's pretty. His brain is very, very quick. Yeah, there's no one. No one's brain is like Pat's, that's for sure.

[Pat McAfee]

Thank you, Anomaly. I like that. Just like you. Now let's get back to your talent, please, and thank you for the kind, by the way.

[Bradley Cooper]

I don't at all mean your crew, because you guys are. You guys are all in sync. I'm saying when somebody else comes on.

[Pat McAfee]

No, we agree, Coop. We all love you, buddy.

[Bradley Cooper]

No, no, but I'm serious.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, well, we appreciate you. Now, with that being said, you were singing in the kitchen. How do you just go in to a start is born. And Lady Gaga is like one of the greatest singers. Oh, yeah. Still bringing it. Still bringing it. I mean, that performance on Core, yeah.

[Bradley Cooper]

She was great at the Grammys. She was great at the Super Bowl. And actually they came by and said hello to us last night, which was awesome because she hasn't seen Leah in a long time, so that was awesome. And. Oh, I just did, you know, like any. Any, like, relatively intelligent person, I just surrounded myself with people that were incredible at it.

[Pat McAfee]

It.

[Bradley Cooper]

So that meant, like, Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga, Lucas Nelson, all these incredible artists. And I just. I have a strong work ethic. I mean, that's. That's just that. That's my. That's like the secret weapon that I've always had is like, two things. I absolutely love what I do, and I have a pretty incredible work ethic. And so I just put the time in, man. I just put the time in. I. And I also was smart enough to, like. I put the bandwidth of that character's vocal range like this. I thought if I could just nail that, that then I could be believable. And I just Worked hard. This guy Roger Love in la. I would go five days a week and voice lessons and, you know, I'd go there. I remember I used to go there at 9:00. He's like, no, no musician comes and works their voice in the morning. You're like, you're the only person. And. And yeah, I just did the work, man.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, well, you're an Italian, obviously, blue collar work ethic.

[Bradley Cooper]

And Iris, my dad, My dad was Irish.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, yeah. So you are like the blue collar dream. Pretty much. Watch there. The Irish Italian. So your work ethic is obviously something to admire. But did you write those songs? I think we heard that you wrote some of those songs. Did you? Were you.

[Bradley Cooper]

I wrote Black Eyes, the song in the beginning.

[Tone Diggs]

It's the best one on the soundtrack.

[Bradley Cooper]

Thanks, man. Oh, thanks, man. Dude, it was so crazy, bro. Like, honestly, like, I'm writing it on a thing and then we made. And I was like. And then I'm singing it at Stagecoach and it's actually a song that I wrote.

[Tone Diggs]

Right?

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah. It's the opener.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Yeah. So we make movies. We make cheesesteaks. We make super bowl champions.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

We make songs. We sing songs.

[Boston Connor]

What?

[Pat McAfee]

We nail songs. What? And now I'm doing it. Make a movie. That's awesome. I mean, Coop, you got a great brain, pal. You should be incredibly proud of that little Italian Irish ass being able to take over seemingly everything that you touch. AJ has the last question for you. Coop.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, Coop, how does you. How do you feel your. Your athletic ability stacks up against other actors? I'm just thinking like wedding crashers, watching you lay people out all over the place, like on that set. Did you have an athletic background growing up? Did you play sports? And do you continue to maybe get in some intramural leagues? Maybe, you know, try to get some buckets? Whatever you may be, I don't know what sports you play, so.

[Pat McAfee]

When.

[Bradley Cooper]

I love sports, I've always been coordinated. My dad played freshman ball at Vilnova Basketball. He was a great athlete. My mother actually is very coordinated. But when I was a kid, I was. I was very nervous and insecure and like. And shy. And I remember my dad used to always say. And I played sports all the time, but my. I never wanted. It was like. It boils down to like, I didn't want the ball. And it wasn't until I got into college where I started to feel more comfortable that I started to play intramural sports. And I started to feel like my mental capacity was catching up to my Actual physical ability. And I rode crew in college. But that. And that was great just to be a part of a team sport. But. But I absolutely love sports and I love playing sports and still play basketball and I like tennis and. But. But you know. But I'm a massive sports. Sports guy.

[Pat McAfee]

Sandler. Pretty good hoop player. Sandler Race.

[Bradley Cooper]

Yeah, I remember, dude. So when I first moved to la, I was at the Santa Monica courts playing basketball, a pickup game. And you know, I'm just. I'm on this TV show and I don't know, you know, I didn't grow up seeing famous people. And all of a sudden I realized, like, two games in, it's fucking Adam Sandler.

[Pat McAfee]

How's he dressed like an asshole? He's the best dressed guy of all time. But.

[Bradley Cooper]

But by the way. And the reason why I didn't know it, because he's so just like. You would never even know. Nicest guy in the world. Every. What you see is what you get. It was awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

He was at the super bowl, just sitting all by himself before the game, taking pictures of stuff. It's like, Adam Sandler's the best.

[Bradley Cooper]

He's the coolest, man. He's the coolest.

[Pat McAfee]

Hotel Transylvania, buddy.

[Bradley Cooper]

Love it. Absolutely love it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, me too. Just like you. Amazing. We love the hell out of you. Congratulations, super bowl champ. You're the man. Brother. Brother.

[Bradley Cooper]

Thank you for having me, guys. Keep doing it.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay, you too. We appreciate you. We can't wait to try Danny Coop someday. Yeah. Yeah.

[Bradley Cooper]

I got. I gotta get to the. I gotta get to the Thunderdome. I gotta get there.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, we'll get it. We'll get a food truck here for you. Boom. Ingredients, whatever you need. We appreciate you. Ladies and gentlemen, Bradley Cooper. That's been a crazy relationship. Yeah, it's been a wild relationship. Like, actually watches. Like, he talked about there about how he writes, and then he watches. So he doesn't pay attention to everything, but something will pop up and then he. Yeah, and then an immediate text and it's like, holy. Bradley Cooper's watching.

[Tone Diggs]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

Nuts. Legend.

[Pat McAfee]

Legend. Unbelievable. And then he gets the open for the Eagles. It's like, what a perfect. Yeah, it's unbelievable for him, too. Like, him following this Eagle season was. Was. He was with it, man.

[Ty Schmidt]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Everything we read on the Internet, he. He was in there as well. All right, to the ESPN people that are watching on linear television, we're gonna be off for a little bit. It's been a long season. We appreciate you all for allowing us in your homes. Or airports or cafeterias or anything or anywhere that you show us. We'll be off and then we'll be back at the combine and hopefully the show won't get worse. But there is a chance. Thank you for enjoying the NFL season with us. You're the greatest people on earth. Be a friend. Tell the friend something nice. It might change their life. Yeah, I think I got it.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah. Absolutely screwed on the money.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Now there's a chance it's off though, by half second. So then me congratulating myself will also be on there.

[Tone Diggs]

That's cool too.

[Boston Connor]

We'll see. We'll see.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah, that works.

[Pat McAfee]

Which is not a bad thing. We're watching it in the back there with 30 second delay, obviously, because the Fox initiates with you, Coop. Certainly.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, he let him fly.

[Pat McAfee]

He watches on YouTube.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, he gets it.

[Pat McAfee]

He watches the whole thing. He sent us a text one day. I spent 4 hours and 45 minutes with you boys today. That's a long time. I was like, oh, I remember.

[Tone Diggs]

What an insane world, right?

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Yeah. What about his insane life?

[Tone Diggs]

Well, yeah, but like do you expect that from him? But like that he watches us.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

So stupid.

[Pat McAfee]

I like that we had it. And he'll probably say good. Hey, I was good at. Yeah, exactly how him talking about the different shots. You guys had a couple shots in there. I think I've seen a little bit. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Well, in the camera. Did have.

[Tone Diggs]

He would notice it.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. We switched the cameras. So there's two cameras stacked on top of each other. But the TV there basically shows stream. And then any tech or tweet that goes up or anything on the screen that pops up is right up there. So there's this two top. There's a. There's a camera right there. The top one. And then there's a lower camera there. And everything you just said was accurate. Yeah. We had to flip those.

[Darius Butler]

Coop.

[Pat McAfee]

No, it's like Coop's got his eye on it. These motherfuckers. Motherfucker. Switching the camera.

[Tone Diggs]

That's crazy.

[Pat McAfee]

You don't think anybody notice? Bradley Cooper DeJean.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

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[Ty Schmidt]

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[Darius Butler]

He'll be appreciated. Watch list for sure. Really part till week five. You know, Marlon Humphries are all pro this year, but look, postseason.

[Pat McAfee]

You know what you can make? You can make a postseason everything DB team.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Tone Diggs]

Still wouldn't put him on it.

[Darius Butler]

He's on it.

[Boston Connor]

Really?

[Darius Butler]

Starting nickel.

[Pat McAfee]

Congratulations. Congratulations.

[Boston Connor]

I don't believe him.

[Darius Butler]

You know what? Reed's on it, too.

[Ty Schmidt]

Holy.

[Tone Diggs]

Like you're making a mock happy birthday.

[Darius Butler]

I wouldn't do that.

[Tone Diggs]

You should put those guys on there.

[Darius Butler]

Lot of Sergeant Little too many awards to white guys. Black History Month. They didn't.

[Pat McAfee]

Jeez.

[Darius Butler]

All right.

[Pat McAfee]

Jeez.

[Darius Butler]

Those guys deserve it.

[Tone Diggs]

You sound like a Ravens fan.

[Pat McAfee]

Geez. I'll tell you what. Internet's been loud this year. There's been a lot of magical moments. This has been stupid. That we followed along. And to the people that watch on a regular basis, you know, this is our break time, and we try to run as hard as possible during season, like, legitimately try our best to. Because football season is the greatest season of all time. We love the sport that we get to talk about. We appreciate what it does, not only for us, obviously, but for the people who are fans of it. I love what football does for society. I think it brings people together in a way that no other sport can. I think if you look at any stadium, even last night, you're going to see people from all different backgrounds coming together for one thing. And I talked about this at the ESPYs, but it's real. Sports are the greatest thing on earth. Football is the biggest sport on earth, but sports are the greatest thing on earth because it's the only time seemingly in our world, and I think we're getting to a much different place. I think it feels like everybody's kind of a little bit more open to each other, a little bit more friendly with each other. That's a good thing, not a bad thing. But. But sports are the only place where it doesn't matter how you feel about some political topic that would drive friendships away from each other. You could sit right next to that person. As long as you have the same color on. Fuck them. Hell, yeah. To us, it's a beautiful thing. We're so incredibly pumped and lucky that the season went the way it did. Start out a little shite.

[Boston Connor]

Little shite.

[Pat McAfee]

Started out a little shite, definitely. But college ball made up the difference.

[Boston Connor]

It did.

[Pat McAfee]

College ball was electrifying. The new conferences and the new times and the new everything. Each week was something special on a Saturday for college ball. So as football in the NFL was kind of shite, college ball was electrifying, and the environments and the atmospheres and the fans were making up for it. So football was still delivering for society. We were honored about that. And then all of a sudden, the NFL football started picking up, and the college football continued to go. And it was like, holy shit, is this the greatest football season of all time? Time? I think so. And we were so dumb and so lucky getting to ride alongside of it. And everybody that did that with us, we can't thank you enough. And we're gonna go breathe for a couple days. Okay. And when we come back, combine. AJ Draft season off season's the best season. Yeah. Tone Diggs said in the middle of Schefter saying some lies. You know, Sam Donald's going to the Raiders. It's like, all right, haven't heard that. Haven't heard that. And who knows if that's real or not. Tone holds up a dry erase board and goes, I love the offseason. And he starts pointing all this shit. It's like, that's real.

[Darius Butler]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

That's what we're heading into.

[Tone Diggs]

Anything could happen. The possibilities are endless. And, you know, we talk about it as soon as this is the next day of the next season and hope is back for all these teams, free agency, the draft, that one guy that can change everything. Just like Saquon changed everything for the Eagle Eagles. That can happen to our team.

[Pat McAfee]

Why not? What are your thoughts on 2024, 2025 season?

[Tone Diggs]

It was unbelievable. I mean, you talked about it, the college football season, being the 12 team playoff. I thought that was really cool. Now they're going to make some tweaks that are obviously going to improve it. I think it can only get better from there. I just love the. You know what? We're back to playing defense. We're back to running the football. Because, as you know, I've said many times, that's how you and I were born and raised. And I love that type of football.

[Pat McAfee]

Absolutely. Old school. Seemingly all the way back in. Let's go to the toxic table at Boston. Connor. Top guys. Ty, we'll start with you. Obviously not the packers year or the Iowa Hawkeyes year, sure. But your takeaway on this football season, that was.

[Ty Schmidt]

I mean, it's just the best. And I think once you start, like, once we started doing this job, like, obviously, yeah, I love the packers more than anything. Would like to see them win a Super bowl every single year. Same with Iowa when it comes to college football. But, like, we get to talk to so many people on different teams and everything where that was never a reality. So you maybe just kind of like. Like a guy or whatever, but like, now you. You genuinely do have like a rooting interest for, you know, if your team's not there, like, you can pull out two or three guys that we maybe have a relationship with and can, like, really pull for them. So, like, every year that this goes on, like, it's like, I was genuinely so happy for Sirianni last night. Like, you know, which is weird to say as, I mean, shit, the Eagles beat the packers in the first round of the playoffs. Like, embarrassed them, got rid of them. But like, like, I felt like I was an Eagles fan last night because of, you know, the whole Sirianni thing. Like, I was just. I was so happy for him and I just. That's awesome. I can't wait till next year.

[Pat McAfee]

Great stories every year. Yeah. Yeah. Like Sirianni changing the trajectory of his life. Yes. With that Eagles win. How about you, brother? Nine year NFL veteran, host of everything, db, Good D, bad D. Another great season.

[Tone Diggs]

Great.

[Pat McAfee]

Another great season. What's your big takeaway from this football season?

[Darius Butler]

That was Tone kind of hit on it. You kind of hit on the resurgence of kind of the running backs. I love that. What they did as a group, obviously, headlined by Saquon Barkley in the MVP caliber season. He had Jameer Gibbs, what he done out in Detroit, Derrick Henry going to his new spot, Josh Jacobs, just the resurgence of that whole position because you saw Jonathan Taylor, he had a good year. Like you saw as a group, they tried to devalue them as a position group. So I love what they did as a group. And then you kind of mentioned too, with the Eagles, you know, them being the champions. I always talk shit about it, make jokes about them being one of my four teams. But I've been rooting for Jalen Hurts since day one, since coming into the league, you know, the path that he took throughout college, getting benched and still being a good teammate. We always talk about how important it is to be a good teammate. You saw him do that on the biggest stage. You, with your relationship with Nick Saban. If you've heard other stories about him, kind of who he is behind the scenes and then from. For him to just kind of stay true to himself, lead this team along with Sirianni, the type of group that he's led. And just to see this team, I felt like this was, you know, I'm not one of those guys who like, hey, this guy deserves it more than that guy, or this team deserve it more than this guy. But just all the. That they were taking on tv, all the. The head coach was taking, how they built the team, how they done it, how they stick together, how they stuck together throughout it all, and then to come out on top and win it. Happy for him and happy for that team. So it's a good way for me to. Ended with one of my. One of my four squads.

[Pat McAfee]

Hell, yeah. Hell, yeah. And the way you made your pick on Friday from radio row was it's not often that one of your four teams makes it to the Super. Whenever you have four teams, that means probably better chance. No. But also if you have four teams, that means one of your main teams is not good.

[Darius Butler]

Correct.

[Boston Connor]

At least one.

[Darius Butler]

Or Dolphins.

[Pat McAfee]

Exactly. Or Chargers were in it. Yeah, charges were. But for a while, they weren't. You know, for years they weren't in it. So it's like for your team, one of your four teams to make it, first of all, that's a new thing because you don't have four teams if the other three aren't necessarily winning on a regular basis. And then also for you to be on board with Jalen hurts from the beginning, even whenever there was an entire tide shifted against him. This guy's too cool. Fuck this guy.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Like, that literally became the thing against Jalen Hurts. And you stuck in the pocket with him. You know, you rode the wave with Jalen Hurts. And great for the Philadelphia Eagles. Good for Jalen. There's multiple confetti photos now that he can change his home screen.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Looks awesome. Boston. Connor, your takeaway from this season.

[Boston Connor]

I would say we're in, like, the golden age of NFL talent. Like, it feels like every year it can't get much better, and then it does. Like, even if you were to look at Lamar being the MVP last year to how much better he was this year, and then For a guy like Josh Allen to be even better than him. And then we look at last year with CJ Stroud. This is never going to happen again. And then, boom, Jaden Daniels comes in. It feels like every year there is just an increasingly better game being played. Like, Lamar was the story in the award season this year, Jamar Chase won the Triple Crown, but no one gives a shit because of how much better so many guys have been, you know, throughout the season. Last year, not better than him, but just overall. Overall, as a league. And, you know, you talk about defense, too. Like Zach Bond two years ago, I don't. I didn't know who he was. I don't think.

[Pat McAfee]

Special teamer, special teamer.

[Boston Connor]

I don't think many people outside of New Orleans knew who he was. Now he's a household name making picks in the playoffs. He's a finalist for defensive Player of the Year. It just feels like right now we are legitimately in the best era of skill in the history of the NFL, and it's just awesome to be able to do this. Like Ty said, like, like, we get to cover the game really closely and we get to know the guys. Like, as a Patriots fan, I don't like the Buffalo Bills fans, but I love their team. Like, Dion Dawkins was one of my favorite interviews of the entire year, and we do get to talk to a lot of people. And Josh Allen, you know, same thing. His story is incredible. So it's one of those things where we're so lucky to cover the game. And then also, you know, as a Patriots fan, selfishly, you know, I think it's a. It's very cool to what Tone said, we're like, hey, now that we're into next year, it's like, I have all this new hope. Like, every year is so different compared to the year before that. It does really just give you, like, this resurgence of, okay, now we have a chance. Now, obviously, every year, there's really only eight teams that can win, and I feel like two of them played last night. Going into last season, it was the Eagles and the Chiefs. Those were two teams that, yeah, you can see them in the Super Bowl. Niners, Lions, Lions and the Vikings. And, you know, the Commanders, they kind of came out of nowhere, both of them. But, yeah, the Ravens, you know, you. I wouldn't put them in there. But there are. But every year there are those teams. And right now, those eight teams, you know, it could be yours. And it's. It's just awesome every single year, especially just looking Back, you know, at how far the entire program. But, you know, the show is coming. It's. It's cool to be here, man.

[Pat McAfee]

So.

[Boston Connor]

It's crazy.

[Pat McAfee]

So stupid. Yeah. Every Radio Row I experience that more.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

I think like that. It's kind of like. What's that syndrome called?

[Ty Schmidt]

Imposter Stockholm.

[Pat McAfee]

Stockholm. Jesus. I don't feel like I'm. I'm not becoming. I'm not, I'm not. That's Stockholm.

[Ty Schmidt]

That is Stockholm Central.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, it's the imposter one. You know, we walk in there and then.

[Ty Schmidt]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

With who we get to talk to. And then the amount of people. There was a hundred thousand people just streaming on YouTube today or whatever. It's like, that's just YouTube put on Tik Tok Live and ESPN and ESPN plus and Disney Plus. And then we go down to Radio Row, we get to see all the people that cover the sport. And they basically all say, I had somebody from Australia that covers the sport. Say your sport, your show basically taught me the sport in the league. Now I cover it. Now I'm here. And now we got a game going here. It's like Ireland. The same people nuts.

[Darius Butler]

It's great.

[Pat McAfee]

Watch our show. It's fucking crazy.

[Darius Butler]

It's crazy. Cause I travel, you know, travel so much in, you know, airports and see people in planes and all the time. And it's just crazy. Obviously, the, like, just the bandwidth that the show has. And I think the best part about it, for me at least, is that you get to be ourselves. You know what I mean? A lot of people, as they grow, as you do new deals or as your show goes new places, you gotta change or just put so much bullshit out and then you're kind of reminded when you go to a place like super bowl. That's why even the people that play, even the people that do tv, they just appreciate it so much because of how authentic we can be. And then, you know, the. The growth of the show and how huge it is. And even something like Patrick Certain went in defense player year, watching the video the Broncos put out and hearing my voice on it. Because I get to do everything week in and week out. Like that's. That's super, super dope moment. So, yeah, we're definitely very, very lucky to be in this position.

[Pat McAfee]

Very lucky, very thankful. Great observation. I. I don't think about much of this that I try to stay in, like our bubble.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, exactly.

[Pat McAfee]

I try to just stay right in here. Day to day, just stay right in here.

[Darius Butler]

I see so many People.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. You travel. Yeah. Yeah. So you're seeing a lot of people. So I respect. Hey, thank you for your traveling too. That's good work. That's hard work. That's good work. That's great work ethic. Which is good work. Great workout. Yeah, absolutely. But you don't. A lot of people would, you know, a lot of people would have bad attitudes too. You don't at all clearly tired some days. But don't bring everybody else down. Just don't do your, you know, the amount of travel. Always good vibes. So we appreciate the hell out of you. And also you get to see the outside world a lot more, I guess because I. It is crazy like Radio Rose the first time really seeing any of these people because we don't go to any super bowl parties who aren't invited.

[Ty Schmidt]

Weren't invited to any.

[Pat McAfee]

No, we weren't, were we?

[Boston Connor]

No, we weren't.

[Pat McAfee]

Weird. Hey, that's real deal, brother.

[Ty Schmidt]

Kind of get it, man.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't understand kind of get it.

[Tone Diggs]

Fanatics didn't invite us.

[Pat McAfee]

I. I don't know if we're ever gonna get. Get invited to one of those.

[Ty Schmidt]

That one I do get.

[Pat McAfee]

But it's kind of all those companies, you know, they're hosting all these things. Yeah. So we only get invited and we would definitely not go. Especially with how close that casino was.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah. But the way it was kicking our teeth in a night, a night out to, you know, for a couple freeze free booze, cocktails maybe wouldn't have been.

[Pat McAfee]

Maybe a performance by some musician.

[Bradley Cooper]

Exactly.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

That could have been nice.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

There's no way we would have won.

[Boston Connor]

No chance.

[Ty Schmidt]

No.

[Pat McAfee]

We would have found something.

[Tone Diggs]

They're always Friday and Saturday too.

[Boston Connor]

Stomach bug.

[Tone Diggs]

We're gone.

[Ty Schmidt]

Like you said, the casino is a stone's throw. I mean it's just impossible.

[Pat McAfee]

Not way too close.

[Tone Diggs]

New Orleans was.

[Boston Connor]

As soon as we got there, New Orleans was awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

I think so.

[Tone Diggs]

Everything is super. I think I saw a bunch on the Internet. And the main takeaway because everyone was right about it. Everything is super walkable. Now we didn't do it much because we went show. Hotel casino. Hotel casino show.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Tone Diggs]

But like even when we walked to dinner, that was a 10 minute walk walk. Bourbon street was right there. Like everything's super walkable in that city. The weather was perfect. Like New Orleans.

[Pat McAfee]

A great super. And the people. Drew Brees talked about it. They are very welcoming. Welcome. Come have a good time. You know Jeff Landry.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Governor Jeff Landry. Now I heard a lot of People say, I had no idea people were like that. But I think he comes in and starts speaking the way he's speaking, the way he's speaking, it's like, holy, we're in a movie right now about Louisiana.

[AJ Hawk]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

He's like, no, that's. That's the most powerful guy. Louisiana.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah, that's Louisiana, baby.

[Tone Diggs]

I can't believe Diva didn't know about Nebraska.

[Darius Butler]

You know, I'm a young guy. What can you say?

[Tone Diggs]

You're young.

[Darius Butler]

I guess it gave me a compliment.

[Pat McAfee]

There's been a couple of times where people could have had a lot of finger point in places and they've all ended up back to you. You realize that. What's that all about?

[Darius Butler]

It's part of.

[Pat McAfee]

What's that all about?

[Darius Butler]

It's part of it.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't like that one bit.

[Darius Butler]

Jamis especially, you know, he goes, certain.

[Pat McAfee]

James certainly, you know, he.

[Darius Butler]

But knows what I'm talking, you know, that's my guy.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Hey, James did crush it. Congrats, Jamis. And him and Burton had some great clips.

[Ty Schmidt]

Hilarious.

[Tone Diggs]

I love people that we talk about all the time. Like, James is always Jamis. Like, that's not an act.

[Pat McAfee]

I appreciate him hearing me say, hey, don't be doing stupid.

[Boston Connor]

Don't listen to anybody here.

[Pat McAfee]

Do the Jamus. And then him coming in saying, thank you for saying, I wonder if he was like, that was my. I didn't know if that was him telling me like, like, hey, I heard you and that was my shit. Or if that was him saying thank you for acknowledging the situation. I was probably in there.

[Ty Schmidt]

I bet he was saying thank you. First time doing that. I'm sure there is just a laundry list. Like, we gotta go. We got a bunch of great content ideas for you.

[Bradley Cooper]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

All these people have great ideas.

[Boston Connor]

I bet someone told him to say something and like he thought about it and then thought of what you said and was like, that's not anything I would ever do.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. But he was awesome. I would like to say, great. You're gonna continue to be awesome Jameis if you just keep being Jameis. You know, all these people that go to school for TV have great ideas, and I think it works for a lot of people if they need it. But if you got Jameis, you just let him run. There's going Marshawn. Yep. You just go ahead, let Marshawn do his thing. And also, you know who you let do his thing? AJ Hawk.

[Boston Connor]

Amen.

[Tone Diggs]

Hell yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Hell yeah, aj, what is your big takeaway from the year that Was in the football world, obviously. Congratulations to the Ohio State University. Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[AJ Hawk]

I mean, what are you, A year? What a year. I mean, I know as I get older, like, I, like, I get obsessed with football more and more. I think as I get older now I find myself, like, looking and watching things that if you'd have told me when I was playing, I would have thought, this guy's a loser. Like, why would you. I think sometimes, like, man, I would like to sit into, like, I would like to go. I should call James Laranitis and go ask him. Hey, can I come sit in your linebacker meetings? Like, a couple days? I'd like to, like, I think about that now sometimes. And I. And I think back.

[Pat McAfee]

I.

[AJ Hawk]

Every once in a I was a player, there'd be like a random dude, an old player that would come and hang out for a day and I'd be like, what would you.

[Pat McAfee]

Why would you want to.

[AJ Hawk]

These meetings are awful. Like, we're meeting for nine straight hours. What are you doing? Like, I never understood it and now I get it completely. I would love to be a part of it now. I love trying to figure out why teams are doing what they're doing, like, scheme wise, everything. I like. It's fun to try to figure out, like, the whole chess match back and forth. And I never really, when I was younger, I don't think I cared as much about that as I do now. It's like, I love watching db, you know, D. But put his everything, db and obviously AQ in the trenches and seeing from their perspective how they see everything, because football is absolutely. It's 11. Like, I know playing the linebacker position, you got to know what everyone in front of you doing and everyone behind you. And the more you communicate, the better your team is going to be. So I think just, I don't. Football is awesome right now. It really is. And it comes down to it, when we watch, you know, when we sit there at those college football games, we watch from the end zone, I get like, weirdly giddy when I see guys use proper leverage. Like, I see, like, here's the outside piece, here's the in inside piece. And I see them attacking and doing it. When I see him do that over and over again, I see it consistently. It blows my mind. Like, it really does. Because these dudes not only are so big, so fast, so strong, but when they're disciplined on top of that and they can do the right thing and do like, you see that they're well coached.

[Pat McAfee]

It's.

[AJ Hawk]

It's Like a. It's like a. It blows my mind. It really does. It's so. I think football continues to do that for me. And obviously I'm. I'm out and about.

[Pat McAfee]

I got.

[AJ Hawk]

My kids play a bunch of different sports. I assisted coach on different things. I. I interact. I'm in and out with a lot of different people that are all over the place. And I travel a decent amount too, sometimes. And people, the reaction to the show is it's awesome. Like, I texted Connor I was after a basketball game Saturday. We. We went to lunch, took my kids, my father on my wife, and as I'm leaving the waiter, he hadn't said anything the whole time. He said, hey, give. Give Boston Connor my best. And I said, I will do, buddy. And so, like, things like that that happen are awesome. Like, people are paying attention and they actually enjoy it. And I think they enjoy the fact that we have fun on here because I. I mean, yeah, this is the best. This has ruined me for any other kind of media. I used to do stuff on Sirius xm. I used to call games, Conference USA football games. Games, which I absolutely loved, of course. But thinking of doing that stuff now after being able to join you guys, it's tough. Like, I've. This is. I found my lane. This is awesome.

[Pat McAfee]

We love you, aj.

[Boston Connor]

Love you, Hog baby.

[Ty Schmidt]

Hogger.

[Pat McAfee]

And you're right, good ball is happening. I think that good ball conversation is why I am so pro girls flag football. Because when I watched that high school all star game, they were playing good ball. Like, hey, there's good ball. Like, I don't sound like they're well coached.

[AJ Hawk]

Like, they're well coached, though, too. Like, it's not. They're not just out there doing. What do they call them, powder puff games back in the day when they would have a girls flag game? Like, no, they're, like, they're scheming them up.

[Pat McAfee]

They're.

[AJ Hawk]

They're making reads. They're doing stuff. Like they're reading the defense. It's. It is. It's next level.

[Pat McAfee]

It's good ball. I think, like, I think there's some people that will probably try to make that out as, like, we're saying something negative. But it's no. Like, there's high school boys football. You watch. It's bad ball. Like, that's. There's bad ball that happens and that's like something. Something you're saying that's bad ball. Whether the technique was awful the entire time, strategy, stupid, whatever it was, there's bad ball out There.

[Darius Butler]

Oh, yeah. And it's like, see it on a pro level.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, we say it. We say it in men's football, Boys football, a lot. So whenever I was watching that high school, it's like, hey, this is good. They got some good ball going. And it's like, not out of surprise, I guess, kind of actually, because I didn't know you had that much shit in flag football. There's a lot of shit in flag football. That game's pretty deep. That's a deep game. Just like football is a deep game. So much strategy, technique, reading, audible shifting, disguising. It was like. I did not know this is where flag football was as a whole, let alone, like, you know, high school flag football. I didn't know this is where it was because I think a few years ago when we watched on NFL Network, they got the ball to the one guy on a drag and then he did that dip move, which is a flag football move, not an actual football move. Tackle football move. Not. Sorry. Not actual tackle football move in this entire thing. And it was like. That was kind of what it was. It wasn't like out scheming and out strategizing and out reading. It was like the game of flag football has evolved mightily. And it's like, it's good ball. There's good ball in there. There's good ball in there. Yeah. And it's like, especially if it's gonna become an Olympic sport, let's be the best.

[Boston Connor]

Oh, yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Have to now. Granted.

[AJ Hawk]

Have to.

[Pat McAfee]

They're all doing seven on sevens in high school now anyways, right?

[Darius Butler]

Yes.

[Pat McAfee]

So I assume our high school kids will be great flag football players as well. Even if they're playing tackle football. I would assume. Boys, I would assume that's different. That's tough to tackle.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Brad couldn't do it. 1985 Central High School practice.

[Darius Butler]

You got come to balance.

[Tone Diggs]

Be a little better.

[Pat McAfee]

He looked like an. He was clearly not prepared.

[Tone Diggs]

Open field was just a mess.

[AJ Hawk]

He needed to be humbled. He needed humbled.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Boston Connor]

Chad, too.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, Brad, Chad. Tad. Thad, I think was in there.

[Ty Schmidt]

All the boys.

[Pat McAfee]

All the boys. They had. Terrible for him. Even if it was tackle football, I don't think they're getting them all the ass. So once again, that's bad ball.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's bad ball.

[Pat McAfee]

That's bad ball. By the Central High School boys. I don't know if they're a football. Were they a football team? I don't know.

[Boston Connor]

I think so. They got Letterman Jackson.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah.

[Darius Butler]

It might have been A road team Miles gear.

[Pat McAfee]

Well he's a paleontologist.

[AJ Hawk]

She threw the ball off that dude's dong though. That was tough for him to come.

[Ty Schmidt]

Back right off his Jimmy Johnson not his D. Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

And they said Jimmy Johnson respect. But they yeah the one handed snagged straight into the dong shot. It's good throw. That team would win I think the Olympics no doubt. Central High school's team should think about being our from 1985. They should be maybe our team. Vanita in there, she was the coach of the girls flag football legend. One of the greatest flag football players of all time.

[Darius Butler]

Oh yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

From here. Starting from right here. Yeah. Rich Gannon putting that ball wherever the she wants. Good ball. All right boys in the back. Great work this year. Work boys.

[Boston Connor]

Boys work boys.

[Pat McAfee]

Really good work. Talk graphics. Great work over there boys. Great boys. And on that note we bid you ado for if few so we can snooze and come back better than ever. Oh yeah, I doubt that actually Normally takes us a few days to get back into it. Yeah.

[Ty Schmidt]

But we're right at the combine there. That helps.

[Pat McAfee]

Oh, so we're going to have. Yeah. Because combine will give us a little juice. Exactly.

[Boston Connor]

New spot.

[Pat McAfee]

The juice. Cuz everybody's going to be there. Now with that being said we have no idea where our set's going to be there. Sure.

[Tone Diggs]

On a 50 right.

[Pat McAfee]

Probably not the NFL. You know everybody that we've talked to at the NFL has said hey can't wait to have you at the combine. Can't wait to be there because NFL network normally the only really sets that are in there. So we we put an ask in. Feels like the people with the NFL were like okay sounds good. But there's one particular person that's actually in charge of this entire thing. Haven't heard from him. So we assume that he's talked to everybody else though and just hasn't really got to us. But there is a chance we're going to be at Lukazol Stadium. Also a chance. We're in to thinner.

[Boston Connor]

Okay.

[Tone Diggs]

Either way I've decided I'm going to do some insiding this year down there.

[Pat McAfee]

What are you going to do? Shake hands, kiss babies.

[Tone Diggs]

Shake hands, kiss babies. Take people out to dinner. Go take them out to the bar, show good times. Oh, you're going to host out of Indianapolis. They don't see very often.

[Pat McAfee]

You're going to take them down there to 1010 whisk. Oh yeah, the whis Connor will get you in there real quick. Him and Gumpy. Koc. Koc and McCown had a great year after night at the Tin Whistle. Coming to coach of the year after visiting the Tin Roof. After being at the Tin Roof combine, we dog something.

[Boston Connor]

Think about Vrael.

[Pat McAfee]

Koc comes up to me at the combine. I was with one of your guys last night. They got me a shot or whatever. Beard kind of a. I was like really? Zito kind of. He was like, no, it wasn't Zito. Some guy with a beard. And then I get a text from the group. Yeah. Had a couple with Koc last night from Gumpy. And I tell Koc it was Gumpy. He goes, yes, Canadian guy. It was awesome. So Koc just like normal human.

[Boston Connor]

Feels like weapon.

[Pat McAfee]

Great coach just signed a new deal with Minnesota, right?

[Tone Diggs]

Yep.

[Pat McAfee]

Congrats to him. Who's gonna be their quarterback? Not Sam Donald. Is it gonna be Aaron Rodgers?

[Ty Schmidt]

I doubt it.

[Pat McAfee]

We'll have Aaron Rodgers with us whenever we come back.

[Tone Diggs]

Written in the stars.

[Pat McAfee]

I believe he's out of the country currently. That's what our source says are telling us. Is that what your source are telling you as well aj? Yeah. I don't.

[AJ Hawk]

Honestly, I haven't really. Haven't really checked.

[Pat McAfee]

Okay.

[AJ Hawk]

Be honest with you.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. If I'm telling you truth. I said drop.

[AJ Hawk]

Drop a location pin. I didn't say that.

[Pat McAfee]

Should think about it.

[AJ Hawk]

I should.

[Boston Connor]

Maybe I will check on the guy from.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah. Maybe say hey, how you doing? Heard they said they don't want you.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Huh. Scoopage major school bits. Aaron flew himself to New Jersey.

[Ty Schmidt]

The quick meeting in and out.

[Pat McAfee]

He's not gonna be a Jet next year. Goopage Jimmy Johnson thing was sweet.

[Boston Connor]

Yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

That AI thing. So is he done? What happened there? If he is, thank you for that.

[Ty Schmidt]

If he asked him and he was just like, I don't know. One day at a time. I thought that's what the whole thing was.

[Pat McAfee]

60 years in football maybe. Is that what it was supposed to be?

[Ty Schmidt]

Instead I get yes. I'm not sure.

[Pat McAfee]

Congrats, Jimmy. Man. It was fun reliving your life. I didn't know, you know, Oklahoma State through the entire thing and then the power of that. I bet you was kind of freaky for Jimmy.

[Ty Schmidt]

I would assume.

[Pat McAfee]

Cuz I assume they had pictures from all those eras and then they just plop it onto a human Jimmy Johnson. Oh, is that me? Is that my.

[Boston Connor]

I travel back.

[Pat McAfee]

Holy. What the hell? That was cool. But it did feel like it was retirement thing. That's good.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yeah, I thought so.

[Pat McAfee]

Even the Jimmy Johnson 60 and then like. Are you done? Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. They're still paying me here. Yeah, there's a bio. Yeah, there's a. There's a whole. Whatever the case, Jimmy, thank you for your commitment to football. That was fun to watch. Shout out to AI too. Shout out to AI. All right, AJ let's get the hell out of here. It's been a fun season. Thank you, guys.

[Boston Connor]

Thank you.

[Ty Schmidt]

Thank you.

[Pat McAfee]

I can't wait to sleep. Oh, yeah, I'm asleep a little bit. I'm gonna sleep a little bit over the next.

[Boston Connor]

Enjoy it.

[Pat McAfee]

You should probably gonna look at some water. What? Check out some altitudes. Probably turn into a lobster. Why? And that's with very limited sun. I turn into an immediate lobster. What do you have over there? You have something to say? No. Gotta dry a race board up.

[Tone Diggs]

I do. I didn't know if you were gonna.

[Pat McAfee]

Do that thing or not. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I thought you had to poop right there if you got to poop. No, no.

[Tone Diggs]

I mean, I do, but I'm going to hold it till after the show.

[Ty Schmidt]

Nice. That's not good for you, though. You shouldn't do that.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, you should let that out.

[Tone Diggs]

I normally.

[Pat McAfee]

I do let it all out, you know, cuz those things will. Those things will linger in there. They will ty held in a couple poops. And look what he has to deal with now.

[Tone Diggs]

Bingo.

[Ty Schmidt]

Should just let it go.

[Pat McAfee]

That's why you always got to let sneeze go.

[Boston Connor]

Exactly, Einstein.

[Pat McAfee]

Never hold sneeze at. That'll happen for you. All right. We appreciate you all so much, AJ Great work this year, everybody. Great work. To the people that watch wherever you watch, thank you so much for allowing us in your life. We'll see you in a little bit. Now, without further ado, after we break it up one last time, we will have a nice recap of this NFL season that was. And then we're getting the fuck out of here. Monday Night Raw Tonight, national show. I'm getting the out gonna be a blast. 8:00 on Netflix. Big coming. Massive announcements over the weekend. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What's going on? We're on Road to Wrestlemania right now.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's right.

[Pat McAfee]

Things are heating up.

[Darius Butler]

Oh yeah.

[Pat McAfee]

Got the headset on tonight down in Asheville. Can't wait to see what's going on next to Michael Cole. But after that, I'm out of here. It's been a great year. A hell of a year. Someone said, be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change their life. We're in this thing together. Let's never forget. Team on me, team on three. We'll see you in a little bit. One, two, three, team. Goodbye. Well, that's that. We have a new world champion. But who would we be if we didn't look back on the 2024, 2025 NFL season and reminisce about the great things that happened? For instance, there were some new rules. The kickoffs looked very weird, but.

[Ty Schmidt]

But they added some electricity. Line drive to Turpin and it bounces through his legs.

[Boston Connor]

Here he comes.

[Pat McAfee]

Devonte Turpin spinning three. Here he goes. Fastest man in the NFL. Kevonte Turpin takes it all the way.

[Boston Connor]

Touchdown Dallas.

[Pat McAfee]

There were some new stars. That team in Washington D.C. is all of a sudden back to some real relevance.

[Ty Schmidt]

All of that.

[Tone Diggs]

Their fans did a Hail Mary to get in new ownership.

[Pat McAfee]

Yeah, and they got a new quarterback. Jaden Daniels broke the rookie quarterback rushing record and he himself threw a hail Mary to get by the player drafted ahead. Here comes the Hail Mary with the game on the line. And the ball is caught. Caught. It's a miracle. There's also a new tight end in town.

[Darius Butler]

Don't forget about Brock Byers out there in Vegas.

[Pat McAfee]

That's right. Boring. Brock by Bowers is about to be big balling for a very, very long time. You see the Bees step it up. Going deep has a man caught. The NFC north was supposed to go this year. If you do recall, two headed monster over there. These Lions fun to watch and dominant and they're tricky now. Did stumble after take the step, but it doesn't matter. The Vikings have the best wide receiver in football. And it seems as if any quarterback can do a great job with the coach of the year. That jawline having. Son of a. Mr. Koc. Second down nine. Darnold getting messy. Going deep. And he's got Jefferson. He's got Jefferson. It's a foot race downfield with Crown. Shit's in gears. Getting a block at 6. And hey, let's tell the truth, okay?

[Ty Schmidt]

Tell the truth.

[Pat McAfee]

Fair. Tell the truth. I will tell the truth.

[Darius Butler]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Kickers are awesome. We even had a free kick.

[Adam Schefter]

Can he bang it through?

[Ty Schmidt]

On its way it is.

[Pat McAfee]

Yep. Out to Jim Harbaugh's big brain for that. And welcome back to the NFL. We're going to have moments like this with coach Harbaugh. Bill Belichick talks about the. The middle. Middle eight in a, you know, in a football game, I mean there's a. There's a middle eight in a In a season too. You could, you could break it down, you know, that way, you know, 6, 7, 8, 9. I mean those are, those are important games. The only joke I know is why we're 6 afraid of 7. Because 7, 8, 9, 6, 7, 8, 9. Those are, those are big games. How about that guy up in Buffalo Bill's mafia? Stand up. Josh Allen finally won in mvp.

[Darius Butler]

People were really, really happy for him.

[Pat McAfee]

You're welcome. Yeah, it did seem like they were all of us. Yeah, I felt like everybody was happy. It was something that really could unite all of America.

[Ty Schmidt]

That's what the NFL does.

[Pat McAfee]

Josh Allen being an mvp, well, his team was counted out this year going into the season. Brand new roster, get rid of all the players that we know. And he, he put the team on his back. He even ipso facto threw a touchdown to himself this year in the snow targets.

[Boston Connor]

This shakir completed.

[Pat McAfee]

This is behind Cooper who brought it in, pitched it back to Allen who's.

[Darius Butler]

Gonna go to the goal line and get in.

[Pat McAfee]

Well, and it's official. Christmas is now officially an NFL holiday worldwide on Netflix Re NBA gotta stink. That does stink. Especially if Lamar Jackson's gonna break the NFL quarterback rushing record. While 31 million folks watched around the globe, it's as good a running back as we've seen Jackson will keep this time. And look at the speed. Lamar Jackson is gone. Touchdown LA Merry Christmas. And that leads us to the world champs. Saquon Barkley, absolute dog. Mike O'Donne is the greatest free agent signing in NFL history. And one billionaire needs a lot of ambience. What's the latest? Just on the Saquon thing.

[Bradley Cooper]

I just got a text that Chicago's.

[Ty Schmidt]

Driving the price up and Phillies out.

[Pat McAfee]

I don't know if that's true or not.

[Adam Schefter]

Which I don't know.

[Pat McAfee]

I'll make a couple calls. I don't even know if that's gonna happen. But.

[Bradley Cooper]

I have a tough time sleeping.

[Pat McAfee]

If Saquon goes to Philadelphia, I'll tell you that as I've told you just being up, I have been around enough.

[Bradley Cooper]

Players but he's the.

[Pat McAfee]

He's the most popular player we have by far. Saquon Barkley not only ran forward and jumped backwards into the history books, but he is now the all time leader in rushing yards in a season. Shout to him. And at off offensive line hurts.

[Adam Schefter]

Has time now locates Barkley out of the backfield.

[Pat McAfee]

Barkley slips two tackles and picks up the first down. Jumping up in the air to the 30 makes the first guy miss the.

[Ty Schmidt]

Spin move at the last second.

[Pat McAfee]

And then what? Tiki, your luck is that turns out Nick Sirianni's not some big dumb.

[Ty Schmidt]

Wait a minute.

[Pat McAfee]

That doesn't make any sense. No, it doesn't. I remember those lower Thunders thirds day after day saying, this guy's a big dumb dipshit. Then the next day it say, still.

[Ty Schmidt]

A big dumb dipshit.

[Pat McAfee]

And then this third day, somehow it.

[Ty Schmidt]

Say, this big dumb dip shit's gonna cost him a season.

[Pat McAfee]

And then the next week they let.

[Boston Connor]

Off with he's the weakest link in the league.

[Pat McAfee]

And then the next day it was.

[Boston Connor]

He might be a fat stooge, but.

[Pat McAfee]

Now the big bald dumb paisan is a world champion. And it's not just Sirianni, obviously. And he won't take any credit. Neither will Big Dom. How about the Eagles defense led by Vic Fangio? He wins his first Super bowl and he coached an absolute juggernaut.

[Ty Schmidt]

Third and 16.

[Boston Connor]

Holmes rolling out, looking fiery.

[Pat McAfee]

Intercepted. Picked up by Cooper. DeJean gets a block. DeJean is so. Here's Mahomes. What?

[Ty Schmidt]

What's he got left?

[Pat McAfee]

Pressure again. Jack Ball is out and the Eagles have it. And the quarterback, Coolest guy in town, any town he goes into.

[Ty Schmidt]

Okay.

[Pat McAfee]

Jalen Hurts went for 42 touchdowns this year and can finally change his home screen. Run some clock or maybe just throw the dagger. Hurts going deep for it all. Devonte Smith. He has got it. Touchdown. The Eagles are our world champions. Congratulations to Philly. Congratulations to the Johns. Congratulations to the Chiefs. It wasn't a great ending, but your dynastic run continues next year as 32 teams will start at the bottom of Lombardi Mountain trying to chase the trophy that the Eagles will have. We appreciate you, NFL. What a season it was.

[Tone Diggs]

It's been a hell of a year.

[Pat McAfee]

How did you see who I was and who I was gonna be?

[Tone Diggs]

I could have been right Was probably wrong so many nights wishing I could.

[Ty Schmidt]

Go home it's been a hell of a Been a hell of a year.

[Pat McAfee]

Hell yeah. Shout out to Talk for that Edit Shout out to the NFL for a hell of a year. We're gonna take a hell of a break. We'll see you on the other side. You people are the greatest people on earth. Who will win to Lombardi next year? What stories will develop? Whose legacies will either be ruined or created? We'll cover it all. And also NBA. NHL. Yeah. Lacrosse.

[Darius Butler]

F1.

[Tone Diggs]

Great movie.

[Pat McAfee]

Brad Pitt looks awesome.

[Ty Schmidt]

Yes, he does.

[Pat McAfee]

Be a friend. Tell a friend something nice. It might change your life. We're in this thing together. Team on me. Great work on that talk. Team on three. One, two, three. Team, goodbye.