August 29, 2026 • 43 mins
DP is back from his highly anticipated vacation and provides a full report on the speech he gave at his daughter’s wedding. He weighs in with a tribute to Dolly Parton after her untimely passing yesterday. And he weighs in on the latest study showing up to 25% of recently deceased former NFL players had CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). And Falcons RB Bijan Robinson stops by and talks about idolizing Barry Sanders, his desire to throw a TD pass, and his prospects of getting some playing time in their final preseason game.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
A lot of buildup to the wedding. I spent way
too much time discussing it, certainly my speech, and I
got through it. I did bring in my son. I
brought him up. He was going to be kind of
my comfort animal that if I needed help down the stretch,
and I did. I was starting to crumble a little bit,
(00:24):
held on tightly, and he came in and finished the
last paragraph of And I ended it with Mazel Tov.
And then that was it. I was done, sat down,
and I had myself a beer or two. But thank
you for all the advice. I did take a beta blocker.
And I think it helped. So somebody had suggested that,
(00:48):
took a beta blocker. And I think it helped me
become less emotional there. But it was still there. Because
everybody kept saying, you're going to take a beta blocker?
you got to cry. I go, I'm going to cry.
15 beta blockers is not going to stop that. But
I did take it, kind of chilled me down a
little bit there. We had a walk that was probably
(01:11):
250 yards for the wedding. So it's my wife and I,
and we're side by side with my daughter. We're walking down,
we're walking through this field and You know, we're going
down a hill. I mean, if we fell, we would
have just kept tumbling there towards, you know, the ceremony.
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But we did. It was a long, long walk. So
I was able to cry, stop crying, and then cry
again when I got ready to go to the ceremony.
I got my steps in that day. And I was
tired by the time that I got up to the
actual ceremony. But beautiful day, beautiful bride, lover husband. And
(01:56):
by all accounts, I think we did okay. No casualties
along the way, but celebrity sightings, I was confused by
a couple of people for a couple of different celebrities.
And I'll let you guys guess that. Yes, Todd, you
had your hand up while I was giving this emotional
recap of the wedding.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I was just fascinated by the two and a half
football fields worth of walk that was involved. That's what
the facility, that's what they offered? Or did you ask
for an extra long walk? Or is there something dramatic
about wanting to walk almost three football fields? That's what
I was curious about.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Thank you, Todd.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
You get sweaty and hot out there in California.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, I know. I didn't ask for it, but there
was a place by a tree where it was shaded
and everybody could sit there, but we had to walk
down this hill. And then when we got there, and
then it was a lovely ceremony. Yes, Dylan?
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Wait, was the shady tree partway through the walk like
they had a halfway house for people?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
No, no, no. That's where the ceremony was. Oh, okay.
Everybody was seated down by this big tree. And I
kept saying to my daughter... That's a long walk. And
she's walking in a wedding dress. My wife is all
dressed up and I'm going, OK, you know, who am I?
I'm just here. I'm just financing this thing. Nobody factored
(03:15):
in me, my health, walking all the way down there
in 85 degree heat. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Is this like the PGA Tour? You can't use a cart?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Uh, that would be the senior tour. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
The senior tour would allow me to, but they, they
didn't allow me to use a cart. Yes. Paul.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
America has a lot of questions. I'm going to pull
the bandaid.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
Okay.
Speaker 7 (03:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
All right.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Um, the speech, you said you did get emotional, but
you made it through a lot of it. Would you
say you got a quality start?
Speaker 6 (03:40):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah. I went, I went five and a third.
Speaker 8 (03:43):
Oh, nice.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Five and a third. I, I would get the wind. Yeah. Um,
And you know, everybody would come up afterwards and they say, hey,
you did a great job. One person came up to me. Oh, no. Yes.
Her name's Audrey. She comes up to me and she goes,
speech was good. And I go, what? And I go, okay. Like,
(04:09):
I wasn't going to criticize her dad's speech at her
wedding that I went to. So it stayed with me.
I was like, she gave me a, your speech.
Speaker 7 (04:20):
It was good.
Speaker 8 (04:21):
I go, okay.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Yeah, Paul, you could only say that if you're completely
making a joke, like your speeches, like if Rich Eisen,
funny guy went up and go, went up to you
and said, eh, that's funny. Cause you guys know each.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Other, but Audrey, even then it would bother me if
Rich Eisen did that.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
So Audrey just gave you a C plus.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
It was like, it was good. And I go, I'd
rather you didn't say anything than that. Like I, I gave,
I poured my heart out in front of people. I
cried in front of people. Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And if you feel compelled to say something about the
speech to you directly, at least, you know, it's a
must lie situation.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
This is a big day for all of you.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Well, just say great speech and move on and go
get your free food and drink and get out of
the way.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You're right. Thank you. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
See, I kind of respect Audrey here because everyone is
going to come up to you and just say how
amazing you did.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
It's a wedding, et cetera. I like a little bit
of come back down to earth.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
No, not when you're up there giving the speech. When
you're the father of the bride and you're up there
giving the speech. Now, look, my wife didn't say I
did a great job. In fairness, I think it was
when somebody said, oh, man, you did a great job.
And then she just acknowledged, yeah. So it wasn't one
of those, man, come here. You're incredible as a speaker.
(05:41):
Because she kept saying, you've handed out the Super Bowl trophy.
And I said, hon, I don't know any of those
people when I hand out the Super Bowl trophy. I
knew everybody here. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
It is funny to picture her sitting there being like,
I could say nothing. I feel compelled to go talk
to her.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I would rather you didn't say anything.
Speaker 8 (06:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
If you dropped the mic after your speech and told everyone,
is that the greatest speech ever won or won?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Orgy would still be.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Wrong for saying what you said.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
It wasn't the greatest speech. I'm glad I got through it.
And I pointed out a couple of things. I did
drop an F-bomb. And my wife was surprised at that.
But I was recapturing a moment I had with, you know,
the groom. when he asked for my daughter's hand in marriage.
(06:32):
And then he said, do you have any advice? And
I said, don't F it up. And he said, what?
I said, don't F it up. You got a lifetime
guarantee with that woman. She'll be by your side the
rest of your life. So I was telling a touching story.
And then my wife goes, yeah, I'm kind of surprised
you used the F word. I go, hon, I'm a journalist.
(06:53):
Like I had to tell the whole story as it
unfolded in front of me.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
To her credit, you could have said, don't mess it
up or don't screw it up. But, you know, you
got blue.
Speaker 7 (07:04):
And I can relate. I can relate to it.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
No reason going blue.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
That's what you get.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
But I wasn't struggling with the audience there. Like, I
didn't lose the audience like you did. Yes. But, you know,
when you do drop an F-bomb or, you know, the S-word,
you know, people do react to that and they get
a laugh out of that.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
Is it sort of like how you can't tell the
story of football without Eli Manning? You could not possibly
tell the story without the F-bomb.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Good comparison.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Actually, Eli won two Super Bowls. I dropped two F-bombs. So, yes, very,
very similar there. Celebrity sighting. Don Cheadle. Now, not at
the wedding, but at the venue. Like, I saw him.
He was playing golf. And our buddy Anthony Anderson.
Speaker 9 (07:52):
Oh, yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Black-ish.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Saw him. Did you give.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Him the courtesy invite if you want to stop by?
Speaker 2 (07:58):
No, the wedding was over. Oh. Yeah, that was the
next day when I saw him. But he was up
there to play golf as well. And then I was mistaken.
You guys want to guess? Two different people thought that
I was two different celebrities. Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (08:16):
Steve Martin.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yes, got that. Got that a couple of times. Yes, Paul?
Speaker 5 (08:20):
Yeah, that was going to be my guess. I will
pivot to Jim Lampley, the broadcaster.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
No.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
No.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
But that used to be. I get confused with Jim Lampley. Yes, Dylan?
Speaker 7 (08:29):
This might be recency bias, but Don Cheadle?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
He passed away, I think, over six years ago, but
did anyone think you were Fred Willard walking around?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Fred Willard? No. No. This person is on daytime TV.
Daytime TV. And I had somebody come up and she
hugged me. Drew Carey from Price is Right. No.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
I don't see that.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Well, that's what I got. She was like so excited.
And I said, I could have had that job. I
turned it down. But no, I'm not Drew Carey. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 7 (09:13):
I could see like a Dr.
Speaker 8 (09:14):
Drew.
Speaker 7 (09:15):
That would look a little more. That seems a little
more accurate to me.
Speaker 8 (09:18):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
All right, so it's done. It's over with. I survived.
I have two more daughters, and I told them, do
not get married anytime soon. Financially, I can't do it,
and emotionally, I can't do it either. But all the
well-wishers and all the Danettes did reach out to me. Actually,
backroom people, they reached out to make sure that I
(09:42):
was doing okay. Everything was great. Beautiful weather, beautiful people.
Although one weird moment, the DJ, he canceled the day
of the reception. What?
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Whoa.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yes. to cancel the day of. I don't know who
they got, but, you know, with the father-daughter dance that
I made a big deal of, like, oh, my God,
it's going to be Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra. Well,
all of a sudden, I'm having a drink, and I
(10:19):
hear Fly Me to the Moon. And my daughter goes, Dad,
we're up. And I go, there was no announcement there.
And so we go up and start dancing. And I
think we're halfway through the song. And I go, I
got cheated with the father-daughter dance. The DJ, you know, okay.
(10:41):
They had to get somebody. They got somebody. And Music
was questionable. Let's put it that way. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (10:48):
To be fair, the replacement DJ had no time to
learn the set list and get ready. The person who bailed,
that's a violation.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Yeah, that one was tough because the party went till
almost three in the morning. Yeah, there was some. Now,
my wife and I kept saying, man, Josh, my son-in-law
has terrible music taste. But it was the DJ who
had his own set list there. Like, you would hear
(11:15):
a song and you'd go, oh, that's ABBA. Okay. And
then all of a sudden you'd hear something and you'd go,
I have no idea who that is.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
Yes, Marvin?
Speaker 9 (11:23):
This might be a generational divide for you. Did your
daughter and her new husband, did they like the set list?
Did they like the music?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
They did not. They did not. That was the problem
after the fact that they– they kept talking about the
music and that the music wasn't what they wanted. Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Was there a valid excuse how on the cancel on
the day of, I think you're entitled to an explanation.
He's got to either make up something horrible happened family wise.
That's just, you can't be doing that.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Well, it was something health wise for him. That was
sounded serious. So we obviously fine with that.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Still got to show up.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
But you could have.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Just taken my phone and done my playlist and I,
it would have been better. Because you would at least go, oh, okay,
I know that song. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 7 (12:09):
Did you get like a doctor's note from the DJ
or anything?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I did not.
Speaker 5 (12:12):
I'd want to see a hospital report.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I did not get a doctor's note. Okay. So that's it.
But thank you for all the well-wishers there, except for Audrey,
who thought my speech was good-ish. Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (12:29):
Did you drop an F-bomb on her?
Speaker 2 (12:31):
I did not. Because I really like her and her husband.
Speaker 7 (12:35):
That doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
No, but she was honest. And then, you know what?
Her husband goes, Hey, you know, I mean, she's honest.
And I go, uh, I don't need honesty right now.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Any awkward moments, someone too much to drink. Someone have
to be escorted out a little. Anyone have to get
a warning about their behavior.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Um, Yeah, some people in my family tree. One person
went sideways.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
We're up against a break.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yeah, my oldest brother went sideways. But he's a great man,
so I was right there with him the whole time.
You know when you're drinking wine and you got it
to the side, like you're holding it to the side,
and I kept thinking.
The reason why you need a refill is you're not
holding your wine glass straight up. You're pouring it in
(13:26):
my lap. So other than that, no casualties. Everybody's good.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
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Speaker 2 (14:12):
Dolly Parton is there anybody who is or was more
beloved when you think nobody said anything negative about Dolly
Parton and I thought she was gorgeous 80 years of
age and I just got the biggest kick out of
her thought she was you couldn't help but be in
a good mood when you heard her song or you
(14:33):
heard her interviewed or her acting she was just a
treasure and passing away at the age of 80 yes Marvin.
Speaker 9 (14:42):
I always thought to myself, if Dolly Parton looked like that,
what did Jolene look like?
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Well, she's talked about Jolene didn't look that good later on,
but Jolene took her man. Dolly Parton passing away at
the age of 80. By the way, we found out
yesterday that Marvin had a mugshot, but we can't find
the mugshot conveniently, taken away in handcuffs from college at
(15:09):
the University of Connecticut. You had a warrant out I believe.
You no-showed? Is that how this happened? That is correct.
Speaker 9 (15:17):
There was a promise to appear, and I did not
hold up to that promise, and the state police came
and got me at the University of Connecticut.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Oh, my God. Now, I don't know if you get
any street cred when they show up at your door
and they put you in handcuffs and lead you away. No,
street cred? I want no street cred.
Speaker 9 (15:37):
I wanted to go to college and be a college student,
and my girlfriend, now wife, was in the bed, and.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
She was like, oh, my God, Marvin, I have to
call your mom.
Speaker 9 (15:44):
I was like, don't call my mom.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Call anybody else. Literally. You'd rather see the police than
your mom. Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (15:52):
Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (15:53):
I did like when you were asking what we got
arrested for, and Marvin said, failure to appear, which implies
that you were arrested for something else and didn't show
up for the follow-up court date.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
He's trying to get around it. You know, I just
didn't show up for a court date. Yeah. But why
were you supposed to go for the court date to
begin with? Slow charge. Paulie is here. And of course,
the backroom guys, it's a pizza Wednesday. We have pepperoni pizza,
buffalo chicken pizza. And we have Todd's famous classic cheese pizza.
Speaker 9 (16:24):
Let's get it.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Who has it better than we do?
Speaker 6 (16:27):
Nobody.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
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football tomorrow night. Big Ten and the SEC. rallied to
put a stop to going pro and coming back to college.
(17:11):
We have more on that as well. It's interesting when
everybody unites and decides to do something together, how quickly
they get something done in college athletic. Because normally it's
at a glacial, is it glacial pace?
Speaker 5 (17:25):
Glacial pace?
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Or glacial?
Speaker 6 (17:27):
I think.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Checking.
Speaker 8 (17:28):
All right.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Who's the smartest guy in this room?
Speaker 4 (17:32):
No. The limit does not exist.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Well, Todd had the best grade point average.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Which doesn't mean a whole lot.
Speaker 7 (17:39):
I just memorized stuff very well.
Speaker 10 (17:41):
I know.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I used to think, God, you graduated second in a
class of 600. You've got to be really smart.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
I memorized pages of notes and spit back the answers
or wrote long essays. I learned that it was quantity,
not quality in school, which it should be the other
way around.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (17:56):
According to USGS.gov, it's glacial pace.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Okay. So it's on a glacial pace. It's a glacial pace.
Close enough. All right.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (18:07):
I think Dylan's the smartest person outside of the big
German in the building.
Speaker 8 (18:13):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 9 (18:14):
I think he's really smart. I think he does incredibly
stupid things, but his actual IQ, I think is off
the charts.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
How about SAT scores, anybody? I took the ACT, and
it didn't go well. Dylan, SAT scores?
Speaker 7 (18:32):
I did pretty good. I think I got like a 2,000.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
I mean, definitely my grades weren't getting me into college,
so the SAT actually helped me.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
So 2,000 out of 2,400?
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:39):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Marvin?
Speaker 6 (18:39):
1,140.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Out of? 1,600.
Speaker 6 (18:39):
1,600.
Speaker 8 (18:39):
Todd?
Speaker 2 (18:40):
I got 1,120. I took it again. I got.
Speaker 9 (18:43):
A 1,050.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Aren't there two parts to it? It's like 1130 and...
It's 800.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
And 800 for reading and math, I guess.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, they had writing.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
When I took it, writing was the third section, which
I think they've actually gotten rid of again.
Speaker 7 (19:04):
I think it's back to 1600.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
Paul?
Speaker 5 (19:07):
I only took the ACT and I got a 26, which.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
That's good.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
It was actually... I got red flagged. Because I was
a 2.0 student, and I actually– a true story.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Overachieved.
Speaker 5 (19:18):
I overachieved. I did not cheat on the ACT, and
I had to explain myself. I said, I don't try
during school. I actually did okay on the test.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
I think the first time I took the ACT, I
got a 14, to which my parents said, that's not possible.
They said, take it again. I think I got a 16.
So this is kind of like the Wunderlich test scores
when they come out, and you go– You got like
a nine. And then I had to take it again
(19:48):
just so I could go to college. And I think
I got an 18. And then my dad said, how
about you don't sleep? Maybe you stay out all night. Maybe.
And I got an 18. I go, I can get
into college, Dad. I'm proud of you, son. Yes.
Speaker 6 (20:02):
Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
Was I'm going to take a wild guess for the
entire room that the math section of both tests is
what killed everyone.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Cause that's what, that's what brought me down. Uh, I
would say by my score, everything brought me down. It's
a whole package. No, it was. And I was, all
of my friends were really smart, like really smart B
plus a minus. And then I was just kind of there,
you know, kind of, uh, drafting off their fumes and, uh,
(20:33):
I just, man, it's biggest regret of my life that
I didn't. Unlike Deshaun Watson, I do have regrets. And
one regret is I just didn't care about school and
looking back. And then whenever my kids say whenever I
would criticize their grades, they go. Well, you didn't have
good grades. And I said, yeah, but look where I
am now. Shut up. Yeah, Paul.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
But you got a 14 in the ECT. Pete Rose
was 14 with the Reds. There's something cool about that.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Okay. Numerology.
Speaker 8 (21:00):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (21:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Well, it'd been nice if maybe I was interested in,
let's see, who would have had a good number for me?
Sports guy.
Speaker 6 (21:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Hank Aaron had a 44. More number 44. There you go. Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (21:19):
Quick question for Paulie. Was your mother upset about your
high ACT score because you just were so lackluster as
a regular student?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
She gave up. She gave up at some point during
high school. I just kept a C-plus average and didn't
get in trouble, and that was enough for her.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
I would always hear, why don't you just apply yourself, Danny?
If I had a dollar, I would have been rich
every time my mom said, why don't you just apply yourself, Danny?
Speaker 6 (21:46):
I said, I don't know, Mom.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Can I go up and shoot hoops?
Speaker 9 (21:50):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (21:52):
My mom said something similar. Marvin, I'm on you because
it'd be different if you were stupid. But the teachers
tell me you're bright and I don't believe them.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Prove me wrong. Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
I love that Paul, he's told this story a number
of times, but it's worth repeating that he knew at
a young age that he was all about sports and
wanted to do something in the sports business. And he
was not afraid to be looking at his Sports Illustrated magazine,
you know, hiding it, I guess, in the back while
he's got the textbook around it. And I just, I
always loved that story.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Well, thank you, Todd. You're welcome.
Speaker 6 (22:20):
All righty.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Poll question for the first hour. Todd's telling stories about me.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah. Can't you just pull Paul to the side and say, oh, man.
We're talking about school and everything.
Speaker 7 (22:30):
I just think that's great. I'm picturing Paul in the
back looking at his Sports Illustrated.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
All right, Dylan, what's the poll question for the first hour?
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Do you consider the start of college football season to
be tomorrow or Saturday?
Speaker 7 (22:41):
It begins tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Don't disrespect the FCS or Saturday. There's no other answer here.
This is from Todd, clearly.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
You know, I don't like week zero. I just, I
don't like Coke zero either. But week zero, I just
don't think it's fair. Is it a week? Are they
playing football? Don't call it week zero. So you want
to have it Thursday?
Speaker 8 (23:06):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
I have no problem starting it on Thursday. Yes, yes, Paulie.
Speaker 5 (23:10):
You could both not like Week Zero, August College Football,
and watch every game simultaneously.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Which is what we do. Yeah, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (23:17):
Is this a more philosophical question about is zero a
number or not?
Speaker 6 (23:21):
Is that.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
The.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Now back to who's the smartest in the room. Okay, Dylan.
Speaker 7 (23:28):
I don't know the answer.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Is zero a number? Yeah.
Speaker 6 (23:31):
Todd?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
I would say yes, because if I put a one
in front of it, it's 10, and that's a number.
If I put two in front of it, 20, 30.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
I don't know if that's going to hold up in court, Dan.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Yes. It has to be.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
It's like part of math problems. Like anything times zero
is zero. You know, it's got to be a number.
Zero's a number.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
All right. Matt Leinart from Fox Sports. Big noon kickoff.
Former USC quarterback. He'll join us a little bit later
on as well. Phone calls. Operator Tyler sitting by. 877-3DP-SHOW.
Email address dp at danpatrick.com. Twitter handle at DPShow. We'll
get to your phone calls coming up. Let's settle on
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a poll question for the first hour of this program.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
Dylan?
Speaker 4 (24:18):
So we got the, when does the football season start?
Is it FCS or not? And then Todd sent me
another one.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
Which team has to at least reach the Super Bowl
or it's a failed season?
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Ooh, okay. Give me the nominees and then we'll talk
about that.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
We've got Bills, Rams, and Ravens, and there is room
for a fourth spot if we want to throw it
in the mix.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Nobody talks about Seattle. Like, I am truly amazed if... Now,
it wouldn't be the same in Buffalo or Detroit if
they won a Super Bowl. But think of another city
where you won the Super Bowl... And then nobody's talking
about you the next year. And yes, did they lose
their running back in Kenneth Walker? Yes. But that still
(25:04):
is a great defense. And all indications are they will
still be, might be the best balanced team in the NFL.
They were all last year, it felt like. Now the Rams,
we expect them to be great. I just, I just,
I'm amazed. And maybe it's where Seattle located. They don't
(25:25):
have a coach there. That you remember his name, you
get confused with maybe, you know, is it McDaniel, McDonald?
Is it Mike, Mark, Luke, and John? Yeah, Paulie.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
But like the Seahawks didn't, they weren't sneaky last year.
They were 14-3. They didn't, they weren't like a wild
card that came out of nowhere. They outscored their opponents
by 191 points last year. They were better than the
Rams in the regular season.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
Yes, Marv.
Speaker 9 (25:51):
But should they be a part of this conversation since
they won the Super Bowl? Aren't we talking about teams
that need to get there at least?
Speaker 2 (25:59):
OK, so this is about those who didn't get there,
haven't got there. Is that what we're saying in a while? Like,
I understand the Rams because of the hype. Seattle to
go back to back would be, you know. Pretty magnanimous. Yes, Todd?
Speaker 3 (26:16):
To me, it's so hard to repeat, and I don't
think it's disrespecting the Seahawks. Basically, it's which team has
to at least reach the Super Bowl or it's a
failed season. They already just did it last year. They
won the whole thing. If for some reason they don't
get to the Super Bowl, I don't think everyone's going
to be like, what happened to the Seahawks? Because they
don't get to the Seahawks, to the championship or win
back-to-back Super Bowls.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Look at you. Yeah, Paul.
Speaker 8 (26:38):
Yeah, Paul.
Speaker 5 (26:39):
I would like to throw the Detroit Lions into this
because it feels like they're getting further on the Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (26:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
The Niners?
Speaker 5 (26:50):
Can of worms.
Speaker 7 (26:52):
Wouldn't that be great, though?
Speaker 6 (26:56):
The Niners.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Still getting a lot of information about their owner. You know,
there's a lot of franchises where you don't know the owner.
And this is a situation where if you're that owner,
you don't want to be known around the country for
this because he's always going to be known as that guy.
All right, we'll talk about the poll question coming up. Also,
(27:20):
there was this study that was released, and I'm not
the least bit surprised, but maybe you are because new
research shows that 25% of all NFL players who died
during a recent six-year period had the degenerative brain disease
known as CTE. We'll talk about this situation. This epidemic
(27:43):
really is what it is. The NFL will never say that,
but it is an epidemic. And is there a way
to combat those numbers? Because once we got through with
the concussion lawsuit, and it was basically, hey, now you know,
We paid out the money, and we know it's a
violent sport. If you sign up for it, you know
(28:04):
exactly what could happen. But the fact that this would
be one in 100 is considered an epidemic in other
facets of life. This is, what, one in 25? I mean,
(28:24):
that's far more than an epidemic with the NFL. I
don't know if the NFL even acknowledges this. What do
they say? What's the Players Association say?
Speaker 6 (28:33):
What do.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Those networks that carry the NFL, how deep do they
go on this?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
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Speaker 2 (28:50):
He's Bijan Robinson, the Falcons running back, two-time Pro Bowler,
and was the eighth overall pick in the 2023 NFL
draft there. 1,400 yards last year, seven touchdowns rushing, four
touchdowns receiving. Good to see you back on the program.
How are you feeling?
Speaker 6 (29:09):
I'm feeling great, man. It's good to see you back, too.
Speaker 8 (29:13):
Down here in Miami, just trying to finish up this
last preseason game, but it's always good to be back
on the show with you.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Okay, we want to play, guess the poster that Bijan
had on his wall growing up of a running back, okay?
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Did you have a poster on your wall of a
NFL running back?
Speaker 8 (29:33):
I didn't have a poster, but I had an action
figure of him.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Of him. Todd, I'll start with you.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
Adrian Peterson.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
Dylan. Eric Dickerson. Marvin.
Speaker 9 (29:50):
LaDainian Tomlinson. Paul.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Bijan's from Tucson. I'm also going LaDainian Tomlinson.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I'm going to say... Barry Sanders.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
Yes, I had both. So I had Barry Sanders and LT.
So you guys are both right.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Okay. So you met both of them. I have met
both of them, yeah.
Speaker 6 (30:14):
Yeah. They're pretty cool, man.
Speaker 8 (30:19):
So my first time actually talking to LaDania was on
a text message and somebody gave me his number and
it was in college and I was like, this can't
be real.
Speaker 6 (30:28):
Somebody actually just you want to talk to him? And
I was like, what?
Speaker 8 (30:33):
It was a, it was a pretty cool moment. And
then meeting Barry Sanders was, I played the Lions the
first year.
Speaker 6 (30:38):
So it was cool.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
Like kind of meeting them both how I did. And
it was, I mean, they're both, they're both the idols
right there.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
Can you explain Barry Sanders? If, if somebody didn't see
him run, how would you describe that?
Speaker 8 (30:53):
I mean, I think if you've never seen Barry Sanders
or heard of his name, like you would think he's
just a normal, normal dude. Like, he's just a very
down-to-earth guy, very respectful. And, I mean, we were just
talking about life for a minute, just how everything's going.
But I could tell if you didn't know Barry Sanders
(31:13):
as a legend that he is and all that he's accomplished, like,
you would think he's just another man just walking on
the street. Thank Gary's family, which is pretty cool. That's
kind of how I live my life, too. So, it's
pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
I remember it. when I saw him in, I met
him in college when he was in college. And so
you're just seeing somebody we had not seen before. And,
and I've seen all the running backs going back to
Jim Brown and Barry to me, like he made people
look silly. He, he, he, do you ever, have you
(31:48):
ever felt sorry for a defender?
Speaker 6 (31:50):
Never.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Okay. Like if you made somebody embarrassed, you know, like
when they have an arm tackle and whiff on you
or you jump over somebody, but you never felt bad.
Speaker 8 (32:03):
That's the joy that it brings. Like after it happens,
you know, you're just smiling. Everybody's energy's up. But it's
just that moment and you know you won in that
moment once. One, you got past him, but it's just
the way you did it and even the way that
Barry Sanders did it.
Speaker 6 (32:21):
Like, it just brings so much joy and confidence in
that next play. It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Anybody ask if they could tackle you? Like, somebody on
the street? Does somebody, you know, fans? Does anybody want
to try to tackle you?
Speaker 6 (32:33):
Nobody.
Speaker 8 (32:33):
I mean, there's been, like, a couple kids that's like,
you know, if it was me and you, one-on-one in
the open field, I'd put on my tuxes.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Wait, this is just a fan?
Speaker 8 (32:45):
Yeah. And I'm just like, there's a lot of things
that you might be able to do in life.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Last time I was on or you're on with us,
you talked about still pursuing acting Matthew McConaughey with the
Texas Connection. So is there any update on that or
do I need to maybe kick Matthew McConaughey to the
curb and hook you up with Adam Sandler?
Speaker 8 (33:14):
No no no so I've been I've been doing the
commercials which which have been fun I've been about or
for this for this like year that's on TV so
that those have been like really cool and you know
I think you gotta start somewhere and just for me
starting at that level has been has been a blessing
(33:36):
but now that Matthew McConaughey we still we still talk
all the time and I'm actually gonna see him next
week at the Texas game so It's been fun to
use my chops a little.
Speaker 6 (33:49):
Bit in that space. Okay.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Yeah, acting chops.
Speaker 6 (33:53):
Adam Sandler would be cool to go.
Speaker 8 (33:55):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (33:55):
All right.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Well, I introduced Derrick Henry to Adam Sandler.
Speaker 6 (34:00):
Okay. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
So Derrick Henry gets first shot at any acting roles
for running backs. But I can put in your name.
I can say to Sandman.
Speaker 6 (34:13):
I would appreciate it. Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Help me understand what was going on. Jameer Gibbs and you,
it felt like who's going first to sign their new contract. Yeah. Okay.
You went first, but what strategy did you and your
agent have of, it felt like whoever was going second
was going to make a little bit more money than
who went first.
Speaker 6 (34:36):
Yeah. And I mean, we knew that.
Speaker 8 (34:39):
It was more just like, For her, Nicole, she just
wanted to make sure everything was great.
Speaker 6 (34:47):
On the contract side that people really don't see.
Speaker 8 (34:51):
And me, I was getting antsy, getting ready to go.
I was like, I want to get on the field.
And they were almost done. So that all helped as well.
But yeah, I knew when it got done. And then Jameer,
if whoever would go second, that would be the case.
But it didn't affect me at all. I'm actually very
(35:14):
happy for him because we are close. That is one
of my really good friends, really outside of the game too,
as much as we compete against each other. But it's
cool that he has that title.
Speaker 6 (35:28):
Highest paid. Cause I know that I got, I got
a lot of work to do now to get there.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
He doesn't make that much more than you.
Speaker 6 (35:36):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
You're, you're going to be fine.
Speaker 9 (35:38):
I know.
Speaker 8 (35:39):
I know. It's, it's, it's just, it's just a cool
feeling to know like that position is, is, you know, getting,
getting some momentum.
Speaker 6 (35:47):
That was cool.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
How good can the Falcons be this year and who
is going to be your starting quarterback?
Speaker 6 (35:54):
You know, I think that the sky's the limit for us. Um,
We have a lot of great talent on the team.
Speaker 8 (35:59):
You know, I'm at this point now where I'm not
trying to put anything in the world that, like, oh,
we're going to the playoffs, Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (36:06):
Like, we have to compete for it.
Speaker 8 (36:08):
We have to, you know, do it one day at
a time, obviously, because every single year I say we're
one game away or we're so close or we needed
this win or that win.
Speaker 6 (36:19):
But now I think that with the unit that we.
Speaker 8 (36:22):
Have now and the group that we have as a team, like,
We just want to just go one day, one play,
one game at a time because we know if we
just have that mentality, we'll be fine. But for your
question on the starting quarterback, if Kevin Stefanski comes on
this show after me, you should ask him that question
because I have no idea.
Speaker 6 (36:42):
I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Where is he right now?
Speaker 6 (36:46):
He's probably in the mail room or somewhere. Okay.
Speaker 2 (36:51):
You did a good job trying to juke me, fake
me out there.
Speaker 6 (36:56):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
So I'll let you off the hook there. You can
guarantee that your quarterback, starting quarterback will be left-handed, correct?
Speaker 6 (37:06):
Correct, yes.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Okay. I just want to make sure. Yeah. You're left-handed too,
aren't you?
Speaker 6 (37:17):
Yes, I am. Okay.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
Wait, do you have a touchdown pass?
Speaker 6 (37:24):
I don't.
Speaker 8 (37:26):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
So it's in the playbook?
Speaker 8 (37:28):
I mean, not yet, but I think I still got
to show them a little bit more. They see what
I can do, but, you know, it's the confidence level.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
They're not going to know that you're left-handed like this. Well,
they do now.
Speaker 5 (37:44):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Tomlinson threw seven touchdown passes in his career.
Speaker 8 (37:50):
He threw seven? Have they all been from the 10-yard end?
Or have they been past the 10-yard lead?
Speaker 2 (37:57):
Oh, do you want to throw a bomb?
Speaker 6 (37:59):
I mean, I aspire to have that dream.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
Paulie, how many touchdown passes does LT have?
Speaker 5 (38:08):
LaDainian Tomlinson in his career as a passer was 8
for 12 with seven touchdowns, and three of them were
over 20 yards.
Speaker 6 (38:14):
Wow. Wow. Yeah, me and Tommy have some things to
talk about.
Speaker 2 (38:21):
Come on, Stefanski, offensive-minded guy. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (38:25):
No, they're very creative.
Speaker 8 (38:27):
Like Kevin and Tommy, very creative with what they do,
and I really appreciate that.
Speaker 6 (38:33):
So you never know what you can see with the league. Okay,
all right, all right.
Speaker 2 (38:37):
I think Gale Sayers, was he left-handed too?
Speaker 6 (38:40):
Gale Sayers? Yeah. A classic.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Yeah. Gale Sayers.
Speaker 8 (38:45):
I want to ask you, do you think Gale Sayers
can be who he is in today's game? Yes.
Speaker 6 (38:52):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (38:53):
Because of the way he ran. Like Jim Brown probably
couldn't be, like he'd be maybe a smaller Derrick Henry.
Speaker 8 (39:01):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
But Gale Sayers was Barry Sanders before Barry Sanders.
Speaker 6 (39:06):
Got it.
Speaker 2 (39:07):
His moves were, nobody had ever seen something like that.
I know we get caught up in generations like that
guy couldn't play today. Gale Sayers would be able to
play today. Jim Brown was still an unbelievable athlete, but
he wouldn't be running over people the way he did
back in the 60s.
Speaker 6 (39:25):
Most definitely.
Speaker 9 (39:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
Any other running back you want to ask me about?
Speaker 8 (39:33):
See, Walter Payton, like, will he be Walter Payton in
today's game? Like, will he be his exact same self.
Speaker 6 (39:42):
Right now?
Speaker 2 (39:44):
He would be maybe a Christian McCaffrey guy. Because Walter
Payton didn't have great speed, but he had so much determination.
You just weren't going to bring him down. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (39:59):
Walter Payton, Bijan, eight touchdown passes.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
Dude, you've got to get caught up here. And you
call yourself a great running back? Come on.
Speaker 6 (40:13):
Yeah, that's something I got to talk about.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
Does Christian McCaffrey have any touchdown passes?
Speaker 6 (40:20):
He probably does, honestly.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
Who's the best running back in the NFL?
Speaker 6 (40:29):
I'm not sure. I'll probably say.
Are you? I'll probably say like Jameer, Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
Christian McCaffrey has two touchdown passes.
Speaker 6 (40:43):
Yeah, see, I'm at zero. Dang. I play Wildcat, so
I don't know if that counts.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
No, no, you didn't throw it. No, I want a
touchdown pass out of you this year. At least one.
Speaker 6 (40:56):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Jameer Gibbs hasn't thrown a touchdown pass.
Speaker 6 (41:01):
All right, so we're, I guess, in the same boat.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
Yeah. Are you playing tonight?
Speaker 6 (41:08):
Uh, I think they'll, they'll let me know, um, coming
up here in our, in our meeting.
Speaker 8 (41:13):
So we'll, we'll see. I'm, I'm regardless ready, ready or not.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
Oh, would you prefer not to get all taped up and,
you know, go through the motions and play like one series?
Speaker 8 (41:26):
I mean, I, I know like me going out there
would be great. Uh, just like get my feet rolling
and get my feet wet a little bit. Uh, at
the same time, like I understand, you know, being healthy
and getting ready for week one. So that's always kind
of been my thing the past couple of years is just.
Speaker 6 (41:45):
Get ready for week one.
Speaker 8 (41:45):
So that's probably going to be, it might be the
case here tonight.
Speaker 2 (41:49):
Do you even take a shower after the game? Like
if you don't play, do you, right?
Speaker 8 (41:56):
So if I got the uniform on, because I like
to wear a uniform, then yeah, I'll take a shower.
Speaker 6 (42:03):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (42:04):
All right. Just want to make sure I understand everything
goes along with preseason. Go talk to Stefanski and say, hey, coach,
is a halfback pass in the playbook? And if not,
I want to be like Gale Sayers, LaDainian Tomlinson, Chris McCaffrey.
And just tell coach that I suggested that you should
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throw a pass. Okay.
Speaker 6 (42:28):
From the 20 yard out.
Speaker 2 (42:32):
Let's not get greedy. Let's go 10 yards. And then
you want to go 20. Then I'm fine with that. Okay.
Speaker 6 (42:39):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (42:39):
Cool.
Speaker 6 (42:40):
Cool. But no, yeah, that's good.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
Good luck this season. And we, we hope to catch
up with you during the season, but thank you again,
Bijan and congrats on the contract.
Speaker 6 (42:53):
Yeah, thank you, Dad. It's great talking to you, man.
Speaker 2 (42:55):
There he is, a guy who's never thrown a touchdown
pass in the NFL.
You are listening to The Dan Patrick Show on Fox
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Speaker 2 (00:04):
A lot of buildup to the wedding. I spent way
too much time discussing it, certainly my speech, and I
got through it. I did bring in my son. I
brought him up. He was going to be kind of
my comfort animal that if I needed help down the stretch,
and I did. I was starting to crumble a little bit,
(00:24):
held on tightly, and he came in and finished the
last paragraph of And I ended it with Mazel Tov.
And then that was it. I was done, sat down,
and I had myself a beer or two. But thank
you for all the advice. I did take a beta blocker.
And I think it helped. So somebody had suggested that,
(00:48):
took a beta blocker. And I think it helped me
become less emotional there. But it was still there. Because
everybody kept saying, you're going to take a beta blocker?
you got to cry. I go, I'm going to cry.
15 beta blockers is not going to stop that. But
I did take it, kind of chilled me down a
little bit there. We had a walk that was probably
(01:11):
250 yards for the wedding. So it's my wife and I,
and we're side by side with my daughter. We're walking down,
we're walking through this field and You know, we're going
down a hill. I mean, if we fell, we would
have just kept tumbling there towards, you know, the ceremony.
(01:32):
But we did. It was a long, long walk. So
I was able to cry, stop crying, and then cry
again when I got ready to go to the ceremony.
I got my steps in that day. And I was
tired by the time that I got up to the
actual ceremony. But beautiful day, beautiful bride, lover husband. And
(01:56):
by all accounts, I think we did okay. No casualties
along the way, but celebrity sightings, I was confused by
a couple of people for a couple of different celebrities.
And I'll let you guys guess that. Yes, Todd, you
had your hand up while I was giving this emotional
recap of the wedding.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I was just fascinated by the two and a half
football fields worth of walk that was involved. That's what
the facility, that's what they offered? Or did you ask
for an extra long walk? Or is there something dramatic
about wanting to walk almost three football fields? That's what
I was curious about.
Speaker 2 (02:27):
Thank you, Todd.
Speaker 3 (02:28):
You get sweaty and hot out there in California.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Yeah, I know. I didn't ask for it, but there
was a place by a tree where it was shaded
and everybody could sit there, but we had to walk
down this hill. And then when we got there, and
then it was a lovely ceremony. Yes, Dylan?
Speaker 4 (02:48):
Wait, was the shady tree partway through the walk like
they had a halfway house for people?
Speaker 2 (02:53):
No, no, no. That's where the ceremony was. Oh, okay.
Everybody was seated down by this big tree. And I
kept saying to my daughter... That's a long walk. And
she's walking in a wedding dress. My wife is all
dressed up and I'm going, OK, you know, who am I?
I'm just here. I'm just financing this thing. Nobody factored
(03:15):
in me, my health, walking all the way down there
in 85 degree heat. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (03:20):
Is this like the PGA Tour? You can't use a cart?
Speaker 2 (03:23):
Uh, that would be the senior tour. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (03:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:25):
The senior tour would allow me to, but they, they
didn't allow me to use a cart. Yes. Paul.
Speaker 5 (03:30):
America has a lot of questions. I'm going to pull
the bandaid.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
Okay.
Speaker 7 (03:33):
Now.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
All right.
Speaker 5 (03:34):
Um, the speech, you said you did get emotional, but
you made it through a lot of it. Would you
say you got a quality start?
Speaker 6 (03:40):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Yeah. I went, I went five and a third.
Speaker 8 (03:43):
Oh, nice.
Speaker 2 (03:43):
Five and a third. I, I would get the wind. Yeah. Um,
And you know, everybody would come up afterwards and they say, hey,
you did a great job. One person came up to me. Oh, no. Yes.
Her name's Audrey. She comes up to me and she goes,
speech was good. And I go, what? And I go, okay. Like,
(04:09):
I wasn't going to criticize her dad's speech at her
wedding that I went to. So it stayed with me.
I was like, she gave me a, your speech.
Speaker 7 (04:20):
It was good.
Speaker 8 (04:21):
I go, okay.
Speaker 5 (04:23):
Yeah, Paul, you could only say that if you're completely
making a joke, like your speeches, like if Rich Eisen,
funny guy went up and go, went up to you
and said, eh, that's funny. Cause you guys know each.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Other, but Audrey, even then it would bother me if
Rich Eisen did that.
Speaker 5 (04:36):
So Audrey just gave you a C plus.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
It was like, it was good. And I go, I'd
rather you didn't say anything than that. Like I, I gave,
I poured my heart out in front of people. I
cried in front of people. Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And if you feel compelled to say something about the
speech to you directly, at least, you know, it's a
must lie situation.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
This is a big day for all of you.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
Well, just say great speech and move on and go
get your free food and drink and get out of
the way.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
You're right. Thank you. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (05:07):
See, I kind of respect Audrey here because everyone is
going to come up to you and just say how
amazing you did.
Speaker 7 (05:12):
It's a wedding, et cetera. I like a little bit
of come back down to earth.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
No, not when you're up there giving the speech. When
you're the father of the bride and you're up there
giving the speech. Now, look, my wife didn't say I
did a great job. In fairness, I think it was
when somebody said, oh, man, you did a great job.
And then she just acknowledged, yeah. So it wasn't one
of those, man, come here. You're incredible as a speaker.
(05:41):
Because she kept saying, you've handed out the Super Bowl trophy.
And I said, hon, I don't know any of those
people when I hand out the Super Bowl trophy. I
knew everybody here. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (05:52):
It is funny to picture her sitting there being like,
I could say nothing. I feel compelled to go talk
to her.
Speaker 2 (06:00):
I would rather you didn't say anything.
Speaker 8 (06:01):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (06:03):
If you dropped the mic after your speech and told everyone,
is that the greatest speech ever won or won?
Speaker 2 (06:08):
Orgy would still be.
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Wrong for saying what you said.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
It wasn't the greatest speech. I'm glad I got through it.
And I pointed out a couple of things. I did
drop an F-bomb. And my wife was surprised at that.
But I was recapturing a moment I had with, you know,
the groom. when he asked for my daughter's hand in marriage.
(06:32):
And then he said, do you have any advice? And
I said, don't F it up. And he said, what?
I said, don't F it up. You got a lifetime
guarantee with that woman. She'll be by your side the
rest of your life. So I was telling a touching story.
And then my wife goes, yeah, I'm kind of surprised
you used the F word. I go, hon, I'm a journalist.
(06:53):
Like I had to tell the whole story as it
unfolded in front of me.
Speaker 3 (07:00):
To her credit, you could have said, don't mess it
up or don't screw it up. But, you know, you
got blue.
Speaker 7 (07:04):
And I can relate. I can relate to it.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
No reason going blue.
Speaker 3 (07:08):
That's what you get.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
But I wasn't struggling with the audience there. Like, I
didn't lose the audience like you did. Yes. But, you know,
when you do drop an F-bomb or, you know, the S-word,
you know, people do react to that and they get
a laugh out of that.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (07:24):
Is it sort of like how you can't tell the
story of football without Eli Manning? You could not possibly
tell the story without the F-bomb.
Speaker 5 (07:31):
Good comparison.
Speaker 6 (07:32):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
Actually, Eli won two Super Bowls. I dropped two F-bombs. So, yes, very,
very similar there. Celebrity sighting. Don Cheadle. Now, not at
the wedding, but at the venue. Like, I saw him.
He was playing golf. And our buddy Anthony Anderson.
Speaker 9 (07:52):
Oh, yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
Black-ish.
Speaker 2 (07:54):
Saw him. Did you give.
Speaker 5 (07:56):
Him the courtesy invite if you want to stop by?
Speaker 2 (07:58):
No, the wedding was over. Oh. Yeah, that was the
next day when I saw him. But he was up
there to play golf as well. And then I was mistaken.
You guys want to guess? Two different people thought that
I was two different celebrities. Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (08:16):
Steve Martin.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Yes, got that. Got that a couple of times. Yes, Paul?
Speaker 5 (08:20):
Yeah, that was going to be my guess. I will
pivot to Jim Lampley, the broadcaster.
Speaker 6 (08:23):
No.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
No.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
But that used to be. I get confused with Jim Lampley. Yes, Dylan?
Speaker 7 (08:29):
This might be recency bias, but Don Cheadle?
Speaker 2 (08:33):
Wow.
Speaker 5 (08:34):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (08:37):
Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (08:38):
He passed away, I think, over six years ago, but
did anyone think you were Fred Willard walking around?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Fred Willard? No. No. This person is on daytime TV.
Daytime TV. And I had somebody come up and she
hugged me. Drew Carey from Price is Right. No.
Speaker 5 (09:00):
I don't see that.
Speaker 2 (09:02):
Well, that's what I got. She was like so excited.
And I said, I could have had that job. I
turned it down. But no, I'm not Drew Carey. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 7 (09:13):
I could see like a Dr.
Speaker 8 (09:14):
Drew.
Speaker 7 (09:15):
That would look a little more. That seems a little
more accurate to me.
Speaker 8 (09:18):
Oh, okay.
Speaker 2 (09:20):
All right, so it's done. It's over with. I survived.
I have two more daughters, and I told them, do
not get married anytime soon. Financially, I can't do it,
and emotionally, I can't do it either. But all the
well-wishers and all the Danettes did reach out to me. Actually,
backroom people, they reached out to make sure that I
(09:42):
was doing okay. Everything was great. Beautiful weather, beautiful people.
Although one weird moment, the DJ, he canceled the day
of the reception. What?
Speaker 1 (09:58):
Whoa.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
Yes. to cancel the day of. I don't know who
they got, but, you know, with the father-daughter dance that
I made a big deal of, like, oh, my God,
it's going to be Fly Me to the Moon, Frank Sinatra. Well,
all of a sudden, I'm having a drink, and I
(10:19):
hear Fly Me to the Moon. And my daughter goes, Dad,
we're up. And I go, there was no announcement there.
And so we go up and start dancing. And I
think we're halfway through the song. And I go, I
got cheated with the father-daughter dance. The DJ, you know, okay.
(10:41):
They had to get somebody. They got somebody. And Music
was questionable. Let's put it that way. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (10:48):
To be fair, the replacement DJ had no time to
learn the set list and get ready. The person who bailed,
that's a violation.
Speaker 2 (10:55):
Yeah, that one was tough because the party went till
almost three in the morning. Yeah, there was some. Now,
my wife and I kept saying, man, Josh, my son-in-law
has terrible music taste. But it was the DJ who
had his own set list there. Like, you would hear
(11:15):
a song and you'd go, oh, that's ABBA. Okay. And
then all of a sudden you'd hear something and you'd go,
I have no idea who that is.
Speaker 6 (11:23):
Yes, Marvin?
Speaker 9 (11:23):
This might be a generational divide for you. Did your
daughter and her new husband, did they like the set list?
Did they like the music?
Speaker 2 (11:31):
They did not. They did not. That was the problem
after the fact that they– they kept talking about the
music and that the music wasn't what they wanted. Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (11:40):
Was there a valid excuse how on the cancel on
the day of, I think you're entitled to an explanation.
He's got to either make up something horrible happened family wise.
That's just, you can't be doing that.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Well, it was something health wise for him. That was
sounded serious. So we obviously fine with that.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
Still got to show up.
Speaker 7 (12:00):
But you could have.
Speaker 2 (12:01):
Just taken my phone and done my playlist and I,
it would have been better. Because you would at least go, oh, okay,
I know that song. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 7 (12:09):
Did you get like a doctor's note from the DJ
or anything?
Speaker 2 (12:11):
I did not.
Speaker 5 (12:12):
I'd want to see a hospital report.
Speaker 2 (12:13):
I did not get a doctor's note. Okay. So that's it.
But thank you for all the well-wishers there, except for Audrey,
who thought my speech was good-ish. Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (12:29):
Did you drop an F-bomb on her?
Speaker 2 (12:31):
I did not. Because I really like her and her husband.
Speaker 7 (12:35):
That doesn't.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
No, but she was honest. And then, you know what?
Her husband goes, Hey, you know, I mean, she's honest.
And I go, uh, I don't need honesty right now.
Speaker 6 (12:48):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Any awkward moments, someone too much to drink. Someone have
to be escorted out a little. Anyone have to get
a warning about their behavior.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
Um, Yeah, some people in my family tree. One person
went sideways.
Speaker 5 (13:04):
We're up against a break.
Speaker 2 (13:05):
Yeah, my oldest brother went sideways. But he's a great man,
so I was right there with him the whole time.
You know when you're drinking wine and you got it
to the side, like you're holding it to the side,
and I kept thinking.
The reason why you need a refill is you're not
holding your wine glass straight up. You're pouring it in
(13:26):
my lap. So other than that, no casualties. Everybody's good.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
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Speaker 2 (14:12):
Dolly Parton is there anybody who is or was more
beloved when you think nobody said anything negative about Dolly
Parton and I thought she was gorgeous 80 years of
age and I just got the biggest kick out of
her thought she was you couldn't help but be in
a good mood when you heard her song or you
(14:33):
heard her interviewed or her acting she was just a
treasure and passing away at the age of 80 yes Marvin.
Speaker 9 (14:42):
I always thought to myself, if Dolly Parton looked like that,
what did Jolene look like?
Speaker 2 (14:47):
Well, she's talked about Jolene didn't look that good later on,
but Jolene took her man. Dolly Parton passing away at
the age of 80. By the way, we found out
yesterday that Marvin had a mugshot, but we can't find
the mugshot conveniently, taken away in handcuffs from college at
(15:09):
the University of Connecticut. You had a warrant out I believe.
You no-showed? Is that how this happened? That is correct.
Speaker 9 (15:17):
There was a promise to appear, and I did not
hold up to that promise, and the state police came
and got me at the University of Connecticut.
Speaker 2 (15:25):
Oh, my God. Now, I don't know if you get
any street cred when they show up at your door
and they put you in handcuffs and lead you away. No,
street cred? I want no street cred.
Speaker 9 (15:37):
I wanted to go to college and be a college student,
and my girlfriend, now wife, was in the bed, and.
Speaker 3 (15:42):
She was like, oh, my God, Marvin, I have to
call your mom.
Speaker 9 (15:44):
I was like, don't call my mom.
Speaker 2 (15:46):
Call anybody else. Literally. You'd rather see the police than
your mom. Absolutely.
Speaker 6 (15:52):
Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (15:53):
I did like when you were asking what we got
arrested for, and Marvin said, failure to appear, which implies
that you were arrested for something else and didn't show
up for the follow-up court date.
Speaker 2 (16:03):
He's trying to get around it. You know, I just
didn't show up for a court date. Yeah. But why
were you supposed to go for the court date to
begin with? Slow charge. Paulie is here. And of course,
the backroom guys, it's a pizza Wednesday. We have pepperoni pizza,
buffalo chicken pizza. And we have Todd's famous classic cheese pizza.
Speaker 9 (16:24):
Let's get it.
Speaker 2 (16:25):
Who has it better than we do?
Speaker 6 (16:27):
Nobody.
Speaker 2 (16:28):
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football tomorrow night. Big Ten and the SEC. rallied to
put a stop to going pro and coming back to college.
(17:11):
We have more on that as well. It's interesting when
everybody unites and decides to do something together, how quickly
they get something done in college athletic. Because normally it's
at a glacial, is it glacial pace?
Speaker 5 (17:25):
Glacial pace?
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Or glacial?
Speaker 6 (17:27):
I think.
Speaker 2 (17:28):
Checking.
Speaker 8 (17:28):
All right.
Speaker 2 (17:29):
Who's the smartest guy in this room?
Speaker 4 (17:32):
No. The limit does not exist.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Well, Todd had the best grade point average.
Speaker 3 (17:38):
Which doesn't mean a whole lot.
Speaker 7 (17:39):
I just memorized stuff very well.
Speaker 10 (17:41):
I know.
Speaker 2 (17:41):
I used to think, God, you graduated second in a
class of 600. You've got to be really smart.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
I memorized pages of notes and spit back the answers
or wrote long essays. I learned that it was quantity,
not quality in school, which it should be the other
way around.
Speaker 2 (17:56):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (17:56):
According to USGS.gov, it's glacial pace.
Speaker 2 (18:00):
Okay. So it's on a glacial pace. It's a glacial pace.
Close enough. All right.
Speaker 6 (18:05):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (18:07):
I think Dylan's the smartest person outside of the big
German in the building.
Speaker 8 (18:13):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 9 (18:14):
I think he's really smart. I think he does incredibly
stupid things, but his actual IQ, I think is off
the charts.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
How about SAT scores, anybody? I took the ACT, and
it didn't go well. Dylan, SAT scores?
Speaker 7 (18:32):
I did pretty good. I think I got like a 2,000.
Speaker 4 (18:34):
I mean, definitely my grades weren't getting me into college,
so the SAT actually helped me.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
So 2,000 out of 2,400?
Speaker 3 (18:39):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:39):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Marvin?
Speaker 6 (18:39):
1,140.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Out of? 1,600.
Speaker 6 (18:39):
1,600.
Speaker 8 (18:39):
Todd?
Speaker 2 (18:40):
I got 1,120. I took it again. I got.
Speaker 9 (18:43):
A 1,050.
Speaker 5 (18:51):
Aren't there two parts to it? It's like 1130 and...
It's 800.
Speaker 3 (18:55):
And 800 for reading and math, I guess.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Yeah, they had writing.
Speaker 4 (19:00):
When I took it, writing was the third section, which
I think they've actually gotten rid of again.
Speaker 7 (19:04):
I think it's back to 1600.
Speaker 2 (19:05):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (19:06):
Paul?
Speaker 5 (19:07):
I only took the ACT and I got a 26, which.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
That's good.
Speaker 5 (19:11):
It was actually... I got red flagged. Because I was
a 2.0 student, and I actually– a true story.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Overachieved.
Speaker 5 (19:18):
I overachieved. I did not cheat on the ACT, and
I had to explain myself. I said, I don't try
during school. I actually did okay on the test.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
I think the first time I took the ACT, I
got a 14, to which my parents said, that's not possible.
They said, take it again. I think I got a 16.
So this is kind of like the Wunderlich test scores
when they come out, and you go– You got like
a nine. And then I had to take it again
(19:48):
just so I could go to college. And I think
I got an 18. And then my dad said, how
about you don't sleep? Maybe you stay out all night. Maybe.
And I got an 18. I go, I can get
into college, Dad. I'm proud of you, son. Yes.
Speaker 6 (20:02):
Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (20:03):
Was I'm going to take a wild guess for the
entire room that the math section of both tests is
what killed everyone.
Speaker 2 (20:10):
Cause that's what, that's what brought me down. Uh, I
would say by my score, everything brought me down. It's
a whole package. No, it was. And I was, all
of my friends were really smart, like really smart B
plus a minus. And then I was just kind of there,
you know, kind of, uh, drafting off their fumes and, uh,
(20:33):
I just, man, it's biggest regret of my life that
I didn't. Unlike Deshaun Watson, I do have regrets. And
one regret is I just didn't care about school and
looking back. And then whenever my kids say whenever I
would criticize their grades, they go. Well, you didn't have
good grades. And I said, yeah, but look where I
am now. Shut up. Yeah, Paul.
Speaker 5 (20:54):
But you got a 14 in the ECT. Pete Rose
was 14 with the Reds. There's something cool about that.
Speaker 2 (20:59):
Okay. Numerology.
Speaker 8 (21:00):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (21:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
Well, it'd been nice if maybe I was interested in,
let's see, who would have had a good number for me?
Sports guy.
Speaker 6 (21:13):
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
Hank Aaron had a 44. More number 44. There you go. Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (21:19):
Quick question for Paulie. Was your mother upset about your
high ACT score because you just were so lackluster as
a regular student?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
She gave up. She gave up at some point during
high school. I just kept a C-plus average and didn't
get in trouble, and that was enough for her.
Speaker 2 (21:34):
I would always hear, why don't you just apply yourself, Danny?
If I had a dollar, I would have been rich
every time my mom said, why don't you just apply yourself, Danny?
Speaker 6 (21:46):
I said, I don't know, Mom.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
Can I go up and shoot hoops?
Speaker 9 (21:50):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Yes, Marvin.
Speaker 9 (21:52):
My mom said something similar. Marvin, I'm on you because
it'd be different if you were stupid. But the teachers
tell me you're bright and I don't believe them.
Speaker 2 (22:01):
Prove me wrong. Yes, Todd.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
I love that Paul, he's told this story a number
of times, but it's worth repeating that he knew at
a young age that he was all about sports and
wanted to do something in the sports business. And he
was not afraid to be looking at his Sports Illustrated magazine,
you know, hiding it, I guess, in the back while
he's got the textbook around it. And I just, I
always loved that story.
Speaker 2 (22:19):
Well, thank you, Todd. You're welcome.
Speaker 6 (22:20):
All righty.
Speaker 5 (22:21):
Poll question for the first hour. Todd's telling stories about me.
Speaker 2 (22:25):
Yeah. Can't you just pull Paul to the side and say, oh, man.
We're talking about school and everything.
Speaker 7 (22:30):
I just think that's great. I'm picturing Paul in the
back looking at his Sports Illustrated.
Speaker 2 (22:33):
All right, Dylan, what's the poll question for the first hour?
Speaker 4 (22:36):
Do you consider the start of college football season to
be tomorrow or Saturday?
Speaker 7 (22:41):
It begins tomorrow.
Speaker 4 (22:42):
Don't disrespect the FCS or Saturday. There's no other answer here.
This is from Todd, clearly.
Speaker 2 (22:48):
You know, I don't like week zero. I just, I
don't like Coke zero either. But week zero, I just
don't think it's fair. Is it a week? Are they
playing football? Don't call it week zero. So you want
to have it Thursday?
Speaker 8 (23:06):
Sure.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
I have no problem starting it on Thursday. Yes, yes, Paulie.
Speaker 5 (23:10):
You could both not like Week Zero, August College Football,
and watch every game simultaneously.
Speaker 2 (23:15):
Which is what we do. Yeah, Dylan.
Speaker 4 (23:17):
Is this a more philosophical question about is zero a
number or not?
Speaker 6 (23:21):
Is that.
Speaker 5 (23:23):
The.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
Now back to who's the smartest in the room. Okay, Dylan.
Speaker 7 (23:28):
I don't know the answer.
Speaker 2 (23:29):
Is zero a number? Yeah.
Speaker 6 (23:31):
Todd?
Speaker 2 (23:32):
I would say yes, because if I put a one
in front of it, it's 10, and that's a number.
If I put two in front of it, 20, 30.
Speaker 4 (23:41):
I don't know if that's going to hold up in court, Dan.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
Yes. It has to be.
Speaker 3 (23:48):
It's like part of math problems. Like anything times zero
is zero. You know, it's got to be a number.
Zero's a number.
Speaker 2 (23:53):
All right. Matt Leinart from Fox Sports. Big noon kickoff.
Former USC quarterback. He'll join us a little bit later
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Email address dp at danpatrick.com. Twitter handle at DPShow. We'll
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a poll question for the first hour of this program.
Speaker 6 (24:16):
Dylan?
Speaker 4 (24:18):
So we got the, when does the football season start?
Is it FCS or not? And then Todd sent me
another one.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
Okay.
Speaker 4 (24:25):
Which team has to at least reach the Super Bowl
or it's a failed season?
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Ooh, okay. Give me the nominees and then we'll talk
about that.
Speaker 4 (24:35):
We've got Bills, Rams, and Ravens, and there is room
for a fourth spot if we want to throw it
in the mix.
Speaker 2 (24:44):
Nobody talks about Seattle. Like, I am truly amazed if... Now,
it wouldn't be the same in Buffalo or Detroit if
they won a Super Bowl. But think of another city
where you won the Super Bowl... And then nobody's talking
about you the next year. And yes, did they lose
their running back in Kenneth Walker? Yes. But that still
(25:04):
is a great defense. And all indications are they will
still be, might be the best balanced team in the NFL.
They were all last year, it felt like. Now the Rams,
we expect them to be great. I just, I just,
I'm amazed. And maybe it's where Seattle located. They don't
(25:25):
have a coach there. That you remember his name, you
get confused with maybe, you know, is it McDaniel, McDonald?
Is it Mike, Mark, Luke, and John? Yeah, Paulie.
Speaker 5 (25:38):
But like the Seahawks didn't, they weren't sneaky last year.
They were 14-3. They didn't, they weren't like a wild
card that came out of nowhere. They outscored their opponents
by 191 points last year. They were better than the
Rams in the regular season.
Speaker 6 (25:50):
Yes, Marv.
Speaker 9 (25:51):
But should they be a part of this conversation since
they won the Super Bowl? Aren't we talking about teams
that need to get there at least?
Speaker 2 (25:59):
OK, so this is about those who didn't get there,
haven't got there. Is that what we're saying in a while? Like,
I understand the Rams because of the hype. Seattle to
go back to back would be, you know. Pretty magnanimous. Yes, Todd?
Speaker 3 (26:16):
To me, it's so hard to repeat, and I don't
think it's disrespecting the Seahawks. Basically, it's which team has
to at least reach the Super Bowl or it's a
failed season. They already just did it last year. They
won the whole thing. If for some reason they don't
get to the Super Bowl, I don't think everyone's going
to be like, what happened to the Seahawks? Because they
don't get to the Seahawks, to the championship or win
back-to-back Super Bowls.
Speaker 2 (26:36):
Look at you. Yeah, Paul.
Speaker 8 (26:38):
Yeah, Paul.
Speaker 5 (26:39):
I would like to throw the Detroit Lions into this
because it feels like they're getting further on the Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (26:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (26:47):
The Niners?
Speaker 5 (26:50):
Can of worms.
Speaker 7 (26:52):
Wouldn't that be great, though?
Speaker 6 (26:56):
The Niners.
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Still getting a lot of information about their owner. You know,
there's a lot of franchises where you don't know the owner.
And this is a situation where if you're that owner,
you don't want to be known around the country for
this because he's always going to be known as that guy.
All right, we'll talk about the poll question coming up. Also,
(27:20):
there was this study that was released, and I'm not
the least bit surprised, but maybe you are because new
research shows that 25% of all NFL players who died
during a recent six-year period had the degenerative brain disease
known as CTE. We'll talk about this situation. This epidemic
(27:43):
really is what it is. The NFL will never say that,
but it is an epidemic. And is there a way
to combat those numbers? Because once we got through with
the concussion lawsuit, and it was basically, hey, now you know,
We paid out the money, and we know it's a
violent sport. If you sign up for it, you know
(28:04):
exactly what could happen. But the fact that this would
be one in 100 is considered an epidemic in other
facets of life. This is, what, one in 25? I mean,
(28:24):
that's far more than an epidemic with the NFL. I
don't know if the NFL even acknowledges this. What do
they say? What's the Players Association say?
Speaker 6 (28:33):
What do.
Speaker 2 (28:34):
Those networks that carry the NFL, how deep do they
go on this?
Speaker 1 (28:38):
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Speaker 2 (28:50):
He's Bijan Robinson, the Falcons running back, two-time Pro Bowler,
and was the eighth overall pick in the 2023 NFL
draft there. 1,400 yards last year, seven touchdowns rushing, four
touchdowns receiving. Good to see you back on the program.
How are you feeling?
Speaker 6 (29:09):
I'm feeling great, man. It's good to see you back, too.
Speaker 8 (29:13):
Down here in Miami, just trying to finish up this
last preseason game, but it's always good to be back
on the show with you.
Speaker 2 (29:19):
Okay, we want to play, guess the poster that Bijan
had on his wall growing up of a running back, okay?
Speaker 3 (29:26):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (29:27):
Okay?
Speaker 2 (29:29):
Did you have a poster on your wall of a
NFL running back?
Speaker 8 (29:33):
I didn't have a poster, but I had an action
figure of him.
Speaker 2 (29:40):
Of him. Todd, I'll start with you.
Speaker 7 (29:44):
Adrian Peterson.
Speaker 2 (29:45):
Dylan. Eric Dickerson. Marvin.
Speaker 9 (29:50):
LaDainian Tomlinson. Paul.
Speaker 5 (29:53):
Bijan's from Tucson. I'm also going LaDainian Tomlinson.
Speaker 2 (29:57):
I'm going to say... Barry Sanders.
Speaker 8 (30:02):
Yes, I had both. So I had Barry Sanders and LT.
So you guys are both right.
Speaker 2 (30:08):
Okay. So you met both of them. I have met
both of them, yeah.
Speaker 6 (30:14):
Yeah. They're pretty cool, man.
Speaker 8 (30:19):
So my first time actually talking to LaDania was on
a text message and somebody gave me his number and
it was in college and I was like, this can't
be real.
Speaker 6 (30:28):
Somebody actually just you want to talk to him? And
I was like, what?
Speaker 8 (30:33):
It was a, it was a pretty cool moment. And
then meeting Barry Sanders was, I played the Lions the
first year.
Speaker 6 (30:38):
So it was cool.
Speaker 8 (30:39):
Like kind of meeting them both how I did. And
it was, I mean, they're both, they're both the idols
right there.
Speaker 2 (30:45):
Can you explain Barry Sanders? If, if somebody didn't see
him run, how would you describe that?
Speaker 8 (30:53):
I mean, I think if you've never seen Barry Sanders
or heard of his name, like you would think he's
just a normal, normal dude. Like, he's just a very
down-to-earth guy, very respectful. And, I mean, we were just
talking about life for a minute, just how everything's going.
But I could tell if you didn't know Barry Sanders
(31:13):
as a legend that he is and all that he's accomplished, like,
you would think he's just another man just walking on
the street. Thank Gary's family, which is pretty cool. That's
kind of how I live my life, too. So, it's
pretty cool.
Speaker 2 (31:27):
I remember it. when I saw him in, I met
him in college when he was in college. And so
you're just seeing somebody we had not seen before. And,
and I've seen all the running backs going back to
Jim Brown and Barry to me, like he made people
look silly. He, he, he, do you ever, have you
(31:48):
ever felt sorry for a defender?
Speaker 6 (31:50):
Never.
Speaker 2 (31:51):
Okay. Like if you made somebody embarrassed, you know, like
when they have an arm tackle and whiff on you
or you jump over somebody, but you never felt bad.
Speaker 8 (32:03):
That's the joy that it brings. Like after it happens,
you know, you're just smiling. Everybody's energy's up. But it's
just that moment and you know you won in that
moment once. One, you got past him, but it's just
the way you did it and even the way that
Barry Sanders did it.
Speaker 6 (32:21):
Like, it just brings so much joy and confidence in
that next play. It's crazy.
Speaker 2 (32:26):
Anybody ask if they could tackle you? Like, somebody on
the street? Does somebody, you know, fans? Does anybody want
to try to tackle you?
Speaker 6 (32:33):
Nobody.
Speaker 8 (32:33):
I mean, there's been, like, a couple kids that's like,
you know, if it was me and you, one-on-one in
the open field, I'd put on my tuxes.
Speaker 2 (32:42):
Wait, this is just a fan?
Speaker 8 (32:45):
Yeah. And I'm just like, there's a lot of things
that you might be able to do in life.
Speaker 2 (32:55):
Last time I was on or you're on with us,
you talked about still pursuing acting Matthew McConaughey with the
Texas Connection. So is there any update on that or
do I need to maybe kick Matthew McConaughey to the
curb and hook you up with Adam Sandler?
Speaker 8 (33:14):
No no no so I've been I've been doing the
commercials which which have been fun I've been about or
for this for this like year that's on TV so
that those have been like really cool and you know
I think you gotta start somewhere and just for me
starting at that level has been has been a blessing
(33:36):
but now that Matthew McConaughey we still we still talk
all the time and I'm actually gonna see him next
week at the Texas game so It's been fun to
use my chops a little.
Speaker 6 (33:49):
Bit in that space. Okay.
Speaker 2 (33:52):
Yeah, acting chops.
Speaker 6 (33:53):
Adam Sandler would be cool to go.
Speaker 8 (33:55):
Okay.
Speaker 6 (33:55):
All right.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Well, I introduced Derrick Henry to Adam Sandler.
Speaker 6 (34:00):
Okay. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (34:01):
So Derrick Henry gets first shot at any acting roles
for running backs. But I can put in your name.
I can say to Sandman.
Speaker 6 (34:13):
I would appreciate it. Okay.
Speaker 2 (34:15):
Help me understand what was going on. Jameer Gibbs and you,
it felt like who's going first to sign their new contract. Yeah. Okay.
You went first, but what strategy did you and your
agent have of, it felt like whoever was going second
was going to make a little bit more money than
who went first.
Speaker 6 (34:36):
Yeah. And I mean, we knew that.
Speaker 8 (34:39):
It was more just like, For her, Nicole, she just
wanted to make sure everything was great.
Speaker 6 (34:47):
On the contract side that people really don't see.
Speaker 8 (34:51):
And me, I was getting antsy, getting ready to go.
I was like, I want to get on the field.
And they were almost done. So that all helped as well.
But yeah, I knew when it got done. And then Jameer,
if whoever would go second, that would be the case.
But it didn't affect me at all. I'm actually very
(35:14):
happy for him because we are close. That is one
of my really good friends, really outside of the game too,
as much as we compete against each other. But it's
cool that he has that title.
Speaker 6 (35:28):
Highest paid. Cause I know that I got, I got
a lot of work to do now to get there.
Speaker 2 (35:34):
He doesn't make that much more than you.
Speaker 6 (35:36):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (35:36):
You're, you're going to be fine.
Speaker 9 (35:38):
I know.
Speaker 8 (35:39):
I know. It's, it's, it's just, it's just a cool
feeling to know like that position is, is, you know, getting,
getting some momentum.
Speaker 6 (35:47):
That was cool.
Speaker 2 (35:48):
How good can the Falcons be this year and who
is going to be your starting quarterback?
Speaker 6 (35:54):
You know, I think that the sky's the limit for us. Um,
We have a lot of great talent on the team.
Speaker 8 (35:59):
You know, I'm at this point now where I'm not
trying to put anything in the world that, like, oh,
we're going to the playoffs, Super Bowl.
Speaker 6 (36:06):
Like, we have to compete for it.
Speaker 8 (36:08):
We have to, you know, do it one day at
a time, obviously, because every single year I say we're
one game away or we're so close or we needed
this win or that win.
Speaker 6 (36:19):
But now I think that with the unit that we.
Speaker 8 (36:22):
Have now and the group that we have as a team, like,
We just want to just go one day, one play,
one game at a time because we know if we
just have that mentality, we'll be fine. But for your
question on the starting quarterback, if Kevin Stefanski comes on
this show after me, you should ask him that question
because I have no idea.
Speaker 6 (36:42):
I have no idea.
Speaker 2 (36:44):
Where is he right now?
Speaker 6 (36:46):
He's probably in the mail room or somewhere. Okay.
Speaker 2 (36:51):
You did a good job trying to juke me, fake
me out there.
Speaker 6 (36:56):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (36:57):
So I'll let you off the hook there. You can
guarantee that your quarterback, starting quarterback will be left-handed, correct?
Speaker 6 (37:06):
Correct, yes.
Speaker 2 (37:06):
Okay. I just want to make sure. Yeah. You're left-handed too,
aren't you?
Speaker 6 (37:17):
Yes, I am. Okay.
Speaker 2 (37:21):
Wait, do you have a touchdown pass?
Speaker 6 (37:24):
I don't.
Speaker 8 (37:26):
I don't.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
So it's in the playbook?
Speaker 8 (37:28):
I mean, not yet, but I think I still got
to show them a little bit more. They see what
I can do, but, you know, it's the confidence level.
Speaker 2 (37:38):
They're not going to know that you're left-handed like this. Well,
they do now.
Speaker 5 (37:44):
Exactly.
Speaker 2 (37:46):
Tomlinson threw seven touchdown passes in his career.
Speaker 8 (37:50):
He threw seven? Have they all been from the 10-yard end?
Or have they been past the 10-yard lead?
Speaker 2 (37:57):
Oh, do you want to throw a bomb?
Speaker 6 (37:59):
I mean, I aspire to have that dream.
Speaker 2 (38:05):
Paulie, how many touchdown passes does LT have?
Speaker 5 (38:08):
LaDainian Tomlinson in his career as a passer was 8
for 12 with seven touchdowns, and three of them were
over 20 yards.
Speaker 6 (38:14):
Wow. Wow. Yeah, me and Tommy have some things to
talk about.
Speaker 2 (38:21):
Come on, Stefanski, offensive-minded guy. Yeah.
Speaker 6 (38:25):
No, they're very creative.
Speaker 8 (38:27):
Like Kevin and Tommy, very creative with what they do,
and I really appreciate that.
Speaker 6 (38:33):
So you never know what you can see with the league. Okay,
all right, all right.
Speaker 2 (38:37):
I think Gale Sayers, was he left-handed too?
Speaker 6 (38:40):
Gale Sayers? Yeah. A classic.
Speaker 2 (38:43):
Yeah. Gale Sayers.
Speaker 8 (38:45):
I want to ask you, do you think Gale Sayers
can be who he is in today's game? Yes.
Speaker 6 (38:52):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (38:53):
Because of the way he ran. Like Jim Brown probably
couldn't be, like he'd be maybe a smaller Derrick Henry.
Speaker 8 (39:01):
Yep.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
But Gale Sayers was Barry Sanders before Barry Sanders.
Speaker 6 (39:06):
Got it.
Speaker 2 (39:07):
His moves were, nobody had ever seen something like that.
I know we get caught up in generations like that
guy couldn't play today. Gale Sayers would be able to
play today. Jim Brown was still an unbelievable athlete, but
he wouldn't be running over people the way he did
back in the 60s.
Speaker 6 (39:25):
Most definitely.
Speaker 9 (39:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (39:27):
Any other running back you want to ask me about?
Speaker 8 (39:33):
See, Walter Payton, like, will he be Walter Payton in
today's game? Like, will he be his exact same self.
Speaker 6 (39:42):
Right now?
Speaker 2 (39:44):
He would be maybe a Christian McCaffrey guy. Because Walter
Payton didn't have great speed, but he had so much determination.
You just weren't going to bring him down. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 5 (39:59):
Walter Payton, Bijan, eight touchdown passes.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
Dude, you've got to get caught up here. And you
call yourself a great running back? Come on.
Speaker 6 (40:13):
Yeah, that's something I got to talk about.
Speaker 2 (40:15):
Does Christian McCaffrey have any touchdown passes?
Speaker 6 (40:20):
He probably does, honestly.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
Who's the best running back in the NFL?
Speaker 6 (40:29):
I'm not sure. I'll probably say.
Are you? I'll probably say like Jameer, Christian McCaffrey.
Speaker 2 (40:40):
Christian McCaffrey has two touchdown passes.
Speaker 6 (40:43):
Yeah, see, I'm at zero. Dang. I play Wildcat, so
I don't know if that counts.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
No, no, you didn't throw it. No, I want a
touchdown pass out of you this year. At least one.
Speaker 6 (40:56):
Okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (40:58):
Jameer Gibbs hasn't thrown a touchdown pass.
Speaker 6 (41:01):
All right, so we're, I guess, in the same boat.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
Yeah. Are you playing tonight?
Speaker 6 (41:08):
Uh, I think they'll, they'll let me know, um, coming
up here in our, in our meeting.
Speaker 8 (41:13):
So we'll, we'll see. I'm, I'm regardless ready, ready or not.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
Oh, would you prefer not to get all taped up and,
you know, go through the motions and play like one series?
Speaker 8 (41:26):
I mean, I, I know like me going out there
would be great. Uh, just like get my feet rolling
and get my feet wet a little bit. Uh, at
the same time, like I understand, you know, being healthy
and getting ready for week one. So that's always kind
of been my thing the past couple of years is just.
Speaker 6 (41:45):
Get ready for week one.
Speaker 8 (41:45):
So that's probably going to be, it might be the
case here tonight.
Speaker 2 (41:49):
Do you even take a shower after the game? Like
if you don't play, do you, right?
Speaker 8 (41:56):
So if I got the uniform on, because I like
to wear a uniform, then yeah, I'll take a shower.
Speaker 6 (42:03):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (42:04):
All right. Just want to make sure I understand everything
goes along with preseason. Go talk to Stefanski and say, hey, coach,
is a halfback pass in the playbook? And if not,
I want to be like Gale Sayers, LaDainian Tomlinson, Chris McCaffrey.
And just tell coach that I suggested that you should
(42:25):
throw a pass. Okay.
Speaker 6 (42:28):
From the 20 yard out.
Speaker 2 (42:32):
Let's not get greedy. Let's go 10 yards. And then
you want to go 20. Then I'm fine with that. Okay.
Speaker 6 (42:39):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (42:39):
Cool.
Speaker 6 (42:40):
Cool. But no, yeah, that's good.
Speaker 2 (42:45):
Good luck this season. And we, we hope to catch
up with you during the season, but thank you again,
Bijan and congrats on the contract.
Speaker 6 (42:53):
Yeah, thank you, Dad. It's great talking to you, man.
Speaker 2 (42:55):
There he is, a guy who's never thrown a touchdown
pass in the NFL.
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