October 2, 2026 • 41 mins
The Browns take victory over the Steelers, but Dan thinks their quarterback just needs to get the chip off his shoulder and stop trying to make a mess of things with the media. Former Cowboys coach and NBC football analyst Jason Garrett joins Dan to discuss ongoing stories in the NFL, including the clashes between Aaron Rodgers and Mike McCarthy, the struggles of Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, and whether the Chargers can halt their freefall.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Todd likes to say he's headed for the triad.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
It's family weekend. Stanford at Wake in the triad.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
What other game would you possibly want to go to?
You love that rivalry.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Some say Ohio State, Iowa State. What are you talking about?
Speaker 4 (00:15):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Dylan is here. Marvin, Paul, yours truly. And the BRGs.
The menu for Meat Friday is what, Dylan?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Pork schnitzel. You were schnitzeling already.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yes, I was.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
We got beer brats.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
All right.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
German potato salad.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
With no mayo.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Beer cheese pretzels. Bavarian pretzels. And, most importantly, Ray's mom's
famous spetzel.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Big day Ray's mom, who's German. She's been dying to
come in and be part of Meat Friday. Then I
find out that Marvin was born in Germany. Twas. Twas.
Lawn store. Was Michael Strahan born in Germany? Was Dominic
Wilkins born in Germany?
Speaker 5 (01:00):
I think Dominique Wilkins might have been born in France.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
France. That's where the name Dominique comes from. Okay. All right. Yes, Paul?
Speaker 6 (01:08):
I'll shock you. Steffi Graf born in Germany.
Speaker 7 (01:11):
What?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Steffi Graf. Okay.
Speaker 6 (01:13):
That obvious?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Dirk Nowitzki probably born there, too.
Speaker 8 (01:16):
What?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Now, are you a German citizen, Marvin? That's a good question.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
I know I'm an American citizen because my parents were
in the military.
Speaker 9 (01:26):
I'm a real American.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I got to look into that. All right. Born in
West Germany.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Military base there? Correct. All right. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
This may be a surprising one, but Dennis Schroeder was
born in Germany.
Speaker 8 (01:43):
Schroeder.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Which translates to shooter, I think.
Speaker 10 (01:47):
Does it?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, I think that's what it means in German. Check
and see. If Michael Strahan, I think, was born in
Germany on a military base. But you said Dominique Wilkins
born maybe on a military base in France. And Michael
Jordan born in Brooklyn, I believe. Is that right? Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
I have Dominique born in Paris, France.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Bonjour. Comment vas-tu? Très bien, merci à toi. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
So I got Strahan. He was born in Houston, but
then when he was nine, they moved to an army
post in Mannheim, West Germany. Okay.
Speaker 10 (02:24):
All right.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Welcome to the program already in progress. Deshaun Watson did
it again. No, I mean, good things. Deshaun Watson, got
to be careful. He has four go-ahead drives in the
fourth quarter this season, two in week three, and already
has the most in any season since 2019 when he
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had five for the Texans.
Speaker 11 (02:51):
Stout of the Day, Stout of the Day, Stout of
the Day, Stout of the Day. This is the Stout
of the Day.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Stout of the Day brought to you by Panini America,
the official trading cards of the DP show. Good morning
if you're watching the show, NBC Sports Now or Peacock.
Sunday night football, it'll be the new and improved Panthers
with Bryce Young hosting Jared Goff and the Lions. Primetime
Sunday night. Football Night, NBC and Peacock. We will talk
(03:24):
to Jason Garrett from Football Night in America. He'll join
us in about 20 minutes from now. Phone calls always welcome. 877-3DP-SHOW.
Email address dp at danpatrick.com. Twitter handle at dpshow. We
will have the most, most win game of the weekend
coming up a little bit later on as well. Braves
close out the Phillies and up next will be the Dodgers.
(03:46):
I don't know when they were flying, if they've already
gone to Los Angeles or If Sean McVay is their
travel agent, they'd probably leave Saturday morning for the game
Saturday night. But do you leave right after the game, late,
to get to Los Angeles? Or do you wait until
this morning to get to Los Angeles? And then, as
I mentioned, temperatures are going to be pretty warm. But
(04:07):
if you're in Atlanta, I'm sure this would be nothing
new for them. College football weekend. This might be the
last weekend for North Carolina to be relevant because, what
are you saying, Todd? About Michael Jordan?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I was confirming that he grew up in, he was
born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not so much raised,
but he was born in Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
The Fort Greene area.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Fort Greene area.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Cumberland Hospital, I believe.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, Jr., the third. Okay. Where was I?
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Notre Dame at North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (04:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (04:38):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
If you're North Carolina, this is one of those, okay,
not all is lost here, but what is the line
on that one, Dylan? Notre Dame is giving, I.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Believe, 21 and a half.
Speaker 8 (04:54):
Dang.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Is that right? Okay.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
That's correct.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
21 and a half. You didn't take this on the
gambling podcast. By the way, Dylan cashed in on, he
now has this new trend. Actually, the trend is he's
actually winning bets. And Shea and Irving had to wear
a shock collar yesterday. It did not faze him at all.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
He was trying to not be phased.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Well, you should have tried when you were getting shot
collared because you were like, ow, ow.
Speaker 10 (05:26):
It hurts.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Maybe Shay's tougher than I am.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Shay is tougher than you. But he got a dog collar.
He got zapped a couple of times there. But you
have this new parlay, tight end of parlay.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Yeah, tight ends and prime time. I wouldn't say I'm
addicted to tight ends, but pretty close.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Save it.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Whoa.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
And speaking of, I had the Browns last night, too.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Who are you?
Speaker 3 (05:51):
I don't know. I don't recognize this guy.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Bama, Mississippi State. Two really good quarterbacks who could have
a really good game and all of a sudden appear
into the Heisman picture there. Vandy, Georgia. Ohio State, Iowa. Miami, Clemson.
Washington and USC. Okay. I'm curious the attendance for USC. Now,
(06:19):
the Dodgers game, USC is probably Saturday night. Is that
on Peacock?
Speaker 6 (06:25):
It is on NBC 730 Eastern, 430 LA time.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Okay. The Dodgers will be playing in the afternoon, but
I'm curious what kind of attendance USC, and they're favored
by two touchdowns here. In the WNBA, Kaitlin Clark's season
is done. The Aces behind Asia Wilson. who had a
big night, they eliminate the fever to advance. All right,
(06:49):
poll question from hour one, and what are we going
to go with in hour two, Dylan?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Whose looming extension feels the murkiest right now? So we
had Drake May, Puka Nakua, CJ Stroud, or other. CJ
Stroud actually leading the way 49%, then followed by Drake May.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
The Puka Nakua thing is odd. Like, I keep waiting for,
and you know, maybe it's just one of those injuries
that is going to take time, but this was supposed
to be that contract year. And then you had stuff
that happened in the off season and he was, he
was going to get, you know, $ 40 million probably.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Paul expected to return this weekend versus the Eagles expected to.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah. Well, that'll be a, a welcomed addition for them.
The Drake may, you know, I, I, I would hold
off any contract talks anyway and then see where he
is at the end of this year, good or bad.
You don't have to extend him. And, you know, I
had somebody, a capologist, former capologist yesterday. It's like, hey,
(07:53):
you know, if you do the math and you get it,
you know, you start a year early because then they're
going to get more money the following year. And I go, okay, fine.
But you have to make sure the business side of
this is we're going to have Joe Burrow or Josh
Allen or Lamar Jackson for a long time. I don't
(08:13):
know if you're going to have Drake May for a
long time. Why would I get ahead of the curve
to sign up for a long-term contract with him until
I am sold? Just like Arizona, you did not have
to extend Kyler Murray. But you did. And this is
the problem with some of these GMs where, you know,
(08:35):
that's your guy, but then is he your guy, and
now you signed up for him, and now you're trying
to get out from underneath the contract. I would wait
until the very end. They might feel like you don't
love them, but when you pay them $ 55 or $ 60 million,
like Baker Mayfield got over the, oh, they're not going
to give me that kind of money. And then they did. And,
(08:56):
of course, he's out for a little while. Yes, Dylan?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Yeah, I mean, we saw the same thing happen with Tua,
with the Dolphins as well. He signed that, whatever, $ 50- plus
million year, four years. And even at the time, it
was like, this seems risky.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I am on record as saying, what are you doing?
You know, what are you doing? You've got a fragile
quarterback and a history of concussions. What are you doing?
He had one big season. How about you give me two?
Speaker 9 (09:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I don't know. Call me crazy, but if I'm going
to give you $ 50 million, can I get a larger
sample size than, hey, I didn't have any concussions and
I had a pretty good year. Well, you're going to
get yourself $ 50 million a year there, mister. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
What a wild topic is. If you said six months ago,
whose future would you invest in? Jaden Daniels, Drake, May,
or Bryce Young? And Bryce Young feels like the safer
pick right now. Maybe not the hands-down pick, but safer. Wow,
that's a turn.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I was really impressed with him when we met him
at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. And he came
in as if he was a kid going to high school.
He had like a book bag and just came in,
and it looked like he was 18, 17. but you
know he had a personality sense of humor and and
(10:21):
i'm happy for him because he got benched and that
helped him i don't know if drake may is headed
in that direction i know he's headed to buffalo that
uh jason in uh desmonet hi jace.
Speaker 10 (10:38):
Hey dan uh thanks for taking my call um Like everybody,
first time, long time. But I wanted to shoot three
things at you real quick. First, I've been listening to
you for decades and just wanted to say thank you
for everybody. I mean, you set the bar and everything
you do. And we're all going to miss you.
Speaker 7 (10:56):
Wait, we.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Oh, he was complimenting me and then all of a
sudden his phone went down. Somebody's sabotaging us. Oh, I
was going to play Deshaun Watson. after last night's game
on why he's playing better. Here is the Browns quarterback.
I'm healthy.
Speaker 5 (11:14):
My mental is straight. My emotions is super good. Spiritually,
I'm in a great space. So, you know, when you
have all four wheels rolling and they're on the right pace,
you know, things can be able to, you know, you
can be able to improve and show that, you know,
you're capable of being that special player, that person you are.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Okay, that's fine. We talked about this a couple of
weeks ago. Go to the press conference and don't say
anything and then go out and play because they will
cheer the person wearing their uniform. They may not like
you as a person and they shouldn't like you as
a person. But if you go out and play, you
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are their quarterback. And he's seen that he is more welcome.
They've cheered him. He's played better. That's all they're asking for.
I mean, there's not a high bar for great quarterback play.
Go out there, 250 yards, couple of touchdowns, maybe an interception,
(12:13):
maybe not. And you have talent. You have talent, wide receivers,
young receivers, running back. You got defensive players as well.
The future is bright. I don't know if you're part
of it next year, but make it so it's a
hard decision on the Cleveland Browns. Red in Georgia.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
Hi, Red.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
How are you?
Speaker 8 (12:35):
Hey, Dad, thanks for taking the call. And I'll say
what's up to the bike room guys.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Hey, listen here.
Speaker 8 (12:41):
I am light-skinned and tough. Believe that. Hey, but listen here, Dad.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Red,
hold on. Marvin thought that you might be a light-skinned.
Red's not your given name, right?
Speaker 8 (12:56):
Red's not my given name. I can't call him a
real name out there. They're not red now. But it's
light-skinned and tough. Hey, we got the Raiders. We got
the Raiders on the clock. We got the Chiefs on
the clock. Hey, my hometown boy, Quay Walker, going to
go big today, go big Sunday against those Chiefs. Hey,
I told my little boy, don't get sick. Don't get sick.
(13:18):
You know what's going to happen if you get sick Sunday.
He already lined up. He's going to rest. He's going
to drink his orange juice. And I got a lot
to put on the Chiefs. I mean, I got bad
intentions for the Chiefs, Danny. You hear me? I got
John Statham, the big keeper, intentions for the Chiefs. You
hear me? And you up next, too, Frenchie. Don't forget.
Speaker 6 (13:39):
You up next.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Threw me in the mix here.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Yeah. Thank you, Red.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
Calling out my Broncos now.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Yeah. Marvin, you were right. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
As soon as he said red and he said light-skinned
and tough, I already knew what time it was.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Now, you thought he looked like T.I.? Is that who
you said?
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Like, as far as the skin tone.
Speaker 11 (13:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Okay. Marvin, we go to commercial break after Red joined us.
I don't know when it was. He goes, he's light-skinned.
I go, all right. Well, thank you. Chad in Salt
Lake City.
Speaker 9 (14:14):
Hi, Chad.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
What do you have for me?
Speaker 12 (14:16):
Dan, we've got to be real here for a minute.
Paul's humility is not going to win you the sports Emmy.
You need to acknowledge and take the win. Joey Porter Jr.
was able to go back to practice because he was
watching yesterday morning when you showed up and you played
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the game after the blood incident. And you showed up
and you were the gamer that you are and you
were there and you did the show. Joey Porter Jr.
saw that and said, you know what? I need to
be Dan Patrick if I want to get mine.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Thank you. Thank you, Chad. And once again, I got
nominated for an ESPY yesterday in mid-show because of the,
they called it heroic effort to come back from my deathbed,
nearly passing out, giving blood. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Does that make you the sports person of the day?
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yesterday. I don't know. Whatever award you want to give me,
it's okay. You'll take anything. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
NFL Comeback Player of the Year. It's a pretty vague award.
It's football season.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Am I the DeMar Hamlin of broadcasters?
Speaker 10 (15:33):
Yes, Tom.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
It's not that much of a stretch if you really
think about it.
Speaker 9 (15:36):
You're like right there.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
We're on the cusp. I don't think of a– there's
no one else who's number two, so I guess that's
you by default.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, but I want to thank everybody for their prayers.
Thoughts and prayers. Because I, you know, you carried me
through yesterday. Thank you.
Speaker 10 (15:53):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
America won.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (15:56):
If you think about it, not just us and here, America.
I watched the Today Show. They talked about it.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, I know. Yes, Todd. They almost lost you until
you got that cookie and juice in you.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
It could have gone either way.
Speaker 8 (16:06):
I know.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
When I came in and Paulie goes, it looked like
I was white, very, very white. And I'd been working out. I, I,
my hair, I'm a mess. And then two hours later,
it's just rally time. That's all. Every day is Super Bowl. Yes, Mark.
I'm sorry. You look very, very what? Very, very white. Okay.
(16:26):
I was pale, I should say. Pale. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
You look like I do most mornings. I was like,
Dan had a rough one today.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
I did look like I, I had a party night, but, uh,
That was topic of conversation at dinner last night with
my wife and two of my daughters. Emotional. You know,
they all started to weep a little bit. And I said, hey,
dad's here. Daddy's here. Daddy's here.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Pop the robot.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
How about we... Yes, Todd? What's more brave, what you
went through with the blood work or going with that
lavender outfit you got there?
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Yeah, he said it.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
He said it.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Someone had to say it.
Speaker 6 (17:04):
Fritzy pre-laughed his own joke.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
I jumped it. I jumped it a little bit. How
about we take a break? Yes, it is lavender, and
I'm loving every moment.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
It's jumping off the screen.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
It's like 3D. Thank you, Todd. Take a break. Jason
Garrett joins us next.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan
Patrick Show weekdays at 9 a.m. Eastern, 6 a.m. Pacific
on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 13 (17:30):
Stugatz here, pleased to be hosting college football with Stugatz
and the Bear.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
We do it two times a.
Speaker 13 (17:35):
Week, every Monday, every single Friday throughout the college football season.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
You can expect a little bit of this.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Will Stein, the head coach at Kentucky, joins us.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Open bar at a wedding, ordering a Shirley Temple.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Will or will not?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
No.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
Will not.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Ketchup on steak. Will or will not? Will not. Thank you.
A little bit of this.
Speaker 13 (17:57):
Reese Davis, host of College Game Day, is with us now.
Speaker 12 (17:59):
And then I'm going home to the BBC, and they're
saying Jockovich instead of Jokovich.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Right, because you can't say Jockovich.
Speaker 13 (18:07):
If you do, you know the blowback you're going to
get from the American audience.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Right.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
And a whole lot of this.
Speaker 13 (18:17):
Listen to college football with Stugatz and the Bear on
the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
You get your podcasts. Here is Mike McCarthy talking about
the heated exchange with Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 9 (18:34):
Communication sometimes is not the best choice of words, but
everybody's competing on the field. And I think, you know,
what's said on the field, the way I grew up
in this game, you know, usually stays on the field.
That's not the case today. I understand that. But yeah,
any negative communication on my part, I wish I wouldn't
use those words.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Let's bring in Jason Garrett, Sunday Night Football, the Sunday
Night Football analyst. They, uh, had the Panthers and the
lions coming up this weekend. Coverage starts at seven Eastern
and it'll be football night in America. How often did
that happen to you where you would get barked at
or bark at your quarterback?
Speaker 14 (19:14):
You know, I've seen it a lot through the years, Dan, uh,
you know, years ago in Dallas, I used to, I
used to wear the headsets as the backup quarterback and
I would get the plays from Ernie Zampezi and, and
call them into Troy. And, uh, Troy and I are
great friends. Troy and Ernie Zampezi, as close as you
can be. But if there were a third down call
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that came in that he didn't really like, and we
didn't convert it, he'd come over to me and he
would rip me up and down as if I made
the call.
Speaker 7 (19:42):
And then he'd say, you tell that guy up there!
Speaker 14 (19:45):
You know, and he'd stand there and, you know, I'm
the second or third string quarterback.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
And I'm like, ah, you know, Hey Ernie, I'm not
sure he really likes it. That's what you're going to
tell him, you know, screaming at me.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
But can you say something to Troy in that moment? Yeah.
Speaker 14 (20:03):
I mean, I always wanted to convey his wishes. I mean,
if he didn't like something, you know, you need the
play caller.
Speaker 7 (20:08):
To know that.
Speaker 14 (20:09):
But again, I had to filter it because, like we
saw last night, there's a lot of emotion in football,
as we all know, and sometimes those emotions spill out.
So you've got to take a deep breath and channel
it a little bit and make sure the communication gets
made and take some of the emotion out of it.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Bill Cowher said there'd be times when Ben Roethlisberger would
act like he couldn't hear the play because he wanted
to call his own play. How often does that happen?
Speaker 14 (20:39):
Well, particularly when the headsets first came in. I mean,
that was a great Marino trick. Marino would be like, hey,
I can't hear it.
Speaker 7 (20:47):
And just call it his own. So, yeah, that's gone
on for a long time. The technology is way better now.
Speaker 14 (20:54):
But you get to certain stadiums, sometimes it doesn't come
in quite so well.
Speaker 7 (20:57):
And the quarterbacks use that to their advantage.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
What would you do if Drake May was your quarterback?
Speaker 14 (21:05):
Oh, I think you just need to somehow get a reset.
If you think about it last year, he's the runner
up for the MVP in the national football. He was
phenomenal and hard to play much better than he did
throughout the regular season. And then, you know, playoffs not
real good and hasn't been real good.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Since the start of the season.
Speaker 14 (21:22):
I always think that a big part of playing quarterback is,
is reducing the burden on them. If they ever feel
like they're Atlas across the street from St. Patrick's cathedral
in New York city, uh, and they got the world
on their shoulders, they're not going to play very well.
And so you as a coach have to do everything
you can in building the team and then also calling
(21:44):
the game where they don't feel that.
Speaker 7 (21:47):
They don't feel like they have to do it all.
Speaker 14 (21:49):
They just need to be 1 11th of the offense
and do their job. And so I think you have
to pull back and really say, okay, are we asking
him to do too much? It's a hard position. Let's
not overload this guy. Let's remember he's only 24 years old.
He's still young. He's not that experienced. And let's try
to spread this burden around a little bit. And nobody
does that better than Josh. I mean, Josh is a
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phenomenal coordinator and quarterback coach.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
He knows this better than I do. But I think
that's the thing you have to start with.
Speaker 14 (22:16):
And I think the other thing you got to do
is really lock in on the things that he does well.
You know, do an analysis of it and also just
talk to him about it and really demand transparency.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Do you like this?
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Okay.
Speaker 14 (22:31):
You know, Drake is a pleaser. Drake's one of those
guys that, Hey, I'll figure it out, coach.
Speaker 7 (22:35):
I got it.
Speaker 14 (22:36):
You know, he has that competitive nature to him and
you're the coach. I'm the player you call the play.
And I think you have to really sit down and say,
do you really like this play? There's a lot of
plays in football. Let's put it, let's get a black
Sharpie out and scratch the ones out that you don't
really love. And then, and then zero in on the
stuff that he loves, dress them up a hundred different
ways and get them going again. And And I think
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the biggest thing is, and again, nobody does this better
than Vrabel and Josh, is sometimes you just got to
shake them, you know, and get them back to being
eight years old when you first got your shoulder pads
and play with that boyish spirit.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
You know, get that world off your back.
Speaker 14 (23:13):
Get a smile back on your face and love playing
football again. And I think when you reduce some of
the burdens and I think when you really lock in
on what he loves to do the most, I think
that's what gives you the best chance.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
But could you see a situation like the Panthers did
with Bryce Young where they benched him for a little while?
And ever since then, we've seen Bryce Young act like
a number one overall pick. Yeah, you know, we.
Speaker 14 (23:37):
Talked about that a lot when it happened. And I
really liked that decision that they made back then. But
Bryce Young didn't have any skins on the wall. The
only skins he had on the wall were in college
and the fact that he was the first player taken
in the draft. You know, this Drake May, he's got
skins on the wall.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
Go back and watch the tape. He was phenomenal.
Speaker 14 (23:56):
We had heated discussions about who should be the MVP
of the National Football League last year.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
Okay, that's six months ago.
Speaker 14 (24:03):
So this guy's done it in this league at a
really high level. So I think for me, that would
be really extreme. You just got to really lock in
on creating the right atmosphere for him right now. And
I think that guy, Travion Henderson, he's a big part
of it. Hand the ball to that guy, throw him
some swing passes, do some easy things for him, and
let somebody else do the hard lifting. and let him
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settle back in and play with that spirit that we've
seen him play with before.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Cleveland Browns contenders or just competitors?
Speaker 7 (24:36):
It's obviously really early, but I love the start. Think
about what they've done.
Speaker 14 (24:40):
They got rid of the best defensive player in the
National Football League, and look how they're playing. Deshaun Watson,
go back to every pundit over the last six months, everybody.
when are they going to get rid of this guy?
When are they going to give the other guy a chance?
When are they, you know, you can't win with this guy. And, and,
and Munkin has gotten in there and said, Hey, he
believes in his plan. He believes in his plan for
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the team. He believes in his plan for the quarterback.
And most importantly, the team believes in his plan. And
we're seeing that they're going to have a lot of
challenges ahead. You know, I don't know that they're a
foolproof team. They got some issues like everybody else does,
but what a great start. And it's so much fun
watching it, seeing those guys playing together and, You got
to remember, Dan, I grew up a Brian Seip fan.
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My dad was coaching for San Antonio back in the day.
And so the cardiac kids are back in Cleveland, baby.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
He's Jason Garrett, Football Night in America, the Lions at
the Panthers. And that'll be Sunday Night Football on NBC
and Peacock. Help me understand the addition of Joey Porter Jr.
for the Dallas defense. He's known as a great cover corner.
Does Dallas defensive philosophy... fit Joey Porter and vice versa?
Speaker 14 (25:54):
Well, let's go back to how you build a team.
Most important position is the quarterback. And I would argue
the next most important positions are the guys who affect
the quarterback, pass rushers and cover guys.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
And so you can't have enough of either of those.
Speaker 14 (26:08):
And, you know, they got rid of the elite pass rusher,
Michael Parsons, last year. And I think they're feeling some
of the effects of that. And you got to make
sure you got some guys who can cover on the
back end. And I don't care what defense you're playing.
If you've got a guy who can lock a receiver down,
you know, that's going to be an advantage to you.
And it's pretty simple to play cover one. It's pretty
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simple to say, okay, you got him over there. Let's
eliminate him. And then all the other things you can
do in your run game and helping, you know, some
other guys cover on the other side. So I don't
think it's a hard analysis to say, hey, you know,
go cover him and set things up accordingly.
Speaker 7 (26:49):
Back in the day, and I'm not saying this is
that Joey Porter Jr. is any way.
Speaker 14 (26:54):
Deion Sanders, but think about how teams played when they
had Deion Sanders, how the Cowboys played. Deion, you cover him,
and we're going to roll the covers the other way, right?
Speaker 7 (27:04):
And I don't think Joey Porter Jr.
Speaker 14 (27:05):
Can handle that for 65 snaps a game, but you
can do some of that when you've got an elite
cover guy, and they make a huge difference.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
I don't know if it's panic time yet, but what
we've seen from the Chargers with Justin Herbert, it's got
to be alarming. Now you go to Seattle. If they
start out 0-4, what are we doing?
Speaker 7 (27:28):
Yeah, alarming is obviously the word.
Speaker 14 (27:32):
The thing that bothers me the most about them right
now is they're not playing with the Jim Harbaugh identity
that we're so used to seeing. You know, they've been
always been such a physical team and they run the
ball and they play good run defense. And that's been
the calling card for so long at every level with
his teams. And you just don't feel that. And, you know,
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they got the linemen back. I mean, the offensive linemen,
they're healthy. They're different than they were last year. And
so I think they need to lean back in on
that a little bit more. From the offensive standpoint, I
have a little concern in that, you know, picture the
offense that, Mike McDaniel ran in Miami with Tua. It
was almost like ball in, ball out, boom, right behind
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the ear of the linebacker. He's 8, 10, 12-yard completions
like he's turning two, like he's a shortstop.
Speaker 7 (28:20):
Bang, get it out of my hand.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
Justin Herbert is not that guy. Justin Herbert's a longer strider.
He's back in the pocket, driving the ball down the field.
And I just don't feel like the marriage has been
real smooth so far. And the problem is they're losing games.
And so it's one thing to say, oh, we're struggling
a little bit on offense, but hey, we're 1-2. Hey,
we're 2-2. We're hanging in there. We're not where we
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want to be, but we've got a long season to go.
If they don't watch, if they go to 0-4, it's
too hard a hole to dig out of.
Speaker 7 (28:50):
I don't care how many games you're playing. So they've
got to get it fixed.
Speaker 14 (28:53):
And unfortunately, they're going to play arguably the best defense
in the National Football League at their place.
Speaker 7 (28:58):
So it ain't going to be easy.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Did the Browns make you cry when you were growing up?
Speaker 7 (29:04):
Oh, you know, I was so invested in it.
Speaker 14 (29:07):
I don't know if you remember the year 1980, Brian
Seif was the player.
Speaker 7 (29:11):
Of the year in the NFL. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 14 (29:14):
And you know, they played Oakland in the freezing cold game.
Speaker 7 (29:17):
I was there.
Speaker 14 (29:18):
We used to have these crazy seats. I remember the
old municipal stadium. We would sit in the baseball press
box in the end zone and it was so damn cold.
I have seven brothers and sisters and we always had
like whatever, 20 people in the box and we're eating
hot dogs and, mustard and all that kind of stuff,
just some amazing memories. And the play happened in the
opposite end of the field. They driven the ball down.
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And if you remember, they, they came back and won
all those games coming from behind and they were going
to do it one more time.
Speaker 7 (29:46):
And they called red, right?
Speaker 10 (29:47):
88.
Speaker 7 (29:48):
And, uh, Brian, who is.
Speaker 14 (29:49):
My hero, I wore number 17 because my brother wore
number 17 and he wore it because Brian site wore
number 17.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
And, uh, Brian didn't throw it into Lake Erie, unfortunately.
Speaker 14 (29:59):
And, uh, But that was a tough pill to swallow.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Did you cry?
Speaker 7 (30:03):
I don't know if I cried, but I was pretty
damn emotional. I really was. I had a great experience
a few years ago, Dan.
Speaker 14 (30:10):
I was coaching the Cowboys and we were down in
San Diego for a preseason game. And Calvin Hill, Grant
Hill's dad, worked for us for years in Dallas.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
And he was part of those Browns teams.
Speaker 14 (30:21):
And he called me and said, hey, Brian Seip and
Jerry Shirk live out here in San Diego and they're
coming over to the hotel. Why don't you come down
and and visit with these guys. And so I spent
about three hours in a hotel room in San Diego
telling these guys about their careers because I knew them
more than they knew themselves. You know, Syke used to
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wear this rubber sleeve on his elbow and I was
a young quarterback. I used to wear the rubber sleeve
on the elbow, the whole thing. And it was, it
was just one of the great, one of the great days.
And those memories of growing up following that team.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Incredible.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Was he from Helix High School in La Mesa? Was
Brian Seif? I mean, this is your hero.
Speaker 7 (31:04):
Yeah, that's a great question. I know he's from San Diego.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
I think he might have gone to Bill Walton's high school.
Speaker 7 (31:11):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Maybe I'm making that up. But I think he might
have been from La Mesa, but Bill went to Helix High.
And Bill's brother played for the Cowboys. Yeah. Offensively. Yeah,
Bruce Walton there.
Speaker 14 (31:26):
Yeah, I know Brian Seip was the catcher on a
Little League baseball team that went to Williamsport. I think
he was 10, and everybody else was 12. My dad's
great line was, you could hit him in the face
with a shovel, and he'd keep coming back.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
And that's what he was, and I just love the
guy so much.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
It was tough. How's the restaurant?
Speaker 7 (31:50):
The restaurant's coming. It really is. We've got to get
you down here. Sicilian.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
Luca. Luca's.
Speaker 7 (31:56):
Yeah. We're actually starting brunch this weekend. Cafe Luca.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
All right. Awesome.
Speaker 7 (32:01):
We're going to get you down there.
Speaker 14 (32:02):
If I have to come up to Connecticut and get
you on a plane and come down, we'll come down together.
Speaker 7 (32:06):
We'll do a show down there.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Why don't you get Troy to send his plane or
Jerry Jones to send his plane and then I'll come
down there.
Speaker 7 (32:13):
Boy, that'd be nice. We'll get that done.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
You know, get the NBC jet. Yeah.
Speaker 14 (32:18):
I think you probably have more pull than I do
at NBC to get that debt.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
You'd be surprised. Um, Hey, great to talk to you.
Thanks for sharing, and safe travels.
Speaker 7 (32:28):
Always enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
That's Jason Garrett. Jason Garrett, Football Night in America. Lions
and the Panthers coming up this weekend on NBC and Peacock.
Did you see his face when he started talking about
Brian Seip? Oh, my gosh. It's like you're 11 years
old again. All right, we'll take a break. Your phone
call's coming up. The most must-win game of the weekend.
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We'll have that for you as well back after this.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
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Speaker 2 (33:05):
Gerald in Maine. Hi, Gerald. What do you have for
me today?
Speaker 8 (33:09):
Hey, Dan.
Speaker 10 (33:10):
I just want to give you guys a little help
with your German pronunciation.
Speaker 7 (33:13):
Oh.
Speaker 10 (33:14):
It's not Spetzel. It's Spetzel.
Speaker 8 (33:16):
It's Spetzelach.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
Special.
Speaker 4 (33:20):
Perfect.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
They're good.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Okay. Thank you, Joe. I don't know if I'll ever
have it again, but just in case I do. Special. Yes. Special. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (33:33):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Big Day Ray's mom came in to cook this on
our meat Friday. The schnitzel is awesome. I've already had
a little sample of that. Tastes great. Mary in Michigan.
Speaker 15 (33:44):
Hi, Mary.
Speaker 4 (33:47):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 8 (33:48):
Hi, how are you?
Speaker 4 (33:49):
Great. Good. Dan, I'm the old lady fan club chairman
in my county. So we love you. You're a breath
of fresh air. It's easy to do something in the morning.
It's just so nice. But I'm old. I'm getting there
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to 80. And I think I should tell Todd some
interesting things about, he's got to get over this. And
we love him. And everybody has to, if he needs this,
I'd like to speak to him about something that maybe
would work for him.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
All right. Todd is listening, Mary. Oh.
Speaker 4 (34:33):
Todd, I love you. I promise you I love you.
I'm going to talk to you like an old lady,
like your grandmother. You've got to get over this. I mean,
you've got to get over it. It's time. And I
want you to understand that everybody loves you, and you
can't do anything wrong. This is the thing. There was
only one perfect person in the world, and they crucified him.
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Everybody makes mistakes.
Speaker 7 (34:59):
So.
Speaker 4 (35:00):
Take it easy on yourself and get over it, okay?
It's boring.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
Okay. I appreciate that. It is boring, and it's immature
for me to mope, and I appreciate the kind words
and encouragement, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you, Mary. Thank you. I appreciate that. You know what, Tyler?
Why don't you get her information? Maybe we send Mary something.
All right. Fred in West Virginia. Hi, Fred. What do
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you have for me?
Speaker 15 (35:26):
Well, first off, it's awesome following up after Jason Garrett.
I got to meet him back in the spring. Absolutely
stand-up guy. We were both at a convention there. Excellent guy.
It was great to meet him. But you were talking
earlier about Sesame Street earlier in the week. Cookie Monster,
Big Book.
Speaker 12 (35:45):
Like, where did they go?
Speaker 15 (35:47):
And as a Steelers fan, I want to talk about
anything the rest of the season besides the Steelers. So
I'm talking about Cookie Monster. In 1988, they introduced Cookie
Monster singing, C is for Celery. And from that day on,
all the fans boycotted Cookie Monster. So they didn't have
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a choice but to just phase him out.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Well, but I saw a couple of Reddit threads where
they're kind of phasing out Big Bird as well. And
I only noticed this because I was watching Sesame Street
with my granddaughter. And I kept going, where is Big Bird?
And she didn't have any answers at three and a half.
So I wondered out loud. I think they're phasing out
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Big Bird. We're going to do the most must-win game
of the weekend coming up, so get ready here, okay?
Jordan in Utah joins us first. Hey, Jordan, what do
you have for me?
Speaker 10 (36:45):
Hey, DP.
Speaker 11 (36:46):
I wanted to share a little anecdote about a similar
blood draw experience earlier this year. Life insurance policy, Katie,
the nurse, comes to the house. My kids and my
wife are there. Left arm, no blood.
Speaker 12 (36:59):
So she takes it out.
Speaker 11 (37:01):
Rummages through her backpack, and I think that's what did
me in. She grabs a new syringe, whatever it is,
puts it in the right arm, gets the blood, puts
the bandage on.
Speaker 10 (37:10):
Next thing I know, I'm.
Speaker 11 (37:11):
Staring at my wife, confused as could be. I just
passed out, fell down in front of my wife, in
front of my kids.
Speaker 7 (37:19):
I was soft.
Speaker 11 (37:19):
Mary probably would have had to slap me the last caller.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
Well, thank you, Jordan. Strength in numbers here. Those who
have the vasovase, I think, is the condition that I have.
You know what really bothers me? When they take the
rubber strap and they strap it around your arm. That's
what bothers me. I don't know what it is. It's
just like, God. And then when she goes, one, two, three,
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and then when she jabbed me, and then she goes,
there's no blood flowing. And I go, What does that mean?
And then she goes, I got to use the other arm.
And she rolled out 12 vials right in front of me.
And I'm going, this is not going to be good.
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Because I go, do I have to fill up all
of those? And she goes, yes, if we get the blood. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
Yeah, so you had to, how much is 12 vials?
Speaker 2 (38:18):
I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Like a pint?
Speaker 2 (38:20):
I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
A pint and a half?
Speaker 2 (38:22):
I didn't even look. But she rolls him out. And
I'm going, I don't need to see that. Estelle. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
What if for the entire experience you just wore one
of those sleep masks? So you get walked in the
kitchen like you're blind and then just sit down and
then you have no idea what's going on. You can't
see anything. Do you think you'd still.
Speaker 2 (38:41):
I'm going to feel it.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
Yeah, but isn't it more the visual?
Speaker 2 (38:44):
No, I don't watch it.
Speaker 3 (38:46):
But maybe you'll be less aware of what's happening to you.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (38:50):
Dan, I'm on blooddraw.com. And 12 vials of blood is
3.4 fluid ounces. Who wants to guess what percentage of
total blood that is in your body? We haven't played
that game in a while. I'll let you go. How
much blood do you think they took percentage-wise?
Speaker 7 (39:06):
2%.
Speaker 2 (39:08):
2% is correct.
Speaker 6 (39:10):
You nailed it.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
Thank you. BloodDraw.com. Thank you. Thank you, Paul. No, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (39:16):
Oh, no, it was great. The blood stat.
Speaker 2 (39:18):
Blood stat of the day. Bump, bump, bump. Todd, most
must win game of the weekend.
Speaker 3 (39:23):
Most must win.
Speaker 4 (39:24):
Game of the weekend. Slow down.
Speaker 14 (39:27):
Let's try to practice talking again.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Slow down.
Speaker 13 (39:29):
I'm going to go with the Rams must-win in Philadelphia
because the Rams, who were supposed to by some go undefeated,
cannot go 1-3.
Speaker 6 (39:36):
I don't want to hear excuses about going from the
West Coast to the East Coast.
Speaker 14 (39:39):
They've got to win in Philadelphia.
Speaker 7 (39:41):
Dylan.
Speaker 3 (39:43):
Mine, Dan, is your USC Trojans. Give an 8.5 to Washington.
This is not only a must-win game. They must win convincingly,
and Lincoln Riley's seat is a little toasty at the moment.
Speaker 7 (39:55):
Marvin.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
The Green Bay Packers. Playing the 0-3 Buccaneers after a
bad showing on a stand-alone game.
Speaker 3 (40:03):
They got to bounce back.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
Most must-win game of the weekend. Paul.
Speaker 6 (40:06):
Those are both great calls. I'm going to go with
the Florida Gators at Missouri, their favorite team. They are
a great story. Their coach is a great story. And
their schedule gets a lot tougher. They've got to take
care of business.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
I was going to say Texans-Cowboys, but I'm going to
say Alabama against Mississippi State.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
Bloop.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
How about that? A couple of great quarterbacks, potential first-round picks.
You know, the most desired quarterback is usually the freshman
or sophomore quarterback because they can't be drafted. The kid, Taylor,
Demario Taylor, it's like, oh, my gosh. Well, he's a sophomore. Oh,
he's coveted. Everybody's going to be talking about him. Yeah,
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because he can't be drafted. That's why. You know that
2028 class is going to be the best quarterback. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (40:55):
Will he be on Mississippi State next year?
Speaker 2 (40:57):
Probably not.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Marvin. We call that the Christian Hackenberg Award.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
All righty. Two hours in the books. Todd, go to
the confessional.
You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:04):
Todd likes to say he's headed for the triad.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
It's family weekend. Stanford at Wake in the triad.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
What other game would you possibly want to go to?
You love that rivalry.
Speaker 3 (00:13):
Some say Ohio State, Iowa State. What are you talking about?
Speaker 4 (00:15):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (00:16):
Dylan is here. Marvin, Paul, yours truly. And the BRGs.
The menu for Meat Friday is what, Dylan?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Pork schnitzel. You were schnitzeling already.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yes, I was.
Speaker 3 (00:27):
We got beer brats.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
All right.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
German potato salad.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
With no mayo.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
Correct.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
I love it.
Speaker 3 (00:34):
Beer cheese pretzels. Bavarian pretzels. And, most importantly, Ray's mom's
famous spetzel.
Speaker 2 (00:41):
Big day Ray's mom, who's German. She's been dying to
come in and be part of Meat Friday. Then I
find out that Marvin was born in Germany. Twas. Twas.
Lawn store. Was Michael Strahan born in Germany? Was Dominic
Wilkins born in Germany?
Speaker 5 (01:00):
I think Dominique Wilkins might have been born in France.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
France. That's where the name Dominique comes from. Okay. All right. Yes, Paul?
Speaker 6 (01:08):
I'll shock you. Steffi Graf born in Germany.
Speaker 7 (01:11):
What?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Steffi Graf. Okay.
Speaker 6 (01:13):
That obvious?
Speaker 2 (01:14):
Dirk Nowitzki probably born there, too.
Speaker 8 (01:16):
What?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Now, are you a German citizen, Marvin? That's a good question.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
I know I'm an American citizen because my parents were
in the military.
Speaker 9 (01:26):
I'm a real American.
Speaker 2 (01:28):
I got to look into that. All right. Born in
West Germany.
Speaker 3 (01:33):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (01:33):
Military base there? Correct. All right. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
This may be a surprising one, but Dennis Schroeder was
born in Germany.
Speaker 8 (01:43):
Schroeder.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Which translates to shooter, I think.
Speaker 10 (01:47):
Does it?
Speaker 2 (01:48):
Yeah, I think that's what it means in German. Check
and see. If Michael Strahan, I think, was born in
Germany on a military base. But you said Dominique Wilkins
born maybe on a military base in France. And Michael
Jordan born in Brooklyn, I believe. Is that right? Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (02:07):
I have Dominique born in Paris, France.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Bonjour. Comment vas-tu? Très bien, merci à toi. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
So I got Strahan. He was born in Houston, but
then when he was nine, they moved to an army
post in Mannheim, West Germany. Okay.
Speaker 10 (02:24):
All right.
Speaker 2 (02:25):
Welcome to the program already in progress. Deshaun Watson did
it again. No, I mean, good things. Deshaun Watson, got
to be careful. He has four go-ahead drives in the
fourth quarter this season, two in week three, and already
has the most in any season since 2019 when he
(02:46):
had five for the Texans.
Speaker 11 (02:51):
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Speaker 2 (03:03):
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with Bryce Young hosting Jared Goff and the Lions. Primetime
Sunday night. Football Night, NBC and Peacock. We will talk
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to Jason Garrett from Football Night in America. He'll join
us in about 20 minutes from now. Phone calls always welcome. 877-3DP-SHOW.
Email address dp at danpatrick.com. Twitter handle at dpshow. We
will have the most, most win game of the weekend
coming up a little bit later on as well. Braves
close out the Phillies and up next will be the Dodgers.
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I don't know when they were flying, if they've already
gone to Los Angeles or If Sean McVay is their
travel agent, they'd probably leave Saturday morning for the game
Saturday night. But do you leave right after the game, late,
to get to Los Angeles? Or do you wait until
this morning to get to Los Angeles? And then, as
I mentioned, temperatures are going to be pretty warm. But
(04:07):
if you're in Atlanta, I'm sure this would be nothing
new for them. College football weekend. This might be the
last weekend for North Carolina to be relevant because, what
are you saying, Todd? About Michael Jordan?
Speaker 3 (04:22):
I was confirming that he grew up in, he was
born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not so much raised,
but he was born in Brooklyn.
Speaker 2 (04:27):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
The Fort Greene area.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Fort Greene area.
Speaker 3 (04:29):
Cumberland Hospital, I believe.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
Michael Jeffrey Jordan, Jr., the third. Okay. Where was I?
Speaker 6 (04:35):
Notre Dame at North Carolina.
Speaker 9 (04:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 10 (04:38):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (04:40):
If you're North Carolina, this is one of those, okay,
not all is lost here, but what is the line
on that one, Dylan? Notre Dame is giving, I.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Believe, 21 and a half.
Speaker 8 (04:54):
Dang.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
Is that right? Okay.
Speaker 6 (04:57):
That's correct.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
21 and a half. You didn't take this on the
gambling podcast. By the way, Dylan cashed in on, he
now has this new trend. Actually, the trend is he's
actually winning bets. And Shea and Irving had to wear
a shock collar yesterday. It did not faze him at all.
Speaker 3 (05:18):
He was trying to not be phased.
Speaker 2 (05:20):
Well, you should have tried when you were getting shot
collared because you were like, ow, ow.
Speaker 10 (05:26):
It hurts.
Speaker 3 (05:26):
Maybe Shay's tougher than I am.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Shay is tougher than you. But he got a dog collar.
He got zapped a couple of times there. But you
have this new parlay, tight end of parlay.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
Yeah, tight ends and prime time. I wouldn't say I'm
addicted to tight ends, but pretty close.
Speaker 2 (05:44):
Save it.
Speaker 4 (05:44):
Whoa.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
And speaking of, I had the Browns last night, too.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Who are you?
Speaker 3 (05:51):
I don't know. I don't recognize this guy.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Bama, Mississippi State. Two really good quarterbacks who could have
a really good game and all of a sudden appear
into the Heisman picture there. Vandy, Georgia. Ohio State, Iowa. Miami, Clemson.
Washington and USC. Okay. I'm curious the attendance for USC. Now,
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the Dodgers game, USC is probably Saturday night. Is that
on Peacock?
Speaker 6 (06:25):
It is on NBC 730 Eastern, 430 LA time.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
Okay. The Dodgers will be playing in the afternoon, but
I'm curious what kind of attendance USC, and they're favored
by two touchdowns here. In the WNBA, Kaitlin Clark's season
is done. The Aces behind Asia Wilson. who had a
big night, they eliminate the fever to advance. All right,
(06:49):
poll question from hour one, and what are we going
to go with in hour two, Dylan?
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Whose looming extension feels the murkiest right now? So we
had Drake May, Puka Nakua, CJ Stroud, or other. CJ
Stroud actually leading the way 49%, then followed by Drake May.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
The Puka Nakua thing is odd. Like, I keep waiting for,
and you know, maybe it's just one of those injuries
that is going to take time, but this was supposed
to be that contract year. And then you had stuff
that happened in the off season and he was, he
was going to get, you know, $ 40 million probably.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (07:27):
Paul expected to return this weekend versus the Eagles expected to.
Speaker 2 (07:31):
Yeah. Well, that'll be a, a welcomed addition for them.
The Drake may, you know, I, I, I would hold
off any contract talks anyway and then see where he
is at the end of this year, good or bad.
You don't have to extend him. And, you know, I
had somebody, a capologist, former capologist yesterday. It's like, hey,
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you know, if you do the math and you get it,
you know, you start a year early because then they're
going to get more money the following year. And I go, okay, fine.
But you have to make sure the business side of
this is we're going to have Joe Burrow or Josh
Allen or Lamar Jackson for a long time. I don't
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know if you're going to have Drake May for a
long time. Why would I get ahead of the curve
to sign up for a long-term contract with him until
I am sold? Just like Arizona, you did not have
to extend Kyler Murray. But you did. And this is
the problem with some of these GMs where, you know,
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that's your guy, but then is he your guy, and
now you signed up for him, and now you're trying
to get out from underneath the contract. I would wait
until the very end. They might feel like you don't
love them, but when you pay them $ 55 or $ 60 million,
like Baker Mayfield got over the, oh, they're not going
to give me that kind of money. And then they did. And,
(08:56):
of course, he's out for a little while. Yes, Dylan?
Speaker 3 (08:59):
Yeah, I mean, we saw the same thing happen with Tua,
with the Dolphins as well. He signed that, whatever, $ 50- plus
million year, four years. And even at the time, it
was like, this seems risky.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
I am on record as saying, what are you doing?
You know, what are you doing? You've got a fragile
quarterback and a history of concussions. What are you doing?
He had one big season. How about you give me two?
Speaker 9 (09:28):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:29):
I don't know. Call me crazy, but if I'm going
to give you $ 50 million, can I get a larger
sample size than, hey, I didn't have any concussions and
I had a pretty good year. Well, you're going to
get yourself $ 50 million a year there, mister. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (09:44):
What a wild topic is. If you said six months ago,
whose future would you invest in? Jaden Daniels, Drake, May,
or Bryce Young? And Bryce Young feels like the safer
pick right now. Maybe not the hands-down pick, but safer. Wow,
that's a turn.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I was really impressed with him when we met him
at the Super Bowl in New Orleans. And he came
in as if he was a kid going to high school.
He had like a book bag and just came in,
and it looked like he was 18, 17. but you
know he had a personality sense of humor and and
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i'm happy for him because he got benched and that
helped him i don't know if drake may is headed
in that direction i know he's headed to buffalo that
uh jason in uh desmonet hi jace.
Speaker 10 (10:38):
Hey dan uh thanks for taking my call um Like everybody,
first time, long time. But I wanted to shoot three
things at you real quick. First, I've been listening to
you for decades and just wanted to say thank you
for everybody. I mean, you set the bar and everything
you do. And we're all going to miss you.
Speaker 7 (10:56):
Wait, we.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Oh, he was complimenting me and then all of a
sudden his phone went down. Somebody's sabotaging us. Oh, I
was going to play Deshaun Watson. after last night's game
on why he's playing better. Here is the Browns quarterback.
I'm healthy.
Speaker 5 (11:14):
My mental is straight. My emotions is super good. Spiritually,
I'm in a great space. So, you know, when you
have all four wheels rolling and they're on the right pace,
you know, things can be able to, you know, you
can be able to improve and show that, you know,
you're capable of being that special player, that person you are.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Okay, that's fine. We talked about this a couple of
weeks ago. Go to the press conference and don't say
anything and then go out and play because they will
cheer the person wearing their uniform. They may not like
you as a person and they shouldn't like you as
a person. But if you go out and play, you
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are their quarterback. And he's seen that he is more welcome.
They've cheered him. He's played better. That's all they're asking for.
I mean, there's not a high bar for great quarterback play.
Go out there, 250 yards, couple of touchdowns, maybe an interception,
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maybe not. And you have talent. You have talent, wide receivers,
young receivers, running back. You got defensive players as well.
The future is bright. I don't know if you're part
of it next year, but make it so it's a
hard decision on the Cleveland Browns. Red in Georgia.
Speaker 7 (12:32):
Hi, Red.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
How are you?
Speaker 8 (12:35):
Hey, Dad, thanks for taking the call. And I'll say
what's up to the bike room guys.
Speaker 4 (12:39):
Hey, listen here.
Speaker 8 (12:41):
I am light-skinned and tough. Believe that. Hey, but listen here, Dad.
Speaker 2 (12:45):
Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Red,
hold on. Marvin thought that you might be a light-skinned.
Red's not your given name, right?
Speaker 8 (12:56):
Red's not my given name. I can't call him a
real name out there. They're not red now. But it's
light-skinned and tough. Hey, we got the Raiders. We got
the Raiders on the clock. We got the Chiefs on
the clock. Hey, my hometown boy, Quay Walker, going to
go big today, go big Sunday against those Chiefs. Hey,
I told my little boy, don't get sick. Don't get sick.
(13:18):
You know what's going to happen if you get sick Sunday.
He already lined up. He's going to rest. He's going
to drink his orange juice. And I got a lot
to put on the Chiefs. I mean, I got bad
intentions for the Chiefs, Danny. You hear me? I got
John Statham, the big keeper, intentions for the Chiefs. You
hear me? And you up next, too, Frenchie. Don't forget.
Speaker 6 (13:39):
You up next.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Threw me in the mix here.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
Yeah. Thank you, Red.
Speaker 3 (13:44):
Calling out my Broncos now.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
Yeah. Marvin, you were right. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:49):
As soon as he said red and he said light-skinned
and tough, I already knew what time it was.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Now, you thought he looked like T.I.? Is that who
you said?
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Like, as far as the skin tone.
Speaker 11 (13:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (14:00):
Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Okay. Marvin, we go to commercial break after Red joined us.
I don't know when it was. He goes, he's light-skinned.
I go, all right. Well, thank you. Chad in Salt
Lake City.
Speaker 9 (14:14):
Hi, Chad.
Speaker 2 (14:14):
What do you have for me?
Speaker 12 (14:16):
Dan, we've got to be real here for a minute.
Paul's humility is not going to win you the sports Emmy.
You need to acknowledge and take the win. Joey Porter Jr.
was able to go back to practice because he was
watching yesterday morning when you showed up and you played
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the game after the blood incident. And you showed up
and you were the gamer that you are and you
were there and you did the show. Joey Porter Jr.
saw that and said, you know what? I need to
be Dan Patrick if I want to get mine.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
Thank you. Thank you, Chad. And once again, I got
nominated for an ESPY yesterday in mid-show because of the,
they called it heroic effort to come back from my deathbed,
nearly passing out, giving blood. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (15:13):
Does that make you the sports person of the day?
Speaker 2 (15:16):
Yesterday. I don't know. Whatever award you want to give me,
it's okay. You'll take anything. Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
NFL Comeback Player of the Year. It's a pretty vague award.
It's football season.
Speaker 2 (15:28):
Am I the DeMar Hamlin of broadcasters?
Speaker 10 (15:33):
Yes, Tom.
Speaker 3 (15:34):
It's not that much of a stretch if you really
think about it.
Speaker 9 (15:36):
You're like right there.
Speaker 3 (15:37):
We're on the cusp. I don't think of a– there's
no one else who's number two, so I guess that's
you by default.
Speaker 2 (15:43):
Yeah, but I want to thank everybody for their prayers.
Thoughts and prayers. Because I, you know, you carried me
through yesterday. Thank you.
Speaker 10 (15:53):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
America won.
Speaker 2 (15:55):
Yes.
Speaker 6 (15:56):
If you think about it, not just us and here, America.
I watched the Today Show. They talked about it.
Speaker 2 (16:00):
Yeah, I know. Yes, Todd. They almost lost you until
you got that cookie and juice in you.
Speaker 3 (16:05):
It could have gone either way.
Speaker 8 (16:06):
I know.
Speaker 2 (16:06):
When I came in and Paulie goes, it looked like
I was white, very, very white. And I'd been working out. I, I,
my hair, I'm a mess. And then two hours later,
it's just rally time. That's all. Every day is Super Bowl. Yes, Mark.
I'm sorry. You look very, very what? Very, very white. Okay.
(16:26):
I was pale, I should say. Pale. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
You look like I do most mornings. I was like,
Dan had a rough one today.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
I did look like I, I had a party night, but, uh,
That was topic of conversation at dinner last night with
my wife and two of my daughters. Emotional. You know,
they all started to weep a little bit. And I said, hey,
dad's here. Daddy's here. Daddy's here.
Speaker 6 (16:53):
Pop the robot.
Speaker 2 (16:53):
How about we... Yes, Todd? What's more brave, what you
went through with the blood work or going with that
lavender outfit you got there?
Speaker 3 (17:00):
Yeah, he said it.
Speaker 1 (17:03):
He said it.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
Someone had to say it.
Speaker 6 (17:04):
Fritzy pre-laughed his own joke.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
I jumped it. I jumped it a little bit. How
about we take a break? Yes, it is lavender, and
I'm loving every moment.
Speaker 3 (17:13):
It's jumping off the screen.
Speaker 2 (17:14):
It's like 3D. Thank you, Todd. Take a break. Jason
Garrett joins us next.
Speaker 1 (17:20):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan
Patrick Show weekdays at 9 a.m. Eastern, 6 a.m. Pacific
on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 13 (17:30):
Stugatz here, pleased to be hosting college football with Stugatz
and the Bear.
Speaker 2 (17:34):
We do it two times a.
Speaker 13 (17:35):
Week, every Monday, every single Friday throughout the college football season.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
You can expect a little bit of this.
Speaker 3 (17:41):
Will Stein, the head coach at Kentucky, joins us.
Speaker 2 (17:44):
Open bar at a wedding, ordering a Shirley Temple.
Speaker 1 (17:47):
Will or will not?
Speaker 2 (17:48):
No.
Speaker 7 (17:50):
Will not.
Speaker 2 (17:51):
Ketchup on steak. Will or will not? Will not. Thank you.
A little bit of this.
Speaker 13 (17:57):
Reese Davis, host of College Game Day, is with us now.
Speaker 12 (17:59):
And then I'm going home to the BBC, and they're
saying Jockovich instead of Jokovich.
Speaker 2 (18:05):
Right, because you can't say Jockovich.
Speaker 13 (18:07):
If you do, you know the blowback you're going to
get from the American audience.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Right.
Speaker 3 (18:11):
And a whole lot of this.
Speaker 13 (18:17):
Listen to college football with Stugatz and the Bear on
the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever.
Speaker 2 (18:24):
You get your podcasts. Here is Mike McCarthy talking about
the heated exchange with Aaron Rodgers.
Speaker 9 (18:34):
Communication sometimes is not the best choice of words, but
everybody's competing on the field. And I think, you know,
what's said on the field, the way I grew up
in this game, you know, usually stays on the field.
That's not the case today. I understand that. But yeah,
any negative communication on my part, I wish I wouldn't
use those words.
Speaker 2 (18:53):
Let's bring in Jason Garrett, Sunday Night Football, the Sunday
Night Football analyst. They, uh, had the Panthers and the
lions coming up this weekend. Coverage starts at seven Eastern
and it'll be football night in America. How often did
that happen to you where you would get barked at
or bark at your quarterback?
Speaker 14 (19:14):
You know, I've seen it a lot through the years, Dan, uh,
you know, years ago in Dallas, I used to, I
used to wear the headsets as the backup quarterback and
I would get the plays from Ernie Zampezi and, and
call them into Troy. And, uh, Troy and I are
great friends. Troy and Ernie Zampezi, as close as you
can be. But if there were a third down call
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that came in that he didn't really like, and we
didn't convert it, he'd come over to me and he
would rip me up and down as if I made
the call.
Speaker 7 (19:42):
And then he'd say, you tell that guy up there!
Speaker 14 (19:45):
You know, and he'd stand there and, you know, I'm
the second or third string quarterback.
Speaker 7 (19:50):
And I'm like, ah, you know, Hey Ernie, I'm not
sure he really likes it. That's what you're going to
tell him, you know, screaming at me.
Speaker 2 (19:57):
But can you say something to Troy in that moment? Yeah.
Speaker 14 (20:03):
I mean, I always wanted to convey his wishes. I mean,
if he didn't like something, you know, you need the
play caller.
Speaker 7 (20:08):
To know that.
Speaker 14 (20:09):
But again, I had to filter it because, like we
saw last night, there's a lot of emotion in football,
as we all know, and sometimes those emotions spill out.
So you've got to take a deep breath and channel
it a little bit and make sure the communication gets
made and take some of the emotion out of it.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
Bill Cowher said there'd be times when Ben Roethlisberger would
act like he couldn't hear the play because he wanted
to call his own play. How often does that happen?
Speaker 14 (20:39):
Well, particularly when the headsets first came in. I mean,
that was a great Marino trick. Marino would be like, hey,
I can't hear it.
Speaker 7 (20:47):
And just call it his own. So, yeah, that's gone
on for a long time. The technology is way better now.
Speaker 14 (20:54):
But you get to certain stadiums, sometimes it doesn't come
in quite so well.
Speaker 7 (20:57):
And the quarterbacks use that to their advantage.
Speaker 2 (21:01):
What would you do if Drake May was your quarterback?
Speaker 14 (21:05):
Oh, I think you just need to somehow get a reset.
If you think about it last year, he's the runner
up for the MVP in the national football. He was
phenomenal and hard to play much better than he did
throughout the regular season. And then, you know, playoffs not
real good and hasn't been real good.
Speaker 7 (21:21):
Since the start of the season.
Speaker 14 (21:22):
I always think that a big part of playing quarterback is,
is reducing the burden on them. If they ever feel
like they're Atlas across the street from St. Patrick's cathedral
in New York city, uh, and they got the world
on their shoulders, they're not going to play very well.
And so you as a coach have to do everything
you can in building the team and then also calling
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the game where they don't feel that.
Speaker 7 (21:47):
They don't feel like they have to do it all.
Speaker 14 (21:49):
They just need to be 1 11th of the offense
and do their job. And so I think you have
to pull back and really say, okay, are we asking
him to do too much? It's a hard position. Let's
not overload this guy. Let's remember he's only 24 years old.
He's still young. He's not that experienced. And let's try
to spread this burden around a little bit. And nobody
does that better than Josh. I mean, Josh is a
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phenomenal coordinator and quarterback coach.
Speaker 7 (22:12):
He knows this better than I do. But I think
that's the thing you have to start with.
Speaker 14 (22:16):
And I think the other thing you got to do
is really lock in on the things that he does well.
You know, do an analysis of it and also just
talk to him about it and really demand transparency.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Do you like this?
Speaker 2 (22:30):
Okay.
Speaker 14 (22:31):
You know, Drake is a pleaser. Drake's one of those
guys that, Hey, I'll figure it out, coach.
Speaker 7 (22:35):
I got it.
Speaker 14 (22:36):
You know, he has that competitive nature to him and
you're the coach. I'm the player you call the play.
And I think you have to really sit down and say,
do you really like this play? There's a lot of
plays in football. Let's put it, let's get a black
Sharpie out and scratch the ones out that you don't
really love. And then, and then zero in on the
stuff that he loves, dress them up a hundred different
ways and get them going again. And And I think
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the biggest thing is, and again, nobody does this better
than Vrabel and Josh, is sometimes you just got to
shake them, you know, and get them back to being
eight years old when you first got your shoulder pads
and play with that boyish spirit.
Speaker 7 (23:10):
You know, get that world off your back.
Speaker 14 (23:13):
Get a smile back on your face and love playing
football again. And I think when you reduce some of
the burdens and I think when you really lock in
on what he loves to do the most, I think
that's what gives you the best chance.
Speaker 2 (23:24):
But could you see a situation like the Panthers did
with Bryce Young where they benched him for a little while?
And ever since then, we've seen Bryce Young act like
a number one overall pick. Yeah, you know, we.
Speaker 14 (23:37):
Talked about that a lot when it happened. And I
really liked that decision that they made back then. But
Bryce Young didn't have any skins on the wall. The
only skins he had on the wall were in college
and the fact that he was the first player taken
in the draft. You know, this Drake May, he's got
skins on the wall.
Speaker 7 (23:53):
Go back and watch the tape. He was phenomenal.
Speaker 14 (23:56):
We had heated discussions about who should be the MVP
of the National Football League last year.
Speaker 7 (24:01):
Okay, that's six months ago.
Speaker 14 (24:03):
So this guy's done it in this league at a
really high level. So I think for me, that would
be really extreme. You just got to really lock in
on creating the right atmosphere for him right now. And
I think that guy, Travion Henderson, he's a big part
of it. Hand the ball to that guy, throw him
some swing passes, do some easy things for him, and
let somebody else do the hard lifting. and let him
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settle back in and play with that spirit that we've
seen him play with before.
Speaker 2 (24:31):
Cleveland Browns contenders or just competitors?
Speaker 7 (24:36):
It's obviously really early, but I love the start. Think
about what they've done.
Speaker 14 (24:40):
They got rid of the best defensive player in the
National Football League, and look how they're playing. Deshaun Watson,
go back to every pundit over the last six months, everybody.
when are they going to get rid of this guy?
When are they going to give the other guy a chance?
When are they, you know, you can't win with this guy. And, and,
and Munkin has gotten in there and said, Hey, he
believes in his plan. He believes in his plan for
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the team. He believes in his plan for the quarterback.
And most importantly, the team believes in his plan. And
we're seeing that they're going to have a lot of
challenges ahead. You know, I don't know that they're a
foolproof team. They got some issues like everybody else does,
but what a great start. And it's so much fun
watching it, seeing those guys playing together and, You got
to remember, Dan, I grew up a Brian Seip fan.
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My dad was coaching for San Antonio back in the day.
And so the cardiac kids are back in Cleveland, baby.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
He's Jason Garrett, Football Night in America, the Lions at
the Panthers. And that'll be Sunday Night Football on NBC
and Peacock. Help me understand the addition of Joey Porter Jr.
for the Dallas defense. He's known as a great cover corner.
Does Dallas defensive philosophy... fit Joey Porter and vice versa?
Speaker 14 (25:54):
Well, let's go back to how you build a team.
Most important position is the quarterback. And I would argue
the next most important positions are the guys who affect
the quarterback, pass rushers and cover guys.
Speaker 7 (26:06):
And so you can't have enough of either of those.
Speaker 14 (26:08):
And, you know, they got rid of the elite pass rusher,
Michael Parsons, last year. And I think they're feeling some
of the effects of that. And you got to make
sure you got some guys who can cover on the
back end. And I don't care what defense you're playing.
If you've got a guy who can lock a receiver down,
you know, that's going to be an advantage to you.
And it's pretty simple to play cover one. It's pretty
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simple to say, okay, you got him over there. Let's
eliminate him. And then all the other things you can
do in your run game and helping, you know, some
other guys cover on the other side. So I don't
think it's a hard analysis to say, hey, you know,
go cover him and set things up accordingly.
Speaker 7 (26:49):
Back in the day, and I'm not saying this is
that Joey Porter Jr. is any way.
Speaker 14 (26:54):
Deion Sanders, but think about how teams played when they
had Deion Sanders, how the Cowboys played. Deion, you cover him,
and we're going to roll the covers the other way, right?
Speaker 7 (27:04):
And I don't think Joey Porter Jr.
Speaker 14 (27:05):
Can handle that for 65 snaps a game, but you
can do some of that when you've got an elite
cover guy, and they make a huge difference.
Speaker 2 (27:14):
I don't know if it's panic time yet, but what
we've seen from the Chargers with Justin Herbert, it's got
to be alarming. Now you go to Seattle. If they
start out 0-4, what are we doing?
Speaker 7 (27:28):
Yeah, alarming is obviously the word.
Speaker 14 (27:32):
The thing that bothers me the most about them right
now is they're not playing with the Jim Harbaugh identity
that we're so used to seeing. You know, they've been
always been such a physical team and they run the
ball and they play good run defense. And that's been
the calling card for so long at every level with
his teams. And you just don't feel that. And, you know,
(27:53):
they got the linemen back. I mean, the offensive linemen,
they're healthy. They're different than they were last year. And
so I think they need to lean back in on
that a little bit more. From the offensive standpoint, I
have a little concern in that, you know, picture the
offense that, Mike McDaniel ran in Miami with Tua. It
was almost like ball in, ball out, boom, right behind
(28:14):
the ear of the linebacker. He's 8, 10, 12-yard completions
like he's turning two, like he's a shortstop.
Speaker 7 (28:20):
Bang, get it out of my hand.
Speaker 14 (28:22):
Justin Herbert is not that guy. Justin Herbert's a longer strider.
He's back in the pocket, driving the ball down the field.
And I just don't feel like the marriage has been
real smooth so far. And the problem is they're losing games.
And so it's one thing to say, oh, we're struggling
a little bit on offense, but hey, we're 1-2. Hey,
we're 2-2. We're hanging in there. We're not where we
(28:43):
want to be, but we've got a long season to go.
If they don't watch, if they go to 0-4, it's
too hard a hole to dig out of.
Speaker 7 (28:50):
I don't care how many games you're playing. So they've
got to get it fixed.
Speaker 14 (28:53):
And unfortunately, they're going to play arguably the best defense
in the National Football League at their place.
Speaker 7 (28:58):
So it ain't going to be easy.
Speaker 2 (29:01):
Did the Browns make you cry when you were growing up?
Speaker 7 (29:04):
Oh, you know, I was so invested in it.
Speaker 14 (29:07):
I don't know if you remember the year 1980, Brian
Seif was the player.
Speaker 7 (29:11):
Of the year in the NFL. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 14 (29:14):
And you know, they played Oakland in the freezing cold game.
Speaker 7 (29:17):
I was there.
Speaker 14 (29:18):
We used to have these crazy seats. I remember the
old municipal stadium. We would sit in the baseball press
box in the end zone and it was so damn cold.
I have seven brothers and sisters and we always had
like whatever, 20 people in the box and we're eating
hot dogs and, mustard and all that kind of stuff,
just some amazing memories. And the play happened in the
opposite end of the field. They driven the ball down.
(29:39):
And if you remember, they, they came back and won
all those games coming from behind and they were going
to do it one more time.
Speaker 7 (29:46):
And they called red, right?
Speaker 10 (29:47):
88.
Speaker 7 (29:48):
And, uh, Brian, who is.
Speaker 14 (29:49):
My hero, I wore number 17 because my brother wore
number 17 and he wore it because Brian site wore
number 17.
Speaker 7 (29:56):
And, uh, Brian didn't throw it into Lake Erie, unfortunately.
Speaker 14 (29:59):
And, uh, But that was a tough pill to swallow.
Speaker 2 (30:02):
Did you cry?
Speaker 7 (30:03):
I don't know if I cried, but I was pretty
damn emotional. I really was. I had a great experience
a few years ago, Dan.
Speaker 14 (30:10):
I was coaching the Cowboys and we were down in
San Diego for a preseason game. And Calvin Hill, Grant
Hill's dad, worked for us for years in Dallas.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
And he was part of those Browns teams.
Speaker 14 (30:21):
And he called me and said, hey, Brian Seip and
Jerry Shirk live out here in San Diego and they're
coming over to the hotel. Why don't you come down
and and visit with these guys. And so I spent
about three hours in a hotel room in San Diego
telling these guys about their careers because I knew them
more than they knew themselves. You know, Syke used to
(30:43):
wear this rubber sleeve on his elbow and I was
a young quarterback. I used to wear the rubber sleeve
on the elbow, the whole thing. And it was, it
was just one of the great, one of the great days.
And those memories of growing up following that team.
Speaker 7 (30:55):
Incredible.
Speaker 2 (30:56):
Was he from Helix High School in La Mesa? Was
Brian Seif? I mean, this is your hero.
Speaker 7 (31:04):
Yeah, that's a great question. I know he's from San Diego.
Speaker 2 (31:07):
I think he might have gone to Bill Walton's high school.
Speaker 7 (31:11):
Wow.
Speaker 2 (31:14):
Maybe I'm making that up. But I think he might
have been from La Mesa, but Bill went to Helix High.
And Bill's brother played for the Cowboys. Yeah. Offensively. Yeah,
Bruce Walton there.
Speaker 14 (31:26):
Yeah, I know Brian Seip was the catcher on a
Little League baseball team that went to Williamsport. I think
he was 10, and everybody else was 12. My dad's
great line was, you could hit him in the face
with a shovel, and he'd keep coming back.
Speaker 7 (31:44):
And that's what he was, and I just love the
guy so much.
Speaker 2 (31:47):
It was tough. How's the restaurant?
Speaker 7 (31:50):
The restaurant's coming. It really is. We've got to get
you down here. Sicilian.
Speaker 2 (31:54):
Luca. Luca's.
Speaker 7 (31:56):
Yeah. We're actually starting brunch this weekend. Cafe Luca.
Speaker 2 (31:59):
All right. Awesome.
Speaker 7 (32:01):
We're going to get you down there.
Speaker 14 (32:02):
If I have to come up to Connecticut and get
you on a plane and come down, we'll come down together.
Speaker 7 (32:06):
We'll do a show down there.
Speaker 2 (32:07):
Why don't you get Troy to send his plane or
Jerry Jones to send his plane and then I'll come
down there.
Speaker 7 (32:13):
Boy, that'd be nice. We'll get that done.
Speaker 2 (32:15):
You know, get the NBC jet. Yeah.
Speaker 14 (32:18):
I think you probably have more pull than I do
at NBC to get that debt.
Speaker 2 (32:22):
You'd be surprised. Um, Hey, great to talk to you.
Thanks for sharing, and safe travels.
Speaker 7 (32:28):
Always enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (32:29):
That's Jason Garrett. Jason Garrett, Football Night in America. Lions
and the Panthers coming up this weekend on NBC and Peacock.
Did you see his face when he started talking about
Brian Seip? Oh, my gosh. It's like you're 11 years
old again. All right, we'll take a break. Your phone
call's coming up. The most must-win game of the weekend.
(32:50):
We'll have that for you as well back after this.
Speaker 1 (32:52):
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Speaker 2 (33:05):
Gerald in Maine. Hi, Gerald. What do you have for
me today?
Speaker 8 (33:09):
Hey, Dan.
Speaker 10 (33:10):
I just want to give you guys a little help
with your German pronunciation.
Speaker 7 (33:13):
Oh.
Speaker 10 (33:14):
It's not Spetzel. It's Spetzel.
Speaker 8 (33:16):
It's Spetzelach.
Speaker 2 (33:18):
Special.
Speaker 4 (33:20):
Perfect.
Speaker 1 (33:21):
They're good.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Okay. Thank you, Joe. I don't know if I'll ever
have it again, but just in case I do. Special. Yes. Special. Yeah.
Speaker 7 (33:33):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (33:33):
Big Day Ray's mom came in to cook this on
our meat Friday. The schnitzel is awesome. I've already had
a little sample of that. Tastes great. Mary in Michigan.
Speaker 15 (33:44):
Hi, Mary.
Speaker 4 (33:47):
Oh, my gosh.
Speaker 8 (33:48):
Hi, how are you?
Speaker 4 (33:49):
Great. Good. Dan, I'm the old lady fan club chairman
in my county. So we love you. You're a breath
of fresh air. It's easy to do something in the morning.
It's just so nice. But I'm old. I'm getting there
(34:10):
to 80. And I think I should tell Todd some
interesting things about, he's got to get over this. And
we love him. And everybody has to, if he needs this,
I'd like to speak to him about something that maybe
would work for him.
Speaker 2 (34:27):
All right. Todd is listening, Mary. Oh.
Speaker 4 (34:33):
Todd, I love you. I promise you I love you.
I'm going to talk to you like an old lady,
like your grandmother. You've got to get over this. I mean,
you've got to get over it. It's time. And I
want you to understand that everybody loves you, and you
can't do anything wrong. This is the thing. There was
only one perfect person in the world, and they crucified him.
(34:57):
Everybody makes mistakes.
Speaker 7 (34:59):
So.
Speaker 4 (35:00):
Take it easy on yourself and get over it, okay?
It's boring.
Speaker 2 (35:04):
Okay. I appreciate that. It is boring, and it's immature
for me to mope, and I appreciate the kind words
and encouragement, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you, Mary. Thank you. I appreciate that. You know what, Tyler?
Why don't you get her information? Maybe we send Mary something.
All right. Fred in West Virginia. Hi, Fred. What do
(35:24):
you have for me?
Speaker 15 (35:26):
Well, first off, it's awesome following up after Jason Garrett.
I got to meet him back in the spring. Absolutely
stand-up guy. We were both at a convention there. Excellent guy.
It was great to meet him. But you were talking
earlier about Sesame Street earlier in the week. Cookie Monster,
Big Book.
Speaker 12 (35:45):
Like, where did they go?
Speaker 15 (35:47):
And as a Steelers fan, I want to talk about
anything the rest of the season besides the Steelers. So
I'm talking about Cookie Monster. In 1988, they introduced Cookie
Monster singing, C is for Celery. And from that day on,
all the fans boycotted Cookie Monster. So they didn't have
(36:09):
a choice but to just phase him out.
Speaker 2 (36:11):
Well, but I saw a couple of Reddit threads where
they're kind of phasing out Big Bird as well. And
I only noticed this because I was watching Sesame Street
with my granddaughter. And I kept going, where is Big Bird?
And she didn't have any answers at three and a half.
So I wondered out loud. I think they're phasing out
(36:34):
Big Bird. We're going to do the most must-win game
of the weekend coming up, so get ready here, okay?
Jordan in Utah joins us first. Hey, Jordan, what do
you have for me?
Speaker 10 (36:45):
Hey, DP.
Speaker 11 (36:46):
I wanted to share a little anecdote about a similar
blood draw experience earlier this year. Life insurance policy, Katie,
the nurse, comes to the house. My kids and my
wife are there. Left arm, no blood.
Speaker 12 (36:59):
So she takes it out.
Speaker 11 (37:01):
Rummages through her backpack, and I think that's what did
me in. She grabs a new syringe, whatever it is,
puts it in the right arm, gets the blood, puts
the bandage on.
Speaker 10 (37:10):
Next thing I know, I'm.
Speaker 11 (37:11):
Staring at my wife, confused as could be. I just
passed out, fell down in front of my wife, in
front of my kids.
Speaker 7 (37:19):
I was soft.
Speaker 11 (37:19):
Mary probably would have had to slap me the last caller.
Speaker 2 (37:23):
Well, thank you, Jordan. Strength in numbers here. Those who
have the vasovase, I think, is the condition that I have.
You know what really bothers me? When they take the
rubber strap and they strap it around your arm. That's
what bothers me. I don't know what it is. It's
just like, God. And then when she goes, one, two, three,
(37:46):
and then when she jabbed me, and then she goes,
there's no blood flowing. And I go, What does that mean?
And then she goes, I got to use the other arm.
And she rolled out 12 vials right in front of me.
And I'm going, this is not going to be good.
(38:09):
Because I go, do I have to fill up all
of those? And she goes, yes, if we get the blood. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (38:16):
Yeah, so you had to, how much is 12 vials?
Speaker 2 (38:18):
I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (38:19):
Like a pint?
Speaker 2 (38:20):
I have no idea.
Speaker 3 (38:21):
A pint and a half?
Speaker 2 (38:22):
I didn't even look. But she rolls him out. And
I'm going, I don't need to see that. Estelle. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (38:31):
What if for the entire experience you just wore one
of those sleep masks? So you get walked in the
kitchen like you're blind and then just sit down and
then you have no idea what's going on. You can't
see anything. Do you think you'd still.
Speaker 2 (38:41):
I'm going to feel it.
Speaker 3 (38:42):
Yeah, but isn't it more the visual?
Speaker 2 (38:44):
No, I don't watch it.
Speaker 3 (38:46):
But maybe you'll be less aware of what's happening to you.
Speaker 2 (38:48):
Yes, Paul.
Speaker 6 (38:50):
Dan, I'm on blooddraw.com. And 12 vials of blood is
3.4 fluid ounces. Who wants to guess what percentage of
total blood that is in your body? We haven't played
that game in a while. I'll let you go. How
much blood do you think they took percentage-wise?
Speaker 7 (39:06):
2%.
Speaker 2 (39:08):
2% is correct.
Speaker 6 (39:10):
You nailed it.
Speaker 2 (39:11):
Thank you. BloodDraw.com. Thank you. Thank you, Paul. No, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 3 (39:16):
Oh, no, it was great. The blood stat.
Speaker 2 (39:18):
Blood stat of the day. Bump, bump, bump. Todd, most
must win game of the weekend.
Speaker 3 (39:23):
Most must win.
Speaker 4 (39:24):
Game of the weekend. Slow down.
Speaker 14 (39:27):
Let's try to practice talking again.
Speaker 2 (39:28):
Slow down.
Speaker 13 (39:29):
I'm going to go with the Rams must-win in Philadelphia
because the Rams, who were supposed to by some go undefeated,
cannot go 1-3.
Speaker 6 (39:36):
I don't want to hear excuses about going from the
West Coast to the East Coast.
Speaker 14 (39:39):
They've got to win in Philadelphia.
Speaker 7 (39:41):
Dylan.
Speaker 3 (39:43):
Mine, Dan, is your USC Trojans. Give an 8.5 to Washington.
This is not only a must-win game. They must win convincingly,
and Lincoln Riley's seat is a little toasty at the moment.
Speaker 7 (39:55):
Marvin.
Speaker 2 (39:56):
The Green Bay Packers. Playing the 0-3 Buccaneers after a
bad showing on a stand-alone game.
Speaker 3 (40:03):
They got to bounce back.
Speaker 2 (40:04):
Most must-win game of the weekend. Paul.
Speaker 6 (40:06):
Those are both great calls. I'm going to go with
the Florida Gators at Missouri, their favorite team. They are
a great story. Their coach is a great story. And
their schedule gets a lot tougher. They've got to take
care of business.
Speaker 2 (40:17):
I was going to say Texans-Cowboys, but I'm going to
say Alabama against Mississippi State.
Speaker 4 (40:24):
Bloop.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
How about that? A couple of great quarterbacks, potential first-round picks.
You know, the most desired quarterback is usually the freshman
or sophomore quarterback because they can't be drafted. The kid, Taylor,
Demario Taylor, it's like, oh, my gosh. Well, he's a sophomore. Oh,
he's coveted. Everybody's going to be talking about him. Yeah,
(40:48):
because he can't be drafted. That's why. You know that
2028 class is going to be the best quarterback. Yes, Dylan.
Speaker 3 (40:55):
Will he be on Mississippi State next year?
Speaker 2 (40:57):
Probably not.
Speaker 3 (40:58):
Marvin. We call that the Christian Hackenberg Award.
Speaker 2 (41:03):
All righty. Two hours in the books. Todd, go to
the confessional.
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