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The Dan Patrick Show
iHeartPodcasts and Dan Patrick Podcast Network
4.5 • 8.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 December 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Los Angeles Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh reflects on how they were able to contain Patrick Mahomes, addresses the spate of non-contact injuries in the NFL, and touches on the Sherrone Moore situation. Dan and the Danettes provide a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the Kicks NBA Emirates Cup Championship and wonder about a possible banner-raising ceremony at Madison Square Garden. And he details the plan for next season’s College Football Playoff format and reveals, according to his sources, that the SEC and Big Ten were ready to start their own playoffs and keep the proceeds to themselves.
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| 0:39.1 | We were talking about the rash of ACL injuries this year, led by Micah Parsons and Patrick |
| 0:44.9 | Mahomes. |
| 0:45.9 | Mahomes got hurt that was contact in the Chargers game. |
| 0:49.5 | Micah Parsons' non-contact injury. |
| 0:52.1 | And yesterday, the NFL said that they announced they're going to have a study to look at turf. |
| 0:58.0 | And these are new roles or at least a new policy, a new approach to this. |
| 1:02.4 | And people, I think, were surprised at the number of torn ACLs so far this year, 30 so far. |
| 1:09.2 | Now, that seems like a lot. |
| 1:11.5 | And the reason why it seems like a lot is because there are some big names in here. |
| 1:15.8 | In 2024, there were 38 tornaceous. |
| 1:19.0 | 2023, 23, 22, 51, 2021, 57, 2020, 2020, 42, 42. |
| 1:27.5 | You can go back to 2013. |
| 1:29.9 | There were 63 torn ACLs. |
| 1:32.6 | So it seems like we're trending down, but why can't we come up with universal fields that can prevent at least the non-contact injury? |
| 1:42.0 | So we bring in the head coach of the Chargers, Jim Harbaugh. |
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