On today’s show, Pat, Coach Chuck Pagano, AJ Hawk, and the boys preview tonight’s Thursday Night Football game between the Patriots and Steelers, why this game could exceed expectations that are understandably pretty low, and everything else going on around the NFL as we dive into week 14 already. Joining the progrum to chat about tonight’s game, his picks for this weekend, if people should be worried about the Chiefs, who a dark horse in the AFC might be, why no one is giving Brock Purdy any respect, and much more is 3x Super Bowl Champion, former GM of the Cleveland Browns, host of the Lombardi Line and the GM Shuffle podcast, and best-selling NYTimes author, Michael Lombardi (18:34-54:01). Next, 7x National Champion, the GOAT, Head Coach of Alabama, Nick Saban joins the show to chat about the Tide getting into the College Football Playoff, the people who have reached out who are unhappy about the decision, being on the recruiting trail already, how preparation changes for a game like this, what this Alabama team has proven thus far this year, and much more (55:57-1:09:20). Later, ESPN MLB Insider, Jeff “The Jett” Passan joins the show live from Nashville and the MLB winter meetings to chat about everything happening in the MLB hot stove including Juan Soto getting traded to the Yankees, where Shohei Ohtani is going to sign and how much he’s going to go far, Yoshinobu Yamamoto the next big thing out of Japan and where he might sign, the potential of the White Sox moving to Nashville, and much more (1:55:10-2:29:13). Make sure you subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow to watch the show. Or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN’s Youtube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We appreciate the hell out of all of you. See you tomorrow, cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices