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The Pat McAfee Show

PMS 2.0 1031 - Thursday Night Football Preview, Michael Lombardi, Coach Nick Saban, Jeff Passan LIVE From The Winter Meetings In Nashville, Coach Chuck Pagano LIVE In The ThunderDome, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.919.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 204 minutes

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Summary

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

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0:00.0

Hello beautiful people and welcome to our humble abode the Thunder

0:05.2

No on this coach statement Thursday December 7th 2023 this sports program

0:10.6

starts now. Football.

0:13.0

He's happening tonight.

0:15.0

Week 14 of the NFL season kicks off in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

0:19.0

Oh mama, I'm in fear for my life from the long

0:27.0

That's happening tonight.

0:31.0

Hopefully 10, 15 times, although the Steelers normally only do it once,

0:34.8

we might need juice throughout the entirety. One half of the hammer.

0:38.9

God! Galboys tone digs, die-hard Steelers fan Steelers fan also very prolific sports

0:44.5

gambler. This is the lowest over under and how long tone did.

0:47.8

93 I believe?

0:49.1

30 years the lowest total for an NFL game, especially one that is on prime time.

0:55.9

Now these two franchises, the one on the left here, the New England Patriots, the greatest

1:00.9

dynasty in the history of the NFL is currently ending right in front of our eyes over the last few years

1:07.1

But they have six Lombardi trophies up there I am right going into Pittsburgh to take on the Steelers who are a proud franchise a

1:15.7

storied franchise but is this the last year of an era that we've known for

1:20.4

almost two decades who knows we shall see they also have six Lombardi's the most in the NFL tonight.

1:28.0

The two franchises who have climbed the mountaintop the most will battle in what will surely be a boring

1:36.4

abysmal football game that we need to just expect and respect and love when it comes on prime. I know Kirk Herb Street's ready.

1:45.3

Oh yeah. I know how Michael's is going to be jacked. I know Kay Lee Hardtung is going to get

1:49.8

to the bottom of all the stories and I know that kickoff panel is going to have the

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