PMS 2.0 1041 - Thursday Night Football Preview, James Cook, Pete Thamel, Coach Us Up With Nick Saban, Bill Cowher, and Chuck Pagano, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.9 • 19.2K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2023

⏱️ 174 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, Coach Chuck Pagano, AJ Hawk, and the boys preview tonight’s Thursday Night Football game between the Saints and the Rams that has major playoff implications in the NFC, before eventually making their picks against the spread. Joining the progrum to chat about national signing day and preparation for their massive tilt against Michigan in the Rose Bowl is 7x National Champion, the GOAT, Head Coach of Alabama, Nick Saban (11:54-29:56). Next, the Authority on College Football, Pete Thamel, joins the show to chat about the news that Florida State is looking into the potential of getting out of the ACC, and what it all means (36:04-44:32). Later, Buffalo Bills Running Back James Cook stops by to chat about Joe Brady’s offense, the vibes in Buffalo, and their big win over the Cowboys (1:42:23-1:46:33). Later, Super Bowl Champion, 2x NFL Coach of the Year, member of the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Honor, and now CBS NFL analyst, Bill Cowher joins the show to chat about the importance of culture in the NFL and why it’s so evident with teams like the 49ers and Ravens, and why it might be lacking in Pittsburgh, when a Head Coach knows if it’s time to fire a coordinator, the importance of running the football in today’s NFL, his coaching philosophy and how the vibe of the building was when he was Head Coach, who he likes in tonight’s Thursday Night Football game, and much more (1:57:58-2:26:54). 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
0:04.7	on this coach about Thursday December 21st 2023 this sports program starts
0:10.8	now football is happening tonight week see sports program starts now. Football.
0:13.0	It's happening tonight.
0:15.0	Week 16 of the NFL season kicks off with playoff implications on the line
0:21.0	as the New Orleans Saints travel to Los Angeles to take on the Rams and
0:26.2	a Sean McVeigh man who is six and one on short weeks, three and oh on short weeks at home.
0:30.1	Who remember last year one with Baker Mayfield on Thursday night?
0:33.0	Everybody thought it was insane.
0:34.0	Will that trend continue this evening as Derek Carr, the man who can heal from any injury quicker
0:39.8	than anybody on earth?
0:42.0	Jimmy Graham, who's a touchdown scored machine and the boys in
0:45.0	New Orleans are four-point dogs against Matthew Stafford, who's wheeling and
0:50.2	dealing and Aaron Donald, who's obviously always going to be a topic of discussion in any game that he plays.
0:56.7	We got a good one tonight on probably. We also have a great show today.
1:00.0	Listen, we got Coach Saban joining us in about nine minutes, fresh off the number two
1:04.7	ranked recruiting class in the country depending upon who you listen to, number one, potentially
1:09.8	in the hand.
1:10.8	It's all projections on how players are going to go.
1:12.1	We have Coach Kower, Bill Kower, formerly of the Pittsburgh Steelers now of CBS Sports
1:16.7	Sunday kickoff show alongside J.J. Watt and the boys over there.
1:20.7	And then obviously, we have a man who has coached for 36 years of his life
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