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The Pat McAfee Show

PMS 2.0 1048 - Trenches Wednesday With Michael Lombardi, JJ Watt, World Darts Championship Coverage With Nigel Seeley, AQ Shipley and Darius Butler LIVE In The ThunderDome, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.919.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 203 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Pat, AQ Shipley, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys chat about all the drama surrounding yesterday’s show, Mike Tomlin’s mic’d up segment from Inside the NFL and his confidence in the Steelers right now, plus all the different playoff scenarios and implications as we get ready for week 18. Joining the show to chat about everything happening in the NFL, what he would do at the top of next year’s draft, who he likes this weekend with everything on the line, and much more (21:31-55:43). Next, future Hall of Famer, 3x DPOY, Houston Texans Ring of Honor member, JJ Watt joins the progrum to chat about all his biggest takeaway’s from week 17 of the NFL season, if he’d rest starters going into week 18 with a playoff spot already clinched, his thoughts on the Steelers as a whole, the David Tepper situation, if he dealt with the overexposure that Travis Kelce’s managers fear he’s having right now, and much more (1:07:52-2:35:36). Later, betting insider and handicapper, Nigel Seeley joins the show from across the pond to break down the 2024 World Darts Championship and 16 year old phenom Luke “The Nuke” Littler, and what he expects from the final (3:07:33-3:10:22). 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 thunderdome on this January 3rd

0:07.4

2024 this sports program starts now football is happening at all times all the ways in all the places in the

0:19.6

biggest football of the year is happening as we speak going forward.

0:24.1

Now, there's a national championship 2B1

0:27.4

between Michigan and Washington, oh, Michigan and Washington.

0:32.2

There's a T in there down in Houston on Monday, which we will be live from, which we are incredibly lucky for.

0:38.0

Then how about week 18 this weekend?

0:40.0

Playoff implications on the line.

0:42.0

Division Championships on the line. Division Championships on the line.

0:43.7

A trip to the Promised Land,

0:45.5

which is the playoffs where anything can happen

0:47.8

is on the line for like 11 different teams

0:50.1

have stuff to happen this weekend.

0:51.8

It is a fantastic day. We can't thank you

0:53.7

enough for joining us here on this glorious trenches Wednesday which will

0:57.2

include J.J. Quiet? In the second hour. Not sure there will be any

1:01.2

threatened lawsuits with that one coming today from J.J. Watts conversation, but you never know.

1:06.5

You never know. Might have a bone to pick. You never know. Which is the thing.

1:11.8

It's tough. Whatever you're free wheel. stuff.

1:13.0

Whenever you're freewheeling and dealing in here, you know,

1:17.0

and you're having conversations,

1:18.0

they can, they can certainly lead to some places that cause like international news and things like that.

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