PMS 2.0 1384 - Antonio Gates, Eric Allen, Jared Allen, Anthony 'Tank' Jones, Dan Orlovsky, & mgk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 136 minutes

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On today's show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, & the boys are LIVE from outside the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio ahead of tonight's Hall of Fame game between the Los Angeles Chargers & the Detroit Lions. We start by breaking some starting line up news for the Detroit Lions tonight, and then are immediately joined by the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Class, starting with 5x All Pro & the All-Time NFL Touchdown leader for Tight Ends, Hall of Famer, Chargers Legend Antonio Gates to chat about his induction into the Hall, his college basketball career, changing the game of football forever, the moment that he knew he belonged in the NFL, Tight End University, playing with Philip Rivers, his blocking acumen, 2025 Chargers expectations, & more. After Antonio, 3x All-Pro, 8x Pro Bowler with 54 career INTs & 9 defensive touchdowns, Eagles Legend Eric Allen stopped by to tell us how it felt when he received his Gold Jacket, his on field mentality & playing the ball, his thoughts on the reigning champion Eagles, his career spanning from facing Joe Montana to Tom Brady, & more. To close out the first hour, we are joined by 4x All-Pro, 2x NFL Sacks Leader, Hall of Famer #69 Jared Allen, to talk about his Hall of Fame speech writing process, how he developed into the Hall of Fame Edge that he was, his roping celebration, what led him to losing a bunch of weight, and more. In the second hour, we are joined by ESPN's #2 Edge recruit in the country, Anthony "Tank" Jones, who announced that he is joining the Oregon Ducks. To close the show, we are joined on set by Multi-Platinum Recording Artist mgk, to debut his new song for ESPN College Football, playing the Chiefs Super Bowl party, his acting career, and more. Make sure to subscribe to youtube.com/thepatmcafeeshow or watch on ESPN (12-2 EDT), ESPN's YouTube (12-3 EDT), or ESPN+. We will be LIVE from Canton, Ohio ahead of the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame Game. Cheers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, beautiful people.
0:03.4	And welcome to the story grounds of Canton, Ohio.
0:09.7	It's all of Fent Thursday.
0:10.7	This program starts now.
0:14.1	Football!
0:15.4	It's absolutely magical.
0:17.9	And today is the day that we could say that the NFL is officially kicking off its 2025 season.
0:26.6	Here we go!
0:27.6	Now today, just like many years in the past, this season will start right here at a place that has been honoring legends since 1963.
0:38.3	This is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
0:41.3	It is raining and we clearly don't have speakers for the crowd.
0:45.3	But what we do have is an excitement level beyond belief
0:49.3	because football is back in our life for real tonight.
0:52.3	Horr ball will be on one side line. MCDC will be on the other.
0:57.0	And I believe we have a little bit of breaking news for the Detroit Lions fans. Tonight, starting for
1:03.5	the Detroit Lions, according to source, CIS. Kyle Allen will be getting the start, but we will be seeing
1:10.6	Hendon Hooker from what we have been told.
1:13.6	Now for the Chargers, we do not have any inside source.
1:16.6	CIS.
1:17.6	But as that information rolls out today, we will certainly keep everybody updated.
1:21.6	Tonight's game will not be littered with superstars.
1:24.6	It will not be the guys that we know on every single part of the
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