PMS 2.0 1390 - NFL Preseason Week 2 Recap, Ian Rapoport, Dan Orlovsky, Harry Douglas, Jeff Passan, & Darius Butler

The Pat McAfee Show

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Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 148 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Pat is out of town on assignment, as NFL Network Senior Insider, Ian Rapport guest hosts the show, recapping week 2 of the NFL Preseason, the Trey Hendrickson and Micah Parson situations, the QB battles around the league, who had the best performances of the weekend. Joining the show is 12 year NFL veteran, ESPN NFL analyst/QB guru, Dan Orlovsky to chat about Caleb Williams’ impressive performance, who he’s really liked so far, Matt Stafford and the Rams, and more. Next, 10 year NFL veteran, ESPN NFL AND CFB analyst Harry Douglas joins the show to chat about the Terry McLaurin situation and where he see’s it going, which rookie WR’s he thinks are going to have the biggest impact, how he thinks the Falcons will be this year, and more. Lastly, ESPN MLB Insider, Jeff Passan joins the show to give an update on the playoff race, and discuss Rob Manfred’s comments about upcoming expansion and reshuffling the divisions geographically. 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. We’ll see you tomorrow, cheers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Pat McAfee Show. I am, of course, not Pat McAfee.
0:12.9	Football!
0:14.2	Yes.
0:15.1	See, I did an elongated break so you guys would do it.
0:17.7	I tried to like, I tried to do it properly, but it was. You did good. It's been in the previous times. Yes, it was. I am Ian Rappaport. I am guesting for Pat today. I'm very, very, very happy to be here. Pat is, of course, not here. He is, um... Parts unknown. Abroad. Yeah. I have no idea. TBD. Could be literally anywhere.
0:38.7	Last time I was doing this, it was doing some sort of WWE thing in a place overseas or something.
0:46.4	Maybe.
0:47.4	Drinking, I think, if I remember correct.
0:49.0	What?
0:49.6	I honestly have no idea.
0:51.1	Sounds about right.
0:52.1	But he is not here today.
0:53.2	I am here.
0:54.3	As are my good friends, Boston Connor. Ty Schmidt. Thank you. Tone Diggs. Oh, yeah. And my second favorite cornerback that I've ever covered in the NFL. Oh, okay. That's not true. My favorite. Darius Butler in the house as well. Sweet. It's actually, who was the first? Who was the first?
1:11.6	Oh, Devin McCordy.
1:12.6	God, dull.
1:13.6	Yeah.
1:14.6	He played, who didn't safe to you?
1:16.6	So, D.B.
1:17.6	So I've jumped back up.
1:19.6	That's true.
1:20.6	When, when I was in the Patriots locker room as a beat writer, this is exactly why the people
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