PMS 2.0 1451 - Thursday Night Football Preview, Heather Dinich, Mike McCarthy, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Football, Sports

4.9 • 18.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 175 minutes

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On today’s show, Pat, AJ Hawk, and the boys preview tonight’s Thursday Night Football game between the Jets and Patriots, and wonder if this game is going to be a national spotlight for the Patriots officially being back. Joining the show to discuss the breaking news that CFP chair Mack Rhoades has stepped down and what implications that carries/what comes next is ESPN College Football reporter/insider, Heather Dinich. Later, Super Bowl Champion, former Head Coach of the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys, Mike McCarthy joins the progrum to preview tonight’s TNF game, chat about managing rookies at this point in the season, his thoughts on the MVP race, the Monday Night game between the Eagles and Packers, and much 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 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	Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our humble abode, the thunderdown.
0:05.6	On this NFL week 11 kickoff Thursday, November 13, 2025.
0:10.1	This program begins now.
0:13.5	Football!
0:14.4	It's happening tonight.
0:15.6	Week 11 of the NFL season will kick off.
0:17.9	An AFC East battle will be happening in Foxborough, Massachusetts at 39
0:23.6	degrees. 3% chance of rain, but somehow the Patriots will control that weather in their favor as they
0:31.0	are 12.5 point favorites hosting this New York Jets team who might have found something in the last
0:36.5	couple weeks. They've got some big wins in the AFC North against Cincinnati and Cleveland.
0:40.9	Now they have the New England Patriots who have the odds-on favorite for the MVP a quarterback.
0:45.7	A second year sensation out of North Carolina who's leading a Patriot squad who has a new Supreme Commander and Mike Vrable
0:53.8	who has really taken on the image of this man
0:56.0	they are young they are hungry they are electrifying and they might win the super bowl and on that
1:02.3	note the new england patriots fans are saying well guess who's back back again it is them tell a friend
1:08.6	tonight should be electrifying for drake may in time in New England for the first time as the odds on favorite to be the MVP.
1:18.1	I think what you're going to see from Patriots fans tonight is going to be a show.
1:21.3	I think it is going to be a very difficult place to play.
1:24.4	I think this New York Jets team obviously finding their way with Aaron Glenn as the head coach. We've seen them have some success. I think this New York Jets team, obviously finding their way with Aaron Glenn as the
1:28.4	head coach. We've seen them have some success. I think they're walking into a buzzsaw. And I'm not the only one. Obviously, you saw the percentage of bets that are being placed on the Patriots minus 12 and a half. Almost 60% of the people are seeing it the same way, even though 12 and a half points is a lot of points for a division matchup.
1:45.4	I think tonight's one of those buzz sauce.
1:46.9	I've been there.
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