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The Pat McAfee Show

PMS 2.0 1484 - NFL Super Wildcard Weekend Recap, CFP Semifinals Recap, Texans vs. Steelers Preview, Adam Schefter, JJ Watt, Darius Butler, & AJ Hawk

The Pat McAfee Show

ESPN

Sports, Football

4.918.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 184 minutes

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Summary

On today’s show, Pat, Darius Butler, AJ Hawk, and the boys recap all of Super Wildcard Weekend, which was potentially one of the greatest opening weekends of the playoffs in recent memory, they recap both of the College Football Playoff games, preview tonight’s final Super Wildcard Weekend game between the Texans and the Steelers. Joining the progrum to recap all of the fallout from the this weekend, and give some updates on all the different coaching searches going on right now including John Harbaugh’s future plans and what the Packers will do with Matt LaFleur is ESPN Senior NFL Insider, Adam Schefter. Next, 3x DPOY, Houston Texans Ring of Honor member, future Hall of Famer, and color commentator for the NFL on CBS, JJ Watt joins the show to recap Super Wildcard Weekend, and look ahead to tonight’s Texans @ Steelers game, and his voiceover work for the Texans’ pump up video.  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

Hello, beautiful people, and welcome to our Humbley Bo, the Thunderdome.

0:05.0

On this super overreaction Monday, January 12, 2026, this sports program begins now.

0:12.0

Football!

0:14.0

Oh, is the greatest.

0:16.0

We're coming off the greatest for, about to be five-day stretch of ball that we have seen in some time.

0:21.4

Records were broke this past weekend in NFL history as there was 12 lead changes in the

0:27.0

fourth quarter of the entire postseason going into the weekend.

0:31.2

The entire postseason had 12 and with first weekend we had 12 and super wildcard weekend.

0:38.6

So whenever they try to get rid of the word super before wildcard weekend going forward let's remind them that they're super idiots for

0:43.9

even thinking that super bowl season has started and we're in the middle of it now one more game

0:49.0

remains in super wild car weekend tonight on monday night football it'll be the Houston Texans and the number

0:54.7

one defense in the world taking on Aaron Rogers in the Pittsburgh Steelers a team constructed

1:01.1

of a bunch of dudes going all in is the coach going all in too are they all staring down the end of

1:06.6

the potential tunnel do they see the light at the end of their careers have they decided that they're

1:10.6

giving it a go you know Jalen Ramsey whenever he got traded to Pittsburgh Steelers, did a sit-down interview, I believe with the pivot, Ryan Clark, Channing and Fred in them. And he chit-chatted about once I got here and I heard where everybody's reasoning was, I was all in. I was completely cool with What was that reasoning? Was it? Hey, we have no idea how many more of these we got. Hey, this is our last one.

1:29.4

Hey, all these other teams that we have maybe been kicked away from or kicked out of to hell with all of them. What was their rallying moment? We will never know. Or maybe we will someday in a podcast or probably an article or a thousand different things that probably will come out about the rallying of this Pittsburgh Steelers team. But they seem to be a motivated bunch who understand that this ride is not going to last forever. And then on the other side, this Houston Texans team, boy, their team flies to your city when it's away games. Okay, their team gets on a plane. I think it's a nice plane. I think the way the McNair family takes care of them down there,

2:02.3

I think he spends a lot of money.

2:03.6

She spends a lot of money.

2:04.5

I think that family does invest in it. So I'm saying they probably got pods. They fly into your city, okay? They land. They go to a hotel. Then they come to your stadium to play against you, and it's not just them.

2:14.4

You didn't even realize this?

2:15.6

Fucking boo birds

2:16.6

came flying in with them, okay?

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